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OFFICIAL PAPER
OF THE
7ITY OF ST. PAUL.
VOL. XXIV.-NO. 178.
1 ii 1»
ORIENT COMPACT'S STEAMER LUS
XTAXIA STRIICES A REEF OFF
CAPE I! AX. LAUD
PASSENGERS IN A STAMPEDE
ONLY THE DISCIPLINE OF OFFI
CERS AX» CREW PREVENTED
i' LOSS OP LIFE
STEAMSHIP A TOTAL WRECK
ST. JOHNS. N. F., June 26.—The Ori
ent Steam Navigation company's steam
er Lusltania, Capt. \»cNay, from Liver
pool, June 18, for Montreal, having near
ly .>cO passengers on board, was wrecked
last night off Tape Ba-ilard.
The Lusitunia was bound round Cape
Race for Montreal, with a large cargo
:iikl a shipload of passengers. She mis
took her course in a dense fog and went
nsi;ore near Rentws, twenty inik-s north
of Cape Race, before daybreak. 'ft-.*
chip ran over a reef and hangs against
a cliff. The passengers, who are most
ly emigrants, were panic str.cken. They
siampeced and fought for the boats, but
were overcome by the officers and crew,
who secured control after great trouble
and a prolonged struggle with the
rcugher element among the passengers,
who used knives. The womtn and chil
dren were first landed and t-e men fol
1. wed. The crew stood by the ship.
The passengers of the Lusitania had a
tirrlble experience. The first knowledge
which they had of the disaster was
when, owing to the ship rasping over
the rocks, they were all hurled from
their berths by the shock.
-Many of them were bruised and they
all hurried on the deck in their night
clothes. A scene of great excitement en
eued. Five hundred people were clamor
lug to escape, while the crew tried to
pacify them and launch the boats.
Some of the male passengers, in their
ii.tenipt to seize the boats, trampled the
women under foot and fought the crew
with knives. Some of the more cool of
tiie passengers assisted the crews in the
efforts to get out the boats. One boat
was upset and its occupants were im
mersed.
SUFFERED FROM COLD.
The women and children rescued were
almost naked. Drenched with spray,
they were pulled up the cliffs by thy
coast people. Some of the boats were
demolished in the surf while attempting
to land and their half-drowned occu
pants held on to rocks, shivering with
cold until rescind.
This morning the unhappy passengers,
after shivering for hours on the hilltop,
tramped over weary miles In their en
dtavor to reach the houses of the fisher
men.
Previous to reaching the cliffs, the
pittsengers passed two hours of terrible
anxiety on the wreck. As a furious rain
Et.irm and heavy sea raged all night, it
is feared the Lusitania will be a total
wreck. The last reports received here
s;:id the steamer was breaking up, that
her foreholds were full of water and
that her cargo was being salvaged.
Six stt amers are now on the way to
the -scene of the wreck.
Later reports received here show that
the wreck did not result in any loss of
life. All the passengers escaped, al
though several were injured.
The Lusitania has bten forced on the
rocks, has listed to one side and is half
lull of water.
Cape Bailard, as cabled from St. Johns,
Is situated on the coast of New Found-
Inn 1, about sixty miles south of St.
Johns. The Lusitania was built at
Liverpool, by Laird brothers, in 1871.
She is 379 feet 9 inches long, has 41 feet
3 inches beam and is 27 feet 7 inches
deep.
PAKE AT ST. JOHNS.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., June 26.— Tha
Eteamer Glencoe arrived here at mid
night bringing six first, fifteen second
and 4;g steerage passengers and ninety
three of the crew of the Lusitania.
McNay and the chief officers of
the ship remain With the wreck. The
passengers are almost entirely Russian
and Polish Jews. The steamer struck
at half past 1 yesterday morning dur
ing a dense fog. Capt. McNay had to
force the vessel upon the reef, for If he
Tk versed the engines the whole ship's
bottom would have been torn cut and
she would have sunk instantly.
The panic among the passengers was
intense. The details of what occurred
on board have been previously cabled.
The drawing of knives by the passengers
was not general; it occurred in isolated
Instances only.
Ihree hours elapsed between the time
when the Lusitania struck and the time
the i ass ngers started to disembark. This
delay was occasioned by the difficulty in
c< ntrolling the passengers and handling
the boats. All the passengers and crew
agree that If the Lusitania had struck
the rocks in rougher weather not a soul
oa board would have been saved.
! WIDESPREAD HOT WAVE.
DES MOINES. lowa, June 26.-The tem
perature in Dcs Molnes was the highest
in twenty years. The maximum was 94.
DUBUQUE, lowa, June 26.— govern
ment thermometer reached 98 this after
noon. Others registered over 100 There
were several prostrations, -but none sS»
nous. Work was suspended in lumber
yards, mills and in the government fleet
in the harbor.
. NEW YORK. June 26.-Today is the
hottest day of the year in New York
city and vicinity, the weather bureau's
thermometer registering 90 degrees in the
Bfcade before 3 clock. A number of pros
trations from the heat were reported
Street thermometers registered as hi-li
as 9S degrees. * °
LA CROSSE, Wls., June Today 13
the record breaker for heat in La Crosse
since i«74. The mercury registered 93
Business was practically suspended and
three serious prostrations were reported.
