THE
??S ?8?B ? I WHOLE NUMBER, 16.256.
RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS
SUMMARY OFDjWS NEWS
THE WEATHER.
Yesterday's watli*-r was wlntrv. Straw
liais disappeared, nnd in somo Instances
overcoat* made their appi-arance. Tho
mercury hovered mound ibo sixty mark,
nntl the fl.los wero overcast a portion of
tbo any, Little chungo le expected in the
temperature to-dny,
STATE. OF THE THERMOMETER.
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c G. M. .r,<?
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Average .62 2-3
Highest temperatine yesterday. f.7
Lowest t'-tnpoiiittirc yesterday. W
Mean temperature yesterday. 02
Normal temperature for June. 75
Departure from normal temperature. 13
Precipitation during past 21 hours.00
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
?lune 2, 1903.
?un rlsee. 4:62 I HIGH TIDE.
Sunsets.7:24 Morning.10:05
Moon Ects....12:13 I livening.10:46
RICHMOND.
Beven ?????????*>? accused enter denial
etui denounce their accuser; a committee
Appointed to Invest?gale and 12,0?? appro?
priativi for the pulpo.-.??; Hoard of Altier
tnnnpf'?.-illed to meet Friday evening??
<?resK.> mass-meeting at Mio UIJo'i de
nounces the recent outrages In Bessarabia
-Anniversary of thn Male Orphan Asy?
lum-Class day lit the Woman's College;
tho gratin?tes-Closo of the art exhibit;
handsome pictures purchased-Crosses
of honor lo bo presented to veterans
"Examination of teachers set-Reported
that Swanson may not be a candidate fur
Governor-Street-car men to meet Wed?
nesday nt midnight; deny that Council?
man have urged them to iitrlke?Church
?if the Holy Comfort'-r consecrated
-Richmond loses and wins In ball games
Idayed here yesterday-Last steamer ot
the Clyde lino leaves Richmond-?
Knights of Honor to assemble here-A
Vrophet predicts comlns floods-Hon. D.
*'. Richardson to op*?ose Captain John
Lamb for Congress-Special meet Ing of
the alumni of th" University of Virginia
-Many charters grant???! on yesterday
-Good property in demand-?Druids go
to West Point-Confirmation at Rcth
Ababa and the Feast of Weeks observed
-Fire Commissioners meet-Session of
the Stuart Monument Association-Judge
AV. G. Loving hen to bring proceedings
-Move on foot to ? ?. ',i"ge Woman's Col
loge-Rig excursion .'3t*?. MANCHES?
TER-Andrew Toim^ia badly hurt-A
pretty reception-RtSIdcnce for the su?
perintendent of ?Maury Cemetery-Meet?
ing of th?) Elks-A romlng marriage
Funeral services-Deacons are ordained
'-Almshouse Committee nu*eta to-night
??Manchester bull players-A sociable
tn Swnnsboro.
VIRGINIA,
"?"raffle crippled nn Hampton Roads by
ptrike. of marine engineers; ferries stopped
running arid many {.learners tied up-?
Amherst Jury gives n. verdict against Kel
3urn Cancer Hospital whore a verdict for
It was asked-Negro dies in Roanoke
from wound alleged to have been Inflicted
by a. Norfolk nnd Western conductor
31 all storm In Orange does damage; tnle
?r^pb tower struck by lightning-Lieu?
tenant David McCooch'i r*ti trial by couri
mnrshal, resigns bis jxisltlnn-A side?
swipe freight wreck nt Orango demolished
?? number of cars and blocked traffic
:Ne-,v cannery getting ready for operation
?it I?ee Hall-Commencement exorcises
nt Holllns Institute, Southern Female
College, Petersburg, Rock Spring Instl
?gfrwyt?, and other schools-Tbo girls of Am
HBFrst givo the hoys of Amherst a good
drubbing-The Supreme Court opens at
AVylhevllle to-day-Covlngton hns two
tickets for municipal officers with no
partv politics In It-Rev. R. R. Howlson
preaches farewell sermon nt Ashland
?tev. George R. Stuart stirs Petersburg
from center to circumference; a monster
meeting and thousands of hands ur
Norfolk's sower engineer drops dead In
the street.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Tiie habeas corpus proceedings for Ern?
est Haywood, the -.layer of Ludlow Skin?
ner, occupies the court : argument gone
Jnto, notwithstanding agreement not to
?argue tho case-The Audnbon Society
outline comprr-henslve plan for protecting
"ho bilde.
GENERAL.
Cyclonn strikes tho town of Gainesville,
Ga.. killing nearly a hundred people, In?
juring many more and wiping down build?
ings like paper cards-Flood situation Is
improving In Topeka. and tbe most seri?
ous phase now is the dread of an epi?
demic, but is serious in Kansas City.
