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MACON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1903
DAILY—,7 A Y»A* A
BALFOUR SAVES
HIS MINISTRY
In an Eloquent But Adroit Speech, Without Pledging
Himself to the New Protective Policy, He Makes
It Unnecessary for Colonial Secretary Chamber-
lain to Resign—The Question a Fiscal One and
Above Party—Conditions Are Not the Same as
Fifty Years Ago—Refers to Gladstone’s “ Opj
Mind” Justifying His Own Course.
LONDON, June 10. —By a dextrous , tariff walls against the United Klng-
and extraordinary speech. Premier Bal- j dom; the growth of trusts, and the de-
four tonight temporarily smoothed over 8,re °* colonies fo> closer fiscal
,he dlfterencei ,« th. c.Wn.t I
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain of any This non-committal speech and ftp-
neceMity of resigning, and for a mo- | peal, made with all the eloquence and
ment averted ft crista Which threat-, magnetism which Mr. Balfour wields
FLOOD SWEEPS OVER
CITY OF EAST ST. LOUIS
Heroic Efforts of the People to Save the Fated Town
by Trying to Hold the Levees Against the Fierce
Waters Prove in Vain—People Had Become Callous
to Alarms'and Many Were Caught in Their Homes
and Drowned—The Property Loss Beyond Calcula
tion—Many Factories That Can be Located Only by
Their Roofs and Smoke Stacks.
ened the Unionist party. This, Mr.
Balfour accomplished without commit
ting the government either to protec
tion or free trade, though the effect ot
his speech will generally be taken to
mean that the tariff issue la to be solved
for the present. Henry Chaplin's
amendment, which gave rise to the
most interesting debate of the present
parliament, was defeated by the over
whelming majority of 536 votes, com
posed of Unionists, Liberals and Irish
member*. The minority who support
ed Mr. Chaplin's amendment were al
most all followers of the government,
while many others of the Conservative
party abstained from voting.
It was 10:50 o'clock tonight when
Premier Balfour sprang to his feet to
reply to the taunts of the opposition
and appeals from his own party.
For two days the house of commons
has rung with echoes of discussions
within the cabinet and dissatisfaction
without. The premier was loudly
cheered. He had scarcely commenced
to deal with Mr. Chaplin’s amendment
before he was Interrupted by a hurri
cane of applause and Ironical cheers at
the entry of Mr. Chamberlain, who had
been absent hitherto throughout tho
evening. The colonial secretary
dropped Into hla accustomed place. The
houso was now packed with peers,
members of the house and spectators
It had not been since the days of
home rule, and they waited and listened
in tense anticipation.
In a whimsical vein, Mr. Balfour ex
plained that the only reason that the
i tax waa put on was because the
government wanted money, and the
only reason it was taken off was
<e the government wanted moriby no
longer. Reverting to the chargei
illation made against him. the pre-
r took on a tone of unusual vehem-
«. He declared Shit he himself,
though n believer In free trad* (which
ement met with loud applause) did
not regard it as a fetish and he had
absolutely an open mind regarding the
necessity for any alterations In a sys
tem which was founded to suit condl
tlons of fifty years ago. He refused
not only to make a statement of any
finality upon such an important ques
tlon, but he refused to compel bis col
leagues to conform to a standard
opinion upon which* he himself had
open mind. He admitted that dlff>
ences of opinion existed within the
cabinet, but these were not serious
enough to cause the resignation of any
member. •
Mr. Balfour made an impassioned
I plea, enforced by the precedents of
tlon in Mr, Gladstone's ministries, for
allowing the premier to retain an
mind upon a question so difficult and
so superior to all party Issues. Tho
[speaker did not believe that the coun
[try would ever return to the old pro
tectlre system and no tax on food wn
ever Imposed without the full assent
[of the working classes. They
[confronted, however, continues the
mlor, by three great phenomena—huge
so successfully, for an open mind not
only in the cabinet, but in the Unionist
party, brought a salvo of cheers.
Throughout, Mr. Chamberlain sat be
side the leader of the house, beaming
with satisfaction.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, tho
Liberal leader, briefly replied, appeal
ing for an opportunity lor the house
to more fully discuss the issue raised.
