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OFFtCIAL PAPER
OF THE
CITY OF ST. PAUL.
VOL. XXIV.-NO. 177.
IK OF II INI
IS BROAD AND CLEAR ON THE NOM
INATIONS OK THE OHIO STATE
COIN YEN TON
WENT THROUGH WITH A RUSH
ONLY THREE HOURS NEEDED TO
APPROVE THE (TT-ASD-DRIED
HAN.NA SLATE
Platform of platitudes
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 25.—0hi0 Re
publicans, in state convention assembled
today, nominated the following ticket:
Governor—Georg-e K. Nash.
Lieutenant Governor—Carl L. Nippert.
Supreme Judge—J. I>. Price.
Attorney General—John M. Sheets.
Clerk of the Supreme Court—Lawson EX
Emerson.
Slate Treasurer—lsaac B. Cameron.
Member of Board of Public Works--
Wiilium O. Johnston.
The convention broke the Ohio record
by completing its work in three hours.
In those three hours the convention nom
inated a full state ticki t, adopted its
declaration of principles, indorsed Joseph
B. Foraker for re-election to the United
States senate and completed the party or
ganization for the campaigm.
Of the seven nominations only three
were new men, and one of these —Nippert,
for lieutenant governor—was nominated
without opposition after Lieut. Gov.
Caldwell had declined rcnomlnation.
Nash, Sheets, Cameron and Johnston
were renominated for second terms with
out opposition. There wore contests for
supreme Judge and clerk of the supreme
court nominations. It had been currently
n ported that Crew and Critchfield v.'tro
on th-s Hanna slate for these two nomina
tions, but Senator Hanna vigorously de
nied talcing any part whatever in the
contests for these two places. Judge
Price, of Lima, has been on the common
pleas and circuit benches, and Em-?rson
has been prominent in politics in Eastern
Ohio for years.
HURRIED BY HANNA.
The nomination that caused the most
comment was that of Nippert in place of
Lieut. Gov. Caldwell, the latter being the
only one who was elected with Gov. Nash
two years ago who was not renominated.
The State Anti-Saloon league opposed
Caldwell, and made him run several
thousand behind his ticket in 1599. There
were frequent calls for Caldwell In the
convention, but he could not be induced
to take the platform or even rise in his
Beat, and Chairman Hanna dispatched
business in such a way as to give no op
portunity for demonstrations. When the
delegates were calling for Caldwell,
Chairman Hanna made Caldwell a mem
ber of the committee to escort Gov. Nash
to the hall to deliver his speech of ac
ceptance, and, while this committee was
out, Chairman Hanna promptly called up
the next ordejr of business, and State
Senator Nippert was nominated. Nippert
has been principal of schools at CincUi»
tfatt and police prosecutor. Like Cald
well, he holds liberal opinions, and the
State Anti-Saloon league express their
displeasure because in the last legisla
ture he voted against the Clark local op
tion bill. The representatives of the
liquor interests left tonight very much
displeased over what they term the en
retirement of Caldwell.
i tor Foraker was accompanied to
night to Cincinnati by a large de'lega
ti,)!i. Senator Hanna and Gov. Nash
went to Gambler, where they will deliver
addresses tomorrow at the commence
ment of Kcnyon college.
THE PLATFORM.
The report of the resolutions commiit
tee of the Republican state convention,
which was unanimously adopted without
debate by the convention as the platform
of the party in Ohio, reaffirms the Phil
adelphia platform; pledges undivided sup
port to the Republican party, the mag
nt achievements of which, it is de
clared, have added luster to American
history, and under the administration of
Which the United States ha 3 become a
world power. Industry has been revived,
it is set forth, plenty has succeeded want
end our export trade now leads the
world.
The gold standard is specifically in
dorsed. Further strengthening of the
navy, legislation looking to the restora
tion of the merchant marine, the speedy
construction of an American ship canal
across the isthmus, are declared to be
Imperative needs.
In regard to combination of capital, the
platform says:
"Wo recognize the right of both labor
and capital to combine, when such com
b-nations are wisely administered for the
ipneraJ good, but combinations which
create monopolies to control prices or lim
it production are an evil which must be
met n % r efEec,* ive leS'slatlon and vigorous-
Congrena is asked to renew the hu
m.mc and reasonable laws and treaities
for the continued protection of Ameri
can labor. This has particular reference
to the expiration of the Geary act.
A ringing tribute is paid to the sol
di..rs and sailors of Uncle Saw.
Attempts to deprive any citizen of his
right to vote under the constitution is
denounced, and the demand is made that
representation In congress and in the
doctoral college shall be based on the
actual voting population, proportionate
reliction being made for any state in
which the right of suffrage shall be de
nied, except for crime.
