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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
A cLoUOByRsr AT AMER1cus.
Ten Inches # Rain Fall There in Twelve
FCurs
-(By the Associated Press.)

.(By the Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 1S.-A Constitution
special from Americas. Ca. says:
Fifty thousand dollars will not cover
the damage wrought in and about Amer
icus by ,cloudburst last night. The rain
poured necessarily fer twelve hours, 10
inches falling within that period. Many
bridges in the city were washed away.
Carloads of lumber in the yards Of
the Americas Construction Company
floated away to Muckalec Creek, the wa
ter standing five feet deep in the COM
panys yards.
1.-THE city pumping station was flooded,
cxtinguishing the fires under the boilers
and submcrging the pumps to depth Of
foyr feet.
Railroad bridges were damaged consid-
erahly and only one train reached Ameri-
Gus today. Many cattle in pastures below
Americas were drowned.
"Muckaicc Greek spread out half mile
wide ard hundreds OF acres of cotton
were destroyed 1t is estimated that
thousands CT talcs of cotton will be lost
as result. of the flocd. Much property
damage resulted in this county"
COTTON GREATLY DAMAGED.
Fort Gaines, Ca, Sept. 1S-The precipi-
tation here in the tast twenty-four hours
measured S22 inches in the Government
rain gauge. Cotton is greatly damaged.
No trains have arrived or departed to-
day.
ALI. TRAINS ABANDONED.
Montezuma, Ca, Sept. 1S.-The rainfall
here in ~ --~1t twenty four hours was
the heaviest known in years. All trains
have been abandoned for the present and
creeks ard rivers are impossible.
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The Colombian Legation officials at
Washington express the view that the
Colombian insurrection is practically
crushed. They say that the insurgents
do not hold single village or position
in all Colombia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20
Nearly TWentY.Nine Thoufand

The new city directory has made its
the book covering Raleigh
and its suburbs, Pilot Mill, Caraleigh
Mills, West Raleigh, Method and Ober-
lin. The estimate of the population of
these places combined is 2S,24S.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-20

special memorial service III nonoi VI
President Mckinley VIII De helo at INC
building oil the South
Carolina, Interstate and west lndian
Exposition at Charleston, S. c., today.
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sDaiIy. daily except Sunday.
Trains No. 40 and IS solid trains be-
tween Primers Point and Wilmington.
Train No. 40 connects at Rocky Mount
with train % for all points South aRd
Nc, 78 train Tor all points North.
j. r. KENLY. Genera! Manager.
+. M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager.
Ceneral Passenger AssNt.
% H. H. EMnRD0as.
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A dollar unjustly gained cannot be
justly kept.
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ATLANTIC COAST LINE r. R.
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Lv. Wilson Il 2 IS s s3i12 1sI.o As Il IS
Ar. Rocky Mt. sol 1oIl2 45I11 % 50
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
An OKLAHOMA TORNADO.
A Cyclone Crossed by a Hurricane.
Which Drops Tornados.
LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

Wichita, June 11--A summing up of
the dispatches which tell of the stofm
in Kay and Noble counties of Ok1aho-
ma would indicate that there was
cyclone with diameter of from sixty
to hundred miles, that a hurricane
swept through the middle of this ter
ritory, covering a width of from ten to
twenty miles; that this straight wind
generatrd and formed several tornados
within a track of lesser width, some of
the dispatches indicating the width of
the tornado Matching course little
three miles
The track of the tornados extended
through Kay county and into Noble
county, starting not far south of the
Kansas line. destroying the small town
of Eddy. killing three persons there
and injuring several; laying waste
farm buildings, wheat fields in thu
midst of harvest between Eddy and
Tonkawa, and at the last named place
scattering the materials of 80 dwellings
and business houses There were no
fatalities south of Eddy, though many
people were more or less hurt
carpenter whose name is given S
Caldwell, the dispatches from three
points all giving his initials differently,
was killed by lightning between Black
well and Ton1awa.
Heavy falls of both hail and rain ac-
eompanied the storm over a much
greater extent of territory than has
here been mentioned There are heavy
losses and agents for wind and hail in
surance almost Immediately began to
receive notices of loss from Ceres,
Perry, Ponca City, Newlzirl1, Black
well, Tonkawa, Billings, Deer Creek,
with other claims coming in from all
along the hurricanes trail.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
SENATOR PLATT'S LETTER.
Had Well Defined Purpose to Sc
cure and Defend Independence.
MEANING OF AMENDMENT.

