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PHOENIX TO LOS Ar-'GELES.
CALIFORNIA AND COLORADO
EXCURSIONS
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FOURTEENTH YEAH,
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PHOENIX. ARIZONA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 19(X
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VOL. XIV. NO. 14
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LOST AT TOPEKA
The Number of Victims
Apparently Lessened.
GREAT. LACK OF DETAIL
The Report Confines Itself to Those
Who Are Known to Have Been
Drowned The Missing. -
Topeka. Kas., June 1. At 6 o'clock the
water in the Kansas river had gone
down fourteen inches and was falling
at the rate of half an inch on hour.
Prom Manhattan, up the river, conies
the report that the water there is slow
ly falling. At Wamego the same con
dition prevails, and it Is now reason
ably certain that the waters here will
.steadily recede. At this time there are
thirty-four known dead. The list of
dead follows:
JORDAN HENRY, colored.
WARD.
O 4. P.RETT.
Five-year-old son of Fireman G. R.
Garrett.
KUTZE. teacher.
MRS. KUTZE.
LOUISE ZAAVEN.
STOREY.
Infant of George M. Storey.
MRS. JACKSON, widow, probably
dead.
JOHN L. ADAMS.
MRS. IDA MONTGOMERY, probably
dead.
Unidentified dead:
Unknown family of seven, seen by
Rescuer Smith In West Side house. "
Unknown woman and child, drowned
while crossing to Oakland.
Four seen to fall from trees by
watchers at the Sardou bridge, east ap
proch. Mrs. Jackson, a widow, who lived at
Thirteenth and Van Buren. was caught
( in her home without means of leaving
and is thought to have been drowned.
Henry Ludington, who lives in Oak
land, was last seen hanging to the
branches of a tree in the western por
tion of North Topeka Sunday morning.
It is thought that he has been drowned.
John L. Adams, who lived on Madi
street near the woolen mills, is
thought to have perished. With his
family he- had taken refuge on the roof
of his home. Rescuers took the family
out early, but the boat was not large
enough to accommodat; him. When
ihe party returned for him he had van
ished. .
Mrs. Ida Montgomery, who lived
hack of the Citizens' bank on Kansas
avenue, is reported drowned. She was
in her room Sunday morning, but the
parties were unable to rescue her.
There is no one there now.
Andrew Pretzel, a market gardener,
living east of Oakland, is among the
missing, and his friends think he was
drowned.
A man named Smith, who manned
one of the rescue boats on the North
Side last night, reported seeing seven
dead bodies, floating in the water on the
second floor of a house in North To
peka. He did not know who had lived
in the house.
The Munsey family, who were caught
on the roof of their house Saturday
night, reported that they saw two
bodies floating by this morning. Carl
Goff Jr., son of the chief of police, saw
a. woman and a baby fall from a house
roof just west of the Gabriel lumber
yards while that structure was burn
ing. The current swept them directly
into the flames.
A reporter for the Associated Press
saw two men plunge from a house just
south of the burning yards about the
same time Saturday afternoon. They
were swept' out Into the current and
disappeared under the muddy water.
An unknown man was taken a wo
man and baby across the river to Oak
land in a skiff when it capsized. The
woman and' child were drowned. The
man saved his life by hanging to the
boa t.
Watchers on the east approach of the
old Sardou avenue Ijridge yesterday
morning who were using field glasses
reported seeing four persons fall from
the trees 01: the other side and drop1
into the water.
An unknown man was taking a wo
house near Kansas avenue and Gordon
street late Sunday night. She was
chilled and numbed from exposure, and
died shortly after being taken into the
Union Pacific hotel. Milton Holt saw
a woman swept down the river and
drowned Sunday morning.
Another woman who was about to be
rescued slipped from the roof before
the boat could get to her and was
di owned.
FOR SALE.
adjoining Phoenix on the south,
a 130-acre ranch, improved, and
cultivated, with more than suffi
cient water In Salt canal; ex
tremely fertile soil; convenient
ly located for any and all agri
cultural pursuits
Can Be Bought Below
Value.
only 'i purchase price required;
long term given for payment of
balance, at low rate of interest.
