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LAST EDITION
MONDAY t' ZXG.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, JUNE 25, 1900.
MONDAY EVENING.
TWO CENTS.
SWALLOW
IS STRONG,
National Christian Party's Can
didate For President
Has a Bis Following Among the
Delegates.
MEETING IN CHICAGO.
To Place in Nomination a Pro
hibition National Ticket.
Two Illinois Men Classed Among
the Favorites.
Chicago, June 25. Prohibitionists are
beginning to arrive for the national
convention to be held on Wednesday
and Thursday at the Frst regiment ar
mory, and the state convention to be
held tomorrow at the same place. The
armory is profusely decorated in red,
white and blue. It is expected that all
the delegates to the state convention
will have arrived by tonight. As to
morrow will be a busy day for the Illi
nois champions of prohibition, the con
vention .will meet at 9 o'clock in the
DR. S. C.
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Candidate of the Christian Party For President
morning. The program calls for the
nomination of a ticket, the adoption of
a platform and the selection of fifty
eight delegates to the national conven
tion. Colorado, Wyoming and Utah dele
gates will reach, the city early tomorrow
morning.
Indiana, 300 strong, will have a spe
cial over tire Big Four, arriving to
morrow afternoon. They will stop at
the auditorium. Minnesota, Dakota,
Montana, ar.d Wisconsin will have a
special train over the SL Paul road,
reaching here tomorrow night. Their
headquarters will be at the Welling
ton. The Nebraska delegation will also
be at that house. The New England
delegation will come on a special over
the Michigan Central. It will stop at
the Iceland.
The Sherman is designated as head
quarters for Maryland. The Victoria
will have West Virginia and Michigan,
iir..i the Tremont Kansas. Most of the
Illinois people will stop at the Palmer
house.
The foilowing delegations will stop at
tne Lexington:
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ken
tucky, -Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Wy
oniimj, T'tah and New Jersey.
The national meeting will be called to
order at in o'clock Wednesday morning
by Oliver W. Stewart, chairman, of the
national committee.
John G. Wioley and Hale Johnson,
both of Illinois, are strong favorites
for the presidential nomination. Hun
dreds of large campaign buttons, hav
ing upon th'-m a picture of the former,
are being distributed.
It is thotrght that in the early ballot
ing for nominations the Illinois dele-
Kates will be divided between Wooley
and Johnson, with the understanding
that the solid vote later will be thrown
to the support of the candidate showing
the more strength. The disposition
nmong Illinois delegates Is to work for
the nomination of some western man
and they feel that either of the candi
dates from this'state tills the require
pients. Those w ho claim to be well acquaint
ed with the situation say Mr. Wooley
will get the support of the New Eng
land states. Michigan, Ohio. Wisconsin,
Kansas and Tennessee, while Mr. John
eon will look for his strength from Min
nesota. North and South Dakota. Mon
tana, North Carolina, Virginia and Ar
kansas. Rev. Dr. S. C. Swallow of Harris
bur'g. Pa., will come before the conven
tion with a strong following, and it is
believed that he will lead on the first
ballot with fairly good chances of suc
cess. Delegates from his own state
and from New Jersey, Maryland, Ken
tucky, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa and Ne
braska will support his candidacy.
The selection of a vice presidential
nominee will depend largely upon what
section of the country the presidential
choice comes from.
Among the candidates are: Judge El
liott, of California: Isaac Funk, of New
York; T. K. Carskadon. of West Vir
ginia, Henrv P.. Metcalf, of Rhode Isl
and: Walter B. Hill, of Georgia: F. T.
McWhirter and Rev. Fv L. Eaton, of
Des Moines.
Sentiment among the delegates to the
Prohibition national convention who ar
rived here today apparently favored the
nomination for president of John (5.
Wooley, of Chicago. The fight this year,
it was stated, would be made on a
Btraight Prohibition platform, even per
haps to the exclusion of all other ra
tional questions. Mr. Wooley is the
chief advocate of this plan of campaign
and would not care to be nominated on
a broader platform, taking in the tariff,
expansion, money and other planks. For
this reason according to Chairman
Stewart of the national committee and
other Prohibition leaders, he is consid
ered the most logical candidate for the
presidency. Hale Johnson, of Newton,
111., and Dr. S. C. Swallow, of Pennsyl
vania, have many friends however,- and
a brisk contest is expected before a
nomination is made.
