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RBODMTONE
Bat Soatli Africa's n-Piftitor
bwoi Not to know It.
HE OUTL'HES A PLAN OF WAR.
An Apolngtj for Bb. de* Pnbllthfd in
a British Bacmine.
Tb« Brltlah XIU> Cinptlp fliUJiw
tuf mrj Well, bat • nftand Will
Mure to Adranca the Money to
l(rp(- Tb( Inwnrr rtbm la I rMe
Ukvt; to In voir* UH Pomn.
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Loodoo. M»y J#.—Tfcr aMrtm of CoL
OeTl ROodee—he wu * i-oior.ei of
volunt*«r»—to th# British South African
trooi* at Fongo. on W«dnn«i*y. &*■ »er»-
Ed to rev'.ve iiir hiu-r m»m'>new of !ha
T r«n■ v».! 1 r»!i. Me lit etched hi* arrange
ment f<>.» ending the rebellion. buiid.nc
fort* ar.J r«!«r,(j the p«l.ce tort*, etc. But
It t» inj nted out here that theae duties do
Dot. beioinr to Oe--.i Rhodes but to (!<■«.
rtlr Frederick Carrmirton, (omrrlr Brit
ish commander of Gibraltar. «rt»o waa fe-
Buy appoirued to the amband of ;h«
British iorues operat.og ag&inst th* sn
•uncnt i»atab»ie#, and to Sir Richard
Martin, the cewiy appointed adm.n.s-.ra
tor of the territory of the British Char
tered Mouth Africa Company. Tae Eisg
iiah newspapers Khode* u.at ne
returned to Metabeleland a private per
aun. and that ha had no power from lha
sacralary *of elate for t lie colonies. aa
Joseph Chamberlain baa announced, to
"move a Kngle poltoe." Consequently
the spwech In Mhvdea made at loi-«o 11
l.kely to increase the distrust of the Boers
by conveyinc to them Uie impression that
L« haa military aduuc.sira'.ive power*.
An intereat.ii* feature of the week haa
been an article In uie N.neteemn Century
purport Hi* to cite the true motive or rea
son for Dr. Jameson » raid into the Trans
vaal. ami seemia* to be Ceoll Rnodew'
pie a In juiuui.ai.on. it lit., in any case,
revived the South African scandal and at
traded a great d'ai of attention. The au
thor of the article la Seymour Port, who
vn private secretary of 3.r Henry
Brougriam Ixx h when the latter waa Br;t
lah commissioner iti South Africa. Mr.
Fort declares that t'ecti K hod re waa <i«-
termtned to push the revolution, and.
learn.ng that President Kracer had enter
ed into a »tret political entente with Ger
many, which presented immediate and im
minent danger to the Imperial and Afri
kander interests in Kouth Africa. Mr.
Kfioil" * resolved "at all ha&arda" to upset
the Hollander-German cabal. But it is
claimed ibat he had no intention of over
throwing the Bouth African K. i übi.e. Fort
further wttt utat tne immediate object
of the raid waa to secure documentary
proofa of the alliance between the Trans
vaal and Germany, the necessary docu
ments, It was believed, being ui the pos
se an of President Knitter at I'rp tor la
It la alau asserted. bad abandoned
despairingly ail ai tempts to persuade
frttaident Krufier to co-operate with the
imperial Afrikanders ,n this after an inter
view between them, whi-b took place in
ltfi. which, it Is aliened, convinced him of
the Transvaal president's deterni.uatioa to
hostility to Great Britain.
The ur.'ginaj p.j.,i of the raid. Fort taid.
was to capture Pretoria. Had that been
carried out. the torts, ammunition and
even the town itseif would have been in
the bands of tlie reformers in a air.de
nght. Every detail *aa determined on In
advance, but at the last moment. It twms.
the n* rve of the JohanueAbergers failed.
Fart contends that it OM never lntenJed
to Interfere with the liberty of i'rt*ident
Kruger and the offk-ia.» of the South Af
ri an republic, and concludes by pointing
to the atutude of Gerimny suiieeyj.-nt to
the raid and to the utterances of t;ie Ger
man press a* evidence of the close rela
tions which existed between l'retora and
Berlin.
["he dispatch to the Times from Cairo
regard.ng the deciaon of the mixed trib
una; upon the ippMl of the French syn
dicate against the use of the Kayptiar. re
wrv»- fund for the expense of the «enip*ig;>
up the N.le has cau*e i a decidedly b.id
impression here. The Times' curr» rpood
ent wire* that it ma# ail open secret that
ihe tribune had come to the decision that
the K«rpuan cover irr.eat cannot make
war aguinat the Khalifa, or ev*fi r < s: a
Soudanese invasion, w.thout the consent
of emth member of the deo: cotmalsson.
This de• - ; n. which, it '» s.vid. will be
anrKainced on Monday, in ever/ way jup
porta the French contention. and «vdtnt
ly mfans tfiat Great Urlta.n will have to
advance to Egypt the fund* nec*acarv to
push the expe lltion forward. It is true
that the matter can he referred to the
court of appeals, but ther» v very Mule
hope that the latter adl rever-e The ..e
--ciaion of the mixed tribunal. a* it l* gov
erned more by p> ii'tcal than by Jud < «ai
conaldefwUor.ii. end France ha* more r»-p
--resrrttatives in the court of a; peais than
the ether powers.
In the jr .intime the news from the front
is very sansfi 4 ry to the Itr-.tleh military
authorities Troops ar J stores are ad
vancing up the N.lo without a hitch any
where. *t*l deserters from the dervishes
report that the arrival of the British In
dian troops at Buakim has created a strong
impression !n the grnidan. as the dervish**,
it srd. now anticipate a combined ad
vance from Puafcm a?vl Akuf h. Th«»
Kha ifa is said to greatly fear an attack
Upon Berber, and (tsmsn Difftt is reported
to be greatly discouraged by his recent de
feat and to have advised the Khal'fa that
un> *s r nforced intends to retire still
further from t!.e Red sea.
