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MACON, GA., MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1903
LOSS TO KANSAS
BY THE FLOODS
The Enormous Aggregate—Runs Into Many flillions.
Schedule Showing Damage to Cities—Kansas City,
Kansas, Alone Suffered to the Extent of $8,000,000.
Great Damage Done Crops—Waters Are Now Re
ceding Rapidly and Trains Are Beginning to Hove
Again—Wreckage Being Cleared Away.
KANSAS CITY. June 7.—Kansas has umaller towns although nearly 200 of
Buffered as a remit of the recent the!,e wcre »*«»*«> b >' th « ,
The very lowest estimate of the loss
floods more than any other state. No Jone t0 croJ>i f 8 $5,000,000.
exact figures of the loss sustained can Owing to the lateness of the season
he given, but those who have an Inti- | and the condition of the soil It Is very
mate knowledge of the sections sub
merged and the extent and force of the
flooda have been making estimates and
their conclusions may be considered
fairly reliable. The damage done la
the principal cities and towns Is esti
mated os follows:
250,000
it 500.000
200.000
.. 150.000
.. 15,000
.. 40.G0v
.. 20.000
.. 50,000
.. 10,000
.. 15.000
.. 100,(0}
.. 50,COO
North Topeka
Lawrence
Saline
Manhattan
Warn ego
Bt. Marys
Blue Ilaplds
Clay Centre
Enterprise
Concordia
Junction City .
Solomon I
Abilene
Ellsworth 25,000
Llndsborg 100.000
Hutchinson 100,000
Minneapolis
Emporia
Florence
Lincoln Centre
Atchison
Burlington
Beloit
Argentine 2,000,000
Kansas City, Kan., and sub
urbs 8.000,000
No account has been taken of the
during the season. As a consequence
there will be a great deal of Individual
want and suffering among farmers
upon whom the blow fell heaviest.
STORY OF DISASTER
WAS NOT HALF TOLD
Now Ascertained that the Loss of Mill Property by
the South Carolina Cloud Burst is over $3,500,000
While the Loss of Life may have been over 100====
Railroads Lose Many Bridges^-Large Area of Mill
Region not yet Heard From-="PacoIet Hills will be
Rebuilt at Earliest Possible Date.
Ht’SINESS RESIDING.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.', June 7.—All
day today gangs of men were «♦ **nrk
clearing away the debris of the flood
and there will be quite a general re
sumption In all lines of business to
morrow. The packing plants will start
up in a measure tomorrow and all will
be In full blast before the week ends.
Both the Missouri and the Kaw rivers
have fallen fully three feet during the
past twenty-four hours and have
made U possible for a dozen more rail
roads to make use of the union depot.
The railway situation is greatly* 1m-
W0.000 proved.
MAYOR TO INTERCEDE
100.v00 j will Try to Ilrlnic Contesting I’nc-
tlon© Together.
PHILADELPHIA. June 7.—Mayor
Weaver tomorrow will send a com
munication to the Joint committee c*
textile manufacturers asking them to
have their representatives meet him
for the purpose of trying to arrange
a conference between the employers
nnd employes with a view to ending
the great textile strike.
60.0X)
50.000
150.0(4)
50.000
30,000
CUBA EXTENDING
CONSULAR SERVICE
Appointments llclng Msdr In Mexi
can Cities—Local Residents Named
I or the Places.
MONTEREY. Mex., June 7.—E. De
Coronado, secretary of the Cuban lega
tion nt Mexico City, Is In Monterey to
make arrangements for the establish
ment of a Cuban consulate here. F<»r
three days. he. has been collecting the
nanvt of the Cuban residents of the
city for the purpose of. having them
placed on file at the legation. No con
sular representative will be sent here,
hut one will be selected for the place
from those now living here.
Senor Coronado If authority for the
statement that the Cuban government
Is now preparing to strengthen her
consular service throughout the repub
lic. Until now most of the consular
work of the new republic has been
done by the members of the United
States consular service, merely to give
assistance to Cuba during the forma
tire period of the government.
.What has been done here has al
ready been done, at Vera Crux where
Antonio Tolm# has been named as
consular representative.