The members of tho house trooped
Into the lobby to vote against Henry
haplWs amendment, the general com
ment being "Balfour has saved Cham
berlain." j
The colonial secretary, himself Jubi
lant, said: "Our friend the enemy is
on plussed this time.”
That the Interest In the political sit-,
nation had been enhanced by the dra
matic developments yesterday was fully
evidenced today by the remarkable ani
mation and alertness of everybody In
and about the houses of parliament
when the time approached for the re
sumption of the debate In the house of
commons on the amendment of Henry
Chaplin (Conservative) to the budget
bill.
The answers to the questions not re
ferring to the great problem of the day
passed almost unnoticed, so keen was
the anxiety to get to the all-absorbing
topic.
The debate was resumed by MaJ.
Seeley (Conservative), who ns mcon?
4 free trader, rejoiced In the re
peal of the grain tax.
Sir Charles Dllke (Advanced Radical)
contended that the house had the right
to demand an opportunity for pro
nouncing Judgment on this Important
fiscal question. There was enormous
exaggeration In 1 the statement that it
foolish for this' country to main
tain a policy differing from that of the
rest of the world. While the United
States and Germany were reaping much
prosperity under protection Great Brit
ain's foreign exports at the present mo
ment were equal to the combined ex
ports of,the United States, Germany
and France, which, considering the
normoua expansion of the population
if the United States, was a truly sur
prising thing. Tb«'speaker dsntefl that
protectionist countries were butting
out Off at Britain from the markets cf
the world.
H. II. Asquith (Advanced Liberal,
formerly home secretary), who fol
lowed. declared that the reason for the
abandonment of the grain tax remained
an "unsolved and Inscrutable mystery.'
Mr. Chamberlain had told the publlo
that the tax did not fall on the con-
«u»v r If fh it v ■.«!■<> It- r**n- !
a "magnificent display of international
attachment.” aa it practically meant
that great Britain was making a pres
ent to tha United MMh vf WJHM
which the tax brought In.
Sir Edward Grey (Liberal) character
ized the situation as Intolerable. Mr
Chamberlain’s suggested inquiry into
the'subject was merely another name
for a crusade. Having raised
Issue, the government was not entitled
to hang It up. Preference with the col
onies wau an Irretrievably dangerous
step.
ST. LOUIS, June 10. — Almost two-
tbirds of the territory of East St.
Louis, Ill., is under from two to fifteen
feet of water. Between sunset last
night and dawn today eleven lives were
icrlflced to the waters, and damage
hlch no man today attempted to estl-
iate, has heen done to the property.
Probably never before In the history
of the country has a more valiant fight
been made by brave men, with defeat
staring them in the face, to protect tho
livys and property than haB been made
by the citizens of East St. Louis. When
the rising Mississippi river begai\ to
threaten the city last Thursday morn
ing, Mayor Silas Cook ordered men to
work to" construct sanding levees at
once. The river rose higher and moro
men were employed. Citizens of every
class worked side by side. Since
Thursday morning, B.000 men, under
the leadership of Mayor Cook, without
sleep, with little rest and food snatched
at intervals, have toiled unceasingly
to strengthen levees, and to do every
thing possible to save the city. Not a
wheel of industry Is turning In East
St. Louis. The smokeless chimneys ot
manufacturing plants stand lifeless,
while the flood whirls at the founda
tions.
The vast rallroAd yards are outlined
by hundreds of half submerged cars,
and here and there stand locomtlvcs.
only half visible.
Hugo grain elevators stand surroun
ded by a veritable sea.
To the south, beyond the railway
yards. are thousands of homes, mainly
humble Collages own'd by the labor
ers and containing their all, submerged
to the eaves.
In northern East Bt. Louis tho de
scription Is repe’nted. but not on such
a large scale.
