Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 159, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 June 1903 — Page 2

THE IXDIANAPOLJS JOURNAL,, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1903.

LOSS THREE MILLIONS

LATKST i:s i Ti: OK C I Ol IRl RST HAVOC I SOI I II ( VUOLIN V. levrri'l Cotton Will and Warchouaes Destroyed oimI Others Bndly DimDgnl. ABOUT EIGHTY LIVES LOST THOlsMS OF BAUES OF COTTOX AM) r aim: swlpt away. loner Subscribed for Sollerfr Appeal to Be Made to the Secretary of War. COLUMBIA. S. C. June 7. Though the great flood of water 1 passing on to the ocean laden with debris of every description und the swollen streams are subsiding In the Piedmont region, the losses of life and property are Increasing and a conservative estimate to-night places the proparty loss at not less than $3.300.000. The most conservative estimate of the dead is eighty. At Clifton alone 100 operatives are missing from the village and all are believed to have been lost. During to-day dead bodies were washed ashore here and there and occasionally a dismembered limb would float to the banks. B. S. Johnston, reported yesterday as drowned after clinging to a housetop from Clifton down to Pacolet, escaped ,by catching hold of a tree and returned to-day to Und Ins wife and four children drowned. At C on verse thirteen dead are reported and forty-one at Clifton No. 2. At Clifton No. 2 twentv-?ix homes were destroyed, thirteen at Clifton No. 1 and twenty at Clifton No. 3. The loss at Clifton's three mills will approximate 12.000.000. At Pacolet tho loss Is near tt.000.000. At Glendale It Is $400,000. The greatest want among survivors is at Clifton, where 400 are destitute. At Converge mills, the newest of the Cllftt n cluster, the walls are washed away and the looms left standing. The engine bricks were carried three miles down stream, demolishing the operatives' houses on the vn y The Daily States staff correspondent, after an ail-day trip through Pacolet, Glendale and Clifton, reports t-night the following list of dead: Four children of John Uwens. Samuel Swanlngan and wife. Miss Fleta Oossa. Miss Maggie Kirby, Mr. Hall and eight children. Mr. Eldr. n and wife. Robert Finely and family and their live boarders (names not obtainable). Augustus Calvert, wife and two children. Garland Dong and wife. Mrs. B. F. Flnley. Marie Sims. Mrs. B 8. Johnston and four children, three children of Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Henderson. Four bodies have been recovered. Following is a summary of the damage to the cotton mills: Pacolet, Nos. 1 and 2. destroyed; Pacolet. No. 3, badly damaged. These mills operated 60,000 spindles and 2.200 looms. Clifton mill. No. 3. at Converse. 