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River Fails Journal.
C. R. Morse, Publisher.
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During the nineteenth century 200
ships, numberless lives and over $30,-
000,000 were lost in futile efforts to
reach the north pole, and still the
search goes on.
The explosion of the theory that
light rays may be thrown by the hu
man body will be regarded as a de
cided disappointment to many people
who were preparing to shine.
A roll of bills stopped a bullet which
struck a Chicago man in the breast,
thus saving his life. Yet there are
reckless people who will go right ahead
day after day without a roll of bills on
their persons.
Developments in the get-rich-quick
Industry demonstrate once more that
no divorce decree is necessary’ to pro
cure the separation of a fool and his
money. The prospect of robbing
somebody else constitutes ali the in
ducement necessary.
The district court of Omaha has
granted an injunction to restrain a
woman from talking, and a big rush
of business in this line is expected. The
only difficulty' about the affair is that
it may result in Omaha’s population
being coniposed entirely of males.
The colored boys at Tuskegee are
not very slow on college yells. When
Booker T. Washington came home
with the Carnegie $600,000 gift 500
of them met him at the train bare
headed and woke the echoes with
“Tus-ke-gee! Book-er T.l Car-ne
gie! ” •
Judge Henry C. Caldwell, the only
surviving judicial appointee of Presi
dent Lincoln, who is judge of the
United States circuit court of the
Eighth circuit, at Little Rock, Ark.,
has retired from the bench. He was
appointed in 1864, and has served con
tinuously ever since.
Reports from various city’ councils
and legislatures throughout the coun
try indicate the advisability of the
boodlers organizing for mutual protec
tion. and to protect their business from
being ruined by pry ing people whose
sole desire seems to be to increase the
populations of the penitentiaries.
Cuba has enjoyed a year of independ
ence and has celebrated her first an
niversary. She has been fortunate in
her first president, a level-headed man
who lived in the United States long
enough to become Americanized and
who has contributed materially to the
successful inauguration of the new
government.
Cod liver oil has raised in price from
$3.50 a gallon to five dollars, and it is
feared that eventually it will not be
obtainable at any price. Thus, with
the passage of time, do our luxuries
disappear, but it is a comfort to know
that tlleir places are always taken by
something else, for this is preeminent
ly a just-as-good age.
After all we have heard about the
excellence of English servants, word
comes by cable that London is now
thinking of importing servants from
India, in order to solve the domestic
problem. Every once in awhile some
thing happens that leads us to believe
that we may not be the only people
in the world who have trouble, after
fill. *
As another tribute to the multifari
ous possibilities of gasoline i,t is in
teresting to read that an automobile
which was supplied with power from
that liquid blew up and set fire to
several houses in New York, besides
injuring several people. Nobody
would utilize dynamite or gunpowder
ns motive power, yet gasoline is far
more deadly’ and dangerous than
either of those explosives.
Present indications are that foreign
Immigration to the United States dur
ing the current fiscal year will exceed
nil previous records. The fiscal year
will end next June 30, and during the
ten months up to April 30 the number
of immigrants was 620,710, against
788.992 in any previous year. An un
pleasant feature of the present immi
gration is that the countries whose
people we least desire are furnishing
the most immigrants.
A strong movement has been begun
in Richmond. Va., for the removal of
the body of Patrick Henry- from its
present humble and neglected grave
in Charlotte county to St. John’s
churchyard in Richmond and the erec
tion of a marble monument to the
great Virginia orator and revolution
ist. The idea is to have Henry’s body
interred, if possible, beneath St. John's
church, about at the spot where tradi
tion says he stood while delivering his
famous speech which culminated in
the words: “Give me liberty or give
me death.”
A national peace monument 700 feet
high has been planned by the National
Sculpture society, and will be erected
on the Hudson as soon as the $2,500,000
iaecessary for the work shall be raised
Dy private subscription. Assurances
that the fund will be forthcoming are
said to have been received, and in an
ticipation of this a model, providing
for a crowning figure of Victorious
Peace 100 feet high, has been pre
pared. What assurance the sculptors
have that peace will reign and the
monument have any fitness when it is
done is not known.
Free iural delivery has been pressed
forward so rapidly that the post office
department is wise in slo*ving »p until
it can fully grasp the situation. In
1897 free rural delivery began with an
appropriation of $40,000. The amount
allowed in 1898 was $50,000, and in 1599.
$150,000. In 1900 the appropriation was
$450,000. In 1901 $1,750,000 was pro
vided, and in 1902 $3,993,740. with 8,466
routes. For the year beginning next
July $12,621,700 is available. In six
years the routes have expanded from
44 to 12,000, on which carriers travel
275,000 miles, serving 7,000,000 people.
