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The Jones County News.
VOL. IX.
SCENE OF APPALLING RUIN
North Topeka Swept by Both Flood
and Flame and Hundreds Die.
MOST DIRE DISASTER
Situation in the Two Kansas
Cities Also Most Appalling,
FLOATING HOUSES AFLAME
Owing to Inability to i raverse Flood¬
ed Sections, no Accurate Account
cf Lives Lest or Amount of
Destruction Wrought Can
Be Secured.
With 175 or 200 lives lost, millions
of dollars of property destroyed, hun¬
dreds of pistol shots as signals of dis¬
tress, blended with the agonizing cries
of unwilling inhabitants of treetops
and roof3 of houses, and the waters
creeping upward and then slowly sub¬
siding and alternately changing hope
to despair, Topeka, the capital city
of Kansas, passed the most memora¬
ble Sabbath day of its existence.
Through all this discomforting condi¬
tion of affairs was added the presence
of a dismal rain. The ardor of the
rescue work of the heroic rescuers
was not abated by the conditions
which confronted them. For long
dreary hours, knee deep In water and
sometimes in water up to their necks,
they worked with might and main.
Awful Work cf Flood.
Briefly stated, the condition of the
flood at last reports was as follows:
One hundred and seventy to two
hundred people drowned; eight thou¬
sand people without homes; four mil¬
lion dollars’ worth of property destroy¬
ed; identified dead five;, floating
bodies seen, twenty; people missing,
two hundred; hanks collapsed, two;
wholesale grocery stores flooded, two;
big business blocks almost ready -to
crumble, fifty; wholesale commission
houses deserted, six; city water works
plant useless.
The known drowned are: Karl
Rupp, Orivillcle Rupp, two Rupp girls,
G. II . Garrett’s 5-year-old son, twenty
bodies unidentified.
Leading men have made a careful
examination of the flood and all its
conditions, and as a result of their in¬
vestigation they give LcO as the proba¬
ble number of lives lost, A more con¬
servative estimate places the number
of dead at 175. The higher number is
as apt as the lower. The number of
dead is merely a matter of estimate.
Twenty members of the rescuing par-,
ties tell of how they saw people drop
from houses only to he swept away by
tho flood and others tell of men who,
terrified at the approach of the fire,
dropped into the water, where they
sank and did not reappear.
This estimated number of dead does
not include the large number classed
as missing who cannot othorwlse be
accounted for. Neither does it m-
elude the number who are supposed
to have lost their lives in (he fire.
In the latter class there is absolute¬
ly no means of arriving at even an ap¬
proximate number of victims, The
water was so high and the current so
strong that all that could be done im¬
mediately was to rescue those in the
buildings surrounded by water.
It will be at least three days before
the correct number of dead will be de¬
cided on. Work of rescuing the vic¬
tims of the flood is pushing forward
with great vigor.
FLOATING HOUSES AFLAME.
The following special was sent out
from Topeka Saturday night:
The fire which began in North To¬
peka, already surrounded by water,
Saturday afternoon raged until past,
midnight.
Four hundred houses have been
burned, and, as near as can be learn¬
ed. about one hundred and fifty per¬
sons are dead.
Most of these were burned to death.
Burning houses were floating about,
retting fire to others. The lower story
of the burning buildings contained ten
feet of water. The current was so
strong that no boat could approach
any of the burning buildings. Peo-
pie were gathered on the tops of
houses and met death either by fire or
burning. The cries for help could
ho distinctly heard a mile away. The
whole city was wildly exciteded be-
cause of the fact that no am could ne
extended to the sufferers. The river
at North Topeka is five miles wide.
No possible estimate of the financial
loss is obtainable, hut it can be stated
that It will reach into the millions.
North Topeka was tne manufactur¬
ing district of the city. Three large
KILLING AT NEGRO CHURCH.
Two Men Meet Instant Death and
, Another is Probably Fatally Shot.
a a dispatch from Williamson, Ga.,
says: Two negroes—Andrew Hood
nnd Ed Hood—were shot and instant¬
ly killed by Sandy Dickinson, and an
other negro—Will Jones—was proba¬
bly fatally shot by th^ same negro
near Free Liberty chuich Sunday. Liq-
nor was at tho bottom of the trouble.