Washington, June 1O--During the
conference between Secretary Root
and the Cuban commission the secre-
tary wrote letter to Senator P1att of
Connections, who introduced the Platt
amendment, asking for his views
relative to intervention mentioned
in the third clause Of the amendment.
Senator Platt's letter was furnished to
the committee confidentia11y by the
secretary of war and was incorporated
into and made part of the acceptance
of the Platt amendment by the consti-
tutional convention. The letter, how
ever, appeared in Havana paper, and
is now made pu bile by the war depart
ment Following is the text of the
letter:
81 in receipt of your letter of
this date, in which you say that the
members of the committee of the
Cuban constitutional convention fear
that the provisions relative to inter
vention made in the third clause of
the amendment which has come to
bear my name, may have the effect of
preventing the independence of Cuba
and in reality establish protectorate
or suzerainty by the United Sta
and you request that L express my
views of the question raised
I'm reply / beg to state that the
amendment was carefully prepared
with the object of avoiding any posi-
bic idea that by the acceptance thereof
the constitutional convention would
thereby establish a protectorate
suzerainty, or in any manner whatso-
ever preclude the independence or
sovereignty of Cuba: and speaking for
myself, it seems impossi bic that such
an in Interpretation can be given to the
clause. 1 believe that the amendment
should be considered as whole and it
ought to be clear on reading it that its
well defined purpose is to secure and
safeguard Cuban independence, and
set forth at once clear idea of the
friendly disposition of the United
States toward the Cuban people and
the express intention of their part to
aid them, if necessary in the main
tenance of said independence. These
are my ideas and although, you say,
I cannot speak for the entire congress,
my belief is that such purpose was
we'll understood by that body.
Very respectfully yours.
(Signed) 20 H. PLATT."
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
TIE same ola Legal Battle.

Topeka, June 1.-THE Kansas Odd
Fellows will have to fight the suit
involving the title to the De Boissiere
estate in Franklin county over again
The supreme court granted a rehear-
ing in the case 1t will be be argued
in Novemb The attorney for the
order-over1ooked important matter
in the first trial Had they set up the
fact that the heirs of the estate were
residents of France leading lawy ers
say the court would have knocked out
their heirs under the alien land act.
This act has now been repealed.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
THE G. A. R. ENCAMpAENT.
A. New Deal Secured in the EIec-
ton of All Officials.
SCHOOL HISTORY CONDEMNED.

Junction City, Kas-, June 1o--The
election of officers of the Kansas Grand
Army seems to have been in the nature
of contest between the ex-officers and
the ex-Drivates and the privates won
the battle all along the line A. w
Smith headed the list of candidates
put out by the officers and Martin Ma
ton that of the privates' ticket, for
the place of department commander,
and Nation was chosen. With him, on
the same ticket, the following were
elected: Senior vice commander, Ma
jor J. B. Remington, Osawatomie;
junior vice commander, B. E Pealer,
Sa1ina; Chaplain, g. L. Smith, Win
field; medical director, n. w Hayes
Abilene.
Smith, it is universally conceded
was defeated on account of the desire
for a new deal, not because there was
anything against him personally
Fort Scott was chosen for the en-
campment of 1902, and Hutchinson for
the reunion of 1901
The resolutions adopted by the de-
partment were tame. The plank in
reference to pension commissioner
reads.
Resolved, That we, the comrades of
the Kansas G. A. R., do most earnest
ly request the president to appoint as
commissioner of pensions for the en-
suing term one who viii construe the
laws in the spirit in which they were
enacted and administer the laws ac-
cOrding to the order and rules of evil
dence.''
The history used in the public schools
of Kansas was condemned in unmeas-
ured terms and committee of five was
authorized to urge the text book com
mission to get a new one.
The department accepted an invita-
ton from Republic county to attend
the laying of the cornerstone of the
monument to mark the spot in Repub-
lie county where Pike raised the Uni
Juiy4. and the unwilling will be held
Sept ember 20, 1901.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Dynamite ExpIodes ON Train.

