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FLOOD. WITH TERRIFIC FORCE,
ROLLS DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI
Flood Is Steadily Increasing.
St. Louis, June 5. —The terrific force I
and tiie destructive magnitude of the |
great flood that is sweeping down the ,
Mississippi is steadily increasing in vol
ume, and is now being felt in St. Louis :
and vicinity to an alarming extent.
At 7 o’clock tonight the stage had '
reached 34.2 feet, a rise of .7 feet since '
7 o’clock this morning. Gpvertr.neat ;
Forecaster Bowie tonight issued a ..ulle- ;
tin in predicting a stage of .15 feet by
tomorrow noon. 35 feet by Sunday and
37 feet on Monday. The Mice ij-pi north
of the moult of the Missouri is rising
still, but t.-.r> rapidity of the iioo has
been diminished c-c.'.-.c of tile 1., co .a
in levees.
The gre .i ~ny levo?, which extends f >r,
miles aii g .he 1 ’d.’.ol- s.-.ore from Han
nibal nort.tward, broke today and toe
walers devastated thousands of acres of
fertile farming lands. Pcssisly some liv's
may be iosl. but no deaths had been '
reported up to S o'clock tonlg -,t.
Later In the dry the flood forced a ■
passage through the levee a; Madison, '
Ills., jus; n. rth of St. Louie. This levee
Is 15 miler- 1 ng. and for da a men have •
been ha: d work cn Jca oring to i
Str.-ng.h -n . - n ,:s . f haas of sand
and .il ether :blc material were
dumped 1 . ■ il.o was., cd ■ t
the filling ar.d the break is constantly
widening.
Vics; • .’-.• i c .i town of li/.N people,
iiig/'.-.i ng . - r r f;on; ha e nr ■ .
c.lly l.<c_. . as l■ first floors
nr over f > •, uc i . wu.'r, will -h s: in Is
tn;;!g..; . f.o dr p or. the top of the
Vtni.c. ills.. re h--*.. ler water for
Ii S Uth Si. f::/v
1.-.lng tea: tre :::■ >< ii . f the river D-s ,
Feres, were so e? io bay their houses
-v, . '
swirling water . r. i. 'ii. ’heir homes
to hig gr iiir.il Man . . , ■■■..•
m vnod i th-- i • ho res .v -r af‘er the 1
water had risen several feet deep in
the first flo rs. but today v re driven -
Break Widening.
St. Louis. Juno 6. - Like an inland see
the swollen Mississippi has spread from
the Illinois shore in the viinity of St
Louis. Ear away to the southeast she
water covers lower east St. Lottis and a
- grain elevator that it normal stage
stands high above the water line, is now
isolate), with a heavy current pouring
last its inland side. Half submerged
freight cats stand on the siding and tree
tops appear above the surface like
bushes.
The railroad and shipping district of
Fast St. Louis presents a small peninsula
on which freight house: stand a short dis- ,
tance above the flood. Beyond these |
freight houses extends a lake half a mile
wide ami the water at the eastern edge
laps at the foundations of tai’ busines.,
blocks. The St. Louis Hay Ware House :
Company's building situated on the levee |
near Eads bridge is half submerged. |
Freight traffic will probably be discon- 1
tinned on Monday.
At 7 o’clock t might the stage register- j
ed 37.4 fret, a rise of sev.n-tenlhs of a |
foot since 7 o'clock thi? morning.
Th< stage of the -Miss:. sippl has not
lj nort d the mouth -
of the Missouri, hut below the mouth '
the rise continues. Govt rnment Fore- i
caster Bowie t.,right issued a statement I
that the ris- w j.d continue rapidly for
■ ■ trs and a st ige '
of 37.5 fe.-t would b registered by Men .
day, and it was probable that tile water i
would go to US feet.