This Is an investment that
Will pay for itself.
Dvight B. Heard,
Center and Adams Sts.
The distress of the sufferers is being
relieved. Those who are still in North
Toreka are being supplied with food
arid they are in practically no danger
unless it be from sickness.
One of the most distressing features
of the situation now is the possibility
that there will be a spread of conta
gious diseases. People of all classes are
huddled together In houses not larsre
enough for "them and on all 'sides they
are surrounded by water. Doctors anH
medical relief cannot reach the sufferers-
to any great extent.
This afternoon a case of diphtheria
was reported from the woolen mills in
North Topeka, where there are many
children in addition to the adults. It
is easy to see what may result from
this. There is also a case or two of
scarlet fever among the refugees on
the North Side. Hundreds cf cases of
measles are prevalent among the chil
dren and on account of the exhausted
condition of the patients the disease
will Yesult fatally in many cases.
The possibility of an epidemic is tht
most serious thing the city must con
tend with. The physicians of the city,
under the direction of the county health
loard, are making heroic efforts to
check tfye threatened calamity. In this
work they are being well aided by the
health boards of the state and county.
Ap emergency board of health has been
appointed by the mayor to co-operate
with the city physians.
ROBBER MERCHANTS.
Provisions of all sorts are becoming
scare in Topeka. No freight trains hav;
entered the city for several days nd
as large quantities of groceries Were
destroyed in North Topeka there will
not be enough for the people to eat if
this situation lasts much longer. It
Is charged that certain of the mer
chants have formed a combination for
the purpose of controlling the prices,
of provisions, but they deny the truth
of the charge. It is reported that a lo
cal commission firm bought up all the
potatoes In town last Saturady and ad
vanced the price 50 cents a bushel. It
will be at least a week before freight
trains from the east can' enter Topeka.
and perhaps longer, but an effort will
be made to secure a stock of provisions
from the smaller towns.
It was learned tonight that a Rock
Island relief train had reached North
Topeka last night in the vicinity of the
reform school. The train brought sixty
boats and two steam launches. Experi
enced boatmen are in charge and are
doing splendid work in taking flood vic
tims to places of safety. The chief of
police at St. Joseph and eight officers
accompanied the train. f
A long train of Rock Island passong?r
cars was also brought and in these
coaches the people are being placed.
The cars will be taken to places further
up the track, some to Atchison and oth
ers to St. -Joseph, where the refugees
will be provided for. W. O. Neville,
chief clerk in the office of the ItocU Isl
and general sujerintendent. reports his
observations as follow:
"For miles, looking to th north, there
was nothing but water Our relief trains
succeeded in getting in on the north
side of the city near the reform school
or their efforts to reach the people
would have been useless. ,
"Miles of the Rock Island tracks are
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MARRIAGE Of BURBANK
To Filipino Girl Ordered by War De
partment to Be Investigated.
Washington. D. C, Jur.e 1. On the
recommendation of Judge Advocate
General Davis, the commanding gen
eral In the Philippines, has been In
structed to investigate the case of
Lieutenant Sidney S. Burbank or the
Sixth Infantry, stationed at Fort Leav
enworth, Kan., who is charged by a
Filipino girl, who claims to be his wifo,
with desertion.
Lieutenant Burbank denies the mar
riage, and characterizes the certificate
as a forgery. To clear up the mtUter
General Davis has been instructed to
ascertain the fact3 In repard to th
alleged marriage and the issue of the
alleged certificate.
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ON HIS WAY EAST.
The President Journeying Through
Nebraska.
North Platte. Neb., June 1. Presi
dent Roosevelt left Cheyenne, Wyo..
shortly afternoon today, and made but
one short stop between that place and
this. The stop was made at Sidney,
Neb., where he delivered an address on
good citizenship before a large crowd.
He ran into a rain storm here, but not
withstanding that a large number of
people turned out to greet him.