The business portion of the city and
the district containing the better resi
dences is still Intact, "but for how
j., n ^" • |m th** question tonight. Broad
way* running from Ends bridge enst of
the city limits, a wide street walled
with stone fifteen feet high, divides the
city in halves. More than ten feet of
water Is pressing ngalnst Broadway
from the south, and In some places Is
seeping through In streams ns thick ns
a man’s body. If Broadway shall break
the water will rush over mucH of rtic
city until Missouri avenue, running
parallel one block north. Is encountered
Along the river front to th© west, ft
levee of sandbags from twd to six fe*t
high and six miles long, keeps the river
out.
ed more than 25«> persons, and althousn Denver Side, a suburb of Eaijt St.
boats found many people In Louis, was completely Inundated, and
BANK GUTTED
BY PRESIDENT
T. J. Cornwall of Bessemer
Savings Swipes $280,000
HAS FLED THE COUNTRY
Left Letter Saying There Waa Noth
ing for Him to Do Rut 'to Wander
on the Face of the Kartli or He
roine a Convict In the Stale Mlnea.**
Money Belonged to Merchants,
Miner* and Rolling Mill Employes,
Exonerates Other officers.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., June 10.—With
President T. J. Cornwall in part* un-
tnown and sh* rt nearly 1280,000, tho
Ba
k fci
strongest Institutions in th<
will close its doors
l-iver tomorrow morning.
President Cornwall left thr
ining the shortage,
ed to the public, he
In
a convict In the state mlnea.’*
The shortage waa not discovered qft-
tll this morning, when President Barr
of fhe First National Bank of Birming
ham presented cheeks for $800 at tha
window of the Bessemer bank and
stated that.the bank had refused pay
ment on them. The officers were sur
prised and an investigation followed,
showing the ahortsge.
President Cornwall left Sunday and
stated that he was going to Walker
county to dispose of some land and get
some money. He has not b-en seen
since.
The shortage will not affect the Blr-
mIngham banks, as they all have tak
en their paper out. The Bank Of Com
merce of Bessemer has made arrange
ments to borrow all the money they
r.cei In case of a run.
tl Is understood that a great part of
the money was In the deposits of mer
chants and miners, together with em
ployes of the rolling mills, furnaces
and industrial plants of Bessemer. Th
city of Bessemer will lose $17,000.
The bank will probably not be abl
to make a payment of more than
very email percentage on its deposit)
The bank‘was organized in 1891, wit
a capital stock of $100,000 and had d«
i of the ba
$260,000.
ALLEGED SAFK IIOilIIKM
commit sul-
that he had 1
Arrest of M«n < hnrged With II rank
ing Ticket Ofllrr In IIIrm 1 ngtia Mi.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Jun*- 10—The
arrest of John Bibb, waa *ff • t-I this
Afternoon. Bibb is wanted in Blr-
Wlthout warning, the river suddenly
began to rise. The city was made safe
along the river front, but suddenly a
danger menaced. Word WAA re
ceived that the Illinois Central em
bankment skirting the river along the
southern boundary of the city was
threatening to give way. Couriers were
sent on horseback and afoot to shout
warnings to the Inhabitants of the
southern half of the city. Carloads of
ndbags were rushed to the plnr*», and |
work was hurriedly begun. Accustomed j
to warnings, the inhabitants did not I
leave their homes. Higher and higher
rose the water until a thin stream be-
gan pouring over the embankment, and | Into*! fn
suddenly it broke.
Thomas Middleton, a volunteer In
charge of a gang of men who were
working at the point where th** em
bankment gave way, gave a description
of the break to th© Associated Pr«ss
He said:
break oreurred at 11:40 o’clock
last night. My gang was hard at work
with the others. Th© water was pour
ing over the top of the embankment in
a sheet, even after all our work. Sud
denly, with a roar, a Jet of water shot
through the embankment almost at my
feet I was carried away, but soon
pulled myself out of the water. One o!
the loborers standing by my side was
swept away, and 1 saw him drown, in
an Instant the water had cut a section
of the embankment out, and the stream
twenty-five fort wide, was rushing
through. I saw another section of the
embankment, go out a ftwr moments
later and then that portions between th r *
two torrents went down, and the river
poured through In all its fury. I be
lieve many men, especially negroes,
were drowned. I know that several
negroes, worn out, had been permitted
to nap. and they were lying asleep
right In the path of the flood. They
certaily were drowned.”
Middleton escaped by running along
the embankment back to the city.