LINCOLN, & June 2<3.-Beginnin S
Sunday, Lincoln has experienced the four
hottest successive June days in the his
tory at the local weather service. Sun
day the government instruments marked
9. degrees: Monday, 98; Tuesday and to
day, 99. Street thermometers on all of
these days indicated over 100. There have
Deen-IK> serious prostrations.
MILWAUKEE, V/is.. June 26.-Record
breaklng heat prevailed in some parts of
the state today.- There was ono pros
tration in Milwaukee, John Forer, an em-
Doye Of the pianklnton Packing com
-7nyW-«orer was tPken to a hospital.
11A eJr^", momPter registered 90 degrees.
Oshkosh reports the hottest June day
in many years, thermometers ranglne
from 98 to 125 degrees. Man? factorie!
closed down. Engelbert Wlnkelbauer was
prostrated and is in a serious condition
Green Jay reports 98 degrees and three
proGtratscns.'
At, Berlin J. Eernhart, a carpenter, died
from a sunstroke.
BURLINGTON, lowa. June 26.—
thermometers registered 100 in the shade
hf-re today, breaking the June record.
i liree prostrations wer* reported, none
ratal.
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BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Fair; Cooler.
I—J. P. Morgan's Gift to Harvard.
Storm at Pittsburgh.
Steamship I.usitaiiiu Wrecked.
Death List Is a Long One.
Shirt .lists Go In St. Paul.
2— Heat Cause* One Death.
Merchants Are Getting Angry.
Pastor Becomes a Tailor.
3—Mnrder and Snicide at Winona.
Xews of the Northwest.
4—Editorial Comment.
—Parker Gave Game Away.
Games in Big Leagues.
, General Sporting Gossip.
C—Omaha Begins Building.
. Nervs of the Railroads.
k. Italy Enters Denial.
Markets of the World.
September Wheat, OG 7-So.
Bar Silver, Ct> 5-Sc.
Stock* Dull.
'■•:;"-V
Drowned at White Bear.
SI ore Teachers Appointed.
WEATHER FOB TODAY.
For Minnesota: Fair and cooler Thurs
day; showers and cooler Friday; fresh
easterly winds.
For Wisconsin: Fair and continued
warm Thursday; Friday, showers and
cooler; fresh southeasterly winds.
For Iowa: Fair Thursday, with cooler
in western portions; fair and cooler Fri
day; southerly winds.
For North Dakota and South Dakota:
Partly *?uudy and cooler Thursday and
Friday; variable winds.
For Montana: Local rains Thursday,
with cooler in southeast portion; Friday,
westerly 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 —Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevation: Highest temper
ature, !>5; lowest temperature, 78; average
temperature, 86; daily range, 17; barome
ter, 29.89; humidity, 62; precipitation, 0;
7 p. m., temperature, 92; 7 p. m., wind,
south; weather, clear.
Yesterday's Temperatures—
♦SpmHiKh.l *BpmHigh.
Havre 62 64 Jacksonville .82* 90
Medicine Hat. H Kansas City.. 98
Pr. Albert ..58 68 Marquette ...84 98
S. Current ..60 &5 Mlnnedosa ...70 80
Alpena 70 go Montgomery .82 96
Battleford ...60 62 Montreal 78 8$
Bismarck ....78 82 Nashville 90 94
Buffalo 78 New Orleans..B6 93
Boston SO 86 New York ....82 90
Calgary 64 66 Norfolk 78 82
Cheyenne ....78 78 North Platte.Bß 96
Chicago 84 90 Omaha 94 04
Cincinnati ...Sfi 90 Philadelphia .82 90
Cleveland ....80 Pittsburg ....72 90
Davenport ...82 96 Qu'Appella ...64
Detroit 82 86' Frisco 62 ffj
Duluth 70 70 St. Louis 90 96
Edmonton ....66 66pt. Paul 92 96
Grand Haven.76 80 Salt Lake ...70 72
Green Bay ..86 96Kte. Marie ....84 90
Helena 54 60 Washington ..SO 88
Huron 88 90Winnipeg ....78 88
♦Washington time (7" p. m. St. Paul).
River Bulletin-
Danger Gauge . Change In
Stations. Line. Reading. 24 Hour*.
St. Paul 14 } 5.7 0.0
Davenport 15 3.5 0.0
La Crosse 10 4.9 0.0
St. Louis 30 14.5 0.0
River forecast till 8 p. m. Thursday:
The Mississippi will remain stationary,
or fall slightly, in the vicinity of St. Paul.
i^i
OCEAN LINEBS.
New York—Arrived: Lomardl, Naples;
Kensington. Antwerp; Barbarossa, Bre
men, etc. Sailed: St. Louis, Southamp
ton; Teutonic, Liverpool; Vaderland, An
twerp, via Cherbourg.
Liverpool—: Corinthian, Mon
treal; Romana, Portland. Sailed: Lake
Champlain, Montreal.
London—Arrived: Manitou, New York.