The stop here was but half an hour
during which time he was taken for a
drive about the city. The president
will spend tomorrrow In Iowa and
Wednesday and Thursday will be de
voted to Illinois. The only stop sche
duled for Friday is for Pittsburg where
he. will spend ten minutes'that morn
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OHIO SCIENTIST KILLED.
Wooster. O., June 1. Professor John
F. Hicks, assistant botanist of the Ohio
agricultural experiment station, died
today from the effect of a pistol shot
fired by an unknown man late last
night as he was leaving the home of
his fiance. Miss Mary Gill of thin place.
WEATHER TODAY.
Washington. D. C-. Jun? 1. Forecast
for Arizona Partly cloudy Tuesday:
showers at night cn Wednesday In
northern portion: fair In south.
PEOPLE GOING AWAY
Should store their' bicycles with the
Phoenix Cycle. Co. to be overhauled,
and enameled. Tires will be kept out of
the heat. Storage free.
Phoenix Cycle Co.
22 West Adams. Phone 2524.
HE FINDS A POOL
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For Discrimination Against
California Shippers.
Judge Wellborn Decides That the S.
P. and Santa Fe Have Violated
the Routing Order.
Los Angeles, Cal.. June 1. Judge
Wellborn of the United States circuit
court today handed dowr. a decision
in which he practically finds that the
railroad companies having liivss. in
southern California have been violating
the routing order of the interstate
commerce commission which was to
have taken effect June 20, 1902.
The decision is overruling of the de
murrer of the Southern Pacific and
Santa Fe railroads to the suit filed
against them some time ago by the
Consolidated Forwarding company,
and the Southern Pecifie exchange, al
leging that the order of the supreme
court had been violated. An appeal
will piobably b? tak?n. Thirty clays'
time is allowed the companies to make
ansv-"-.
In his decision. Judge Welborn holds
that the shipper of fruit has the right
to choose his own touting to eastern
points and that each must have equal
rights under the railroad ratas which.
however, must be constantly open for
the use of the public. The court is or
the opinion that there is in existence a
pool bat ween the railroad and the con
necting lines and that some shippers
have been discriminated against 10 the
advantage of ethers, that the judgment
of the interstate commerce commission
prior to the issuance of the order was
an adjudication o th? fact, the finding
being conclusive as "against -the de
murrers, and that the routing rule, as
established by the railroads was for
the purpose of operating a pool.
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SALOON ELEMENT ABLE
Strong Enough to Destroy Naval Yard
at Bremerton.
Washington. I. '('., June 1. The re
port of Captain Bheker, acting com-
i mandant of the Bremerton navy yard
'at Seattle, Wash., relative to the im
moral conditions In the vii'lnity of the
yard has been rtceived by Ac ting Scc
reary Darling and in view of its con
tents the navy department declines to
falter Its !.-ision not to allow any
more war ships to go to that yard.
Captain Meeker, In his report say:
"The rum element in Bremerton, in
sympathy with whom are three mem
bers of the city council, succeeded In
forcing the renewal of the licenses of
two saloons which expired In April,
but the mayor refused to sign thesp li
censes and no money has btc-n received
I for them. The commanding officer of
i the receiving ship Nipsic, in a report.
says mass meetings were held recent
ly at which these three members of
the council were denounced" and a
committee was appointed to - request
them to resign their offices."
"This thsy refused to do. Efforts have
been made and are being made by the
respectable members of the council to
posecute these saloon keepers but
through the powerful influence of the
saloon element and theii sympathizers,
obstacles have thus far defeated jus
tice. I believe the large majority of
the citizens of Bremerton are sincere
in their desire to clear the town of
objectionable resorts. Today, accord
ing to the olficial report there are six
teen saloons in the town of Bremerton
of which seven are located on Front
street, within the shadow of the navy
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CHICAGO WASHING
Turned Out Into the Street by Laundry
Strikers.
Chicago, June 1. Several hundred
striking laundry workers, including
many girls, raided the Derby laundry
today and drove out all the employes at
work there. Before entering the place
they overturned a wagon and scattered
its contents in the street. The strikers
then started for another laundry in the
vicinity, but were met by a wagonload
of police and dispersed.