The new* of the troubles In the !.«!an<l
of Crete creates much Interest here. The
Cretans it is said, ar? determined not to
yield mtil Their grievances are redresaed
Advices frem t?r»*r* *h:w that the Cre
tans ha\- n.:m'*rs of sympathisers amor*
th« Greeks, and that the la!'■*» are prepar
ing to assist the tosurgmts In Crete.
Psnce the arrival «>f the foreign warship*
at C.*n*a there ha« b*»-n a c«'-*«ation nf
jhe disturbance* tn that town. The Ttir*.
Ish government l*<*ed * denia' that
serious d'.*tv.r K a.n • * hae» oecwrrsd, whih.
in view of the wett-kT*osra facts tn the
case. Is •-'aA.s-l a* absurd The Porte de
clares that the whole afFiir is stmply an
Incident provoked by the avass nf ;he
R ««ian eon- Sate at Canea. who shot an
inoffensive Turk A s*nall affr»v. the
T ;"Vs a M. and ab-ut >-ighte«-n
wrre killed or wounded on N th
s!d** C-r*,-'. the Porte continues Is now
restored Th* Turkish note howev-r does
not refer to the gar- ; .»on of Vinos, whtch
It surro .nded bf O an Insurgents s d
which wit! soon yield. wVl* the orep*>s
terouseess of the remslnder of the note
is tv.# fart that (!rh(«ea bat
ra■:ors of Turkish troops have or
dered to Creta in order to red»oe the tn
sxsrgents to submtseiesi by of arms.
It Is reporte*l this evenire that the
•Ireek government ha« -» v y-ted to 'he
dtspe: h of further troors to the of
4>ete. and that the embassadors of the
at 4"\mstaat *rorle tr« trytnjc »o
medlets in order to avotd farther bl xd
shed
thk rrruvnrrtH ::ei.fa*kd.
All bat the Tonr leader* Fine* Re
innln.aml Rant*hmM!t T "Hsfcusdn it.
May -The e*- r»*ary of state
for the colons*. Cutafeeria.n, has
re< «-ire4 the fc.l. -w.ng dlenetrh from the
i BtliuMt ageci at Preigia: - Um prte^a*
SEATTLE WASHINGTON. SUNDAY, MAY 31. 18%.
*r* have a»«eB rei-aeed e*<--nt the Tar
lead*--*. The latter'f rase* w :i be corj ti
ered later Fires and pyp.jsbiwent In !.*a
of payment remain and re
malm, hot ft i* suspended on the agree
met of the pr .soner* not to interfere W'.th
the politics of the republic.
linrsl ( iMKln* Wu l/nk I.'k« Twtna.
Loidon. M»y r. -It Is stated that the
res*?a why the fnjke of Tork was absent
frem the ceremc-l** attendln* the «ro~a
t'-n of the cur is that his great per* "7*l
reeemMance to the emperor »f
caused the Russian police to be answer
able for his absence from Moscow. cla ."»-
lng that It wouid mean g; ard 1 ~.g Two cxar*
Instead ut ore. and th» d"ke was Hr.iilj"
persuaded t-, absent himself.
I»r*ni b In Fnfflsnd.
London. Ma* *> -England * suffering
from the tnost severe !routh In year*. In
six weeks the rainfall to London baa bejp
one-fifth if an inch. This lack of rein is
very sen >u* as far as the country districts
srs concerned.
Mdsnvsr a frenrti roloay.
Par *. May J».-The cabinet has decided
to submit to the chamber of deputies »
resolution pro- laljn i r>g the Island of Mada
gaseai a French colony.
"THe Pofßlsilns of lon 'on.
London, May ».—Tne census of
lust taken, shows I population of C 411,2*1.
an Increase of JB9.S2S since IS9L
(iOMEZ SENDI>« TROOP* WEST.
Tb» Pat note Hnrtilnr IHisertr In the
ProTlnd- of Havana.
Hivana. Stay V> A letter from Placet»s
ndi'-atee that Maaimo Gomes is march.n*
toward the Puerto Principe border to meet
and hurry westward additional reinforce
n.ents.
Batabane reports that the rebels burned
a sugar mill and two bit tobacco ware
house* In the suburb* of tha town yester
day.
Willi* m Learttt. one of the prisoner*
taken In the capture of the Competitor el
ped tion. has been transferred to th* hos
pital. sultcrlnir from yellow fevar.
La Discussion, an autonomist wurna).
(tives great prominence to *n e<tltorlal In
the Malrid Heraldo headed "One Way or
the Other," commenting on Cuban affairs.
"It Is true," says the Hersldo. "that Spain
should abandon the middle road *nd half
tn"*sures *nd either grmt autonomy to
Cuba, with an understanding with the
United States, or abandon diplomacy and
depend wholly on Spain's military pew.-rs
to eni the war." I.a Discussion e*prest«*
surprse. saying the right of a nat % to
control its domestic affairs ought not M
be challenged.
Speaking of the protest of ths United
States government agair.st Gen. Weyler's
decree relative to the oolleetlon of debts.
It maintains that the decree favors the
American creditors. whose principal
claims, it says, are not secured by Cuh.m
land, but against contractors. To *e!l
lands now would cripple those who owe
Americans anl depreciate the AsQerlcao
claim*. The largest claim of an Amert
4ti, it says, is »v.,i.0u0. held by Perkins, of
tit w Vork. and secured by a sugar planta
tion in the Cienfuegos district. The
Havana press demand* that Madrid shall
sustain Capt. Gen. Weyler's decree sus
pending the foreclosure of mortgages and
Hens upon property to avert widespread
failures in business circles.
A story Is current in Havana that tha
captain general has resigned and was to
be succeeded as governor general by
Primero-Veva, and as general in chief by
Polavleja. This was flatly denied at the
paiace by Marquis de Palrnero a. secretary
general of the governor general, who de
noun -• d the report as a car.ard maliciously
set afloat by personal enemies of the e*t»
tain general. "Capt. Gen. W-yler." the
marquis said, "has not resigned. Only to
day he receHed telegrams from the govern
ment expressing Its satisfaction and confi
dence In h s management of affairs and
congratulating him ui>on recent victories.