Rotterdam —Arrived: Maasdam, New
York, via Boulogne.
Antwerp— Switzerland, Phila
delphia.
Cherbourg—Arrived: Graf Waldersee,
New York, via Plymouth, for Hamburg.
Queenstown— Oceanic, New
York, for Liverpool; Noordland, Philadel
phia for Liverpool. Sailed: Servia, Liver
pool for New York.
Plymouth— Graf Waldersee,
New York for Cherbourg and Hamburg.
Southampton—Arrived: Lahn, New York
for Bremen; St. Pau^, New York. Sailed:
Koenigin Luise, Bremen for New York.
Browhead— New England, Bos
ton for Queenstown and Liverpool.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The Industrial commission met for the
purpose of outlining the final review of
the commission's work and assigning dif
ferent parts of it to members and ex
perts. A telegram was received from
Senator Kyle, chairman of the commis
sion, saying that he is improving and
expressing confidence in his ultimate re
covery.
Gen. Shafter has reported to the war
department the arrival-of the transports
Logan and Grant at San Francisco, from
Manila.
The war department has published a
list of captures and surrenders in the
Philippine islands, supplementary to tho
list published on the loth instant. Tt
shows that the total number of insur
gents captured or surrendered up to May
15 last was 37,948.
The president signed the following com
missions of naval officers: Harry McL.
P. Huse. lieutenant commander; Eugene
L. Bissel, lieutenant; Ralph Earl, lieu
tenant, junior grade; Roger T. Atkinson
and Alfred W. Balch, assistant surgeons,
with rank of lieutenant, junior grade;
William H. Bucher, past assistant sur
geon, rank of lieutenant, junior grade,
and William D. Greetham, gunner.
MINERS ARE MISSING.
DELAWARE ASD HUDSON COLLIERY
AT WIL.KJEISBARKE ABLAZE.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., June 26.—A
large breaker at No. 2 mine of the Dela
ware & Hudson company in the eastern
part of the city was destroyed by fire
today. The flames communicated to the
head house, fan house and then ex
tended down the shaft. Loss, $100,000.
Condy Connor, Jake Bucks, Peter
O'Donnell and John Bugdale, who were
in the mine when the flre broke out, are
missing. It is feared they were suffo
cated by gas which rapidly accumulated
after the fire. Several hundred men
escaped safely through another mine.
GROOM SiiCOfS HIMSELF
SAD NEWS FOiR INTENDED BRIDE
AT CLARIS DA, IOWA.
CLARINDA, lowa, June 26.—Thomas
J. Rogers, whose marriage to Miss Inez
C. Plank, a young lady of this city, was
set for six o'clock thts evening, shot him
ee;lf through the head at that hour in
stead of going to the home of the bride,
where the ceremony was to have been
performed. Rogers died an hour after
ward. About twenty Invited guests as
sembled for the wedding, but soon after
six o-clock word was sent that the groom
had killed himself. Rogers was twenty
seven years of age. Three years ago he
inherited $12,000 from his father. He had
spent all of thla amount except $S5. (
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1901.
Auditor Johnson—l Wonder if There I* Anybody I Oan. Fire This
Time.
ill LIST 1 li 1
KIXY WERE KILLED AND MORE
"WERE INJURED IX ABASH
TRAIN WRECK
PLUNGED DOWN A DECLINE
Trestle Over Fifty-Foot Abyss Gave
Way, and Oars "Were Piled Up,
a Mass of Twl«ted and
Broken Wreckage,
PERU, Ind., June 26.—Sixteen persona
were killed and about fifty were seriously
Injured in a wreck of Train No. 3, the
west-bound limited, nine miles west of
this city, at 12:30 a. m. today.
Two sections of Train No. 3—one com
ing from Detroit and the other from To
ledo—were consolidated in this city Into
a train of eleven cars, making up the
flyer for its Journey to St. Louis. There
were combination baggage and express,
combination baggage and smoker, day
coach, emigrant coach, three chair cars,
three sleepers and the privato car of
General Superintendent William Cotten,
of the Iron Mountain railway. Having
left this city one hour late, the train
was speeding westward at a high rate,
when, at a point nine miles west, the
engine plunged through a trestle which
had been undermined by the recent heavy v
rains. The embankment on both sides of
the little stream dropped at a sharp de
gree a distance of forty feet. Owing to
the momentum of the train the engine
appeared to leap nearly across the abyss,
plunged into the soft earth on the oppo
site side and fell back to the bottom.
Engineer Butler and Fireman Adams
were thrown from the cab, but not se
riously hurt. The express car and the
first chair car were telescoped. The emi
grant car, followed by two chair cars,
went down on the left bide of the track,
and the first sleeper pitched forward
upon the mass of debris. Its windows
and trucks were broken, but none of the
occupants was injured. The remaining
cars also left their trucks, but were not
badly damaged. It was in the emigrant
and day coaches that most of the deaths
and injuries occurred. Heavy foliage
lined the banks on both s>des of the.
culvert, the approach to which was over
a "reverse curve." There was absolutely
no means by which the engine crew could
see the impending danger. In fact the
engine ran out upon the trestle before
the structure gave way. The night was
intensely dark. A few minutea after the
fatal plunge and dreadful roar of .rash
ing timbers, a deathlike stillness prevail
ed, which was only broken by the cries
of the injured. The trainmen caught up
their lanterns and rushed t3 the neigh
boring farm houses for assistance. The
farmers, with their wives and children
bearing torches, hastened to the scene,
and p.ll efforts were bent to giving first
aid to the injured. Telephone mesages
were dispatched to this city, and every
physician was hurriedly taken to a spe
cial train, which carried them to the
scene. The injured were placed aboard
cars and brought to the general hospi
tal in this city, where everything possi
ble was done to ameliorate their condi
tions. Many operations were necessary.