51.00 spindles, destroyed Dexter mills. ao.SftO spindles, half destroyed. Clifton mills, 27,WEATHER FORECAST. Probably Fair Throughout Indian Tomorrow. WASHINGTON, June 7. Forecast for Monday and Tuesday: Indiana Fair on Monday, light west winds; Tuesday fair. Illinois Fair on Monday and Tuesday; lischt west winds. Lower Michigan Fair on Monday; warmer in east portion; Tuesday fair; light west sjtMam. Ohio Partly cloudy and warmer on Monday; light west winds; Tuesday fair. Kentucky and Iowa Fair on Monday and Tuesday. Kansas Partly cloudy on Monday and Tuesday; probably occasional showers. Wisconsin Fair on Monday and Tuesday; light winds mostly west t northwest. Minnesota Fair on Monday, cooler near Lake Superior; Tuesday fair, light northwest to north winds. Nebraska and North Dakota Fair on Monday and Tuesd South Dakota Fair on Monday; warmer In extreme west portion. Tuesday fair. Local Observations on Snnday. Bar.Ther. H.H. Wind. Weather. Pet. 7 a. m...J0.02 6u 100 N'east. Cloudy. 0.00 Tp. m...90 74 72 West. Pt. Cloudy. T Maximum temperature, 78; minimum temperature, 58. Comparative statement of mean temperature aiid total precipitation on June 7: Temp. Pre. Normal 7o 0.13 Mean 67 T Departure for day 3 0.15 Departure for month 25 1.51 Departure for year 1M O.bO Plus. W. T. BDYTHE, Section Director. e Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. 7 a. m. Max. 7 p. m. Ablline, Tox 60 70 7'5 Amarlllo. Tex 68 66 64 Antonio, Tex 68 i0 86 Atlanta. 0 66 76 Ulsmirck. N. D 79 76 Buffalo, N. V 64 72 66 Cairo. IK 64 82 78 CSdgary. N. W. T 42 74 70 Chattanooga. Tenn 64 b2 7. C ayenne, Wyu 44 68 64 Chicago. HI 58 7, 76 Cloclnn itl. O :; ss CleveUrd, 0 6u 66 61 Columbus, 0 62 74 64 Concordia. Kan 58 66 Davenport, la. U) 82 76 Denver. Col 60 70 Dodge City, lwn LS 76 72 Dubuque. U fxi S2 73 Duluth. Minr. 58 82 74 XI Paso. Tex 90 86 Galveston. Tex 71 M 7S Grand Junction. o! 56 7S 64 Urari'l Haven, Mich CO 70 60 Havre. Mont 54 Helena. Mont 54 78 76 Huron. S. l 56 86 7 Jacksonville. Fla 70 86 78 Kansas City, Mo 62 82 Ts Lander. Wyo 44 7; 74 Little Rock. Ark 66 s I Louisville. Ky 64 ;2 76 Marquette, Mich 60 M 7.' Memphis. Tenn 68 84 M Modena. Utah 44 76 74 Montgomery, Ala 63 M Nashville, Tenn 62 si 76 New Orleans. La II ij so New York city 62 63 64 Norfolk, Va 68 78 7: North Platte, Neb 54 S2 7 Oklahoma. . T 66 so 7.; Omaha. Neb 61 M Palestine. Tex 68 M 1 .irk- rsburg. W. Va 2 7s 66 Philadelphia. I'i VI 7 fj 1 :ttsburR. Pa 64 7 r.v Pueblo, Col 54 64 ü) yu' Appel!-. N. V. T ... 4S M 64 Rapid City, 8. D 5s m St. Louis, Mo 64 sj 74 8. Paul. Minn w fait Lake City 61 so franta Fe. N M Shn . fport. I .a !i Sprlngtl. : '. Ill 60 ;t Springfield. Mo 10 7s ; Valentin.. Neb BJ 74 Vi.-ksburg, Miss 66 7s Washiest n. D. G M 7; 7o Wichita. Kan 60 Ü 7.; MOVEMENTS OF STEAMEKS. MOVILI.E. June 7. Arrived: Columbia And Iaurentlan, from New York, for Glasflw; Parisian, from Montral and Quebec, for Liverpool, and all proceeded. NEW YORK. June 7. Arrived: Ln Bret igne. from Havre; Lucanta and Carpathian from Liverpool; St. Paul, from Southampton and Cherbourg. MEACHYHEAD, June 7 -Passed: Friedrich dr (Jrosae. from Dremen, for NewYork. QCEENSTOWN. June 7.-: a. m -flailed: Ktiuria. from Liverpool, for New Tor GIBRALTAR. June 7 -Passed: Algeria, Arum Leshorn and Naples, for New York. LIZARD. June 7. J :S p. m - Paused: lflnnetonka. from New York, for London. ISLi: OF WIOHT. June 7. Passed: Pots4tan:, from Rotterdam, for New York. LJVKKPOOU June 7.--Aruved; Celtic. Mw 101 i.

