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As Result of Raging Floods in
Vicinity of Fort Worth.
Property Loss Cannot as Yet Be Esti
mated, as Hundreds of Buildings,
Stock and Sheep Were Destroyed.
Fort Worth, Texas.—Seven people
are known to be dead, 5,000 are home
less, a dozen or more are reported to
have been killed 1n Fort Worth and
North Fort Worth as a result of the
greatest rise in the history of the
Trinity river waich, beginning at 7:30
Saturday evening, reached a climax
at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. TFive
of the deaths occurred Sunday and two
Saturday night.
Following ‘the torrential raing of
Saturday and Sunday a volume of sevy
en inches, the river went three inches
@bove the record-breaking flocd of
1889.
Stock valued at many thousands of
dollars, including 2,500 sheep, penned
up in the stock yards in North Fort
Worth, was washed down stream and
destroyed. The property loss cannot
be estimated as yet,
The paralysis of railroad services is
almost total. The Interurban has dis
continued service between Fort Worth,
was washed down stream and will be re
stored by tomorrow morning. The
IRock Island made no effort to operate
trains, neither did the Fort Worth and
Denver. The 'Frisco detoured, in fact,
not a road escaped more or less dam
age, o
Row boats from Handley, White City
and Lake Ccmo hauled to the scene of
overflow on street cars, wagons and in
patrol wagons, figured prominently in
the work of rescue.
A woman, -a child and three men
represent the known victims of the
flood. The dead body of the woman
floated past the foot of East Fourth
street about daylight Sunday and cre
ated a panic among negro refugees.
A megro child was washed from its
mother’s arms in the Rock Island
yards and has nct been seen since, An
unkgown white man was drowned one
quarter of a mile from the Long
Bridge. His coat, containing a note
©of farewell, wag found lodged in a tree
top. A negro attempting to pilot two
men in a buggy through deep water
opposite City Park gate, was thrown
from his horses and his body has not
been recovered. A German in North
Fort Worth was caught in the swift
water and drowned.
Many persons are missing and the
Dolice authorities believe this only the
beginning. of a long list of deaths in
the flood. Not until the water haz re
<ceded will it be possible to tell the
exact loss in life and property.
Not a vestige of the big - wagon
bridge over the Trinity, near the steel
foundry, was visible at 5 o’clock this
morning. doors, girders and abutments
‘were swept down stream and for a
time threatened the lives of thousands
of sightseers congregated .an the City
Park bridge and apprcaches, 7
Relief camps hava already been es
tablished by Manager Green, of the
Bureau of United Charities. Mayor W,
D. Harris of Fort Worth issued a proc
lamation ' calling upon the fortunate
citizens to help the homeless,
WILL BE SENSATIONAL TRIAL,
Arraignment of Mae Wood for Perjury
Slated for Early Date.
“New York, N. Y.—Another chapter
in one of. the most remarkable legal
actions that has been heard in the
New York courts in a long time will
probably begin shortly when the
charges of perjury against Maa2 C,
Wood, the fcrmer newspaper woman
and lawyer of Omaha, who sued United
States Senator Themas C. Platt for di
vorce, will be laid befora a grand jury.
Unusual public interest has centeraed
in the Wood-Platt case, chiefly on ac
count of the prominence of the aged
senator. Few men ars more ~-widely
known than the veteran ex-leader of
the republican party in this states
‘With the infirmities of age heavy upon
him, the senator was compelled to sub
mit to the ordeal of the witness stand
and the sliarp cross-examination of
opposing counsel.
HEBREWS TO TRANSLATE BIBLE.
important Work To Be Undertaken
By Jewish Publication Society,
Philadelphia, Pa.—The Jewish Pub
lication society of America, at its
twentieth annual meeting held hare
Sunday, made the announcement that
arrangements have been made for the
translation of the Bible. This is re
garded as one of the most important
works ever undertaken by the society.
WAR ON RACE TRACK GAMBLING
To Be Vigorously Pushed by Governor
and Louisiana Legislature.
