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RIVER WATERS POUR INTO THE STREETS OF KANSAS CITIES
AND THOUSANDS ARE MADE HOMELESS BY RUINING FLOOD
FINANCIAL CRASH FINALLY OVERTAKES COPPER
KING COMPANY AND THREATENS A LOCAL BANK
AND TITLED BRITISHER WITH SERIOUS LOSSES
THE floods now ruin
ing property and men
acing the lives of
thousands of persons in
Kansas and over a consid
erable area near that State
arc of such extraordinary
volume that every effort
made to protect cities and
towns has proved futile. A
number of lives have been
lost and the damage is tre
mendous. North Topeka is
suffering most severely.
The city is surrounded by
zvater and it has flooded all
the streets. The people are
departing hastily to save
their lives.
General Beyes Vindicated.
CITY OF MEXICO. May ».— The Cham
ber of Deputies after hearing of the Im
peachment proceedings against General
Bernard Reyes, Governor of the state of
Nuevo Leone, by a unanimous vote dis
missed the proceedings, and' General
Reyes was fully vindicated
That the proceedings inaugurated yesterday will eventually reveal a gigantic
swindle. In which the Crocker-Woolworth National Bank and a host W Eng
lish stockholders are. made to suffer financially, Is generally expected, as well
as some sensational revelations concerning the peculiar business methods of
A week ago Alan C. Mcllvaine,. an attorney from Chicago, arrived in the city
and registered at the Palace. A few hours later J. C. Hately of London affixed
his signature on the hotel register. It soon developed that these gentlemen were
here In a common cause, namely, as representatives of Sir Christopher Eurness.
with full authority to act in his interest. They had been on- the ground but
a few hours when they clearly realized the jeopardy into which their client's
interests had been thrown by Manager Daly. Creditors were assuming a threat
ening air and foreseeing the possibility of: losing everything they quietly pro
ceeded to have the Copper King Company declared bankrupt in order to antici
pate any move. on the part of any creditor to secure preferment through the
legal process of an attachment. —
Departure Alarms Company's Creditors. -
His sudden departure has now culminated in the bankruptcy proceedings
and the prospects are that the mine will pass into other hands. f
Among the creditors, not scheduled in the bankruptcy proceedings, but who
will figure largely In the attempt to effect some kind of adjustment of the com
pany's financial mlxup, are the Crocker-Woolworth National Bank, the Best
Manufacturing Company and a local electrical concern, who have reason for
regretting the day they rtrst had business contact with the erratic manager of
the mining property, W. 11. Daly. The latter, after three years of fighting and
quarreling with the employes of the mine, the local supply people, the banks
and finally with the London stockholders, among thorn Frank Gardner and Sir
Christopher Furness, the great ship magnate, quietly skipped out of town, for
getting to settle his big bill at the Palace.
corporation Into a state of bankruptcy. The petitioners are designated
as "sundry creditors," whose credits to the Copper King Mining Company are
stated to amount to "$500 or more," but in reality they stand to lose the greater
part of $S5,G00 due them, for the fact is that the mining company's liabilities,
as far as is known, amount to more. than $614,000, against which there stands
In the way of assets property valued very liberally at $275,000.
THE first steps toward concluding the meteoric career of W. H. Daly, late
general manager of the Copper. King mine, and bringing to a crisis
the affairs of the mining concern, were taken yesterday when a num
ber of creditors petitioned the United States courts to throw the English
"From these two perfectly obvious con
clusions a third inevitably follows, if
there Is a popular demand for Cleveland"*
itturn to the Presidency strong: enough
to force his nomination upon the Demo
cratic convention that same popular de
mand will be strong enough to insure
his election, because the opposition to him
!s strongest In his own party. Any
movement sufficiently powerful to over
come the greatest obstacle is not likely
to be arrested by a lesser."
"Two things are perfectly obvious with
reference to the Cleveland third-term
movement." said Cockran. "In the first
?,lacc he has already received an expres
sion of popular confidence beyond that
l-eslowed on any public man throughout
the whole history of the United States;
fecond. his nomination for the fourth
Time. If accomplished, murt result from
tn Imperative demand Fprir.s'.rg directly
from the people. It cannot bo brought
about by any manipulation of* political
machinery, because the management of
his party Is overwhelmingly hostile to
him.
EERLIN. May 29.-Bourke Cockran.
who has arrived here from Egypt, said
to-day that Cleveland would be elected
iTesldent of the United States If nom
inated.
Fpee!al D!?petch to Th« C*IL
W. H. Daly's* Mismanagement Carries
Mine's Affairs Into Court
of Bankruptcy.
Cockran Predicts
the Democrat's
Success.