500 spindles, half destroyed. Glendnle mills, hadlv damaged. Pacolet warehouse, de

stroyed; 3.500 bales of cotton and 4.'JU0 bales t or yarn swept down stream. At Pacolet a l'r-sf vteri-i n "hurrh. hotel and a number of mill cottages, were entirely demolished. The property damage is In the neighborhood of half a million dollars. The mayor of Charlotte to-day Issued an official call for relief and the executive board of American Cotton Spinners Association will meet to-morrow to raise fund?. About $50u has already been raised h' re by private eubseription. The flood was due to a mighty cloudburst along the headwaters of the Pacolet 1 i r. In Polk county, North Carolina. The crest of the flood, when it reached Pacolet, was sixty feet high. The mills were located along th banks of the river In a deep rajley, hisch hill.-; rising on either side and they caught the full force of the flood. Mill men conversant with the situation say that the destroyed properties will be rebuilt on the former sites, and will probably be in partial or complete operation again within twelve months. The Gkndale mill probably will be in shape to resume work in sixty days. LOSS MAY HE AC H S;i,000,OUO. Cotton Mills Suffered Heavily An Appeal for Assistance. SPARTANBURG, S. C, June 7.-The latest reports to-night are that approximately fifty-five persons were drowned yesterday in the floods at Pacolet and Clifton. No list of the- dead is yet available here, but it is supposed that most of the dead were mill operatives. The bodies of four unidentii ed white persons were taken from the river below Clifton to-day. An estimate, regarded as conservative, of th- loss to the cotton mills in this county is 12,000.000. A mass meeting of citizens was held here to-day and ).joo was subscribed for the relief of the Hood sufferers. Many generous offers of assistance have also been telegraphed from other cities. Congressman Johnson left to-day for W ellington to see Secretary of War Root with the purpose of securing federal aid if possible. The congressman was forced to walk to Cowpens in order to board a north-bound train. No train has reached or left here since the disaster yesterday morning. Almost every bridge in the county is swept away. Belief Will Be Furnished. WASHINGTON, June 7. Absolutely necessary relief in the way of rations, medicines, etc., will be given by the War Department to the sufferers by the disastrous floods in Seuth Carolina yesterday. An appeal to Secretary Root from the local authorities resulted In orders being given to General Chaffee, commanding the Department of the Bast, to this effect. He will authorize an officer to proceed north from Atlanta with sufficient supplies to relieve immediate necessities as was done in the. case of the sufferers by the Gainesville, Ga., catastrophe. MUNCIE IN GREAT LUCK WILL HAVE 1 o.OOO.OOO CUBIC FE KT OF NATURAL GAS DAILY TO BURN. Promises of the New Company Chase Trial Possibilities Decoration of Graves by Lodges. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., June 7.-T. M. Griffin, manager of the Muncie Natural Gas, Light and Fuel Company, the company which absorbed the Muncie Natural Gas Company and the Wabash Oil and Gas Company, stated to-day that the comoany would be able to supply the city with 15,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily after Oct. L The city will depend upon this company almost entirely for its gas supply, with the exception of a few co-operative companies. The new company has completed arrangements to spend 165,000 on the improvement of its plant. Twenty-flve new wells will be drilled in the territory around New Burlington, obtain 1 from the Wabash Company, by Oct. L The company will also Introduce several new appliances for the use of Its patrons, such as new lights and a device for ranges and cooking stoves which, it is claimed, will greatly economize the fuel. , - THE MOSES FOWLER CHASE CASE. One of the Duhiue Attorneys Reported to Have Conceded Defeat. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 7. One of the Duhme attorneys has conceded the defeat of his side in the Moses Fowler Chase case and the others probably agree with him. It is generally admitted that the court will instruct the Jurors to return a verdict for the petitioner, Frederick S. Chase, and make the father of young Chase guardian of his son's person and estate. The Duhme counsel hopes to And nn error In the record in order to reverse the case in a higher court or secure a new trial. There was much important testimony at Fowler yesterday. Addison C. Harris, counsel for V. S. Chase, objected to the admission of the record before Judge Taylor at Lafayette in lyjj, but Judge Rabb overruled the objection. The defense closed Its evidence-in-chief in the Morning and the petitioner presented evidence in rebuttal. It is understood that the defense will have evidence In subrebuttal. Mr. Kittredge, of the Duhme side, yesterday presented records of other court proceedings pleas in abatement, etc.. to show that M Fowler Chase had declared himself a resident of Ohio. One of the pleas In abatement which was never presented to the court was made out and sworn to before the clerk of An6 -cogging county. Maine, dated July 17, IM. Judge Kittredge then introduced a record 0! proceedings before Judge Uabb, When Frederick C'has. was appointed guardian of his son's estate in Benton county, on March 16, llMi.l. After a long argument the court sustuined the objection to introducing this record as evidence. Mr. Kittredge presented the record of the Hamilton, O., Circuit Court, showing the appointment of George Hoadley, Jr.. as guardian of Mosen Fowler Chase. Mr. Harris objected, because Um appointment was made on April 20. 11A3. while the action filed on April 2h was still pending in the Tippecanoe Circuit Court. The transcript WSJ excluded. Court dismissed the Jury for rive minutes and then instructed the counsel to hand written instructions to the court by Monday at 2 o'clock. The written motion for written instructions was later tiled by the Duhme counsel. I. O. O. F. TEMI'LE DEDICATED. Windfall Lodtfe A'otv Hns a Pretty flO.OOO Home I he Exercises. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL. Ind., June 7. The new Odd Fellows Hall in this city was dedicated yesterdaj'. Lodges from Elwood, West Liberty, Tipton, Ooklsmlth and Sharpsvllle participated. The exercises began at 2 p. m. with an address of welcome by Rev. Jacob Barrow, then followed the regular formal dedicatory services by the grand officers. John A. Swoveland, of Tipton, a ( barter member of the lodge, delivered the dedicatory address. A number of short speeches were made by the officers and visiting members. At 5 p. m. a supper was served. A train from Elwood. bearing 1U0 members, arrived about 7 o'clock. Then followed a social, under th- auspices of the Daughters of Rebekah. Work began at 8:30 with nine candidates for initiation in waiting. The Elwood lodge conferred the degrees. The hall, which is the finest temple of the order in Tipton county. a recently completed at a cost of flu.. It has all modern conveniences. Windfall lodge. No. 418, was Instituted with fifteen chart, r members, only two of which are now known to be living, and was officered with John H. Zehner. N. Q., and Farlow 8. Zeek. R. S. The lodge now has a membership of 215. W. H. H Tolle is Noble Grand, and Frank Emery recording secretary. e GRAVE DEC OR TED. Memorial Exercises Held by Odd Fellow aud oilier Fruternltles. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. . SHELRYVILLE. Ind.. June 7.-Shelby J Lodic Qi odd Fellows held their annual

Drroration day exercises In this city today, the address being delivered by Rev. G. W. Winfrfy. The graves at Forest Hill and the City Cemetery were decorated with flowers. The St. Louis Crossing Old Fellows also held memorial services, the addrti.s being made by Hon. Anderson Percifleld, of Nashville. The annual address before the Sulphur Hill Knights of Pythias was made this afternoon by Rev. Sexton, of Indianapolis. HUNTINGTON, Ind., June 7 All fraternal lodges united in Decoration day to-day, five thousand people taking part. Fred Landis delivered an address. The lodges marched to the cemetery. All graves were decorated.