He has, as you will thus see. no reason to
resign"
Madrid. May 30.—Premier Canovas del
Castillo authorizes a categor cal denial of
the report that Capt. Gen. Weyler has re
signed. and says the latter has cabled thit
he conforms to the government Instruc
tions In all matters relating to the admin
istration of Cuba and the conduct of the
campaign against the Insurgents.
A Kill line on th»> Treaty With Chfna.
Washington City. May 30.-The attor
ney general has rendered an opinion In
•hi'h he construes article s of the treaty
of IK4 between the United States and
China. Under the act of isst Chinese
subjects of the excepted cLu entering
the United Slates for the first time are
required to procure certificates of identi
fication. etc . from the Chinese govern
ment "or such other foreign governm* nt
■>f which nt the time such Chinese per
son shall tve subject." In his opinion the
attorney genera! holds In effect that un
der the treaty of the certificate re
ferred to may be obtained from the Chi
nes*. government of from the govcrnm» nt
where they last resM-d. regardless of
whether they are subjects of that gov
ernment or merely residents of it. The
particular question decided Is that Chi
nese of the privileged clf.ss residing in
♦lie British colony of Hongkong and pro
ducing certificates signed by the regis
trar genera! of that colony, even though
they be subjects or the emperor of China,
-hould be d--er-ied to have compiled with
the treaty regulations In regard to the
< htnese lal>orers leaving this country
n.l remaining away longer than a year
t v r*Mson of ss kn'ss or othe-r causes be
yend his. control, the a'torney general In
another opinion hells that the certlllcate
.s to the facts required by the treaty to
t*e issued t>y the Chine-e consul at the
port of departure" must be issued by
the Chinese consul at the port of depart
r.< :n this country and not in China. The
oiled or of customs at Ilurllngton. Vt..
r . *- d the point that as the consul in tills
try could have no personal knowl
edge of the facts, the "port of depart
r. " should t>» held to mean the Chin-e«
rt of departure Th,« cont-ntion. how
f \ er. *as overruled A* there are of .lv
*wo Chive consuls In the Unite! States.
>r >* In N'» Vork and the other In San
Vr*in-,- o. the new ru! > • it t« is
i.kely to produce some confusion.
\ Hmtsl Mate Oilwlo Minn.
Sar. F-sn. May *> ~TVv--. the A-Tier
<-»n « p Arrar. saled for New York
Thv'sy. Ch-r Off -»r Sv CI» ••» who ha*
t«een her irate for three •sowed
away in her. He remi:nM hid !«n until
■<• *h!p f— *"'l <•>:■« -|e the .t« Th«n
"» If" -n d k an.! w 4 s 1- lr „t t0
1 author -V hy Oapt. r k - -on. the th:p*»
master. T.se Arr«T* n .l .J sus
: that »' Cl« re wa» - beard. for t;
they had they wcuH rot h 4 ie j,.f t the
• t -rr ,1 the «.«l. Pr»v. . 2 * to •iirr'rg
th» --rew lr.r--.rwed ,h»: they
wou * rot >Mp w th him If he ca-r.. • St.
".a r-. » ,1 haa a reo -j », 4 nal offl «r
T-ere wis ir. v s -»r * aT «» Ola'-a
concealed ll i|f He wMw« to e»-*pe
»r-~«t a warrant cha-* -< Mm
««!t!ni a *.< lor on the h.rh m
Jl.ok«on t » Be Removes) to I ..vl.nrton.
Newport. Kr Mar * -After tnak'p* a
-r-onal . v«m!natlon of the jail. Judre
1 ' " and unfit
' r •' rt *--n Ja-kson. and or
- : * reir val te a.-,-., j» 1. which
" v ' 7 *» *-'• ■ - •" It !• now
;eht ta be tmpoer ts cet the case
•-for* the -.rt »f »ppe, « before lt» see
r . rem. *o that the > »:>• day* allowed
Wta have to !» e»t.r-ied la aue the
*" ■ " -*» —l. It *iU •>«« be the
' "f * rerrwr to r.» t-.e date of **-
erutiotv
J-adle-." ->;! * «»n!r *ii *,( * ow>
-kt J > - »r: sn * spe- *! purchase sale.
s " v b - « i b.a»-k —r*n ar,i S.-o!<-h
-e'xed am-- re«-:!»r val:« «».*» a.nd tli.
*■> for t- <4. AU at ic«-t-,:rl l»a»
tsxn regular prsct a. T»i Seoocd avenue.
DISASTER IT MOSCOW
More Than 1,10» Peop'e Killed
. at the liar's Feast.
TRAMPLED UPON BY THE MOB.
Two Hundred Thousand Wei* Gath
ered oa the Plain Near the City.
Throe Hnn lrrd Tbogauid More WoiM
Arrlrrt «oon - t~t>e Tbronc
Mmella the Fond and la lru«d,
Maklnc ■ Ma i ltuah in Which llun-
Areda Are Throws Down to Be
Crnahed to Death—Terrible Katlng
of the loro.-atloa Fete*.