Tm break in the great Madison count:, I
levee which gav • away yesterday has !
widened. The water is rushing through !
n gap I 1 '" wide. . ov t ing - ■ aei<s |
of fertile f irm land and throe villages - i
Oldenburg. Mi:- tiell ami West Granite- j
About 50(1 ;■ .sis have i eii driven from I
their homes by the i!<-> -1. The r‘- *r ot the .
water as it pours through the break can I
be heard a mile and a laT Th' br.'ik t
only a mile from the 1 ■ ,d ■>; tin great ;
bulwark, which was regarded uriti this
morning a the principal barrier betwe-u |
the rivet and .••!’ tl ■ east side ities in
cluding East St Louis Baek ~f tii- Mad- i
ison levee is anotbc: embankment known |
locally .is the ■’ere , l--vee, ' v. iti- h today ,
is 3 feet abote; the flooded w!.- .it fields.
Recovering Corpses at Topeka.
Topeka. Kans . June n. -Bodies of four i
more flood victims wets found t -a- as- ;
Besides these th- seven bodies found ;
in the lr use j-. tn,. k on II irri- i
gon street, a
removed.
An elderly woman and a ehbd were '
f -end in a lw . .- at . M imo, r.-.-;
The body of a >1- red woman was found j
this m-TUing near th< intersection "1 j
the I’nion l’a -i ic and Ro -k Island |
tracks. Th, ---l. w. -i-'ni'd as that,
of Mirmb f-.r - -tr Wh- a found the .
body was ..ini -t .mpiet --,y . wered witli |
rand, no ". v ' in-k.tm out
The seve t 11- - nd »ti North Har-
rison street w. ;■ id' nlimas those <>;
Mrs. Jest Marph tit and her
children an i tii u grandmother, Mrs.
ghoukwiler.
Officer Hal! today, just after noon. I
found th- r d.. •> colored man at Crane '■
and Monroe sire-:.. lic body has not
been identified
La.te this - ftern'V'n a report came in
that a H year- -Id whit, boy had been
dug out of a drift or- Jefferson street,
between Sayw- ' ;i!l j Rious streets.
Tonight tin- total collected money is
something llkr it iuding that re-
ceived from Philadelphia. 00. ami Sl.'Aj
ea h from St. Louis and Chicago.
In East St. Lou the freight yards
are under water, as are the Chicago.
Peoria and St. Louis, the Clover Leaf,
the Wabash, th- Burlington. Chicago and '
Alton, Baltimore and Ohio and the Van i
calia.
There have been two drownings on the
east side, both boys. The first was '
James Linton. Jr . a 14-year-old messen
ger for the Terminal iciation, and
John Clark, aged
Packing Houses Resuming.
Kansas City. Mo.. June 7. -All day Sun
day gangs of men w--: ■ at work clean
ing up the wist lof-im-. the union de
pot, the railw.i ir 1- the wholesale
houses, the stock ' r-: -:.d the 'arioim
packing houses, and -r< w. bo quite
a general r.e irnplion if : i| lines ot busi
ness tomorrow. rhe Armour packing
plant will b< or, : th. fii -t in that line
tn begin operation Th< other packing
plants v. ill ' 1 ■ ■in - measure t ->mor-
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o THE FLOOD AT ITS HEIGHT IN THE BUSINESS SECTION GF KANSAS CITY. . «
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i row and all will be in full blast before
the. week ends.
Both the .Missouri and Kansas rivers
fell full- 3 feet during the past twenty
:• ur hours, the Missouri at 5 o'clock this
' vetting marking 26.7, which made it
possible for a dozen more railroads to
make full use of the union depot. The
railwav situation is greatly improved.
The extent ot the damage to the rail
,,.ids operating in and out of Kansas
City causi d by the flood <-an scarcely be
estimated.
