No. 15,684. WASHINGTON, D. C0, TUESDAY, JTUNE-, 2, 1903-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS.
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ONE HUNDRED KILLED
Surely That Number, Perhaps
More, at Gainesville.
RAISING RELIEF FUND
TORNADO DESTROYED TWO HUN
DRED HOUSE&
Secretary of War Appealed to for Tents
to Shelter Homeless-Cloth
ing is Needed.
GAINESVILLE. Ga., June 2.-Today at
Mtoon a conservative estimate of the killed
in yesterday's tornado is 100, the Injured
20. many of them fatally.
The property loss is estimated at $t10),000.
,A committee was appointed at a mass
meeting to bury the victims.
The entire city will suspend business for
the next twenty-four hours.
Preparing the Dead.
The dead have been prepared for burial
and graves are being made.
The city pastors have been requested to
act as a committee to see that every per
son has a suitable funeral.
There will be 1() funerals here within the
iext twenty-four hours, if caskets can be
secured.
Thirty days' rations for 1,00K persons were
also requested from Secretary Root.
Probably one thousand persons are home
less.
200 Houses Destroyed.
Two hundred houses. besides the Gaines
Ville cotton mills, were destroyed by the
storm. aggregating a property loss of
$80l,000.
Last night brought increased misery to
the tornado sufferers, for a steady rain set
in late in the afternoon, attended by bitter
cold weather.
The town was in total darkness all night
and the streets were filled with debris.
Doctors Worked All Night.
All night long physicians pushed thni:
way through the wreckage, guided to the
suffering victims by groans of agony.
Here and there a fallen tree would block
the way or a wrecked house would stop
progress.
Doctors and volunteers waded through
mud and water knee deep.
Raising Belief Fund.
A mass meeting was held this morning
at which $5,40) was subscribed to a relief
fund.
A message has been sent to the Secretary
of War asking for tents to shelter the
homeless and an appeal for aid is made to
the public.
The main need of the sufferers now is
clothing and tents. Gov. Morrell has or
dered fifty tents to Gainesville from At
hanta.
DID ITS WORK QUICKLY.
Within Five Minutes the Sun Shone
Upon a Hundred Corpses.
The IEvening Star yesterday printed the
biare announcement that a cyclone had
struck Gainesville. Ga.. demolishing a cot
ton miii and killing from fifty to seventy
five persons. No details had been received
up to the hour of going to press. Later re
pcrts served to augment the number of
deaths.
The tornado struck Gainesville out of a
clear sky. The death-dealing storm appeared
suddenly a little before 1 ('clock, and with
in two minutes it had killed nearly a hun
dred persons, torn two stories from the
five-tioor tbrick factory of the Gainesville
cotton mills, demolished almost two hun
dred cottages, razed two brick stores to the
ground and blown down innumerable out
buildings.
Bly what appears to be a miracle, the tor
nados fury was confined to the outskirts
of the c'ity,. the main business and residence
portion not being touched. Torrents of rain
accompanied the wind. but within five mini
utes after its first onslaught the sun was
shining upon a scene of fearful desolation.
The list of the dead is confined mainly to
operatives of the Gainesville cotton mills
and the Pacolet cotton mills and two-thirds
of them were women and children.
Did Its Appalling Work Quickly.
The tornado did its appalling work
in such an incredibly short time that it is
difficult to obtain a coherent description of
its character.
It appears to have swept down from the
southwest, striking the Gainesville mills
with a roar like the report of artillery.
After lifting two stories from this struc
ture it swept on to the northward, leaving
a trail of destruction along Summit street.
which is inhabited almost exclusively by
negroes.
Nearly a hundred cottages of colored pea
sons on this street were leveled to the
ground. but by a fortunate circumstance
the tenants were all absent. having left the
city in the morning to take part in a negro
picnic.
The furious wind next descended on the
plant of the Pacolet cotton mills at New
Ilolliand. two miles from the Southern sta
tion This is one of the largest cotton mills
In the south, empjloyinag more than six hun
dred hands.
The storm spared the Pacolet factory, but
entirely demolished a hundred of its cat
tages standing near by and tenanted by its
operatives.
H-ere the fatalities were greatest, upward
of thirty-five persons being buried mn thme
ruins of the cottages.
Bodies Blown Hundreds of Yards.