The alarm spread like wildfire and
whistles were blown, bells rung, shots
fir**d and rrie* of warning sounded, but
with all this pandemonium, the mapor*
Ity of the aroused innabltants did not
second stories and on house tops there
pre rows upon rows of cottages that
early this morning did not show* a sign
of life. There I* « grave fenr that many
bodies of dead will be found In the
flooded cottages nnd in this section of
the city. It has been practically Im
possible to learn of uuthentlo deaths,
but from the most v* liable sources It ib
believed eleven person* trere drowned
last night, four of them perishing on
the north' side early In the evening, as
follows: • •
John Koollsh and threo children,
drowned on north side.
Unknown baby.
E. II. Sherwood.
Lawrence Day.
Two unknown women.
One unknown man.
One unknown colored laborer.
It was currently reported today that
seven negroes, caught in the act of
looting houses last night, were shot to
death. While this l* not confirmed, It
Is known that there was heavy firing
on the north side early last night
where these negroes are said to havo
been killed.
The deaths of John Koollsh, a Polish
carpenter, and his three children, two
boys aged 6 and 7 respectively, nnd A
girl of 12 years, were caused by trying
to save three kegs of beer. Tho bodies
were recovered today.
As fast n« scows could be secured
they were launched and voluntei rs
started on rescue mission*. A com
pany of naval reserves from Alton,
which had rawed to th. . dy yvt.-i-
day, rendered splendid errlce In res
cue duty. Rescuers l • gan work ns
soon ns it was light enough to see and
continued their work far Into the night.
Word was sent out gen* rally
boats nnd the govert; 1 :ut jespoudeil
through United {Rates District Attor
ney Dyer In St. I<ouls, who Issued an
order to confiscate temporarily all tho
boats seen in and around Bt. Louis, re
gardless of ownership and rush them
to East 8t. Louie. The Ht. Louis, fire
d“* a'Uincnt lit once tendered Its Iiom*
and coal wagons and the boats were
brought t<* tie- «!• .** I ued city. Volun
teer oarsmen promptly manned every
boat furnished nnd soon scores of craft
were rescuing flood sufferers.
The first boat loads contained refu
gees nnd furniture.
This order was Issued peremptorily:
"If any mort furniture Is brought it
will be thrown into tho water. If u
man'thinks more Of his furniture than
he duos of his neighbor* he must loso
the furniture."
When boats were rowed alongside
homes where the occupants were ma
rooned In second stories and*on roofs
In the great majority of cases tho oc
cupants could not be Induced to leave.
They said that to leave meant that
their belongings would be left to tho
mercy of river thieves and they would
remain and stand guard. Htrangoly,
the women were those most unwilling
to be rescued, although some of them
were In terror. They were assured
that a thorough boat patrol would be
cHtahllHhe.l With mi-.H to kill river
thieves on sight nnd finally the unwill
ing householders were persuaded to
go to land. Aa wives entered boats
that were too full to carry husbands
or children and were sent ahead they
wept and clasped each Other In abject
fear that some.further calamity might
separate them forever.
At the landings weeping women were
the boats and throughout
the cay scores of boats rescued hun
dreds of refugees.
In the eastern extremity of the city
at Washington Place and Rock Bo;
on a vacant area on high ground two
hundred tents were utilized jn erecting
camp refuge nnd a commissary was
established from the Broadway land
ings to Camp Refuge. Th** flood suf
ferers were transported in wagons.
Each family was given a tent. The
city hall, churches, s> hool hull Mims
nnd other structures were thrown open
mil temporarily turned into relief s'.i-
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
ITS GREAT RESULTS
GRAPHICALLY AND ELOQUENTLY TOLD BY PROF. W. L. POTKAT OF
WAKE FOREST COLLEGE IN HIS ADDRESS AT MERCER—HUMANITY
ELEVATED AND nnOI'GIIT NEARER TO GOD THROUGH ITS UPLIFT
ING INFLUENCE-ALUMNI REUNION AND BANQUET LAST NIGHT A
MEMORABLE FEATURE OF lUO.'I COMMENCEMENT — OLD AND YOUNG
ALUMNI HAD AN ENJOYABLE TIME.
let C'i-krill, he
nothing l»-fi for him to do but *
C«r on th*? fut^ of the earth, orb'
I th«* Louisville
I fi e several .
laken wa* $7,
ashv
elr ho!
