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The Jones County News
M. C. GREENE, PUBLISHER.
TORNADO IN DAKOTA
Northern Section of State Swept
By Death Dealing Storm.
MANY TOWNS LEFT IN RUINS
Telegraphic Communication Cut Off
Entirely arid for a Time Only
Mere Fragments of Informa¬
tion Could be Given.
A special from St. Paul, Minn., says:
Tremedous damage, and it is feared
great loss of life were caused by a
tornado that swept in a southwesterly
direction from the international bound¬
ary across the northeastern portion of
northern Dakota Tuesday night. Three
towns, according to the meager reports
which were obtainable at midnight,
were totally wiped out.
Railway and Western Union tele¬
graph lines are wrecked and there i 3
no communication with the section of
the state where tho most devastation
is thought to have been worked.
The little town of Borup, on the
fit. Vincent line of the Great Northern,
is an absolute wreck. The final report
was that the entire town was wiped
out and hardly a structure of any sort
left standing. The report from Borup
came in very soon after the storm
struck and contained no information
as to the casualties.
With the report from the St. Vinceut
branch came reports that the towns of
Eldorado, about seven miles from
Grand Forks, and Thompson, between
Grand Forks and Larimore, had been
destroyed. At Thompson the great
Northern station lies a confined mass
of wreckage directly across the •* a in
line. Stores and residences are in
ruins -and the main portion of the
town is wiped out. The population is
about 200.
Mere fragments of information come
from Eldorado ,but these indicate the
destruction cf that town of about 250
people. Neither of the reports from
Thompson cr Eldorado speak of loss
of life. This is partially accounted for
by the fact that they were sent before
news could have been received from
the outlying districts. The reports in¬
dicate that the tornado developed
southwest, of the lake woods country,
and took a course down across the
northern portion of the state, travel¬
ing tbward the southwest. Its path
seems to have been unusually wide
and the effects of the storm outside
Us primary iine unusually severe.
The Northern raciflc is unable to
gain the slightest information over its
wires from the storm district.
Linemen and relief trains have been
started for the stricken district.
Early Tuesday morning what is though
to have been the edge of a tornado
struck St. Taul. Its onslaught was
sudden and fierce, high winds and a
brilliant electrical display being promi¬
nent features.
Grand Forks, N. D., was between two
storms, both of which were of terrific
violence and the outer edges of both of
which passed over the city. The two
storms traveled in parallel directions
and seem to have been central about
10 or 15 miles apart. Their course was
southeastern. A heavy rain fall of
hail stones came with the first, and
in the second the ground was covered
with stones measuring two inches in
diameter. Many crops are ruined and
Immense damage has been d'-ne by the
wind. The depots at Eldorado, Thomp¬
son and McDonalds were blown away.
Thompson is badly wrecked and nu¬
merous farm buildings destroyed. Id
M eckinock, Gllby, Inkster. Conway and
other towns north and west great dam¬
age was done.
MEXICAN WOMAN'S "COUP.”
Gives Birth to Twins But One is Six
Weeks Older Than th e Other.
A Mexican woman in El Paso, Texas,
has given birth to two healthy chil¬
dren, the second one born six weeks
after the first.
The case has caused considerable
comment among physicians.
ANTI-ADMINISTRATION TICKET.
Dissatisfied Alabamians Nam e John¬
ston for Governor.
The convention of Alabama anti-ad-
ministration democrats made the fol¬
lowing nominations Wednesday by a
rising vote and amidst great enthusi-
asm:
For Governor, Joseph F. Johnston,
of Jefferson; for lieutenant governor,
Charles E. Waller, of Hale. i
The first named has been twice gov¬
ernor of Alabama. The latter ran sec¬
ond in a field of five for the democratic
nomination for governor two years
ago.
"STOGIE” TRUST IS NEXT.
Combine Just Formed Have a Capital
of $7,500,000.
The stogie manufzcturers of Penn-
eylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, with
but one exception, have formed a com- ,
bination and have been granted a char-
ter by the state of Delaware. The eon- 1
cern will be known as the United 1
States Cigar Company and is capital¬
ized at $7,500,000, of which $2,500,000 .
will be cumulative preferred stock.
WHAT KITCHENER DID.
A Resume of His Successful Campaign
Against the Burghers.
Took the field Jan. 10, 19iN, as Rob¬
erts' chief of staff.