Sandy Dickinson, who did the shoot-
lug, has not been arrested.
flour mills, three woolen mills and
other manufacturing enterprises are
entirely destroyed. Tne water supply
of the whole city has been cut off.
Rain began falling shortly after
midnight mid this had a tendency to
check the fires in the dwellings.
KANSAS CITY INUNDATED.
With the Kaw and Missouri rivers
nearly four feet above tho disastrous
level of 1881, and their swollen tido
spread over 12 square miles of the city
and Its suburbs, Kansas City ounday
night was in the worst flood of its
history. In tho valley of the Kaw or
Kansas river, between Kansas City,
Mo., and Kansas City, Kans., a report
has It that a number of lives has
been lost. One report says fourteen
and another fifty. Twelve bodies were
counted as they floated past during
the day.
The financial loss has been increas¬
ing and h ds fair to continue. The
heaviest loss Is at Armourdale, where
the losses to the packing industry and
others is placed conservatively at $2,-
500,000. Argentine, another suburb,
has suffered losses estimated at $500,-
000. Other losses which cannot now
be estimated will increase the total
very materially.
Armourdale, with a population of
16.000 people, Is deserted, and its site
marked only by the tops of buildings
and a number of fires.
The Kansas City, Mo., Times of
Monday morning published the follow¬
ing list of dead:
James Deerman, William Herbert,
express man. Armourdale, drowned
with two others; five persons, three
men and two women, drowned by cap¬
sizing of a boat near Union Pacific
bridge; three persons, a man and two
women, in capsized boat, disappeared
north of the Missouri Pacific shops;
unknown man, seen to fall from an
abandoned Belt Line locomotive into
ihe flood; William Heisler. truck
driver, drowned In tho east bottoms;
two men reported drowned at Electric
park; Philip Ware, negro, aged 10
years, drowned; unknown man, body
drifted under “L” bridge. No bodies
have been recovered.
A message to The Times from Kan-
.
sis City, Kans., by way of Leaven¬
worth, at 2 o’clock Monday morning.
was as follows: “Twenty-seven men
were on the Union Pacific bridge,
which spanned the Kansas river, when
it went down, and all of the men were
drowned. It is said that many per¬
sons saw the helpless men drown.”
At Kansas City, ivr.ns., and in the
suburban towns of Armourdale nnd
Argentine and at Harlem and Shef¬
field, Mo., near Kansas City, Mo., an
aggregate of 10,000 persons have been
forced to leave their Pomes and eight
thousand employes of the numerous
packing houses and railroad shops In
the bottoms are out of employment.
Tho situation summarized follows:
Hosts of Homeless.
Kansas—North Topeka, 7.000; near
Emporia, 500; Satina and vicinity,
800; Lawrence, 500; Kansas City,
Armourdale and Argentine, 10,000.
Missouri—Harlem and Sheffield, 700.
Iowa—Des Moines, 6,000; Ottum¬
wa, 200.
Nebraska—Lincoln, 200; Beatrice,
200 .
Financial Losses.
Kansas—North Topeka, $1,000,000;
Lawrence $ 100 , 000 ; Concordia.
$100,000; Abilene and vicinity, $300,-
000; Salina and vicinity, $150,000;
Solomon, Chapman Detroit and Wood¬
bine and intervening country, $400,-
000; Des Moines, $500,000.
STORM STRIKES ATLANTA.
One Death and Three Fires by Light¬
ning—Traffic Badly Blockaded.
One death, three fires, tho disrup¬
tion of the street car system and the
crippling of the telephone, electric
light, telegraph and police signal sys¬
tems. were the more serious results
of the storm, which visited Atlanta,
Ga., Sunday afternoon.
Miss Lula Higgins was struck by
lightning and almost instantly ..illod.
The Georgia Avenue Presoyterian
church was struck in two piacc3 by
lightning and was burned to the
ground.