Vlthln an hour the houses stood In
ter that reached to tYi* roofs of tb©
r--story rotmg**. It f* known that
mbers of people fled t 0 the Central
tel, a four-story brick structure, and
the large brick buildings of tb©
ashlngton and Franklin high schools,
me of these buildings today contain-
Attorney T. E. Dempcy who has
harge of Camp Refuge said tonight:
‘We must have food. East Ht. I<ouls
h cut off from sour of supply nnd
what sh<* had has been largely drawn
upon during the past wrek. Largo
amounts of too 1 were destroy. 1 by th *
ater last night, and w<* are in nc- d
' additional food to core for the »<uf-
ferlng people. The viaduct is unsafe
and wagons cannot reach Ht. Louis.
Railroad traffic Is cut off nnd the situ-
Food must be s ure l In some manner,
people already In distress will suf-
today Alta SJtn, further to the east,
waa half flooded. If the river should
rlso even a llttlo moro the water must
swamp Alta Slta.
News of tho inundation excited the
peoplo of St. Louis early today. Ru-
of many donths started thousands
of sightseers across Eads bridge. But
tho authorities prepared to turn bnck
an influx of curious people. At both
ends of the bridge ropes were stretched
nnd police were stationed with orders
to allow no Ingress Into the city of
spectators, who would only hinder the
work of rescue. East St. Louis was
practically shut off from the world.
Even refugees who wanted to go to
St. Ixuils were stopped, nnd unless they
could show that they were sure of be
ing taken caro of by friends they were
turned back to the relief offered by
the city.
Newspaper photogrophers nnd per
sons with small cameras were dealt
with unceremoniously.
Guns were given to gunrds by the
mayor today to patrol tho street where
furniture la stacked nnd to patrol the
anndbng levees. Any thieves or possi
ble leveo cutters nre to bo shot down
Instantly. Martini law has not heen
proclaimed officially, but East St. Iioul*
Is practically being governed under
such a condition during the flood and
thcro Is no place for tnscrupulous per-
A few hours before the break In tho
levee early today Ned Roberts, a negro
employed ns a levee builder, was killed
by members of the levee patrol for
tempting to tear down a portion of
the dyke. Ilia act was caused by anger
net allowed to draw
hla p i y at one*.
When the break occurred warnings
ere first sent through tho Dexter ad
dition by messengers, who discharged
flrenrms, blow horns and shouted the
news of the flood arrival. Lights
gleamed In housos whero the occupants
lmd retired In confidence that the em
bankments would hold, Persons scant
ily attired emerged from their hornet
nnd In a few moments tho whole popu
lation of the low district, six miles In
area, were fleeing to higher ground.
As the noise of the approaching flood
wns heard, the flight, at first a rapid
retreat with more semblance of order,
assumed a panic stage. All efforts to
assure tho Inhabitants that -there was
sufficient time to escape unless a gnp
was washed through the embankment,
failed to convince them nnd most of
them fled without any effort to save
property.
Messengers were sent to the main
portion of the city telling of the dnn-
ger from the new point of attack, and
the greatest excitement prevailed. As
tho bottoms filled nnd the river gained
a larger entrance, tho terror of th*
business section of tho city grew in
tense. It wns all the greater because
of the darkness and the fear that while
guard was maintained In one direction
the torrent would break through at an
other point nnd engulf the luckless in
habitants between two floods, By tho
thousands they began to desert their
homes and run vainly up nnd down
the streets seeking a place of succor.
Hundreds of families from the choic
est residence portions of the city <ar-
rylng trunks, grips, bundles of cloth
ing nnd valuables began to cross Ends
bridge toward Ht. Louis. Most of the
refugees were scantily clad. Strong
men carried aged women in their atim,
Harefooted children were In the pro*
cession which continued steadily over
the br.dge. Hundreds of Other* sought
protection in th*- second story of the
public library building. As the water
1 m-'roach'd about many dashed through
the shallow overflow to find a more
I secure refuge.
