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SOUTHEnX WISCONSIN MEET
AT MAItSHFIELD
TEN THOUSAND VISITORS
'Accommodation Xot Sufficient for
Crowd* at Closing Concert—
Next Meet Will lie at
,7\'i*: Merrill.
MARSHFIELD, Wis., June 23.— The
Baengerfeat which closed here today is
generally conceded to have been the most
successful in every way of any fest over
he-Id by the North Wisconsin Saenger
lUzirk.s. Merrill was chosen as the next
Saengerfest city, winning on the first
'4>al!ot at the business meeting.
A more pleasant day could not have
1;« iii chosen for the big day of the
meeting. Special trains brought 10,000
visitors to the city. Another immense
audience attended the second and last
concert this afternoon. The pavilion
would not accommodate all who desired
admission. The programme consisted of
several mass choruses by the singers,
solos by Prof. Jacob Reuter, of Wausuu,
the violinist, and Miss Alice Gross, of
Stevens Point, soprano soloist, and selec
tions by the different societies and the
Second Regiment orchestra.
PEAR THAT HE IS DROWNED.
Young Mnn, Lu«t Seen Kicking, Can
Xot He Found.
ALBERT LEA. Minn., June 23.—(Spe
cial.)—About 10 o'clock last night Pierce
Wannamaker left his brother, A. C. Wan
namaker, who kept a fair store here,
iishing on St. Olaf lake, about twenty
five miles from here in Waseca county,
and he has not since been seen, al
though diligent search has been made.
It is believed that he is drowneel, and
parties have gone out to search for the
body, but the chances of finding it ara
not the best, as the water is very deep.
AGES MAX KILLED.
M. Ol.iiiinhiiii Fatally Hurt in Run
away Accident.
WIXOXA, Minn., June 23.—(Special.)—
Michael O'Laughlin, of Arcaaia, aged sev
enty-three, was killed in a runaway, be
ing thrown from his carriage and having
his skull fractured. His daughter Mary,
who was with him, had her shoulder
dislocated, and Mrs. Crawford had her
wrist broken.
John Blngham, employed in the button
factory here, found a pure white pearl
■weighing: thirteen and one-half grains in
a Shell which had been turned into the
factory.
Mayor Stewart this morning stopped
Si nday picnics at Strehlow's park, a
resort at the lower end of the city.
WorthiiiKlon GOMtip.
WORTHINGTON, Minn., June 23.
--(Spedal.)—The fourteenth annual com
mencement of the Worthington high
school was held in the Presbyterian
church last evening. An audience of
1,200 att< nded the exercises, there beinsj
seventeen graduates, consisting of eleven
young women and six gentlemen. Miss
Frances Clark delivered the salutatory
address and Miss Edith F. Cale the val
edictory.
The Modern Woodmen of America are
making extensive preparations for their
annual picnic to b«>. held here Wednes
day, June 26.
Mast Show Assessors.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., June 23.—(Spe
cial.)—Stockmen who have cattle on that
portion of the abandoned Fort Sisseton
military reservation wn.ch lies within
the boundaries of Marshall county are
liable to have a hot time with the au
thorities of that county. The county
assessor made a trip through the mil
tary reservation for the purpose of as
sessing- the cattle belonging to the
stockmen, who, however, refused to list
the animals for assessment, claiming
that the stock had been assessed else
where—a favorite method of striving to
escape taxation. As the cattle are
•worth an aggregate of about $125,000, the
county authorities will give the stock
men a chance to prove that their ani
mals were assessed elsewhere.
Note* From Heche.
NECHE, N. D.. June 23.—(Special.) -
The ninth annual convention of the
Christian Endeavor union of Pembina
county will meet at St. Thomas on
.Wednesday and Thursday.
A civil engineer has been engaged in
taking- street levels at this place, for the
purpose of establishing- a more satis
factory system of street drainage..
Farmers of this vicinity are convinced
that a bumper crop may be expected
as the conditions are identical with
those of ten years ago, when a record
breaking crop was raised.
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Becoming Convention City.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., June 23.-(Spe
cial.)-Sioux Falls, in addition to enter
taining the National Farmers' Congress
next October, will next year entertain
another national gathering. That of the
annual meeting of the National Chil
dren s Home organization, which has
lust concluded this year's meeting at
Detroit. Mich. Supt. Sherrard, of the
'ocal Children's Home society and wife
gave just returned from the. national
Jneeting. Mr. Sherrard was enabled to
>ecure the meeting of the next national
gathering for Sioux Falls, but not until
Mter a stiff fight, as Pennsylvania made
> strong effort ,to secure the meeting.
The president of the national organiza
tion is Prof. Henderson, of the Chicago
University. °
Hustings Happenings.
HASTINGS, Minn., June 23.—(Special )
►-Archbishop Ireland administered the
rue of confirmation to a class numbering
t>ver a hundred children at St. Boniface
church this afternoon. At the solemn
high mass.
Coroner F.W. Kramer was notified to
flay of the finding of a body of a boy
three miles below Prescott, Wis ' The
J^-mains were supposed to be those of
./rank Meyer, drowned a week ago.
LAID DOWN THEIR ARMS.
©en. I'a ilies' Troops surrendered at
Snntii Cruz.
SANTA CRUZ, Province of Laguna
Luzon Island, June Gen. Cailles sur
rendered here today with 650 men and
ECO rifles.
Oaths of allegiance to the United States
Were administered to the former insur
gents.
Col. Cabelles, who fled to the mountains
with a portion of his command, likewise
surrendered.
Cailles did not sufficiently control the
populace to bring in all the insurgents
In his district. The proceedings of sur
render were orderly.
In consequence of the surrender of Gen.
Cailles, all the insurgent prisoners on
Luzon island will be released. Informa
tion from native sources confirms pre
vious reports that Gen. Malvar will soon
surrender.