Two residences, which adjoined the
church, were badly damaged by fire.
Thirty-eight trolley cars of the Geor¬
gia Railway and Electric Company
had their fuses burned out and became
inoperative. Four otners were derail¬
ed by sand and mud being washed
upon the track. The entire system was
disrupted for about two hours.
The electric lighting system of the
Georgia Railway and Electric Com¬
pany was rendered inoperative from
about 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon un¬
til 7 o'clock at. night.
FLOOD SITUATION IN NEBRASKA.
Roads Tied Up, Bridges Carried Away
and Farmers Ask Aid.
A special from Lincoln, Neb., says:
Help was asked Sunday to rescue
farmers imprisoned by the floods.
The Blue river uas gone down two
feet at Beatrice, but arther up, n?ar
Crete, the rise Sunday was suffi-ient
to carry down bridges.
Railroads aro tied up Hundreds
of wagon bridges have been carried
out by the flood In southern Nebraska.
GUAY. JONHS CO. GA.. THURSDAY. JUNE 1. 190.7.
GROVER CHAMPIONS JEWS
Deplores Atrocities of Russians in Ad¬
dress Before Great Mass Meeting
In New York City.
There was a groat and representa¬
tive gathering at Carnegie hall, New
York, Wednesday night, called to pro¬
test against the massacre of Hebrews
at Kishinef. The announcement that
former President Grover Cleveland
would speak, lent additional Interest
to the gathering.
While Mayor How was delivering the
opening address, expressive of the
hope that Russia would give more lib¬
erty to her Jewish subjects, Mr.
Cleveland entered and was greeted
with a tumult of cheers.
William H. Baldwin, Jr., read the
resolutions, which wore received with
great applause and adopted. They de¬
nounced the massacre, urged the claim
of the Jews In Russia to just treatment
and protection, and declared "that the
pcoplo of the United States should ex¬
ercise such Influence with the govern¬
ment of Russia as the ancient and un¬
broken friendship be.ween the two na¬
tions may justify to prevent the recur¬
rence of outbreaks such as have amaz¬
ed the civilized world.”
Mr. Cleveland said, in part:
“I have only a word to say, but 1
W'ish to bo counted among those who
are in hearty sympathy with the pur¬
pose of this meeting. The influences
which have called us together to¬
night grow out of our recognition of
the promptings of Christian civiliza¬
tion, and our dutiful devotion to the
deepest and best of our national char¬
acteristics. This demonstration fur¬
nishes cheering and reassuring evi¬
dence that our American sympathy for
the oppressed and abused wherever
they may be, our American humanity,
our attachment to justice and the right
are still active and unimpaired.
“There is something intensely horri¬
ble in the wholesale murder of unof¬
fending, defenseless men, women and
children, who have been tacitly, If not
expressly, assured of safety under the
protection of professed civilized gov¬
ernment. Such things give rise to a
distressing fear that even the enlight¬
enment. of the twentieth century has
neither destroyed no. - subdued the bar¬
barity of human natme, r.or wholly re¬
deemed the civilized world from ‘man’s
inhumanity to man.’
“We, and "all our countrymen, pro¬
test in the strongest language at. our
command, and with the moral force
which our American citizenship gives
us, against, these murders and out¬
rages, and we insist that swift and
condign punishment ought, to be visit¬
ed upon their barbarous perpetrators.
“I desire to avoid sounding a dis¬
cordant note; but yet I cannot rofrain
from the suggestion that the moral ef¬
fect of our protest and the usefulness
of this demonstration will not be less¬
ened if wo. require indubitable proof
before we accuse the government of
Russia with guilty complicity in the
crimes committed within her borders;
and it seems to me we may well con¬
sider the proper relationship between
nations before wo demand too pro¬
nounced interference on the part of
our own government. I do not say that
the Russian government may not, by
reasons of omission or commission be
justly deserving of our condemnation,
but we should not be swift to assume
this, when we remember that we our¬
selves have found it impossible to pre¬
vent violence and murderous assaults
in Wyoming and on the Italians in
Louisiana.