Outside of the very considerable item
involved in loss to freight in cars and
.-tiildings nearly all lines out of Kansas
• <ity Buttered severe losses in washed
| out track and destroyed bridges. The loss
I in freight, flooded, burned or lost down
I th, river may amount to $2,000,0110. As an
i illustration, a. dozen freight cars be
! longing to one company and standing
on tracks in the west bottoms were
' wa: hed down the river. The Burlington
- list eighteen loaded ears by tire in Har- i
| lem and nearly th'ee times that number ■
iw. t < burned in the west bot toms. Be- |
l sides th- hundreds of cars whose contents |
i wet, ruined by flood and fire the freight (
I houses of the st. Louis and San Fran- i
‘<i >, tae Chicago ami Alton, the Hur-
I lington. the Santa Fe, the Rock Island, i
i the Missouri i’aeilie. the Wabash, the I ■
i Kansas Cn.' South' rn. the St. Louis and
i St Joseph and Grand Island, the Chicago I
; Gr. at Western, I iiioa Pacific and one i
j >r two others were flooded witli eonse- I
. c. ; - nt lii-s of th"i:sands of dollars to i I
I i . t il line from this cause alone. The Bur
i iington estimates its loss at its freight
• l.i.ttse aloih at sl.nyt.i.Oi'ti.sl.nyt.i.Oi'ti. Each of the t
I other roads lost as much.
Reports J supposed loss of life have |
, been received. Reports say that persons j
. Lave been seen to disappear, but there I
i is no proof that any one was drowned. |
Near M-tdis-m .< dike broke this after- I
! noon and a wall of water rushed through. ,
I Mrs Atr.on. c.asping an infant In her I
! arms, was. a ••erding to witnesses, swept i
I away and drowned.
I'ie-ie a ■ r ;• -rts of five employees of
the Amerii t-n Car ami Foundry Works
I losing their lives.
East St. Louis was unable to secure
’ enough men to work on th< levee today,
i Men apparency ii'-.-ly refused offers of
' :.<> cents an hour to pile sandbags on the •
! levee. Citizens, officials and even pro
i tessional men sprang into the breach I
ami w< rked with a will to keep Ilin water !
' out of Hie city, while crowds of men,
; apmireiitiy t> -eding employment, stood i
I al.e-.tt and refused all offers of work. J’o- '
j lice offi.-.-rs temporarily became employ- I
| merit agents and invaded saloons ;
I to secure workmen, but although the sa- I
; Ivons n r<- crowded a small percentage j
I of the 'introns were willing to help pro- ' 1
te -t the city.
Water Receding at Topeka.
Topeka Karw.. June 5- The dead In I
the Topeka flood now number seventy- j
eight.
j \ boatman this afternoon reported that j
' seven bodies had been found near the :
north end of Harrison street. The un
fortunates were:
Mrs. Jessie Shaw and four children: a I
man and woman named Shunkwerter, all ■
from Sherry.
The body of a man named Edwards
was picked up by a party near Soldier
I creek. Other bodies fi'unii today were
th-.- of Mrs. Nellie Watson. Mrs. Min
nie I‘tay. is and George McDonald. These
were caught in the wreckage.
People working in the flooded district ’
fear that many more will be found
1 drowned as the flood recodes and that I
I the list of dead will not be far from 100. I
Thirty or more jwople are now classed I
1 as missing. Without doubt some of the I
bodies will never be recovered. 1
The water Jias now receded over 6 feet |
and is going down at a rate of an inch |
every hour. Good work is now being
done to secure what property is loft.
The greater part of North Topeka is a
great waste of sand piled up over
streets, house floors, railroad tracks and
everything, burying the city from a mere
coating to a depth of 'J or 3 and some
places 4 feet. All over the west part
of the city the sand banks are every
where. The I’nion Pacific and the Rock >
Island tracks are covered with them in
places to a depth of 3 feet, ami in places
the water is still running und-'r the ties.
There an tons and tons of it and the
water is slowly sweeping out and leav-
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY, .TUNE 8, 1903.
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FIFTEEN MEN DIE, I
150 v SUCCUMB
TO RAGING RIVER :
St. Louis, June 8.—2:30 a. m.—
Word has beet) received here that at
1 o’clock this morning a levee near
Madison, on which gangs of men
were working, gave way and fifteen
men, employees of the American Car
and Foundry works, lost their lives.