The nomination for the vice presiden
cy probably will be governed to a great
extent by the result of the balloting for
the presidency. Should a western can
didate for the presidency be selected,
the vice presidential nomination, it is
stated will probably bo to an eastern
man. W. W. Smith of Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., being the most prominently men
tioned in that connection. If an eastern
man i3 nominated, Dr. E. L. Eaton, of
Des Moines, or Professor F. T. McWhir
ter, of Indianapolis, who is also spoken
of for permanent chairman of the con
vention may be nominated for vice
president.
Neither the temporary nor permanent
chairman of the convention has yet been
decided on. The national committee will
meet tomorrow night to hear the report
of the national treasurer, Oliver Stew
art concerning the work of the past six
months and at the same time the tem
porary chairman will be named. The i
more important candidates are Major
Elliott, of Stockton, CaL.and A. G. Wol
enbarger, of Lincoln, Neb.
The report of the treasurer, it is sta
ted, will show a larger balance in the
treasury than at any previous meeting
of the national committee and the party
will enter the campaign better equipped
financially to make a fight for their
principles than ever before. For perma
nent chairman, Prof. McWhirter and
Samuel Dick of Michigan, seem to be
most favored, but this question will not
SWALLOW,
be decided on until after the convention
has been called to order.
National Chairman Stewart said to
day that the platform this year would
have little to say on any question other
than that of the liquor traffic. "The
platform," said Mr. Stewart, "is not go
ing to make any declaration on the tar
iff, on money or on expansion, except
perhaps to point out that the prohibition
question Is greater than all of these.
There may, however, be a woman suf
frage plank. An initiative and referen
dum plank may also be proposed but it
is doubtful if it will be inserted."
REBELLION CRUSHED.
Gen. Warren Wires That It Is
All Over in His District.
London, June 25.-3:22 p. m. General
Warren wires that the rebellion has
been extinguished in the north of Cape
Colony, but he does not mention the
capture or dispersal of the considerable
Boer force which has been occupying
that part of the country.
Interest mostly centers in the Orange
River colony where General Dewet is
causing the British much annoyance.
3111. LOW INTERVIEWED.
"Silent Man of Kansas" Talks to a Re
porter at Washington.
Mr. M. A. Low, who Is regarded as
the "silent man of Kansas" in an inter
view in Washington is credited with the
following statement:
"The nomination of Governor Roose
velt for second place on the national
ticket will gain 10,000 votes for us in
Kansas," said M. A. Low, of Topeka, at
the Normandie.
"The Kansas regiment in the Philip
pines was the crack regiment of all,'
added Mr. Low, "and its members have
come back home and settled down in
various part of the state. These ex
soldiers not only feel an interest, but
thev have a pr ide in the rough riders.
and their admiration for Governor
Roosevelt is abundant. The influence of
this will be felt all over the state. Gov
ernor Roosevelt is going to Oklahoma
Territnrv earlv in July, and we snail
strive to have him make some speeches
in Kansas on the way there.
"If indications are to be trusted.Kan-
sas certainly ought to be a Republican
state this fall. The corn crop will total
100.000,000 bushels, the largest in our his
tory; there is prosperity everywhere,
and the party is united. The only place
where the Republicans have been un
able to settle their differences is in the
Third congressional district, now repre
sented by E. R. Riclgely. a Populist.
The Democrats have a candidate there
this year. We hope that the Republi
can factions will get together in. that
district before long. If they do, there
is a chance of the Republicans making
a clean sweep in Kansas.
Breidenthal Gets Cloud.
The Cloud county Populists in conven
tion at Concordia have instructed for
John Breidenthal for governor, the del
egates so instructed having been select
ed at a convention held in Concordia.
The delegates to the judicial district
convention were instructed for Hugh
Alexander, a Concor"dia Democrat, for
district judge-
rush orrRoops.