Moscow. May SO —A terrible pan!" result
ing from the gr- at crush of pee>p> at the
popular feast here tori-iy In honor of th«
coronation of the cxar, caused the trarop
i.ng to death of more than I.i "0 people, in
cluding a womia delivered of a chi»d dur
ing the excitement. In anticipation of a
grand ho) day and popular banquet on
Kohdir.skoje plain, ten* of thousands of
people began trooping toward the Petrov
akt palace, tn front of which the plain la
situsted, this morning. In fact, thousands
reached tne grounds last evening and
camped there or in the immediate vicinity,
la order to make sure of obtaining « good
position today. On the plain long lines of
tabies flanked by rougher ueuchea had
been erected. It was at first arranged to
accommodate 400.<Ju0 people, but. in view of
the immense crowds assembled in and
about the city at the coronat.on fe'es.extra
tables and benches were erected and every
effort made to provide ovals for Stti.iMO peo
ple. To feed the multitude an army of
cooks and ws(it- rs vu gathered together,
the army bakehouses were taxed to the ut
most. and 500,000 mugs, each bearing por
traits of the rsar and xar.na. were ordered
for presentation to the people taking part
In the banquet. Thousands of cattle, tram
loads of provisions and sh.ploads of Uquid
refreshments were sent to the plain, and
this morning all was in readiness for the
gigantic event. In anticipation of the as
semWing cf an immense crowd and the
poasioihty of disorder, a strong force of
police was detailed for duty on the plain,
three miles outside the city, on the road to
St. Petersburg. Several detachments of
infantry and cavalry were stationed In the
vicinity to support the police should such
a step become necessary.
When da> dawned today the masa of
peasants about the tallies was enormous,
and all were desperately hungry, some
having fasted nearly twenty-four hours.
The police did everything possible to keep
back the crowd, but suddenly the masses
pressed forward, swept everything before
them, overturned tables and benches,
trampling hundreds under foot and crush
ing the life out of a great number. The
police and military eventually succeeded in
restoring order and took away the dead
and injured.
Among the dead found on Kohdlnskole
plain were ladi>-s evidently of high rank,
iressud In the finest silk and adorned with
the richest jewels. The police barracks
to which the bodies of the dead were
taken were beaieged by persons besee, ti
ng for newj of friends and relatives. The
• nes at tire barracks are terrible in tha
extreme. The remains of the dead will be
conveyed to the cemetery, where a large
morgue is located.
The disaster, us now explained, was due
mainly to the absence of the police, who
h«.d not arrived at so «wr!y an hour.
Fully 300,000 persona of all grades of so
ciety had gathered on the plain at the
time the disaster ocourred. Onlv about
1.(00 attendants were In charge, and they
-cornel urqble to control the mob. Hop
ing to lessen the pressure of the assembled
hundreds of thousands, all moving toward
» common center, they tossed the pack
ages and presents Into the midst ot the
crowd. Tiils seemingly precipitated the
panic, since a scramble to obtain the gifts
ensued, and the hollow piece of ground tn
the center formed a death traD for thous
ands. The barracks where Napoleon once
concentrated bis troops before moving up
.« \ are tn -nany case* being u.»ed
as temporary hospitals, and the soldiers
have been rendering great aervlces in re
moving the dead.
Further time must elapse before ac
curate figures as to the number actually
killed and the numlrer of persons who are
victims of the disaster and those who are
only suffering from Injuries Is ascer
tained. But there is no doubt that the
oftlclal estimate of 1,000 victims cannot be
far from right.
This may be said to have put an end to
all the coronation festivities, certainly
so far as the general public Is concerned.
The disaster occurred betmeen 5 and «
o'clock this morning. It was Intended
that the banquet should not commence
before noon, but the Immense throng
which had gathered became so dense that
the attendants were overpowered by the
crow d, and the mad struggle commenced
for food and gifts, many of the attend
ants being among the dead.
The police made desperate efforts to
control the people, but all their attempts
proved futile, and men. women and chil-
Jr"n were trampled upon by hundreds, and
the groans of the victims could be heard
from afar. For a time the officials In
charge lost their heads entirely. The
crowds seemed to have gone mad with
nge and excitement, shouting, cursing
and yelling as they pressed onward over
a path strewn with dead and dying human
h-lnsr*. Eventually, however, some show
of order was restored hy the troops, and
Bremen were hastily summoned ar.d the
latter th" work of extricating the
d»ad and Injured, ranging them on the
ground In groups of ten. twenty and thirty
at every hundred yards or so. and dis
patching to the cltv, as speedily as pos
sible, In military transport wagons, f .r
--niture vans, feed wagons, etc., the Itv
jtired. giving preference at firs? to -he
women and children. Some heartrending
s-en»s were witnessed among the sur
vivors sh« Wfre seeking relatives among
the victims. The latter were mostly peas
ants. and few of tb«m have as y*d been
Identified. Many of the head* were tram
r'ed *n*o a iellv. So Immense
was the - ncourse on the plain that hun-
r-S of :he w*re not aware for
«.-irr» tine that the dt*a*ter had oc _ ;rre>i.
for re waa the nola- bv the
celebrations, by the hand* »n.l all the
oth»r entertat-rme-ta In full »*!M Tet
worlc of itatherlr-t: jp the ,i«a 1 ru In
pr«vreas in an"th<-r part of the plain.
It was not until nrartv 1" o>! k tonight
that the fact* r.f the diaaater were made
pcMlc. the people claim!-* 'hat tht* waa
done in orier not to put a sadden stop to
the festivities on the plain, wh oh would
have resulted in a panic and *t!ll mere »e
--ri - • !o»* of life.
T>e people in thl* city are slow to Viler;
the d saater is a« creat as reported. A
b ilie'ir aatd V.l holies had been recovered
and that 4T» persons had he. - Infursd. But
very shortly afterward, at 11 o'clock ej.
ac!!y, an ofRrl»l notice was posted Mym»
the i:»t of dead foots up I.ISS persons. In
d idtnr those who died fr -n ir.Jut s if er
ng r-movei frm the plain. The r«r
has c vei or t* rs that the sum of
rouble* he *1 ven to each bereaved fam.ly,
and »hat the victims be buried at ht* ex
pense.
Tbe *ltv.-r Boit at »Mt«*bnr*.