For a time after the rescuers reached
the scene of the wreck little coul'l be
done in the way of removing the dead.
Hundreds of tons of twisted iron and
broken timbers rested upon the car
where the unfortunate emigrants were
crushed.
But, by means of wrecking derricks, the
mass was gradually opened and by day
light nearly all the dead had been le
moved to this city.
THE DEAD.
n™ h^ illl anson ' newsboy, Bowling
Green, Ohio; both arms and both legs
broken; died on way to hospital.
Mrs. Mattie Cruse, wife of Joe Cruse
New York, who was injured.
Miss Fannie JSluhloic, sister to John
Muhiolc, New York, who was slightly
injured. J
Luigi Benini, New York.
Five Italian_men, names unknown
Two Italian women, names unknown.
Tnree Italian babies.
A list of injured was given out as fol
lows: H. A. Seabright, Logansport. Ind •
E. P. CLaugh, baggagemaster, Toledo-
Julia de Papa, St. Louis; Mrs. Thomas
Jones Cedar Springs, Ont., slightly
bruised; Earl Jones, her son, slightly
bruised; James Ray • Mrs. James Ray en
route to Dallas; S. Bradshaw, Fort
Wayne Ind.; A. D Thompson, Peoria.
111.; Walter Laidlaw, Wabas-h, Ind.:
Charles Flanigan, brakeman, Toledo 1
Chares C Voorhees, New York; John
Wilkins. LaFayette, Ind.; Nocoia Po
laski; John C. Ickes, Fresno, Cal.; John
F. Ickes his son; Annie Gruber, nine
years old, St\ Loiah; Lena Grul>ef, two
years old; G. A. Thompson, porter; John
Muehlvlc, New York; William Brade Ail
gola, Ind.; Joseph Grose; Mrs, Joseph
Grose; Martin Blye. Logansport; Clark
Taylor, Logansport; Ottof Lukenville
Hoboken, N. J ; Charles Park, coal miner
Mrs. Charles Park; three-year-old eon of
Park; Irene Park, two months old; Da
vid Agnew, Greenup, Scotland; John
O/Marro^ Italian; « Joseph Pozza; Joseph
Cruse, Costergate. Utah; George S Mil-
ner, Alton, 111.; F. B. Brownell, b*e
gagemaster, Toledo: unknown Italian and
his wife; man probably .will die; J. D.
Wood, engineer, Logansport; C. P. Horn,
Logan^pcrt; John Derwinnls Pittston,
Pa., miner; E. J. Calkins, Toledo; Engi
neer Butler and Fireman John Adams,
both of Peru.
KRUGER AT ROTTERDAM
VENERABLE BOER PRESIDENT IS
WARJILY WEO.COM.ED.
ROTTERDAM, June 26.—Mr. Kruser,
president of the late Smith African re
public, was welcomed at the railroad sta
tion on his arrival here today by the
burgomaster, deputations from numer
ous societies and many ladles. Two
bands of music, on a platform, played
the Transvaal anthem and hundreds of
workmen's societies with flags were
drawn up along the streets leading from
the station to the town-hall, to which'
Mr. Kruger was driven, escorted by a
guard of former. Transvaal officers. An
official reception followed. Great enthus
iasm was manifested everywhere. "T"" 1,
In a speech of welcome at the town
hall, the burgomaster spoke of the sim
ilarity between the Transvaal and Dutch
struggles for liberty, and said Rotter
dam wished, through Mr., Kruger, to
pay homage to the little Boer nation
which had shown such faith and conn-i
dence In its own strength.'
Mr. Kruyer, in a brief reply,-declared
the fact that his country was cut • off
from - supplies and ammunition, whereas
the Dutch, had their own supplies during
their struggle. He was fully convinced
the Lord • would deliver, his country in
his own good time.
. A luncheon followed the delivery of the
speeches. , .
There was a grand serenade and torch
light procession in. honor of Mr. Kruger :
tonight, who witnessed the proceedings
from the balcony of his' hotel. There
was Immense enthusiasm among th«
people. After the demonstrations many i
persons bearing illuminated transparen
cies Inscribed "Silence,.: the President
Sleeps," paraded the streets to disperse
the crowd. V J
KENHARDT, Cape Colony.June 26.--'
The German authorities of Demaraland
have arrested a number Qf male Boers
who emigrated thither after the recent
fight at Naroegas. Thirty-eight families
of women and children have been place'l
in camp at Schmidt Drift. ~
THREW BRICKS AT POLICE
STRIKING LABORERS IX PITCHED
BATTLE WITH ROCHESTER
FORCE.