Ouly $50.00 to California and Re
turn— Einvorth League Conven
tion, San Francisco, Col., July
IS to 21, 1001. *vy
Fe>r this popular gathering the Chicago
Great Western Railway will, on July 6 to
13, sel! through excursion tickets to San
Francisco, good to • return August 31st
Bt the low rite of $50.00 for the round trip'
Rates via Portland $9.00 higher. Stop
overs allowed. For further information
Inquire of J. N. Storr, City Ticket Agent,
corner Fifth and Robert streets, St. Paul.
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HAS CALLED 111-: lit TO PARTICI
PATE IX STATE AFPAIKS WHILE
HE XIRSES HIS GOLT
KAISER TO VISIT RUSSIA
tzar Him Little Hope of Driving;
JUrltiMli l-'lawr From Persian Gulf—
Agricultural Syndicate Has
Been Formed.
ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday, June 4.
—News comis from Teheran that the
invitation extended by the shah to his
heir to participate in the affairs of state
: is the result of the probable incurable
illness of the former. The shah's lie in
not believed to be immediately enuan-
I gcred by his hereditary enemy, gout, but
•it will necessarily partly Incapacitate
! him for business.
In spite of the usual denials the visit
j of Emr.eror William of Germany to Rus
[ sia this summer is not regarded as be
j yond the probabilities. The maneuvers
| at Grodno will embrace several army
I corps, and the descent upon the Fin
n'sh coast, combining acmy and navy
movements, prom'ses unusual interest.
On the other hand, it is denied that
the czar has sent out any invitations to
the Balkan sovereigns.
The ministry of agriculture has sent
a commission to investigate the many
medicinal springs of the Transbaikalia
region, which have long enjoyed local
celebrity among the tea traders of
Kiakhta.
The Russian steamer Admiral Komi!
-! lofr has returned from its first trip to
j the Persian gulf. Notwithstanding
: government support and the low freight
rates offered, it is with some disappoint
ment that the results of the trip are
: counted up. The prospect of driving the
| British flag from the Persian gulf or
| even of competing with British mer
chants is, in the opinion of the St. .Pe
tersburg Vicdomosti, exceedingly small.
The St. Petersburg municipality is
fighting the proposed' $100,CCO,CO'> overhead
railroad tooth and nail. Another trans
portation enterprise is meeting with
greater favor. The technical section of
the city council has approved M. Ro
manoff's model of an electric omnibus
and is advocating the granting of a> con
] cession for a number of streets, the
i fare to be fixed at 6 copecks (3 cents.)
The municipality is also preparing to
carry out amother project which has
long been discussed^-the filling of the
lowlands near the mouth of the river so
! as to avoid inundations. A fill of nine
; feet will be required. In the near fu
ture dredgng in the harbor will be be
gun so that ships of seventeen feet
draught may be accommodated.
The senate of Finland has before It
the project of a canal directly connect
ing the Gulf of Finland with Lake La
doga*, using the Vuota river. The pre
liminary estimate is 800,000 Finnis'ri
marks.
Constantinople correspondence saya re
cent Investigations prove the province j
of Anatolia to be rich in copper, pew
ter manganese and sulphur ores, naptha
and coal. But the sublime porte Is un
willing to permit foreign exploitation.
The formation of a so-called agricultural
syndicate is announced. It seems to
be modeled after the American Grange
and Farmers' Alliance and the German
Agrarian league, etc., excepting:, »f
course, the political programmes of
these organizations. It is Intended to es
tablish direct lelations between Russian
agriculturalists and foreign markets on
the one hand and the manufacturers of
agricultural supplies on the other.
VISITED BY EMPEROR.
Wilhelm Spent Day on Mrs. Goelefa
Yacht.
BERLIN, June 23.—Emperor William
yesterday paid a long visit on board
Mrs. Robert Goelet's steam yacht Nahma.
After the close of the regatta the em
peror, who has somewhat changed his
programme for the summer, will witness
the entrance of his second son into the
First guards, at v Potsdam, July 7. He
will not return from his northern trip
before the first part of August.
PLOT ALMOST^ CARRIED
CONVICTS STARTED FIRE IN L.IN
COI,N I*EXITE.\T!,ARY, BUT THE
III.AZE IS DISCOVERED.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 23.—The remain
ing win£ of the Nebraska penitentiary
buildings, one of which was burned last
March, narrowly escaped destruction this
evening from a fire started maliciously,
Gov. Savage and Warden Davis say, by
convicts employed in the broom factory.
Prompt discovery allowed the flames to
be quenched in their inclpiency and the
damage is nominal.
NEAT SUM FOR PRINCESS.
Adopted Daughter of C. P. Hunting
ton to Receive $1,000,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.—Concerning
the reports of a contemplated contest
of the will of the late C. P. Huntington,
the Examiner prints the following state
ment:
"It transpires that the Princess H«tz
r'cldt, adopted daughter of the late Col
ns P. Huntington, is to receive approx
imately a million dollars of the Hunting
ton fortune in addition to the million
bequeathed her by the terms of her
adopted father's will. This additional
million will come to her not as any re
sult of threatened litigation, for the prin
cess has never contemplated beginning
a will contest, but as a result of the
voluntary fairness of Henry E, Hunting
ton, in vte(w of the remarkable re
cent increase in the value of securities
left by the great railway king."
MURDERER IDENTIFIED.
Prisoner Recognized aw Perpetrator
of Two Murders.