New Orleans, La.—Final plans have
been made for the fight which is to be
conducted against race track gambling
in Louisiana. The leaders in the
movement met following Governor
Sanders’ anncuncement that ne was
opposed to wagering on horse races.
A bill, which provides for the elimina
tion of gambling of all kinds.in con
nection with horse racing, will prob
ably be presented In the Louisiana
lexfislature within the next ten days.
Its effect will be to do away entirely
with the several months of racing
which have for many years marked
the winter season in New Orleans.
STEEL TRUST STANDS PAT.
Refuses to Cut Prices in Face of Gen
eral Depression,
New York, N. Y.—The leaders of
the iron and steel industry who, under
the guidance of E. H. Gary, chairman
of the United States Steel Corpora
tlon, have-maintained an unbroken
front in ?he face of the depression in
the steel slump, refusing to cut prices,
held their final dinner of the season
at the Waldorf Astoria behind closed
doors. ;
WOULD REVISE CONSTITUTION -
Or Abolish It Altogether Is Suggestion
| of College Professor.
Chicago, Ill.—A revolutionary revis
ion of, or even the abolition of, the
constitution of the United Stats, was
‘advocated by Professor Charles Zueb
lin of the University of Chicago in
an address delivered at the annual
banquet of the Psi Upsilon Alumni As-
Scciation of the Northwest, Friday
night.
~_Professer Zueblin spoke on the
“Fundamental Fallacy of Our Govera
ment.” He ijllustrated hig theory with
critfcisms of American political condi
tions. Next to the foolishness of our
institutions, he viewed with disgust
‘the lack of intelligence of the elector
ate. In fact, he declared that the av.
€rage Swiss herdsman is “thousands
of feet above the average American
college graduate or business man
political intelligence.”
“We have a habit of proudly apply
ing to ourselves a phrase about ‘gov
eérnment of the people, for the people,
by the people,’ " gaid the speaker. “We
really think '‘this applies to us, We
think that we elect our presidents, but
we do not.”
PEACHES IN PLENTY FOR GOTHAM.
New York Expects Price to Be Lower
This Season Than in Years.
New York, N. Y—New Yark City
Will have a larger supply of peaches
this summer than it has had in a doz
en years, and the consequence will be
lower prices for the consumer,
Reports from nearly all of the
southern peach orchards are favorable
for both a large and a fine Crop, news
from the Georgia raisers being particu
larly favorable.
The same generable favorable report
comes from all of the peach-raising
sections, including the orchards in
the mnorth. There has been a strong
advance in growth in all the orchards
heard from with heavy foliage condi
tions, with a promise of protection
against every danger, excepting exces
sive moisture.
UNVEILING OF SOUTHERN CROSS
Will Be Feature of Confederate Me
morial Day at Arlington Cemetery .
Washington, D. C.—The representa
tives from all Southern societies in
Washington have discussed plans for
Confederate memorial day at Arling
ton June 7. The unveiling of the
Southern ecrogs will be an imposing
ceremony, to be participated in by
eighty young women, to be chosen
from Southern families resident in
Washington. Governor Glenn of North
Carolina and Representative Thetus W.
Sims of Tennessee will be asked to
make addresses.
MRS. EDDY’S SON IN JAIL.
George Washington Glover Has Night
Escapade in Deadwood.
Deadwood, S. D.—George Washing
ton Glover, son of Mrs. Baker G. Ed
dy, came info town from Leadville last
evening to see Deadwood by night. An
hour later a policeman told him to re
move his fractious horse to a livery
barn. Glover insisted that this was
not hig wishes, an altercation arose,
and the officer placed him under ar.
rest. Glover spent the remainder of
the night in the jail;
' GREAT FAMINE IN AFRICA.
Over Forty Thousand Deaths Report
l ed in One Province of Uganda.
| Mombasa, British East Africa=—More
|than 40.000 deaths have resulted from
:the severe famine prevailing in the
| Usoga province of Uganda.
| The government is feeding 50,000 of
(the natives. Crops are a complete
| failure and there is prospect of much
isufiering during the next few months.