“In the meantime iet the people of
the United States, gathered together
in such assemblages as this in every
part of the land, fearlessly speak to
the civilized world, protesting against
every pretense of civilization that per¬
mits mediaeval persecution, against ev¬
ery bigoted creed that forbids religious
toleration and freedom of conscience,
and against all enlightenment that ex¬
cuses hatred and cruelty toward any
race of men, and against all spurious
forms of government protection that
withhold from any human beteg the
right to live in safety and toil in
poaco,”
Lowell Mills May Resume.
It was officially announced'Tuesday
that an attempt would bo mado to re-
sumo operations at the cotton mills of
Lowell, Mass., on June 1. The mills
were shut down on Saturday, March
28th.
JETT AND WHITE ARRAIGNED.
Difficulty Experienced In Securing
Jury for Trial of Feudists.
Thomas White and Curtis Jett, who
were indicted on the charge of tho as¬
sassination of James B. Mafcum,
were arraigned at lackson, Ky., Wed¬
nesday morning for trial, but tho case
was passed till Thursday at the re¬
quest of the commonwealth's attorney,
who stated that he believed It. doubt¬
ful even if a jury could be procured in
the remaining three days of tho term,
and that the case would result in a
mistrial if not finished in that timo.
HAYWOOD SEEKS FREEDOM.
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Begun
Before Supreme Court Justices.
The habeas corpus proceedings in
which Ernest Haywood, charged with
the murder of Ludlow Skinner, on Feb
ruary 21, seeks bail, began at Raleigh,
N. C., before Justices of the Supremq
Court Douglas and Walker, Thursday,
A great crowd was p’-esent. Two wit-
nesses were heard, their character
proven and court adjourned till Friday.
MAGHEN
Postoffice Employee Out of
Frying Pan Into the Fire.
RECEIVED BRIBE MONEY
Postmaster General Payne Follows Up
Suspension With a Dismissal
and Then an Order for Im¬
mediate Ai rest.
A Washington special says: By far
tho most sensational development of
tho postoflice investigation up to this
timo occurred Wednesday, when Au¬
gust W. Machen, tho general superin¬
tendent of tho free delivery, was ar¬
rested on a warrant issued upon infor¬
mation of postoffleo inspectors charg¬
ing him with having received “rake-
offs” from contracts made with tho lo¬
cal firm of Groff Bros, for a patent pos¬
tal box fastener. The warrant spoolfl-
cally charges him with having received
$18,981.78 since August 8, 1900. It is
alleged, however, at the department
that this amount, does not represent
all that Machen obtained in connection
with those contracts, It being charged
that ho has prolife 1 ’ey them for sev¬
eral years prior to the date of the first
conlract mentioned. Other arrests are
to follow.
Immediately after Mr. Machen was
taken into custody', tho postmaster
general issued an order removing him
from office. He had been practically
under suspension for a fortnight, pend¬
ing tho investigation into his bureau.
The discovery of Machen’s alloyed In¬
terests in the contracts was made
quite accidentally by tho inspectors
some three weeks ago and since then
their energies have been directed to¬
ward making out t. case, After the
authorities had become convinced that
they wore in possession of the neces¬
sary evidence, Mr. Machen was noti¬
fied to appear at the department Wed¬
nesday morning-.
lie did so and was subjected to a
“sweating” process by tho inspectors
and Mr. Bristow for three hours, but
no admissions that he had profited by
the contracts could be seeth'd from
him. He declined t.r answaf many
questions on Ihe ground that they re¬
lated to his private business, but in¬
sisted to tho end hat he had not ro-
eeived a cent improperly. Neverthe¬
less, he was arrested on the warrant
which had been prepared and taken
before a United Slate commissioner,
where his attorney immediately de-
mand-xl a full hearing. Assistant Jlis-
trirt. Attorney Tnggi.i t, however, was
not ready to proceed with the case
and the hearing was set for June 5.