While general alarms were given the
police with shouts nnd pistols, there
was no time to call at every hou««* in
th* thickly aetled district and It Is be
lieved many families In one-story cot-
awoke only to find it Is Irnpos-
At 11 o’clock yesterday a huge au
dience assembled at Mercer chapel to
hear the literary address of Professor
W. L. Potent of Wake Forest college,
North Carolina,
He had been heralded In advance ns
an eloquent and able speaker—ns a pro
found scholar—and tho anticipation of
his audience was raised to the highest
pitch. Nor was It disappointed. From
the beginning to the end he commanded
the closest attention, nnd at times, as
ho made a telling point, he was greeted
with applause.
Ex-Governor W. J. Northen, In tho
absence of Professor Pollock, presided.
The exercises opened with a rendi
tion by Quttcnbcrger’B orchestra, which
was greeted with applause.
Governor Northen said that four of
the class of 1853 were living, and thn v
of them, Including himself, were pres
ent, nnd he would call on one ot them,
Dr. Kilpatrick, to lead in prayer.
When Dr. Kilpatrick had concluded
his feeling invocation, Governor Nor
then said It wns a pleasure for hitn
to introduce Dr. J. L. White, who In
turn would Introduce the speaker of
tho day.
Dr. White, responding, said he re
gretted that Dr. Spalding,who had been
selected to Introduce the speaker, wns
unable to bo present. He said if ho
had been given sufficient notice he
would have Improved the opportunity to
say something appropriate to the occa
sion. "However,” he said, “It remains
to me to say that you will be addressed
by a distinguished scholar nnd speaker
—a learned teacher, who has won mer
ited hot)or nnd recognition. I have the
honor and pleasure of Introducing Dr.
W. L. Potent of Wake Forest college,
who will now address you.”
Dr. Potent, responding to the Intro
duction, said In a prefatory way that
Macon nnd Mercer had been known by
him before his coming, by tho many fa
vorable reports, and It waa a gratlft
cation to him to learn that the reports
were Justified.
In bis first remarks upon his sub
ject he discussed th*’ proposition of
“Hclcnco nnd Life." He said: "The
first ncademy of which we have a rec
ord was established In Naples In 1560,
under the presidency of UnptUte Porta,
nnd boro the nurrje ‘Academia
lion botWC)
he absolve
solved his
Naturae.’ It arose out of meetings
lentlllc friends in Porta's house,
who called themselves with gay Irony,
'Otlos.' The name ncademy wns a sus
picions one. It suggested magic nnd
bluclc «rls. The suggestion was conta
gious nnd spr« nd northward to Uotuc.
The popo sent for Porta.”
lie made, the speaker said, a dlstlnc-
n Porta and his academy:
tho president,' but dis-
endomy.
Roger Bacon, Uunjay ni d other In
quirers, who laid the foundation of En
glish science at Oxford, were, tho
speaker said, objects of suspicion. Hnp-
plly, however, no one In ttyelr day nn-
tlcjpsttd the dissolution of Italian, En
glish or American scientific associations
by either civil or ecclesiastical author
ity.
Continuing, the speaker nsked if It
tt'as quite certain, “even In this scien
tific period, that there nre no survi
vals of the early 111 repute of science,
when It was lighting Its way Into re
spectability.”
“And does not science,” the speaker
paid, "even yet, sometimes meet that
troublesome and difficult opponent a
blind nnd Immoderate zeal for religion,
which Bacon found In every nge from
the Greeks downward "
The speaker contended that, “what
ever vindication of this popular atti
tude may have been supplied by the
ofacular airs, the cloistral seclusion or
materialism of Individual rren of wl-
en-o, it is In reality without founda-
Dlsc
sing.
ivhot
speaker said many droll Ideas still ex
isted ns to Its character, but the sci
entific Investigator Is not a profiteer
of leg Tdermnln, on the contrary s'd-
ence demands of her votaries no mys
tical nor magic powers. She has rear-
ture In this latter day, whit h
Is the very shelter, and’dwelling of our
life, nnd the time has come to recog
nize her nnd feel at home In her gra-
lovis presence.