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WHITE HOUSE GUESTS
Butte Labor Union Men Will Return
the President's Visit.
Butte, Mont., Jur.e 1. Six represen
tatives of the Butt? Labor union men
will go to Washington in the near fu
ture and sojourn at the White house for
a week or ten days as the guests of
President Roosevelt. This is in an
swer to an invitation tendered to them
by the president while here last week.
He was entertained by the labor
unions in this city and so pleased was
he with the reception afforded that he
invited some of the labor leaders to
come to Washington and talk over th3
labor question.
The invitation was extended person
ally to Malcolm GillLs, chairman of the
committee of the Silver Bow Trades
and Labor assembly, which entertained
ths president, and to Frank Doyle, the
president of that body.
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EFFECT ON MAIL SERVICE.
Washington, D. C, June 1. Official
dispatches to the postoffice department
report that the floods have wrought
havoc to the mail service in Southern
Iowa, Nebraska and in the neighbor
. hood of Kansas City.
NEED OF ADDITIONAL TRACKS.
Five Roads Cut of Chicago Preparing
to Duplicate Their Lines.
Chicago, June 1. The Chicago & St.
Louis east bound lines are having a
heavy run of west bound traffic, and
the only empty cars in transit are those
sent cast. Som? of the single track
roads are experiencing great need of
additional trackage, and duplication of
the present lines seems to be a necessi
ty of the near future. The Erie, Michi
gan Central, Grand Trunk and Balti
more & Ohio are all making prepara
tions In that direction.
All rail shipments of flour last week
decreased 9,8.12 barrels and were 5.591
barrels less than a year ago. There
was an increase of 25,000 bushels in
grain shipments over the previous week
and a gain of 06,000 bushels over the
same week of last year.
Provisions decreased 1,507,827 pounds
and were 5,800,975 less than a year ago.
The lakes carried 23,939 barrels more
flour than a week ago and 40,453 barrels
more than last year. There was a fall
ing off of 373,217 In grain shipments for
the week, but the shipments were 1,258,
799 more than last year. Provision
shipments were only 30,000 pounds.
THE COMMERCIAL WORLD
The Copper NarKet Awaiting Ad
vices From London. 1
New York. June I. The stock mar
ket was Mill under ptessure today.
STOCKS.
Atchison. 72; do pfd. 94; C. & O.,
Big Four, 87; C. & S.. 18V: do
pfd. 61,i; do second pfd, 27 V4: Erie,
23; Great Northern pfd. 180; Manhat
tan, 135; Metropolitan, 127Vi: M. P.,
103Vi: . N. J. C. 163; N. Y. C,
Pennsylvania. 1264; St. L. & S. F., 6!t;
do pfd, 74; do second pfd, 644: St.
Paul. 149V;: S. P..v4?Vi; U. P.. 82; Amal
gamated Copper, 57',4; Anaconda, 8:
Sugar. 12iv4; IT. S. Steel. Cl,: do pfd.
S07i: W. U., 83: Sar.ta Fe (Topper.
V.i.
BONDS.
I". S. ref. 2s. rcg., 105li: coupon. 105?4;
2s. rcg. and coupon, 107; new 4s, reg.,
135: coupon. 1 254 : old 4s. rc g.. 10 ;
coupon, llOvi; reg. and -coupon, 102',;
METALS, i
Now York, June 1. In the absence of
Ijondon advice, owing to the continued.
hrlidav t l-re l,iTKinect vn ir.n.r.t !1 V
quiet in the New York marke ts and I
prices it 'inainect at last Friday level.
Copper is nominally unchanged at
?l4.75(Ti?14.S7V2.
Leud was dull at 14.37!.
Spelter ruled steady at $".75.
Bar silver. 5DH''.
Mexican dollars, 42Vjc.
WOOL AND HIDES.
New York, June 1. Hides steady;
Texas dry. 24 to 30 pounds. 14c. Wool
firm; domestic fleece, LSft32c.