I*>tt»b<3r* Viv SOL—The bolt of the i"re«
sOver I'rokihlttonist* froa* the regular
r ' convention and the fortnaitoa
of a new saver party is now ciaimed to
be the fir« move of the siirtr men to tx4i
ai! the JwilUctl cvnver.tior.s A Western
delegate from tha Bt Metal!* Lniw. of
which A. J. Warner ia president. ttu for
months been doing considerable aiwim*
ary ••fk. A member of the national
* <»"»ltte* from Kir.fc) « and a c!«* fr;, n4
j of St. John, «?d: The W«*stem
| people are uiiited on the s.l*er
j Irrespective of party. and ther«» wW be
j ho!:s ?rem the Republican and Democrat
| ie conventions If the goid standard is
j adopted. We wn\\ no longer submit to
j East-rn dictation. There is a grrt+nxl
ttrderstan!?*# of thta kind :n the Weal.
Wf *l. n<?! sacr-.ftee prohibition, but I
b* Leve Senator Teiler can gft a fol
lowing if be leads the stiver bolt at SL
j LculSw"
PEXSorm IN THE LKATK
! Tor M ny.tr of Portland Thf Fle t ton
Take* Pl«c» I nmorrow.
Portland. May 3#.—At the election which
i occurs on Monday one justice of >ho s-tj
! preir," court is the only state officer to
; be chosen. Two -ongressmen and m.»m
--j hers xti the legislature which will choose
a successor to Senator Mitchell In the
United States senate will also be elected.
>a many ,-ountei party lines have Almost
lieen obliterated and this especially is
the caw In thi» 'Multnomah) county.
There are two Republican tickets, a
| Democratic ticket and a Fopulist ticket,
ami any number of inuepen.itnt candi
date*. It la conc.ded that K. 3. Bean,
j K'j übltoan candidate for supreme Judse,
| trill be elected by a large majority, prob
ably m excels of The legislature
will probably be Republican by a large
majority, as the Republicans h.tvv 1#
holdover senator* out of J». In the list
' house the Democrats were not repre
sented. while the Populists had only a
! out of W, the remainder being llepubll-
I car.*.
In the Second congressional district
there are three free ailver candidates and
one gold sumdard ,-andulate in the fleld.
and the contest will be <la»*. In the First
congressional district Thomas U. Tongas,
Republican, win probably win.
Tho greatest lntersat In this dty Is can
tered In the mayoralty. At the pre*t nt
time It appears that e*-Gov. Pennoyer 1*
In the lead tor this place.
The California I)el>»»te« to "t. Lonts.
Ban Francisco. May JO —The Republican
delegates who have been selected to go to
St. Louis naxt month and shout for Mc-
Kinley will wear badges of a d.stinct and
characteristic design. These badges have
been completed and delivered to the dele
gates and all pronounce them beauties.
As usual a big California bear surmounts
the metal bar bearing the name "Califor
nia." Thence swings a shield. u|%in which
is Inscribed all about the delegation. The
whole Is given a background of red, white
ar.d blue ribbon, and presents a very pret
ty appearance. As It Is quite a practice
among delegates at a convention to ex
change badges as mementoes, each mem
ber of the body representing California
will carry with him an extra supply of
badges. The delegates will wear un.form
straw hats and will carry orangewood
cams with white silk handkerchiefs at
tached. Upon arrival at St. Louis the
delegation will be met and escorted to
their headquarters by the Tippecanoe club
of Cleveland. The trip will tie made In the
finest special train ever made up at the
West Oakland yards for such a trip. There
will be two sleepers, a dining car and a
compartment car. There will be a librnry,
smoking rooms, bathrooms and a barber.
The train will be vestlbuled, and In point
of comfort and convenience will be unex
celled. It will leave Oakland pier on June
11. going to 8L Louis by way of the Cen
tral Pacific line.
Hold Wot t randM*te for v iee> Prwwldent
Baa Francisco, May *•.—Whttelaw Relit
left for the Eaat tonight after a fix weeks*
stay at Millbrae. He talked politics to the
Chronicle before leaving, and gave it a# his
opinion that McKinley would he nominated
for president on a "thoroughgoing honest
money platform." Asked If the T;eyut>
llc-ans would do nothing for silver. Mr.
Held said: "The Republicans have aI*AV»
been eager to do everything for silver con
sistent with preserving the parity of th«
metals and the soundness of our currency.
At that I'ne they always have stopped, and
at that line they surely will stop n>w. and
the so-called silver states woti'd be am ntr
the first to regret It If they didn't." When
asked about the vice presidency Mr. Reld
said he was not a can lidate, and ih.it there
were no Indicate is that tha nom nation
was seeking him. He s iggested Thomxs
B. Reed as the Ideal Knstern candidate,
but asked: "Why don't you newspaper
people here, who are constantly demanding
recognition for the Pacific cosst, put up a
cand'date for yourselves? Why not stand
together for once, and present I>e Young
or Otis?"
St. Lnnls Cu (fondle the (invention.
Washington City. May *>.— Contrary to
reports, there has been no communication
between Chairman Carter, of the national
Republican committee, and the Bt. L«ou!s
local committee having charge of the ar
rangements of the Republican convention
respecting the question of a change In the
date of holding the convention. June 16.
Carter's advices are that about two weeks
will be required to put the building In con
dition for the convention, assuming that
an adequate force of workmen can be
readily obtained. Carter says that should
the local St. Louis committee ask an el
tension of time he would comraun rate by
telegraph with each member of the na
tional committee, submitting the request,
and abide by the decision of the majority.
More KtMenre Aiwlnat l'«*t<»r Herman*
Silt I.*ke. May SO.—'The polk-e have not
relaxed tholr •■•Tort* to locate Rev. Her
mans. but so far no reliable Information
has been obtained as to his whereabouts.
Another addition to the already strong
circumstantial evidences of crime waa
made this afternoon A Tribune repor
ter In searching for evidence made an in
spection of the church and Us surround
ing*. Vndcr one of the porehej" he found
a miner's pick covered with Wood. Mixed
with the blood and dirt which adhen a
to the pick was found a safety pin. >lso
hair which is said to corr- *pond with that
of Miss Clatison. the missing girl. This
evidence I* being carefully preserved for
future use.
CeimHlus VssderWll'i I.lberallty.