Fought at Paardcburg, where Cronje
surrendered with 4,000 men, Feb. 27,
1900.
Was at occupation of Bloemfontein,
March 13, 1900.
Barely escaped capture by De Wet
June 14, 1900.
Assumed supreme command of army
of 25,000 Nov. 30, 1900.
Built iron blockhouses every 3,000
yards along railways and in chains
through, country, connected by barbed
wire fences charged with electricity.
Started peace negotiations Feb. 22,
1901, through General Botha's wife.
Gave Botha leave May 10, 1901, tq
send envoys to te l Kruger the situa-
lion.
Established concentration camps.
Issued August 6, 1901, banishment
proclamation ordered by Chamberlain.
Pursued steady policy of "wearing
down Boer resistance by now scat-
tered bodies.”
ned peace treaty with Boer lead¬
ers May 31, 1902.
Made a viscount by the king June 4,
1902.
Parliament voted him $250,000 June
5, at the king's request.
Turned over control of affairs Juno
17, 1902, to civil authorities.
Sailed from Cape Town June 23,
1902, for England.
EDWARD ABOARD YACHT.
Convalescent King of England Takes
Short Voyage to Recuperate.
A London dispatch says: King Ed-
ward left Victoria station at 11:35
o’clock Tuesday morning for Ports-
mouth, where he will board the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert.
The king was conveyed from Buck¬
ingham palace to the railway station
in an ambulance drawn by two horses.
The only other occupant of the am¬
bulance was Queen Alexandra. The
vehicle was driven at a walking pace.
Although there was a small crowd
at the station there was no demonstra¬
tion in complinance with the expressed
wish of the king.
The doctors and nurses awaited the
arrival cf the ambulance and a party
of b'uo jackets removed his majesty
from the vehicle to a royal salon-car,
formerly used by the late Queen Vic¬
toria.
The removal of his majesty from the
train to the royal yacht was safely ac¬
complished by blue jackets and the
king’s couch was placed in a reception
room which had been specially con¬
structed on the upper deck.
The warships in the harbor fired a
salute as the king embarked and all
the vessel dressed ship and manned
yards or decks. The royal yacht
steamed off almost immediately after
the transfer was completed.
OVATION TO JUDGE REAGAN.
Veteran Servant of State of Texas Re¬
tires From Labors.
The Texas democratic state conven¬
tion met in Galveston Tuesday and or
ganized with George fPend eton, oi
Bell county, as temporary chairman.
The usual committees were appointed
and adjournment was taken until Wed¬
nesday.
One of the features of the session
was an ovation to Judge John H. Rea
gan. who voluntarily retires from th*
position of railroad commissioner. The
convention passed a resolution eulo
gizing him as a patriot, for half a ccn
tury conspicuous as one of the boldest
wiseBt and most faithful champions oi
democracy. He is the only survivor
o t either of the civil war cabinets.
THE NEW MAINE ON TRIAL.
Battleship to Replace Vessel Destroyed
at Havana Being Tested.
The new battleship Maine, built at
Cramp’s ship yard at Philadelphia to
replace the vessel destroyed in Ha¬
vana harbor, started Tuesday after¬
noon on the builders’ trial trip off the
Delaware capes.
The specifications call for a speed
requirement of 18 knots. The Maine
is 388 feet long, beam 72 feet 2 1-2
inches, draught 2 feet 10 1-4 inches,
displacement 12,500 tons.
HILL AT OYSTER BAY.
Salute of Seventeen Guns Welcomed
Sage of Wolfert’n Rooct.
Former Senator David B. Hill ar
rived at Oyster Bay Thursday evening
to be the guest over night of Wlllian
F. Sheehan, ex-lieutenant governor oi
New Y’ork, who owns a handsome
country home near Oyster Bay.
As the train hearing Mr. Hill pulled
Into the station a salute of seventeer
guns was flred, and when he stepped
from the train he was cordially and
vociferously greeted by a great crowd
of admirers.
MANILA CHOLERA STRICKEN.
Natives Wil! Be Moved from City
Slums to Detention Camps.
The municipal health board of Ma
nila has decided to remove 40,000 na
tives from the slums to suburbar
camps in an effort, to check the sntea<
of c jj 0 j era there. The object is to cleat
and disinfect the disease centers. Th
camps will be sanitarily conducted. /
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA., THURSDAY. JULY 21, 1902.
