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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-03

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-03

DE"EYS FIAGSH1P OLlMPIA-CAPTAIN GRDLEY,
Mrs. Gridiey mother of Captain Gdy command
of Deweys flagship the destruction Spanish fleet at Manila
says of or remedy,
At the solicitation Peruna and can hfuUv
is grand tonic and
household After using
new persor."-bfRS GRLDLEY.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
BRITISH SHIPPING COMBINE.
Cunard People Are Ont of 1t, but Mr..
Chamberlain Is Backing a Canad-
inn-British Line.

London, June 1.-THE newspapers
here continue to discuss the British
shipping combine as though the project
had assumed much more tangible shape
than is yet admitted by those who are
in a position to know the facts in the
case. The Westminster Gazette to-day
intimates that the Cunard Line will not
join in forming the proposed Canadian
British line and says the colonial secre-
tary, Mr.. Chamberlain, favors subsidiz-
ing the latter project rather than the
Cunard plan, which is more especially
directed against the Morgan shipping
combination. According to the West
minister Gazette, the capital of the
Canadian British line will be 10000
600 of which Gs,5O00OO will be expend-
ed on six 25-knot vessels and
a dozen freight steamers. Including
100000 subsidy from Canada, the PRO
motors, it is added anticipate a total
subsidy of G500,000, besides an imperial
guarantee of interest on the capital
amounting to e300000 yearly. The
Westminster Gazette further asserts
that the negotiations for a guarantee
of the interest on the capital are so far
advanced that the only point at issue
is whether it shall be ~ per cent. CT 8
per cent
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
DEATH ATTENDED THE DANCE.
Building Collapsed and Many Were
Killed and Injured.


Bloomington, Ills, June 11.-Death
and destruction followed in the wake
of the tornado last night. The saddest
feature was the killing of three young
women who were attending a dance at
the town hall of Merna, a small village
ten miles east of this city There was
a party of $50 Young men and women
at the dance in the hall when the tor
nado struck the building about IL
o'clock last night. Everybody rushed
for the doors. A number of young men
held the doors to prevent the people
from escaping, fearing that they might
be injured or killed if they got outside.
About half of them, however, escaped.
and then the building collapsed. The
others were buried in the wreck. Three
were killed and forty or fifty others
more or less injured, some of them Sc
riously. The dead are:
Miss Lena Jahagam, Mrs. Edward
Martin and Miss Anna Kelly.
All are daughters of prominent farm
ers in the vicinity. The bodies were
horribly mutilated by the heavy tim
bers. Quite a number of young men
and women were taken from the ruins
in an unconscious condition, and some
of them are still in that state and II
is feared there may be other deaths.
Much Damage at Bloomington.
The storm reached Bloomington
about IL p. m, commencing with
furious electrical display, Rain ac-
companied the wind, and the business
district suffered severely. Many plate
glass windows were blown in and the
stocks of goods were badly damaged.
Hundreds OF trees in the city were
broken off at the trunks and the streets
are almost impossible Buildings all
over the city were damaged. but no
lives were lost nor was anyone seri-
ously injured. A man standing on
West Washington street was blown 300
feet. but escaped with only bruises.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
THE VOTE ON CANAL BILL.
Fate of Nicaragua Route to Be De,
cided Thursday, June 10.

Fate of Nicaragua Route to Be De-
cided Thursday, June 10.
Washington, June 11-Just before
adjournment to-day the Senate agreed
to vote finally on the Nicaragua canal
bill and all pending amendments on
Thursday, June 10, the voting to be-
gin at . p. m.
Mr.. Fairbanks of Indiana, in a care
fully prepared speech favored construc-
ton of the Isthmian canal by the Pan
anna route. Originally, he said, he had
favored the Nicaragua route, but an
Investigation of the subject, coupled
with the determination of the isthmian
commission, had induced him to
change his mind in favor of the Pan
anna route. He argued that route not
only would be cheaper in the first in
stance, but cheaper in operation after
the canal was constructed. He favored
the construction of the canal, he said,
and resented the intimation that those
who favored the Panama route were
in the least opposed to a canal.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
DEATH IN TORNADO
WORST STORM IN CENTRAL ILL
NOIS SINCE IS48.
MANY FATALITIES REPORTED.
DAMAGE WILL AGGREGATE MIL
LIONS.