Railway traffic is badly hampered nnd it
?will refluire sonic timo before it can he
much improved; food supply is meagre
and prices are soaring-Stock market
vesterday w*as weak nnd there wns con?
tinued pressure to sell, which was not
much relieved bv feverish rallies nenr tito
close of tbo da?,-Lieutenant Rurbank.
of tbe Sixth Inrantry. Is charged by
Filipino gldl with having married and
then deserted her, and an Investigation of
the case will be mud?;-United States Su?
premo Court refused to order the release
of Whlnaker Wright, the English llnan
Cler who Is charged with fraud, and .bo
will bo extradited. Other important de
c'slons are handed down by the court, nnd
the case of the Northern Securities Com?
pany was advanced on the docket-New
1t-ack of the Southern from Washington
-to Manassaa will be the attest that can bo
<-on?tructed, and work is being pushed to
liuve it ready hv t.he end of tbe summer
;_palm Hearer won tin? Hudson Stakes
for twn-vfnr olds nt Qravosend.
ARMY OF WORKMEN
ARE OUT 0N_STRIKE
Greatest Conflict Between Em?
ployer and Employes Ever
Seen by Philadelphia.
(By Associated Tre??.)
PHILADELPHIA, PA., June l.?It did
not need tho nssortlon of tho Execu?
tive Board of the Textile Work?
ers to-day to carry conviction
that tho greatost conflict between
employers and employes evor sa\a In
Philadelphia Is now on. The crowd of
idle men, women and children that eon
gregoted on the streets of tbo city mill
?il-i strict h formed a story without words.
It won estimateti this evening by leaders
in the strike that moro than 75,0?) tex?
tile -workers refused to go to work to-day
ns a protest against tlio ernjiloyers re
-fusing to l'educo the working timo of the
-workers from Klxly to llfty-tlve hours
? week. There are about 100 firms In
Philadelphia, and With, tlio exception of
tbiiHO who hin*? agreed to tbo demand,
41 m employers say they will not make any
<i'.|ll-CSSt01lS.
The ingnill? carpet workers held u big
ir..:.-tiiig to-dny mid rcntnini.-d their de?
lla rut Ion for a ten per cent. Incesse In
vug??.--'. In addition to the demand lor tha
fit t>-live-hour week.
TERRIBLE CYCLONE
STRIKES THE SOUTH
Hundred Persons Killed
in Georgia.
STRUCK THE TOWN
WITHOUT WARNING
Structures Were Torn Down
as if Made of Paper.
MOST OF FATALITIES
AT BIG COTTON MILL
Two Stories Were Blown Off and Em?
ployees Buried Under Ruins?The
Stores Down Town Wrecked,
and Fire Broke Out in the
Ruins?The Wires Are
All Torn Down.
(By AMOcIate?l prem.)
GAINESVILei-B. GA., June 1.?A tor?
nado of terrific force struck Gainesville
this afternoon out of a clear sky, caus?
ing fearful loss of life In this city and
;?i . inuiianu and ,.?.,,,. bulphur. An
near a? can bo calculated, th?? resulta are
eighty-five men, women nnel children
dead, anel perhaps forty more fatally
Injured, with a property loss of some
thm-r like laoo.oeo.
The death list is yet Imperfect, not all
the bodies bavin? been recovered and
identified. Many of thera were mangled
beyond rpcognition, the only means ot
Identification being the records of the
two cotton mills, in which most of the
victims were killed.
Tin? d?.-a.th-deaJIiig storm appeared sud?
denly a little before 1 o'clock, and within
two minufa it had killed nearly a hun?
dred persone, torn two stories from the
five storied brick factory of the Gaines?
ville Cotton Mills; demolished almost two
hundred cottages, razed two brick stores
tej the ground, and blown down Innumera?
ble outbuildings. By what appears to
bo a miracle tho tornado's fury was
confined to the outskirts of the city, the
main buslnesH and residence portion not
being touched. Torrents of rain accom?
panied the wind, but within five minute?
after Its first onslaught the sun was
shining upon a a<-ene ot fearful desola?
tion.
The list of the dead Is confined mainly
to ?iperatlves of lho Gainesville Cotton
Mills nnd ihe Pacolet Cotton Mills, nnd
two-thirds of them were women and
children.
THE DEAD.
The list of tho dead so far obtainable
ot the Gainesville Cotton Mills and?In and
around the vicinity of the Southern Rail?
way depot follows:
HOMER PASS.
GRODON PASS.
MISS LOGGINS.
MARY DUNCAN.
MISS WOODY.
- KNOWLES.
EDNA BORSE.
MRS. J. CAMP AND BABY.
- WADELIi.
ETHEL DIGHT.
DOTjU JACKSON.
MRS. CLARK.
CEA l'DI A S ? EDD.
EDNA CLARK.
JACK MURPHY.
GRAD Y" LEE.
DORT H Y SLAONE.