LAREDO, Tex., June 23.—Sheriffs
Avant, of Atacosa county; Kinsel of
Frio, and Deputy Sheriff Choate, of
Karnes county, with several members of
their various posses, arrived here at C
o'clock this evening, to identify the man
captured by Capt. Rogers and R. P. X
Merriam, about forty miles abovt here
yesterday. Among the men who arrived
this evening were two who knew the
prisoner. One of them, William Loueary,
of Bastrop county, - has known Cortez
since 1892, and Deputy "Sheriff Choate, oX
Karnes county, has known him for sev
eral years. They both postively indenti
fied the prisoner and said there is abso
solutely no doubt that he Is the man
whom they have known all these years as
Gregoric Cortez, and who killed Sheriff
Morris, of Karnes county, and Sheriff
Glover, of Gonzales county. The iden
tification is complete, and the alleged
murderer will be surrendered to the of
ficers from .the interior.
BUFFALO
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C. M. & St. P. Ity. to and from Chi
cago.
Lowest rates on excursion tickets good
for ten days, fifteen days, and until
Oct. 31.
Apply at "The Milwaukee" offices, or
write J. T. Conlev, Assistant General
Passenger Agent. St. Paul, for the Mil
waukee's Pan-American folder, one of
the -best Exposition guides yet published.
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coal operations or plants has suffered to
some extent. Damage is also reported to
have occurred in the Clinch Valley sec
tion, which extends south from Graham,
Va. No lives, however, are reported to
have been lost along this valley. The i
next train from Bluefield, which is the'
farthest point west from which the trains
are running, is due here at midnight,
but the railroad officials tell the Asso
ciated Press correspondent, at this hour,
9:30 p. m., that this train is now two
and a half hours late, and probably will
not reach here until after 3 a. m. The
dispatcher's office says at this hour that
they have heard nothing further than
that stated above and that it Is not
thought there has been any further dam
age by rains today. A message reached
the Associated Press tonight from Coal
dale, \V. Va., fourteen miles west of
Bluerield, saying that there had been an
immense loss of property and some lives
at that point. The town of I^eystone,
which is said to have been swept away
all save one saloon, is said to have con
tained thirty-four other barrooms.
The western telegraph operator at Blue
iield wired the Associated Press corres
pondent at 9 o'clock that the loss of life
at the lowest estimate is 200. He says
there is one wire now working through
to Ennls. sixteen miles west of Blue
fifcld, but that this wire is monopolized
by the railroad people.
MTXIXG TOWX9 WIPED OUT.
Number of ProHperou« Hamlets Be
lieved to Have Been Destroyed.
ROANOKE, Va., June 23.—The railroad
people say it will be at least five days
before their lines are open for trains.
They harve Keen sending work trains to
the storm-stricken district from all di
rections. The loss to the railroad will
re:; eh $500,000. A -private message from
Bramwell, W. Va., on Simpson's creek,
says there has been great damage done
there, but no loss of life had been re
ported up to the time the telegram was
sent.
The little town of Vivian, at which
place the railroad yaTds were swept
away and a passenger train flooded, la
the shipping point of all west-bound coa-1
and coke, amd there Is a succession of
prosperous mining towns extending all
the way to Pocahontas, Va. Nearly ev
ery mile post along this portion of vhe
road marks a mining operation. At
North Fork Junction, seven miles from
Viviam, there is a branch road extend
ing five and one-half miles up the north
fork of the Elkhorn to several prosper
ous mining plants. From Cooper, eleven
miles further, a branch road extends
through the Blue Stone district of the
coal field to Good Will and another to
Bramwell, a> town of about 600 inhab
itants. Tills is the home of many of the
coal operators, and their handsome resi
dences, which added a charm and at
tractiveness to the town already favored
by nature with a beautiful situation, no
doubt have suffered greatly from the
storm. Bramwell is the headquarters of
the Flat Top Coal Land association. The
town is reputed to be the richest town
per capita in West Virginia.
NO NEWS FROM TAZEWELL.
Nothing has been heard from Tazewell,
Va., today, but a> message from that
place Saturday night said there had been
a terrible rainfall, and tha-: three chil
dren in one family were drowned. Taze
well is on the Clinch Valley division
of the Norfolk & Western railroad, nine
miles from Tip Top, whiesh is the highest
railroad point ea«t of the Rocky Moun
tains. It is known that the damage to
crops and buildings In Tazewell county
is great, and it is feared that the death
list, now numbering three children, will
be enlarged when later details come in.
The territory of the Elkhorn valley is a
narrow strip extending for miles through
the mountains, with here and there a
connecting mountain stream flowing into
it. The valley is not over 300 yards wide
at any place, and sometimes tor miles
there is barely enough level land for a
roadbed. The mountains rise abruptly
to either side, and through this ravine
like mountain way the Norfolk & West
ern railroad extends for more than a
hundred miles. It is in this district that
mauiy mining towns have sprung up.
TORNADO WRECIvJED BUILDINGS.
Strip Twelve Miles Long; and Mile
and a Half Wide Devastated.
LINCOLN, 111., June Damage .esti
mated at fully $100,000 was done last
night by a tornado that swept across
Logan county, unroofing public buildings,
wrecking residences and business houses,
laying low great tracts of grain and de
molishing outbuildings of all sorts.
It is almost miraculous that there was
not great loss of life but so far no cas
ualties have been reported.
The storm's path was about a mile and
a half in width and probably twelve miles
long. One end of the large brick chapel
building at the Illinois asylum for fe^ ie
minded children was torn out, and the
forest surrounding the state property was
ruined.
The county poor farm, west of the city
was almost entirely wrecked. The main
building of the institution, construsted
of brick and stone, was demolished, and
the occupants barely escaped with their
lives.
Lincoln College, which was on the
north boundary of the storm's path, was
partly unroofed. The large campus, cov
ering eleven acres, is a mass of wrecked
trees.
In this city the Lincoln mattress fac
tory, a brick building, was almost de
stroyed, the third i story being blown off
and the roof carried a hundred yards.
The roller flour mills were struck and a
large hole was bored through the brick
building.