Jxindon. May SO.—N>!!!e Jfcuatetter. the
famotia memN>r of the Parisian demi
monde, ha* re-ently h«en ra.ir.ng m ieh
aensatlon in the aay rtrH-- P of Part*. fl;*oe
the has been under«tood to be tinder the
rroteetior. of a weil-knnwr. A.me>ieaa m:l-
Mer.alre nhe ha*. ; <»en ivted for the «mirt
n«»« of her ti*"l and hor*e« wi;h "ilver
moanted rha'.n harr.eee. Jt I* atated in
I'arta that »he threw over a prom.'nejit
Mrnneapol.e man to accept tlw attent.-.n*
of her present admirer.
Fatal Accident at Itlfle Praetiw
wr.kesbarre. Pa . May »-A tragedy oc
curred at the r lie ran«e ef the Ninth re((i
ment National Ouat*l of Pennarlvania at
Paraor.s, Pa., at noon today A company
was at practice. Serjt. Ohediah Rhode*
wa* looking after the tarjret* He gave
the sljrnal to Are. then raised hi* head
above the d»c«er line. A bullet from the
rifle of John R Hippie «*rj!-k h:m sn the
head, kiilin* h m ins'antly. Hippie and
Rhodes were fa*t friend*.
Ralnon* Hall -torm In Colorado
Denver. May » -A special to the NVws
from Brighton. <so! . aay*: Reports from
northwest of Brighton are that a severe
hailstorm swept a lar*e are* of country,
crop* and dole* ->f.ber dama«e.
A large haris. one ef the flnest In thi* sec
tion. on the ranch of B E. Byron, north
of Brighton, wa* torn to pices by the
wind. Below Lupt n the did *' at
is mare. Ha'lstene* as hi* as a mas'* fist
with temtVe force, ruined all crop*.
C. K. W heeler"* line hou*e near F. stteviile
It at;roofed.
ST. LOLIS CLEANING LP
Thon«ands of Sifhtww Over
run the Stricken City.
RUINS STILL FULL OF CORPSES.
St. ljoni* IW*s Not Xwd Outside Aid,
a Pol if e Comniwtoiior Sat*.
An Krldrat to Rfprmit
the m 11**« t'hu
It Kmllr It-FlunrUl UK*. • !<>,-
OOO.tIOW W««n-I»4 |tl« la
lot M. Louis.
St. Lou)*, May & -At midnight the to
tal dead. miss.ug and fatally injured in tba
two cities is 424. This «um»!« t» made up
ns foilow»:
In In
St K.® '
Known dead 1* UJ
Unknown dMd 11
Fatally injured ' s s
M .ss nc 5*
Total lead, missing and fatally injured,
both cities. 454.
I'M* Will undoubtedly he added to when
all th# ruins shall ha\e b»n lisnirfrwl.
At Kast St. Louts fhe following nam**
have tm added to the list of known dead,
the r bodies ha\lr>< been Henittlrd today:
Mrs. Hrotiat.. Charles Cotttßß, Ueorga
Ksher, Michael Flynn. Hi-nry Poes. Henry
Viefhs, Mm. Trump, Bd Werdley, William
Walsh. liahy Wtnthouae.
This was 1 le. oratlon day. but the recent
griefs of the .itlsens of tbw town had for
the time hem* effaced from their mlndi
the memories of those who passed away
In the war of the rebellion, and there «wn
no Mrvt<*t| of any kind, although elaborate
arrange had be«-n made during the
early portion of. the week. Immmw
crowds of people vUltel the ruins 10-tlijr,
and it In expected that tomorrow thera
will be ?Mtt visitor» here. as excursion#
will he run for ioft miles out. on the tweop
ty-three railroads entering the city.
St. Louis, May 3ft—The storm has at
tracted to St. l/ouis enormous crowds. Tha
hotels are taxed almost to their utmost ca
pacity. Dome hi* down town hostrlries
have to put cots in the rooms. For three
days all the railroad trains Into St. Louis
have been ioaded to the guard* The union
station is Jammed constantly. Anion* the
visitors are about a* many women as men.
Thousands throng the l«afayetta park re
gion and Impede the work of rescue and
r*»psir by crowding around the wrecked
building!* and climb ng over the tottering
walls and heaps of debris.
By slow degress St Louis is recovering
from the business paralysis caused by tha
awful storm. Some of the principal thor
oughfares that were chaked with Wreck
age have been opened and a few street car
lines started, but the telephone system Is
practically useless. The side streets
through the storm-srrccked district ara
still in a critical condition. Tr«mc Is In
many places impossible. It will requira
weeks to restore some streets to their nor
mal condition.
Knlns Full of (arpan.
The numlMT of dead Is hourly growing
greater as the work of clearing away the
ruins progresses. It was said hy officials
of the city hospitals the day after tIM
storm that no one Was crushed In tba
ruins. They are beginning to change their
minds. It has been ascertained that fifty
to seventy-live patients and four or five
employee are missing. T'ntil this morning
practically no work toward exploring tha
ruins had been done, hut a targe force of
men was put at work there at daylight to
day. In deference to the loud demand* of
people who had friends at the hospital not
heard from since the storm. Father Ken
rli k, of St. Vincent's chureh. who has been
attending the patients of the hospital for
years, says fifty bodies will be taken out,
if not more.
Mot. K.i outfit nnoem In <*t. I-nuts.
The demand for houses and flats by Ihoss
rendered homeless by the tornado la great,
and real estate men think there are not
sufficient vacant hoases In St. Lotila to
supply the needs of the people. It Is esti
mated that T.noo homes were so damAged
as to render them uninhabitable. Real es
tate agents say the number of vacant
houses and flat* at th'* time of the storm
did not exceed B,o*l.
Ths> I/mM <if the rieotrlc rmnptntw.