A WEEKS lIISTIIIiY
Hie Important Happenings of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHIXGTOX.
The statement of the public debt
issued on the Ist shows that the debt
decreased $3,247,385 during the month
of May. Cash in the treasury, $375,-
168,807. Total debt, less cash in the
treasury, $1,310,856,930.
In May the total receipts of the gov
ernment were $44,113,969, and the dis
bursements $40,586,996, leaving a sur
plus for the month of $3,526,973.
May 29 the total circulation of na
tional bank notes was $406,443,205, an
increase for the year of $49,696,021.
During May the total coinage exe
cuted at the mints of the United States
was $1,780,486.
According to Commissioner Yerkes’
ruling, oleomargarine manufacturers
must pay ten cents a pound tax 'f any’
coloring matter is used.
At the navy department bids have
been opened for three battleships, to
be the most powers ul in the navy.
A law passed by the last congress
requiring all naturalization offices to
make special inquiry regarding anar
chistic views which may be held by ap
plicants for citizenship has gone into
effect.
In May the fire loss of the United
States and Canada was $16,366,800,
against $14,866,000 in May. 1902.
In the case of A. W. Machen, former
superintendent of free delivery, who
is accused of accepting bribes of $20.-
000, the federal grand jury heard testi
mony.
THE EAST.
The building trades strike in New
York is practically ended and work
will be resumed at once. Drivers and
laborers get no concessions, and waive
union recognition.
Threats are made of another gen
eral strike of anthracite coal miners
by the executive board at Wilkesbarre,
Pa., because of the operators’ refusal
to recognize the miners’ representa
tives on the conciliation board, as
promised under the arbitration agree
ment.
Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed left per
sonal property valued at $431,000, ac
cording to a report filed by’ the ap
praisers at New York.
Decision upon a renewal of the
anthracite coal strike has been left
to a joint convention of miners to
meet at Pottsville, Pa., June 15.
A bronze statue of Garret A. Hobart,
late vice president, erected in his
tonoß by friends, has been unveiled at
Paterson, N. J.
In the Adirondacks and New Eng
land forest fires are rapidly spreading
and timber worth millions of dollars is
being destroyed, with summer camps
and resorts.
New England is praying for rain to
check the forest fires that are sweep
ing from Maine to Connecticut.
WEST AM) SOUTH.
Latest reports place the number of
known dead by the recent tornado
at Gainesville, Ga., at 110, and the in
jured at 300.
The Mississippi river excursion
steamer Flying Eagle was crushed
against a bridge pier at-Hannibal, Mo.,
and four children were drowned.
In a wreck due to a washout near
Columbia, S. C., Conductor Clements
and four negroes Avere killed.
Men in Louisville, Ky., are promoting
a strike insurance company, which it
is proposed shall write risks protect
ing employers against labor troubles.
The low country between Warsaw
and Quincy, HL, is under water. The
loss is $750,000.
At Jackson, Miss., the new state Cap
itol building, erected at a cost of
$1,000,000, Avas formally dedicated.
Robbers blew open the safe of the
Gold-tStabeck bank at Vesta, Minn.,
and secured $2,500 in currency and $20,-
000 in notes.
In Chicago 400 members of the Black
smiths’ union and 300 of the Team
sters’ union have been suspended by
the international officials for break
ing a contract with employers and go
ing on strike.
At Danville, HL, an unsuccessful at
tempt was made to wreck a Chicago &
Eastern Illinois train by placing a tie
on the Vermillion river bridge.
The death of Judge James Cobb, of
Tuskegee. Ala., who for 12 years rep
resented the Fifth Alabama district
in congress, occurred at Las Vegas,
N. M.
Rivers are falling in Missouri and
Kansas, and the Avorst of the flood is
over, except at St. Louis and vicinity.
The president on the 4th dedicated
a neAA- state armory and spoke to
colored soldiers at the tomb of Lincoln
iin Springfield, assisted in dedicating a
university at Decatur, spoke at Dan
ville, and then left Illinois for Indian
apolis, where he made the final speech
of his western trip, leaving at 9:20 p.
m. for Washington.
By a head-on collision of two Santa
Fe railroad passenger trains near
Stilwell. Kan., nine persons Avere killed
and three injured.
At Joplin. Mo., Samuel Mitchell
(white), Avho led the mob that lynched
Thomas Gilyard, a negro, recently, has
been sentenced to ten years’ imprison
ment.