ROCHESTER, N. V.. June 26.—Striking
laborers numbering 1,000 had a brisk en
counter with the police, in which eleven
policemen and twenty rioters were in
jured. The rioters set out several times
before to drive off fne laborers who were
at work on street improvements. At
Mill and Commercial streets they en
countered fifty laborers employed by the
Rochester Gas and Eleotrie company in
digging a trench, and advanced on them
and drove them from the trench. The
workers sought refuge in the power
house of the company, and the police
undertook to disperse the mob.
The police reserves were drawn up In
a platoon of fifty across the street, and
under orders advanced with drawn clubs
upon the mob. Immediately the air was
filled with bricks, stones and wood, and
shovels and picks in the hands of the
strikers were used freely.
Amid the melee a shot rang out, and
Sergeant Stein, commanding the platoon,
ordered the policemen to flre over the
heads of the strikers. This had the de
sired effect. The strikers scattered, and
the police chased them through the
streets to the city hall park, where they
were held awaiting action by the mayor.
Police reinforcements were hurried to
the scene of the riot, but their services
were not required. The injuries sustain
ed by several policemen are of a seri
ous nature. The hurts of the rioters
were mostly scalp wounds, inflicted by
the officers' clubs.
BLOODSHED IS EXPECTED
STRIKERS AND OFFICERS AT MAT
WAX ARMED FOR THE PRAY.
MATEWAN, W. Va., June 26.—When
the non-union men again attempted to
go to work at the Maratime coal mines
today they were fired upon'by strikers at
a distance. The non-union men deemed it
best to withdraw, and did vso before any
of their number fell victims to the dead
ly bullets. Tomorrow another battle Is
imminent between the strikers and the
federal marshals. Ever since they left
the union men have been preparing for
an emergency and tonight Marshals Hui
ford and Telto and Superintendent Lam
bert, of the Maratime mines, are ex
pected to arrive here from Charleston.
It is said that they are heavily reinforc
ed and ready to put an end to all the dis
turbance in this direction. The union
men are equally determined. Bloodshed is
feared.
I fl BISI
"WAS THE FURIOr TS STORM THAT
STRUCK PITTSBURG YESTER
DAY AFTEftNOOX
LIGHTNING STROKES DEADLY
OiXE ENSTAKTLY KILLED AXD TWO
OTHEItS PROBABLY FATAL
LY INJURED
DAMAGE BY FLOOD HEAVY
PITTSBURG, Pa., June 26—The storm
which struck Pittsburg and vicinity this
afternoon was short in duration, bat ter
rific in power and disastrous in tffect.
The lightning and thunder was practically
continuous for about thirty minutes.
The wind attained a velocity of thirty
miles an hour, and' .46 Inches of rain
felL In two minutes of the time .15 of
an inch of water well, which would rep
resent three inches an hour. The tem
perature fell twenty-four degrees within
an hour. One woman was killed instant
ly by lightning, and se.eral, other persons
may die from the same cause. Number
less houses and churches were struck by
lightning, and several picnic parties were
panic-stricken.
In the city proper no fatalities are re
ported, but in Homestead Mrs. Alice
Lester, aged twenty-four, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. Her hus
band is a steel worker, employed at New
castle.
Miss Grace Jackson, asr-id nineteen, of
Homestead, was sliuek, and her recovery
is doubtful.
Richard Rucker, also of Homestead,
was frightfully burned by the electric
fluid and will hardly recover.
Rev. John Baulton and Clay Fands
were badly shocked, but will recover.
The waters rushed down the hills
around Homestead and literally engulfed
the town. The extent of the damage
dpne there is the worst in the history of
the town and will reach many thousands
of dollars in property loss. Besides the
numerous houses that were wrecked, four
iron bridges of the Monongahela street
railway were washed out. Dozens of
washouts occurred between Pittsburg
and Hazelwood, and street car travel
was suspended for over an hour.
PICNICKERS IN 1 A PANIC.
At 3outh Avenue park, at the end of
the Suburban Traction company's line, a
picnic party composed of 1,203 persons, 700
of whom were children, gathered in the
dancing pavilion for shelter from the
storm. Lightning struck a tree within
eight feet of the pavilion and set fire to
the structure. The picnickers were panic
stricken, women fainted, children scream
ed and even the men In the party g^ve
way to their fright. Fortunately the~
heavy rain extinguished the flames, and,
though a large number of the party were
more or less hurt in the panic, none were
seriously Injured.
A similar panic ensued at St. Joseph's
parochial school on Mount Oliver, where
commencement exercises were being held.
The hall was filled with children and
their parents when lightning struck the
building, tearing a portion of the roof
away. Pandemonium reigned for a time,
but no fatalities resulted.
All through the south and west ends
the storm carried destruction with it.
Phillips' glass house at Nineteenth and
Mary streets had Its 1,000-pound sheet
roof picked up bodily and carried across
the street, the South Side Presbyterian
church was struck by lightning and nu
merous houses suffered'the sam© fate.