Powers Are Concertedly Hurry
ing Forward Reinforcements
For the International Army So
Hard Pressed in China.
A FORCE FROM INDIA
Is
Being Dispatched by the
British Government.
The Czar Orders an Increase of
the Siberian Army.
Admiral Remey Has Been Or
dered to Taku.
London, June 252:19 p. m. Although
the powers at last seem conscious of
the magnitude of the Chinese peril and
are concertedly hurrying forces to Ta
ku, the international troops available to
overcome the immediate perils of the
situation are apparently totally inad
equate. The alarm not only for the
safety of Vice Admiral Seymour and
his party, who are not mentioned in any
of the 'dispatches purporting to come
from Pekin, but for his base at Tien
Tsin, remains unrelieved. Almost the
only ray of light is the report of Sheng,
the director of railways and telegraph
forwarded by the French consul general
at Shanghai to the effect that the lega
tions were safe June -19, and prepar
ing to leave the capital with the eon
sent of the Chinese government. But
the motives of the Chinese officials in
keeping the powers appeased by reas
suring messages is too obvious to al
low the unreserved acceptance of the
statements.
Tien Tsin is so hard pressed that it
must be relieved before assistance can
be sent to Seymour's forces. The ab
sence of the exact dates of the last
dispatch from Taku, and other mes
sages, makes it difficult to connect the
various stories, but some of the dis
patches might be read as indicating
that even the large force mentioned by
Rear Admiral Kempff as about to
start toward Tien Tsin has met' the
same fate as the colonial American
and Russian column which was re
pulsed June 21.
India is sending eight battalions of in
fantry, a cavalry regiment, artillery
and engineers as a fighting force, be
sieds two battalions to guard commun
ications. The Official Gazette of St, Peters
burg today contains an order of the
czar as follows:
"As we consider it necessary to raise
the troops in the Amur military dis
trict to a war footing, we direct the
war minister to take the requisite meas
ures. At the same time, we direct that
the necessary number of reservists be
longing to the Siberian Amur military
district shall be called out for active
service."
160 FOREIGNERS KILLED.
New York, June 25. A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from the
Che Foo says:
The" Chinese bombardment of Tien
Tsin set fire to the mission buildings
first, 1 he fire spread to the native
city and destroyed everything. The
attacking force, well supplied with
modern artillery, has been pressing the
small allied force hard. Already the
dead number 160. Relief is being rushed
from Taku, but the column w-iil have to
fight its way through the big Chinese
army. The British storeship Humber
arrived at Che Foo bringing thirty ref-
ees from Tong Shan, including
Messrs. Kinder and Parsons and Mrs.
Parsons.
Pei Tai Ho fthe great watering place
of northern China where 200 promi
nent foreigners had their summer
homes) has been adandoned.
The governor of Shan Tung prov
ince, in which Che Foo is situated, after
conferring with his subordinate man
darins at his capital, Tsinanfu, decided
not to jom the rebels, and issued a
proclamation decreeing that all Euro
peans and Americans should be pro
tected. Admiral Kempff held a conference at
the American consulate with Consul
Fowler and the captains of the Nash
ville and the Yorktown, The local gov
ernor of Che Foo was present and
promised there should be no uprising
here against the foreigners and .gave
other assurances which seemed all
right on the surface.
The governor expressed confidence in
the good will of the American govern
ment toward China and said the feel
ing was reciprocated.
Captain Edward Bailey of the Brit
Does Not Care to Wander.
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Hon. Charles Terry Saxtcn, Presiding Judge of the' State Court of Claims,
of New Y'ork. despite pressure from numerous friends in Washington, Man
hattan and Albany, persists in his refusal to accept the proffered appoint
ment as U. S. Judge of Porto Rico. In his telegram of declination to Hon.
Elihu Root, Secretary of War, Judge Saxton explained that family reasons
prevented his acceptance of the now honor. His honor has brilliant war
and political records.
ish armored cruiser at Taku signalled
the American captains yesterday:
"Thank God the Russians were here;
otherwise we would all have been mur
dered." LEGATIONS AT PEKIN SAFE.