Three People Killed at Kingston
Mines and Ten Injured. Three Fa-
taIIy-Town Hall of Merna Blown
Down While Dance Was in Pro-
gress-VOung Men Prevented Girls
From EscapInE-Three Were Kill
ed and Many More Injured-EIec-
trio Linemnn at Peorin Killed by
Live Wire-BIOOmingtOn Received
Full Force of storm.
Bloomington, Ills, June u-Stretch-
ing across a pathway one hundred
miles long, extending from Livingston
county on the north to McCoupin coun-
ty on the south, and leaving its mark
clear across the face of Central Illinois
cyclone last night inflicted property
loss which will aggregate millions of
dollars and cost a dozen lives. The
brunt of the storm fell upon Mclean
and adjoining counties. Lightning was
incessant for two hours, but was mark
ed by absence of thunder claps. Wind
reached a velocity of 100 miles an hour
and in it's track were left destruc-
ton and death. The visitation
was the worst ever recorded
in the history of Central illinois.
Almost complete interruption of tel
egraph and telephone wires for twelve
hours has made it impossible to Sc
cure the full details of the disaster. 1t
is known that while the fatalities in
Mclean were but three in number,
scores of persons were seriously injur-
ed and hundreds of narrow escapes
from death were reported. Not viii
lage or city of Mclean county escap-
ed, and from every district comes the
same report of destroyed buildings.
injury to growing crops and RACED fruit
and shade trees. The aggregate of loss
in Mclean county, not including three
lives at Merna, or thousands upon
thousands of levelled shade and fruit
trees, by a rough estimate will be be-
tween $500, 900 and $4OOO 900.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
COL. LYNCH ARRESTED.
boer Colonel, Who Is Also Member
of Parliament, Now Occupies n Coll

noer Colonel, Who Is Also Member
OF Parliament, Now Occupies a Cell.
London, June 11.-Col. Arthur Lynch.
VINO fought with the Beers in South
AFRICA and who in November last was
elected to represent Galway in the
House of Commons, was arrested this
morning on his arrival at New Haven
from Dleppe, France. Col. Lynch, who
was accompanied by his wife. was
brought to London and was afterwards
taken to the Bow street police sta
ton.
Subsequently Col. Lynch was ar
ralgned at the Bow street police court
on the charge of high treason and was
Iemanded until Saturday. June IA, af-
ter formal evidence of his arrest had
been presented.
The prisoner, who was entered on
the charge sheet as a journalist. sat in
the dock apparently unconcerned I'M
I'll the magistrate asked him if he had
anything to say in reply to the charge.
1hen ne arose and replied almost in
sudlhly, No, sir" He did not apply
Ior bail and was taken to the cells.
HeckIed by the Irish.
The Irish Nationalist in the House
Oh Commons to-day heckled the min
lsters on the subject of the arrest of
Col. Lynch. They wanted to know
why the Colonel had not the same
rlght to surrender as other burghers.
Inc government leader, A. ]. Balfour.
replied tersely: HE is not a burgher.'
John Redmond, the Irish leader, and
J. G. Swift Mcneil, Nationalist, then
turned to the Secretary of State for
Home Affairs, Mr.. Ritchie and asked
him why he had not fulfilled his min
lsterial duty in informing the House
of Col. Lynch's arrest on the charge
of high treason.
Mr.. Richie denied that it was his
duty e do so. but when the Irish
members appealed to the Speaker, the
latter upheld the Nationalist conten-
ton that the usual practice was to
inform the House of Commons of sucn
an incident through the Speaker.
Further questions were ruled out Of
order and the subject was dropped.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
DOUBLE STORM AT PEORIA.
People in Suburbs stood on Pianos
With Water to Their NecIxS.