MISSING MANAGER OF THE COPPER KING MINE AND THE BRITISH
CAPITALIST WHO MAY SUFFER HEAVY LOSS THROUGH THE
FORMER'S PECULIAR BUSINESS METHODS.
"CLEVELAND
NEEDS ONLY
NOMINATION"
Continued on Page 2, Column 1.
Continued - on Page 2, Columns 4 and 5.
ROME, May 29.— The automobile acci
dent that happened to Mr. Meyer, the
American Embassador, yesterday, was
followed to-day by a similar accident -to
Sir Frkncis Bertie, the British.Embassa
dor. - While he was returning to Rome
from "Albano the tank of his automobile
exploded " and he and his cnauffeur were
hurled" several yards. They were only
shaken and scratched, but • the machine
rendered useless.", ,
BRITISH EMBASSADt)R
AT ROME IN A WRECK
BAKER CITY, Or.. May 29.— h. e.
Whitney and Thomas J. Clark, special
postal detectives, are In the vicinity ."of
Baker, City trying to ferret out the mys
tery"surrounding .tie : theft of registered
letters between this city and Cornucopia,
'fifty mlle3 distant on a star route. One
of -¦ the stolen' letters was from the First
National Bank in« ; this city and contained
$S00. Another/ registered letter and a
public; document-, are; also missing from'
the same pouch. * Many letters containing
money have been;missed in this vicinity
recently.
Detectives , of the Postal Service Are
Investigating Several Mysteri
ous Thefts in Oregon.
REGISTERED LETTERS
STOLEN FROM THE MAIL
I Mrs. Dole, or Miss* Gallagher, as she
prefers to call herself, is of statuesque
figure and is a graceful dancer. She pos
sesses, too. an excellent voice, and Mr.
Shubert is confident that her rise will be
rapid. She -will have the part of one of
the "widows" soon and also a chance to
understudy one of the principals.
NEW YORK. May 29.— Eleanor Gal
lagher, the divorced wife of Edmund P.
Dole, the former Attorney General of Ha
waii, and well known in San Francisco,
where she was, formerly a schoolteacher,
will' make her Btage debut Monday night
in the chorus of "The Runaways'.' at the
Casino Theater. - '
Divorced Wife of Former Hawaiian
Attorney General to Go on
the Stage.'
ELEANOR GALLAGHER WILL
BECOME A CHORUS GIRL
It Is understood that the New York
Herald*a > correspondent, Mr. Lucknow,
has also* been expelled for sending his
paper reports of which the German Gov
ernment disapproved. The Neueste Nach
rlchten suggests that the expulsion of the
Berlin correspondent of the London Times
would be a public benefit.
LONDON, May CO.— A* dispatch to the
Express from Berlin say3 that, William
Stevens and John Meyers, Americans,
have ¦' been arrested at Muelhausen and
expelled from, Germany "In the public In
terest." No details are given, but this
phrase usually means that the persons
expelled have committed some political
offense.
Authorities Order Men From the
Country "in the Public *
Interest."
AMERICANS EXPELLED
FROM KAISER'S DOMAIN
-In front of the city postofflce Miss
Roosevelt made a slight detour a3 she
heard the clanging bells directly back of
her, and in a moment a huge truck
dashed by within a few inches of her
auto. 'As she swung her machine back
Into the center of the street a water
tower truck from the same station came
dashing along and again Miss Roosevelt
ran her automobile out of the oourse of
the plunging^horses. She guided her ma
chine during' the* entire trip and showed
great' skill',. and ¦ coolness in Its manage
ment.
Just after Miss Roosevelt had wheeled
Into Pennsylvania avenue an alarm of
¦fire was rung in from a box further down
the avenue. Miss Roosevelt continued on
her way and was going at a rather mod
erate pace when she found herself in the
midst of fire engines, hook and ladder
and water tower truck and vehicles of all
sorts. Even. the sight of. an assistant en
gineer of the fire department dashing by at
a furious gallop did not disconcert her,
however, and she guided the machine
skillfully past all teams and obstacles in
the way. \
In accordance with Miss Roosevelt's or
der, the automobile waa brought to the
White House at 9:30 by a chauffeur. The
latter relinquished to Mis3 Roosevelt the
driver's position on the left side of tbo
machine and took his place on the right.
Captain Cowlcs stepped into the rear cir
cular seat, where there Is room for three
persons when the^ door i3 closed. Miss
Roosevelt's maid also got in and the trip
down Pennsylvania avenue to the station
was begun.
The result was that she made her way
down Pennsylvania avenue through a
swirling array of fire engines and many
other vehicles, with frightened horses on
each side and In front and behind. Never
once did she lose her nerve, although she
was in great peril, and she finally landed
at the station safe and sound.