NO MORE STUDYING
OF PLAGUE GERMS
CHAMBERLAIN’S PLAN
OF A NEW TARIFF
Telia a Workingman That a Protec
tive Tariff Will Not Italae the Price
of Neceisarlea of Life.
German Government Takes Aetlon
I |,on the Death of a Yoang Physl-
rIan of the Koch Laboratory.
BERLIN. June 7.—In consequence of
the desth from the plague at the Ber
lin hospital of the young Viennese
physician, Dr. Milan Sachs, the gov
ernment has decided to Issue a decree
forbidding further experiments with
plague germs, the risk of spreading In- |
fectlon being considered more
LONDON, June 7.—Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain has written a long letter In
reply to a workingman who drew his at
tention to the denunciation of his propo
sals by the trades union leader*. .Mr.
<'hamberlaln snys h*- attach-© n,* impor
tance to rh-»«- criticism*, b-< a use the
trades union lo.i 1-r* nr* almost nil
strong radical partisans. Mr* Is confident
that In this matter the workingmen will
think for themselves and not be dictated
to by trade union leaders.
Mr. Chamberlain proceeds to say It wltl
bo Impossible to get preferential treat
ment from the colonies without Great
Britain placing some duty on wheat as
well ss on some other articles of food,
because these are the chief articles of
colonial produce.
Whether this will raise the coot of liv
ing Is a matter of opinion, says Mr.
Chamberlain, there is no doubt that In
many esses a duty of this kind will be
patj by the exporter, and U realty de
pends upon the extent of the^competltlon
among the exporting countries. “For In
stance,** ho says, “I think It Is eatab-
| llahed that the duty of one shilling
cently imposed on Imported .wheat wax
| met by a reduction In prices and freight
tes In the United States, and therefore,
s tax did not fall on the consumers
re. Rut even If the prices of food
teed, the rate of wages will certainly
to In greater proportion. This has been
e case both In ^he United States and
LONDON, June «.—Seldom has the
assembling of parliament been look-
I forward to with greater anxiety
nd curiosity than today, when the
anomalous situation will be revealed
| p/ the Liberal opposition defending the
I Conservative trade budget against
I the government, whoee two leading
ministers have practically abandoned
free trade policy. The Irony of the
know 1** Ik
the public health than the : situation la brought home to the gov-
ci!n,4 In itudylMt tho •mintnfi mo,t Inyni mpporten «h.
i\ »m f,mfin<« I ar * beginning to reproach the minis
ters with bad management and to call
lqudly for a revelation of Colonial Sec
retary Chamberlain’s plans.
The conservative Standard complains
that the colonial secretary's letter In
Dr. Sachs caught the plague In Dr.
Ko*h'a bacteriological laboratory ^or
Infectious diseases. The laboratory Is
Isolated and ths most minute precau
tions are taken ft the doors and win
dows to prevent the escape of the
germs. No one Is allowed to approach
or enter the building except the Invet-
VICTOR WILL HAVE
LOUBET AS GUEST
dently planned to coincide- with the
r> .i-sembllng of the house of c-mmons,
1 teks his usual lucidity of style, and
fails to enlighten or assist the country
In deciding a difficult point.
It Is quite certain that the position
looks !#-■»* hopeful for Mr. Chamber
lain’s p’ans since parliament adjourn
ed. While several Influential Conser
vatives have spoken in opposition to
| his w'herr.'*. not a sir g!e minister has
onntry j v
Mr.
appt
quar
the
of all the colonic* approving the prin
ciples of his policy.
The Melbourne corrwpo Brian t, of th-
Times says the statement telegraphed
to England by Alfred Beaktn, the at*
tomey general of the Australian rom-
mon^.-iltli, that the commonwealth
gorer —' “ Al 1
lain
the
and
COLUMBIA, S. C.. June 7,-Though
the great flood of water Is passing on to
the ocean laden with debris of every
description, and the swollen streams
are subsiding In the Piedmont the loss
es of life and property are incrensln*
and a conservative estimate tonight
places the property loss at not less than
53,500.000. The most conservative esti
mate of the dead Is eighty. At Clifton
alone 100 operatives are missing from
the village And all are believed to have
been lost. During today dead bodies
were washed ashore here nnd there and
occasionally a dismembered limb
would float to the bank*.