I-ynr-li'nar is denounced in unmeasured
terms. „ „
Victory for arms in the war with Spain
lr> declared to have brought the blessings
Of liberty to millions of human beings.
The Republican principle that congress
hes-pewer to govern the new possessions
according to the needs of their people
tr.O in the interests of the people of the
United States is declared to have been
uphold by the supreme court. •
'BUNCH OF BOUQUETS.
President McKinliPy is lauded for the
prudent and successful management of
the situation in China.
It is declared that the nation's pledge
to Cuba is being faithfully kept, insur
ing freedom and independence to her
people, who, it is added, are today en-
Joying more prosperity than ever be
fore.
The Cubans aro congratulated upon
'wise and conservative action in favor
cf stable government."
Porto Rico Is reported to be flourishing
beyond all former experience. Hawaii a
entrance into full territorial relations
"with tlie United States government has
been warktd by the most marvelous
Shipping known in the history of those
i- I ill.is.
In the Philippines, "a wicked insurrec
tion has been suppressed," and "civil
government, contemplating the largest
practicable decree of home rule, has suc
ceeded military control. Personal free
dom, with an equality of rights hereto
fore to them unknown, is secured to
evvr;.. MthfMtmtt . „..'-..
■ • All tl^se thirds are declared to be due
to the "patriotic and brilliant adminis
tration of President McKinley," w*o,
"in racing unforeseen and grave* re
sponsibilities, has met them prudently,
crave and successfully."
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BULLETIN OP
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
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.Weather Forecast for St. Fault
Fair.
X—Hanna Is Still Boss. ',
Graves Give Up Their Dead.
Murder in Seattle.
Indiana Blake Another Appeal.
Troubles of the Banks.
Del Hay Burled at Cleveland.
Jt—Grand Jury Is Scored.
Unique Will Contest.
Hottest Day of the Year.
Thousands Visit the Baths,
Rests in St. Paul Saloon.
3— Storm at Head of Lakes.
Windier Murder Trial Begins.
Nervs of the Northwest.
Editorial Comment.
G—Denver Was Easy Mark.
Gomel In Big Leagues.
General Sporting: <«os»i'>.
Profit in Cotton Trade.
News of the Railroads. »"*
Globe Popular Wants.
7—Markets of the World.
September Wheat, 00 3-S@l-2c.
Bar Silver, 59 3-Sc.
Stocks Show Sharp Decline.
B—Committed for Perjury.
Total Abstinence Society Meets.
WEATHER FOR TODAY.
Minnesota fair Wednesday; showers
Thursday, with cooler in southern and
western portion; fresh easterly winds.
Wisconsin —i?'air and continued warm
Wednesday; Thursday fair in eastern
and southern; showers and cooler in
northwest portions; iresh southeasterly
winds.
lowa—Fair and continued warm Wed
nesday; increasing cloudiness with show
ers, and cooler Thursday afternoon or
nisht, southerly wind 3.
.North aiid South Dakota—Showers and
cooler Wednesday; Thursday showers,
with cooler In eastern portion; winds
shitting to northwesterly.
•tiuiiiiina—Showers Wednesday; fair and
warmer Thursday; northwesterly winds.
St. Paul — Yesterday's observations,
taken by the United States weather bu
reau, St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock
last night—Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevation: Highest temper
pcrtiture, 'M; lowest temperature, 11; av
erage temperature, Mi; daily range, 19;
barometer, 29.5U; humidity, 60; precipita
tion, 0; 7 p. m., temperature, 92; 7. p. m.,
wind, south; weather, clear.
Yesterday's Temperatures—
*Sp.m.Higii| *Sp.m.Hlgh
Havre 50 52 Jacksonville .Si 92
Aled. Hat 52 56 Kansas Oity.yi 98
Hr. Albert ...64 72jMarquette ...76 92
S. Current ...52 68 Minnedosa ...74 V 6
lAlpena 70 78 Montgomery .94 96
Battlerord ...62 64 Montreal ....7» 86
Bismarck ....88 S8 Nashville ....84 96
Buffalo 76 84 Mew Orleans.S2 90
•Boston 76 SO New bf0rk....76 82
Calgary 54 60 Norfolk 76 us
Cheyenne ....«t> 90 North Platte.94 100
Chicago 72 9a Omaha 94 yg
Cincinnati ...78 94 fhliadelphiai .78 <X)
Cleveland ....76 82 Flttsburg ....so 92
.Davenport ...U2 96 Qu'Appelle ..68 70
Detroit 74 b0 'Frisco ... 56 68
Duluth 58 72 St. Paul 92 96
Or. Haven 80 88 Salt 1-ake ...62 72
Green Bay ..74 8C St. Marie ....68 76
Welena 44 4t> Washington .S2 90
Huron 90 94 Winnipeg ..so 8S
KffSfflffi^ (7 p- m - st Paul)-
Rt^t! Danger Gauge Change In
Stations. Line. Reading. 24 Hours
Davenport .. ..15 6.5 •if
Lacrosse 10 4.9 »(,■,
St. Louis 30 . 14.5 ' '05
bt. Paul -14 5.7 ..-■ :: '0.1
•Rise.