Mr. Machen gave a $20,000 bond, fur¬
nished by a Philadelphia bonding
company, for his ropoarance, -declin¬
ing to accept the proffer of friends to
go on his bond. After liis release lie
declined to make any statement be¬
yond the single dedaraUnn that the
whole thing was a grand stand play
nnd would come out all right. His at¬
torneys declared that at the proper
time they would g! ow conclusively
that he had boon guilty of no wrong
In connection with the contracts, and
on the contrary, thev would be able
to show that his administration of the
free delivery service had been charac¬
terized by ability and integrity. Tho
department officials claim that their
evidence is conclusive. It is under¬
stood that civil suit vill be entered to
recover from Machen the amount he
is alleged to have received on the con¬
tracts.
HARVEST HANDS WANTED.
Jobs in Kansas Wheat Fields Await
Twenty-Five Thousand Men.
State Employmeit Agent T. B. Ge-
row says Kansas will need at least, 25,-
000 men and 4,000 teams for the wheat
harvest. His estimates aro mado from
reports received from every township
in the state. There ere no Idle men lr.
Kansas, so It will lie nocssary to Im¬
port harvest hands from the neighbor¬
ing states.
There is a great scarcity of horses
and mules in the stat ’. Tills is caused
by tho fact that during the Boer war
thousands of Kansas miniate were pur-
chased by tho British and taken to
Africa.
STEAMSHIP GOES TO BOTTOM.
From Fifteen to Twenty of Her Pas
ser-gers Reported Drowned.
Advices from Antwerp, Belgium,
state that the British steamer Hud¬
dersfield, Captain Hammon, which
sailed from that port Tuesday tor
Grimsby, England, collided with the
Norwegian steamer Uto. The Hud¬
dersfield Is reported to havo foundered.
From fifteen to twenty of her passen¬
gers are *afd t ohave lost their lives.
The crew were saved. The passengers
were mostly seamen returning to Eng¬
land.
MADE PLEA OF NOT GUILTY.
Preliminary Trial of Mrs. McCormick
Takes Place at Memphis.
Mrs. Lizzie McCormick, who was in-
dieted at Memphis Tuesday for mur¬
der in the first degree by the grand
jury, w,i3 arraignel in the criminal
court at Memphis Wednesday. The
woman, through her attorneys, pleaded
not guilty and the case was given its
regular place on tho docket.
FEAR OF FEUDISTS
Calls for Need of More Troops
> n Jackson, Kentucky.
OFFICIALS APPREHENSIVE
Every Precaution Being Token to Pro¬
tect Court, Jury and Witnesses
in Trial of Curtis Jett and
Tom White.
A special from Jackson, Ky., says;
The capture of Tom White and tho re¬
turn of Curtis Jett to Breathitt county
wore the events of Tuesday in the ln-
vestigatlon of the murder of J. B.
Marcum on which chief interest fo-
cussed.
The question of whether mc.ro troops
are needed is agitating the minds of
many. While nothing has occurred to
arouse apprehension, there have been
suggestions that do not make all feel
secure. Tho authorities feel that more
troops are needed, they will he badly
noqded and any emergency will be ab¬
rupt. There is a noil defined belief
that when Jett and White are put on
trial thcro will be a confession and
that a number of prominent men may
he implicated.
It is argued that an army of men
could be quickly gotten together In the
interior of Breathitt county. It could
swoop down on Jackson and, under the
protect of lynching-, secure tho prison¬
ers, possibly kill some one who pos-
BOdded knowledge and apply tho adage,
“that deed men tell no talcs.” It is
true that this would ho a desperate
undertaking, hut desperate things
havo been done in Breathitt county
and this view may not »acm as intem-
perato there as it would seem improb¬
able elsewhere.
At any rate, Mrs. J. B. Marcum, her
friends and a number of citizens are
urging that mere troops ho sent believ¬
ing that tho men now in Jackson scat¬
tered among the various factious could
not cope with a mob of mountain men.
A consultation among officers was held,
but further than ordering another Gat¬
ling gun from Louisville there Is no In¬
dication that reinforcements will ho re¬
quired.