The State's start correspondent af
ter an all day trip covering by foot,
wagon, boat and horseback the scenes
at Pacolet, Glendale and Clifton, re
ports tonight from Spartanburg tho
following list of dead: *
Four children pf John Owens.
Sam Bwnnlgon and wife.
Miss Fleeta Goars.
Miss Maggie Kirby.
Mr. Hall and eight children.
Mr. Eldren and wife. ,
Robert Finley nnd family and five
boarders, names unknown.
Augustus Calvert, wife and two chil
dren.
Garland Long nnd wife.
Mrs. B. W. Finley.
Marie Sims.
Mrs. F. U. Johnson and four children.
Thr#*- • hlldren of Mrs. Williams.
Mrs. Henderson.
Four bodies* have been recovered;
one Identified as Lhey, one as Maggie
Kirby and one ns Roy Owens. 8. II.
Johnson, reported yesterday as drown
ed after clinging to housetops from
Clifton down to Pacolet, last seen an
he was going over the dam at Pacolet
escaped by catching hold of a tree and
returned today to find his wife and
four children drowned.
This Is said to he only a partial list.
At Converse, 13 dead nra reported and
41 at Clifton 5fo. 2 nlone.
At Clifton Nd. 2, twenty-six homes
were destroyed, 13. at Clifton No. tt
and 20 at Clifton No. 3. *
The loss at Clifton's three mills will
approximate 12.000.000 % At Pacolet the
loss Is near one million dollars. At
Glendale It Is four thousand. The great
est want anlong the survivors Is at
Clifton, wh're 500 are destitute.
At Converse mills, the newest of
Clifton's cluster, the walls were wash-
1 away and the looms left standing.
The engln* bricks were carried three
mills down stream, demolishing the
operatives'* house* on the way.
Reports from the Sennca river, near
10 Georgia line, are better tbnlght.
The Blue RIdgo road between Seneca
1 Anderson is Intact and the Newry
mill Is not badly damaged and will
be running tomorrow.
The railroad situation has given much
uneasiness here and throughout the
state today.
The Southern annulled trains be
tween Columbia and Spartanburg this
morning. 200 feet of the trestle at Shel
ton, below' Union, having been washed
away. Trains between Columbia and
Greenville are coming Into the city
over the Coast Line between Prosper
ity and Columbia. The Seaboard's
trains between Hamlet and Atlanta
have b*en coming by Columbia and
using the Coast Line's bridge and track
beyond to Clifton. The Southern***
trains between Charlotte and Atlan
ta are being operated via Columbia and
Augusta. Supt. P. I. Welles reports
that only one bridge has been lost—tho
or.e over Lawson's Fork, near Pacolet,
but there are trestles down.
The Columbia. Newberry and Lau
rens (or Toast Line) trestle two miles
west of the city, affords the only exit
from Columbia to the Piedmont coun
try and It Is apj.-irently a frail structure
a rr.i e and a half in length wit
within 48 hours If the Coast Line trestle
holds out until morning.
Thousands of people thronged the-
banks of the Congnree here all day and
nnd even tonight, watching the swollen
stream which receives the waters of tho
Pacolet, the Tygcr. the Broad and the
Salyda. Bales of cotton were rescued
they floated down—men going out
In boats arid dragging them In. All the
tolls on the bridge between Columbia
and New Brookland were given to the
flood sufferers and thousands In this
wny contributed while contributions
were taken In the churches.
war department to tho sufferers by tho
disastrous floods in South Carolina yes
terday. An appeal to Secretory Boot
from tho local authorities resulted In
orders being given to Gen. Chaffee,
commanding the department of the
east, to this effect. He will authorize
nn officer to proceed north from At
lanta with sufficient supplies to re
lleve Immediate necessities, ns wn
done In the ense of the sufferers by
the Gainesville, Go., catastrophe.
ESTIMATE AT SPARTANBURG.