Sarah street from Twenty-ninth to Thir
tieth was filled with water, as was also
Arlington avenue to Amanda avenue.
Knoxvllle Castle Shannon tunnel, on the
Beltzhover side, caved in and traffic was
suspended for the day. A heavy land
slide at Twenty-second street, south side,
covered the tracks of the Pittsburg, Vir
ginia & Charleston railroad with mud
and stones to the depth of about fifteen
feet, and trains were blocked all after
noon.
The eas'. end and Wilklnsburg suffered
equally with other sections of the city,
with the exception of fatalities. Sewers
overflowed, filling cellars and making
creeks of the streets; roofs were carried
away and much minor damage was done,
but no person was seriously hurt.
From all surrounding towns reports are
coming, telling of the widespread dam
age done by the storm, all the reports
Sllis£T WAISTS GO l?i
ST. PAUL I^ESTAIJI^AI^TS
Male residents of St. Paul may enter
any of the restaurants in the city,
wearing either shirt waists or negligee
shirts, seat themselves at the table, tell
the attentive waiter what they would
like in the way of food and drinks and
be assured that it will be given them
without any reference being made to
their coatlesa condition.
The restaurateurs of the Saintly City
have the reputation of being good fel
lows, and also of being thoroughly
awake to the comfort of the guests who
patronize their places of business. But
there are good fellows in the same busi
ness in other cities as well, and in not
a few of them the guest without a coat
ia refused service. With a view of de
termining whether the well known liber
ality of fhe St. Paul hosts extended to
this matter of dress, a reporter for the
Glob© was yesterday instructed
to leave his coat at office,
enter several of the best res»
taurants in the city, and order a
meal. The day was rather warm for
such an undertaking, but the reporter
managed to get away with several
luncheons during the course of the
afternoon. With only one exception did
he find a proprietor who objected to
feeding s*nirt waist men. All the others
were willing to allow their patrons to
ignore the old and barbarous custom of
wearing a coat when the mercury is
soaring above the ninety mark.
Expecting to be ogled and perhaps re
fused service the reporter first entered
Magee's restaurant at Fourth and
Robert streets. Not the slightest stir
was created by his entrance and one of
the waiters quickly took the order and
later the money without uttering a mur
mur about Insufficient attire or "hot
day" or anythfng !n the least suggestive.
Carting's was next visited and here the
reporter was assured that "We do not
care how our patrons are dressed so
long as they are comfortable."
With some slight misgiving the "feeler"
next entered that very prime place, the
Acme. With much boldness he stalked
through the dining room to one of the
most conspicuous places. He was scarcely
comfortably seated when a waitress
brought him his ice water and bill of
fare, calmly waiting* for his order with
out for a moment seeming to think him
glaringly improper. In due time he paid
bis bill aud left, Immediately entering
PRICK TWO CENTS—{ v^ri^T
vnitlng In saying It was the severest
known in years.
MORE CLOUDBURSTS.
BLUEFIELD, W. Va., June 26.—A rail
road operator has just received word
from Pocahontas, twelve miles west, that
there has been a cloudburst, and that
water is three feet deep in the railroad
yard and is wash.'ng property away.
ROANOKE, Va., June 26.—Word was
received here tonight at a late hour con
firming the report that there had been
another heavy fall of rain in the West
Virginia coal fields.-The intelligence re
ceived here says another storm has oc
curred and that Pocahontas is damaged
more than last Saturday.
CUMBERLAND, Aid., Juno 26.—A ser
ies of cloudbursts last midnight devas
tated the New Creek valley, south of
Keyser, W. Va. The river rose over
ten feet in half an hour. Many farm
buildings were destroyed and the valley
is strewed with carcasses of live stock.
THE TUG RIVER FLOOD.
ROANOKE, W. Va.June 26.—The news
from the flood swept district in W< st
Virginia shows no reason for tncreaa sd
estimates of cither fatalities or property
losses. Fifty is the outside limit of
lives lost.
The reports from all over the section
rre to the effect that, while many poor
people have lost all, yet there is no ilan
g'-r of suffering or want of food.
It is believed the coal field will not
be entirely restored for many, many
months. No bodies were round during
last night or this morning. It is Impos
sible to give a full list of those who per
ished, from the fact that many of th.;
bodies were buried without identification.
The property losses have not been ex
ass. rated, but It is not thought that
outside aid will be needed, as the coal
companies are taking care of their em
ployes who were despoiled by the flood.
LIIR-SALUCES IS GUILTY
SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS' BAX
IJSHMEXT FOR TREASON.
PARIS, June 26.—When the senate, as
a high court of justice, reassembjed to
day, continuing the trial of the Marqul3
de Lur-Saluces, charged with treason, the
public prosecutor, M. Bernard resumed
his speech, which was interrupted yes
terday by the adj >uinrnent of the court.
Pie dwelt at length on the participati n
of the marquis in the intrigues of the
anti-Republican leagues and demanded
his punishment.
The Marquis de Lur-Saluces was
found guilty with extenuating circum
stances and sentenced to five years' ban
ishment.