- TEN-MILLION DOLLAR MORTGAGE
] e ———— s .
| Filed to Carry Out Plans of Big De
‘ velopment Company in Alabama.
| Tuscaloosa, Ala.—With the placing
son record here of a mortgage for
1510,000,000 by the Birmingham and
!'Gu]r Navigation company to the Car
{negie Trust company cf New York,
rrecords the first actual step of the
|company towards putting its gigantic
plans in execution as proposed by the
Tidewater Development company, -
FLAG DESECRATION NOW ILLEGAL,
| e ——
EBiII to Prevent Such Occurrence
| Passed by the Senate.
Washington, D. C.—The senate has
| passed a bill to prevent the desecra
|tion of the flag ‘of the United Statos
lwith ah amendment providing that its
| restrictions shall not apply to banners
or flags carried by military or patri
iotic organizations authorized by law.
| NEWSY PARAGRAPIS
. The democratic territorial conven
ition which met in Honolulu selected
‘delegates to the national convention
at Denver and instructed them for W,
JJ. Bryan,
; Both the senate and house passed
over the president’s veto the bill ex
|tending the tlme for the construction
lof a dam across Rainey river, Minneo
!sota.
’ The government hag filed a petition
against the New York, New Haven
land Hartford Rallroad Company and
i others charging the existence of a com
|bination in restraint of trade and a
lmonopoly within the meaning of sec
(tions 1 and 2 of the Sherman anti
ltrust act.
A new bridge under construction on
the Harlem branch of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad at
IBaychester, was wrecked by dynamite
IThursday. Strikers are suspected,
Dr. Seymour Oppenheimer of New
| York, vice commodore of the Motor
| Boat club of America, has entered his
?power yacht, the Mao 11, in the New
| York to Bermuda race. ‘
The Chinese of Hawail have inaug
{urated an educational campaign in an
| effort to modify popular opinion with
| reference to the admission of Chinege
{ immigrants to Hawalii,
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‘Measure Goes by the Board to
~ Await December Session.
sAnd When Senate was Confronted by
t Deadlock it Agreed to Drop Provision
from Postal Bill.
Washington.—For the second time
@hin twenty-four hours the house
Saturday, following a discussion of two
[hours, rejected the mail subsidy pro
vision for ocean steamships. Previous
ly similar action was taken with re
spect to the senate amendment to the
'postoffice appropriation bill reducing
the number of days upon which weigh
!ings of mail are to be conducted, with
‘the result that the postoffice bill for
‘the third time was sent back to con
it‘erence, all other features of the bill
being agreed to b unanimous con:
{ sent. *
As soon as the action of the house
'was announced in the senate, Senator
|Penrose moved to recede from the re
maining senate amendments and dis
charge the conferees. The motion was
carried»and the congressional work on
the bill thus completed. The effect is
to leave the mail subsidy provision out
of the bill, and thug effectually dis
pose of it for the present session.
ADMIRAL EVANS AT WHITE HOUSE.
President is Anxious to Have “Fight
ing Bob” Made Vice-Admiral.
Washington, D. C.—President Roose
velt is making a strong effort to have
IRear Admiral Evans made a vice ad
'miral in the United States navy. Ad
‘miral Evans drove to the white house
Friday to pay his respects to the pres
ident. The latter was enthusiastie in
his praise for the successful manner
in which Admiral Evans had conduct
ed the cruise around the Horn and the
naval officer was beaming with smiles
as he struggled along on crutches to
his carriage.
- APhey thught they were going to
Ecarry me home a dummy,” he said,
“But I fooled them, lam feeling fair
1y well now.”
Asked as to the prospects of his be
ing created a vice admiral in the navy,
Admiral Evang said:
“The president has very kindly said
that he desires very much to have me
appointed a vice admiral, but that mat
ter, of course, rests with the gentle
‘men at the other end of the avenue.”