Binghampton, N Y, June IL
While a freight train on the Lacl1a-
wanna was taking water at Vestal,
ten miles west of here, it was run in to
from behind by a double-header wild
cat freight train. In the second car
from the caboose of the stationary
train was large quantity of dynamite,
which was exploded by the impact.
Six men were killed and three fatally
injured. Both trains were blown to
atoms, but the remainer of their crews
escaped with slight in juries.
Much damage was done by the con-
cussiOn, most of the windows in Vesta1
and Union. across the river from Yes
tai, being shattered, Binghampton's
plate glass front did not escape being
broken. The shock was felt at dis
tance of thirty miles.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13

Kansas City, June IA passenger
on the Frisco train which was wreck
ed near Severy tells a graphic story of
his experience. Conductor E. A. AIxres
was injured internally and was not
expected to live. The coach caught
fire before the passengers could be
removed and several people suffered
from burns. The passenger mentioned
sitting opposite Mrs. w. r. Smith,
of Newlirlz, and her two children.
He found himself under the seats with
the two children each side of him.
The children We're not hurt but Mrs
Smith was seriously injured and may
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Changes in Pen1tentiary.

Leavenworth, Kas-, June lied C.
Elicit of E1dorado and Mark Tully of
Independence, directors of the State
penitentiary at Lansing announced
that A. b. Smith OF Osborne county,
superintendent of the clothing depart
ment, and Captain Mcfarland of Lin
coin county, captain of the prison
guard, have resigned their positions
Lewis Herwig of Butler county has
been appointed to Smiths place, while
Oliver Hiatt of Lansing has been made
captain of the guard
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Do Not obey the Fence order.

Topeka, June 6.-The cattlemen
have adopted different schemes of get
ting around the order of the interior
department to tear down fences
around government lands. Some tore
the fences down and then put them up
again. 1t will take an order more
definite and certain agent with
more backbone than the present agent
to bring down all the fences around
government land in the western sec
ton of the state.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
wtchtta.s Broken Glass.

Wichita, June 11.-A1l the insurance
plate glass and mirrors broken by
Mrs. Nation in Wichita has been paid.
The loss aggregated about 5000. This
is much more than people generally
thought. The insurance companies in
insuring glass still put in a proviso
that the policy is void against the de-
struction by Carrie Nation or her
coufederates.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
(Signed.

Topeka, June 11--Seedling trees
will be shipped this year by the car
load from points in Shawnee and JEFF
ferson counties to all parts of the
country. Nurserymen of these coun-
ties estimate that 90 per cent of the
seedlings used by nurseries in the
United States are produced here and
shipped from here The raising of
seedlings is a large industry There
is a small piece of territory in south
eastern Nebraska and another in
southwestern Iowa where seedlings
can be successfully grown, but these
two places produce only a small per
cent of the seedlings used in the coun-
try. Nurserymen in all parts of the
country have tried to raise seedlings
but because of poor soil bad climate
the industry has been abandoned
every here except in Kansas There
are between 600 and 700 acres of seed
Hngs grown in Shawnee county. The
seedlings are used for grating and
more of this is done and more young
trees raised to marlSeta BILE size in
Shawnee county thaa in any place
west of Rochester, N Y.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Papers to be Made Ahoard shIp.

Washington, June although
every effort has been made to land the
volunteers in this country before July
I. it is not now believed that it can be
done with all the regiments yet to
start across the Pacific. Cable instruc-
tions have been forwarded to General
Macarthur to send a mastering -out
officer with each regiment on the
transports yet to sail, so as to have
everything in readiness for their mus
ter out on their arrival at San Fran
cisco.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Kttchener,s scouts.

Pretoria. June s--Col- Wilson, with
twenty-four of Kitchener's scouts has
surprised and routed 400 Beers belong
ing to Byer's command, "a miles west
of Warmbaths. The Beers resisted
stubborn1y but finally broke and fed,
leaving 81 dead, hundred prisoners
and all their wagons and supplies,
including 5000 cattle in the hands of
the British. The loss of the latter was
three men killed and fitted wounded.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Value of state Property.