River forecast till 8 p. m. Wednesday:
Ihe J\lls.sfss;ppi will remain stationary
or rise slightly in the vicinity of St. Paul.
OCEAN LINEES.
New York—Arrived: state of Nebras
ka, Glasgow. Sailed: Bovic. Liverpool-
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Bremen via
Cherbourg and Southampton
Sydney, N. s. W.-Arrived: Marfpo
i ' i^ „ Francisco, via Honolulu and
i Un! : plM°,ana' Vancouver, via Hono
lulu and Brisbane.
Boulogne-Arrived: JUaasdam, Mew
York for Rotterdam. Sailed: Phoeni
cia (from Hamburg), New York
v^ men~S aned: Koenigin Luise, New
Ttork, via Southampton
Lizard-Passed: St. Paul, New York
for Southampton. *orK,
York SSOW ~ArriVed: Furnessia, New
l'ork nved: California, New
Gibraltar—Passed: Movune Tacoma
ana Seattle, via Nagasaki, Hongkong
Manila and Naples for Liverpool S>
amTonTnd^em^ *"* '» ">«""
coma diV°StOk~ArrlVed: Glenogle. Ta
ar^Vtetori^B AT eSk/ from Tacom*
<*i.a victoria, B. C), London, via Suez.
KETTELER'S MURDER.
HRTXCB CHUN will carry CHINA'S
APOLOGY TO BERLIN
SHANGHAI, June 25.-Prince Chun
brother of the emperor of China, who
has been selected to proceed to BeTlin
and there formally apologize for the mur
■Ketteler, the German minister China
■Ketteler, the German minister to China
sails for Europe July 20. L na>
A German firm has secured the contract
for the electric lighting of Pekin
PES. IN June 25-~The China Mer
chants' company, owners of the premise*
in Tien Tsin first occupied by thVmaTines
and afterwards by Liscum's command as
barracks, have completed their claim
against the United States government for
valuables which they aver were carried
off by the marines. The list comprises
many valuable furs, rugs and jewels In
cluding diamonds. The total of the
calm ,s mm tael3" The co "Pany says
that the premises, being a part of the
fore.gn concession, were willingly lent
for military necessities, but that they
were not subject to looting as fhey would
have been if they had been in the Chi
nese city.
KIOWA TOWN LOT DISPUTE.
IJcrlngr Its Adjustment One Is Killed
and Another Wounded.
GUTHRIE, O. T., June 26.-As a result
of a quarrel today over town lots in Ad
dington, in Kiowa Indian reservation R
S. Castlebcny shot J. M. Wambold, pres
ident of the First National, three times
the balls entering Wambold's stomach'
inflicting mortal wounds. Castleberry
then turned his gun on Horace Addins
ton, who was attracted to the scene by
the shooting, and shot him In the
t-noulder, inflicting a dangerous, yet not
neoeasarily fatal wound, Castleberry
surrendered to the marshal.
Sioux City Lighting- Trust.
SIOUX CITY. lowa, June 25.-A bis
business consolidation has been effeotecf
by which the Sioux City Gas company
and the Sioux City Electric company have
befti consolidated under the title of the
Sioux City Gas and Electric company
with a capital stock of JI.SOOTOOO. The in
corporators are Sioux City men.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1901.
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Uncle Sam—lf congress will furnish me with enough of this oil I'll fkx that fellow yet.
nuini
FAILURE OF LEIPZIG CONCERN MAY
CAUSE WIDESPREAD FINANCIAL
PANIC IN GERMANY
NEW YOKK BANK IN STRAITS
Seventh National, Though Reported
Hound, Has to Hustle to MuK«
Debit Balance Good— Pres
ident Resigns.
LEIPZIG, June 26.—The directors of the
Leipziger bank, announce that, owing: to
the stoppage of the Dresliner Credit
Anstalt in conaeuence of difficulties in
discounting bills, the Leipziger bank is
compelled In the interest of its creditors
to temporarily suspend payment. The
directors say that if the committments
can be liquidated quietly the creditors
will suffer no loss and the shareholders
may hope for a favorable outcome. The
capital of the bank is 4S,OO'J,COO marks.