The residence of Mayor Miller was
crushed by falling trees and the family
sought. shelter from the storm at a
neighbor's house.
Several store buildings were unroofed
and the torrents of rain which accom
panied the wind flooded the stocks, caus
ing great damage.
At Middletown. the Warren Grain Ele
vator was blown from its foundation
and a number of stores were unroofed.
New Holland, Burton View, Season and
Meunt Pulaski were also touched by the
tornado.
At Elkhart, three box cars, in which
were quartered workmen on the Alton
section, were blown from a side track
and one of the occupants was killed.
Hundreds of farmers suffered heavy
losses. This city was entirely cut off
from communication with the outside
world from 9 o'clock last night until
tonight.
ESTIMATES STILIi GROWIXG.
Losses Likely to Mount Up Into the
Million*.
BLUEFIELDS, "W. Va., June 23.—
Bodies are being recovered many miles
down tfhe stream, where they were
washed ashore. When It is considered
that the. Elkhorn river is so small that
it barely furnishes enough water to
flush the coke ovens when In its normal
condition some idea of the extent of
the downpour of rain can be formed. The
railroad company now estimates the
damage to its tracks between this city
and Vivian at over $500,000.. There .is at
least 105 miles -of track bordering: the
river that cannot be heard from, as
there is no means of communication In
tact. Communication has been estab
lished as far west as Ennls, this being
through about one-fourth of the stricken
district. "V.r;
Latest reports say that the lower end
of the coal fields between Vivian and
Gray suffered severely. Fully $1,000,000
damage has been done to coal and lum
ber Interests.
Three daughters of Coal Inspector
Dinsmore are reported drowned at Key
stone. They were alune in their fath
er's residence when the flood came and
all trace of them is lost.
The Pocahontas company lost $30,000
worth of coke in cars and coke yards.
At least 100 freight cars, standing on
sidings, collapsed, rolled into the Hood
and are destroyed. -. .Freight trains in
transit were overtaken by the flood and
some cars washed from''the tracks.
A family named HObM.i living near the
river, close to Pounding Mill station, on
the Clinch Valley division, were all
drowned, six perishing. A pathetic story
is told of a Hungai»ian ifamily at Key
stone. The father was at work in the
mines, and when the al^arm was given
did not reach the dTift mouth until the
town was partially inuHflated. He made
his way to the cab+n-where his wife
and new-born babe were lying helpless.
He tried to rescue .botjh, and after a
fierce battle with the waters, logs and
debris, he reached a plaoe of safety with
them, only to discover ,that both were
dead.
Relief committees wUI leave here at
daybreak for the stricken region.
TWO HUXphicij DEAD.
Ajaioant of Money Loss Cannot Be
i:-1 limited at Present. ■ .
NEW YORK, June 23.—Henry Fink,
president of the Norfolk & Western Rail
way company, was seen at his hotel to
night in reference to the West Virginia
disaster. Mr. Fink was in receipt of a
dispatch from General Manager L. E.
Johnson, of the system. Mr. Johnson's
headquarters are in Roanoke, Va., from
which place he telegraphed. He said that
the loss of life was reported to be very
large, and that it was estimated that
about 200 persons had perished. The
damage to Norfolk & Western property,
he stated, was to rails and bridges on
the Bluestnne & North Fork branches.
Mr. Fink said:
"The amount of money less cannot at
present be estimated. As to the loss of
life, the country is not very thickly set
tled around there, and I cannot but be
lieve that it has been exaggerated. It is
in the coal regions and the < people are
principally miners. The flood must have
been due to a clou^iurst, as the dis
patch from Mr. Johnson states that the
damage to our property Is on the Blue
stone and North Fork branches, one of
which is east and the other west ot
the Flat Top mountains."
DAMAGE AT PITTSBURG.
I.inhtn i ii« and Floods Do Fatal
"Work in Allegheny Valley.
PITTSBURG, Pa., June 23.—The storm
which broke over Allegheny county on
Saturday afternoonr carried with it
deaths by drowning and-deaths by elec
tric shock, floods that caused much
damage and wind that created terror
and havoc. Every part' of the county
suffered. Ine storm broke about 2:30
o'clock after darkness I had gradually
been settling down for half an hour. The
day until then had been 'a beautiful one.
The rain was very heavy, the wind
strong and often the lightning seemed
to be playing right overhead.
Charles Blttner, a farmer of Spring
Garden borough, was drowned in Spring
Garden run, and rhs 'body was not found
until today. His house was close to the
run, and noticing from the porch that
the water was rising, he went to the
barn to save his wagon, which was
there. His wife went to get his coat
and hat and when she returned In two
minutes her husband was not in sight.
Two neighbors had seen the flood, like
a tidal wave, sweep Bittner away with
the wagon and part of the porch. The
body was found stuck fast in the run
ning gear of the wagon among a pile
of debris at the mouth of a culvert a
mile below, near the city line.
The Turtle creek district was again
visited by a heavy rain storm today,
and the conditions of yesterday were du
plicated, with even more destruction.
i The town and valley have suffered dam
i age to the extent of thousands of dol
lars. At Kast Pittsburg the Westing
house plant, which extends for nearly
a mile parallel with the hill, was sub
merged aga-in today with six feet of
water on the lower floor, which left three
feet of mud when it receded. More than
4(0 street car motors are apparently de
stroyed, and the loss to Westinghouse
it is believed will reach $5'K),000.
HARD TO OBTAIN DETAILS..
Districts Wiieirc Worst Damage Wat*
Done Are Inaccessible.
BLUEFIELD, W. Va., June 23.—Details
of the great Pocahontas field flood are
hard to obtain owing to the Inaccessibility
of the mining district, where the fury
and havoc of the angry waters caused
the most appalling loss of life and prop
erty. At Keystone the water began to
rise at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, and
by 11 o'clock the flood had spent its fury.