Bodies were blown hundreds of yards and
many of them when picked up bore no sem
blance to humanity. The trunk of one
young boy was found with the head de
capitated as if by the guillotine.
From New liolland the tornado swept on
ward to the east in the direction of White
Sulphur, a town of about one hundred per
eons. The extent of its destruction there
cannot now be definitely told, but reports
so far received indicate considerable loss of
life.
The bodies of most of the dead in the two
cotton mills were fearfully torn and man
gled. The skulls of many of theit were
crushed and the limbs broken. Somne were
torn a nd -erushed about the abdomnen with
the viscera visibly protruding.
The local pmaysiciajms who gave rat aid
to the injured say the sights were horrf'obe
beyond description.
The death list in expected to be of smuch
greater magnitude, as nearly thirty are be
lieved to be hurt beyond hope of recovery.
Surgeons From Atlanta.
Gainesville has only twelve local physi
clans and their services were found to be
entirely inadequate to the situation. Sur
geons came from Atlanta and several other
points.
At a meeting last night of physicians,
newspaper men and citizens of Gainesville
a relief committee was formed with James
R. Gray of Atlanta as chairman. Supplies
will be rushed into the stricken city as rap
idly as possible.
Gainesville feels able to take care of tt.e
immediate needs of the suffering, but un
I supplies are received much distress IS
Sike y to result. as the families visited by
death and mutilation were almost without
exception dependent upon their daily labor
for support.
The property loss, it is now estimated,
will reach about 300)..
TELEGRAMS UNANSWERED.
The Whereabouts of Pension Commis
sioner Ware Not Known.
No word has yet been received in this city
from Mr. Eugene F. Ware, commissioner of
pensions, who left here last week to attend
a session of the supreme court of the state
of Kansas at Topeka and is believed to
have been cut off from communication by
the flood and rain. Mrs. Ware has tele
graphed to her husband several times since
the reports of the disasters in Topeka and
elsewhere have been received, but no word
has yet been received from Mr. Ware. Mrs
Ware says that she is not alarmed for the
safety of her husband, however, as she
feels assured that he Is alive and well, but
she believes he must be cut off from com
munication. No word had been received
at the pension bureau of the commissioner's
whereabouts.
Mr. Ware's daughter has gone to Detroit,
Mich., to spend a few days with friends.
Some little comment was created by her
departure owing to a statement that she
had gone to Kansas to see what had be
come of her father. Miss Ware's visit to
Detroit was planned some time before the
commissioner left the city, and her de
parture can have no connection with his
failure to answer telegrams sent to him.
CLERICAL CHANGES.
Appointments and Promotions in the
Interior Department.
The following changes have been made
in the Department of the Interior:
Office of the Secretary-Reinstatement:
Isaac B. Vail of New Hampshire, watch
man at $720. Resignation: Miss Marion E.
Weaver of Illinois, clerk at $1,200. Promo
tions: Mrs. Anna C. Gilbert of Tennessee,
clerk at $1,000 to $1,2,)i; William Osborn of
the District of Columbia, copyist at $'J00 to
clerk at $1.000.
Patert office-Appointment: Miss Celia E.
Newland of Illinois, copyist at $720. Reig
nation: Louis M. Sanders of Michigan, sec
ond assistant examiner at $1,C00.
Indian office-Resignation: Mrs. Fanny L.
Goodale of Mississippi. clerk at $1,2 )0.
Pension office-Promotions: Miss Emily
A. Ward of Mississippi, clerk at $1,2,Y) to
$1,44m); John Grinstead of Iowa, clerk at
$1,000 to $1,200; Harold E. Bowman of Cali
fornia. Benjamin E. Smith of Kentucky,
George Grindley of Louisiana, George C
Woodruff of Alab'ama, Frederick B. Foote
of Michigan. Arthur T. Randall of Illinois,
Thomas P. Maitland. of California and Ar
thur Jordan of California, copyists at '00
to clerks at $l.000; John B. Beadle of the
District of Columbia. assistant messenger
at $7Z) to messenger at $840.
General land ofllce-Appointment: George
D. D. Kirkpatrick of Pennsylvania, copyist
at $000.
TREASURY CHA GES.
Official Announcement of Appoint.
ments and Promotions.
The following changes in the classified
service of the Treasury Department are an
nounced:
Appointments on certification by the
civil service commission:
Secretary's offlice-William Dorham, North
Carolina, $(W0 per annum; Hugh Smith,
New Jersey, $720 per annum; Henry B.