Tom While was arrested at the
home of his mother, eighteen miles
from Jackson, at daylight Tuesday
morning, by a squad ol’ soldiers under
Deputy Sheriff Little, who mado the
arrest. Tho lious-o was surrounded
and Whito was called out. When he
reached the fence the warrant was
read and, accompanied by soldiers, he
returned to tho house and dressed. Tho
party reached .Jackson shortly after
noon and White was l-emandeed to jail.
At the advice of his attorney, Judge
John Noble, he declined to make a
statement.
Jett Put In Irons.
Provisional Sheriff B. J. Little and
twelve soldiers went to Winchester
during the day and the order for Jett
was honored by Judge Benton. He
wp.s placed in Irons and arrived in
Jackson and was committed to jail
ialo in the evening. He employed B.
F. French, of Winchester, as counsel.
An effort will be made by his attorney
to got. a change of venue. If this fails
tyo wrH endeavor to have tho jury sum¬
moned from outside of Breathitt
county.
Tho impression is strong that the
conspirarios which havo culminated In
the sories of assassinations In Breath¬
itt county will be traced to the foun¬
tain head and startling developments
aro expected. Jett is hitter against
tho officiate of Breathitt county, whom
ho claimed as friends and whom he
blames for not coming to his relief. It
is not known what he expects of them,
hut ho is bitterly disappointed. The
jail Is heavily guarded,
large quantity of ammunition.
Judge Rodwlno tesued an order plac¬
ing the jail under military control, and
Jailer Spencer turned over the keys to.
Colonel Williams. Jett and White were
not allowed to converse with one an¬
other and occupied separate colls,
White's attorney was denied the prlvi-
lege of talking with Jett. The tempo-
rary removal of the jailer was simply
to give troops the custody of those ior
whose safety tho militia Is responsible.
BREMERTON TO REFORM.
Town Promises to Close the Saloons to
Please Secretary Moody.
After a conference Thursday of the
special committee of the chamber of
commerce of Seattle, the mayor and
eounoilmen of Bremerton and Com¬
mandant Bleecker, of the rnvy yard,
telegram was sent to Secretary Moody
promising that saloons will be closed,
Tension Increased at Jackson.
The frustration af what the troopu
believe was a plot to rescue or kill
Curtis Jett and Tom White Wednesday
night Increased the tension in Jack-
son, Ky., Thursday.
ANOTHER CYCLONE IN INDIANA.
Wednesday’s Storm Took Three Lives
and Did Enormous Damage.
Tho. state of Indiana was storm-swept
Wednesday. Three lives were lost and
more than $:! ,000,000 demage was done
to property. The worst destruction
was in the gas belt. Six factories at
Kokomo were partially wrecked. Tho
loss in Kokomo is estimated at. $100,-
009.
EIGHT DIE IN WRECK.
Frightful Collision of Freight Trains
on Southern—Alleged that Op¬
erator Was Asleep.
A disastrous head-end collision on
the Bout horn railway early Wednes¬
day morning noar llvyan, 28 miles west
of Birmingham, All., resulted in the
death of three eug'.uoers, four firemen
and one brakeman, the destruction by
tiro of twelve loaded freight cars and
eighty empty cars and great damage
to tho colliding engines. The dead arc
as follows;
Henry Acton, engineer; L. O. Ches¬
ter, engineer; Sam Johnson, engineer;
Roland Madison, colored, fireman; Ot¬
to Wood, fireman; Imve Ingram, col¬
ored, fireman; Bob Hancock, fireman;
J. D. Hill, colored, urakeman.
All were Instantly killed except En¬
gineers Acton and Johnson. They were
removed to Birmingham, Acton dying
on tho way and Johnson dying at the
hospital Wednesday afternoon.
An extra freight Irnin pulled by two
engines oastbound, had just passed
Bryan Btation when freight train No.
7S suddenly loomed up in the darkness
and an awful crash followed. The
cars piled upon the engines and in a
few minutes tho wreckage was in a
blaze. The dead bodies were burned
to a crisp.