John Dennis, a negro, was lynched
by a mob at GreenAille. Miss., for an
attempted criminal assault upon a
Avell-knoAvn young lady.
Miss Frances Moore, of Davenport,
la., and John L. Miller, of Lincoln.
Neb., students at the University of Chi
cago. Avere accidentally droAvned in
Jackson park lagoon.
At Keokuk. la., the Mississippi river
flood broke all records. The Sny. Hunt
and Indian Grove levees broke and
200,000 acres Avere submerged.
The Ohio republicans, in convention
at Columbus, nominated Myron T. Her
rick. of Cleveland, for governor, and
President Roosevelt and Senator Han
na Avere indorsed fcr reelection. .
In Chicago several large hotels and
restaurants Avere tied up. because of a
strike of waiters and cooks.
In a quarrel over coaa boys killed
E. M. Berry and his three sons at St.
Francis, Kan.
In the flood at Topeka. Kan., 71 per
sons are now knoAvn to have lost their
lives.
Discovery has been made of a new
counterfeit, a photographic reproduc
tion and the S2O issue of the National
State bank of Metropolis, 111.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Flames destroyed 28 houses in the
suburbs of the city of Hull, Ont.
The doors of the Atlas Loan com
pany. of St. Thomas, Ont.. Avere closed,
with liabilities of $4,000,000.
Flames Aviped out the village of
Briggs Corner, N. B.
By the sinking of the British steam
er Arequipa in the harbor of Val
pariso over 100 persons lost their
lives.
Venezuelan revolutionists, Avho have
for over a year and a half been fight
ing the government of President Cas
tro, Avill petition the United States for
recognition as belligerents.
About 200 residents of Smerdash,
European Turkey, were murdered by
Bashi-Bazouks and their villages
burned after bombardment.
A telegram from Consul MeWade, at
Canton, says that over a million na
tives in Ktvang-Si, China, are starv
ing.
At public execution Mayor Fran
cisco Sanchez, instigator of the as
sassination of Dupin and Courmont.
Frenchman, at Chilpaningo, Mexico,
has been shot dead.
LATER NEWS.
College officials say women are sur
passing men in scholarship and honors
in institutions Avhere coeducation ex
ists.
Thomas W. McGregor and C. Ells
worth Upton, postal employes arrested
for alleged bribery, have been dis
missed from the service.
Bishop McDonnell, of Brooklyn, is
considering a plan whereby the Roman
Catholic church in his diocese Avill in
sure its own property. A great saving
is calculated.
The Hargis-Cockrell feud in Breath
itt county, Ky., dates back to the civil
war, and fresh outbreaks of assassina
tion are feared in spite of militia guard
ing Jackson, Avhich is noAv the center
of trouble.
Prof. W. H. H. Hart, of lloAvard uni
versity, and one of the most advanced
negro philanthropists, says education
is the only solution io the negro prob
lem. He does not blame the south for
all the troubles, and says it will take
a long time to get results.
HEAVY FAILURE.
Epi»inicer Co., of San Frnncixco,
Grain Dealers, Go Under, with
Liabilities of Over $1,000,000.
San Francisco, June B.—The firm of
Eppinger A' Co., one of the largest grain
dealing- concerns in the Avorld, Avith
connections in all the principal ports
of Europe, announced its insolvency
Saturday. The crash, although not al
together unexpected, Avas a surprise to
the majority of traders and fora time
panicky conditions prevailed, on the
local exchange. The money involved in
the failure, it is said, Avill mount to
more than a million of dollars. Avhile
the London. Paris and American bank,
the money house Avith Avhich the firm
dealt and Avhich precipitated the crash,
also rs expected to lose heavily. Up
to the dissolution of the great combina
tion, which controlled the grain busi
ness. charters, prices and contracts,
Eppinger & Co. Avere members of a com
bination known as “The Big Four.”
This combine, Avhich Avas in control of
Avarehouses all over the state, notably
those of Port Costa, Avas dissolved
about six months ago. It has been the
custom of the concern, it is declared, to
advance considerable sums of money
to farmers throughout the state on
Avheat crops and it is thought that this
Avas done this year. Present reports
from the valleys are that the crops Avill
be comparative failures, and this has
had a depressing effect on the market.
The final crash Avas precipitated by
the London. Parrs and American bank,
which Avithin the last lavo or three days
made peremptory and heavy demands
on the firm of Eppinger A' Co. The
obligations Avere pressing, and the firm
could not meet tjiern. Therefore, no
tice of insolvency Avas sent to the ex
change.
