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RAGE OF T1IE FATIIEB OF WATERS.
The lower Mississippi has been the
scene of the greatest floods and loss of
property known to the oldest inhabitant.
As reported not less than 50,000
persons are homeless. 2,000 sauare
miles of country Inundated; 300 persons
drowned, and financial loss of $10,000,000,
constitute the result of a three
weeks' flood in the Mississippi Valley.
These figures were arrived at by Government
engineers and officials of State
levee hoards engaged in battling the
ravaging sweep of the Mississippi River
from points in Illinois to threatened
places in Mississippi and Arkansas.
Water is pouring into Arkansas through
three new breaks in the levee south of
Memphis. These gave way, and several
hundred square miles are subject to
flooding. Railroad traffic in these sections
is practically paralyzed. One of
the most trying elements in the situation
arises from the fact that the more
stoutly the levees resist the flood in the
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the strain on the lower part.
THE FRISCO. EXPO.
The work of preparation for the great
exposition in celebration of the completion
of the Panama canal which San
Francisco will hold in 1915 is described
in Harper's Weekly. A great boulevard
is to be made along the harbor
through the slopes of the Presidio to
Golden Gate park, and this will be but
a part of a whole series of streets and
drives. From Hampton Roads a battleship
parade consisting of vessels
from all nations will proceed through
the canal to San Francisco, where a
review will be held. Incidentally the
author mentions that San Francisco's
computed wealth is to-day $25,000,000 in
excess of its assessed valuation at the
time of the fire.
MISSOURI LEADS.
Statement of the production of lead
for 1911 has just been issued by the
United States geological survey. Missouri
held first place in the production
of lead, with an output of 182,207 short
tons, and also made the greatest increase
for the year, the gain over 1910
being 20,548 tons. Idaho, ranking second
in production, with 117,159 tonH,
made also the second greatest gain,
17,235 tons. Arizona had an output of
3,450 tons, as compared with 858 tons
in 1910. Utah produced 55,198 tons, a
falling ofT of about 2,000 tons. Colorado,
with an output of 30,621 tons,
lost over 5,000 tons as compared with
1910. The production of lead from African
ore fell off, being 500 tons as
against s.oou in ihiu. 'me lead of Mexico
likewise suffered a big reduction,
chiefly due to political conditions in
that country. The total production of
lead of foreign origrln was 94,134 tons,
as compared to 108,553 tons in 1910.
SINKING OF THE TITANIC.
On Sunday night, at 10:17 o'clock, the
steamship Titanic, of the White Star
Line, struck an Iceberg off Halifax. Four
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watery grave many hundreds of souls.
Her frantic wireless calls for help were
caught and answered by many great
slater ships?some on their way to
Europe, others returning to this country.
These at once put about and raced to
her aid. The Carapathla seems to have
been the first to reach her position, but
the Titanic was gone. Wreckage was
strewn on all sldeB, and the water was
dotted with the ship's boats, laden
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mainly with women and children.
Among those on board in the first cabin
were many millionaires?John Jacob
Astor, whose wealth is estimated at
$150,000,000; Benjamin Guggenheim,
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New York; George B. Widener, of Philadelphia;
John B. Thayer, vice-president *
of the Pennsylvania Railroad; J. B. i
Ismay, managing director of the International
Mercantile Marine; and others.
In some instances, these were accom- <
panied by their wives. Other notables
were Frank D. Millet, the artist; William
T. Stead, great London editor;
Henry Harper, of the firm of Harper
Brothers, publishers; C. M. Hays, president
of the Grant Trunk railway. How
the Titanic sank, carrying to their death
1.601 of the 2,340 persons on board was
told to the world, in its awful details
for the first time on the arrival in New
York of the Cunard Liner Carpathia,
bearing the exhausted survivors of the
wreck. The following tabulation of the
passengers and crew on board the
Titanic, together with those saved and
lost, has been compiled from the
figures in the statement issued by the ,
committee of passengers:
Approximate number of passengers
First class, 330 (
Second class, 320
Third class, 750 ,
Officers and crew 940 (
Total 2,340
Number of Passengers saved by Carpathia:
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First class 210
Second class, 125
Third class, 200 ,
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Total passengers 535 (
Members of crew saved:
Officers 4
Seamen 39
Stewards, 96 ,
Firemen 71 ,
Total members of crew Raved. 21 n
Total Baved passengers and crew, 745 |
Total number perished 1,595
First and second cabin passengers, 650
First and second cabin passengers
saved, 335 ,
Total cabin passengers lost 315
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ELECTRIC LINE ACROSS TEXAS.
Financial arrangements have been
completed by the Trinity Valley Traction
Company for building a system of i
interurban electric railways from Dal- 1
l?s as the northern terminus to Pa'.es- 1
tine as the southern terminus with <
branches trrough Grove, Hubbard, Mart,
Marlin, Cameron, Taylor to Austin. ?