At least two-thirds of the little city was
washed away or demolished. It Is known
that sixteen residents of the north side
of the stream lost their lives, and at least
fifty of these living on the south, or low
er side, were drowned. It Is now cer
tain that the total list of dead from one
of the Elkhorn valley to the other will
reach 200.
At least SOO mine mules were drowned.
But little damage ia «lone to the mines
proper, the drift mouths were high up
the mountain sides Several mines, how
ever, are reported flooded, but it is im
possible to ascertain the extent of the
damage.
At Rolfe a large number of miners'
houses were swept away as well as the
handsome residences of the company's
physician. Twenty-five houses are
jammed together in one large mass of
broken timbtrs and debris. At Indian
Ridge the country store was completely
demolished and the stock lost. The resi
dence of Capt. C. Botsford, the manager,
is wrecked also. In the Elkhorn valley
it is estimated that the loss to the rail
road and coal interests will exceed
J2.000.C03.
The Cosier compamy, one of the largost
operators, lost a thousand horse-power
electric plant and many buildings and
coke ovens. Their loss is said to be
$50,00. The Houston company is dam
aged some $20,000. The Tierney Interest,
consisting of four collieries, will lose
$75,000.
Later advices from the Clinch Valley
division confirm the reported*'drowning
of ten persons.
TORNADO WORKS H.VVOC IX OHIO.
Buildings Damaged by Winds anil
Flood*.
COLUMBUS, 0., June 23.—There were
severe storms in many sections of Ohio
Saturday and Saturday night, and con
siderable damage was done to property
and crops. No fatalities have been re
ported, bit a number of people were in
jured. A veritable tornado swept Con
cord township, Dtsjaware county, de
stroying a number of buildings. A barn
on the farm of Caleb Harsh collapsed,
and Frank Phillips* and George Heath,
who had taken refuge in it, were caught
by falling timbers. Phillips had two riba
broken and may not survive. Heath had
a leg broken.
A terriflce storm prevailed in Columbus
and vicinity about 1 a'clock this morning.
The chief damage was done from water,
which flooded the basements of many
business houses. The losses amount to
many thousand dollars. -cJ
A tornado, the patliftof which was
about thirty yards w'#s. a-nd four or
five miles long, cut throiigh the southern
part of Mount Sterllng = B.t 2 o'clock this
morning. Everything;: in the path of the
storm was leveled. ■ ffhe- house occupied
by George Bird, hisswjje and daughter
was turned upside dj>wn, and they es
caped by cutting through the roof. The
Fels-Naptha soap is more
than soap, and does easily
what soap does hard.
Your grocer returns your
money if you don't like it.
Fels & Co.. makers, Philadelphia.
i 6 :yJ^^BB ■99B"Hs3jSfls9jE9H ii^^
No other organs in the body ffl^_3_lJf« <Ht(
have such direct effect on the B^^^^H^Bi
general health. See that you
keep them in good repair. Every TB Ei^ #"^fc «t dr^^^l^^t?
drop of blood is strained by them. If they M IB 4rja^ SL
fall in their w»rk, it will result in the ac- j
cumulation of poisons that cause rheum- 9 i^B-^C 3a£
atism, urinary troubles and many worse
S disorders often ending in dreaded Bright's disease. NJW Kr*R*v9fcfSiSl $
I WATCH YOUR LIVER A
.mm and ac the first sign of inactivity and inability to perform Si M ;Si§i§HSi**£«%l S
I their natural functions, take a remedy which will gently force IA Ja ll bft m '
I them to renewed-vigor. i ■■rtiii'T^ i -fIL, 4
| LIVER AND KIDNEY BALM \
I stimulates these organs to immediate healthy action, reduces acute palm, j
; I purifies the bloud, and so removes the cause of disease Better buy a
| I bottle to-day and be prepared. It may save you years of suffering. \£"i* J
HL -. . Tilt DR. J. H. McLCAN MIDICINC CO., St. Louis, Ma.
" A FA R FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BARGAIN »
MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES
SAPOLIO
damage will amount to several thousand
dollars.
IN KANAWHA VALLEY.
Severest Storm in lean Sweeps
I liroiiuh th-e Valley.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., June. 23.—Tho
severest storm in y«*rs struck the Great
Kanawha valley last night. There was a
high wind and a rainfall of 3.25. The
Kanawha river was thirty feet at 8
o'clock tonight and Is rising. Wires are
down above. They are preparing for a
flood. The Kanawha and Michigan rail
road lost three bridges north of nee
and is tied up. A landslide on the
Chesapeake & Ohio tied up that r,^i<i,
leaving three through trains laid up be
tween here and Hlnton. Great damage
has been done on many tributaries to
the Kanawha,
DAJWIAGE AT TAZ.EWEILJ,.
Clinch River Higher Than Ever Be
fore—Oinaatroais Landslide.
TAZEWELL, Va., June 23.—Clinch river
has done an immense amount of damage
and has swept away many mill dams.
It has not been so high within the mem
ory of any person now living. An im
mense landslide occurred on the farm
of A. J. Higinbotham, three miles from
this place, which swept away the house
of Paris Vandlke. So sudden was the
catastrophe that the inmates had no
warning at all. Two of the children
one a young man of seventeen years
and the other —were killed or drown
ed and their bodies were recovered a
mile and a half below where the house
had stood. Another son, seven years
old, is badly bruised and cut and prob
ably will die. A little girl was carried
half a mile in a mass of stones, logs and
other debris, and is also slightly injured.
Tornado In Ohio. (
POMDROY, Ohio, June 23.—A tornado
struck the residence portion of Middle
port early this morning. Two houses
and six barns were blown down, about
twenty buildings unroofed and 500 trees
uprooted. All the telephone, electric
light and telegraph wires were torn down
across the trolly wire of street cars.