Henry Ach. attorney for Eppinger &
Co., said Saturday afternoon: “At a
meeting of creditors held in my office
it Avas shown by the books of the firm
that the liabilities Avere in the neigh
borhood of $1,350,000. The assets are
placed at $700,000. Nearly all of the
creditors are partially or Avholy se
cured.”
Civil Service Examiner ReKignN.
Washington. June B.—Chief Exam
iner A. R. Serven. of the chil serv
ice commission. Saturday tendered his
resignation to the president, and it
was accepted, the president announc
ing his intention of promoting Mr.
Frank M. Kiggins. chief of the exam
ining division of the commission, to
the position. Mr. Serven surrenders
the position for the purpose of resum
ing the practice of law.
Car Ran Away.
San Jose, Cal.. June B.—One man was
killed, two persons fatally and several
others badly injured in a runaway car
accidcent on the Alum Rock Park elec
tric railway Saturday night. Deputy
Assessor Edwin F. Goodrich, of this
city, was killed outright. Alice Myers,
aged 24. and Willie Baker, aged 11. the
latter the son of Prof. Baker, of the
San Jose normal school, are perhaps
fatally injured.
Soon to Be Married.
Cleveland. 0.. June S.— Miss Ruth
Hanna, daughter of the United States
senator, and Joseph Medill McCormick,
Chicago, will be married Wednesday
in St. Paul’s Episcopal church. Men of
prominence in politics, finance and so
ciety from all parts of the country will
be present.
Lockjaw Epidemic.
Pittsburg. Pa.. June S. —An epidemic
of lockjaw prevails here. Five deaths
have occurred within three days, and
another is in a critical condition. All
the victims were boys who were in
jured by the use of toy pistols on Dec
oration day.
LYNCHED BV AN
ILLINOIS MOB
A Terrible Tragedy Is Enacted at
Belleville.
NEGRO IS TAKEN FROM JAIL
Hanged to a Telegraph Pole and Hi«
Body Burned—He Had Shot
Superintendent of Schools
—Victim May Die.
Belleville, HL, June 8. —E. H.
Myatt, a negro Avho Saturday after
noon shot Superintendent of Schools
Hertel because the latter had refused
to renew his certificate as a teacher.
Avas taken from the jail at. 11:30
o’clock Saturday night by* a mob of
more than 1,000 furious men and
lynched. Wyatt was probably beaten
to death in the fight at the jail, but
the limp body, terribly disfigured,
Avas dragged through the streets, the
recipient of kicks and bloAvs, to the
public square, where it Avas strung
up to a telegraph pole.
Bui-un the Body.
Meanwhile some one in the party
suggested burning the body, and oil
was hastily brought. The corpse was
cut down, placed on a pile of inflam
mable material, thoroughly saturat
ed Av.ith oil, and set on fire. When it
had burned to an unrecognizable
crisp the mob quietly dispersed.
Earlier in the evening a mob of
Belleville people made an attack on
the jail, but Avere repulsed. This en
couraged the authorities to believe
that danger of a lynching had been
averted. However, the residents of
Freeburg, the home tOAvn of Prof.
Hertel, had been arming themselves
ami organizing. Shortly after 11
o’clock they began to arrive in Belle
ville in small groups, attracting no
attention.
Jail Snrronded.
Joining- Avith the Belleville people,
they surrounded the jail, and Avhile
one party made a demonstration in
front to divert the attention of the
guards the main body made a SAvift
descent upon the unprotected rear
and battered down the doors. The
jailer and his deputies Avere speedily
overcome and the mob sAvarmed
through the jail. The door of the
cell containing the negro Avas broken
doAvn and he was dragged forth, limp
and trembling Avith fear. The curs
ing. hoAvling mob struggled and
fought for an opportunity to admin
ister kicks and bloAvs to the victim.
Just as he was being dragged from
the building some one struck him a
terrible bioAv on the head Avith a
sledge hammer that had been used
to batter doAvn the doors.
Victim Knocked Senneleni.
This probably caused his death, or
at least rendered him insensible to
the further tortures the mob had in
mind for him. Dragging the sense
less body a block to the square, it
was speedily hanged to a telegraph
pole. At first a fire Avas built under
the sAvaying corpse, but this Avas not
satisfactory to a majority of the ex
ecutioners. Avho demanded a bonfire,
and the body was then cut doAvn and
incinerated. The members of the
lynching party made no attempt at
concealment. Appeals of the mayor
and other city officials Avere made in
vain. The mob was inexorable, and
w.ith ears deaf to reason carried out
its plans. After the terrible work
had been completed the croAvd silent
ly melted away, and the city Avas
quieted, although there Avas general
fear that there Avould be a rising
against other negroes.