CLOt Dill RST NKAR EDINBl R(i. Crops Injured and Small Bridge Swept Away. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. F.D1NBCRG, Ind., June 7. Yesterdayafternoon a heavy electrical storm passed over the region at Mt. Auburn, four miles northeast of Edinburg. During the storm there seemed to be a cloudburst and the country was flooded for miles around. Many small bridges were carried away and much damage was done to crops. Lightning killed five head of fine cattle belonging to Jeff Kindall, a farmer. Aurora High School Alaiunt. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. AURORA, Ind.. June 7. The alumni of the Aurora High School held its annual reception in Odd Fellows Temple Friday night. The graduating class of 1903 was welcomed into the association by the president. Miss Julia Spaeth, fcratton Reese responded in behalf of the clan's. Memorials were read by Miss Bessie Webber and August Urossart. The toasts of the evening were as follows: '"Class of 1U00," Miss Pearl Schüler; "The High School," Miss Edith Vail; "Snap-Shots," Cnssius McMullen. At the close of the reception the following officers were elected: President. Miss Calla Kassepaunt; rrst vice president. Miss Bertha Small; second vice president, Mr. August Drossart; recording secretary, Miss Mac Steele; corresponding secretary, Miss Maude Denneiline; treasurer, Miss lda'Klrby. No Indictments Returned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., June 7. After an investigation covering live days the Tipton county grand jury adjourned last night without returning indictments against Charles and Elmer McDanlel, Noah Brown and Alonzo Hadley, the four men who were arrested a few days since charged with having murdered James Tyner and thrown his hotly on the Panhandle tracks at Curtisville, where it was decapitated by a switch engine two w eke ago Saturday night. The grand jury, in its report, stated that the evidence against the men was too weak to base the hope of a conviction on, and recommended that they be discharged. This course will doubtless bo pursued at the final hearing this week. The four men were drunk at the time of the tragedy, and their contradictory stories led to their arrest. A Woman Pretends to liana: Herself. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. June 7. Mrs. Charles E. Allen, who, with her husband, has conducted a paper-hanging busim -s, tried to bring him back after he left her in a quarrel by pretending to hang herself. The pretense narrowly missed being fatal. She saw her stepson, on whose account she had quarreled with her husband, in tho yard near the stable. She got a halter, fastened it around her neck, and with the other end to a beam jumped off. She made a great deal of noise doing so, but the stepson kept on mending his bicycle a few feet away, evidently unsuspecting what was going on inside the stable. Neighbors heard the confusion, however, and they cut Mrs. Allen down. It took several hours' effort to save her life. Priest Ordained. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 7. Rev. William Victor Poland, of this city, was ord.iined a priest at St. Melnract s, in Spencer county, yesterday, by Bishop Chatard. Ho will celebrate his first mass at Öt. Patrick's Church in this city next Sunday. Later in the day his parents will give a banquet in St. Patr.ck s Hall. Father Boland was born on the Atlantic ocean while bis parents were coming to this country from Scotland. He atended St. Patrick's Academy and the Terre Haut High School before he went to St. Meinrad's. Fruitless Trip for a Bride. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June 7.-James Parfonltas, the Greek candy manufacturer, writes from Greece that he was about to start for Terre Haute and without the bride he went to Greece to get. The young woman was his playmate as a child. After he came to America and grew to manhood his mother showed her his letters and pictures and there was a betrothal at long distance. He writes to his friends that her objection to marrying him was because she would have to come to this country. Government ill Investigate. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSV1LLE, Ind., June 7. An Investigation of the Park City affair is to be made at once by the government officials. The boat was attacked by armed men last midnight at the mcuth of Green river and several shots wre tired at her. The officials have no clew who the guilty parties are. They will sift the matter to the bottom and place the blame where it belongs. Track to De Strnlfrhtened. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELWOOD. Ind., June 7. In addition to the imprc ements already noted for Elwood, the Union Traction Company will take out the two sharp curves near tho substation here as the line comes in from the east, building a new straight track almost a mile long. The change will enable the cars to save several minutes getting iuto the city. Divorced and Mnrrled In Haste. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MUNCH, Ind.. June 7.-William W. Joseph, who obtained a divorce from his wife, Mary Joseph, last .Thursday, was married to-day to Mrs. Adeline Pealy. who obtained a divorce on Friday from her husband, Joseph Pealy. Mini Bleifler a Socialist. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. June 7. Miss Martha Biegler, of this city, has started on a speaking campaign In the State for the allst party. She is a sister of Lieut. George Biegler, of the army. Indiana Note. TERRE HAUTE. The internal revenue collect! ons for the six days of last week were 1307.926. Saturday was the jubilee anniversary of the city corporation of Terre Haute, and no one would have known it had not the Tribune Sunday morning given a good deal of space to retelling the story of tho city's career. Terre Haute had a town government from 1S32 to 1S53. RICHMOND. The annual festival was held 8unday at the Wernle Orphans' Home, a German Lutheran institution near this supported Ol dha Joint Lutheran Bjrnod of Ohio and other States. Excursions were run in from a number of places, and the attendance was quite large. The object is to raise money for the support of the home. BUS! I VI LLE. -Louis Stewart was arrested SB a highway northeast of Ging for horse stealing. Officers had been on his trail for two weeks. He gained notoriety a few years ago because of squandering $2,000 in an effort to get an appointment as detective from an agency. 200 LIVES SAVED. (CONCI.UDEÖ PROM FIRST PAGE.) suffering among farmers, upon whom the blow feil ha u st. AT KANSAS CITY. Cinnajs of Men Hcpnlrlna; Flood Darn iiKe-Lumira of the Railways. KANSAS CITY. June 7. All day Sunday gangs of men were at work cleaning up the west bottoms, the Union depot, the railway yards, the wholesale houses, the stock l ards and he various packing houses and