The trial was concluded amid the gen
eral indifference of the spectators. The
marquis was voted guilty of conspiracy
by a vote of 71 to 51 and he was sen
tenced to banishment by a vote of T2
to 25. He leaves Paris tonight.
After the speech made by his counsel
and before the marquis was condemned,
M. Falliere, the president of the court,
asked the marquis if he had anything to
say, to which the latter replied that
proscription or Imprisonment mattered
little to him. He added: "I will always
be able to say to my children, 'your
father kept his honor unstained.' "
During the secret deliberation M. Au
cion spoke strongly in favor of condemn
ing the marquis.
These remarks led Senator Provost Do
launay to Interrupt the speaker, calling
him a clown. M. Auclon retorted wi:h
equally disagreeable epithets and as a
result seconds were appointed with a
view to a duel between M. Auclon and
M. Delaunay.
General Charreyon and M. Papllla-ud,
a Journalist of the Libre Parole, will a"t
for M. Delaunay, while Senators
d'Estiux Junca and Millies Lacroix will
apt for M. Aucion.
This duel promises to be the only In
teresting development of the trial.
ANTI-CLERICAL RIOTS.
SPANISH AUTHORITIES HAVE
t , THEIR HANDS FILL.
VALENCIA, Spain, June 26.—A mob of
anti-clericals surrounded a church here
today while jubilee services were pro
ceeding, smashed the windows and
blocked the 1 doors to prevent the de
parture of the procession. Many women
fainted and ai great uproar ensued. The
police finally enabled the procession to
start. The mob then proceeded to the
archbishop's residence and to tne Car
melite convent and broke the windows
of those buildings.
GIJON, Spain, June 26.—A placard hsa
been posted in several of the churches
here, anouncing that all of the churches
of the diocese will be burned. The
churches of the villages of Norena and
San Juan have already been destroy d
by incendiaries.
the Aquarium. Here he bumped Into thi
head waiter, and asked if he would be
allowed to dine without a coat. He was
at once assured that It would be ell
right, but becoming rather Impatient
with the tameness of his experience,
winch he had expected to find interest
ing, he told that gentleman unless they
would agree to throw him out he would
refuse to spend any money, as he had
already been obliged to eat three lunctac-3.
With a friend the coatlesa man next
proceeded to the Ryan cafe. His order
was quickly taken,and before he laft the
cafe a man attired in stiff bosom shirt,
with suspenders and no coat, entered,
accompanied by a woman, and was
served. No questions were asked.
The experience was getting altogether
too tame, and was not producing all that
had been promised. With one lingering
hope the reporter wended his way to the
Windsor, and here met with the flm ob
jection. The clerk told him that men
without coats were objectionable. Col.
Montford was approached, and his senti
ments were the same but a littl« strong
er, and he assured the reporter that if
he entered the dining room he would be
requested to send for his coat. A glance
into the dining room revealed a number
of sweltering men with wilted collars,
bulged out by wet handkerchiefs etuffed
between the collar and neck. All wore
coats and all looked tormented. In the
room were comfortably attired women,
some dressed in shirtwaists and others
in loose-fitting waists, with low neck and
no collars; others wore very thin white
waist 3, with lace inserting that did non
quite succeed in hiding from view the
pearly skin. The house says that it is
quite proper for the women, because it is
custom. For the men it la a glaring
breach of etiquette to be neat and com
fortable because a questionable authority
so demands.
At the Metropolitan opera house the
reporter was informed that the comfort
of the patrons of the theater was of more
moment than the demands of a useless
custom, and that no one would be barred
because he had left his coat at home. If
his attire was otherwise unobjectionable.
Shirt waists and negligees are de
rlgueur In this kind of weather, according
to Manager Scott's way of thinking, and
his jmtrons are at liberty to please them
selves in the matter of wearing their
coats when they visit his theater.
OFFICIAL PAPER
—OF THE
GiTV OF ST. PAWL.
ffiUKHUltt
JOII.\ riERPOVT Mono a.\ win
PAT FOR HARVARD MEDICAL
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
FORMAL STATEMENT IS MADE
AT ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT IjXY
EXEIICISES AT THE U.YIVEK
SITY YESTERDAY
LIST OF HONORARY DEGREES
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. June 26.-Presi
dent Eliot announced at th.- Elarvard
alumni dinner tonight Uiat John r;or
pont Morgan had given more than |
000 for the erection of three nf the Ova
buildings planned for the Harvard medi
cal school in Boat n. The gift Is for iha
prosecutlun cf "applied biological re
search."
Some months ago, President Eliot ex
plains, Messrs. Henry and Prank Hig
ginson took a tract of twenty acres of
land, paying Jcou.ouo for it. This th.y
agreed to hold in trust for t!
sity until means should be found to buy
It from them, v. hen they Would sell It
at cost prioe. I; was supposed thai the
<ng out of the Plan Would
matter for tlir- rfm.it>' future. Never
theless the medical faculty, through a
committee consisting of l>rs. Henry P.
Bowditeh ami j. Collins Warren, pro
-1 to iln.w uj ■
t ons r<.r thi buildings which t
like to have and could
If they ha«l them. The
was $2,000,000. Last Friday Dr. \\
received a cable from Mr Morgan in
•which he said:
MORGAN OFFERS TO PAT.