Another line Is to leave the main line to i
Austin at Marlin and will go through t
Temple trence back into the main line (
m i ayior. ah xae support necessary i
to finance the line is assured from two t
large New York firms of national prom- 1
lnence," said J. V. Watklns, president of i
the company. "The only thing the n
towns along this route will be asked to 1
do to assure the road is the subscribing 1
of 15 per cent, of the cost of construct- 1
ing the line. After the 15 per cent has i
been put up by the country affected, 1
then a bonding company Is ready to un- <
derwrite the bonds. The cost of the en- {
tire system, which is to be the longest <
interurban line in the South, will be <
about $7,750,000. The line is to be an ]
up-to-date cross-country trolley line, i
providing the people along the route <
with a rapid electric lnterurban service <
between Dallas and the state capital, <
which they are very anxious to secure.
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U. S. TO MEXICO.
The United States authorities recently
notified the Mexican government and
the leaders of the revolution that human
treatment must be accorded all American
citizens on Mexican "boll. whnth?r i
they be civilians or under arms. Huntington
Wilson, assistant secretary of
state, who issued special instructions
to Ambassador Wilson at Mexico City
and Marlon Letcher, American consul at
Chihuahua, authorized the statement
that intervention was not contemplated
by the United States. Oro/c.Q recently
refused to recognize Letcher as the
American consular representative because
the United States withheld recognition
of the rebel cause. Though declining
to justi'y participation by
Americans on either side of the revolution,
the United States expressly stipu1
Q toa that Amnrlrton
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taken prisoner must be given humane
treatment in accordance with international
rules of war.
MEXICO TO U. S.
Minister Calero of the foreign affairs
department has replied to the warning
note of Huntington Wilson, assistant
secretary of state at Washington, respecting
the treatment of American citizens
in Mexico. The Mexican government
finds itself in the painful necessity
of not recognizing the right of your
government to make the admonition
which the note contains, for the reason
that it is not based on any incident tha*
should he chargeable to the Mexican
government and which could signify
that It might have departed from an observance
of the principles and practices
of international law," he says. "In view
of the fact that a part of the country
is in a state ot rebellion, the Mexican
government has as its principal duty
the suppression of the rebellious movement,
and the legitimate government of
the republic will not be obligated in this
respect except in the same terms as
would the government of the United
States or any other country if a rebellion
existed in its own territory. The
Mexican government cannot be responsible
for the acts of the rebel Orozco
along the lines laid down in the com
munlcation which was sent to him by
order of your excellency's government.
A SHORT METHOD WITH TRUSTS.
Based on the combines investigation
act of Canada, which has been in effect
in the Dominion since May 4, 1910, and
which is believed by leading statesmen
of Canada to be an effective solution of
;he trust problem, the Merchants' Association
of New York has presented a
nemorial to Congress, proposing a law
supplementary to the Sherman. The
sssential features of the Canada act are
;hat any six or more citizens may file
i protest in court as to any "combine;"
hat thereupon the court shall appoint
i commission of three persons, one
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jy the defendants and the third by these
wo, with the powers of a, court for the
diking of evidence; that this commission
shall thereupon Investigate all the
facts and make a report thereon to the
oourt: that the court, if satisfied on
this showing of the facts that no "un.
iue" monopoly exists, that no "unreasonable"
enhancing of prices has been
made, and that no "undue" restraint of
trade has resulted, shall dismiss lha?
complaint; that it ihe cou *t finds to the I
contrary, it shall then issue a decree I
defining the acts found to be illegal and I
shall cause all of tre proceedings and I
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the decree to be published In the Canada
Gazette, the official organ; thereupon
any further continuance of said
acts shall subject those guilty of them
to the penaltiies provided by law, but
that no penalties shall apply as to any
such acts done Drlor to the handing
down of such decree; and that all expenses
duly Incurred in connection with
such proceedings shall be defrayed in
the manner set forth in the act.
EUROPE ON THE QUI YIVE.
Or. Euseblo A. Morales, minister
from the republic of Panama to Germany,
Holland and Belgium, who is on
his way to Panama, after an absence of
several years in Europe, says that all
the European nations are getting
ready to take every possible commer.
cial advantage of the Panama Canal.
One of the last things he heard before
sailing for New York was the talk of a
new Belgium steamship line, which it
is proposed to operate between Belgium
and Portland, Ore., via the Isthmian
Canal. "You cannot have any Idea,"
said Dr. Morales, "of the great Interest
taken everywhere in Eurone in
the canal. As a rule I found all of the
nations expecting to have the use of
the canal on the same terms as will be
accorded vessels flying the American
flag. None of them seemed to think
that the American Congress would give
American ships a differential rate.
NO RACIAL EVOLUTION HERE.
The excavations which are now being .
conducted at Meroe, the ancient capital
of Ethiopia, by Professors Garstang,
have led to some remarkable discoveries.
Luxurious baths have been found
with arrangements and decorations that
confirm in a striking way the descriptions
contained in ancient Abyssinian
records. Water was brought to these
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uaiuo miuugu u aeries or aqueuucis
terminating with cascades ornamented
with sculptured lions, oxen and other
animals. The walls of the baths themselves
are ornamented withs rows of
colored tiles, with relief patterns and
medallions, all of which remain as they
were left centuries ago. Twelve steps
lead down to a large tank, around
which are statues of musicians and
other figures, while a number of broken
statutes lie scattered about. Altogether
the discovery is one of the greatest interest.
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