SPARTANBURG, June 7.—The latest
reports tonight are that approximately
Ilfty-flve personH were drowned yester
day In tho floods nt Pacolet and Clif
ton. No list of dond 1h yet available
here, but It Is supposed that most of
the dead were mill operatives. The
bodies of four unidentified white people
wen* t.ik' n from (he river below Clif
ton today. An estimate,' regarded ns
conservative, of .the hiss to the cotton
mills In this county Is $3,000,000.
A mass meeting of citizens was held
here today nnd $3,500 was subscribed
for the relief of the flood sufferers.
Many generous offers of nsslstnnco
have also been telegraphed from other
cities.
Congressman Johnson left todny for
Washington to see Hccretary of War
Root with tho' purpose of securing fed
eral aid If possible. The congressman
was forced to walk to Cowpens In or
der to hoard a northbound train. No
train has reached or left here since
tin* disaster yesterday morning. Al
most every bridge In the county Is
swept nwry.
THE PROPERTY DAMAGED.
CHARLOTTE. June ".-Today’s de
velopments In the devastated mill set
tlements at Pacolet and Clifton, on the
Pacolet river. In South Carolina, do
not lessen the horrors of the situation
there , although It is believed that tho
loss of life will not exceed fifty people.
The destruction of property by tho
flood was far-reaching and even yet a
number of mill points where It, la
feared damage has been dono cannot
be heard from on account of the pros
tration of telephone and telegraph
wires. The town of Union, H. 0., Is
today totally Isolated. Tho Lockhart
mills, located below Pacolet, for who« *
safety fears bad been exprossod.-ls but
slightly damaged. At h o'c lock this
morning a 200-foot section of the* South
ern Railway bridge over Broad rfvor,
between Spartanburg ond Columbia,
gavo way, stopping traffic between
those points. Tho Southern's bridges
at Lawson's Fork, Middle Tiger and
Enoree river are gone, and several
bridges that still stand arc unsafe.
Following Is a summary of the finm-
ng»* to cotton mills.
J’acolet No. 1 and Pacolet No. 2, to
tally de stroyed; Pacolet No 3. .badly
damaged. These mills operated 00,000
spindles nnd 2,200 looms.
Clifton No. 3 mill, at Converse, 51,000
spindles, totally destroyed.
Dexter mills, 20,500 spindles, half de
stroyed,
Clifton mills, 27,000 spindles, half de
stroyed.
Glendale mills, badly damaged.
Iv,. .,’. f war-hour- totally destroyed
3.500 bales of cotton and 4,000 bales o
yarn swept down stream.
At Pacolet. a Presbyterian church, ft
hotel nnd a number of mill cottages
were entirely effaced.
The property damage t* in the neigh
borhood of half a million dollars.
The mayor of Charlotte today Issued
en official call for relief nnd the execu
tive board of rhe American Cotton
Fplnners' Association will meet tomor
row to raise funds. About $ r >00 h is al
ready been raised here by private sub
scription.
IN. T1IE TIGER DISTRICT.
CHARLOTTE. N. C., June ".-So far
Information of any kind has been heard
from th© Tuckapow, Enoreo and other
mills In the Tiger river district. Three
Tiger rivers cross tho Southern railway
track between Spnrtanburg nnd Green
ville, and three bridges are gone and all
wires down.* It Is feared that much
dnmngo has been dono to tho mills In that
territory. An Observer reporter, who
reached Clifton todny says sixty peo-
wero drowned' there ond twelve at
Pacolet, though only four bodies lmvo
been recovered.
SCORES OF LIVES
ARE LOST AT SEA
Collision of Two Passenger Vessels in the Mediter
ranean—Two Hundred were Aboard and It Is
Thought One Half Have Perished—Ship Founders
in Seventeen Hinutes—Vessels Rush to the Rescue
and Do Heroic Work—Was Fouled by a Sister
Ship and Her Forepart Stove In.
MILLS WILL HE nEHUILT.
CHARLOTT8, N. C., June 7.—Seth Mll-
llkon, Now York anlog ngont of tho Pt-
co!et mill*, telegraph* to the Obsofvor
that the Pacolet mllla will bo rebuilt nnd
operations resumed at au early a dato as
possible.
GAINESVILLE
IS SYMPATHETIC
Her People Subscribe $500 for the
Month Cnrol I no Flood Sufferer©
llow People Woriihlpprd.
h <-.>• • •*'. tt*-
St 1
rising more
id-si
earn.