The speaker said It wn*» Impossible
o draw a sharp line between common
knowledge and s-ientlfh knowledge.
science Is ordinary
knowledge advanced to the state of
J completeness. In reality
f science Is the method of
Bible to
ape.
As nlgnt drew on another fear con
fronted th* Inhabitants. The water
that had steadily been pouring through
the Broadway embankment was be.
lieved to b** undermnling tha* bulwark
and It l u declare 1 that the street could
not withstand the pressure without
giving way before long.
The belief that the river was rising
was confirmed by the st. Louis gov
ernment gauge tonight. The gauge
register'd 37.95, a ri*»- of .15.of a foot
In twenty-four hours. No attempt is
made to explain this rise ex ept that
the wind Is forcing water from the
lowlands Into the chancels of the Mi*-
slsslppi at. l Missouri rivers and swell
ing the torrent whi h passes Ht. Louia.
It is estimated that 10/00 Inhabitants
ar<* riffi" f«*d by lb- district already
flooded nnd that 600 to 600 an* Imme
diately In danger from rising flood.
The police pressed Into ir*rvlce all
who were seen loitering about nnd
these men were set to work building
flat boats nnd rafts and assisting in
handling the skiffs already In service.
RICHMOND,
preme conclave
business In e
from committer
:»P IIKl’TAftOPIffl.
'a., Jun<* 10— The su-
of Heptnsophs began
most today. Reports
received showed the
order to be In fin'* condition and grow
ing satisfactorily. Nomination* for offt
cers were made and the election will
take place tomorrow morning.
A delegation from the uniform i
of Baltimore which arrived h^r*"* a
norm headed n parade of the delegate*
this afternoon and the governor
viewed the- body and mad- a brief
dress.
SWEDISH PRINTK TO C OME
STOCKHOLM, June 10.—Prince (
tave, crown prince of Sweden
he method
nmmnn sen
Com r aril) t
plied with
the nixie
icteenth c-
e were Juj
■venty-flve
H' lentlfic n
ceding year
s of the nt
id given to
constltutlo
ury
ntury
Ified In pitting the
years In th' ip or V
hievements with all
of
abllshment of evnlu
of embryology,” , 'th , •
it Dm of «
lighting.
trldty to communl
rhlnery, therapeutics, and che
search," "the railway and st.
"gag Illumination nnd match*:
toe rahpy, “the phonograph.'
thetlc*,” “ant'septlc surgery," "the
germ theory of ill sens* and sanitation,”
"the Roetengen and Becquerel mys."
Ail these achievements were the re
sult of Innumerable observations and
verifications. Th»*y represent and re
ward years of toll and waiting on a
widely scattered army of seif-devoted
"In all Its struggle out of savagery,"
said the sp-aker. "humanity presents
no finer spectacle, than In scaling th-
summit* of nineteenth century sci
ence."
“The ignorant detractor,” he said*
"may hiss depravity and materialism!
till tho stars die out of the sky and to*
tho end this brlliant page of Its history*
will protest In every line that human
nature Is not all mud so long ns such,
consecration to a lofty Ideal remain*
possible to It."
ild It was inevitable that such a;
great ^expansion of knowledge should
species of shock to human life,
thrilling It from its central deeps to Its
thinnest edge. It waa revolutionary.
It gave a new expression to the face cf
nature, nnd physical nnd rational life
cars a new aspect and complexion.
Discussing science nnd physical well .
being, the speaker said the aim of sci
ence Is to discover the rational order
of the universe. He said that sclent o
had wrought more change In the con
ditions of life, than wns witnessed Iri
a thousand previous years. It had
raised the standard of comfort, till wo
arc said to be sixteen times more com
fortable than our parents m 1850.
"But,” sold the speaker, "of what
value after all 1» the ministry of sci
ence to life. If It exhaust Itrelf upon
externals? Does, science boar gifts to
business, ami stand with empty hands'
before culture?"
He said: "The apparatus nnd meth
ods of culture of one perloi and race
differ more or less widely from other
periods nnd races."