People in Suburbs stood on Pianos
With Water to Their Necks.
Peoria. ILL.,, June 1.-THE double
storm that struck Peoria at 10 o'clock
last night and again at 2 O'Clock this
morning was the worst Central Illinois
has experienced since 1s43.
Probably the worst damage in pro-
portion to the size of the town was
at Kingston Mines, a small mining town
twenty miles below Peoria. There
three persons were killed outright and
ten were injured, three fatally.
George Reardon, an employee of the
electric company, was instantly KILLED
this morning while repairing the
storm damage at Glen Oak Park. He
was caught by live wire and died
instantly. George Ashlock. another
lineman, was seriously burned in at
tempting to extricate Reardan from
the wire.
The Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
cific train. which left this city at II 25
O'Clock last night for Chicago, ran
into washout just above the city.
The engine is buried in sand and mud
and the baggage car turned over. Rob-
ert Atkinson, the engineer, was the
only person injured.
Shortly after II o'clock a report
reached the police that the people liv-
ing at Dry Run were in danger of
drowning, as they had been caught by
the flood. Row boats were hauled to
the scene at once and the police took
twelve people from their homes. They
were standing on pianos. with
the water almost to their
necks. All communication with the
outside world was cut off for more
than twelve hours and 1t was almost
noon to-day before wire was secured
between Peoria and Chicago and St.
oIiic
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
CHICAGO CASE TO DECIDE.

Beef Trust Investigation mt New Or
leans Dismissed, Presumably by
Instructions From Washington.
New Orleans, June 1.-THE United
States grand jury, which has been in
vestigafing the alleged beef trust. was
o-day dismissed without day. no in
dictment having been returned. 1t IS
believed instructions from Washington
have been received to take the action
made in dismissing the grand jury.
and that the whole status of the al
legged beef trust, so far as the govern
ment is concerned at Washington, will
be determined by the proceedings now
under way at Chicago-an injunction
against the alleged trust brought under
the provisions of the Sherman act.
This injunction is a chancery proceed
ing and was instituted by the attor-
ney general of that state and the dis
trict attorney for Chicago.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
REBECCA TAYLOR'S MISTAKE.
Was All Right When She Assaulted
SchIey, but Criticism of Situation
in Philippines Caused Loss of Her

SchIey, but Criticism OF SITUATION
in Philippines Caused Loss of Her
Job.
Washington. June 11.-Miss Rebecca
Taylor, who has been dismissed from
the War Department because of a
newspaper article in which she criti-
cised a speech of President Roosevelt,
is in a sense the victim of what might
be termed the new woman idea Of
taking an active interest in public af-
fairs. Miss Taylor has been an en-
ploye of the War Department since
the outbreak of the Spanish war. She
is a lady of opinions and possessing
the ability to express them forcefully.
She is one of a number of persons
who have taken advantage of the OPP
portunity offered by the Washington
Post, which devotes a page each Mon
day to Letters from the People"
While the Simpsons chley controver-
sy was raging, Miss Taylor made a
thorough study of the different phases
of the questions involved in the dis
cussion, and was a most ardent sup
porter of Admiral Sampson and a
most severe critic of Admiral Schley.
| She was, indeed, as uncompromisingly
| anti-Schley as Admiral Crowinshield
himself. It is not on record that Sec
rotary Root or other administration Of
ficials were at that time particularly
opposed to Miss Taylor's discussing
the live topic of the day. though when
she assayed to differ from her supe-
riors on the Philippines question she
was very promptly found acting in a
manner prejudicial to the good of the
service
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
YAQUI INDIANS MASSACRED.
Mexican Troops Slew Men, Women
and Children in Santa Rosa Canon.

Tucson, Ariz., June IA prominent
Arizona banker arrived at Prietas
Sonora to-day with details of a massa-
ere of Yaqui Indians. men. women and
children, yesterday IN Santa Rosa Ca
non, 35 miles from the Monas Prietas
mines, by a detachment of Gen.
Torres troops.
1t appears that the Yaqui forces that
were operating in that section had
moved further into the mountains,
leaving their women and children in
Santa Rosa canon under a guard of
eighty men. The Mexican troops came
upon this camp and without any warn
ing opened a terrible fire. sparing
neither women nor children. After
the first volley. the troops charged
down upon the panic-stricken victims
and massacred all within their reach.
OF the guard of the eighty Yaquis, not
a single one survived, and more than a
hundred women and children fell vic
Tins to the main bullets and bayonets.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
TWO NEGRO BOYS LYNCHED.
of by Mob Mt Benson, N. C.. After
Contrasting Their Crime.