there will be quite a general resumption in all lines of business on Monday morning. The Armour packing plant will be one of the first in that line to begin active operations. The other packing plants will start up in a measure to-morrow and all will be in full blast before the week ends. Both the Missouri and the Kaw rivers fell fully three fet during the past twenty-four hours, the Missouri at 6 o'clock this evening making 2t7 and made it possible for a dosen more railroads to make full use of the Union depot. The railway situation is greatly improved. The extent of the damage to the railroads operating in and out of Kansas City caused by the tlood can scarcely be estimated. Outside of the very considerable item involved in the loss by freight in cars and buildings on all lines out of Kansas City, heavy losses were incurred by washed out tracks and destroyed bridges. The loss in freight flooded or lost down the river may amount to .000,000 or 1.000. By way of illustration a dozen freight cars belonging to one company and standing on tracks in the west bottoms were washed down the iier. The Burlington lost eighteen loaded cars by tire In Harlem and rsearly three times that number were burned in the west bottoms. Besides the hundreds of cars whose contents were ruined by flood or fire the freighthouses of the St. Louis & San Francisco, the Chicago & Alton, the Burlington, the Santa Fe, the Missouri Pacific, the Wabash, the St. Joseph & Grand Island, the Chicago Great Western, tJie Union Pacific and one or two others were flooded, with the consequent loss of thousands of dollars to each line from this cause alone. The Burlington estimates its loss in its freighthouse at 1500,000. Each of the other roads lost as much.

FIFTEEN LIVES LOST. One Hundred and Fifty More Periled by a Crumbling: Levee. ST. LOUIS, June S. Word has been received that a levee near Madison, on which gangs of men were working, gave way, and that fifteen men, employes of the American car and foundry works, were probably killed. About 150 men, it is reported, are imprisoned on a section of the levee, which is slowly crumbling, and escape has been cut off. STRUCK BY ELECTRIC CAR GEORGE ROWE KILLED WHILE ASLEEP ON 1 N TER I R II AN TRACK. Terre Haute Man Seised with Cramps Near Clinton Fatal Fall from a Barn Loft. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., June 7. George Rowp, aged fifty, was struck by an Interurban car on the Union Traction Company's Hue at 2 o'clock this morning and horribly mangled. He was taken to the Marlon hospital, where he died two hours later. Rowe was asleep on the tracks on East Thirteenth street when struck by the car. His left arm was ground off by the wheel?, his skull was fractured and his left thigh broken. Rowe was formerly employed at Anderson by the Union Traction Company as a timekeeper, but had recently been working as a common laborer. He left a widow, who lives at Matthews. Took Cramps and Drowned. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CLINTON, Ind., June 7. "Con" Brophy, of Terre Haute, aged twenty-two, was drowned at Matthews island, a mile above Clinton, in the Wabash river at 2 o'clock this afternoon. He was with an excursion party from Terre Haute. While the engineer was repairing the boars engin-3 Brophy and five others crossed the island for a swim. Brophy was attacked by cramps and called for help, and his companions thought he was "fooling" till too late. The water was fifteen feet deep and the current swift. The body was not recovered. Found Dend in a Livery Stable. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LADOGA, Ind., June 7. Jerry O'Connor, of New Market, was found dead here Saturday morning by employes of the Davis livery stable. He slept in the hay mow of the barn. His body was found at the foot of the ladder leading from the loft, and It is supposed he fell through the opening some time In the night. Witnesses at the coroner's inquesf testified that he was uuder the influence of liquor. BIO STRIKE PROBABLE NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY EMPLOYES MAY GO OUT. Indianapolis Am on a the Cities That May Be Affected The Textile Workers' Strike. CHICAGO, June 7. A general strike of the various plants of the National Biscuit Company all over the country is to be called Tuesday, according to a statement made at a meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor by Delegate Mcintosh, representing the Cracker Bakers Union. Mr. Mcintosh made the declaration that National Secretary Horzbecker, of the Bakers' and Confectioners' International Union, with headquarters in Cleveland, had issued the general strike order in conformity with the action of the recent convention of that union, where, he said, It had been decided to make a flght on that concern because it refused to treat with the union. Cities in which the National Biscuit Company has plants and which will be affected by the general strike order are Chicago, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Mo., Cleveland, Cincinnati. St. Louis, Denver, Indianapolis, Philadelphia and Detroit. Several thousand workers will be affected. CAI SE OF THE STRIKE. Statement Issued In Behalf of the Textile Workers. PHILADELPHIA, June 7. The working committee of the Central Textile Union, composed of one delegate from each union on strike, met at strike headquarters today and considered the situation. After a five hours' session the committee, in conjunction with the executive board of the Textile Workers, issued a statement to the public giving reasons for the strike of over secnty-llve thousand men, women and children. The statement says that the strike was ordered for sanitary reasons, that it was necessary because the health of the men. w.men and child;-en was at stake. The statement called attention to the fact that child.- n were compelled to wrk ten and three-quarters hours a day in the mills from Monday to Friday, and six and one-quarter hours on Saturday. The statement also declares that the textile industry, as shown In statements produced before the anthracite coal strike commission, is deadlier than the mining industry, and that the workers in the mills, Where there i always dust, are subject to pulmonary diseases. The statement also asks for the support of the public, and reiterates the willingness of the workers to meet their employers for a conference. Dedicated by C incinnati Minister. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., June 7. After being closed for extensive Improvements, the audience and Sunday-school rooms of the First Methodist Church were reopened to-day Tin Rev. Levi Gilbert of Cincinnati, editor of the Western Christian Advocate, spoke both morning and evening.