Paris, June 25 11:25 a. m. The
French consular general at Shanghai,
telegraphing yesterday reported that the
Chinese minister of railroads and tele
graphs, has informed him that all for
eign ministers and foreigners at Pekin
were safe, Tuesday, June 19, and were
preparing to leave with the authority
of the Chinese government.
FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS.
Paris, June 25. An official dispatch
received here from Saigon, the capital
of French Conchin China, says the
French armored cruiser Vauban and
the transport Caravarne have sailed
north with 500 marines and a battery of
artillery.
REMEY ORDERED TO TAKU.
Washington, June 25. The navy de
partment gives out this bulletin: This
cablegram from Admiral Kempff, dated
Chee-Foo, June 24, says:
"In ambuscade near Tien Tsin, on the
21st, four of Waller's command killed
and seven wounded. Names will be fur
nished as soon as received. Force of 2,
000 going to relieve Tien Tsin today.
"KEMPFF."
The secretary of the navy has ordered
Admiral Remey, with the Brooklyn, to
Taku to assist with the army troops
which the Brooklyn can carry.
FIGHTING FOB LIFE.
London, June 25. 3 P. M. The admir
alty has received the following dispatch
from Rear Admiral Bruce, dated Taku,
via Che Fu, June 24:
"The total force which left Tien Tsin
with the commander in chief for Pekin
was about 2,000, composed of detach
ments from the allied ships. No action
could possibly be taken to relieve the
commander in chief because it was only
Known that he was cutoff by Tien Tsin
being invested.
'Tien Tsin has been fighting for its
life ever since. It was on receipt of the
information that the Chinese army had
ordered trains for attacking Tien Tsin
that they were ravishiBg Tong Ku and
reinforcing Taku, as well as mining the
mouth of the Pei Ho that it was
promptly determined to seize Taku.
Since than every effort has been made
to relieve Tien Tsin. I have comman-
dered a small coasting steamer for tak
ing troops and sick and wounded across
tne bay to Wei Hai Wei, where I in
tend making a temporary base hospital
ana asyium ror reiugees.
COMPLETELY IN THE DARK.
Washington, June 25. Up to 11 o'clock
this forenoon no word iiad been received
at either the war or navy departments
as to the condition of affairs in China.
Nor has Admiral Remey been heard
from and it is not known whether he
has sailed on the Brooklyn for Taku or
is still at Cavite. The anxiously await
ed list of casualties from Admiral
Kempff has not appeared nor has a
word come as to the result of the second
engagement at Tien Tsin.
The state department also is without
anything to shed light on the situation
except a dispatch from United States
Consul Goodnow at Shanghai, saying
that nothing reliable has been received
there as to the conditions of affairs at
Pekin and elsewhere. This rather de
tracts from the reassuring official dis
patches published this morning.
CARGO OF COAL FOR NAVY.
Philadelphia, June 25. Under orders
from the navy department a large force
of men today began the work of pre
paring for active service the water
carrying ship Arethuse which has been
in reserve at League Island since the
close of the Spanish-American war.
The Arethuse is to be sent to Chinese
waters and officials at the League navy
yard expect to have her ready within
ten days.
Every available part of the ship will
be filled with coal as ballast and she
ts expected to carry about 3,500 tons
to the American warships at China.
Lieutenant Gill, formerly in charge
of the hydrographic office in this city,
who has been on sick leave, has been
ordered to proceed immediately to the
Asiatic station, there to report to Rear
Admiral Remey.
SHORT AND DEPRESSING.
New York, June 25. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The British admiralty.being enmeshed
with red tape, does not give out dis
patches as promptly as the navy de
partment at Washington, but it has
confirmed the previous accounts of the
repulse of the relief column which
attempted to enter Tien Tsin on Fri
day. The bulletin is short and depress
ing. The foreign settlement at Tien
Tsin was almost entirely destroyed and
the Europeans were fighting hard.