MRS. EDNA JONES.
BABY OF MRS. HO-V1NSON.
Fatally injured:
Nathan Jones.
W. T. Henderson.
Maude Gordon.
Claude Gordon.
Bessie Skinner.
Joe Shubert.
Daisy Bryson.
Perry' Connor (colored).
Miss Willie Boono.
Doc, Stovllle (colored).
A lonzo Ford (colored).
J. Sommerville.
Otto Miller.
Mrs. Doc. Clark.
John Simpson.
James Simpson.
General Cuninilng.
Miss Noel.
Miss Loggln.
Alice Silbers.
Will Addlsnn. t
Gertie Addlson.
Bill Blaekshear.
-Thompson.
Vf, O. Miller,
Mrs. Tnlley.
Bessie Talley.
l.ulu Edmondson.
Those who were killed at the Pacolet
Mills, New Holland, nnd whose bodies
have been recovered are:
?MRS. H. R. NELSON.
WILL ? ATEM.
MYTRICE WESTMORELAND.
MAGGIE WESTMORELAND
MRS. H. T. NIX.
MRS. NEELEY.
MRS. JANICE BEDFORD AND BABY.
MRS. J. R. WHITE AND TWO CHIL?
DREN
BABY OF MRS. MAGEE.
MRS. W. M. BOBO.
MRS. BRYAN AND LITTLE SON.
BENNY HENDR1X.
MRS. WILMANKS.
TWO CHILDREN OF H. L. PHILLIPS.
MRS. TOM TRPELOVE.
MRS. WESTMORELAND.
ALBERT LLOYD.
MRS. O'KELLY.
MRS. O. 11. PASS AND LTTTLE SONS.
MRS. AGLK.
A NEGRO WOMAN, name unknown.
MRS. T. KOKLER
A WHITE MAN, whose name has not
been ascertained.
Tlie fatally injured at New Holland
niiiiibpr about ten, Including Mrs. Hen
eli'lx nnd two girls, Mrs. T. J. Ivey and
Mrs. Pass.
Besides these eight men, six white and
two colored, wero killed In the demolition
of Joseph Logan's store, near tho South?
ern depot, and one man and one woman
mot de-atli in the? store of George Jones,
(ho woman being tho wife of the proprie?
tor.
Unconfirmed reporls from Whit?? Sul?
phur, senen miles l'ioni Gainesville, say
that about twelve persons wore killed
there. Their names are not yet obtain?
able, and hopes are expressed tl**.t this
r, ,?,rt is unfounded.
Ql'le ? AVORK.
The tornado did Ita appalling work In
such an Incredltably short time that It
?Continued on Sixth Page.,)
Daily Times-Dispatch
Twelve Cents a Week.
From June 1st, tho price of THE
TIMES-DISPATCH, delivered by car?
rier, within the corporate limits of
Richmond and Manchester, is 12 cents
per week, or 50 cents per calendar
month.
IS CRIPPLED
Many Vessels Tied Up and
Ferries Stopped.
COMPANIES MAKING FIGHT
The Chesapeake and Ohio Company
Granted the Demands Some Days
Ago?The Engineers Confident
ofSuccess?Those Out.
(SpecUl to The Tlmee-Dl?pntcb.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA., June 1.?The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
was the only company to grant the de?
mands of the marino engineers to-day,
and consequently practically all of the
steajners and tugs In these waters, ex?
cept those owned by tho Chesapeake and
Ohio are tied up.
The ferry-boats between this city and
I Sewall's Point, Old Point and Sewall's
! Point and Ocean View, the Mobjack Bay
steamer and Innumerable tugs are tied
up nt the wharves.
The Old Dominion Steamship Company
secured an engineer from one of Its ships
and put him aboard the Luray, and
that steamer Is making her trips from
this city to Norfolk and Smlthfleld.
The tie-up, of course, makes It Impossi?
ble for the Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal
I Company to handle Its passengers be
j tween here end Norfolk, and between Old
Point and Norfolk, and tho route be
I tween Old Point, Ocean View and Nor
I folk, and other lines have suspended op
I orations.
I It is understood that the Old Dominion
I Steamship Company will bo able to run
I tho Berkeley and Brandon, which ply
between Richmond. Norfolk and this city,
despite the trouble.
.Strikers Confident.
(Special to The TImee-DI?rntch.)
NORFOLK, VA., June 1.?Ocean View
and Sewall's Point ferries, both stopped,
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway boat is
still running to Newport News.
Tho strikers say that of 250 men In the
organization of the marine engineers, but
thlrty-ono out of work. They are confident
of winning and say that the vessel owners
will soon yield.
Inquiry of Postmaster Nlchoie and of
Mall Dispatcher Nunnnlly, shows as fol?
lows: The Capo Charles mails did not
gn out over the New York, Pennsylvania
and Norfolk line because the boats did
not run. No definite answer was given
to the inquiry of the mall dispatcher as
to when the boats would run.