BERLIN, June 25.—The Lokal Anze;ger
estimates the liabilities of the Leipziger
bank, whose suspension was announced
today, at 80,000,000 to 50,000,0C0 marks,
against assets amounting to 48,000,000
marks. The failure Is said to be mainly
owing to the bank's close connection with
the Cassel Treber-Trocknung company,
which has also failed.
The crash of the Leipziger bank was a
complete surprise to the Berlin boerse,
where yesterday the bank's shares were
quoted at 140. The failure now tuifis out
to be worse than art. first reported. For
years past the board of directors of the
Leipziger bank have denied the worst
feature of the failure, namely, that the
Leipziger bank ha<d practically become
the owner of the Cassel Treber-Trock
nung company, which in itself was de
clared to be financially unsound.
Well informed Berlin financiers fear
that the Leipziger bank will save little, if
anything, out of the wreck, and that the
failure of this institution will seriously
affect a number of other banks'.
Immediately after the Leipzig failure
became known here, there was almost a
panic in bank stocks, including that of
the Darmstaedter National, which fell
considerably. Nearly all other values on
the Boerse dropped somewhat, while the
stock of the Saxon bank, the Leipzig Sav
ings bank, the Leipzig Mortgage bank
and the Magdeburg bank verein were
struck off the Berlin quotations.
The Frankfurt-Am-Main boerse re
acted similarly on news of the Leipsig
failure, all the bank stocks dealt In tnere
losing from 8 to 9 points. -
The newspapers tonight intimate that
the directors of the Lelpziger bank will
be criminally prosecuted. The Lelpziger
bank was founded In 1839, and up to the
present time the institution has been
highly considered. The newspapers gen
erally claim that this new failure, wIST.e
more far-reaching than former failures,
is not to bo taken as' representative, but
that it is an isolated case which in no
wise affects the bigger banks, but rather
the German provincial banks. The press
generally admonishes caution.
NEW YORK, June 25.—1t today became
known that there was a debit balance
at the clearing house against the Sev
enth National bank amounting to $938,000.
This gave rise to rumors that the bank
was in difficulties and caused other ru
mors that other banks were also hamper
ed. All these were cleared away. when
Manager William Sherer, of the clearing
hfise association, gave out a statement
to the effect that all the banks in the I
association had met their obligations
and that all clearing house sheets had
gone through. William H. Tapoan, pres
ident of the Gallatln National bank, and
who was present at a conference held
during the 1 day with other members of
the clearing house association, made the
following statement:
"All the banks have settled, their bal
ances satisfactorily. This disposes of all
rumors." ; . .■ . ....
Tonight a statement was given out by
the officials of the Seventh National bank
in which it is said that the debit balance
of the Seventh National bank with the
clearing house this morning Was $938,000,
and that this balance was due to heavy
checking on the part of men connected
with several large brokerage and bank
ing houses. The directors and stock
holders of the bank convened and at
once provided ample means for all busi
ness purposes.
The statement further says that the
flurry was probably started for stock
jobbing purposes and that the rumors so
weighed on the mind of President Will
iam H. Kimball, of the bank, that he
tendered his resignation, Which was ac
cepted, and E. a, Tsomas, Soft 6f_ Oen.
Samuel Thomas, ' elected" fifKlf fcfaeef -
<?•% Thomas fp a director and 6n 9 of
the heaviest . stockholders" In the banft
The statement aver* " that the bank la in
excellent condition and not connected
directly or Indirectly^ with " any othef
financial institution In NOW York or else
whtn
ill Cf 111 til
PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION WILL.
PROBABLY BE ISM ED EARLY
NEXT WKEJK
COURT TURNS INDIANS DOWN
Application for an Injunction
Against the Secretary of. the "■
• Interior Ha* Been Dig- r-:/. i-;uii
WiASHIN'GTON, June 25.—The court of
appeals today denied tha motion of Lone
Wolf and other Klowa and Comanche In
dians for a special appeal from the de
cision of Judge Bradley refusing an in
junction against the secretary of the In
terior and other officials to prevent the
opening of the Kiowa, ■ Comanche and
Apache lands in Oklahoma. Assistant At
torney General Vandeventer argued for
tile government, and ex-Congressman
W. M. Springer for the Indians.
The court held that th© case did not
justify a special appeal. "But the case
should be disposed of," he said, "by a
final decree from which an appeal may
be taken in regular course, and from
the d-ecree of this court an appeal may
be taken to the supreme court of the
United States. The great object In ob
taining a preliminary injunction la to
prevent immediate action by the execu
tive department, but we suppose that
such reasonable delay may be obtained
as will enable the complainants to avail
themselves of the right of appeal from
a final decree that may be passed in the
case."