There is nothing about a relief column
of Russians and Americans being cut to
pieces, but the repulse is described as
attended with some loss. Only one run
ner had entered Taku from Tien Tsin
in five days, and not a word had been
received from the relief columns which
started for Pekin two weeks ago, nor
from the legations themselves.
The foreign relief force may be
described as a chain consisting mainly
of missing links. There is a mixed force
of between 2,000 and 3.000 men at Taku,
including a portion of Chinese regiment
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35 KILLED.
Passenger Train Wrecked
the Southern Railway.
on
Every Person Dead Except
Those in the Pullman.
BOTH FLOOD AND FIRE
Share in the Awful Loss of
Life.
Train Was Knocked Into Kind
ling Wood and Burned.
Atlanta, Ga., June 25. A passenger
train on the Macon branch. of the South
ern railway ran into a washout one and
a half miles north of McDonough, Sat
urday night, and was completely wreck
ed. The wreck caught fire and the en
tire train, with the exception of the
sleeper, was destroyed. Every person
on the train except the occupants of the
Pullman car perished. Not a member
of the train crew escaped. Thirty-five
people in all were killed. Following is a
list of the dead:
WM. A, BARCLAY, conductor, At
lanta. J. E. WOOD, conductor, Atlanta.
J. H, HUNNICUTT, conductor, At
lanta. J. T. SULLIVAN, engineer.
W. W. BENNETT, baggage master.
Atlanta.
T. E. MADDOX. cotton buyer. At
lanta.
W. J. PATE, Atlanta. -
TWELVE YEAR OLD SON of W. J.
Pate, Atlanta.
H. R. CRESSINAN, Pullman conduc
tor.
GEO. W. FLOURNEY, Atlanta.
H. C. HIGHTOWER, Stockbridge.Ga.
W. W. PARK, Macon, Ga. "
ELDER HENSON, traveling man.sup
posed to have been from Florida,
J. R. FLORIDA, Nashville.
Wr. O. ELLIS, brigeman, Stockbridge.
D. Y. GRIFFITH, supervisor.
J. H. RHODES, flagman.
JOHN BRANTLEY, white, fireman,
WILL GREEN, extra'fireman.
W. D. MORISETT, pump repairer.
W. R. LAWRENCE, foreman extra
gang.
ED BYRD. colored, fireman, Atlanta.
ROBERT SPENCER, train porter.
Four bodies unidentified.
Eight negro section hands.
The following passengers were res
cued without serious injury:
Jesse L. Rahe, Baltimore.
Walter Pope, Atlanta
Miss Mary B. Merritt, Boston, Mass.
Miss Clara Alden, Boston, Mass.
J. C. Flynn, Atlanta.
E. Schryner, Chattanooga, Tenn.
E. T. Mack, Chattanooga, Tenn.
J. J. Quinlan, flagman.
T. C. Carter, Pullman porter.
Andy Tomlinson.
-rne train left Macon at 7:10 and was
aue in Atlanta at 9:45 Saturday night
lvicuonougn was reached on time. At
tnis point connection was made for Col
umbus, Ga., and here every night the
oiumDus train is coupled on and haul
ed through to Atlanta. Saturday night,
however, for the first time in many
inonins tne uoiumDus train was report
ed two hours late, on account of i
washout on that branch, and the Ma
eon train started on to Atlanta without
its uoiumous connection.
Tremendous rains, of dailv occurrence
for the past two weeks, have swollen all
streams in this part of the south, and
several washouts have been reported on
the different roads.
Camp's creek, which runs into the Oc
mulgee. was over its banks, and its wa
ters had spread to all the lowlands
through which it runs. About a mile
and a half north of McDonough the
creek comes somewhere near the South-
tracKs and running alongside it
for some distance, finally passes away
unuei une ioau oy a neavy stone culvert
A cloudburst broke over that section of
the country about 6 o'clock Saturday
night and presumably shortly after
dark w-ashed out a section of the track
nearly 100 feet in length. Into this the
swiftly moving train plunged.The storm
was still raging and all the car windows
were closed. The passengers, secure as
they thought, and sheltered comforta
bly from the inclement weather, went to
death without an instant's warning.