Exactly what caused tho wreck Is
unknown, but it is In minted that some
operator on the line was asleep and
failed to deliver his oiders.
ODD FELLOWS ELECT OFFICERS.
John A. Hynds, of Atlanta, Is Now
Grand Master for Georgia.
Tho first day’s session of the grand
lodge of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of tho state of Georgia, was
held In Atlanta Wednesday, and wns
the most notable In the history of the
order In the state.
The features of the day’s session
were the election of officers for tho en¬
suing year, the number of distinguish¬
ed men present, and tho record-break
dig attendance.
Tho officers elected are John A.
Hynds, of Atlanta, past gran-1 Capital
lodge, grand master of tho grand lodge
of Georgia; John W. Pcnnett, of Way-
cross, past grand of the lodgo of that
pla.ee, deputy grand master of tho
grand lodge; T. H. Robinson, past
grand of Gainesville, grand warden;
J. S. Tyson, of Savannah, grand sec¬
retary; Dr. T. A. Cheatham, past grand
of Macon, grand treasurer; R. fit
Daniel, of Griffin, past grand represen¬
tative, grand representative.
TWO ERRING POSTMASTERS.
Postal Trouble in Philippines as Well
as at Washington.
Tho Philippines are having their pos¬
tal scandals as well as Washington.
Two cases were repotted by mail to
tho war department Wednesday. One
is that, of former Postmaster Milne, at
Tacloban, Leyte, who is accused not
only of taking $2,000 current coin of
tho United Slates, hut even the 400-
pound safe which is supposed to have
contained the money.
Postmaster Karel-.en, of Cnlamha,
Luzon, Is also under n'resf. Some time
ago $2,000 disappeared from the mails
between tho hour it left his office and
when It should have reached Manila.
MINES AGAIN BLOCKADED.
Union Ccal Diggers at Coal Creek
Stop All Operations.
Tho Tennessee Coal Company’s
mines at Coal Creek were blockaded
again Wednesday morning by union
miners, and the manager did not un¬
dertake to'operate the mines during
the day.
At Mlnersville and the Coal Crek
Company’s mines a number of men
went to work, about half a force, it Is
understood. The Black Diamond and
the Royal Coal Companies continue
shut down.
Another Postal Scandal Arre3t.
Joseph H. Johns, who is charged
with complicity in the Mlllor-R.yan pos¬
tal scandal, was arrested at Rockville,
Indiana, Monday night. He will bo ar
raigned before United States Commls-
sloner lllgglns.
MAKING WAR ON NEGROES.
Farmers in Dearborn County, Indiana,
Avenging a Murder.
Farmers in Dearborn and adjoining
counties of Indiana, are making a de¬
termined war upon negroes As a result
of the murder of Miss Anna Kaiser.
Many families havo been ordered to
leave and negroes employed by farm¬
ers are being discharged.
Tuesday a committee of farmers,
headed by Martin J. Kaiser, Jr., broth¬
er of tho murdered girl, waited upon
the superintendent of the Big Four
construction work at Guilford and no¬
tified him that, tho negroes employed
by him must leave.
MORE FANATICS SLAIN.
American Troops Knock Out Band of
Obstreperous Filipinos.
A Manila special says: Lieutenant
Javier, commanding a forco of con¬
stabulary and volunteers, has defeated
200 fanatical insurgents in the Island
of Cebu, killing 68 of them and captur¬
ing 29.
The fight occurred in the mountains
near Tabogon. No details have been
received
NO. 28.
ACREACEOFCOTTON
Shows Enormous Increase
Compared With Last Year.
CONDITION FALLS SHORT
Something Llko 224,422 Additional •
Acres Planted This Season, With
Crop from Two to Three
Weeks Late.
Tho New York Journal of Commerce
Issues the results of a careful investi¬
gation of the acreage planted /i cot.,
ton, the condition of the plant and the
progress of farm worn. These results
in brief are:
First, an lncreaso, to be exact, of
eight-tent hse of 1 per cent In the area
under cultivation; second, a deereaso
of 1G.9 points in condition, and, third,
agreement that the season Is two ts
threo weeks late.