Mil b« repaired
A MIGHTY CLOUDBURST.
CHARLOTTE. June 7.—The flood wan
due to a mighty cloudburst along the
headwaters of th* Pacolet river. In
Pott county, this itaU*. Th«» crest of
the flood, when it reached Pacolet, was
rlxy f**et high The mills were Jocateu
g the bank* of the stream In a deep
valley, high hills rising on either aid-*,
and caught the full force of the flood.
Mill men conversant with the situa
tion »ay that thj* destroyed properties
will be rebuilt on the former sites, nnd
will probably be In partial or complete
operation again within twelve month*.
The Glendale mill probably will be in
rhape to resume work within Blxtv
ders.
THE WAGING r7»NGARKF.
COLUMBIA June ©.-The Conga re*
river at 1 o’>! k this momlnri Is nt
27.5 feet. Now rising at the rate of 2.5 I
Inches an hour, whir - ** j fi *
hn hour at 0 o'drug
This is 12H* feet
GAINESVILLE, On., Juno 7—Though
In dire distress Gainesville todny rain
ed a sum amounting to over $500 for the
sufferers by floor at Pacolet nnd othor
points In South Carolina and tomorrow
a check for th© amount will be for
warded to th© proper authorities for
their relief. It Is expected that the
sum will amount to $1,000 or more. At
the churches today nearly $500 was con
tributed to the fund nnd th© .other was
raised among the citizens outside..
At the churches in Gainesville this
morning speclnl services were held, th©
theme of the sermons being the su
premacy of God. The congregations
wero not large, os the relief work con
tinues nnd a majority of the citizens
wero engnged In this outside work.
Those congregations whose houses were
destroyed worshipped In the churches
remaining, selecting nn hour later than
the regular time for their services. This
order will he continued until new
churches ore erected.
Contributions have continued to com*
In today, nnd tho doors of the relief
associations have not been closed In
order to receive the supplies, and to
Issue rations to the needy.
Gainesville has been the mecca for
visitors. Since sunrise thousands of
visitors liavo arrived on every train
coming Into tho city, and these have
visited the entire territory covered by
the tornado. People living In the coun
try for many miles surrounding came
by private conveyance nnd the woods
have been Ailed with teams from eve
ry quarter.
The electric company has pressed all
of Its cars Into service and each has
been packed to Its utmost capacity.
No deathH nre reported nt the hos
pitals up to tonight, though one will
likely occur, Teeile WrstnYorelnnd, nt
New Holland, before morning.
Calhoun Austin of West Point was
thrown from an electric .car by the
break of a trolley wire nt the Southern
depot at 6 o’clo'k this afternoon and his
right leg was broken. He was remov-
to the city hospital nnd Is resting easy
tonight. Ills Injuries ore not serious,
One or two others were shocked by the
live wire.
MARSEILLES, June 7.—A terrible
shipping disaster occurred a little dis
tance from this port at noon today,
when two passenger steamers, the' In-
sulnlre and the Llban, both belonging
to the Frnissenet Steamship Company,
of Marseilles, came Into collision. The
Llban sank nnd over one hundred of
her passengers and crew perished.
The steamer Llban left Marseilles
this morning on her regular passenger
trip to Bnstia, Corsica, nnd was run
down anil sunk by tho Inaulalre off
the Mnlre Islands. The collision was
witnessed from tho pilot bont Blechnmp
which was about two miles distant.
Tho Blechamp Immediately repaired
to the spot to render assistance. The
force of the collision had cut a great
hole In the Lilian's side and she wns
already making water rapidly. Her
captain saw the only chnnce was to
run the steamer aground nnd the Ll-
bnn was headed full speed for the
shore, but within seventeen minutes of
tho collision nnd while still In deep wa-
the forepart of tho steamer plung
ed beneath the waves and a few min
utes lqter she had entirely disap
peared.