I’atote of Lyncliinir.
The crime for Avhich Wyatt Avas
lynched Avas committed Saturday
afternoon. For several years he had
been teaching school in St. Clair
county and had been fairly success
ful. Recently, however," his name
had been mixed •in some scandals
among the colored population.
Charges of immoral conduct Avere
filed against him after he had passed
the examination for a renewal of his
teaching certificate. When he ap
peared at Superintendent Hertel’s
office and demanded his certificate
the superintendent told him it Avould
be impossible to grant it until the
charges had been settled. This an
gered Wyatt, Avho drew a revolver
and Avith a curse shot Hertel through
the left breast, inflicting a mortal
wound.
Captured the Neuro.
A young man named Fielder Avas in
'the office Avhen the shooting oc
curred. He grappled Avith Wyatt,
but the negro beat him off Avith the
butt of his revolver, inflicting a se
vere scalp Avound. A passing police
man burst into the room and suc
ceeded in arresting the negro. He
was hurried to the county jail and
the place Avas surrounded Avith po
licemen.
Superintendent Hertel Avas removed
to the hospital, Avhere the physicians
probed for the bullet. They stated
that there Avas no chance for his re
covery. Great croAvds had gathered
outside the hospital, and Avhen the an
nouncement Avas made that Hertel
would die the first concerted move was
made on the jail, but frustrated by the
policemen and deputies.
Prof. Hertel revived sufficiently
ehortly after being shot to explain the
shooting, saying Wyatt had attacked
him because of the refusal to reissue
his certificate. It is said that Wyatt,
when the mob dragged him from the
cell, pleaded that the shooting was the
Sixteen Negroes Drowned.
Memphis, Tenn., June I.—Sixteen
negroes, composing two families of cot
ton plantation hands, were drowned
last night in the Mississippi river near
Pecan Point. 40 miles north of this city.
They left the Chiles plantation after
dark in two skiffs., Waves from a pass
ing vessel capsized the frail boats and
all hands save one went down.
Village Destroyed.
St. John, N. 8., June 4.—The village
of Briggs Corner, N. 8., is reported,
destroyed by fire. Also heavy loss at
Bonny River.
result c* a political grudge, and that
his certificate was withheld on account
of his color and politics, rather than
because of any offense he had commit
ted.
FLOOD LOSSES.
Li*t of Twenty-Six Cities and Towns
in Kansas Suffered to the Ex
tent of f 12.230.000.
Topeka, Kan., June S. —The body of
has suffered as a result of the recent
.floods more than any other state.
No exact figures of the loss sustained
can, of course, be given, but those
who have an intimate knowledge of
the floods have been making esti
mates. and the conclusions that they
have reached may be considered fair
ly reliable. The damage done in the
principal cities and towns is estimat
ed as follows:
North Topeka J250.C00
Lawrence 500.000
Saline 200.000
Manhattan 150,000
Wamego 10.000
St. Marys 40,000
Blue Rapids 20,000
Clay Center 30. KM)
Enterprise 30.000
Concordia 35,000
Junction Citv 34X>.<4M»
Solomon 50,000
Abiiene 250.00
Ellsworth 20.000
Lindsborg 100,000
Hutchinson 100,COO
Minneapolis 100.0.0
Emporia Iw.oOO
Florence 50.000
Lincoln Center 50.000
Atchison 100.000
Burlington 20.000
Hill City 30.000
Beloit 30.(00
Argentine ■ 2.000,000
Kansas City, Kan., and suburbs .. 8,000,000
No account has been taken of the
smaller towns, although nearly 200
of these were affected by the floods.
'The very lowest estimate that can
he made of the loss done to crops is
$5,000,000. Owing to the lateness of
the season and the condition of the
soil, it is very doubtful if any profit
will be drawn during the remainder
of the year from the fartm which
were inundated. As a conseq rnnce
there wall be a great deal of ind. id
ual want and suffering among- farm
ers, upon whom the blow fell heav
iest.
COMING TO AMERICA.
Hundreds of Miner* and Iron Work
men Leaving Austria for the
United State*.
Vienna, June 8. —There is a whole
sale emigration of miners and work
men in the iron districts of Austria to
the United States in consequence of the
unprecedented stagnation of the iron
industry. Hundreds of men have been
discharged since the beginning of the
year and the mines and iron works are
operating on short time. Wageshave
fallen 50 per cent, and in many in
stances the men are earning less than
50 cents a day, and their families are
suffering severely. There is faint hope
of any immediate improvement in the
situation, and whole colonies of work
ing men are leaving the country.