Horses were killed by contact wifn the
wires, and one man was fatally burned.
Thousands of dollars' damage was done
to the bridges.
M;i!uiiiii«r Dl«able» Telegraph.
TNDTANAPOT.TS, Ind., June 23.—Central
Indiana was visited by a terrific electric
storm last night, but beyond the havoc
It played with the telegraph and tele
phone wires, little damage is reported.
Telegraphic communication was practi
cally.at a standstill a greater part of
last night. The storm was preceded by
an intensely hot day, and was accom
panied by a deluge of rain.
Bridtre." Down and Service Crippled.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 23.—The Nor
folk & "Western railroad officials here
have no information regarding the disas
ter in West Virginia bc-yond the fact
that great damage has been done to the
road in the Pocahontas district, a num.
ler of bridges having boon washed
away. Orders were issued to accept no
perishable freight for shipment to east
ern points on the line. No attempt Is
being made to run trains east of Kenova.
SICK TO BE PROTECTED.
Medical Officer* Directed to Keep
Hospital* Free From Inttectn.
WASHINGTON, June 23.—5u.-geon Gen
eral Wyman has issued a general cir
cular to medical officers of the marine
hospital service, calling special attention
to the Importance of Insects as factors
in conveying disease. The circular says
there Is no longer doubt as to the rela
tion of the mosquito to malarial diseases
and to fllarlsls. ''According to Si
mona," it says, "plague is transmitted
from the rat to the man by the flea. The
Infection of typhoid fever and to a cer
tain extent cholera may be conveyed
by flies. Medical officers are directed
to place mosquito nettings over the beds
of communicable diseased patients."
Hospitals are to be thoroughly protect
ed by fly screens at all openings, partic
ular attention being paid to the kitchen,
diningroom and protection of the food.
Sulphur fumigation is given as the best
method of killing insects in a large
■mAm
Toozem ft<-at I Htle Fall*.
LITTLE FALLS, Minn.. June 23.—(Spe
cial.)—The Toozes, of Minneapolis, beat
Little Falls ball tt-am here today In a
ten-inning game, score Ito 0. Batteries
for Toozes, Ford and Brown; for Little
Falls, Ferrell and Holt.
PAX-AMERICAJ* EXPOSITION.
Low Rates to Buffalo Via The North-
Western Line.
Return limit, ten days.
$31.35—Return limit, fifteen days.
$38.Return limit, Oct. 31.
Tickets. illustrated pamphlets and all
Information at city ticket offices: 882
Robert street. St. Paul; 413 Nlcollet ave
nue, Minneapolis.
Via the La-Ues to Pan-American,
A splendid opportunity to take that
lake trip you need so much. It costs
you no more than via all rail, and then
your expenses en route are paid for. We
have many choice routes to offer. Call
at Soo Line ticket office, 37a Robert
street. •
The Gentle Beggar.
Philadelphia Press.
"I'm hungTy, sir," said the beggar.
"Won't you give me enough to get a
meal?"
"Here, my good man," said Mr. Pom
pus, 'here's a penny for you."
"O thank you, sir. By the way, hay«
you got a pepsin tablet about you? I
always get dyspepsia when I overeat my
self.' 5
$20.00 to Buffalo and Return.
Delightful lake trip In connection. Soo
Line ticket office, 579 Robert street.
j| Minneapolis News, j
MANAGER OP MIVI\<; COMPACT 111:.
SENTS CHARGES OF" FIL\ll)l-
UEI\T OPERATIONS
AFFAIRS IN GOOD CONDITION
Say» IIIh Absence Was Due to Sick
ncusi-He Will Resume IlatilneMM
iiml Aid In Making
i lavfßllHiillon.
"It will bo shown that Information em-]
bodied In tt.e attorney general's com
plaint was with one exception furnished
by men who left the American Mining
Investment company because they were
nut permitted to rob it any longer." i
C. R. Tuttle, general manager of the
American Mining and Investment rum-1
pony, returned yesterday from Chicago,!
and thus expressed 'himself when b< en
by a reporter in regard to the recent;
action taken by the courts. Air. i
Tuttle denies that his absence from the
city was occasioned by the legal su \>a
taken. In fact, Mr. Tuttle says he ia
quite Incensed over the fact that this
impression prevails in certain olrcles.
"On my return from Curlew about four
weeks ago I was taken sick," said Mr
Tuttle. "The finding of the attorney
general proved such a strain upon me
that everbody at the office knew that
I was unfit for business. I then went '
to an expert in Chicago for treatment.
I have now partially recovered and come
home to resume business and to a slsi
in a full and thorough lnvestig
which seems to be desired by the state.
1 regret more than anything el.se that
I should be charged witfh trying to avoid
any responsibility of the company. No
one who knows me will say that of me.
Had I heard the courts condemnation i
of us at the time I am afraid it would j
have killed me. All I ask now is a fair,
full and dispassionate investigation. I !
am willing to take my full share of re- I
Bponsibility If any wrong has been d
and 1 expect others to do the same, i
will be In my office in the Northwest
ern building after tomorrow morning."
In further di.-x-ussins thn condition of
the company Mr. Tuttle said that its
affairs would be found to be in sin ex- |
cellent condition, and that the .state- |
ment that it had no mining properties >
would be proven to ue false. Mr. Tuttle '
said that in due time this would all be
shown to the satisfaction of the court.
PX.LMIMEJVS GO TO SIOIX CITY.
Two Sets of €tniceru» Contend for the
Prisoner*.
Sheriff C.W. Jackson and Capt. J. B.
Richards, Sioux City. lowa, arrived in
Minneapolis yesterday. They went to the
lockup with the officers who arrested
William Plummer and his wife Margaret
After an hour's interview they stated
that the prisoners had agreed to return
to Sioux City with«ut requisition papers.