There a erno mails over th? Sewall's
Point ro3d, Newport News and a notice
at the station says the boats are not run?
ning. The Norfolk and Southern North
Carolina sounds boats aro reported
stopped, and tho Old Dominion Line has
notified the postofflre that the boati*1
which carry the molls to Smlthfleld, to
Ma thews county and to Gloucester haire
stopped. In all other eases the malls have
been dispatched as usual. The lines which
are running as follows.
Washington steamers. Marshall Broth?
ers tug boats are not in the union; Jo?.
M. Clarke, has finir tugs running and six
tugs tied up The Old Dominion boats are
running to Richmond. The Ocean View
boats aro ninnine to Old Point and the
? ferries between Norfolk and Portsmouth
and Norfolk fine] Berkley aro running as
usual, but the Twin City Is laid off be
| tween Berkley and Portsmouth.
? The tugs of tho Lambert's Point Tow?
ing Company, which attend to tho bus
? Ines of the eon! piers, are still In service
: and tlie Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
; steamers nnd tugs ate running.
, This embraces the most urgent of the
| trafile and practically nil of the import
I ant malls. There Is not a serious delay
I as the eonelitlons show tn-t|ny. The en
i .?ineers nro siili declaring that they must
have the scale of wages they have pro?
posed and the owners s-iy that tliey will
increase wages hut lliey will not grant
the scale as asked.
A number of tlie railroad nnd steam?
boat, lines, however, have acceded to the
requests of the men and granted tho
scale. Among these are the Chesapeake
nnd Ohio Railroad. Norfolk rind Wash
nlKton 1'ne?, West Norfolk ferries, Ben?
nett's North Carolina line, Roanoko Lum?
ber Company, Virginia Pilots' A'soola?
lion, Meniti Wrecking Company, Bank's
North Carolina line, which runs south
from Elizabeth City; Steamer "Teddy,"
which runs between Norfolk and Chuck?
atuek; Atlantic Coast Line, wh'i-h hns
made a temporary arrangement for one
month with Its men to sen how tho alms?
pio ends: Fleetwood and Jackson, who
for ? long while have paid tlie new scale,
Vessels Tied Up,
(By A ?nociutoli pr?s?,)
NORFOLK, VA., Juno 1.-Thirty-seven
steam vessels are tied up at this pott to?
day as ii iv.siilt of the refusili of vessel's
Owners to grant ilm new sen je ?if wages
adopted by the) Marine Engineer's Reno
fleial Asocia tlon. Most nf these vessels
are tug boats In tho river and river har?
bor anil bay service. Many owners havo
compiled with the demands of tha en
g| fleers, Including Ih?' Norfolk and Wash?
ington Steamboat CoroPB.il>', Merritt
Wrecking Company, Dennett's Lino, West
Norfolk FeiTV i'oinpany. Atlantic Coast
Linn ami III,- Chesapeago unii Olilo.
Com merca luis beep badly crippled
limagli there ?ere enough vessels In use
to prevent a serious congestion of traf
flce. There appears no Immediate pros?
pect of a chungo In the presont aitila
OUT OF WORK.
About 400 nient, consisting of oiiRlneers
ami boat ?mows, are thrown out of work,
Tlie Ne?w York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
Rallwuv. the Norfolk and Bou I hern Rall
wav, the Old Dominion Steamboat Coin
paiiv und the Chesapeake? ami Albotnarle
Towing Company, are putting up the
strong flglit against Ihe engineers, euch
one of the above companies having with?
drawn half ?> donen vessels.
The Old Donili,ion has tied up five
steamers that l?ly between Norfolk ami
(?ele-water points in Virginia and North
Carolina, Traffic here lias been pretty
? badly Interfered with,
STREET-CAR
Important Action Will Be
Taken Thursday Morning.
THE STATEMENT IS DENIED
Councilmen Not Urging the Men to
Strike, Says Chairman GHggs, and
Any Sympathy They May Have
is as Citizens.
Division 152 of the Amalgamated Asso?
ciation of Street Railway Employes will
meet Wednesday night after midnight at
their hall for the annual election of ofll
cers. and the transaction of other Im?
portant business. It is expected that
some action will be taken by the division
on the communication of Cenerai Man?
ager S. W. Huff, In answer to that of
the Executive Hoard, printed in Sunday's
issue.
Just what action will be taken by the
division remains to be seen, and cannot
be forecast at this time. Mr, Wilbur J.
Grlggs, chairman of the Executive Board,
when seon yesterday by a reporter asked
to bo excused from making any prophe?
cies as to the futuro action of tho or?
ganization.
STATEMENT OF MR. GRTGGS.