WASHINGTON. . May 29.— Miss Alice
Roosevelt had an exciting experience in
her new "red devil" automobile, which
arrived at the White House this morning
just SB she was about to take a train for
New York. Instead or taking the ordi
nary White House carriage for the Penn
sylvania station. Miss Roosevelt insisted
on having her first try in the new ma
chine.
Epeclal Dispatch to Th« CalL
Exciting Eicle of
Miss Roosevelt
in an Auto.
PRESIDENT'S
DAUGHTER IN
PERILS PATH
WASHINGTON, May 29. — Professor
Alexander Graham Bell has given to the
world the results of the first stage of his
experiments with kites entered upon for
the purpose of aiding, if possible, the so
lution of the problem of aerial navigation
without the lifting power of hydrogen
gas. Professor Bell is not yet prepared
to answer the question, "Shall we fly,
after all?" in the affirmative, but he does
answer in the affirmative the question,
"If we are to fly, mJ^ we be able to fly
when the air is calm as well as when a
breeze is blowing?"
Professor Bell conducted his Investiga
tions, which extended over several years,
at his summer laboratory- at Badeck,
Cape Breton Island, off the coast of Nova
Scotia, where he was comparatively free
from interruption, and he guarded his se
crets welL There, every summer since
1S38, he has been at work flying kites of
all sorts and sizes, carefully noting the
work of different kites in all conditions of
weather and bringing to his aid a trained
scientific, equipment of mind.. ...
~ He made many wonderful , kites of dif
ferent shapes and all flew well. He
started with a box kite invented by Har
grave of Australia, which can now be
bought in any toy store. He soon passed
from box formation to triangular forma
tion and from triangular formation to
the- tetrahedal formation, all the time
holding to the main idea of getting a kite
which would be capable of lifting a
weight equivalent to a man and small
engine, which would fly steadily In a
strong breeze and which would combine
lightness with strength.
The importance of this achievement may
be gathered from the statement that It
will compel the revision of opinion by
all scientists who accepted the conclusion
of Professor Samuel Newcomb, made pub
lic in 1901, that the construction of an
aerial vehicle large enough to fly a man
would have to be deferred until the dis
covery of a new metal or a new*lorce,
inasmuch as the weight of a kite made
large enough for the purple increased
more rapidly than the supporting surface
and that a kite large and strong enough
to support a man would be too heavy to
fly.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Professor Bell Sheds Light
on Aerial Navigation
Methods.
Notable Work Record
ed on the Nova Sco
tia Coast.
Results Achieved
in Experiments
Made Known.
KITES GIVE
NEW SECRETS
TO SCIENCE
ST. LOUIS, May 29.— An Indictment
charging State Senator Frank H. Harris
with bribery was returned by the St.
Louis Grand Jury to-da.v.' •
State Senator Indicted.
YOKOHAMA, May 29.— The combined
opposition parties defeated the Govern
ment's followers In the Diet to-day. Two
resolutions were passed demanding the
fixing of the Ministerial responsibility In
connection with the official scandals.
Opposition Carries the Day.
REDDING, May 29.— John Heyhal. who
shot from ambush and killed William
Morgan, a neighbor. Wednesday morning
and escaped lynching for the crime only
by the bravery of two young farmers
who captured him, had evidently intend
ed to kill six other men. Secreted In his
cabin has been found a notebook in
which he had recorded that seven men,
all neighbors, were enemies of hi3 and
that he intended to "fix them." Morgan,
his victim, was among the seven.
Heyhal Planned Wholesale Murder.
George Feeley, Who Was Roughly
Handled by Jim Jeffords,
Passes Away.
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 29.— George
Feeley, the pugilist, who was Injured in
a contest with Jim Jeffords Thursday
night, died at St. Joseph's Hospital at
1:45 o'clock this morning.
INJURIES IN A FIGHT
CAUSE PUGILIST'S DEATH
ANACONDA. Mont.. May 29.— Word was
received from Frank, Alberta, N. W. T.,
that a horse buried in the mine at the
time of Jthe great rockslide was found to
day alive and In such condition that it
may live. It was EO0O feet below the sur
face, with no food, but plenty of water.
It had lived thus more than a month.
Animal Is Found Alive Far Below
tha Rockslide WrecKage
at Frank.
HORSE LIVES ON WATER
IN DEPTHS OF A MINE
MANILA, May 29.— Following the seiz
ure and examination of the books of th9
Democratic Union, the Government to
day arrested President Dominadnor" Go
mez on charges of misappropriation of
funds, brigandage, fraudulent sales of
stock and organizing an illegal associa
tion. Over 100,000 pesos were collected in
dues and contributions. The books show
a deficit of 20,000 pesos. It is believed
that part of the amount was stolen be
fore Gomez was selected as president.