Topeka, June 6.-State Auditor
George E. Cole has succeeded in com
piling a statement of the value of all
state property-that is, buildings and
grounds and other improvements The
total value is placed at 50, O25, 442- OF
this SIS, 276, POS is in buildings and
grounds and $74e, PA is in furniture
and fixtures
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13

Topeka. June st is announced
that on June 10 train service is to be
inaugurated on the Rock Islsnd extern
sion from Liberal, Kansas to Dalhart,
Texas, over the first Ill miles of the
line, which has been built across Bea-
yer county, o. T., and the Panhandle.
At Dalhart connection will be made
with the Fort Worth & Denver. A
great number of new towns have been
established along the line, and its
opening marks the beginning of new
era in the development of that country.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Now for Arbitration.

Washington, June 1.-THE United
States has again appealed to the pow
ers to submit the present issues at
Pekin over the indemnity propositions
to the arbitration of The Hague
tribunal Mr. Rockhill cabIed Secre-
tary Hay for permission to make a
proposition, and the secretary cabIed
his authority to do So 1t is believed
that the ministers at Pekin have
become involved beyond extrication in
the present issues and this proposition
may be the only way out
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13

is advertising for bids for supplies for
horses at army posts According to
the specifications supplies are wanted
for Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth
as follows:
Fort Leaven WORTH. 400, 900 pounds
of oats: $40, 900 bran: 3,9I5, 900 baled
hay; $40, 900 straw
Fort Riley, 1850, 900 pounds of oats:
100. 600 bran; 6,ss5, 900 baled hay; l.
615, 900 straw.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13

ST. Paul, June 1o-By unanimous
vote although with small attendance
the American Medical Associa ton
adopted a resolution endorsing the
movement for the eSta bliShnent of the
army post canteen. The resolution
adopted is as follows: Resolved. That
this body deplores the action of congress
in abolishing the army post exchange
or canteen in the interest of discipline,
morality, and sanitation, recommends
its reesta b1ishment at the earliest pos
sible date
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
AFTER CREEK INDIAN LANDS.
INDIANS Protected by Provision for APP
provaI of sale In Washington.


Washington, June 11.-Captain
Schoenfe1dt. in charge of the Union
agency of the five civilized tribes in
the Indian territory says that a large
number of persons are coming in from
Western states to secure possession of
are soon to be placed on the market
by the Creek tribe, who have recently
entered into treaty with the govern
Inent, for the opening of their lands,
and who are taking their lands in
severalty and disposing of the surplus
He says that the accommodations at
Muskogee are too small for the enor-
nous influx of strangers who want to
purchase lands from the Indians. The
ma ority of the strangers are from
Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa The
agent says the lands which the Indians
will be allowed to dispose Of are of
frst-c1ass quality and worth an
average SIS an acre. The Indians
have in several instances offered to
sell them at much below their value,
and there is general expectation that
great deal of money is to be made
ont of these lands He points out that
spectators are overlooking the very
serious fact that all sales of lands so
negotiated must first be approved by
the secretary of the interior, and that
few, if any, contracts will be approved
that do not represent fair valuation
of the lands, according to market
I'd
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13

Iron Mountain, Mich, June 6.-By
the explosion of a quantity of powder
and the suffocating fumes that follow
ed eight men We're killed in the shaft
of the Chaplin mine Suddenly there
rum BILE and smoke began pour
ing from the mouth of the shaft.
Rescuers hurried into the mine as
soon the smoke had cleared suffi-
GENTLY and found the eight miners, all
who had been working in that section
of the shaft, lifeless- The cause of
the explosion has not yet been deter
mined
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
To BUCK the Grain Trust.

Topeka, June 6.-There seems to be
a general uprising Of the farmers of
the state against the so-called grain
trust. From almost every section comes
the report of the organization of local
concerns to buck the trust. These
cooperation concern organized at
Sa1ina recently They are mostly in
dependent of that. Within the past
thirty days eight companies of this
character have been granted charters
by the state charter board.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13

Chicago, June s.-The Sante Fe has
announced the following appoint
ments: J. w. Kendrick, third vice
president, in charge of operation; w.
b. Jansen, assistant to president, in
charge of Chicago office and the com
pany's coal properties; Captain A. H.
Payson, assistant to the president, in
charge of Northern California affairs,
HEADQUARTERS in San Francisco
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Alnskan Isonndnrr Iine.