OVER 100 DROWNED

GREAT LOSS OF LIFE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Steamship Llban Snak in Collision with the Steamer Insulaire 'ear Marseilles. MANY PASSENGERS ABOARD BOILERS EXPLODED AS THE LIB SANK IM o THE WATER. Half the People on the Steamer Drawn Down by an Eddy Formed by the Sinking Vessel. MARSEILLES, June 7. More than one hundred persons, passengers and crew, were drowned near Marseilles to-day in a collision between the Insulaire and the Liban, passenger steamers belonging to the Fraissenet Steamship Compary, of Marseilles. The Liban sank and seventy-seven passengers and seventeen of the crew were saved, while the remainder perished. The steamer Liban left Marseilles this morning on her regular passenger trip to Bastia, Corsica, and was run down and sunk by the Insulaire off the Maire islands. The collision was witnessed from the pilot boat Blechamp, which was about two miles distant. The Blechamp immediately repaired to the spot to render assistance. The force of the collision had cut a great hole in the Liban's side, and it already was making water rapidly. The captain sawthat the only chance was to run the steamer aground, and the Liban was headed full speed for the shore, but within seventeen minutes after the collision, and while still in deep water, the forepart of the steamer plunged beneath the waves, and a few minutes later it had disappeared. In the meantime the Blechamp, the steamer Balkan, also belonging to the Fraisslnet Company, and other vessels had drawn near the sinking ship and were making desperate efforts to rescue those on board. The Blechamp picked up forty persons, many of whom were at the point of exhaustion. The Balkan rescued thirty-seven passengers, and up to the present it is known that in addition to the passengers seventeen of the crew were also saved. Officers of the steamer Balkan describe the scene just before the Liban disappeared as a terrible one. As the vessel was sinking it was 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 beings was clinging to the foundering vessel and uttering despairing cries as it went down. At the Fame time the boilers exploded, intensifying the horrors. For a few moments the victims were seen struggling in the sea, then the waves closed over them, and all was silent. Of about two hundred passengers who were aboard the Liban, it Is feared that half were drowned. The Bälkan launched three boats and the other vessels did all possible to save the victims in the short time that elapsed between the time of the collision and the sinking of the Liban. Up to 5 o'clock this afternoon thirty bodies had been recovered. It is stated that tho collision was due to the following circumstances: The Llban was putting out to sea Just as the steamer Insulaire was making for the harbor. Mairs island (correct), which lies off the entrance to the port, hid the vessels from each other until it was too late to avoid a collision. Many of the rescued were badly injured in the collision. The Insulaire suffered considerable damage to her bows, but managed to reach port safely. Thousands of persons gathered round the morgue, hospitals and on the quays throughout the evening. Thus far only four bodies have been identified. The French steamer Liban was a threemasted schooner-rigged vessel, 298 feet long and 2,308 tonnage gross. She was built at Glasgow in 1882. GREETED THEIR KING AND QUEEN. Londoners Gave Edward and Alexandra an Ovation. LONDON, June 7. King Edward testified anew his interest in the welfare of the hospitals by attending "Hospital Sunday" service at St. Paul's Cathedral to-day, this being the first occasion on which the English monarch has visited the cathedral for any purpose, except the thanksgiving service on the occasion of the coronation last year. It is intended to inaugurate a week of special effort in the collection of funds on behalf of the London hospitals. Accompanied by Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria, the King drove in an open carriage in semi-state to the cathedral. The streets were densely crowded and the King received a great ovation. The Prince and Princess of Wales and several other members of the royal family, together with the lord mayor and corporation of London, many peers and members of the House of Commons were also present. Miners Coming to America. VIENNA, June 7. There is a wholesale emigration of miners and workmen in the iron districts of Austria to the United States In consequence of the unprecedented stagnation of the iron industry. Hundreds of men have been discharged since the beginning of the year and the mines and iron works are operating on short time. Wages have fallen 50 per cent, and in many instances the men are earning less than 50 cents a day, and their families are suffering severely. There is faint hope of any immediate improvement in the situation, and whole colonies of workingmen are leaving the countryConger After Cassini. PEKING, June 7. United States Minister Conger has telegraphed to Secretary Hay suggesting an inquiry into the authenticity of the published interview with the Russian ambassador, Count Cassini, in which the latter was reported to have denied the correctness of Mr. Conger's statement of the Russians' demand on China and to have expressed surprise that Minister Conger should act on unreliable rumors. Mr. Conger's information was the original letter I that the Russian cnarge d affaires at Peking. M. Plancon, sent to the Chinese ForI eign Office, containing the Russian demands. Marquis of Salisbury Recovering. LONDON. June 7. It is announced that the Marquis of Salisbury is making good progress toward Ft06Wry from his illness. 1.11 1 in vi it. Its Cost Makes the l sc of It Practically Prohibitory. Dr. Carl von Llnde, in Cassler's Magazine. One of the claims made for liquid air was that it would be "the cold-producing medium of the future." Not only would the working of our modern refrigerating and freeslng stores be accomplished by means of liqulr air. but everybody the manufacturer in his workshop, and alike the agriculturist on his farm-might, at trifling cost, procure a cool and pure atmosphere for himself. Considering that liquefied air,

vaporizing at atmosphere pressure, possesses a temperature of 11 degrees C, it is hardly a matter for surprise that, with such an energetic cooling medium in view, the problem of applying liquid air for refrigerative purposes is raised again and again. In the consideration of the merits of any particular source of cold two points are essential first, the Quantity of cold pro