CATTLE AND SHEEP.
Chicago. June 1. Cattle Receipts, j
13.C0O head; 10c to 15c higher; good to i
prime steers. $4.901 a.nO; poor to medi
um. $1.15f?4.80: stockers and feeders,
S3.CO(?i5.00; cpws, 1.50cT 1.75; heifers.
$3.50(&5.00; canners, $1.50(2.80; bulls,
$2 504.30; calves, J2.50fi6.C0; Texas fed
Eteers, 4.00!?T4.e').
Sheep Receipts, 14.000 head; sheep
active: higher; lambs active; higher;
good to choice wethers. $4.605.25; fair
to choice mixed." $3.50fi4.60: western
sheep, $4.40(55.23; native lambs, $4.20fi
5.35: western lambs, $4.25ifi4.50; spring
lambs, $5.005.59.
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COLORADO LABOR MEN
Calling Bishop to Account for SpeaK
ing Against Socialism.
Denver, Colo., June 1. The commit
tee on strikes and lockouts of the
Western Federation of the miners'
convention today reported at their con
vention on conditions at the Stand
ard mill in Colorado City. The report
advises that all members of the feder
ation in Coloiado be called out unless
the management of the Standard com
plies with the requirements of the or
ganization and establishes the same
conditions there that exist at other
mills at Colorado City. The report de
clares the report of the governor's ad
visory committee unsatisfactory.
The American Labor union today ap
pointed a committee to wait upon
Bishop Matz and learn if he was cor
rectly quoted in the leports of his ser
mon denouncing socialism yesterday.
It Is understood that an answer will
be made to the bishop's arguments.
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MONTANA GETS NEW COMPANY.
Will Operate cn Swift Current ill the
"Blackfoot Ceded Strip.
Chouteau, Mont.. June 1. Articles of
Incorporation under the laws of Ari
zona of the Josephine Copper Mining &
Smelting Co. have been filed in the
county clerk's office.
Parley Stark, Joseph Brown and
Henry A. Powell of Altyn are the-incorporators,
and the company's princi
pal places of business are to be Phoe
nix, Ariz., and Altyn, Mont. The capi
tal stock is $000,000, in 600,000 shares of
?1 each. The properties of the company
are on Swift Current on the BlackfoffT
ceded strip.
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NEW RUNNING RECORD
Made by Englishman Two Miles in
Little More Than Nine Minutes.
London, June 1. Alfred Shrubb ran
two miles at Ilford Saturday in 9 min
utes and 11 seconds, beating all records
for both grass and cinder tracks.
EASILY FRIGHTENED
Kentuckians Scared When
a Gun Goes Off.
A Harmless But Exciting Incident
Preceding" the Calling of the Case
of Jett, the Slayer of Marcum.
Jackson, Ky., June 1. When the reg
ular term of the circuit court convened
today with Judge Redwine on the
bench. Sheriff Callahan and five depu
ties were sworn in. The twenty men
summoned for the regular grand jury
were called and only nine responded.
The other places were filled by farmers
summoned by Sheriff Calahan.
A great commotion was created in
the court room by the accidental dis
charge of the rifle of a sentry outside
the court house, who was loading his
gun preparatory to going on duty. The
bullet struck the wall of the court house
without injuring any one. Colonel
Williams Immediately ordered the sol
dier under arrest.
Curtis Jett and Thomas White were
brought into court today by soldier?
and turned over to the srieriff for trial.
BURNT BY METAL.
Three Employes Cooked at the Pueblo
Steel Works.
Pueblo, Colo., June 1. While a gang
of laborers were digging a trench near
cne of the blast furnaces at the Colo
rado Fuel and Iron company's ste?l
works this evening a "bosh" or vent at
the base of the furnace opened with
out warning and molten Iroa and blaz
ing gas came pouring out upon them.
A number were . borne down by the
weight of the flrey material amid a
cloud of hissing steam and fmoke.
Three of the men were literally cocked
alive. They were Austrians.