New Whatcom, Wash. June 1O.-The
boundary commissions of the American
and Canadian governments now en-
gagged in relocating she information al
line on the western slope of the Cas-
cade mountains have completed their
work through the Mount Baker min
ing district and find that it runs three
fifths of a mile further south than has
been heretofore supposed, but all of
the more valuable mines remain on
American territory. OF course their
work requires ratification.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Last step Refore Proo1amatton.

Washington, June 1o.-Indian Agent
Randlett wires here all is quiet on the
Kiowa reservation Inspector Nesler
in charge of a1lotments has notified
the secretary of the interior by wire
that he had completed and mailed his
final schedule. There are about J, 900
of the al1otments. This is the last
step before the issuance of the presi-
dents proclamation in the matter of
opening the Indian lands The proela-
nation has been prepared by the pres
ident, for sometime.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
CattIemen Are COMPETING.

Topeka, June 11--s-If any of the cat
tlemen in Western Kansas are putin z
back the fences which they took down
with my Instructions said Special
Agent A. H. Burtis, Il don't know it.
I propose to investigate the matter and
the ones who are found guilty of such
a trick Will have to answer for It in
the courts, for shall have them ar
rested immediately As a rule. the
cattlemen are complying with the or
der promptly now and I don't appre-
bend much further trouble
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
A Brave Sheriff.

Carrol1ton, Ga, June 1o.-A mob of
600 white men broke into the jail here
in attempt to secure negro named
Williams The mob was confronted
by sheriff Merrill, revolver in hand.
A fight ensued in which the sheriff
shot and wounded two men, of
them, it is believed fatally The mob
fired on the sheriff but he not
hurt, although one bullet passed
through his hat. The mob dispersed
without getting the negro Williams
was to have been hanged for murder.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
McKibben Goes to rhiIIppIne..

Washington, June 1o--By direction
of the president. Colonel Chambers
McKib ben, of the Twentieth infantry,
has been relieved from command of
the department of Texas and ordered
to resume command of his regiment in
the Philippines He will be succeeded
in the command of the department of
Texas by Colonel James WheIan of
the Twelfth cavalry. 1t is said that
the change was made at the request of
Colonel McKibben. who desired service
in the Philippines
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
win Take 1T to Supreme Court.

Topeka, June 1.-THE G. a. R. de-
partment will take steps at once to
test the new law compelling the APP
I3ointment of old soldiers to political
places 1t is likely that the case from
Sterling will be appealed and made a
test case There an old soldier who
wanted job under the city admins
tration brought suit to compel his APP
pointment- The district court held
the law under which he made the de-
mand unconstitutional, on the grounds
that it is class legislation
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Rains Help wheat.

Atchison, Kans-, June S--Rains are
reported on the Central Branch and
Omaha extension of the Missouri Paci-
tic. At Paul station cloud burst oc-
CURED and there are eighteen inches
of water in the station there. Grain
reports received here show that the
prospects since the rain indicate that
there will be larger wheat yield in
Northern Kansas this year than last
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Chanee Back to Manila.

and staff and two companies of the
Ninth infantry arrived here the
United States transport Sumner from
Tal1u- The general was received with
a major generals salute. Gen Chaffee
Will be Gen MacArthur's guest at the
MaIacanan0 palace.
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
New Memor,aI Dav,

Topeka, June s--Governor Stanley
issues proclamation setting apart
June IA as Flag day. On that date
the governor requests the people over
the state to display flags their
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Found Eortune

Hartford, CT, June 11--Wm. Warner
a New Haven drummer found pa ll-
age of papers in an old trunk at his
home He stuffed it into his grip and
while on a train he united the package
and found 1T bonds of the N ", New
Haven and Hartford R. R. with stock
in the two great express companies
Arriving in Hartford, Warner fastened
to brokerage firm, where he found
he had some s4s, 900 of accrued interest
coming to him we'll as property
valued at $3.50, O00-
The Globe-republican., 1901-06-13
Fire at Lexington. XIV.

Lexington, Ky June 1O--The Otis
cooper shop burned and the fire COM
municated to other buildings 50 rapid
ly that it was feared for some time
that the city would be laid in ashes.
The fire was beyond control for two
hours. Twenty-three houses, mostly
tenements, We're destroyed with their
contents. Loss $50. 900.