STEAMER WRECKED
Frightfully Fatal Disaster Occurs
on River Elbe in Germany.
HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE DEAD
Steamship Prcmius Collider, with and
is Cut in Twain by a Tug.—Only
Thirty of Those on Board
Were Saved.
A cable dispatch from Hamburg
sa >’ s: Tho steamship Premlus, with
185 passengers on board, was cut in
two and sunk by the tug Hansel 011 the
Kibe river at 12:30 o'clock Monday
morning. Only about thirty cf those
°n board were saved.
MILLIONAIRE MACKAY DEAD.
From Heart Failure San Francisco
Man Succumbs in London.
A Lon ion dispatch says: John W.
Mackay, of San Francisco, who had
been suffering from heat prostration
several days died at his residence on
Carlton house terrace at 6:30 o’clock
Sunday evening.
Mr. Mackay was unconscious most/
of the time and died very peacefully.
The immediate cause of his death was
heart failure. Tho right lung was
found to be congested and the symp-
toms indicated pneumonia,
Tho news of Mr. Mackay’s death
caused quite a shock in San Francis-
co, notwithstanding the public was in
a measure prepared for it by the pre¬
vious announcement of his illness. Mr.
Mackay was the last surviving member
of the four bonanza kings—Flood,
O’Brien and Fair—the other threq hav¬
ing long since died.
For the past eighteen years Mr.
Mackay had not been actively identi¬
fied with business in San Francisco,
but had passed most of his time in tho
east, making annual visits to the coast
to look after his property in California
and Nevada.
RECORD-BREAKING CORN CROP.
Output for This Year Will be Largest
Ever Known.
Paul Morton, first vice president of
the Santa Fe road, predicts a bumper
crop cf corn for the west and the en¬
tire country this season. He estimates
the total crop of the country at 2,500,-
000,000 bushels, and declares that the
railroads of the west will have all they
can do to take care of the increased'
traffic that will result therefrom.
Mr. Morton’s estimate was made af¬
ter a careful survey of (he situation,
supp cmented by personal inspection
of western states traversed by the
lines of the Santa Fe, and by reports
given him by agents of the com'pany
in nearly every £orn-bcai*)g state in
the union.
“I am convinced,” said Mr. Morton,
"that this country will have the larg¬
est corn yield in its history, and that
the* high-water mark of 2,200,000,000
bushels will be exceeded by at least
300,000,000 bushels.”
UGLY WOMEN ABSENT,
Georgia Governor Has a Great Time
in Bulloch County.
Governor Candler, of Georgia, re¬
turned to Atlanta Friday morning from
Statesboro, where on Thursday he
made a speech at a reunion of the Con¬
federate veterans of Bulloch county.
Governor Candler says there were
7,000 people present, the largest crowd
he had ever spoken to.
The governor says everybody was in
a good humor and that the day was
thoroughly enjoyed.
“1 had a great time,” said the gov.
ernor. “I saw more pretty women
than 1 ever saw before, and I tell you
another thing, I never saw an ugly wo¬
man there.
"The barbecue was a big success.
Several carcasses were on the pits and
there was plenty to eat for everybody.
Bulloch county is one of the most pros¬
perous counties in Georgia
ELEVEN DIE IN STORM.
Fierce Tornado Sweeps City of Balti¬
more and Does Frightful Damage.
A fierce tornado, characterized by a
wind storm of extraordinary velocity,
thunder, vivid lightning and a heavy
rain, suddenly, burst upon Baltimore at
1:30 p. m. Sunday, coming from the
southwest, with the net result that
eleven persons lost their lives, hun
dreds of houses were unroofed, trees
in the public parks and strets torn
up by the roots, many buildings dam
aged and several people injured. The
storm exhausted its fury in less than
flfteep minutes.
MAY YOHE’S “SLAVE” MISSING.
Gay Captain Strong a nd Valuable
Jewelry Goes Glimmering.
A New York dispatch says: Captain
Putnam Bradlee Strong, the erratic
young army officer and son of a former
mayor of New York, is now missing,
while a dozen of the best men of the
Pinkerton detective ageney are search
ng for some trace of him. And with
his has disappeared $100,000 worth of
Jewelry entrusted to him by May Yohe.
CORONATION AUQUif NINTH.