THE DIAMOND CONTESTS
The Results of Struggles in the Four
Leag'ues Yesterday.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At Brooklyn Chicago-Brooklyn
game po.stpor.ed on account of wet
grounds.
At Philadelphia Piiiladclphia-St.
Louis inline postponed on account cf
rain. -
At Pittsburg R. H. E.
Pittsburg 2 10 5
New York 10 10 0
Batteries Dohcney and Fhelps. Ma
thews. m and Bowerman.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Detroit R. II. E.
St. Louis 7 12 2
Detroit 6 10 4
Batteries Siever, Powell and Sug-clt-n:
Kitson and McGuire.
At Chicago Cleveland-Chicago game
postponed on account of rain.
At Washington R. H. E.
Washintgon 0 2 1
Philadelphia 17 0
Batteries Townsend and Drill; Wad
dell and Schreck.
At New York R. H. E.
Boston 8 12 1
New York 2 6 3
Batteries Hughes and Criger: How
ell. Chesbro and Beville.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Peoria. June 1. Peorla-St. Joseph
game postponed. The teams are delay
ed on account of the floods. A tele
gram from Peoria and Milwaukee
players, flood-bound four days at
Manhattan, saying that the men were
all safe, was received here today.
At Milwaukee Milwaukee-Kansas
City game postponed. Milwaukee t-mm
tied up by Kansas floods.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Milwaukee? Milwaukee-Columbus
game postponed on account of rain.
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PREMIER PRYOR DISMISSED.
Victoria, B. C, June 1. The lieuten
ant governor dismissed Premier Pryor
this morning. It is understood that
it was in consequence of the Chimney
creek bridge investigation.
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THE POST OFFICE STEALS
What It Cost Last Year for Rent in
New YorK State.
New York. June 1. The case of Au
gust W. Machen. former general su
perintendent of the free delivery sys
tem of the postoffice department., who
was arrested on a charge of receiving
a percentage of the profits of a concern
furnishing supplies to the postoffice de
partment, will be presented to the
grand jury next Wednesday.
Postmaster General Payne today call
ed attention to tne public charge that
the amounts paid for rentals of post
ofilcec in New York state exceeded
what they should be by over $500,000.
"The fact is," he said, "that the total
amount of rentals for jiostoffices in the
state last year aggregates only $466,
M1.S3. This includes rentals, light and
heating."
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IOWA RIVERS RISING.
Dos Moines, la., June 1. Both the
Des Moines and Raccoon rivers con
tinue to recede rapidly. The last Des
Moines business section flooded yester
day is free from water and conditions
are rapidly resuming normal In this
lowlying wholesale and manufacturing
district.
HAIL AS BIG AS DOORKNOBS.
Violent Storms Damage ths Crops Near
Charlottesville.
Charlottesville, Va.. June 1. The
long drought in Albemarle and adjoin
ing counties was broken today by a
series of violent thunderstorms. The
first occurred about daybreak, accom
paniid by sharp and vivid lightning.
Be tween 4 and 5 o'clock a destructive
hail and wind storm made Its way over
the eastern and southern sections of
the county, doing much damage to the
cat and wheat crop:! and other vegeta
tion. At Keswick, seven mils east of Char
lottesville, the hail stones were said
to have varied in size from a hen's egg
to a doorknob. Window pains v.vre
broken out and indentations mide in
the tin loofing.
Telegraphic service : between Char
lottesville and Washington has been
badly, crippled, over a dozen wires be
ing down. No communication has been
had with Richmond for the past seven
hours.
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AN IOWA FLOOD.
Oitumwa, la., June 1. With noarly
oiie-half of South Ottumwa undr
water which threatens to take out
houses and business Mocks, a large
part of west and east Ottumwa are
flooded and railroad communication cut
off. except cn the main line of the
Burlington. Ottumwa is experiencing
the worst flood in the history of the
city.
THE DEADLY SMALL POX
Which Has Resulted in Quarantining
a Part of Salt Latte.