About 150 men, it is reported, are
imprisoned on a section of the levee
Ing it tlv-re. an immense -weight, unpro-
Gciier'ius responses are being made to
the .ij'jieils for aid. From all over the
country telegrams are being received au
thorizing H;e otli. ci.-, here to draw ■ it
organizations for funds. The Topeka
Wat', r Company hopes to resume service
STARVATION CLAIMING MANY.
Hong Kong. June 5. The estimate of
Goietiior Wong, of Kwaii:;-Si province
Hint over one million natives nr.- starv
ing in that province 1. juonoum'-d he.e,
to be a ]ipcox i mat el y correct, Ihe dis
tress in certain districts is more acute.
I’liin.-se women are freely offered lor sal".
The lice Ji.irv. t promises well, but it wih
not be available for from four to six
weeks. Extensive relief operation:-, will
be diflieull without foreign supervision,
Which will be hard to obtain in Kvvang-
Assistanee has been sent to that prov
iiic. from lloug Kong and ( anion, but
the Hinds available are becoming ex
hausted. The Hong Kong eommitt-e will
welcome subscriptions. The m.-wly ap
pointed ’viceroy of Canton. Tsui Chaus
Suen, is liasf. ning his iotirm y io his
post because of the serious conditions in
Kwang-Si provino The population of
Kwang-Si is largely agricultural.
AMERICANS ARE NOT WANTED.
Bucharest. Roumania. June 3. -At a
meeting of liberal supporters of the gov
ernment today, ITeruier Stourdza and Fi
nance Minister Costin.'sf-o spoke strongly
against allowing Americans who. they
said, "have tendered themselves unpeu
ulaj- hero,'' to secure a hold on Roumanian
oil fields and urged pati iotie Roumanians
to refrain from treating with the Amer
ican experts. The ministers also urg. d
that an abundance of British and conti
nental capital is available to develop the
Roumanian fields.
Representatives of the Standard Oil
Company are now in Roumania inspecting
the progress made in the working of R"11-
manian petroleum.
Roses Sent from White House.
Washington, June 7. The first memo
rial services in honor of the confederate
deafl interred in the confederate section
at Arlington cemetery, were held today
under the auspiics. of the various con
federate associations of the city. They
comprised the decoration of the graves
with flowers, an address by Hon. John
V. Wright, of 'Tennessee, and the plac
ing of a beautiful wreath upon the graves
of the ‘‘unknown’’ union dead buried
there.
Among the flowers contributed for the
occasion wore some sent from the white
house conservatory by President Roose
velt to Miss Nannie Randolph Heth,
daughter of General Harry Heth, of Get
tysburg fame. Mis,- Heth, assisted by
Dr. Samuel IL Lewis, distributed these
upon every one of the 264 graves where
confederate dead rest.
A feature of the exercises was the un
veiling of the "Southern Cross" by the
Anzelm J. McLaurin camp of Confed
erate Veterans, a tribute of Hie confed
erate associations to their dead com
rades.
Dr. Samuel F. Lewis, commander of
the Charles B Rou.-s camp of Confed
erate Veterans, delivered a memorial ad
dress.
, that is slowly crumbling and all ’
■ means of escape has been cut off. |
IMPERILLED MEN ARE RESCUED J
St. Louis, June 7.—A small I
steamer ft cm St. Charles succeeded
i in reach it .: Black Walnut tonight
and 200 imperilled people terrified
there and in great distress for food
and shelter taken, from the isl-
I and in safety. ’’Wit were rescued.
OVER HUNOSED PERSONS
FIND GRAVES IN OCEAN
Collision Bctwe'ii the Insulaire and
Liban VZi nessed by Other Ships
Which JR'. ued Manj of
Those Floundering in
the Water.
Marseilles, .1 ■ 7.—A terrible shipping
disaster occ.uri .1 a little distance from
j this port al n ■ today when two pas
senger steamer' the. Insulaire and the
Liban, both D sing to the Fraissenet
Stoanis'iip <’’Mir, of Al urspiliCH, <?.iriic
into collision. Liban sank and over
one hundred . -r p.<sengers and crew
perished.