\\hile the officers were at the lockup
Sheriff Fred Gerlich, Mankato served
notice upon Capt. King that he must have
Mrs. Plummer for horse stealing. The
lowa officers also notified the local offi
cer that they would never agree to the
surrendering of either of the prisoners to
the Mankato official.
LOCAL. lIA\I>S OBJECT.
Minneapolis M unlciaiiM Don't Ap
prove Haiiiln U.ivKii Proposition.
Local musicians, particularly those who
belong to the union, are much dissatisfied
because the Banda Rossa has been en
gaged to play at Lake Harriet. Those who
pay park taxes are very indignant and
say that the levying of an assessment to
defray the expenses of employing foreign
musicians, when there are plenty of good
musical organizations in the city ought
not to be countenanced. Without attempt
ing to detract from the merits of the
Banda Rossa they insist that there are
several bands now In Minneapolis which
could furnish music that would be en
tierly satisfactory to the frequenters of
the park, and that they are only inferior
to the Banda Rossa In that they lack
reputations and the favor of the park
board.
In liiKtnntly Killed.
Charles Dahlberg, an unmarried man,
thirty-seven years old, residing at 109
Thirty-third avenue north, and employed
by the Backus-Brooks Lumbee company,
was almost instantly killed about 7:15
last evening:. With a crew of men he
was unloading logs from a Northern Pa
cific train at Thlrty-sLxth avenue north
and the Mississippi river, when without
warning one of the topmost luge rolled
down upon him, crushing hia skull.
QUINCY
Will leave St. Paul for St. Louis and In
termediate points.
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, AT 8 P. M.
Special Excursion Rate—St. Paul to
St. Louis and return, including meals
and berth,
ONLY $20.00
Tickets good to return until June 2&th.
For full Information regarding pas.s^n
ger and freight rates address HARRY
CLARK, Oen'l Agt., office foot of Sibl^y
street, opposite Union Depot, St. P»ul
Telephone Call, Main 92.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
IMOX DEPOT, SIHL.EY STREET.
Trnlng 'cave and arrive at St. Paul as
follows:
Inorth
Limited .^^. I
Electric LlKhtvd-Oh-l LeaTe 1 Arrlra
•orvat lon Cmrg to Port- I
land,Ore., Tla Butt» Mlssouia, 1 * 9:30 ♦ 2:20
Spokane, Seattle, Tacoiua am pni
Pacific Express
Fargo, Jamestown, Bore- _. _ __ _ .J
man, Helena. Hutte. Spokane,* 10:^5 * 7:45
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland... pru am
Far and Lceoh Lake
Local
St. Cloud, Little Falls. Brain- 8 •3 0 t 5 '45
era. Walker, Bemldjl. Fargo.. T a , u ',„
Uukotn A Manitoba
Kzprrw
Fergus Falls, Wahpeton,
Moornead, Fargo, Crookston, __ ._ _ .j
Grand Fork*, arafton, Win- *8:00 * 7:15
n|Peg pm I am -
"DULUTH SHORT LINE"
■311SSS suPEßion ts*sß sa
'Daily. tEx. Sunday. "" "
TICKET OFFICE cor rosTst,
UNION STATION. MILWAUKEE STATION
St. Paul. Minneapolis.
Mirth-Western |me
ULj c. ST. p. m. ao. ry. ii *—' 3
Office 382 Robert St. 'Phone -ISO.
■tEx. Sun. +Ex. Sat. i *
{Ex. Max-., Others Daily. LEAVE I ARRIVg
Badger State Uxpresi I 8 '1,1 1i) 14
Chicago. Mil.. Madison.. .. I am * J "'-, S
Chicago -Atlanta Ex." 11.10 fin 11.15 an)
Chicago Fast Mail ' 6.55 ;m 8.33 ad
North-Western J .
Limited. I 8.10 7.45
Chicago, Mi!.. Msdlson ... ) tm am
Waueau, F. dv Lac. Green Bay 6.55 ,m 30 am
yanltowoc, Sheboygan 6.55 am§ 7.45 am
Duluth, Superior, Ashland.... 8.50 am 1 4.45 ?m
Twilight Limited. I 4.25 9.59
Duluth. Superior. Ashland., 1 pm pm
Mankato. St. Jsm-3, Su. City, t 7.40 am 1 4.1 5 prt
Deadwood, Black Hills t 7.40 am 7.25 am
Elmore. Algona. Moinos.. t 7.40 am t 7.35 pnl
Omaha h.xprm. I 1000,7.35
Su. City, Omaha. Kan. City S am pm
St. James. New Ulm. Tracy.. 10.00 am 7.35 prt
New Ulm. Elmoro 14.50 t;o.osini
Fairmont, St. James t4.50 tm t10.05»m
Omaha UrnitcJ. I 8.3 J 7.25
Su. City. Omaha. Kan. City 1 pm am
Milwaukee & jßiMffi
Ticket Offlce .%<•>-. Robert street. 'Phani )1. !
Leave. • Daily. I E«. Suiiiy. Arrift.
•P-30am|Chlc-s3, Lax. Mllwauka* ... 1*10:13 pm
"3:35 m'Chl^go, Lax. Mllnrauksj ...1*11:50 am
•6:55 p m Chicago. Lax Milwauk»» ... •2:50 pnt
*BMP°m8 M P °m jane]]] Plnnp^r llinli3i*7:4S
Upm IIIIUJJJ riUll'jjl LIHIIIjJI I■ m
•3:55 p m Chicago. Firlbo. Dubuqu*. ..)• 10:40 am
13:35 i>m Hastings. Rod We, Roch'tar 111:50 am
16:30 im La Cross. Dubuq'e. Rk lal'nd 110:15 p rr)
♦8:00 a m Farlbo, St. Louis. Kan. City «6-05 p m
18:20 am Crtonvllle. Mlllbank, Aberd'n 1 16:30 pni
•6:50 p m Ortonvills, Aberdeen. Fargo *7:35 a m
17:20 pm,Northfleli Faribo. Auitin... 19-33 am!