The court holds Judge Bradley's denial
of the injunction to be an interlocutory
order and not a final decree, and says
the case must proceed in the district su
preme court with the right of appeal then
to the court of appeals and the United
States supremo court. It is probable that
the president's proclamation, opening
both Oklahoma reservations to settle
ment, will be issued the first of next
week.
MEETING OP THE CABINET.
Official business at the cabinet meeting
today gave way to expression of sym
pathy with Secretary Hay in his be
reavement. The president has received
a leCter from Secretary Hay stating
that after the funeral of his son Adel
bert, he will return to New Hampshire
with Mrs. Hay and remain there for
awhile. President MeKinley has written
a letter to Secretary Hay expressing
sympathy and urging him not to give
way to his sorrow. There was at the
meeting an informal expression of the
hope that Col. Hay will not resign, and
should he suggest such a step, both the
president and the cabinet will advise
against it. Secretary Gage reported that
he had received the reply of C. E. Sapp,
callector of Internal revenue at Louis
ville, Ky., to tha charges of the civil
service commission made last fall. The
reply is voluminous and will be trans
mitted to the commission.
ON CHARGE OF TREASON
TRIAL OP l.rR-SAi,UCES BEFORE
THE FRENCH SENATE.
PARIS, June 25.—The senate, sitting as
a high court, today heard the witnesses
for the prosecution in the trial of the
Marquis de Lur-Saluces, charged with
treason. Their evidence did not develop
anything new. Gen. Zurlinden, the former
military governor of Paris, testified that
he believed M. Deroulede's attemipt to
Induce some of the gendarmes to march
on the Elysee palace on the day of Presi
dent Faure's funeral was not prearrang
ed. The officers, he added, had no idea
of turning from their duty. France could
rely on the army always doing its duty.
The first witness for the defense, Gen.
Charreyon, testified that the marquis
served under him, and that he was an
excellent officer and an honorable man.
The next witness, MaJ. Cuignet, when
questioned in support of the defendant's
contention that the army for several
years past had been deliberately disor
ganized, pleaded that professional se
crecy prevented him from replying, and
the president of the court, M. Fallieree,
upheld the plea, whereupon counsel for
the Marquis de Lur-Saiucea announced
that he would not call other witnesses, as
he Intended to question them on the same
subject. This decision shortened the pro
ceedings considerably, an 4 th"c public
prosecutor, >t Bernard, began his clos
ing speech, but had not closed when the
court adjourned until tomorrow^
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Larimore Beaten at Fargo.
FARGO, tf. $„ June 25.-(SpeciaJ.)—
Larimore wag defeated by Fargo this
afternoon, H to 2. Batteries, Larimore,
Collier and Sealusfcy; Fargo, Keating and
Kennedy. Oapt. Wylie, of Larimore, did
iom* sensational fielding.
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BODY OF ADELBERT HAY WAS
YESTERDAY INTERRED AT
CLEVELAND, O.
PARENTS ARE PROSTRATED
Mrs. Hay Hod to Be Almost Con
stantly Supported by Her lint
band, the Secretary
of State.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 26.—1n a
grave on a> magnificent hill that over
looks the city In beautiful Lake Vi»w
cemetery, the body of the lamented
Adelbert Stone Hay was laid to rest this
afternoon. The funeral party arrived In
Cleveland from' New Haven at noon and
the funeral services were held in the
Wade mortuary chapel a few hours later.
Accompanying the remains were the
parents of the deceased, Secretary and
Mrs. Hay, Helen, Alice and Clarence
Hay, their children; Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Wade and Samuel Mather, relatives;
Harry Payne Whitney, Mr. Hitt, Mr.
Wadsworth and Mr. Halok, classmates
of Adelbert, accompanied the body as
representatives of YalQ college. The
casket rested on a white marble
catafalque in the center of the mortuary
chapel in Lake View cemetery. It was
covered with a profusion of beautiful
floral tributes. A beautiful wreath of
orchids, said to be a tribute from Presi
dent Kruger, was placed on the casket.
A magnificent wreath of roses was the
gift of the state department at Washing
ton. The floral tributes were so many
that they entirely covered the casket.
The classmates of the deceased at Yale
were the honorary pall-bearers.
MOTHER WAS PROSTRATED.
Secretary and Mrs. Hay showed evi
dence of the great sorrow they felt, and
Mrs. I lay was so nearly prostrated that
her husband had to assist her nearly all
the time. The memorial chapel is a fine
piece of cemetery architecture and was
filled with friends of the family, this be
ing the first time it was used.
The religious services within the chapel
were begun with a hymn by a quartette.
"When Our Heads are Bowed in Woe."