The Missouri Electric Ught and Power
Co. escaped damage to the powerhouse,
hut on Ttroadway, Sixth, Heventh, Chest
nut, Eighteenth. Nineteenth, Twenty-flr»t
ami Twenty-second streets, and Jefferson
avenue the wire* and a great man* polea
are down. The estimate of poles down
reaches srt). The company has sufficient
reserve supplies on hand to repair ;ts loss,
and SM> linemen are at work. With the
Ktllsotl Co. the poles and wires In about 3")
blocks from the levee to Durand avenua
and from Rutger to Clark avenue a#e
down, and every sr" lamp Is smashed. The
powerhouse Is a wreck Some of the city
are lights that are burning are supplied by
the switch feeder from the Missouri Co.'g
powerhouse.
M. I.mils People Ml>sln(.
There are many p«opl« missing In Bt
Louis, an.l anxious relatives and friends
are beginning to mourn them as dead, as
no Information as to their whereabouts has
been obtained. The list Is as follows:
Charles Aschol. Berths Jacob. M<».«
H.''key, T. J. Stephen. James If. Smith,
James Evans, Jacob Wendt, Harry I'enna,
Minneapolis, M nn.; Hermann Hromalen-
I>»ch, Mary Wagner. Walter <sruenwsld,
James Young. Jame« M <'|elUn, Webster
Orove, <Mo.. Aioiph Ooodman. John
Hoache, <}eorge Hesse. C. A. Siaufer.
All of th* fifteen clerks in trie Chicago £
Alton freight office esr aped death, only
on*. J. Hrady, being at all injured.
A**rlvlf.T of I
Thieve* were A, tlve last n ght, and, at
th' ugh several hundred men are prolactin*
property, the thieves (1!.! considerable
stealing. B. v»r»l hundred sospckrtM char
acters were arr»«t*d by the police an.! rail.
lt;» la«t night. and a* the police station
was crowded i.iey were placed un<i«r the
care of the militia.
*t I xrnle I'm ■- Not VpM Otitkide Alt!*
1 'nil « CorrsmiMelOTi'-r John A I-e*» Is not
of those w'-.-i -:ia>» the damage
nt the *torro a* Hrht af. ! think that flt.
I.oviis is amply abl» to r-lteve the dls
treared unit!'!ed. He sal! to-day: "I
thmk the foolish faNe pride which has
'el the a r -?- .' ;hat SI. Ix»uta
t no outside at.-l sn-1 can take cara
i of her own distress and rain Is well de
| serving of general denunciation. Th» men
who have announce*! that we need no out
sil« all do not know or appreciate the
gravity of the situation, snd represent
only th»ir o»n well-fed and comfortable
! and w-11-k.: t hots**«' personal views. I
! have thoroughly - I the ruined dis
trict wi'h the r r,ief of police and vice pres
ident of the •• Voard. and know that
j the average of the estimate* of the •iam
' ages which are m&de by the pre** are
j not exaggerated. If the damage Is D
i mi»». which Is about the lowest estimate
■n le. and the ahaoiately ne-essitou* coo-
S di'lon*. *« h m* positive la k of rood,
j clothing and shelter, ar« only 5 p»r »r.t,.
• It will rr-juiro half a million dollars to re
lieve th-m. I have nrver known a call for
publi aid to be made that St Lou!* did
not come promptly to the front, and I
dor t detlre to see ~'JC Urious either un
derestimated or exaggerated f" T-ouis
i do-a need at present alt the aid she can
i gev Our own people who can afford lo do
i do so wii: be!,., and Ih'tr aid wlil be I!'>-
| «r*:, but I Uaua '.hat no smaller sum ti.aa
SIXTEEN'-PAGK EDITION.
h..!f a milton dollar* will N» adequate to
w-n» the lack of flood. ~k>'htng, house*
ho I e<> itrment* and shelter
It shonM he retnewibered that
of mar .ifacturlng plaats hare been d*-
*!n>> e<l. and manv thousands of ;vo;>!e ar»
to he oat of employment for several
tnsaika. IVlto, therefore, dares to taV»
the responsibility of saying that St. Louis
can and will take "*re of her own suffer*
en and. suffering?"
I'hr HtSMK' to City Rulldln*w.
The amount the taxpayer* will have ta
pay to repair (<nd rehilld city property
b'own i)i*n an.l damaged will not tx »
small -ne. Mr. Randall. oMMBMonw jf
bui I'ncw. think* akwl *S»..«W will re
hab Jitate the -Hy's btttUtngs. On th»
other hand. President McMath. of t. a
board of pubi c tmiarovrments, thinks \lr.
Randall's i.Kires exaggerated, and, le»v-
Ir.jc out th* city hospital. which 1* uln: -t
destroyed. alcuUte* that luvtTO or I'.c "O
wis he sufficient to make all the necessary
repairs.
-*-ndlng Out the New*.
No Hty In the see rid, in proportion ta Its
population, haa better teie*r*ph,o facili
ties than St. lx>uia. Rut th* storm blew
down the wire* and stilled the instrument*,
and for a few hours St. I.OO!* was virtu
ally a world to itself. Thousands on thou
sands of m- seaxes were stacked up h*re tit
be sent, and as ureal a number wen* tiled
In other lilies for St. I/Oats delivery. I ta
med atel.v after the storm the companies
Iw Kan replacing the wires. Thousand* at
linemen were secured, and the work of r*«
construction was pushed night and day.
As fast as the wire* were put In working
order ths messages flashed over the wire*.
Operators were brought from all available
sources, and messensers by hundreds,
mounted on bicycles and horsea, and mes
se: gers on foot, were employed. To deliver
all the messages was an impcsstb.llty, ami
at night more than 10.000 messages Were
pi iced in the mall* for delivery by letter
carriers. The first deliveries on Wliltiy
and Saturday mornings contained thou*
sand* of the well-known telegraph snvel
opes which the companies were unable ta
handle. In addition ta th* private tele
grama Inquiring about fnengs and la reply
to queries, many special newspaper cor»
respondents had congregated la the city,
and to a great extent they monopolised ths
wires with special* to their pspsrs. Oa
Fr day Bight nearly I.UOOM# words of «pe
clal tel. v'rama wire sent by these oorras
apondaata. y
Dietrlbutton of Itsllaf.