The train consisting of a baggage car
second class coach, first class coach and
a Pullman sleeper, was knocked into
kindling wood by the fall. The wreck
caught fire a few minutes after the fall,
and all the coaches were burned except
the Pullman car.
Every person on the train except the
occupants of the Pullman car perished
in the disaster. There was no escape
as the heavy Pullman car weighed down
the others and the few alive in the
sleeper were unable to render assistance
to their fellow-passengers.
For a brief time there was silence
Then the occupants of the Pullman car
recovered from the bewilderment and
after hard work managed to get out of
their car and found themselves on the
track in the pouring rain. The extent
of the catastrophe was quickly appar
ent. Flames were already seen coming
from that part of the wreckage not cov
ered by the water. As the wreck began
to go to pieces under the destructive
work of both flames and flood, human
bodies floated down stream by the swift
current. The storm did not abate in
fury. Flashes of lightning added to the
steady glow of the burning train and
lit up the scene with fearful distinct
ness. Flagman Quinlan, who was one of
the first to get out, at once started for
the nearest telegraph station. Making
his way as rapidly as possible in the
face of the blinding storm he stumbled
into the office at McDonough and after
telling the night operator of the wreck
fell fainting to the floor. Word was
quickly sent to both Atlanta and Macon,
but no assistance was to be had except
in the former city, as the interrupted
track prevented the arrival of any train
from Macon.
Nearly the entire male population of
McDonough went to the scene to ren
der assistance, but little could be done
by the rescuers, as the fire kept them
at a distance. At daylight the bodies
that had floated from the gorge were
gathered up. One body was found a
mile from the wreck and many were
seen along its banks.
A wreck train was started out from
Atlanta at midnight, but owing to the
burning wreckage nothing could be
done until morning. A special train at
6 o'clock in the morning took doctors,
ministers, railroad officials and helpers
to the scene, but nothing could be done
save to gather up the bodies. As the
dead were found they were removed to
McDonough.
There are two undertakers there.
Both establishments were soon full of
the mangled remains of the passengers.
Some of the bodies-were terribly burned,
while others were crushed beyond
recognition. The only means" of identi
fication in the majority of the cases
were letters and papers in the pockets
of the victims.
Only three women were on the train.
Two escaped. . It is presumed that the
other perished, but the body has not
been found.
Besides the regular crew of the train,
several conductors and other employes
were en route to Atlanta. All were
killed. Conductor W. A. Barclay was in
charge of the train.
A section boss with a gang of eight
negroes occupied seats in the second
.class coach. They were on their way
to repair a washout on the Geor-gia
Midland & Gulf road. Not one escaped
when the car went down.
DEATH LIST GROWS.
Atlanta, Ga., June 25. Additional re
ports received here today from the
scene of the wreck on the Macon branch
of the Southern railway at MacDonough
show that the list of dead will probably
number 41. The number of the gang of
section hands which was on the wreck
ed train is not known. As the work of
removing ' the wreckage proceeded,
bodies of negro laborers were found un
der the debris and several have been
recovered along the banks of the creek.
They have not been identified. The en
tire gang was killed. Six bodies were
brought here today to await instructions
from relatives as to their disposition.
The work of repairing the road bed is
proceeding and traffic will be resumed
probably today.
DIGGING OUT THE DEAD.
Atlanta, Ga., June 25. Three bodies
were found this morning in the wreck
age. They are:
D. Y. GRIFFIN, supervisor.
W. L. MORRISSETTE, superintend
ent of pumps.
J. H. HUN1CUTT, freight conductor.
Two other bodies charred to pieces.
The passengers who were saved in the
Pullman car were not seriously hurt.
There have been thirty bodies taken
from the wreck and searAers are find
ing more as the wreckage is removed.
One body can be seen under a heavy
stone that can not be removed until
the rock is taken up.
. P.ain continues falling, but the rail
way officials are rushing the work of
clearing the wreck and building a tr'es
tle. Eighteen of the bodies thus far
recovered were employes of the road.
Hundreds of people are visiting the
wreck, among them scores trying to
identify their relatives and friends
among the dead.