Contrasting Their Crime.
Charlotte. N. c., June 1.-Two negro
boys, Harrison and James Gillespie,
aged, respectively, Is and IA years, who
were under arrest for killing Miss Cor
nelia Benson on a farm in Rowan coun-
ty. Monday last. were taken from jail
at Salisbury, N. c., early this morning
and hanged to a tree in the railroad
yards Their bodies were then riddled
with bullets. About fifty men COM
posed the mob and all wore masks.
The militia had been called out by
authority of the Governor about mid
night, but as everything appeared
quiet they had disbanded when the mob
suddenly appeared and battered down
the Jail doors. The negroes were in the
attic of the Jail, but the mob readily
found them and drove rapidly out of
town, firing as 1t went. After lynch
ing the negroes the mob quietly dis
persed. The negroes admitted that
they beat the young woman's brains
out with rocks because she tried to
make them leave her premises.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12

Reid's Reception Was
Most Cordial.

London. June ll.-Whitelaw Reid. the
special ambassador Of the United States
TO the coronation of King Edward,
was received in audience by His Majes-
ty at Buckingham Palace this after
neon. The King received Mr.. Reid in
the most cordial manner and expressed
his qualification At seeing him again.
Mr.. Reid presented his credentials and
a letter Of congratulation from Pres
ldent Roosevelt ~ King Edward.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
WANTS ITEMIzED STATEMENT.
Full Information of Expenditures In
Cuba Sought.

Washington. June 11.-Senator Gull
berson of Texas to-day introduced the
following resolution:
Resolved. That the Secretary of
War be and he is hereby directed to
send to the Senate a full itemized
statement of all moneys collected and
disbursed by the authorities of the
United States in Cuba from the mill
tary occupation thereof until May 20.
1902"
Senator Plat of Connecticut object
ed to present consideration and the
resolution went over until tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
TRAGEDY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
MOOnshiner Kills His Mother for
Advising Wife to Leave Him.

Roanoke, Va, June "details
reached here to-day of a tragedy in
the mountains of Franklin county,
which terminated last night in the
death of an aged widow, Mrs. Drusilla
Moore, and it is alleged that
she was murdered by her son, John
Moore, moonshiner. John Moore went
to his mothers home and accused her
of trying to get his wife to leave him.
After some words John Moore struck
his mother in the face with a glass
dish and then beat her over the head
with a chair fracturing her skull and
breaking her back. She died from the
injuries last night. Mrs Moore was
65 years of age
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
THE RICE WILL CONTESTS.
Herring of Both to Proceed Before
Surrogate Fitzgerald.

New York, June 11.-Surrogate Fitz-
gerald. after a long discussion to-day
between John c. Tornlinson. who Is
counsel for Albert T. Patrick. and Will
liam u. Hornblower. counsel for the
proponents of a VIII executed bv Wit
liam Marsh Rice in 1896. decided 10
proceed with the hearing of the con-
test against the will by Patrick and
also with the contest Of the 1900 will.
known as the Patrick will. which was
executed shortly before Rice's death.
and under which Patrick became resid-
uary iegafee OF the estate Of the tes-
tator. valued az about $1,000. 900.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
QUARANTINE IN THE GULF.
Mobile Board Agrees to Conform to
Louisiana Regulations.

Mobile, Ala, June 11.-As the result
of a conference here to-day between
Dr. Arthur Nolte. representing the
Louisiana Board of Health, and the
quarantine board of Mobile Bay, in
regard to quarantine regulations, the
Mobile board decided to make its reg
ulations conform with the Louisiana
board to the extent of requiring that
no passengers be admitted from Cen
trail American ports until five days
have elapsed from date of their leav-
ing said ports The Mobile board de-
clares for treatment of all on same
vessel as though all were from port
last touched.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12

Louisville. KY. June 1.-The Ma
tlonal Association ~ credit MFn 20
dsv elected J Harry TreFoe o. Bslfi-
more president A committee was ap-
POINTED 20 make 80 active night FOR
ne passage - the Ray amendment 20
ne bankruptcy law by Congress
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12