Melts, Missouri, $460 per annum.
Bureau of immigration-David F. Cross
land, Georgia, $10) per annum.
Coast and geodetic survey-John M. Cole
man, California, $110 per month; James D.
Morrison, California, $1(X per annum; John
W. Maupin, District of Columbia, $720 per
annum.
Office of auditor for State and other de
partments-Eva A, Condon, Minnesota, $W140
per annum.
Office of the treasurer of the United
States--Walter A. Broyles, Illinois, $W)0 per
annum; William D. Beatty, Louisiana, $700
er annum.
Office of auditor for Post Office Depart
ment-James A. Porter, Louisiana, $600 per
annum.
Office of Auditor for the Interior Depart
ment-James F. Armstrong, Alabama, SCO)4
per annum.
Reinstatements-Daniel Carson. Maryland.
720 per annum. Secretary's office; Edward
Talbott, Maryland, $720 per annum, Secre
tary's office.
Appointments by transfer from other de
partments-aJohn H. Sunday, Pennsylvania,
$721) per annum, treasurer's office, by trans
fer from Navy Department.
Promotions:
Secretary's office-George F. Robinson,
Michigan, $60) to $724) per annum; Willim
A. Easterday, -Kansas, $664) to $724) per
annum.
Office of treasurer. U. S.-James H. Slee.
Massachusetts, $900 to $1,000 per annum;
George L. Chandler, Florida. $840 to $901
per annum; Ora E. Patterson, Illinois, $701
to $840 per annum; Miss Grace M. Taylor.
Virginia, $720 to $900 per annum; Miss
Catharine Lynch, District of Columbia
$6610 to $720 per annum; Clarence E. Cor
win, New York, $900 to $1.000) per annum;
LeRoy Willetts. Michigan. $700 to $900 per
annum: Miss May F. Daw, District of Co
lumbia. $6440 to $00 per annum; Miss Eula
L. Ross. District of Columbia, $600 to $00J
per annum; L. George Asbur-y, Louisiana,
$609 to $700 per annum.
Office of auditor for State and other de
partments-George Fulcher, Texas, $660 to
$150 per annum.
Bureau of statistics-Rudolph Hilker,
Texas. $900 to $1,000 per annum.
Office of controller of the currency-WIll.
am V. Price. New York, $1,200 to $1,400 per
annum; George R. Whitney, Vermont,
$1,000 to $1.200) per annum; Bruce E. Hutch
inon, Illinois. $900 to $1,000 per annum.
Office of auditor for the War Department
-Frederick H. Austin, Missouri, $1,200 to
$1,404) per annum; Miss A. W. Koihoss.
Maryland..$1,000 to $1.200 per annum.
DE!NIES8 LI ALIT TY.
The Governor of Colorado on Radcliffe'i
Claim.
The State Department has received from
the governor of Colorado a letter in an
swer to one of inquiry respecting the claim
of the British government for- indemnit3
for the destruction by mob violence of the
fih hatchery and other property' of the
Englishman. Radcliffe. The - governor, as
foreshadowed in the Denver dispatches sev
eral days ago, denies liability- on the part
of the state for Radcliffe's lonses, so the
State Department is at the end of its re
sources in this matter, nulem Consgrees at
the nest sesion provide. for the pagnment
of the indemnity.
This is only one of a number of, eas
that has impressed the administration with
the belief that the country is threatened
with the gravest international. complica
ticns growing out of mob violence against
aliens, unless the national government is
authorized to protect them. Congress will
again be asked at the next session to legis
late accordingly.
WILL NOT GO TO BREXERTON.
Naval Vessels* to Be Repaired at the
Mare Island Yard.
After prolonged consideration of the sub
ject. Acting Secretary Darling has issued
orders that the cruisers New York, Boston,
Marblehead and Bennington of the Pacific
station shall receive all the repairs they
require at the Mare Island navy yard, thus
abandoning the orignal plans for the ves
sels to go to the navy yard at Bremerton
for repairs. This action was taken because
of the failure of the authorities at Bremer
ton to take satisfactory steps for the re
moval of the saloops and gambling houses
near the entrance to the navy yard.
mARINE CORPS COMMANDANT.
Speculation Regarding the Successor
of Gen. Heywood.