Rev. Dr. Hiram C. Haydn, the ven
erable pastor of Old Stone Presbyterian
church, followed with reading the eighth
chapter from the Book of Romans and
the fourth and fifth chapters of the
eleventh Corinthians. Dr. Haydn, after
the invocation, delivered a funeral ser
mon Id which he paid eloquent tribute to
the worth of the deceased and referred
at considerable length to his work aa
consul at Pretoria. He said the faithful
ness with which the deceased did his
duty should comfort his parents in their
grief.
At the conclusion of the services the
body was borne to the grave neaT by
the bearers and lowered into its resting
place. Secretary and Mrs. Hay and their
children will remain in the city for a' day
or two, the gutsts of Mr. Samuel Mather.
STABBED IN THE NECK.
JAMES KING SEVERELY INJURED
WHILE] IN DRl.\KEu\ CONDITION.
James King, a discharged waiter from
Milwaukee, is at the city hospital nurs
ing the effects of an unbidden reception'
into the city, roughly accorded him last
night about 1:15 at Fifth and Wabasha
slreetst His condition is not dangerous,
though, having sustained a cut two in
ches by one-half inch in tho neck, his
is not by any means a trifling injury.
King's assailant Is not known. He was
attacked, It seems, by a mob at the cor
ner beside the Germania Bank building,
and those who were niarest the scene
said they heard cries of agony, saw men
rapidly dispersing In various directions,
and advanced to find King lying in a
helpless condition, with blood streaming
from his wound. Officer James Holland
took the Injured man to the city hos
pital. Judging from his drunken condi
tion, the officers concluded that the af
fair had its origin In a nearby saloon,
but after a diligent search up to a very
late hour no decisive clues could be ob
tamed. Th 6 assailants were not captures.
Some parties standing in front of Ter
rett's restaurant on Wabasha, near Sixth,
said they heard one of & gToup of men,
who passed rapidly, remarjt: "Well, I got
him in the neck, anyirajV*
PRICE TWO OE^VTS—i £vPcest«.
i axv« A"** . WX>.J\ Ao—| FIVE CENTS.
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! EX-CHIEF OF I»OX,ICE MEREDITH
SHOT DEAD BY GAMBLER
JOHN CONSIDIAE
CONSIDINE IS ALSO WOUNDED
BATTLE OCCURRED IN A CROWDED
DRUG STORE IN THE HEART
OF THE CITY
ONE BYSTANDER WAS HURT
- SEATTLE, Wash., June 25.—John W.
Considine, one of the promoter? of Stand
ard gambljng house and the People's the
ater, this afternoon shot and killed for
mer Chief of Police W. L. Meredith. The
shooting occurred In Guy's drug store, on
the corner of Second avenue and Yesler
Way, In the heart of the city. Consldine
was also wounded slightly in tlie head by
a ball from a double-barreled shotgun
in Meredith's hands. The stories of the
shooting are conflicting, and It cannot be
determined who was the aggressor. The
men had threatened to shoot on sight,
and both were prepared for trouble. The
drug store at the time of the shooting
was crowded with people, and one by
stander was shot through the arm by a
stray bullet. Meredith was killed while
struggling with John Considine and Tom
Considine, who had come to his brother's
aid. Three bullets from Considine's
revolver, fired at short range, pierced
Meredith's body, one in the head, an
other in the chest and another in the
abdomen.
Considine was at once arrested by
Sheriff Cudihee and two police officers,
who were in the drug store when the
fatal shots were fired. He was taken
to the police headeiuarters, and from
there transferred to the county Jail in a
closed carriage. There was some talk
of lynching in the crowd which gathered
about the scene of the shooting.
FEUD OF LONG STANDING.
Contidine and Meredith had been ene
mies for about three yea is, although they
were prior to that time warm personal
friends, and assoclattd together in the
theatrical business in Spokane. Mere
dith, who resigned his office as chief of
the police last Saturday on account of
pressure brought to bear upon him by
Mayor Humes, was a city detective be
fore being made chief. While ln the
subordinate position he and Considine
never spoke, but avoided open battle.
After Meredith was made chief, however,
he served notice on Considine that the
latter could not remain in the city and
do business and followed the threat by
making several police orders which af
fected Conaldine's business.
In retaliation Considine publicly made
charges of corruption In office against
Meredith and reiterated them until the
Law and Order league took the matter
up and called for a council investigation
of the police department. A council com
mittee made a report to Mayor Humes,
advising the removal of Meredith and
one of his dvi»j<;i!\ e.s. Mayor Humus
thereupon requested Meredith's resigna
tion.
Meredith was &• son of W. M. Meredith,
of Chicago, chief of the national bureau
of engraving and printing- Considine be
longs to a family well known ln Eastern
sporting circles and ha-3 a wide ac
quaintance throughout the United States.