He stated, however, that nn erroneous
Impesslon seemed to exist as to the agree?
ment entered Into by tho men with the
company ten months ago. That agree?
ment, drawn by the Arbitration Commit?
tee, to whom the differences between
company and employes wore referred, was
for no specified time. Had It been for a
year the men would haire lived up to the
agreement. As it was they accepted it at
the time because they had agreed to
abide the report the- men bad been work?
ing at starvation wages, be said ever since
that time, but were under no agreement
to continue for a year nor for any other
period.
Referring to a published report that
the employes were being urged to strike
by certain Councilmen, who promised
them the support of the Council, and that
they would see that the company was
forced to operate Its cars or forfeit Its
charter. Mr. Grlggs derled the statement
flatly. "That Is false," : ild he. Tho men.
he stated, were not influenced by any such
thought, and so far as ho knew hnd had
no talk with Councilmen nn the subject.
MATTER OF COUNCILMEN.
From other sources it was learned that
some of the Councilmen are in sympathy
with tbe employes In their demand for
increased wages, but the point mndo by
Mr. Grlggs was that the orgnnization
knew of no such effort, as alleged. It is
rfgarded ns entirely probable that some
of the Councilmen are In sympathy with
the desire of tho men to secure a raise ot
wages.
AS CITIZENS: AND NOT OFFICIALLY.
Under the agreement entered Into ten
months ago which ended the strike nt
that time, main line motormen now get
181-2 cents, and main line conductors,
171-2 cents per hour, nnd brandi line
motormen 111-2. and branch line con?
ductors. I? 1-2 cents an hour. The contract
submitted to the Passenger and Power
Company, nnd which that company,
through Genernl Manager Huff declines
to accede to, asks 22 cents an hour for all
motormen, and 21 cents nn hour for all
conductors on tbe Richmond and Man?
chester and lnterurban lines, and 3$
cents for motormen nnd 17 cents for con?
ductors on the Petersburg line.
The meeting of Division 132 of the em?
ployes organization will be held Wednes?
day night, or more exactly about 1 A.
ST. Thursday, nnd will probably lnst twu
or three hours.
STATE BOUNDARY LINE
CONFIRMED BY COURT
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D, C, June 1.?The
Fulled Stntes Supreme Court to-dny con?
firmed the report' of the commissioners
appointed to remark the boundary line
between tho Stntes of Virginia nnd Ten?
nessee.
CONSTITUTION
FOLLOWS FLAG
Chief Justice Fuller Still Holds
(o Tliis Opinion. But Ma?
jority is Against Him
(By Associated Press,)
WASH ING TUN, D, C, Juno 1.?The
United Stales Supreme Court, In an opin?
ion by Justice 1'lrown, to-day decidid
the ease or tb? Territory of Hawaii vn.
Osnkl Manklcfil, ? Japanese, who -was
convicted of manslaughter und sen?
tenced to twenty years' Imprisonment
tinder the lnws of tho old Hawaii re?
public, ndversiply tn the claim <?t the
prisoner. The conviction took place be?
tween tbo ndoption of the congressional
resolution of annexation nnd the passage
of the net creating tlio territory of
Hawaii. Manklehi was found guilty
without the action of a grand jury and
by ? majority vote of tho trial jury.
The decision was sharply criticised In
dissenting opinion-? by thn Chief Justlco
and Justice Harlan. In which Justices
Brewer and Beckham concurred.
In his dissenting opinion Justice Har?
lan said that initier tbe majority's opln?
ion Congress could keep In forco the
Hawaiian laws relating to criminal mat?
ters, even though In direct conflict with
the provisions of our own Constitution.
In his judgment, Congress had no power
to withhold tbe fundamental guaran?
tees of life 'and liberty from any peoplo
over whom '.ve exercised sovereignty.
"I stand ?'>' 'lie doctrine that tbo Con?
stltiitlon Is the supremo luw Iti every
Territory as soon a3 It comes under tbe
sovereign dominion of the United States
for purposes of civil administration and
whose Inhabitants are under Its entire
authority und jutiodlotlon,"
COUNCSLMEN ACCUSED
ASK AN INVESTIGATION
Severe Charge is Made
By Capt Chartes Gasser.
The names of the Councllmen he called to me an being "crooked" were
as follows:
KINO, MILLS, GIBSON,
GLENN, POLLOCK, BAHEN,
and "ONE DEAD."
8ald he, after thinking a moment ns to who was dead. I eald: Captain,
It Is not possible you mean old man Woody?'' and with a nod of assent,
he replied: "Yes."?Extract of letter of Assistant City Engineer P. P.
Tallaferro to Mayor Taylor detailing <i statement made to him by Captain
Charles Gasser.
The above letter was read before the Common Council last night. The
allegations contained therein were vigorously denied by tho Councllmen ac?
cused, Gasser was denounced and resolutions were unanimously adopted
providing for an Immediate Investigation and appropriating $2,500 for the
purpose.