- BiG AIRSHIP EXPLODES. '
Sixteen Men Aboard Are Dropped 300
: Feet to the Earth. : ;
Oakland, Cal.—A mammoth airship,
on its trial in Berkeley Saturday,
rose 300 feet from the earth, in view
of 10,000 spectators, tilted, burst and
dropped to the ground with its crew
of sixteen men, every cne of whom
was injured. . With the poss,lble'exc”en;a
tion of one, all will recover, Several
were severely hurt, while none were
cut and bruised.
L. C. Rogers, engineer, whose right
leg was fractured, and who was injur
ed internally, may die.
The accident was spectacular. A
great concourse of men, women and
children from Berkeley and Oakland
had gathered around' a field wherein
the great airship had been filled with
\ illuminating gas.
- ON SUBJECT OF “JAPAN
Luke Wright Makes Address Before
t Tennessee Bar Association,
Nashville, Tenn.—General Luke E.
Wright of Tennessee, former governor
of the Philippines, addressed the
State Bar Association on ‘“Japan.”
Generai Wright prefaced his remarks
I‘by saying that he had inteaded speax
ing on the same subject seclected by
]Secretary Taft, but as e did not agree
| with the secretary on the Pllippine
question, he had selected another,
Secretary Taft was made an honor
ary member of the Tennessee Bar Ag
sociation,
ALLEGED FORGER MEETS DEATH.
Resisted Arrest, Shot at Detective and
is Killed by the Latter.
Bristol, Tenn.—Relatives here have
been advised that Filmer Greer, 35
years of age, a fugitive, wanted at
Mcuntain City, Tenn., charged with ob
taining a large sum of money under
false pretense, was shot and killed by
a detective in New Mexico, The de
tective sought a reward of S4OO offered
for Greer. Greer shot and wounded
the detective before he received hig
fatal wound.
I WIDOWS T 0 BE INVITED,
jßelScts of Gray Heroes Wanted as
Guests of Birmingham Reunion.
i Birmingham, Ala.—General Fred
iFerguson, of the committee on invita
tion, has issued a request that the
inames of widows of confederate sol
diers be sent in, in order that invita
ltions can be Issued to them to attend
%the confederate reunion which will be
‘held June 9-11. General Ferguson an
‘nounces that the widows will be inform
‘ed that they will find an open house
for them and that every attention will
'be given them.
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| CLOUDBURST PLAYS HAVOE,
'Railroad Tracks Washed Away * and
. Farm Property Greatly Damaged
| Fort Worth, Texas.—Dispatches re
ceived from Wichita Falls, one hun
‘dred miles north of hére, on the Den
' ver railroad, report a cloudburst in
| that section Saturday night, washing
away railroad tracks and damaging
farm property.
| A freight train is reported in a creek
| ten miles from Wichita Falls, and four
'ipersons are reported drowned,
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PLATT'S NEMESIS JAILED,
Mze Wood Loses Her Divorce Suit
- Against Aged Senator.
New York, N. Y.—Mae C. Wood,
whose suit for ap absolute divorce
from United States Senator Thomas C.
Platt of New York has been on trial
in the supreme court for several days,
was committéd to the Tombs prison
late. Thursday after Justice O'Gorman
had dismissed the complaint in her ac
tion, and ordered her held in $5,000
bail on a charge of perjury,
The decigion in Senator Platt's favor
and the sudden and sensational end of
the suit came after a day which the
defense occupied largely with the in
troduction of expert and other testi
mony attacking tie authenticity of the
documents by which the plaintiff was
seeking to establish her alleged mar
riage to Senator Platt. Miss Wood was
recalled to the stand in rebuttal. She
was asked if, after hearing the testi
mony about the marriage certificate,
she still reiterated that the defendant
gave her the certificate as she previ
ously testified.
-1 still reiterate it,” she replied.
Justice O’Gorman turned to Miss
Wood and pointadly questioned her.
She repeated her assertion that the
marriage occurred as she had stated.
She admitted that Senator Platt never
supported her, and when the court
asked her if she did not consider it
the duty of a Husband to support his
wife, she replied: o
“I do, but as long as he was not
enough of a gentleman to do so, I
never asked him to.”