He was formerly a member of the Chi
cago police department and took part in
the raid on the Haymarket meeting that
led to the anarchist bomb throwing.
MANY ARE KILLED IN
INDIANA TRAIN WRECK
PASSESXGER TRAIN OX THE WA-
DASH RIXS IiXTO A WASHOLT—
FIFTEEN HE.PORTED DEAD.
INDANAPOLJS. Ind., June 26.—A spe
cial to the Sentinel from Peru, Ind :j this
(Wednesday) morning, says:
"Westbound passenger train No. 3, on
the Wabash railroad, ran into a washout
at Cass, fifteen miles west of here, at
12:30 o'clock this morning, wrecking the
engine and five cars. It is reported fifteen
persons were killed.
The train is due at Peru at 10:55, but
left here ono hour late in charge of
Conductor Brownley.
The train was running at high speed to
make up lost tfme, and when noarlng
Cass, a switch five miles east of Logans
port, plunged through a trestle that had
been swept away by a washout caused by
the rect-nt heavy rains.
The engine was totally demolished and
three passenger coaches and two baggage
cars were derailed and overturned.
Every doctor in Peru was summoned,
and the relief party left here at midnight
for the scene of the wreck. Details are
meager, but it Is rumored that Engineer
Butter and Fireman Adams and at least
a dozen passengers were killed and many
more Injured.
BURNED TO THE GROUND
CHICAGO MEJMCAXi COLLEGE ASD
HOSPITAL DESTROYED.
CHICAGO, June 25.—During a heavy
thunder storm tonight a bolt of lightning
struck the college of physicians and
surgeons, Harrison street, between Wood
and Honore streets. The fire which fol
lowed the lightning In a short time
destroyed the college building which was
one of the finest of the kind fn the West.
The lightning struck the college squarely
on the top of a rising projection in tho
front part of the roof and such a tre
mendous crash of launder accompanied
the flash that all .people in tho neighbor
hood thought that an explosion had taken
place in the college. Almost before t.ie
first fire engines had arrived, tho flame,
had spread all through toe five stories of
the building. Adjoining the college is the
smaller building of the West side 'hos
pital, which was filled with patients,
aibout 100 being in the various wards.
As soon as it was seen that tho college
could not be saved and that Its Wai's
wore liable to fall at any time, th« work
of removing the patients from the hos
pital began. The rain was pouring
heavily at the time, but fortunately,
there are go many hospitals and medi
cal Institutions in the neighborhood that
It was necessary to remove the people
only a short distance, most of them be
ing taken to the county hospital, one
square distant. The removal Was car
ried on with the utmost haste, the
patients v bejn,g carried forth la their
beds, oh chair^ on cols, stretchers and
anything that would perpilt of transport
tation* The firemen and aitfcndßn{ji 4it
the hospital d|d most of the work, al
though hundreds of medical students liv
ing In tho neighborhood and who had
been attracted by the conflagration, Hu%
their assistance), None of th* hospital
patients war* Injured. . ;
OFFICIAL PAPER
— THE—
GiTTY OF ST. PAWL.
il 61 UP IAD
EXPLANATION OF THE MAW
Bodies FLOATING DOWN STREAM
ON BLUEFIELO FLOOD
NUMBER OF DROWNED FIFTY
ACCORDING TO THE MOST COX
JSERViATIVE ESTIMATES SO >
FAR MADE
RAILROADS WERE HARD HIT
ROANOKE^ Va., June 25. - Persona
coming In from the flood district in Went
Virginia place the number of Browned
at sixty-five persons, but have no Melinite
or detailed information on which to base
the estimate. There has been
t.rruptlon today to the wires
Roanoke and Bluefleld and only one wira
has been in use since morning. ,\ tele
gram from Bluefleld this afternoon saya
there are no important development*
there today. Repair work is going aheud
wlth_vigor. Bluefleld Is the great ship
ping point for the Pocahontas coal
ing East. It Is said there that th
fltlds will not be able to ship any coal
for the next thirty days. The coal trado
will suffer almost Incalculable losa us a
result of the washed out tracks and
ages to machinery.
A gentleman arriving l n this city to
day trom the stricken section giv s as an
explanation of the report at tii, t
culated that great masses of hi
bodies were to be seen floating
the water, that there is a grave yard
between North Fork Junction and .
stone, which towns are e-bout i mil©
apart, and at which pint the storm was
very severe. This grave yard Is near th<».
bank of the river. When the flood C 'ma
the graves gave up their dead and addoa
greatly to the numoer of bodies seen.
The "Norfolk & Western railroad offl.
clals thought this morning that tlieyi
would be able to have their Clinch Valley,
line open this evening. They Bay tha
Thacker coal field lines are already open,
and that the road will be able to get W
train through to Columbus tomorrow.