Exact Date For Crowning King Ed¬
ward is Officially Announced in
London Town.
A London special says: An official
notification was issued Friday morning
that by the king's command the coro¬
nation of King Edawrd and Queen
Alexandra will fake place August 9th.
Rehearsals of the procession from
Buckingham palace to Westminster
Abbey took place during the day, and
the officials of the various state de¬
partments concerned in the abbey cer¬
emony are again busy with prepara¬
tions for tie crowning.
Advices from Cowes, Isle of Wight,
state that a bulletin issued Friday
morning by the king’s physician says:
"The king continues to make satis¬
factory progress. He is beneiitting in
every way from the change. His maj¬
esty sleeps well and is able to have his
couch placed upon the open deck dur¬
ing the greater part of the day. The
next bulletin will he issued July 21.”
Unless Mr. Whitclaw Reid changes
his mind, there will be no special rep¬
resentative of the United States at
King Edward’s coronation next month.
And Mr. Choate will attend In the us¬
ual form. Mr. Reid has notified the
state department that he intends to
sail for the United States on the 26th
Inst., and of course the special embas¬
sy will be broken up.
THREE SHOTS FROM AMBUSH.
Two Women and a Man Waylaid While
Returning from Church.
Near Strongtown, Indian Territory,
Friday night, Mrs. Daniel Grant, her
daughter, Mrs. Jack Reeves, and a man
named Nuckles were waylaid and kill¬
ed while returning from church.
Mrs. Reeves had been separated
from her husband about eight months
and prior to that time the couple had
lived with the Grant family. Friday
night Nuckles, who has been paying at¬
tention to Mrs. Reeves, accompanied
her to church.
As they were returning to the Grant
home they were halted. Nuckles was
made to get out of the wagon and was
shot. Mrs. Grant was shot while she
was sitting in the wagon. Then as
the team bolted, Mrs. Aeeves was shot.
Mrs. Grant and Nuckles were killed In-
stantly and Mrs. Reeves lived only a
few minutes. eThe murderer’s name is
not given. **v
REFUSED TO PAY REWARD.
Woman Demands $1,500 for Finding
Body of Convict Merrill.
The remains of David Merrill, es¬
caped convict, have been delivered at
the Oregon penitentiary after being
delivered at Salem by Mrs. Mary Wag¬
goner, who found the body near Che-
halis. Warden James, of the Oregon
penitentiary, and one of the prison
guards readily identified the dead con¬
vict. The casket was interred in the
prison cemetery without ceremony.
Mrs. Waggoner made a formal de-
mand upon Sheriff Lee for the reward
of $1,500. Mr. Leo declined to pay
the same, offering her $500 for her
trouble and expense, and explaining
that the reward could only be paid for
the capture of the convict, and that
she had not captured Merrill, but mere¬
ly found his dead body by accident.
Mrs. Waggoner refused (he amount
offered and made a formal written de¬
mand for the full reward to be present¬
ed to Governor Geer.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY LASHED.
Delegate to Convention Stopped Long
Enough to Chastise Old Enemy.
There was a sensational horsewhip¬
ping at Winston-Salem, N. C., Thurs¬
day, in which N. Glenn Williams gave
a terrible beating to United States Dis¬
trict Attorney A. E. Holton, of tho
western North Carolina district.
Holton last year aroused Williams’
wrath by a statement made in the trial
of a ease.
Thursday Williams stopped in Win-
ston-Saiem on his way to his home in
Yadkin county from the democratic
state convention, and finding Holton in
a store, procured a whip and adminis-
tered the thrashing.
GATES GANG SATISFIED.
After Squeeze of Millions from Shorts
Corner in Corn is Broken.
A Chjeago special says: The famous
John W. Gates corner in July corn
came to an abrupt termination Tues¬
day when it became known that shorts
to the extent of a good many million
bushels had effected private settle¬
ments with Harris, Ga*ieg & Co., and
that the deal was at an end so far as
the steel magnate was concerned. The
July price responded to the settlement
by a quick drop of 15 3-4 cents to
65 1-4 Later it recovered a fraction
and closed at 65 1-2
CAUSE OF TAFT’S FAILURE.
Vatican Was Influenced by Heads of
Religious Orders.
The Rome correspondent of The
Morning Post < London) declares that
the failure of Judge Taft’s negotiations
with the Vatican is attributed there to
the influence of the heads of the relig¬
ious orders, especially to the Jesuit
Cardinal Steinhuber, and that the cati-
can is considered to have sacrificed a
splendid opportunity.