It is probable that the President will be
asked to extend the same recognition to
officers of the Marine Corps who rendered
good service to their country during the
war of the rebellion that is now extended
by law and practice to the officers of the
regular army and navy who took part in
that great struggle. The opportun!ty will
come with the statutory retirement of
Major General Charles Heywood, com
manding the Marina Corps, in October next.
The suggestion is that the vacancy thus
cteated be util!zed for the promotion and
immediate retirement of several colonels of
the corps who tool: part In the civil war.
Among those eligible for such pr-eferment,
i: the discretion of the Chief Executive.
are Colonels James Forney, P. C. Pope.
R. L. Meade. H. C. Cochrane, F. T1. H-r
rington and George C. Reid. adjutant and
inspector.
It is possible that the President may se
lect one of the offic-rs named to retain the
office of major general and comm:indant,
but if that is not done and all are ad
vanced and retired, the chances are sAid
to favor the selection of Colonel George F.
Elliott as. the successor of General Hey
wood, with Colonel Frank L. Denny. quar
termaster as second choice.
MANY CONGRATULATIONS:
New Quartermastcr General Receives
Numerous Letters and Telegrar 3.
Quartermaster Ceneral Humph-rey had a
large numbcr of callers at the War Lep-lrt
ment today and was also the recipient of a
number of congratulatory lette:s and tele
grams. His desk was' ornrcned' by a
beautiful bouquet of iotcs. Capt. A. W.
Butt, quartermaster, who ac:ompanied
Gen. Humphrey fro~a MAnila, has teen a
signed a desk in h's off'ec. It is nojt known
whether the ass:gn-nent :s per.nui.ent or
temporary. Gen. Humlhrey ls a high cs
timate of Capt. But's ability anl useful
ness but does not desire to act in the mat
ter ont: ry to the y..ung oaher s w :hes.
As the case stands 1-e will be sttcnel i:1
Washington If he so desires, but not other
wise.
Gen. Humphrey sid that everything was
new to him in tlhe office just It present and
he was hardly settled et, but so far as le
had given the matter ny attention it was
not likely that :e would feel impelled to
make any changes in the p0.cy or pers .n
nel of the of~c. A ffair4 we e i i nn rg a ong
very smoothly, -nd thete d'd not appear to
be any occ ,sion for any irnr.eslia te el.anges.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
Will Remove Into Its New Building
. Tomorrow or Next Day.
The Department of Commerce will tomor
row or Thursday move into its new build
ing, on 14th street above Pefnsylvania
avenue. The work of moving the office of
Secretary Cortelyou into the new 1buildlng
will not take more than a few d.ays at the
most. The amount of records and furnish
ings connected with the office of the Sec
retary is not great. The new buildiag vwil
not accommodate more than about half the
force that will be transferred to the new
department July 1.
PATENTS ISSUED.
Nearly 700 Granted to Inventors Dur
. ing the Past Week.
There were 696 patents granted by the
patent office during the past week, accord
ing to the statement issued today in the
regular issue of the Patent Office Gazette.
Of this number 606 of the patents were
granted to citizens of the United States
and ninety to residents of foreign -coun
tries. Of the number granted to Amrl
cans citizens of New York received the
largest portion. 102, and citizens of Penn
sylvania came next with 66E. There were
6l patents granted to citizens of the District
of Columbia, as follews: Charles A. Hart
mann, tomporary binder; Edward A. Herr,
combined coHa~r button and necktie fast
ener; Joseph H. Milans, friction holding de
vise fcr spring actuated shades; Williarrty.
Parker. bicycle trailer package carrier;
Henry W. Schlosser, storm apron or cur
tain for wagons; Johan A. Svensson, bed
plate motion for printing presses.
Of the patents granted to residents of
foreign countries citizens of Germany re
ceived 33, the highest number. England
came next with 23. and France next with
15; Canada. 13: Scotland, 5; Sweden, 2;
Belgium. 3; Austria-Hungary, Bolivia, Detn
mark, Ireland, Spain, Switzerland and Vic
toria, 1 each.
Gen. McCook's Condition.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin this morning received
a telegram from Maj. C. B. Baker, quar
termaster, dated at Dayton, Ohio, saying
that Maj. Gen. A. McD. McCook has been
dangerously ill at Dayton since Saturday
and that his condition is apparently unii
proved. All the immediate family are in
attendance.