LEAVES THE BENCH.
United States Circuit Judge Caldwell
Has Tendered to the President
His Resignation.
Little Rock, Ark., June 8. —A letter
was received in Little Hock from Judge
11. C. Caldwell, of the eighth United
Circuit court, stating that he for
warded his resignation to President
Roosevelt June 2, to lake effect June
4. The letter was written at Wagon
wheel Gap, Colo., where the judge is
spending the summer with his family.
Judge Caldwell was appointed United
States district jujge by President Lin
coln in 1864 and was promoted to the
circuit bench by President Harrison.
He reached the age limit of 70 years
last September.
Annihilated.
Salonica, June 8. —A band of Bulga
rian revolutionaries was destroyed by
Turkish troops on Saturday at Crado
bar, near this city. Fifteen Bulgarians
were killed. Another insurgent band
is reported to have been annihilated on
the railway line near Ristovatz, Servia.
after a six hours’ fight. Surprise is ex
pressed that the band was able to ap
proach so near the town. The insur
gents last Wednesday killed ten Greek
villagers while the latter were in
church at Selovo, near Monastir.
A PerHou* Voyage.
Gloucester, Mass., June B.—How
ard Blackburn, who has already made
two voyages across the Atlantie alone
in small dories, started Sunday after
noon in his 50-foot dory, America, in
a third attempt to cross the oceean,
with Havre as his objective point. His
intention is to return via Gibraltar,
Western islands, Porto Hico and Cuba,
and exhibit his boat at the St. Louis
exposition.
Pie Millionnire Head.
New York, June B.—William Thomp
son, who for 30 years had been the
president of the New York Pie Baking
company, is dead. He was 75 years of
age. Mr. Thompson was the pioneer in
the wholesale pie-baking industry in
America. The business brought him a
fortune of $1,000,000.
Three Drowned.
Salinas, Cal., June 8. —While swim
ming near Moss Landing three young
men. William Steigelman, Sid White*
and J. Apperly. were caught by the
undertow and before a boat could be
•procured were drowned. George
Stadley escaped after a hard strug
gle.
C'londbnrxt in Indiana.
Anderson, Ind., June B.—A cloud
burst Friday night and another Satur
day morning, both of which were ac
companied by high winds, did great
damage to small buildings and flooded
the country around Alexandria and
Crestes. Many barns were wrecked,
and several people were injured.
Moody to Leave the Cabinet.
Washington, June 4.—lt was an
nounced authoritatively Wednesday
night that Secretary Moody, of the
navy, would not remain in the cabinet
longer than the present term of Presi
dent Roosevelt. Mr. Moody expects
then to resume the practice of law.
Fire in Naples.
Rome, June 4. —The Monte di Pieta
(state pawnbroking establishment) at
Naples has been destroyed by fire, and
the strong room, filled with valuables,
was gutted. The damage amounts to
$2,400,000.
BIG STEAMERS
IN COLLISION
Terrible Disaster Occurs Off the
Coast of France.
OVER 100 LIVES ARE LOST
The Steamer Lihan I* Kun Down by
the Innulaire—The Ve»*el Sink*
Rapidly and Many
Sonia Perish.
Marseilles, June 8. —A terrible ship
ping disaster occurred a little distance
from this port at noon Sunday, when
two passenger steamers, the Insulaire
and Liban, both belonging to the Frais
senet Steamship company, of Mar
seilles, came into collision. The Liban
sank and over 100 of her passengers'
and crew perished.
The steamer Liban left Marseilles
Sunday morning on her regular trip
to Bastia. Corsica, and' was run down
and sunk by the Insulaire off the Maire
islands. The collision was witnessed
from the pilot boat Blechamp. which
was about, two miles distant. The
Blechamp immediately repaired to the
spot to render assistance.
Sank Rapidly.
The force of the collision had cut
a great hole in the Liban’s side. and.
she already was making water rapidly.
Her captain saw the only chance was
to run the steamer aground, and' the
Liban was headed full speed for the
shore, but within 17 minutes of the
collision and while still in deep water
the fore part of the steamer plunged
beneath the waves and. a few minutes
later she had entirely disappeared.
M tny Rencucd.