USUAL MINE HORROR
Thirty-Five Men Sent Quickly to
Their Dnom by Explosion.
THIS ONE IN UTAH COLLIERIES
Careless Workman Sets Off Tong of
Powder With Lighted Candle.
Men Killed at Distance of
Two Miles.
A special from Park City, Utah,
says: Thirty five miners were killed
in the Daly-West and Ontario mines
Tuesday night, twenty-nine In the
Daly-West and six In the Ontario.
The disaster was the result of an ex¬
plosion occasioned by John Hurgy, a
miner, going into one of the magazines
of the Daly-West with a lighted candle,
His act cost him his life, and the lives
of many other miners besides. All of
the other victims arc recognizable,
their faces being easily Identified by
relatives and friends. The explosion
occurred at 11:20 o’clock at night and
in a twinkling deadly gas was gener¬
ated throughout the mines. It crept
through every funnel shaft and incline
In a very short space of time and
scores of ininc-rs found themselves face
to face with death.
It is not known how much powder
was exploded, but whatever amount
there was in It went off in a terrible
concussion. The shock was something
terrific and was heard for a long way,
although it was nearly 2 o’clock Wed-
csday morning before It was known In
Park City, a distance of three miles.
When it was stated that a horse was
killed at the mouth of the Ontario
tunnel, two miles away, some idea of
the force of the explosion may be had.
The animal was in use at the entrance
to this part of the mine and was hurl¬
ed against the wall and machinery
with such violence as to he killed out¬
right. Two other horses were also
killed, the latter in the Ontario, almost
as great a distance away. That the
loss of life was not far greater than
it , s 8cemg ma . rve i 0llg .
The work of rescuing the imperiled
and dead was quickly and heroically
undertaken. Men were brought to the
surface just as fast as the disabled
machinery would permit. The victims
had to bo brought up the shaft in a
on°-compartment cage, one of the com¬
partments having been wrecked by the
explosion.
In the Ontario, which is connected
with the Daly-West, six men lest their
lives. Two of the dead were rescuers,
John McLaughlin and John Eckstrom.
Women and children thronged to the
Ontario shaft house which is midway
between Park City and the Daly-West.
Nearly nil of them have husbands or
fathers in the mines and their grief
was pitiable. All of the doctors in
town were quickly on the scene doing
what. tlle y ™uid to restore tho uncon¬
scious men as they wore taken out. A
relief party went into the Ontario mine
shortly after the explosion occurred.
James Smith, a member of the res¬
cuing party, died soon after noon. Jark
Baiton, a Silver King miner, who also
went, down with the rescuers, is ex¬
pected to die.
CARS STOP IN RICHMOND.
Strike Ties Up All Lines of the Vir¬
ginia Passenger and Power Company.
Richmond, Va., Wednesday morning
experienced her first big street rail¬
way strike. Practically no cars are
running and all kinds of vehicles have
been put into use,
A committee, representing tlie local
street car men’s union, after two con¬
ferences with President Sltterding, of
tho Virginia Passenger and Power
Company, which now owns the whole
Richmond system, ordered the crews
to take tho cars to tho barns at noon
and quit work. The strike affects the
entire lines of the passenger and pow¬
er company in Richmond and Manchcs
ter.
OUR GROWING POPULATION.
Expected to Reach Hundred Million
Mark by Next Census.
“In 1910, when our next census in
taken, 1 expect the population of tlio
United States will have reached tho
100,000,000 mark,” said William
Mcrriam, director of the census bureau
in an interview at Duluth, Minn. “This
will Include our new possessions, Ha-
wail, Porto Rico and the Philippines,
but. it will demonstrate in no uncertain
terms what a world power this coun¬
try has become.
Additional Warship Needed.
Minister Bowen considers the sjtua-
tlon in Venezuela’ such that at the
request of the state department the
navy department has decided to send
an additional ship to LaGuayra, Vene¬
zuela.
Minister Wu Officially Notified.
Minister Wu, at Washington, has re¬
ceived official confirmation of his re¬
call to Pekin to assume a connection
with the new Chinese foreign office.
VOL. VIII. NO. 35.
POOR “JAKIE" HARD HIT.