MISS MERRITTS EXPERIENCE.
Macon, Ga., June 25. Miss Mamie
Merritt.a teacher in the Emerson school
of oratory of Boston, arrived here to
day. She gave her experience in the
wreck as follows:
"It began to rain about the time we
left Macon, and rained incessantly all
the way up to McDonough.
"The conductor came through where
we were sitting in the rear of the sleep
er, to let down a window, as the rain
had began to come in. As he put it
down I reached over to gather up my
mackintosh which I had spread across
my lap and while I was bending for
ward the crash came.
"Quickly looking up I saw the cbnduc
tor being thrown toward the front of
the car. I was on the left of the car,
my friend was on the opposite side and
the conductor was falling headlong over
the seats on the right. That was the
last I saw. Then I remembered the car
plunging downward into the water. The
car was turned over on the side on
which I was sitting and the next I knew
Miss Alden was lying across me.
"The water had risen up to our waists
and I noticed that Miss Alden's head
was lower than mine and fearing the
water would cover her I took her in my
arms and lifted her up. We both were
wedged in and could not move our
bodies below our waists. For some time
we lay helpless, and called for help, but
none came.
"Miss Alden had a steam pipe across
her body and she was across me and I
was further wedged down with a berth
partition. I began to pull the debris off
with my hands and when I had removed
all that was loose, I took a wooden
beam and pried the steam pipe from off
my friend. Finally I got it loose and
relieved her of its pressure. I was still
wedged down by the partition. I got
hold of another longer piece of wood and
began to pry the partition and at last
pulled myself from under it. Then I
erawled out in the open space in the car
where I could look out through the bro
ken aperture.
"I could see the embankment and the
rails and the men who had gotten out
of the smoking apartment standing and
walking about up the embankment. I
called to them but they paid no atten
tion, but a negro porter heard me and
came to our assistance.
"By his aid I managed to pull myself
out on top of the sleeper and crawl to
the end next to the embankment. I then
called again and. again to the men to
help us up, but they only cried back to
us: 'All right.'
"In th meantime Mis3 Alden had
gotten on to the roof of the car and af
ter she had fainted and a long wait, a
gentleman from Atlanta came down the
embankment and tied a rope about my
waist and I was drawn up the steep em
bankment." WHEAT BREAKS.
Close Today Was Two Cents
Under Saturday's.
Chicago, June 25. Under heavy liqul
dation by holders and a let up in the
demand for a time the price of wheat
for delivery in July today broke 4
cents. July during the first two min
utes of the session changed hands at
prices ranging from S6c to 88V&C com
pared with Saturday's close at 88c. For
a time trade was quieter with sales
mostly between 87 and SSe. Shortly be
fore noon the ceaseless hammering be
gan to show decided results. The de
mand for the moment seemed almost
nothing and July rapidly declined to
83. Part of the loss was regained, the
close being 2 cents under Saturday's
close at 86c.
Flaxseed was an attraction with
wheat. While of course the trade was
not nearljf as large, the range of prices
was far more wild. October flax which
closed Saturday at $1.40, advanced to
$1.75 on reports of heavy damages to the
crop from the hot weather in the north
west. Offerings became numerous and
the market fell faster than it had pre
viously advanced. October closed at
$1.50.
Steel Plant Resumes.
Columbus, O., June 25. The big steel
plant here which was shut down a week
ago has resumed operations with a full
force.
MitENZJFS PLAN
Proposes Uniform System of
Grades For Kansas Wheat.
Would Do Away W ith Inspection
at Shipping Port.
ADDITIONAL EXPENSE.
Useless Formality Adds to the
Cost of Grain.
This Tear's Wheat Crop is of
Excellent Quality.
The- approach of what promises to ba
the greatest wheat crop harvested in the
history of the state has caused Stata
Grain Inspector McKenzie to work for
the establishment of a new grade for
wheat.
Mr. McKenzie is now working with
the importers at Galveston and New
Orleans in an effort to have them con
sent to accept the grades made here.