In the meantime the Blechamp, the
steamer Balkan, also belonging to the
Fraissinet company, and other vessels
had drawn near the sinking ship and
were making- desperate efforts to res
cue those on board. The Blechamp
picked up 40 persons, many of whom
were at. the point of exhaustion. The
Balkan rescued' 37 passengers, and up
to the present it is known that in addi
tion to the passengers 17 of the crew
were also saved.. The Balkan launched
three boats, and the other vessels did
all possible to save the victims in the.
short time that elapsed between the
time of the collision and the sinking
of the Liban.
Thirty Rodlem Recovered.
Of about. 200 passengers who were
aboard the Liban, it is feared, that at.
least half were drowned. Up to five
o’clock Sunday afternoon 30 bodies
had been recovered.
Officers, of the steamer Balkan de
scribe the scene just before the Liban
disappeared as a terrible one. As the
vessel was sinking she was inclined to
such an angle that her masts struck
the water, causing- an eddy, which
made the work of rescue most difficult.
A mass of human beings were clinging
to the foundering vessel, and' uttered
despairing cries as she went down. At
the same lime the boilers exploded, in
tensifying the horrors. For a few mo
ments the victims were seen strug
gling in the sea. then the waves closed
over them and all was silent.
It is stated that the collision was
due to the, following circumstances:
The Liban was putting out to sea
just as the steamer Insulaire was
making for the harbor. Maire Island,
which lies off the entrance to the
port, hid the vessels from each other
until it was too late to avoid a col
lision.
Many of the rescued were badly
injured in the collision. The Insul
aire Sustained considerable damage
to her bows, but managed to reach
port safely. Thousands of persons
gathered round the morgue, hospi
tals and on the quays throughout the
evening. Thus far only four bodies
have been identified.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
CloudburMt lit Mouth ( nrollfnn t'nnae*
Enormou* Dn ntHM'C —Death
Llftt Over JOO.
Spartanburg. S. C.. June 8. —The loss
of life in Saturday’scloudburst and the
resultant floods may reach 150, but the
more conservative estimates place it
somewhere around 40 or 50. Ihe total
property loss in the entire section laid
waste by the storm is likely to aggre
gate $2,000,000. 'The loss at Pacolet is
placed at $1.0(H),000, summarized as fol
lows: Mills Nos. 1 and 2 demolished,
28,000 spindles wrecked, 3,500 bales of
cotton and $200,000 worth of cloth
goods in company’s store damaged;
grist mill, cotton gin, post office, shoe
shop, blacksmith shop, dental office,
livery stable and Presbyterian church
all washed away.
More than 500 people are homeless
and 4,000 out of employement. There
was no wind and no damage except by
water. This fell in veritable torrents,
converting the surface of the earth
into a sheer lake of raging water. Rail
road bridges were torn from stone and
iron piers, cotton mills were crushed
like straw before the flood, and grist
mills and innumerable small industries
and cottages were washed away by the
angry waters.
FnriiiH Hufned.
Topeka, Kas., June B,—The body of
Forest Kutz, a school teacher, was
found Sunday in the debris left by
the flood. It develops that several
fertile farms near North Topeka
have been entirely ruined. The swift
current washed away much of the
good soil and in its place, has left a
thick, hard layer of sand, rendering
the ground useless.
Sentenced to Death.
Manila, June 1. —Kuperto Rios, the
fanatical Filipino leader in the prov
ince of Tayabas, who was captured
about a month ago, has been con
victed of murder and sentenced to
death. Twenty-seven of his fellows
also were convicted and sentenced to
various terms of imprisonment.
Will Go to the Scrap Pile.
Chicago. June 3.—The famous Ferris
wheel has been sold to a wrecking com
pany for SI,BOO and will be removed as
junk in five months. Its original cost
was $302,000, with $400,000 indebted
ness outstanding.
MISSISSIPPI RAGING.
The Great River Huxhing I’a»t City of
St. Loui* at a Furl
on* Huie.
St. .Louis, June 8. —Like a. mill race
the swollen Missippi is surging past
St. Louis with a stage of 36.9 feet,
making a rise of one and one-half feet
since seven o'clock Sunday night. The
government forecast is that the rise
will continue rapid until after mid
night, and then, for the next two days,
the stage will creep up slowly, proba
bly reach 38 feet and begin to recede.
No word was received Sunday from
the 200 people imprisoned on a low
island at Black Walnut, northwest
from St. Louis about 25 miles, and iu
peril of their lives from the rising wat
ers of tlie Missouri river. Word wau
received last night that at that time
rescue must be effected immediately
or they would probably be swept iway
by morning, ’rhe river has spread out
around the island until it is a veritable
sea with a swift current, and, although
every effort has been made to reach
them, nothing was accomplished Sun
day, and there has been no means of
communicating with them.