The steimi r ban left Marseilles this j
morning on h. regular passenger trip j
to B.istia, Cora. and was run down |
and sunk ilaire, ff th. Maire
Islands. The ilision was witnessed !
I from the piloi boat Blcchainp. which ’
> was ...bon 2 m distant. The Blecbamp 1
: immediate);. r* aired to the spot to len- ,
der assistance. The force of the colli- |
; sion had cut a cent hole in the Liban's )
I side, and sac s already making wa- I
: ter rapid 1 .;. !i : captain saw the only j
I chance was to ■an th ■ steamer aground i
I and the Li', m '■ is headed full speed for
the shore, l.itt within seventeen minutes
I of the col. io ■ and while still in deep'
I water, the fe part of the steamer I
plunged be: al; the waves, and a few
minutes later she had entirely disap
peared.
Officers of the steamer Balkan de
scribe the se. 'c just before the Liban
J disappear. ,1- a terrible one. As tile
I vessel was sinking she was inclined to
• such an angl that her masts struck
! the wat( r . .n, sing :;n eddy which made
j the work of rescue most ditilcult. A mass
1 of human beings were clinging Io the i
' foundt ring v la id uttered despairing :
. cries as .<■>.■ went down. At the same ,■
time the boi > . .■■ exploded .intensifying
the horror I a few moments the vic- I
tims w. re seen struggling in the sea. I
then the wavs closed over them and
all was silent. Os about two hundred j
I passenger who were aboard the Liban. I
' it is feared that at least half were
drowned.
The Balkan launched three boats and
the other vessels did all possible to save,
the victim- in tile, short time that
elapsed between the time of the colli
i sion and tie sinking of the Liban.
I n t,, . ..'dick this afternoon thirty
I bodies had been recovered.
I The list ~f the passengers on board
! the Liban has not yet been issued, the |
olli. es of the I'Taissenet Company being j
! closed, but it is believed over 240 em- ;
barked at '.his point.
; LORD SALISBURY IS BETTER.
His Condition Not Such as To Cause
Alarm.
London. June 5. -It was reported todnv
that the marquis of Salisbury was seri
ously ill ;,t Hatfield house, his Hereford-'
shire seat but inquiries showed the re- |
p. rt was xaggerated. According to the
former premier's private secretary Lord ,
Salisbury had a ehill during the night. I
which occasioned some alarm, but he
was better this morning.
A telegram received from Hatfield
house th; afternoon announced Lord
Salisbury was making good progress to
ward recovery and that there was no
cause for alarm regarding nis health.
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FORESTFIRES ARE
RAGING.
Even in 'Boston People Are Rendered
Uncomfortable by the Forest
Fires—lt. Is Estimated That
the Aggregate o- Losses
Reach SI.OOu,OCO.
Boston. June 4. For Hie first, time In
many '.ears the density of the smoke
from forest fires produced a. pronounced
yellow atmosphci' here today. I h<- sun
was visible, lut it had no more power
through the smoky pall than on a clouuy
d.-,>. The smoke was sufficiently dense
to cause, discomfort to those having sensi
tive throats and eyes- It. is forty-seven
days since rain In appreciable amount has;
fallen in this section and during that
time the losses from forest fires in N».w
England hate aggregated at least
$ I H)n.
Hundreds of acres of woodlands arc
still burning within M miles of Boston,
and on Capo f’od yesterday tully a?-') 1 )
acres, including several buildings, were
Reports from all over New Eliglaif'l ex
cept from the southeast section state
that thousands of acres are being burn
ed over and in many cases buildings have
been destroyed. The losses in Hie great,
lumber regions of northern Now Englund
have been particularly severe. Along the
Canadian border the situation is bad.
Havoc Caused in New York.
New York, June ■!.- Forest fires are cr<-
ating htivoc on Long Island. The woods
on the south side between Amityville and
Eastport and in the vicinity of Central
Islip to the extent of several thousand
acres have been destroyed. Dispatches
from places in the northern pari of the
i state report that the forest tires have
' broken out afresh in the Adirondack
! mountains. Smoke and ashes was the
! i-ai-K- of peculiar atmospheric conditions
i in this city today. The sun was obscured
as though by some lieavy mist and a
I pungent odor of burning wood permeated
j the air. The haze hung over the river
| and harbor, somewhat impeding traflic
' and th" trolley and elevated roads’ scr
| vice was slightly delayed.