Found Guilty by Courtmartia! and Re.
tired in Disgrace by President
Roosevelt.
A Washington dispatch says: Sec¬
retary Hoot brought from Oyster Bay
the case of General Jacob H. Smith,
trled courtmartlal at Manilla on ac
count of orders issued to Major Wal-
ler.
General Smith was found guilty of
the charges by the court and sentenced
to be admonished by the reviewing au¬
thority.
The president lias also admonished
General Smith and retired him under
the law which provides that officers
having reached the age of 62 years
may be retired at will by the presi¬
dent.
Secretary Root supplements the rep¬
rimand of President Roosevelt In a
long circular in which he explains the
conditions which resulted in the court
martial of General Smith and shows
that although Smith issued the "kill
and burn” order, as a matter of fact,
very f< ’ w persons were killed as a re-
slut of that order, the casualties being
confined almost wholly to the eleven
natives killed under Major Waller’s di¬
rectlon.
Following is the text of the presl
dent’s review of the case:
"The finding and s<ntence of the
court are approved. I am well awaro
of the danger and great difficulty of
the task our army has had in the Phil¬
ippine islands, and of the well nigh in¬
tolerable provocations It has received
from the cruelty, treachery and total
disregard of the rules and customs of
civilized warfare on the part of its
foes. I also heartily approve the em¬
ployment of sternest measures neces¬
sary to put a stop to such atrocities
and to bring this war to a close.
“It would he culpable to show weak¬
ness in dealing with such forces or to
fail to use all legitimate and honora¬
ble methods to overcome them. But
the very fact that warfare is of such
character as to afford infinite provoca¬
tion for the commission of acts of cru¬
elty by junior officers of enlisted men
must make the officers in high and re¬
sponsible positions particularly care¬
ful in their bearing and conduct, so as
to keep a moral check over any acts
of improper character by their subor¬
dinates. Almost universally the high
er officers have so borne themselves
as to supply this necessary check; and
with but few exceptions, the officers
and soldiers of the army have shown
wonderful kindness and forbearance
in dealing with fhPir foes. But there
have been exceptions, there have been
Instance of the use of the tortrre.”
EDITORS IN FULL SWING.
Georgia Press Association Has Great
Time in Quitman.
Tlie editors, members of the Georgia
Weekly Press Association, began their
convention at Quitman Tuesday. The
program was carried through without
a flaw.
At the afternoon session papers were
read on tho “Mission of the Weekly
Press,” “The Improvement of tho Pub¬
lic School System” and the "Rural
Free Delivery System.”
Mayor Bennett then announced a
prize of six Brooks county hams to be
awarded to the best write-up given tho
convention and Brooks county, and as
second prize a barrel of syrup for the
second best article.
The evening was devoted to a recep¬
tion and house warming at the new
home of Mr. J. W. Oglesby.
At Wednesday’s session Cedariown
was selected as the next meeting place
of the association.
Election of officers resulted In the
re-election of all the old officers with
the exception of treasurer, which office
will l)c filled by D. P. Mosely, of The
Danle.lsvilto Monitor.
During the time allotted to sugges¬
tions a long procession of young ladies
entered, each hearing a quarter of wa¬
termelon and a spoon, and passed back
and forth until all were supplied. Their
entry was greeted by vigorous ap-
p’ause, and President Coleman an¬
nounced a recess of a few minutes to
dispose of them.
The editors left for Tybec Wednes¬
day afternoon.
MINE OWNERS f LAMELESS.
Coroner Investigates Cause of Explo-
sion In Daly-Wect Coal Pits.
A dispatch from Park City, Utah,
says: The coroner’s jury has rturned
a verdict holding the officials of the
Daly-West mine entirely blameless far
the accident by which 35 men lost
their lives.
Tho remains of Charles Ncimo were
shipped to his former homo in Calu¬
met, Mich. Ncimo was a student at
Ann Arbor university. He spent two
years there and went west to earn
enough money to complete his educa¬
tion.
RAILROADS BREAK STRIKE.
Freight Handlers at Chicago Expected
to Return to Work.
With agreements reached between
four railroads and their employees,
the great strike of the freight handlers
arid teamsters that has paralyzed the
industries of Chicago for a week -is ap¬
parently broken. A majority of the
strikers are expected to return to work
at once.
FLOODS IN MISSOURI
Vast Farming Areas Tamed Iito
Veritable inland Sea.