Salt Lake. Utah. June 1 Over fifty
cases of small pox have been discover
ed in the southeastern part of the city
known as the Sugar nouso ward. The
disease, on account of its mild form,
was at first taken for chicken pox and
children attended school and their par
ents attended church and dances while
suffering from the disease.
The health officers believe that near
ly every family living in that sec tion of
the city have been exposed and steps
are being taken to quarantine the en
tire ward.
A house to house fumigation cam
paign Is being carried on and all pub
lic gatherings have len prohibited.
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KILLED BY MOONSHINER.
Roanoke, Va.. June 1. Templeton
Rose, a farmer living in Tazewell eoun-
.. ... n .....tn:.i ......I ln tlii
county yesterday evenmg. He was shot
by James Vb,ttaker, an alleged moon -
shiner. Bos had been summoned as
a witness in several illicit whisky
cases, ami it is supposed that his death
was due to that fact, as h had very
damaging testimony against the Taze
well county moonshiners.
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CONFERENCE FOR PEACE
Meeting' Between President Burt of
1 U. P. nnd Labor Leaders.
Omaha, Neb., June 1. President Burt
of the Union Pacific railroad today had
a preliminary conference with twenty
leaders representing 1,200 machinists,
who struck a year ago for an increased
wage schedule and against the piece
work system. Beyond arranging a base
of procedure in furture meetings, little
if anything was done, and Mr. Burt will
meet them again tomorrow. Those pres
ent besides the national officers of the
machinists' union were representatives
from Kansas City, Cheyenne, Evanston.
Denver, Rawlins, North Platte, Colum
bus and Omaha.
The machinists are officially repre
sented In the conference by the nation
al executive board, composed of Hugh
Doran, chairman, of Chicago: E. J.
Ford of New York. E. L. Tucker of
Washington, H. F. Garrett of Atlanta
and James A. Reynolds of Cleveland.
The machinists' officials refused to
discuss the issues, but stated that it
was a peace conference and they ex
pected a settlement to result from their
meeting with the railroad officials.
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A VENEZUELAN BLOCKADE
Made Necessary by the Exigencies cf
the Rebellion.
Washington, D. C. June 1. It is
probably that the United States gov
ernment will .lecognize the legality of
President Castro's decree closing a
number of iorts in Venezuela in the
possession of the insurgents. Techni
cally this decree does not constitute
a blockade but practically the con
quence of its enforcement would be
similar to one.
THE PHOENIX NATIONAL BANK
PHOENIX. ARIZONA.
Paid-up Capital. $100,000. Siirj's and Undivided Profits. 75. 00
E. B. GAGE. President. T. W. P EMBERTON, Vice Pres. H. J. 11CLUNG. Caahtor
L. B. LARIMER, Assistant Cashier.
Steel-lined Vaults and Steel Safety Deposit Boxes. General Banking- Busi
ness. Drafts on all principal cities of the world
DItCT0!:-E. B. Cacje, T. W. Penberton, f. M. Marpky, D. M. ferry, R. N. freerkk, I. . Ckala
era, r. T. Aikir. J M. rora, H. J. McOang.
THE PRESCOTT NATIONAL BANK
PRESCOTT. ARIZONA.
Paid-up Capital. $ino,000.00. Surplus and X'ndlvlded Profits. $50.0Pn..
F. M. MURPHY, President. MORRIS GOLDWATJIt, Vic President.
Ii. N. FREDERICKS', Cashier. W. C. BRANDON. Assistant Caahlee.
Brooklyn Chrome Steel-lined Vaults and Safe Deposit Boxes. A general tank
!ng business transacted. Directors F. M. Murphy, E. B. Gage, Morris Goldwaler.
John C. Herndon, F. G. Brecht, D. M. Ferry, R. N. Frederick.
Long Distance Telephone No. 5KL
ARIZONA MINING STOCKS
Bought and Sold by
T. S. ACKER & CO.
Suite 4, Union Block, Prescott, Arizona.
. Brokers lu mining slocks, mines and Investment
SOUTH SWEPT
Cyclone Ravaged Gainesville
Georgia Yesterday
HUNDREDS WERE KILLED
Only a Partial List cf the Dead Mas
Been Compiled The Slaughter Oc-
L' curred in Manufacturing District.