Speaking of the tools of education
nnd the art of using them, he said:
"We shall have tn own to some disap
pointment of the hopes of scleme; fop
old problems e lucatlonal methods re
main, nnd there Is yet a distressing
waste of raw nmtrrlnl and time In tho
educational process.” x
"Little children,” he said, "would
se rn to have much occnslon to be
thankful for the special Provldenc®
which not only watches over them,*
but somehow educates them In spite of
their teachers.”
He said the scientific study of the
child, though Just begun, had thrown
light on its normal Interests and devel
oping needs, nnd materially changed
itional theory and practice for th®
belter.
ture In the exponent an<l
standard of culture. It Is one of tlv>
chief expressions of life. In a period
whose Intellectual Interests He pre
vailingly In the body of sclentlfio
knowledge, when science Is the support
nnd comfort QX_the humblest life, an
well ns the basis of all thought, it is
natural to look for the rise of a dis
tinctively* scientific literature, and it
bus come In enormous volume. There
Is. besides, a deep tinge of SclenM Ihf
the highest forms of contemporary lit
erature. ns In Tennyson and Browning,
while the problems of sociology, psy
chology nnd heredity often supply the
motif of popular fiction.
"Now, the first contact, I use here
the thought order whore of course tha
time order cannot he followed; the first
contact of the new knowledge with lit
em Hire awakened a sort of fenr that
the poetry of life would he rudely dealt
with by the man of science, who comeg
upon th** stage with the show nnd clnt-
ti*r of Instruments, a pigeon-hole for
every sentiment and a physical test for
every phenomenon of the soul. There
was a positive revulsion at 'the demon
strable fact’ of science, which seemed
to Krntn nnd Buskin, for example, to
break Imagination's wings, nnd to de
stroy the beauty of the world by dts-
secting It. Amici foresaw s literature
'as different as possible from Greek
nrf. giving us nlgehra Instead of life,
the formula Instead of th«* Image, tho
exhalations of the crucible Instead of
the divine madness of Apollo.’
"Then come confusion and pessimism
«t sight of ‘nature red In tonlh nnd claw
with ravine.' nnd the deep tragedy of
llf<* palpitating In the grasp of Inex
orable lav.. It often shadows the brow
of Tennyson and Is the characterlstc
note of Matthew Arnold and ‘the scorn
ful yet terrified’ Byron. The oomplet®
surrender to the scientific Impression
I- seen In the naturalism of Zoln. and
Thomas Hardy, who frankly accept nnd
utilize the new knowledge, turning it
Into the bricks and mud of realism.
That cult embodied a truth which gave
It vogue, nnd though now decadent and
passing. It has taught thp valuable les
son of exactness of observation and of
Interest In the average man. Somewhat
remains to he done In getting rid of Its
legacy of coarseness of language nnd
situation. After It follows the trans
figuration of nature, such as one find*
In Hlchnrd Jeffries, George Macdonald
and Watts-Dunton. The final stage oi
adjustment and response Is reached
wheq genius awakes to the new mate
rial which science lays at Its feet, and
Is kindled Into triumphant faith ami
optimism by the wide vision of evolu
tion. This Is precisely the distinction
of Robert Browning.
"It Is intefostlug to observe that thl*
Issue was divined by Wordsworth’s In
fallible Insight before the development
which I hav«* sketched begun, tn th*--
preface of the ’Lyrical Ballads* (1800)
he wro(e: ‘Poetry Is the breath and
finer spirit of all knowledge; it I* th*
Impassioned expression which is In th*
countenance of all science. If the la
bors of men of science should ever
create any material revolution, direct
or Indirect, In our condition and in th*
Impressions which we habitually re
ceive. the poet will sleep then no mors
than at present; he wlft be ready to
follow the steps of the man of science,
carrying sensation Into the midst ot
the objects of the science itself.”
"Against such high authority and
the testimony of recent literary his
tory, the question Is still asked, care
poetry survive In the cold white light
of science? With mystery gone, by ■
the decree of science of science. *ril%
not imagination, which is the real poet*
the? It may be replied that It is !
no means clear that the wholei
t^ystery Is dissipated
progress of science. When the
jueiv.h chemist said, Th* word ttgi