Gen. Weston Better.
Acting Commissary General Alexander
received a telephone message from Johas
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, at 10 o'clock
this morning to the effect that Gen. Weston
rested well last night and was certainly
improved this morning.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
The monitor Arkansas arrived at Friar's
Point, Miss., this morning having escaped
all danger of being tied up in the Missis
aippi.
The torpedo boat destroyers Dale, Chaun
cey, Barry an$ Bainbridge arrived at An
napolis.
SThe gunboat Annapolis has sailed from
Cavite for Cheefoo, and the Villalobos has
left Hong Kong for Kow ltamg
Personal Mentin
Mr. Frank P. Weller of'at Washington
has returned from Hot Blrings; Ark-, great
ly improved in health.
Rev. Dr. Sterrett baa gome to CambridgeI
to att the~ -om-ttemet .is~
wreek nd expects to be orddined uest a~
WORST OF UL0 OVER
Improvement in Sisudtion at
Kansas City.
RIVERS ARE RECEDING
DANGER OF FAMINE BELIEVED
$10,000,000 and $25,000,00
TO HAVE PASSED.
Damage Estimated Anywhere Between
Buildings Crumbling.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. June 2.-There is
deci, d improvement in .the situation this
morning, and there is a general feeling
that Kansas City has seen the worst of the
flood.
Unofficial weather gauges in the Union
depot showed a fall of about six inches
during the night, and the official report is
stationary, the water being thirty-five feet
at 6 a.m.
Danger of Famine Has Passed.
The danger of a famine has passed and
the railroads are coniident that they will
be able to bring In ample supplies from
this time on.
The'stock of meats in the packing houses,
most of which can be taken out int boats,
proves to be greater than at'lirst supposed,
and there is no doubt that there is suf
ficient meat to sustain the city for a week,
even if nothing is brought in from outside.
There is a greater scarcity of food in
Kansas City, Kan., but with the opening of
the electric line from Leivenworth it is
thought that there will be no dirtress of an
acute description.
Getting Back to Normal.
Superintendent Goodwin of the water
works department announced this morning
that lie believed the water supply would
be in a measure restored by nightfal.
He has placed a pur.l, ;r.d boiler in the
center of Allen street. and Is running a
supply pipe into a twi-nty-Inch main lead
ing to the Holly street reservoir.
This, he says, he c.:n ill ty-night, giving
the city better protcetion agaiast tire and
providing water for sanitary.Vurposes. 'A!
the cable car line.; have resumed and are
running as usu ll.
The rower 1:lont of t.e electric lines is
under wat(r , :nd these roads will not be
aL:!e to rui till th2 water utrside.=
First Xail From the Went.
The first miios frotn 'he west hawe came
in. one late hist night and another from
Wichitia this moerning. Nothtng has come
iet from tLe lloode!d dcrct nround To
ljehl and Lawrence, and It, I,. not likoly
that any will arr ive for several days :fter
the watEi
About two c-trioids of sq'cond. third ard
fuu*h-clas' mjil nat&r have been :osz
in the freight yatds. The water is now
about five feet above the bottoins of the
mail cars and runnirg strongly.
It may Le possible to d:-y out mail after
its recovery, Lut at Presenit Superintendent
Trift of the railwiay service classes tat
mail among thje lost rticles.
]Damage Way Up in Millions.
The financial damage Is estimated by
prominent business men at anywhere be
tween $10.00,0 and i, In this city
alone, but there is no method of determin
ing this with any accuracy. One man's
guess is as good as another's.
The great danger now is the crumbling of
brick buildings. and this has begun in some
quarters where old Luildings are. standing.
Here and there the corner of a brick
structure has gone down, but there has
been no general collapse as ydt of any
large building.
All through the freight yards numbers of
cars are being loosened from theii' trucks
and are floating down streim.
When swept along b'y the current they
make a high-class battering ram,. and the
front of any buildi.ng that receives many
shocks from them is bound to suffer ma
terial damage.
Still Without Gas.
The gas company has announced that it
hoped to restore the supply of gas during
the day, but it failed this morning to make
good its prcrisc to supply sufficient gas for
cooking purposes.
Nine-tenths of the Kansas City house
holds use gas for cooking, and the result
was that the great majority of breakfasts
were cold. The gas company hopes for bet
ter luck by night.