In the meantime tho Blechnmp, the
steamer Balknn, nlso belonging to the
Frnissenet Company, and other vessels
had drawn nenr tho sinking ship and
wero making desperate efforts to res
cue those on board. The Blechamp
picked up forty persons, many of
whom were nt the point of exhaus
tion. The Balkan rescued thirty-
seven passengers, nnd up to the pres
ent It Is known that in addition to tho
passengers seventeen of the crew were
also saved.
Officers of the steamer Balkan 1 de
scribe the Si.eno just, before tho Llban
disappeared ns a terrible one. As th
vessel was sinking she \\’»h Inclined
to such an angle that her masts
struck the water, causing an eddy
which made the work of rescue most
difficult. A mass of human being--*
were clinging to tho foundering vi
and uttered despairing cries ns
went down. At the aamo time
hollers exploded. Increasing the hor
ror. For a few mlnutcp tho victims
were seen struggling In the sea, then
the waves closed over them and all
wns silent. Of about two hundred pas- '
sengera who were aboard the Llban,
It Is feared that at least half were
drowned.
The Balkan launched three boats and
tho other vessels did all possible to
wive the victims In the short time that
elapsed between the time of the col
lision and the sinking of the Libert
Up to five o'clock this pfternoon thir
ty bodies had been recovered.
The French steamer Llbnn wns &
three masted schooner rigged vessel.
98 feet long anil 2308 tonnage gross.
Shs was built at Glasgow in 1882.
MARSEILLES, June 7.—The list of
ip passengers on board the Llbnn hna
at yet been Issued, the offices of tho
reissonet Company being closed, but
It Is believed that over 240 embarked
this port. It Is stated that the col
lision was duo to the following cir
cumstances: The Llbnn wns puttlpg nut
sea Just as the steamer Insulnlre was
■iking for the harbor. Mnlre Island,
which lies off the entrance to the port,
hhl the vessels from each other until It
was *00 late to avoid a collision.
One of the survivors, a passenger,
gives the following details of the dls-
iis*‘ r:
“The weather was splendid when we
steamed out of Mnlre Lslnnd harbor
and the passengers were below nt the
table when the shrieking whistles gave
the alarm. On coming on deck I saw
tin* Insulnlre approaching us at full
speed. The captain gave several or
ders, hnl no attempt, apparently, wns
made to change the steamer’s course.
Some of the passengers reproached th©
captain for his negligence In this mat
ter. When the Insulnlre crashed Into
us a great panic prevailed on board.
"Attempts wero made to lower the
boats, hut only one boat, got away,
and in that l and a few others escaped
to the Blechamp. As the vessel sank,
how first, passengers took refuge on the
after deck, which wns covered by nn
awning. This, ns the Llban. foundered,
became n cage In which tho passengers
were caught nnd drugged down be
neath tho waters.’*
Many of the rescued were badly In
jured In the colltalon. The Inaulalre
suet.alned considerable damage to hor
bo\ys, but managed to reach port aafe-
ly. Tltua far only four bodle* have
been Identified.
CASSINI MUST SHOW
MINISTER CONGER
—
American Minister to Chinn Want*
to Know It the Ilu**lnn Actually
questioned Accuracy of Former’s
htntement*.
TEKIN, June 7.—United States Min
ister Conger has telegraphed to Secre
tary Hay suggesting nn Inquiry Into
the authenticity of the published in
terview with the Rtisslnn ambassador,
Count Cassini, In which the latter wn©
reported to have denied the correct
or Mr. Conger’s statement of the
Russian demands on Chinn, naif to
ive expressed surprls* that Minister
>nger should act on unreliable ru
mors.
Conger's Information was the
rlglnal letter that the Russian charge
d'affaires nt Pekin, M. Pfoncon, sent
th© Chinese foreign office, contaln-
the Russian demands.
OCILL.
OCILLA. June 7.-
nfght the pastor of the
at Ocllla asked for
Gainesville’s suffering
vlll be given by the
moo.
-On Wednesd
Baptist church
a donation tc
eople and at
once $25 was rais'd, which was car
ried up to $33 45 early next morning
nnd a subscription was asked from the
people next morning by Dr. J. C. Luke,
which run the amount up to $72.0.8,
whldi was sent at once, nnd the En
sign Arkamp Company sent 128. mak
ing from Ocllla a total of $100.00.
ALBANY, SI on MORE.