Senator Platt’s counsel then moved
for a dismissal of the complaint, It
was forthwith granted by Justice
O’Gormon, who, in rendering his de
cision, said:
“I cannot credit the plaintiff's evi
dence as to the alleged marriage and
the testimony as it impresses the court
is that this is a most wicked design
to support a false and fictitious claim
by forgery and perjury.”
Forthwith Justice O’Gorman ordered
Miss' Wood committed to the Tombs
on the charge of perjury, fixing her
bail at $5,000.
She was obviously staggerad by the
sudden turn of affairs, and the shock
caused by the order of arrest which
the court made.
DISASTROUS CRASH OF TROLLEYS.
Three Persons Killed, Five Fatally
- Hurt and Forty-Five Injured.
Philadelphia, Pa.—Three persons
were instantly killed and at least
five others were so badly injured that
there is no hope for their recovery,
‘and forty-five were seriously hurt in a
collision between trolley cars on Ger
‘mantown avenue, near Chestnut Hill,
a suburb of the city late Sunday night.
Forty-five persons were taken to the
Chestnut Hill and Germantown hos
pitals, each of which is several miles
| from the scene of the accident.
: ii‘fhe accident was caused by a car
running north jumping the track while
going down a steep grade not far from
Chestnut Hill. The car swung across
the south bound track and was struck
by a car on that track.
" TLONG STRIKE AT AN END,
{ Kentucky Union Miners Adopt Scheme
to Get Rid of Non-Union Men.
Nashville, Tenn—The strike of
{union miners in the non-union Ken-
Itueky counties of Hopkins, Union,
Webster and Christian, which was
called on Jan. 1, has been declared off
aud the announcement was made that
no further supplies would he given the
idle miners and their families. This
announcement wasg made at a meet
{ing of union men held at St. Charles
jand the men were offerad union cards®
for the purpose of seeking wark in
fields that are unicnized,
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. GOVERNOR FOLK AXD SALOONISTS
Wil Fight it Out Regarding New Sun.
! day Clesing Law.
| St, Louis, Mo.—The galoon keepers
are preparing for a fight with Gover
|nor Folk, who threatens to fasten the
|lid on the outside districts as securely
{as in BSt. Louis. The saloon keepers
{say if an attempt is made to: close
ttheir places Sunday they will resort
|to ‘extreme measures. Folk declares
{he will use every power to ciose tie
{ places,
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. UNDER CHARGE OF UXCRCIDF
iAlabama Man is Held in Jail—Wife
| _Bied of Arsenical Poisoning.
| Gadsden, Ala—J. G. Albright of
| Walnut Grove is in jail here charged
kwith responsibility for the death of
{hig wife ten days ago. The wife had
| been taking some arsenic as a tonle,
‘and without warning died. She was
lburiefl, but later taken up, the exhum
led hody showing poison,
TAFT ENJOYS OLD TIME BARBECUE.
Secretary Makes Address Before Ten
‘ nessees Bar Association,
’ Nashville, Tenn.—Secretary of War
| Taft was the guest of honor of the
iTe;messee Bar Association in Nash
ville.
" The Becretary was the guest of Fed
eral Judge Horace H. Lurton, Mr.
Taft attended the session of the bar
asgoclation Saturday morning and was
entertained at an old-fashioned South
ern barbecue at historic Belie Meade
as the guest of Judge J. M. Dickin
-801, -
Secretary Taft in an address hefore |
the Bar Association of {ennessee, dis
icuased the taking over of the Philip
{pines by the American government,
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| French Police in New York Find Mail
| Bags Stolen From Ship.
f New York, N. Y.—The French po
\lice, it I 8 announced, have recovered
{ practically all of the securitizs stolen ‘
lby the mail thieves who looted the |
§r':gistered mail bags on the ocean lin
jer Bavoie, in January, 1907.
| One of the parcels of bonds stolen
{ has been mailed to a foreign customer
iby Redmond & Co. of 3% Pine street,
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