A mild type of martial law was In force
las~t night. Soldiers were stationed all over
the business part'of the city, and while no
attempt was made to keep people off the
streets, anybody walking abroad after mid
night was compelled to give ant account of
himself.
- Kaw River Failing.
At 9 o'clock this morning the Kaw river
was falling slowly but steadily.
All through the wholesale district the
buildings showed evidence of the decline,
and watchmen In the freight houses who
had rigged up water gauges of their own
declared that the fall since daylight was
about six inches.
Unofficial reports indiceste that the de
cline is about one-half lncb'pea hour.
This morning It was annunc& by the
police engaged In relief work In the east
bottoms that all the peren~a who 4mad been
Imprisoned in houses In taal distict had
been rescued, and that therer was no chance
of any further loss of life.
The story yesterday . of fity Belgians
drowned In the east bottoms astdday
found to be untrue.
One brick house, two stores Mgh, has
fallen down, and about half-. doma frame
cottages have been washead fa~m their
foundations. With these exeptions all the
buildings in the east bottoms are un
injured..
DIFFICULTY IN WmRN ZEW.
Several Days Before telegrap~ Facili
ties Will Be
KANSAS CITY, Mo, - n2 .--he, nost
important means or comnimthun in the
flooded district for severi days 'has been
the telegraph and longjit~stanee @lephone,
and the telephone and teregraph W'ires, in
cludIng the railroad wirep, have blien taxed
to the~r utmost Capacity, wW'ng to the .loss
of hundreds of wires, oables under the
river and main batteies.
To Illustrate the d1u11 ty nge which
the news report hats b~n aee from the
flood districL, .tia #e2 fro lawence,
Topeka ad otherI~aia eieir been
sent out -by way oe Deny. aa eU~fb
thence -beky fa 'the esut a~ et the
time the only otlet troi ei~n.,
wasn by way of Sana~tO
IN DIS
full te'legraph and telephone facilities are
restored.
To moet any possible emergency or in er
ference with its source of pow-r at Kansis
City during the flood in that c'ty and vi
cinity, the Potal Telegraph Cable Company
sent from Chicago one of its portable quad
ruple outfits.
This outfit is one of the most modern an I
complete of its kind, and Includes every
thing necessary in oper-'ting a multiplex
apparatus of the latest and most improved
type.
A kei-ospne engine operates a generator
that suppl'es current to a nu-.br of motor
generators. which, together, are of suffi
cient c.tpacity to supply current for the
operation of ten or more quadruprex cir
cuits.
In Portable Form.
The instruments needed in the operation
of such c'rcuits are included In the outfit
as are also blanks for the business. and
even chirs for the operatols.
All W:ring local and main l'ne canec
lions, etc. are perminently made within
the eainet which contpins the outfit, so
that th- whob in in re iUty a modern tele
graph office arranged in portable form.
A,, al the bridgc- h:tve gone 'out. carry
ng with them tle cables, Kaasis City is'
praetlc-illy isolated from direct north and
western connectio's.
As soon as the w iter subsides enough to
permit it, the portaLle outfit will be sat
up on the west side-of the river. and com-'
munication estahiicied with the west.
Th will give Kuns is City practcally Its
full telegraph facilities long before the new
cables are strung and the regular connec
tL!ons made.
AID FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Commercial Club ef Topeka Votes to
Issue an Appeal.
TOPEKA, Kan., June 2.-The -Commer
cial Club at noon today voted to ask for
outside aid for the sufferers.
Yesterday the club voted that no aid
from outside would be accepted, but the
distress of the people today is so great that
the community cannot provide for all, and
so the charity of the country is appeal-ed
to.
This action was taken after an address
by Governor Bailey. who has just returned
to the city from Mound City, where he his
been water bound since last Thursday.
The governor pointed out to the club the
necessities of the suffering people and the
inability of the community to provide prop
erly for them and relieve their wants, and
said that, while he wanted to work in har
mony with the townspeople and its char
itable organizations, he saw his duty clearly
and he would this afternoon issue a procla
mation calling upon the charitable people i
of the country to send aid in the form of
money. River Fell During Night.
The flood situation here today is mate
rially better. The Kansas. river fell dur
Ing the night at the rate of an inch an
hour. -
All those marooned in trees and flooded
houses have now been removed to places of
safety. At the Sardou bridge alone more
than 200 Were landed last night.