The Government charges that part of the
fund waa used to furnish arms and food
to the insurgents of Rizal province. This,
with correspondence with Guillermo and
other leaders in the field, forms the basis
of the briganadge charge.
The union has a membership of 13,000,
is closely affiliated with the Nationalist
party and is strongly in sympathy with
the insurgents. The arrest of Gomez has
excited the natives and will increase the
feeling of unrest In Manila, which has
been disturbed lately by reports cf the
landing of arms. The situation, however,
is not serious.
Numerous Charges Placed Against
Dominadnor Gomez, President of
Democratic Labor Union.
FILIPINO POLITICAL
LEADER IS ARRESTED
She said she had found a box of rat
poison in the pantry and the thought
came to her to experiment with it on her
benefactors and their guests. She put a
portion of it in the icecream that was
used on the strawberries, in the aspara
gus and in the tea. She did ibis two
days in succession, and said she enloyed
the effects upon the victims so mucn after
the first experiment that she repeated it
the next day.
LOS ANGELES, May 29.— Frank F.
Ward, a contractor and wife and five vte
ltcrs at the Ward home at 141 West
Twenty-third street, ate strawberries and
asparagus at dinner a few days ago and
subsequently became violently 111. It de
veloped to-day that Gladys Mallard, nn
11-year-old girl who^f the Wards had
taken into their home out of sympathy
for her homeless condition, had put pois
on in the food. Seven persons who ato
the poisoned food were seriously ill for
several days, but are now out of danger.
The Mallard girl to-day confessed to hav
ing put poison in the- food. She said:
"Yes. I did it. I wanted to see how peo
ple act when they take poison."
DROWNING OF CATTLE.
Word was received there to-night
that a rise of two feet wa- coming
down the Republican River, and a
rise of three feet down the Blue River.
The river at Wamego is rising two
inches an hour. Over 500 head of
cattle have been* drowned and washed
down the river.
From Marion come3 the report
that the Rock Island depot is flood
ed and had to be abandoned late to
night. Many square miles of country
near Emporia are under water. ;
Americus the river is four :*2et higher
For six hours to-day the flood
plowed like a river through Abilene,
filling 200 cellars and driving loo
families to places of refuge. The Rock
Island, Union Pacific and Santa Fe
tracks -re washed away, two lumber
yards burned from the contact of lime
with water, and several buildings col
lapsed. Nearly all the business
houses are flooded. Scores of people
were rescued in boats to-day after,
having spent a whole night in " the
trees. .Merchants are all movinr
their stock to higher places, but it is
generally believed that the worst is
over.
Salina is isolated and cannot :
this time be reached by wire. The
Western Union Telegraph offic- in
Salina has collapsed z. _ .o news can
be sent out from there.
At Lawrence the Kansas P.iver has
continued to rise rapidly all day. - I
in the last three hours I.as come up
nearly three feet. The watr stands
thirteen feet deep on the dam there
and has caused the water works, elec
tric light plant and brick factory to
close down.
At Marysville the water is the
highest ever know:: and is gei.:ng
higher. One hundred p. .,te at
Wamego are homeless and had to
be moved out ~of ""t!:tl- hou:--. in
boats. In many places the water is
up t-» the second-story windows.
BIVEB THROUGH ABILENE,
rOPEKA, Kans., May 29.—
The high water at n o'clock
to-night has surrounded the
whole of North Topeka, and
Hundreds of houses are inundate 1.
People are moving out i m tH=4 part
of the town as fast as possible and
great distress prevails. At this time
nearly 5000 people are homeless. It
will be necessary for every inhabitant
of the North Side to leave there by
morning, and this will leave over
10,000 people without homes.
The people, south of the river are
trying hard to take care of the flood
refugees. The Courthouse, State
house and other buildings have been
opened for their reception and a fund
started for their relief. The water
plant is being worked under great
difficulty, and it is feared that by to
morrow this will have to be aban
doned. If this is the case the entire
city will be without fire protection.
Reports from VVamego and other
points at the river report a great vol
ume of v.-ater coming down this way.
Wamego reports a rise of two feet in
the Blue and three feet in the Repub
lican rivers. This will -each Topeka
by morning, -and the large Melan
arch bridge will have great difficulty
in holding its own.
Cyclones Menace
With Cloud*
burstsi
Poisoner Admits Her Guilt
and Claims She Was
Experimenting.
Families Escape
the Rushing v
Torrent
Seven Persons Taken
•111, but. They Are
Recovering.
Los Angeles Family
Has a Narrow
Escape.
YOUNG GIRL
PUTS POISON
IN THE FOOD
SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1903.
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