14:00 p m Hutchlnson. Clencoe 110:20 a pi '
I^Sreat Northern
Ticket Office—332 Robert St.. Cor. Fourth, I
'Phone Main BM. I
Leave. 'Dally. tEx Sun. ISun enly I Arrive.
tß:3oam St. Cloud, Fergus Falls, Fargo! ts:4opm :
tß:3oam ... .Wlllmar, via St. Cloud .. I ts:4opm
•9:ooam Flyer Mont, and Pacific Coast *2:3o?ri '
19-lOam .-.(Willmar. S. F., Yanlcton).. «.«_ '
19.10 am , oux Cjty Brown . s Va]lßy) I t5.35pm
14:45pm Elk Rivar, M. and Sandston* t IO:OOa:ri
ts:4spm . ..Wayzata and Hutchlnson... t9;2sam
•7:ospm Brack , Fargo, C. F. Winnipeg •7:45 am
*B:3opm .. ..Minn, and Dak. Exp *7 30am j
EASTERN MINNESOTA RAILWAY.
• UMOpml ■ ■ - Du'Uth 'nd WBSt Su *orlor •• 1 »6 ■%£ !
Northern Steamship Company's .Sailings,
Steamship Miami leaves Duluth Wednesdays and,
Saturdays, connecting at Macklr.ac Island with
Steamships North West and North Land for Ml!
--waukee. Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and
the Pan-American Exposition.
Sleeper tor 1 1:10 p. m. train can bs occuplsi at j
any time after 9 p. m.
Lake Mlnnetonka Trains Leave St. .Paul #1:35 I
p. m., t6:50 a. m., t4:45 p. m.. 15:45 p. m.. 19: 1 5 j
a. m.. a 9:00 p. m , b 10:10 p. m. Returning. Lear*
Spring Park »l:30 p.m., »5:00 p. m., t7:25a. m., ]
1&.20 a. m.. tß:3oa. m., a 9:00 p. m., blO:30 p. m. '
a ex Saturday b Saturday only.
1 ■ " —— ■? ■
|rasSS||S] BEST LINE to [9SSsjjsi|
HS CHICAGO AND |Js|®'
WHI st. Louis udlfeil
U. tot I STATIONS jr. from ]
8.05 am Wia, La Crosse, DuV. '
and Chicago, except Sunday 12.45 pm ,
8.05 am Winona, LaCrosse, Dnbui
and St.Louis,excopt Sunday .........
8.03 pm "Winonn, LaCrosse, Daboqoe,
Chicago and St. Louis, daily 7. (3 un
Ticket Office, 400 Robert fit. Tel. Main 89
Chicago Great Western R%
"The Maple Leaf Route."
City Ticket OH Ice, sth & Robert Sta. , St. Paul.
~ H&r Sunday; other* daily, j LUVt FOR :«i.^FR5^
Kanyon. Dodj» Cer.tir, Csl- 8.10 am 10.00 I
wain, Dutuqus, Froeport, 8.:0p:n 7.50 am!
_ Chicago and Ea3t. _ 1 1.20 pm 12.50 pm I
Cedar Falls" Waterloo, Mar- 10.30 am i 7.25 pm i
ehalltown. Dos Molnes, St. 8.10 i.m 7.50 am j
'Qgeph, Kansas City. 11.20 pm 12.30 am !
Cannon Falls, Rod Wing, 8.10 am tlO.OQp'ra
Ncrthfield. Farlbault, Wa- 6.05 pm 9.50 ana
tervllla, Mankato. |
Mantorvllla Local. 6.05 •_ m i ~>. ? am I
]^f M., ST. P. & S. S. M. E'Y. |ff j
City Ticket Office, 379 Robert St. Tel. 106 L ■
Union Depot, St. PauL
Leave. | EAST. [Arrived!
7:2opm .Atlantic Limited (dally). S:4sani!
B:2i)am Rhinelander Local(exSun) 5:33pm
6:Kplh St. Crolx Falls Local, ex
Sunday, From Broadway
Depot, foot Fourth St 9:23ara
WEST.
6:oopm Imperial Limited (Pacific
Coast) daily. 9:soam! •
B:2oam Dakota Express (ex Sun) s::tspm;
Mtnnaapoiis & St. Louis RR
Of«;a. 398 Robert. Thong 661. St. LcuU D«?Ot •
Laava I •Dally tEtcapt So -, I Arrl7>"'
t8:00 «EW«HORTUMITO t7i30 1
•™; ORIIAHA im
•8:0° ANO DEB HOINZt '8!°0
Albert Lea, C«dar Raplij. Chl
-19:00 am ! cago, Kansas City 7 30ynt
•7:00 pm -.Chicago it St. Louis Llmltsl. •3.43 *.-a
iV/atertown, New 'Jim, St. I
'Jamas, Sherbume, EsthanrtUj
18:45 am ..and Storm Laks t6:o2p-i
New Ulm Local— Jamas, I
•5:00 ...Sharburna and Esthervilla. . 0:1 fag
Wisconsin CENTRAL RY CoT i
City Offlce. 37& Robert St. "Phone No,, <H.
Leave. I . „ rr^,,- t\«ii- 1 ArrTVft. l
St.Paulj A" Tralna Daily. •\St p^ |
|E<tu Cl<iit«, Ctup. .Kuiis.i
I:ooam'Milwaukee and Chicago! S:lsara
!A«hlaijl. Chlppewa F'la.l
T:4opa(rOshko»h. Mil, and Chi.l s:oopar
BUY THE GENUINE !
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