Black Walnut is located in a broad
and fertile valley of the Missouri, ami.
the land surrounding it is said to be
the richest wheat lard in the state.
Aside front loss of lite, if such catas
tropre slial occur, the properly loss
will be very heavy, as the entire valley
is under water and homes have been
washed away, farms depleted and
stock drowned.
Earth to stem the threatened breaks
in railway levees in East St. Louis was
taken from the world's fair site Sun
day. and an army of men with wagons
hurried it across the bridge to
strength-en the water barriers. Ru
mors hate been current that the flood
would shut off the St. Louis pumping
station and stop the city's waler sup
ply. These rumors have been without
foundation, as the river must rise at
least eight feet more before the pump
ing station will be in danger. Just be
low St. Louis and in tlie vicinity of
the River Des Beres is the little fisher
men's settlement of Happy Hollow.
The denizens live in flatboats for the
most part, and until to-day had been
beyond Ihe ravages of the flood. But
the advancing water invaded tlie tract,
to-day and the inhabitants had to hur
riedly move out. Some families moored
their houseboats and remained.
All Venice, Madison, portions of
Granite City and 15,000 acres of rich
bottom farming land are in the grip
of the flood north of East St. Louis.
Houses have been swept from their
foundations and sent adrift. Thedam
age already done is enormous and hour
ly the flood reaches farther inland,
more and more crippling railroad t raf
fle and engulfing additional homes,
farms and factories. The east approach
to the Merchants’ bridge is reported
severely damaged. A large section of
the 40-foot embankment has been eat
en away where t he East St. Loufa street
car line passes under the bridge.
Reports of loss of life have been re
ceived. Men who were viewing the
flood from the bridge approach told of
having- seen a man on the roof of a
floating house. The house was over
turned by the current during the aft
ernoon and the man disappeared. Near
Madison a dike broke this afternoon
and a wall of water rushed through.
Three women, endeavoring to escape,
were seen to crouch bewilderedly be
hind a board' fence. The wall of wafer
three feel high swept the fence away
and only after a strenuous efforts
were two of the women saved. The
third. Airs. Anton, wife of a saloon
keeper. clasping her infant in her arms,
was according to witnesses, swept
away and drowned. There are reports
of five employes of the American (’ar
& Foundry works losing their lives.
They were fleeing from the advancing
deluge, but. thinking to save (heir
tools, went back into the plant and did
not return.
STILL SAFE.
Mob nt St. Frnneix. Kan., Hhm Not Yet
Secured Dewey and Hl* Cow
boy*—Troop* En Route.
Topeka, Kan., June B.—-A message
from St. Francis says Chauncey Dewey
and his cowboys, under arrest for the
alleged murder of the Berry family
last week, are yet safe from the mob.
The settlers have formed a sort of
military organization, it is under
stood, and are outspoken in their de
termination that Dewey and his men
shall not escape. A military company
from Osborne is now on its way to St.
Francis. More than fifty miles of the
distance will have to be covered by an
overland march, however, and it will
be Tuesday before they can reach
there. The sheriff of CChCeyenne
county thinks he can protect the men
until the arrival of the militia.
Mangled by Hound*.
Cincinati, 0., June B.—One boy was
fatally and three seriously hurt Sun
day by a kennel of 25 hounds. While
John Fisgus, aged 15 years, was ap
proaching the kennel of Julius Ernest,
the hounds seized him and tore him
almost to pieces. Mr. Ernest was seri
ously hurt in trying to rescue the boy.
Finally ChCarles Flssell mounted a.
horse and undertook to ride over Ihe
dogs. Both rider and horse were se
riously bitten, especially the latter.
Well-Known Ve**elmaxter K tiled.
Ashtabula, 0., June 8. —Capt. J. C.
Reimers, of Cleveland, master of the
barge Chattanooga, was run down and.
instantly killed by a train here Sat
urday. Deceased was one of the best
known vessel masters on the great
lakes.
Free from J'laxtie.
Lima, Peru. June 8.- The supreme
board of health has declared the port
of Callao free from bubonic plague-
Made Progrexx.
Washington, June 3. —The United
States supreme court, during the
term which closed Monday, finally
disposed of 423 cases. When the court
adjourned there w«re only 295 cases
on tlie docket to be argued, which is
a smaller number than has been left
for several years.
Remit* Sentence* Asalnit Boer*.
Pretoria, June s.—The lieutenant
governor of the Transvaal, Sir Arthur
Lavrley, has remitted the remainder of
the sentences of the majority of the
former burghers convicted of military
offenses during the late war.