"Referring to our conversation anl
plans submitted, I am prepared to erect
the central buildings and twp side pa
vilions as a memorial to Junius Bpencer
Morgan, a native of Massachusetts, an.l
for many years a merchant ut Boston.
You can announce tins."
President Eliot called attention to tho
phrase "plans submitted," which he said,
included speciUcations, and said that
called for an outlay of more than
M'ii'.OOO. The new Morgan buildings on
Hunting-ton avenue In Boston will in
clude a hospital.
Coincidentally In was noted that more
th.in 160 men took the M. D. this morning.
The commencement was rather Quiet In
that the number of distinguished men
present as guests were fewer than usual.
The double disappointment In th< al
of President McKinley and Secretary
I Hay mode Baron yon Holleben. the ger
nun ambassador, the ohlef gxu -it of
honor. Otherwise the only (prominent
visitors from other countries or st.it, s
were Vice President Roosevelt Hon.
Wayne MacVeagn, who will deliver tha
Phi Beta Kappa oration; John Belows
of Gloucester, England, noted 1. xlpogra
pher; Judge James Tyndale, Mitchell,
of the supreme court, and Ja
cobus HenrlcuH Van Huff de
scribed by President Eliot in confer
ring a degree as the greatest living j hv-
Pical chemist. Senator Hoar pressed at
the alumni dinner, and ho and others
made extraordinarily laudatory i
encea to the president and secretary of
state. *
HARVARD COMMENCEMENT.
Commencement exorcises at Jiarvard
university today t Mowed the U U U order
President and fellows of the university
overseers and the various faculties met
the various recipients of the honorary
tkgrees, Uov. Crane and his
other guests and all the alumni and
marched to Sander's theater, escorted
by all the seniors and other <• in :
for degrees in the caps and gowns
commencement speakers were: Law
rence Hayward, Mariborougfa, Muss •
Sanford H. K. Freund, New fork;
uel Smith Drury, Bristol, R. 1., and Her
bert C. Kahn. Indianapolis. Following
the exercises a t Bander's the various
classes held reunions. Polls for the elec
tion of five ovcrsoer3 wcro opened from
10 a. m. until 6 p. m.
Ooe of the most interesting of today's
events vas the dedication of the i
of New Pence, surrounding the colleze
ground, by the classes which
the memorials to the university. To
day's commencement was noteworthy for
the conferring of degrees In course uuon
the largest number of men w.,0 hay»
ever presented themselves In the his
tory of the college.
The honorary degrees were conferred as
follows:
Master of Arts-Edward Livennore
Burlingame, author and editor; John Uel
tow. authority on Roman antiquities In
Pntain, essayist, lexicographer; Hugo
Munsterbers, psychologist; Theobald
Smith, pathologist; Charles Gross, his
torian. The three latter are Harvard
professors.
Doctors of Divinity—David Gordon
Lyon, Assyrian scholar; Alexander Mc-
Kenzio, pastor for thirty-four years of
the Evangelical branch of the First
Church of Cambridge, and secretary ct
the Harvard board of overseers sine- 1575
Doctors of Law—William Caleb Loring]
Judge of the supreme Judicial court or
Massachusetts; Henry Smith Prichctt
president of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; Jacobus Hen. Vat*
Hotf, great physical chemist; James
Ford Rhodes, historian; James Tyndalo
Mitchell, of the supreme court of Penn
sylvania; Charles Sprague Sergeni fir,t
director of the Arnold Arboretum, Uos
ten; Wayne MacVeagh, former attorney
general of the United States and minister
to Italy; Theodore yon Hollenben, am
bassador of the German govern.-
Conspicuous and unusual honors wero
conferred upon the German ambassador
besides the formal degree. In the proces
sion to Sander's theater, his OiHclal rank
was determined as next to that of tho
governor, and he sat next that official
on the stage. When President Eliot an-!
nounced the conferring of the degree th<j'
audience cheered, a compliment which'
was not paid to any other person.
At a meeting of the Harvard Alumni
association this afternoon Hen. John D. ■
Long was elected president.
MANILA COURTS-MARTIAL. '
One Filipino Under Sentence to I)«(
Hanged.
WASHINGTON, June 26.—The records
of several courts-martial of Filipino*
have been received at the war depart*!
ment from Manila. A native b< rgea.nl
of police, Pablo Tabxres, order, d two of
his policemen to Indue* Private George
Hill, Company 11, Eighth infantry, to
enter the sergeant's house In the pueblo |
of Cabatuan. One In, Tabarts treated
the American with lavish hospitality and
pressed glasses of vino upon him until
the soldier was badly intoxicated. Th&
sergeant then ordered the two police
men to take the unfortunate man out
side the pueblo and kill him. The wily
Tabareß promptly sent his two accom
plices off to the Insurgent ranks to get
them out of American Jurisdiction, to
gethen with the dead man's uniform and
accoutrements, while be remained dis
creetly silent. He was found guilty ci
murder and also of arson, having caused
about 100 dwellings in Cabatuan to la
burned. He viaa sentenced to be hanged.