FARMERS WILL LOSE MILLIONS
Grain Men Say That Damage Aggre¬
gating $4,000,000 Will Result. ’
Inhabitants In Flooded Dis¬
trict are Fleeing. 'I/«•«
A special from Keokuk, Iowa, says:
Heavy rains in central Iowa Thursday
and Friday are sending a flood down
upon prosperous Missouri farmers
which will ruin many of them and
cause losses aggregating at a conserv¬
ative estimate two and a half million
dollars. There seems to be no hope
at present for the country between the
Mississippi and the Missouri bluffs be¬
tween Keokuk and Hannibal, 300
square miles. The Des Moines rive#
began to rise 3 inches an hour at Its
mouth at Keokuk Friday, continuing
until hope of safety was abandoned
late in the day.
A rise of 1 1-2 feet In a short time
at Ottumwa and a further rise through
out its length below the capital city
was prevented from running out freesly
by a rise of a foot and a half at Daven¬
port Thursday night, Increasing and
coming down rapidly. The observer of
the weather bureau at Keokuk sent
telegraphic warning to all points south
to prepare for danger.
The Egyptian levee, which stood'tbs
flood just receding after strenuous «#-
forts to hold it, is only slightly above
the water now, and the coming flood la
Des Moines will top It certainly. This
lets the water into hundreds of square
miles, including the town of Alexan¬
dria, Mo. The inhabitants there ar*
preparing for an oxvcrilow of the en¬
tire town to a depth of several feet.
This Is the town which Mark Twain In
his “Life on the Mississippi” said:
"Somctmes comes up to blow.”
Loss Will Be Four Millions.
The worst feature is the time of the
year. The corn crop is all made, and
wheat Is in the shock, entailing a total
loss of the year’s work. Grain men put
the figures of the loss from the over¬
flow nearer four millions between Keo¬
kuk und Hannibal. It is believed the
Illinois levees will hold, and the dam¬
age there is likely to be only $20,000
to $30,000 between Keokuk and
Quincy.
Heavy rains were reported In south¬
eastern Iowa. Lowland farmers, river
men and the weather bureau observer
alike predict the geatest damage ever
known from flood on the upper river.
Late reports show half the coi/ntry
for a distance of 30 miles between Le-
grange and Hannibal was already un¬
der water long before the crest of tho
flood arrived. !
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COMMENDABLE DEED. --
Intoxicated Husband Attacks His Wife
and is Shot Dead.
The Jaubert brothers, who operate a
small coal mino near Oraville, Ill.,
were both shot to death at their homo
early Friday morning by the wife of
one of the men. They had returned
about JJ o'clock intoxicated and the
husband demanded his dinner.
Mrs. Jaubert began its preparation
und her husband began breaking the
dishes and at last attacked her. Mrs.
Jaubert and slsted fled to a back room,
and locked the door. Her husband fol¬
lowed, broke in the door and renewed
the assault, whereupon the infuriated
wife flred three shots Into his body,
one passing through his heart, causing
almost instant death.
The brother, who was a witness to
the tragedy, took up his brother’s quar¬
rel and attempted to strike the woman,
whereupon Mrs. Jaubert emptied the
two remaining chambers of the revolv¬
er Into his body, inflicting a wound
from which he died shortly afterwards.
Tlio woman gave the alarm and sur¬
rendered to tlio officers. The coroner’s
jury exonerated the wife.
4
GOLD IS TOO COSTLY.
So China Begs the Privilege of Paying
Ogligations in Silver.
Having adjusted tho questions con¬
nected with the surrender to the Chl-
neso of tho control of the city of Tien
Tsin this government has been asked
to Interest itself in settlement of the
grave difficulties growing out of the In¬
sistence of some of the powers upon
the payment of their shares of the war
indemnity in gold Instead of silver.
Wednesday Minister Wu presented to
tho state department a cablegram from
leading members of the Chinese court
primarily in charge of the negotiations.
MERRY CONTINUES. *
CHASE
Outlaw Tracy Has Easy Thing In f»-
caping from Sheriff and Posse.
Tracy has escaped again. He has
eluded the sheriff of King cougty and
many picked men, who had advanced
on his hiding place three miles from
Black Diamond, Wash., Wednesday
night. The posse arrived at Tracy’s
hiding place six or eight hours after h©
had left.