The seaboard dealers have heretofore
declined to accept the grading of wheat
established by the Kansas inspection
department and all of the wheat shipped
from Kansas for foreign markets has!
been subjected to a regrading at tha
port of shipment.
This second inspection has made an
additional expense and there has been a
suspicion in the minds of some of tha
shippers that the quality of the wheat
was not questioned but that the inspec
tion rule has been a ruse to make wages
for inspectors who otherwise would ba
deprived of their means of subsistence.
If Mr. Mckenzie s scheme wonts tne
wheat consigned to southern ports for
export will probably go via Kansas City
where the inspection will be nrst ana
final. Incidentally this plan would bene
fit Kansas City as a shipping point.
Several of the importers from the
south have been in conference with Mr.
McKenzie in Kansas City but no agree
ment has been reached and McKenzie
is planning a trip to New Orleans for
a conference with the southern import
ers. .
The Kansas grain department is now
at Kansas City, inspecting an average
of half dozen cars of new grain daily,
the wheat, as Mr. McKenzie says:
"Is Che finest that ever went upon the
local markets."
HILL LEADS.
Seems to Be a Favorite For Sec--.
ond Place on Bryan Ticket.
'New-York, June 25. The following
table shows the opinions of thirty-five
Democratic national and state commit
teemen, who have replied to the World's
question,' "Who would make the strong
est running mate for Bryan in . tha
doubtful states?":
David B. Hill, 9; New Yorker To ba
chosen, 5; Rear Admiral W. S. Schley,
5; B. F. Shively, 3; Charles A. Towne,
3; Carter H. Harrison, 2; General Fitz
l)ugh Lee, 1; Admiral George Dewey. 1;
George Fred Williams, 1; no choice
yet, 5.
AID FOR BRYAN.
Carnegie Will Raise Immense Demo
cratic Campaign Fund.
Columbus, O., June 25. H. L, Chap
man, one of Ohio's big four to the Kan
sas City convention, is of the opinion
that imperialism will be one of the chief
issues in the coming campaign,
in discussing the probable issues with
Andrew Carnegie recently Mr. Chapman
says Carnegie told him that he had
helped to raise a big fund to elect Mc
Kinley in 1S96, but he would raise one
twice as large to elect Bryan in 1900.
Carnegie's views on the money question
do not coincide with Mr. Bryan's, but
Carnegie holds this question to be sec
ondary to the issue of imperialism and,
believes that with the present tendency
toward a monarchical form of govern
ment all issues should be subservient to
militarism and imperialism.
WOKE UP THE SULTAN.
Lloyd Griscom Has Presented a
Peremptory Note.
Constantinople, June 25. Lloyd C
Griscom, United States charge d'affaires,
has presented a fresh note to the Otto
man government insisting upon an imme
diate reply to the demand of the United.
States for settlement of the Indemnity ir
connection with the losses of Americans
at the time of the Armenian massacres.
Although vigorously phrased, the note ia
not an ultimatum. It is said, however, to
have been a disagreeable surprise to tha
porte, testifying as it does to the inten
tion of the United States government to
pursue this matter of indemnity to tha
end.
WILL PULL THE STRING.
Helen Gould to Officiate at Unveiling
of Dewey Cannon.
Three Oaks, Mich., June 25. The pro
gramme for the ceremonies connected
with the unveiling of the Dewey cannon
June 28 is substantially complete. The
address of welcome on behalf of the stata
of Michigan will be delivered by Gen. R.
A. Alger, and the oration of the dav bv
William E. Barton. D. D., of Chicago, on
the theme "The Victories of Peace and
of War." The unveiling of the Dewey
cannon will be performed by Miss Helen
Miller Gould.
New York to Get Labor College
New York, June 25. It is likely that
the labor college in America to be en
dowed by British workingmen will be
established In New York, not in St.
Louis, as originally planned. A meet
ing of the presidents and secretaries of
all the trades unions in the city will
be held July 8, when the British dele
gates, W. C. Bourman and James Sex
ton will outline their plans.
"Weather Indications.
Chicago, June 25; Forcast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Tues
day; variable wind.