The previous estimate of twenty dead Is
still adhered to. Many reported missing
are showing up, but it will only be possible
to give the actual loss of life when the
water has actually receded.
It Is believed that several persons were
drowned and that their bodies have floated
away.
The work of relief went on through the
night and has been systematized.
Disease Epidemic Feared.
The. greatest fear now in Topeka is an
epidemic of diseases. At relief depots,
where refugees are' huddled together, sev
eral persons -suffering with contagious dis
eases wesre removed to the hospitals: s
rapidly as possible. --
The absence of good drinking water is
another disease breeder.
Money is the, thing-most needed now, and
citizens are contributing nobly.
It is estimated by many that the work of
relief and rehabilitation will require
$100,000. Topeka is powerless to raise that
amount of money without crippling itself
seriously.
DANGER LINE P ASSEDs.
Fearful Damage Ffom Flood is Expect
pected at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, June 2.-The Missisippi' has
risen to thirty feet, the danger line at St.
Louis, and continues to rise' at the rate of
more than two feet a day;.'
Indications are that the thirty-four foot
stage at St. Louis, predicted by the signal
service bureau, will be -exceeded. A thirty
four foot stage at St. Louis means Immense
loss.
Already tens of thousands -of acres of
land on the Missouri and Illinois sides,
north of .here, are under water.
Sweeping from above with the added Im
petus of dozenis of swollen tributaries, the
Mississippi has leaped from Its accustomed
channel until Its spread embraces all the
lowlands contiguous to its banks. Hourly
!t reacie~s further'.
In a half-dozen.plaes between Alton ad
St. Louis the river wtih its lagoogg and
bayons is from five to seven msites wide.
Crpst Not Yet Ue.d mi~r
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TRESS.
Join, Is the most threatened district north
of St. Louis.
Missouri Point is a populous, fertile, farm
Ing country of at least 50,00k) acres. If the
rIvers -unite across the point, as they
threaten to do, the loss to crops will be
enormous. Already hundreds of families
are moving to higher ground.
At St. Charles, Mo., a few miles west on
the Misouri river, the water, has spread out
over three miles of country.
BIG D3A BUESTS.
Whtole Family Drowned and Buildings
Carried Away by Torrents.
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 2.-The Minnesota
reservoir is on a rampage, caused by- the
bursting of the dam at Big Stone lake,,
near the source of the reservoir.
One mile this side of Henderson, Minn.,
the stream Is a mile and a halt In width,
and at Henderson bridge, where at normal
stage the water flows thirty feet beneath,
the angry waves are now laving the plank
Ing of the roadway.
The members of an unknown family re
cently arrived from Oklahoma are all
drowned and their house has been carried
down Into the Mississippi.
Farm buildings near the river and the
bridges have been dainaged and the loss
to crops will be heavy.
BIVEB TWO TO FIVE IT2RLB WIDE.
Crops Completely- Destroyed for at
Least a Hundred Xiles.
EINrCOLN CENTER, Kan., June 2.-'rhe'
Saline river Is from two to five miles in
width, and crops in this valley are com
pletely destroyed for a distance of at least
ItK) miles.
In Lincoln county alone the loss -may ex
ceed a million dollars. Lindoln 'Center is
submerged, and It was only with the great
est difficulty the residents were rescued.
R-iver Falling at Lawrence.
LAWRENCE, _ Kan, June 2.-The riv-er
here is still falling. .No loss of life is re
ported and no serious suffering Is being
experienced by the homeless.
It is believed t thaten e flooded dis
trict will have been removed to places of
safety before nightfall.
SITUATION APPALLIG.
River Six and Eight piles Wide at
Keokuk, Iowa.
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 2.-It is near
the mouth of the river at Keokuf that con
ditions are the worst today. The situation
is appalling. The river Is six and eight
miles wide in places and in every direction
may be seen refugees on roofs of houses
and ir trees shouting for help that seems
impossible..
At Bentonsport, Farmington and Bona
parte great damage had been wrought by
the flood and half the tons are under
water. : I i IMZm
It practically has been determined that
there will be no extra session of the legis
lature.
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HANNA MEN ARE MAD
Anxious to Take aFall Outof
- Senator Foraker.
CHIPS ON SHOULDERS
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CONDITIONS,
Retaliation is the Slogan at Columbus
-Sharp Contest Between Fac
tions Looked For.