ALBANY, June 7. Another hundred
dollars has been raised by Albany f<
the relief of the Gainesville sufferers
This city's charity Is proverbial, at
difficulty was experienced by 1
at the head of th** r*-l!.-f work,
money being subs' rlbed In I
amounts In a very short while.
AMKItHTA, *400.
AMERICUH, Ga.. Jun** T.-CIt
of America© raise,] an adlltlonal |2*)0
yesterday for the Gainesville suffer era,
making a total of $(0u subs .r:bed, be
TULLOCH’S REPLY
TO THE CHARGES
An Open Letter to Postmast
er-General Payne.
NOTHING Tp RETRACT
I’mliti In (he Accusation© R© Mad*
OrlKlnnlly himI Maintain* That R©«.
non nr© Mode by Departoicnt Arm
Kvsalv* »nd Do Not Moot Ihim
Which lie Hal©ed — Mubmlta New
HuifftcMtlon© ■■ to Irregularities.
TURKS DESTROY
A BULGARIAN BAND
Hattie© Are Recoining Frequent ami
Saltiin’© Troop© Are Kept Busy.
HALO NIC A. June 7.—A band of Bul
garian revolutionists was destroyed by
Turkish troops on Saturday at Urn
this city. Fifteen Bulgarli
killed. ’ Another Insurgent band
Is .reported to have been annihilated
he railway line near Rlstovatz,
In, after elx hours' fight. Kurpilh*
Is expressed that tlie band was able
> approach so near the town.
The Insurgents on la t Wednesday
killed ten Greek villagers while the
Litter were In church at Belevo, near
Mon&stlr.
POLAND CATHOLHS
Mny Now llerolvr lfi«trnctlon In flic
Polish l.anguiiKc.
PETERSBURG, June 7.- Thu
, in an autograph letter, author-
Instruction In the Cntholl- r©ll-
to be given i n the Polish la li
re In all middle *lasi c hOols In Po»
be given In the UusrUn tongue.
KREF. FROM THE PI.AGI E.
LIMA, Peru, June 7 The supr©>r
board of health has dec lared th- po
of Callao free from bubonic plague.
■WASHINGTON, June 7.-Ex-Cashisr
Tulloch of the Washington postoffice
today made public a letter to Post
master General Payne, replying to the
reHpoimes made to the latter to charge©
fil'd by Mr. Tulloch. A large purt of
the letter Is devoted to a personal de
fense of the writer of the counter
charges made against him by Post
master Merritt.
Mr. Tulloch'© letter then continues:
"In closing may I state that It has
not been shown to the contrary in any
of tlu; replica you have published, that
Irregular payments were made from
local fund© Instead of by tho proper
dlHburalng officer of the department;
that an attempt w’as made to cause all
employes to bond under a singles blan
ket bond with some favored company;
that the regulations of the depart
ment were violated In forcing a letter
box, In which prominent officials were
raid to be Interested upon the public,
even to the unauthorized use of the
postmaster's authority and against hla
protest; that payments were directed
for articles not delivered; that per
sons were paid two and three salaries
and performed little or no aervlce,
that a physician was Illegally appoint
ed whose position was a sinecure—I
have been told that a six hundred dol
lar operating table was purchased for
private use, and charged to the de
partment as postal furniture; that
promotions were suggested upon a
rovlso of division with high official*
1 the department; that persons were
ppolnted from whom no service was
equlred upon a complimentary roll;
hat arrears In I'orto Rico were not
fully recovered; that useless Junkets
w • re frequent to Porto Rico and Cuba;
that persons paid from the military,
postal service had their, salaries con
tinued for months after ceasing all ser
vice; and that salaries were also con
tinued after service had ceased to take
up Irregular expenses.’*
this city h-'M alsi
• to tender her *• rv
one of the !o .»! phy
well if hi* nrw-:i
THE Al ©Till AN DERBY.
VIENNA, June 7.—Berevoelgy, owned
by M. Blaskovltz, a wealthy Hunga
rian, with the American Jockey, Char
lie Vaiiguson. In the saddle, won tho
Austrian Derby of one thousand krotn
today. Berevoelgy wus a favorite In
1 the betting.