KANSAS CITY GETS
, FLOOD FROM ABOVE
City Without Light and Fire
Protection.
IS AT MERCY OF THE FIRE
Thousands Are Homeless and Are Un?
dergoing Great Suffering for Food
and Water?Names ofthe Dead
Unobtainable as Yet.
(By Asuoelntea Prear?.}
KANSAS CITY', MO., Juno 1.?With gas
and electric lights extinguished, the
weiter works shut down, and the city
practically at the mercy of the first fire
that shall break out; with railroad trans?
portation feeble and uncertain. Kansas
City may, If the waters do not recede
within tho next two or three days, be
compelled to fight for her very life, and
to-night the skies are dark and lowering,
tho vain is falling heavily, more stormy
weather Is sweeping up from the West,
and the Insatiable river ls stoutly hold?
ing Its own. It Is practically stationary
to-night, but whnt/tho flood has It keeps,
and there Is no certain promise of when
it will recede. The stage to-night is 31.9.
Chief Connor, of tho Weather Bureau,
says that while the outlook ls for con?
tinued rains, It would necessitate a
very heavy fall If tlie present high water
is to continue.
The first authentic news from Kan
Ras City, Kris., was received to-night. In
that city 20.000 people are hjr.ieless.
Many have been drowned, but the num?
ber cannot be estimated. Tho property
loss has been heavy. Tlio situation thoro
?3 a parallel to tho situation here?appa?
rently no better, and no worse. There
Is no great probability that thero will
bo further loss of lite, If tho river does
not rise very suddenly. All through tho
wholesale district nnd In the east and
west bottoms thero are people still In
houses?many of them anxious to bo
taken away?a goodly number of them
content to remain where they are, with
all the chances of tho flood.
The police havo done wonders to-day In
rescuing people, and havo probably
brought 2;-0 of them safo to the high
ground since sunrise. Ono hundred nnd
fifty of those were brought to tho vla
?liie't at Twelfth Street nnd tho others
wero saved In the enst nnd west bottoms
by boats. Tiventy people wero taken
from the Murino School and four from
O'Brien's lodging house In the east bot?
toms. The rest of them were brought in
singly.
To-night In the Knst and West bot?
toms a number of obstinate people aro
still clinging to their homes. Although
the police hnvo run boats beneath their
windows and offered to save them, they
refused to lenvn nnd will take their
chances for anolher night at lenst.
There Is no possible way of getting at
the names of the ?lend miel no chunco
of forming nny estimate that can confi?
dently be termed accurate. It is likely,
however, that the number' of fatalities
In Kan j ? City, Mo., will approximate
fifty. Down in tlio wholesale fllstrh't
people at dusk to-nlglit were waving
white clothes to nttract attention. Tho
condition of somo of these people Is
pitiable, They have been held prisoners
for two days, threatened with death by
drowning nnd nt ono time by? lire. For
the most part they are without food, and
for twenty-four hours were without
dringlng water. TCvory effort Is being
made and they will be saved to-morrow
unless the water rises higher. Tho fi?
nancial damage In nbout as great now
as ll Is likely to become, unless tho
water rlsrs much higher,
DESIGNER OF DAVIS
ARCH IS EXPECTED
Mr. Lewis (lueleliroil, the srulptnn whosa
design for tho Jefferson Davis Arch was
accepted, |s expected In tho olty to-day.
It eoulil not he learned last night tho
? peel fig reason which brings Mr. Oiulo
broel to Rlohmond at this time. Tho
Daughters of the ?"onfoili'rai'y will nient
lo-mororw night, when thoy wll gvo tho
numbers of l'ekett Camp the "cross of
honor." li la possible somo matters In
connection with tha Davis Arch will come
up, and Mr. l?iulcbrode has been asked
here for ? conference, Thoro is tnlk of
Changing the proposed site nf the monu?
ment nnd even tlio form of It.
BIG NEW INDUSTRY
FOR WILLIAMSBURG
WIIilvlAMSBUna. VA., Juno 1.?This
eltv ha? In sight a $."00,000 enterprise, and
{??".ri.'iOii of the capital slock has been sub
eoribed bv Massachusetts people, tho bal?
ance is to he innde up in Virginia. The
Industry, if estiiblshod. will ho the uni ?
one of Its kin?t .In the South, and will
employ many people, most of tlie skilled
mechanics.
HJV. Ficd K. Kutclieller, who has charge?
of ihe business as representative of the
Mnssiiiliusettb Investors, Is here to-day
and to-night will appear before the Bus?
iness Men's Association in regard to hi*.,
ril.llia.
Situation In Flooded Districts
is Improving.
DANGER OF AN EPIDEMIC
This is Now Most Dangerous Phase.
Food Supply is Inadequate and
Prices Are Soaring?Railroads
Have Suffered Greatly.
(By ABSoelntotl Prese.)