duced; that is. the number of heat units ; eliminated per unit of time; and. second, the intensity of the cold; that is. the temperature at which heat is removed. The most important physical law relating to the production of cold Is well known as determining that the expenditure of energy necessary for a c rtain amount of cold increases in direct ratio with the iliff rence between the lower temperature (in the refrigerator) at which the heat is taken away and the upper temperature (in the condenser or cooler at which heat Is transferred to the cooling water or to the atmosphere. Now. if the refrigerative purpose be the production or the maintenance of a temperature only a few degrees below the freezing point of water, then, according to the law referred to. it must be exceedingly irrational to employ liquid air. seeing that for its attainment we are compelled to descend to 191 degrees C. (312 degrees F.) Supposing that any one had to provide a well for obtaining surface water from a depth of ten feet, it would be insane to sink a shaft down to 300 feet, to let the water run from its surface level down this pit, and then to raise it to a height of 900 feet. But this exactly corresponds to the idea of persons recommending the use of liquid air as a substitute In all the refrigerating machines of to-day. If we were to work our ice factories, our cooling and freezing stores, and our other cooling plants by liquir air, the requisite expenditure would be from thirty to fifty times greater than that of our modern refrigerating Installations. REPLY FROM MRS. EDDY CLAIMS OF THE HEAD OF THE CHRISTIAN CHIRCH. She Quotes Authorities to Prove She Is the Author and Leader of the Sect. CONCORD, N. H. June 7. Recent claims that Ralph Waldo Emerson Is the author of Christian Science has called for the following statement from Mary Baker G. Eddy: "To Whom it Concerns: I was early the pupil of Miss Sarah J. Bodwell. the principal of Sanbornton Academy, of New Hampshire, and finished my course of studies under Prof. Dyer H. Sanborn. Among my early studies were Comstock's natural philosophy. Chemistry, Blair's rhetoric, Whaley's logic, Watts on the Mind and moral science. "At sixteen years of age I began writing for the leading newspapers and for many years wrote for the best magazines in the South and North. I have lectured In large and crowded halls in New York city, t'hicago. Boston, Portland and at Waterville College and have been Invited to lecture in London and Edinburgh. "In 1883 I started the Christian Science Journal and for several years was the Sroprietor and sole editor of that journal, n 1893 Judge S. J. Hanna became editor of the Christian Science Journal and for ten subsequent years he knew my abllity as an editor. In his recent lecture at Chicago he said 'Mrs. Eddy is, from every point of view, a woman of sound education and liberal culture.' "Agassis, the celebrated naturalist and author wisely said: Every great scientific truth goes through three stages. First, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been dicovered before. Lastly, they say they have always believed hv "The first attack upon me was: Mrs. Eddy misinterprets the Scriptures; second, she has stolen the contents of her book, 'Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures,' from one P. P. .Quimby (an obscure, uneducated man), and he is the founder of Christian Science. Failing in these attempts the caluminator has resorted to Ralph Waldo Emerson philosophy as the authority for Christian Science. Lastly, the defamer will declare as honestly (?) T have always known it.' T am rated in the National Magazine (1903) ns standing eighth in a list of twentytwo of the foremost living authors. "I claim no special merit of any kind. All that I am in reality God has made me. I will wait at the cross to learn definitely more from my great Master, but none of the Greek or of the Roman schools simply how to do His deeds." HOODLUMS OUT IN FORCE BUNGALOOS ATTACK PEACEABLE NEGROES AT RIVERSIDE PARK. Victims Driven to Haven of Refuge While Stones Flcvr Fast Squad of Police Sent. The "Bungaloo" gang turned out In full force last night at Riverside Park, and took up its war on the colored race, with the result that in a very few moments not a negro could be found within a mile of the premises. The hoodlums stationed pickets at the street-car lines and compelled the colored people to stay on the cars, and only the whites were allowed to go unmolested. The unfortunate negroes who were caught in the park were forced to seek shelter In the street cars, and, after once inside, were pelted with stones and rocks by the howling mob of whites on the outside. Several people were struck with flying bricks and stones, and a number of doctors were summoned to the scene. Captain Kruger, of the city police department, detailed twelve policemen and four detectives to the park as soon as he heard of the affair, and the trouble soon subsided. No arrests were made, as none of the miscreants could be found by the police, as they dispersed as soon as they found that the police had been notified. BAN AWAY WITH THE CAB. Young Man Played Motorman and There Wai Wild Ride. While the motorman and conductor of a city-bound car from Fairview were struggling to put a young man off the car last night, shortly before midnight, one of the young man s friends assumed the duties of motorman and drove the car downtown at full speed. The young man was finally ejected from the car at the corner where he wanted to get off anyway and his friend the motorman pro tern, found it convenient to leave at the same place. The car was crowded with passengers whni the young man and his friend boa; the front end. The youth had apparently been imbibing too freely of spring water, or the exhilaration of the first sunshiny day for two weeks had gone to his head, for he became so obstreperous that the conductor found it necessary to put him off. He caught the rear end as it passed, however, and established himself in a position in the center of the car. whence he defied the conductor to do his worst. The conductor needed help, and the motorman jumped into the breach. He neglected to take his controlling lever with him. and at this point the young man's friend made good. It was a wild ride down Illinois str et, fraught with excitement and some p but all s well that ends well. The trip was made more expeditously than usual, the conductor and motorman finaly got rid of the youth and the latter got to ridas far as he had intended to go. The bike cops were not called out. David Ewlaa; Dead. BOSTON. June 7 Col. David Ewlng, well-known to railroad and military men, died suddenly to-day at the house of his son in West Somerviile. Colonel Ewing was fifty-six years old and a native of Indiana. Pennsylvania. In 1M1 he been me secretary and treasurer of the EvanKvllle A Terre Haute Railroad. Four years later V,.. .imc rnenil Mil rwrln t -n1n t nt t K. same road, soon after bing mad general I a, - - - A aU. i St. 1 a j - I