In other words, au Increase of 224,-
422 arros is Indicated, while tho crop’s
average condition Is 75, compared with
91.9 reported last year by virtually the
same correspondents.
The returns nro from 1,300 corre¬
spondents whose reports boar average
dato of May 24. North Carolina reports
an Increased area of fi per cent, or 68,-
843 acres; South Carolina, 4 per cent,
or 89,071 acres; Georgia three-tenths
of 1 per cent, or 11,872 acres; Florida,
1 per cent, or 2,G61 at res; Alabama a
decrease of 3 per cent, or 109,769
acres; Mississippi a decrease of 1 per
cent, or 22.701 acre*: Louisiana and
Toxas, no change from last year; Ar¬
kansas, increase of 6 per cent, or 120,-
418 acres; Tennessee, increase of 2
per cent, or 12,150 acres; the Indian
Territory an increase of F per cent, or
83,085 acres.
In condition. North Carolina reports
a decrease of 10 per cent; South Caro¬
lina of 17 per cent; Georgia of 22 per
cent; Florida of 10 per cent; Alabama
of 15 per oent; Mississippi of 9 per
cent; Louisiana, 12 per cent; Texas.
21 per cent; Arkansas, 15 per cent;
Tennessee, 10 per cent, and Indian
Territory, 10 per cert.
EARTHQUAKE HORROR.
Town In Asiatic Turkey Destroyed by
Shocks and Two Thousand Peo¬
ple are Killed.
Advices which reached Constantino¬
ple Thursday from Asiatic Turkey
show that a terrible earthquake occur¬
red April 29 at Melazghard In the vil¬
ayet of Van, 80 miles southeast of Er-
zoroum, on the Euphrates. The town
was totally destroyed, with its entire
population, numbering 2,000 souls, in¬
cluding 700 Armenians, as well as the
troops forming the garrison of Melazg
hard. In addition, over 400 houses in
neighboring villages collapsed.
The foreign office at London has
also received somo details from the
British consul at flrzoroum regarding
the disaster, according to which a
strong shock lasting thirty seconds,
was felt on tho morning of April 29
throughout the entire district between
Lake Van and tho Russian frontier
and as far west as Kharput. The town
of Melazghard, consisting of five hun¬
dred houses, was destroyed and much
havoc was wrought in the surrounding
villages.
Colonel Khalil Bey, commanding the
garrison at Melazghard, with his whole
family, threo other officers and eighty
soldiers perished in the ruins. Lieu¬
tenant Colonel Taylb Bey, whose fam¬
ily perished, became insane.
Tho telegrapn operator who sent the
news of tho catastrophe said he him¬
self wts badly injured, and that his
wife and sister had been killed. Tho
foreign office has appealed for sub¬
scriptions for the relief of the desti¬
tute Mohammedants and Christians of
the Melazghard district.
Five Years for Boodler Hannlgan.
Five years in the penitentiary was.
the verdict rolurnel at St. Louis
Thursday evening by tho Jury in the
bribery case of ,1. J. Hannlgan, a for¬
mer member of Ihe house of delegates,
llannignn was found guilty of accept¬
ing a bribe.
PRESIDENT IN BOISE.
Two Thousand Child "en of Idaho Towrl
Take Part in Welcome.
President Roosevelt's train stayed at
Boise, Idaho, Thursday afternoon lor
two hours on the way to Salt Lake
City. The program arranged for hi'
reception was carried out without I
hitch.
President Roosevelt and parr-
marched through a lane of children at
they approached tho grand stand erect
ed at tho capitol grounds. About 2,00(1
children cheered him lustily and wave-!
flags.
IN A HURRY TO STRIKE.
Twelve Textile Mills in Philadelphia
Forced to Cease Operations.
Although the strike of the textile
workers pf Philadelphia for a fifty-
four-hour week was set for Monday,
the suspension was practically Inau¬
gurated at quitting time Friday night.
During the day the employees of eight
additional mills stopped work before
the closing hour, making twelve mills
already on strike.