Miles of Territory Burned.
I Bangor, Me, June 4 -Four miles of
teritory in this vicinity have been burned
I over by forest tires, which are unchecked
• because of the parched condition of the
undergrowth.
Village Destroyed by Forest Fire.
St. John, June 4. Word reached the
city today from the seacoast village of
Alusqush that Cot est fires yesterday and
today swept that place, leaving but three
or four buildings standing. There are
200 people homeless and destitute. The
tin-uicial loss will aggregate over sU4i.noe
Reports from all over the province indi
cate that tire- ire rushing through the
CURE CATARRH NOW.
This Is the Best Season of the Year
to Treat Catarrh for a Per
manent Cure.
Dr. Blosser, the discoverer of the
great remedy, which has Undoubtedly
cured more cases of Catarrh, Bronchitis
and Asthma, than any other medicine,
says that tins is the best season of the
year to treat Catarrh, because the dis
ease is not aggravated by cold and
changeaOle went her.
Dr. Blosser's Catarrh Cure Is put up
in boxes containing enough medicine for
one month's treatment, which is sent by
mail for JLUU.
A trial sample will be mailed free to
any sufferer who has never tried the
remedy. Write at once to Dr. Blosser
i Company, 42 Walton st., Atlanta. Ga.
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often fatal diseases. It always results from a cold
or from an attack of the grip. Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy quickly cures these diseases and
counteracts any tendency toward pneumonia. It
is made especially for these and similar ailments
and can always be depended upon.
woods and that whole villages and com
munities are in the path of the g !ier ‘U
conflagration. At Bicadilly. in Kings
county two w< re burned to death wane
endeavoring to liberate cattle in a field.
Fires Sweeping Canada.
Montreal. June 4.—Reports from viri
ons parts of the province state th it file.,
.•no still raging in almost ever; .lir' . on
where the country Is wooded. Tin 'H
1.-igos of Astor rind Forestdale han- 1.-im
completely wiped oi l. The Grand link
railroad Is troubled by breaks in the v - i: ''
rmd burned railroad ti"s near the vilirir.-i ,
of Bumstead. Scores ot towns and \diag s ■
are in constant danger of destruction, lie- i
fug without means to fight the flames, i
Vermont Is Ablaze.
Burlington, Vt., June 4.—Advices from j
all parts of Vermont show the extensive
nature of tile forest fires. 1 lie lari;- st
lire reported Is rit Danby, where I I
acres of timber land owned by S. L. .
Griffith have been burned.
Timber Lands Swept.
I Mam hosier. N. 11 . Jum 1. I’orest fires -
have be-n raging for w- eks in <’<>os .
I county and great expansi -of timber I
land have b"-n swept by the flames.
A irondacks Are Blazing.
Glonr Fa IA ’’ V.. .Tune I In veil"
the effort.-' of hundreds of men tHr>>.:s.'.i
oiii Hie Adiruid.’ieks. Hie f-.:> -t :ii r c
spreading. The m st serious tires are
now reporter] to he in the vicinity : I
Long lake e.'i.-' to.. :i rd News 'tub I" o
and Mount Mai" At Laki George tin’
.■:sh<-s fell today like snow. A dem- ■ .
smoko has s'ttb-d over the lake.
Raging in Adirondack Region.
Saratoga. N. Y.. June 5.- The Sun t i
day is still obscured by dense s:-:ok ,j 'ivl
ashes from Adirondack forest fires i:
| ports wbi ii reached here t- - Li.- fr tn th" .