TOPEKA. KAN., June l.To-nlght at f
o'clock, the water in the Kansas River
had gone down 14 inches, and is tolling
at the rate of half an Inch nn hour. From
Manhattan up the river, comes th*. re?
port that the water Is slowly falling.
At. Waniego. the same condition provals,
and It Is now reasonably certain that the
waters here will steadily recede. At this
time there are thirty-four known dead as
follows:
?- WARD, old soldier.
- GARRETT. f.ve-yenr-old son of
Fireman G. H. Garrett.
FORST KUTZ. teacher.
Mrs. FORST KUTZ.
LOUISE ZA S VEX.
-STORY. Infant of George M. Story.
HENRY JORDAN, colored.
JOHN L. ?TACKSON, loft on roof, where
his family were rescued from their home;
gone when rescuers came bnck for him.
Mrs. IDA MONTGOMERY, who ]Wed
bnck of Citizens Bank, on Kniisns Avenue,
drowned In her room Saturday morning,
ANDREW PRETZEL, a market gar?
dener, living east of Oakland.
HENRY LUDINGTO.N. who lived In
Oakland. Lnst seen hanging to the
brunches of tree In North Topeka, Sun?
day morning, body seen by Munsey fami?
ly floating past the Munsey house.
WO.UAN AND BABY, seen by Carl
Goff, son of Topokn's chief of police, to
fall from house room, body being swept
awn y hv current.
TWO UNKNOWN MEN, seen by As?
sociated Press reporter to fall from
bouse top.
UNKNOWN GIRL, died soon after ho?
lng taken to hospital after rescue from
house nt Kansas Avenue, and Gordon
Street, Saturday night.
UNKNOWN WOMAN, form slipped
from house top nnd drowned be?i*a ?en'it
which was coming to her aid could reach
her.
UNKNOWN FAMILY OF SEVEN
BODIES, seen by rescuer ' Smith float?
ing in water In Second story of a West
sido bouse.
UNKNOWN WOMAN AND CHILD,
drowned while crossing to Oakland.
FOUR PERSONS, seen to fall from
trees by watchers nt Snrdour bridge.
DISTRESS BEING RELIEVED.
The distress of tho sufferers Is being
relieved. Those who nre still In North
Topeka are being supplied with food, and
(bey aie In prneUenlly no danger unless
It Is from sickness.
Probably the most distressing part of
the situation now Is the possibility thnt
there will be a spread of contagious ills
oases. Tho people of the lower classes
nro huddled together In houses not largo
enough for them, antl on nil sides thoy
in?? surrounded hv water, Doctois and
niedlcnl relief cannot reach the sufferers,
This afternoon a case uf diphtheria was
reported from the woollen mills la North
Topeka, where thero are a largo num?
ber of children, in addition to the idults.
There Is also u enso or two of scarlet
fever ?????? Uto refugees on the north
side. Hundreds of cases of measles are
prevalent among th" children.
Tho possibility of nn epidemic is now
the most serious thing the ri,V must con?
tend with, The physicians of the olty,
under tho direction ?if the city hoard of
health, nre making heroic efforts tn check
the thre iti-ned calamity.
PROVISIONS SCARCE.
Provisions of all sorts nre becoming
scarce In Topeka. No freight traina have
entered the city for several days, and as
large quantities of grocerlen were de?
stroyed In North Topekn, there will not
bo enough f??' tho peoplo to eat If tho
present situation last much longer. It
is charged tlint certain of tho merchant*
havo formed a combination for tho pur?
pose of controlling the prices of provi?
sions. It Is reported that a local com?
mission firm bought up all ilio potatoes
In town last Saturday and advanced the
price to fifty cents a bushel.
It will ho at least a week before freight
trains from the East can enter Topeka.
and perhaps longer. An effort will ba
mado to secure a stock of provisions
from the smallor towns south of here,
and this may relievo the situation some?
what. It was learned to-night
RAILROAD TRAFFIC
IS PROSTRATED
KANSAS CITY, MO., June 1.?Never In
the history of the West has there been a
more complot? prostration of railroad
U'ullic thai! exists ut thu present to the
u.'uiitluued uu Sixth, Pu v. \
Alleged Charges of Gas?
ser Against Seven.
THE CONTRACTOR
IS DENOUNCED
Resolutions Adopted for Im
mediate Investigation.
ALDERMEN CALLED TO
MEET ON FRIDAY
Wildest Scenes In Years in the Council
Chamber Last Night?Tears Shed
by the Councilmen in Denounc?
ing Their Accuser, and Em?
phatic Demands for in?
vestigation at Once.
Tho hottest meeting of the Common
Council held In many years, If not. In?
deed, in tho history of the body, toole
place last night, and it resulted In the
unanimous and enthusiastic adoption of
resolutions calling for a thorough and
speedy Investigation Into the rumors of
corruption In the city government, ani
especially with referenco to certain state??
ments alleged to have been made by Cap?
tain Charles Gasser Involving seven
members ot the Street Committee of 8
former Council, most of whom belong ta
the present body.