Speetal From a Stafr Correspondent.
COLUMBUS. Ohio.. June 2.-The main
idea In the front mind of the Hanna men
in attendance upon the republican state
convention is.
"How can we take a fall out of Senator
Foraker."
The followers of Senator Hanna. as dis
tinguished from the Foraker fac-ion, are
mad plumb through and through over the
apparent victory of Senator Foraker in the
Roosevelt indorsement incident.
"Why, hang it all," as one of them said
this afternoon, "we don't mind indoraing
the President. We would be glad to do .t.
but, great guns, we don't want to be
dragged up to indorsement by the s'.ruff of
the neck, and by Foraker."
Realize They're Helpless.
But the Hanna men realize they are help
less. The senator himself has counseled in
dorsement.
They know that when "the old man" said
to pass the indorsement resolution he would
make a good job of it, and that it is to be
passed,- and in no uncertain language.
That Is settled, as they understand it.
Senator Hanna is to take his medicine
11e a man, and expects all his friends to
do it.
Some of the rash ones wanted to keep
Senator Foraker from being made perma
nent chairman of the convention, but Sena
tor Hanna told them that would be child
ish, and they dropped the idea.
Ready to Retaliate.
Then they began to look over the slate
to see if there were any of Senator For
aker's friends slated for nomination who
could be switched.
Warren G. Harding of Marion has been
put forward as a candidate for lieutenant
governor. He Was recommended by Geo.
B. Cox. the Cincinnati boss.
Mr. Harding was spotted as a friend of
Foraker's also because his affliiations have
been with the Foraker people.
Then the Hanna men suddenly discovered
there was no old soldier on the ticket.
That was declared to be an unfortunate
onission to be immediately corrected, and
they thought the old soldier should have
second Dlace.
Boothman Taken Up by Han-a
Gen. Boothman. a hero of many battles
of the civil war. in one of which he lost a
leg, was taken up by the Hanna men. *
Tonight Senator Hanna. Senator Foraker
and George B. Cox will discuss the nz
cessity of having an old soldier on the
ticket.
The Foraker faction are aware of the
hostility of the Hanna folk, and are not
unwilling tor a fight. In fact, they are
very cocky and are going about with chips
on their shoulders..
They think this Is a good time to start
the shindy, if there has to be one, and do
not underestimate the importance of the
prestige their leader holds from his asso
ciation with the Roosevelt indorsement* in
cident.
Sharp Contest Between Factions.
Conditions are ripe for a sharp contest
between the factionh in the convention if a
serious issue is raised.
The two senators are smilling and bland,
but the surface conditons are deceptive.
Senator Hanna feels very bitter over the
Roosevelt matter and holds his colleague
absolutely responsible for forcing him to
make the public declaration of indorsement
at a time when he was violently opposed to
it.
Senator- Foraker, for his part, feels that
he dissipated a situation which a long as
It ex.sted was a menace to the interests of
President Roosevelt, In his opinion.
The lines between the two factions are so
sharply drawn as to be visible to the most
causual observer.
Boosevelt Not a Party to Feud.
But it must be distinctly understood that
President Roosevelt Is not a party to the
feud.
The most pronounced Hanna men accept
President Roosevelt as inevitable and he Is
only mentioned in the sqzuabble as furnish
ing the occasion for Senator Foraker's vic
tory over Senator Hanna.
Representative Charles Dick arrived this
morning with the platform In his inside
pocket. The platform will deal with all
national issues and set the pace for the
national platform next year.
The tariff will be handled and will "stand
pat" in strong terms. N. 0. N.
INSURGENTS CAPTURE TOWN.
Communication Between Yun-Nan-Pm
and Tonquin Cut Of.
HONGKONG, June 2.-The French Cnnmes
reports that the insurgents in Yun-naa
province have captured the towns of Che
ping-chau and Homi'nau.
Communication between Yun-nan-fu and
Tonquin is cut.
R.&U AND SKITH HANrGED.
Xurdered Captain and Six Kembers of
tromica'a Crew.
LIVERPOOL. June 2.-Gustave Rau, a
German. and William Smith, an American,
seamen of the British bark Veronies, from
Ship Island, Miss.. -who were convicted et
murdering Capt. Shaw and sia other am
bet's of the- Veronica's crew, were hmawsd
bere shiUtanouly today. Rama pretensd
his innocsnde on the seasoas.