Colton lake region are to the effect It: t j
the tiros cover a territory fifteen miles I
in width and twenty miles in length, and •
arc still spreading, despite the efforts of ;
I hundreds of lire tighter: . The c-.n i i
| intense and th" smoko so -L use tli.'il Hie
fighters cannot approach within two tnib-s i
of the fires. Navigation on the Adiron- j
dank lake is pr-u : ally ,-u.- ponded. A ‘
steamer with a gang of workmen h.c |
been missing on the lake for several ;
Heavy Losses on Long Island.
Sayville. 1,. 1 . June The section of .
Long Island that has suffered most. |
riously from the for-st fires is that in ’
the vicinity of M- dford and Fa rminvillo, ,
and the individual losses will roach into I
the thousands. Many of the fire figlit
ers have been injured or burm I.
1
Three Thousand Men Fight Fire.
(liens F'alls, N . June 5. Reports to- •
day from North <'reek region state th ■
Hie fire fighters are holding the fl'im-s ■
back. Nearly three thousand men at ■
work fighting the flames m the Hudson |
river watershed.
Very Dark at Baltimore.
! Baltimore. June . : > A smoky pall so i
thick that it. obscured the sun and ren- ;
dered navigation on the bay and river '
•difficult, and so strong in odor as to tie ;
easily detected, hung over Baltimore to- ■
day. Forest fires in New England and
New York caused this heavy v . :m< of (
smoke. Down the river .and up the bay
the conditions were mu li worse, and ;
after noon the smoky pall became so ,
thick as to render navigation dari-v-rous. ;
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MOTHER IS FIGHTING WI
Both Claim John C. Breekia .
a Crazy Man.
Faris. June 5. -Tlic .pi- -t >n
lug the control of John . Br- -. '•
• th ■ wealthy young Californian,
in ourt again today. The "on
’ receiving tin report of tin
of three medical e.-.p"rts rip:
i:: to examim Mr. Breckinri ■ '
■ »>n the r -moval of the L'ltte." f 1 ■ •.-1
i hero, where he has boon receiving :
i merit under nurses selected by I:
1 . Mr I det iek Sharon. J'iii
■ i co ' • ■ .
i Ms. Breckinridge were <- -nf:d< 1
j Motet, a spr-.-i.il’st.
i The d< •inion of the court r"
I Breckinridge's condition, spo-if. .'
i.ijtirii s to his ba k. which n
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. )::illm inall 11. TL roar: f.id
iwfi.-ic.- Mr.-. Jbnro-i ■- M’s ’
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FOR SECURITY OF /;
Premier Combes Expl'in
I I’:: : is. June In' he r'l.i
--; ti"s today M. Firmin fauro
■ r ■■■;>':hli-n.' asked have t .
■ the gnvcinmenl on th ■ s>
■ in. 'sur.'s Likori for the -■■
' IV.is in efi' ’l l t }i;< f I ;."
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gui!’y. that p’-ii-' sg v.-.
I by tbp 110 h.I y wit h ' '' ■
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j or • W'U of Iho toibl' '■ Hi .' ■ •
I M’-rri.' b torrhor; T : is w .
I dorsto< : <] by Moi 1 t is!
| jx.wers irii*rosto<! in ninip’-.
• status quo.
M. l-'mire replied tbit ■’
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; AT.L DENOUNCE CHAMBI A
His Zollvercin Scheme Is c;
Veiled Prelection.
I London. June 4. Letters ar. i
! this morning fr -m Sir Wiliam
I Harcourt. Lord Spencer. Lord Rip"
j Two dmouth and other liberal h
| all denouncing Mr. Cha mlwrl.-i -:
I perial Zollvercin proposals ;r;
veiled protection. Sir William A
1 Harcourt and Lord Ripon cniite:
I they would be a fruitful cause r.r
i put. s between the mother country
j Hi.- .-olonies and of conflict with for
’ countries.
i The Daily Nows as sorts that in ■:
i in i'.uTiainent on Hie colonial ■
‘ proposals. Sir Michael Hieks I'-
i Mr Go-i lien will both disavow M’
bcrlain's policy, whilst the .c ;
I Devonshire, chancellor of the ex-
- Foreign .Minister Lord Lan.--: -e.
’ Lord Selborne, first lord oft!. 1