It was expected that th*? matter would
come up, but It was sprung In a. form that
was a complete surprise to almost every
one, and which brought forth the bit?
terest denunciation of Gasser by Messrs,
Pollock, Glenn and Mills, who were
named In communications submitted by
the Mayor, from Assistant City Engineer
P. P. Tallnferro, at ha.vlng been among
the members of the old Street Commit?
tee whom Gasspr had told him (Mr. Talla?
ferro), were "crooked."
Councilmen Named.
The seven persons whom Mr. Tallaferro,
wrote the Mayor as those whom Gasser,
had named as "crooked" wero: Messrs.
King, Mills, Gibson, Glenn, Pollock,
K.I lion and Woody.
Messrs. King and Gibson were defeated
nt the last election, and Mr. Woody Is
dead. Mr. Bahen was not at tho hall last
night, being a member of the upper
branch of the Council. Tho other three
members whose names wero contained
In the paper which will bo found In full
below, were in tholr seats and they made
sulphuric denunciations ot Gasscr's Alleged
statements and characterized the con?
tractor as a leper, scoundrel, liar and al?
most everything elso that Is bad, In?
cluding perjurer and slanderer.
There wero thirty-two of tho thirty
ft ? ? Councllmen In their seats, and short?
ly after President Bloomberg called to
order, Ills Honor Mayor Taylor quietly
entered tbe chamber and laid a batch ??
papers upon the clcrkjs desk and retired.
When they wero read, they fell llko a
thunderbolt from a clear sky upon the
members and outsiders who were pres?
ent.
The correspondence brought In by Hie
Honor was between himself nnd Assistant
City Engineer Tallaferro. In which the
former had railed upon the latter for a
statement as to the alleged conversation
had by Mr. Tiillaferio with Gasser con?
cerning an alleged combine in the ol?3
Street Committee. In submitting theso let?
ters, Ills Honor strongly urged prompt
action by tlie Council, nnd assured the
body that be? would do nil In his power
to get at the bottom of the matter and
to bring all guilty parties, if any, to
ppepdy justice.
After scathing denunciations nf Gas
? r by Messrs. Pollock, Glenn and Mills,
ml sweeping denials by them of ever
having li'iil miy talk with Gasser in rela?
tion to the awarding of city contracts,
a resolution was offered by Mr. Pollock
and ndopted unanimously, calling for en
Immediate Investigation into the allega?
tions of Casser.
??????) OF ALDERMEN CALLED
Later on. a broader resolution was of?
fered by .??-, Crenshaw. and In like man?
ne-i? nileipted, calling for a full and tho
.?'mii-li^lne'ewtlgtitlon Into all tlie rumors
..legeel corruption In the city govern?
ment, arid President Turpln. who was nn
tho lloor at once issued a call for a meet
lug of tlie lionrd of Ald-Tnien for ? o'eloot
P. M. Friday, when the two resolution?
will uneloiihtedly be concurred In.
The resolution of Mr, Crenshaw I?
broad enough to go lee the bottoni of all
the ruiiieers made, and In addition con?
ferring full authority f?r compelling the
attendance of witnesses and the brino-?
lug eif books and papers. $2.G,00 or so much
thereof ns mny 1 <? necessary Is appru
prlaterl to carry ?>ut the provision? of the
resolution, l'util the Board shall have
acted upon the resolutions adopted last
night, President Hloomherg will not up
point hi.s committees; neither will Presi?
dent 'l'urtila of tho Board make any ap?
pointments under th*? resoluten adopt
eel by his body tor Individual investiga?
tion, be tills will likely be repealed, and
I those Just passed by tha Council for Joint
action concurred In? Indications now point
to a thorough anil speedy Investigation,
and it will likely be bbegun before a Joint
committee some time next week,
The Mayor Enters.
It wns 7:45 ovlock when President
Bloomberg called ilio body to order.
About 8 o'clock Alay or i'ay|,?r walked
within tlio railing with a batch of pa?
pers, laid thorn upon i'lerk August's itesi-.
nui rot irci lmiiu-illately. It was some
warm literature on the subject of the
alleged corruption in city affair?, and
there was ?iiilu? ? ripple of 11 nuert fined
conversaticeli lu tbo chamber. Two pom?,
inlltoe meetings wero In progress, but be?
fore the communication? were read Pre??
Ident Bloomberg sent the .scrgeaiit-ut
arirta for ihe absent inf.uibe.rs, but they
would not come. ' On motion, of Mr. Ellett
Hie ae-rgeant-at-arnis was Instructed 10
bring ill tho allient??,.-, an! Ihe Utter dlif
see? ufter some further effort, t
The .chair laid before tho body the toV