Gainesyille. Gi, June 1. Just afier
the noon hour the city was struck I y
a tfrrift c yclone. V.'.l'.ing rohably on.
hundred persons, unroofing the t -ty
hotel, other large buildintrs ar.d de
stroying th? Gainesville cotton .rr.iU.
The greatest Viss of life is reported l.j
the district cf ths cotton in.IIs. wh-re
about eighty people are re;orted ki!le,l
and scores injured.
Eighteen persons ver killed In the
'city between the center of the t
and the railroad station. her fm
largs stores were blown do n Tl
storm has killed many jursons at w.w
in the cotton mill where the i)ii.n
struck. The mill was a thre t ry
building. The first story was 1-ct
standing, but badly wreck!. Th-? e -ond
and third floors were cir,iUt!
demolished and the employes e;
caught under the wreckage and man
gled. It is eetimalei that there jr
at least seventy-five bodies under ih-t
wreckage of the third tlcxr and U i-
not known how many persons on tl.
second floor of the building were ki'.lrd.
The roof.of the electric car barn .a
lifted and the building badly dair.a-:-.l.
The railroad depot suJTered al?.
Among the dead are:
MRS. MARSHALL CAM P. and chill.
JACK MURPHY, age I 12. .n ..
Widow Murphy.
ULAH PACK SON.
ETHEL LYLE
ANNIE GARRETT.
CLAUDE SHEDD.
The wife and daughter of W. B.
Sloan were fatally injured.
Nearly every employe in the Gair.es
vi'.ie cotton nr. ills was killed, imlud.r:
a l-trg' number of children.
The Southern clep.it was blown t-
piees. The Gainesville Iron wor
were demolished and several p-H p!
perished in the iek. .Th Gir.
ville cotton oi! mi'.l-s have blown ilv.r..
The old Piedmont In tel. n-w iis! a
a echoed and apartment he-use. u
j fe .( h-..
, xvn.lk,, allf, s -v.rul ,-rl-h-l
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ii ii it.
cine hundred and twenty-live cot
tages, a si b m 1 In cise and a i hur. ti
were blown it way in the n-gro sevtioti
of the city. Five brit k stores on the
main street of Gainesville were swe.t
away. In all two hundred httildir.K a"'
away. In Jill two hundred build
ings are demolished here. The
torriiMiO wen; from Gainesville to Nev
Holland and is is believed many -o;.!e
are killed therj.
NEARLY A RACE RIOT.
Two Hundred Anr.apolis Negroes At
tack Twenty White Men.
Annapolis. Md.. June 1. What
threatened for a time to bo a seriou
conflict between whites an! blacks took
place just after midnight of yesterday
on West street, near the limits oC At
napolis. At least 2'X colored men
made an attack upon abJut teniy
whites, and for a time tlu latter uvr-
In a serious situation. The affair
quieted through the efforts of City
Counselor W. Hallam Claude. Consta
ble James T. Small and OfluJrs Rus
sell, Hipkins and Parkinson of the city
police fore.
A drunken colored man caused the
trouble. The r.errro was pushed out of
the way by some white men whom be
ran into. They wnt into a barber
shop, supposing that the matter was at
an end. The crowd of about 2v col
ored men reassembled, however, and
attempted to get into the shop. Th."
white men and some ethers wert Into
the .street and the fighting was general
for a time.
Shots were fired by the n-jri).'.
knives were used, and bricks thrown.
James Staley. one o the white met..
was cut. and Isaac Queen, a negro, was
knocked down and I4.dly beat.'n by the
blacks, who thought he was a whit
man. The affair was quieted by th-?
officials, but there is still great feel
ing over the matter.
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BODY FOUND AFTER A MONTH.
Lancaster, Pa.. June 1. The body of
Jerry Baymiller of Long Leel. York
county, was found in the river at Mi
Call's Ferry today. Baymiller fell !nl
the river at his home a month ago.
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