As the fund grow* for tbe relief of tha
▼lctim* of th* tornado, practical work la
being done in giving the sufferers tha
help of which they stand In suck sora
nerd. No delsj>gs being had In this most
Important work, for ths sufferers must
have relief at one*. The Merchants' Kx
change relief committee Is doing Its woi It
as rapidly aa possible, and is sending
wagon* and provisions Into all parta o(
tt.a stricken district. An srnjr of 300 men
with seventy-five Isrgs wagons started
from the rupples block early this morn
ing ta carry assistance to the suffarsra.
Their mtaaion was to remove ths housa*
hold goods of th* unfortunatea to places
of safety from ths elements. In many
cases tha victim* had no plac* to move
their goods, snd the Simmons Hardware
Company tendered tbe usa of the new
warehouse on Ninth street, between ClarM
and Walnut street*. Th* work, which l«
being done a* a help to tha regular re
lief committee, wa* carried on ay sterna U
bully.
Th* suffering witnessed by tha g*ntla
m> n who csnvasaed the districts Friday
and today was Indescribable They found
entire families almost starving. At ona
place they found a woman who was about
to become routined, without a place to
lay her head.
The wurk being oarrted on from tha
Cupplea building Is not In conflict with tha .
Merchants' Exchange relief committee,
but supplementary to H. Today the Mer
chants' Kxrhange committee aupplled
fifty families with provisions, ordering
the goods from merchants, who, with
their own wagona, could deliver them
without delay. In addition the wagon*
of tha 8L I-outs Transfer Company have
been placed at tha disposal of tha com
mittee, and these wer* employed In trans
ferring property to places of safety. Tha
relief airps organised by tbe St. Louts
ProiiiWtt Association Is aanvasslng ilia
district from Tenth street to the river be
tween deyer avenua and the railroad
tracks, on Friday they had rescM
Twelfth street, and today their work wag
east. The headquarter* of tbe Merchants'
Exchange relief committee was thronged
all day with sad-faced men and women
seeking succor. Bom* of tba stories toll
were heartrending.
Tha Soulard street police station Is ths
center of the relief work In tha eaatera
portion of tha ravaged district. It He*
near the center of the storm'* path, and
affords a convenient and accessible bursau.
A number of relief wagons have been
placed at the command of the aergeant In
charge, and the officers ars Instructed to
direct persons applying to them for relief
or assistance In mnvtng to the station la
all lIO.IOS has been collected for tba work
of relief. This Includes ths city appropria
tion of tlOO.non.
< loanluc I'p th* Rtrsets.
The work of cleaning up ths dsvaatatad
district of South St. I-ouls was begun this
morning. One thousand men with Inmi
wer« put at work by (he street department,
under the personal supervision of Com
missioner Mllner. Runday morning the en
t're street department will go to rrork un
der the direction of Chief of Pollc* Harrl
gan. Se,<r<*hlng for bodies of the d««<l Th«
street department Is now working at nt*
expense of IJ.VKI a day. Commissioner Mll
ner says It w'll take f78,n«0 to put tha
streets In order snd haul away the litter.
Thers Is about IU.W to th* credit of tha
department for this branch of th* service*
The excitement has entirely subsided,
and the stricken peiple have slresdy set
tle! dowa to far* the situation and tonka
the best of It. On every hand may ba seen
men, women and children engaged la tha
work of restoration where It Is poxslbl*. or
f R .1 where It ts not. '
Seventeen pernor* dend and ally* has*
BOW h«en taken out of the rtitna In tha
neighborhood of Seventeenth and liutgor
*lr»e»*. which. It I* thought, constitute#
the entire number burled thsre. All tha
other residents of the wrecked buildings
bsve been located elsewhere. A large fore#
of city employ «a Is now at work clearing
th« atr+pl.
At the "M Poniard market work ha* been
absndnned._ The debris at thla point 6»*m
not obstruct Travel, and will not ha touch,
ed for «on)» time Commerce baa howev
er. already sprung up In an.l about th«
ru'rs, The vender, , n d huckster* are out
In full force, and enjoy a hut tightly di
minished trade. The tradesmen wh-ea
r»ro\<* were demolished have contrived tem
porary quarters under the shed* in tint
portion of the old btrfldlng yet standin-r
At the ruins of the furniture factory it
Ho ilard street and Broadway a large r 'r
mng !a at work clearing the «tr»»;s. it»
efforts are supplemented by those of «
crowd of volunteers, who taborH w.'h
•>" M;-tai!r.n of recovering the hod. •
Charles Bergsste. a driver for the con
cern. which is supposed to be Mill in the
ruins.
ReMtrln( the flori-ee.
A round T-afay»tte parte, east. west. nor"i
and »ou»h. the number of wrork'J hou» s
Is i-glon. f*hlmneys are being rebu It.
tr las ng roofs replaced, walls patched at.<l
rooms ci-»ned. Rome per*oris have got
far as putting In window panes but th> r
are f>*. Home of the str«»t railway lili-'S
fat suffered from th<- storm an r
•ÜBed oje-ratlons ara b»»tege.l by Immens*
crowds of vigifor*. The reraft'Mmr »»(, «
sill be in shape for servltre next s- tk.
Tlie magnitude of the city's m ; >'"rtms
In losing the ity hospital »» l,e -omtng m«.-«
apparent dally. 'Jnly acttia! experience in
attempting to ear«- for »'i* unfortun-i' •«
made dotiWy V>mel«ss by the storm baa
♦■rought ont tl»e fttll extent of the calamity.
Th>- work of boilding a new hospital wiU
b* Itegun at one a.
S**ven V ors. I lest Ih - in KMt «*t. lotils.
pt May *>.—B»v<n persons died of
1 Injuria last t ght Is Kut St. Loulg boa*