TAKE WEEKS TO REPAIR.
These repairs will be only of a tern«
porary nature, however, and It will u«
mnny weeks before the track 3 and road
beds can be placed In their former condi
tion.
A short telegram was received here
late this evening from Elkhorn. This Is
some miles west of Ennis, which placa
was the farthest west of Bluefk-ld that 1
had been communicated with up to this
morning. The message grave no infurma
tion whatever.
J. B. Prances, a Roanoke man, who la
in Keystone installing a water plant and
who was first reported dead, has wi
his wifo telling her he Is (safe and Boun I.
Ho has the following to Kay about tha
disaster:
"A big flood visited, the town last Fri
day night. Everybody had to go up on
•the mountain. Men, women and children!
were drowned In the streets, and houses
•went floating down the streams will*
people in them. All our crowd are safe.:
We arc entirely cut off from the outside,
world and provisions are getting Short.
There Is no wuter in the town."
Another letter today from Keystone
says between ten and fifteen people were
drowned and forty houses washed away
at that place. The people are hard at
work clearing up the town an I pairing
damaged buildings.
The report received here that the
father, mother, one sister, two brother*
and a sister-in-law, with two children of
J. W. Crotty, of the Norfolk & Western,
railroad, were drowned, was a mistake.
Mr. Crotty is now in the coal fields and'
telegraphed* today that they were all
safe. X
HANS'TOWNS DAMAGED.
Tuzewell, Va., alao suffered from the
cloudburst The public house of Pu.ria
Vandyke, four m.lo3.w<st of TazeweFl, In'
a gorge of the mountains, was wasaed
away. Vandyke heard the roar of water
a'ad started home from the JieM. Wli.-n,
a short distance from tho hou.se he snir '
the water rushing down the mountain
sides, tearing up and twisting off giant
trees as if shrubs, tho water leaping
forty feet high and traveling with fright
ful speed. Vitndyke ruahi-d for the
house to warn his family, but the watefc
overtook him and swept the. bouse and
all its inmatc-s away. Two children,
8' yen yeara old, were Instantly killed.
their brains being dashed out against tho '
rociCS and timbers. The bodb .-i wera
washed to lowlands. A little girl holding •
a young sister In htr arms, was carried \
2')) yards. Another member of the family
died yesterday afternoon and Mr. Van- '
dyke ia still unconscious and cannot live.
At Ceaac i:iuff, sixteen miles west of
Tazewell, seventeen dwellings w« re .^wi-pt
away, but no lives wt-re loHt.
At Pounding Mill four lives were lost,
Knobe, a small town aeven mil's west*
way almoHt completely destro
Raveng, two mllea west, wan badly dam*
aged and many business houses w< i>>
destroyed. The damage to county i
will be not Uss than $60,000.
A notice was posted in the boiler <le- j
paTtment of the Norfolk & # \Ve^tftrn rail
road in Roanoke this morning anno i !
ing that the Shop* will bo closed at 12 !
o'clock today until further notice. Th« ,
bulletin card said that tho shutdown '
wan 'on account of the destruction by tha !
flood and the fat:t that no traffic was !
passing over the road. The notice said
that the whops probably would resume '
•work In three or four days. Thero are
about 2,000 persons employed in the Nor- i
folk & Western shops here, but not all i
of them will be affected. All the men j
are out except a sufficient number to i
keep up repairs. As the road is doing r.o
coal business, which la Its chief traffic,
few trains are on the road.
MIND PROPERTY DESTROY
Th« damage in the coal fields begins
at Coaldale. which Is fifteen miles vrent :
of Bluefield. In that place great em* •
bankments supporting the railroad tracks
have been washed away. At Mayberry, i
from the train can b» seen five houses j
upset and partially demolished.
The delivery and coke oven track - ojf j
the Orozer and Houston operations oro !
mostly entirely gone, bridges and all,
cars are turned over, empty and partially
loaded, and gome are demolished.
The Orotby colliery tiouae is wasne<% I
out and the damage sustained, is ?2,>,v/a j
The damage at Houston 1$ 115,000. At th«
Upleg company's the boiler house and
tipple Is Partly washed away, Alon^
here ocal company houses nave be«& |
moved and destroyed. Between this op. j
eratlon and Kyle all tracks are badly :
damaged, nearly everything having eX* '
changed positions with the former cr •£
bed. .
The great fills which the railroad conj
pany has been making ftn*. riprapplnf
ever since the high waters. of 1*97 nay*
been leveled. All operations bave had
heavy leas, and weeks will have paMed
before they can Work agajn.
The loss of life. It Is now conserves,
tiv«ly eatin.atcd, will not tscoed fifty*