manager 01 ine cvanvvme ar 1 noian :miis and the Peoria. Decatur A Evansvllle railroads. In 1S9I he was appointed assistant superintendent of the Pittsburg Railroad and two years afterward was made general manager.

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I felt better after the first two or three doses ; it seemed as though a weight was taken off my shoulders f I continued its use until now I can trathfullv sav I am entirely cured. Young girls who are always paying doctor's bills without getting any help as I did, ought to take your medicine. It costs so much less, and it is sure to cure them. Yours truly, Adsxaide Prahl. 174 St. Ann's Ave., New York City." 5000 forftit if orlqlmml f abov tte proving fftnuinerwu cm not pro44. THOSE DESIRING TO PURCHASE DECORATIONS During the T. P. A. this week should call on ED LOWE at the Post B Club House, 25 WEST MARYLAND STREET. OLD 'PHONE 2400. FAVORS SUNDAY SPORT A PREACHER WHO SAYS THAT DAT SIKH I.I) KOT BE BLIE. Don't Play Good AsfH oa Snnday Hie Devil on Moadny, He Advises. The congregation of All Souls' Unitarian Church met yesterday for the first time In the charl on North Alabama street. The Rev. E. E. Newbert had for his theme "The Misplaced Halo, or the Sacredness of the Secular." He said in part: "We are taught to speak of one day In seven as God's day. as if all days were not ills. A so-called sacred song runs. 'This is the day the Lord has made.' Did he not make all days? Don't play good angel on Sunday and act the part of the devil on Monday. Don't pray on Sunday and forget to say a prayer for six days. Don't be solemn on Sunday and swagger and swear on Saturday. How persistent is the old Idea of the Sabbatk. What a blue day it has been, especially In New England. Keep in mind, if you will, the idea of holy days, but extend the glory to embrace all time. I would not have Sunday secularized to the extent of having more work done, but I would have tne day used by workingmen and women freely and for th Ir largest happiness. .When i think of the thousands in a city like this who are shut in shop and factory or business house or office six days I cannot deny to them the fullest freedom on Sunday; nor do I see harm in watching a clean game of baseball or other wholesome sport, for who shall say that what is right to do on Monday Is wrong to do on Sunday? And we have bWn told of a holy life, but how narrow the Idea. How f w come under the halo. From the heads of nun and monk th- halo passes to the heads of the mother and father who build a, home and dare bring into It children, and who live the normal human life and seek for happiness. PASS THE GLORY ON. "Running throughout literature la this 1magiaary line of cleavage. We speak of sacred and profane history as if history were other than one the continuous story of human life. Who places, and by what right. Moses and Isaiah on one side the dividing line and Washington and Emerson on the other? God's word has been limited to the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures. I take from the Hible none of Its real glory, but I say enlarge the halo to embrace other literatures. What of the classics of India, of Rome and Greece? What of our modern poets and prophets and statesmen and great preachers? Pass the glory on. Let us have enough of the idea to go around. Let the hak encircle our world, even as does the sky line. I would have all men and women who are at work feel that they are at work with God in the building of a worl flt for the more perfect human habitation. "Hut more than all else the halo has encircled th church in all ages. Has It been misplaced T I think of tenxple and shrine and sacred grove and cathedral. How long have we believed that God has a house, a local habitation? The peasants of Europe put their very life-blood Into the building of the cathedrals. The people lived in hovels, and th y w-re content so to live If only the house of God could be enriched. I love a beautiful ehurch, but before it Is bullt I would have the homes of the people Ufted Up to the level of the beautiful. Nor Would 1 build it if to build meant that the modern schoolhousc. or the hospital, or the reformatory, or the refug- for age and innocence, had to wait. And because a building has .-. 11 thought to be a house of God its usefulness has been restricted. But whatever is right to do q the homes of the people or in the schools Is right to do In the church. If sacredness means restricted benefits then away with the Idea ' Serlons Caarare Agjaluat it h n . Martin Ryan, No. 72s River avenue, was arrested last night and slated at police station for an alleged attempt to commit criminal assault on Myrtle Butler, who lives at No. 11 West Eleventh street. The young woman was hurrying along Missouri street when she was accosted by Ryan. i.lvrn a Ride In Wajoa. As the result of a fight st the comer of Fort Wayne avenue and St. Clair street last night. William Cousins, of No. sit Fort Wayne avenue, and Horace Baxter. No. 12Q Brooker street, were given a ride In the wagon. The arrests were made by mcycie Follcemen rrimpe ana ixwe. ooin lng slsted for assault and battery.