SON of Rev. Sam Small Marries
Daughter of Capt. SiEsbee.
Washington, June 11.-Miss Ethel
Sigsbee. the daughter of Capt. and
Mrs. Charles D. Sigsbee of the United
States navy, and Robert T. Small. were
married here tonight at the New
Church. by Rev. Frank Sewall. The
groom is the son of Rev. Sam Small.
associate editor of the Atlanta Con-
stitution. who came TO Washington to
attend the wedding. The groom is a
reporter on the Evening Star.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12

a bill They say the testimony of Mr.
Thurbur does not affect the merits of
the question in the least and they con-
tend that even admitting that the
course of the Cuban government was
censurable it cannot and should not
prevent the government of the United
States doing what II has promised to
do so and what 1t is right to do. They
DO not. however, generally admit that
the course was imDrOper
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
CUBA'S POOR GIFT TO US.
Nicely, Reeves and Rathbone All Go
Free-Sentences Aggregated Thirty
Years and over 1927 600 Fines.

NACC-ScAtChCts AS6AGEAtcN AhAEt!
Years and over 1927 600 Fines.
Havana, June lie. w. Nicely, who,
March "a, was sentenced to ten years
Imprisonment. and to pay a fine of
S56,701, for completely in the Cuban
postal frauds, was released to-day I'M
der the bill signed by President Palma,
June ., granting amnesty to all Amer
leans convicted of crimes in Cuba dur
ing the term of the American occupa-
ton and those awaiting trial.
The trials before the audiencia court
of Havana of the cases arising from
the embezzlement of Cuban postal
funds resulted, March a. in the SEN
fencing of c. F. w. Nicely, as set forth
in the above dispatch; of w. H. Reeves
to ten years Imprisonment and to pay
a fine of $35,516, and of Estes G. Rath-
bone to ten years Imprisonment and
to pay fine of S35,324.
April % by Gov. Gen. Wood, because
he was witness for the state in the
trials at Havana.
Rathbone was released in 500. 900
bail April 81, and later President
Roosevelt ordered that his case be re-
viewed. Referring recently to the am
nesty bill under which Nicely was re-
leased to-day, Rathbone said he would
be greatly disappointed at it's opera
ton, because he wanted a new trial
before what he called an uninfiuenced
court.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
LIMIT GIVEN TO BOERS.
Must Surrender by July 10 or Suffer
Consequences.

Consequences.
Cape Town, June 11.-An eXtraordi-
nary issue of the official gazette, pub
lished to-day fixes July 10 as the limit
in which the Beers or rebels who sur
render will receive the benefit of the
peace terms. All rebels surrendering
before that date will be merely disfran-
chised for life and will not be subject
to trial or punishment. Exception is
made in the case of field comets and
justices of the peace, who may be tried
and fined or imprisoned, but they will
not be executed. Rebels who hold out
after July 10 will be subject to the ex-
IRENE penalty for high treason.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
VIII Hurt Reciprocity.

The beet sugar senators are unde-
niahly more hopeful than they have
been heretofore. Some of them profess
to believe that the revelation will have
the effect of at least causing a halt in
the proceedings in the interest of re-
ciprocity. They think the report made
by Mr.. Thurber will be accepted by the
country as going to show that entirely
too much interest has been manifested
in the subject in Cuba. Some of them
go so far as TO claim that there will
be no reciprocity legislation-at least
during the present session.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
Lieut.. Hagsdorn's sentence.

Manila. June ii.-Iisat. EaRcdorn
quartermaeter Of the Twenty eighth
Infantry who was arrested IN March
last on the charge Of cmbegzicment
has been dismissed from the army and
sentenced 20 two years confinement lr
the prison IN Manila,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
soathern Man Made pr sident.

Chicago, June it-c. r. Campbell.
suDeri8fendent ~ The water works a.
chsrioffe. =. o., was to-day elected
president u the American Water
works Association. A number Of pa
pers we're read,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
THE FRIARS LAND QUESTION.
Permanent Committee of College of
Cardinals Will Take Matter in
Hand.

Rome. June 1.-THE idea of ap-
pointing a special commission of car
dinals to deal with the question of the
acquisition by the United States of the
friar lands in the Philippine Islands
has been abandoned in favor of sub
hitting the matter to a permanent
committe on extraordinary ecclesias-
tical affairs, consisting of Cardinals
Rampolla, the Papal Secretary of
State: Creglia di Santo Stefano, Paroc-
chi, Van Nutelli, Wives Y Tuto. Lee
dochowkski, Agliardi. Gotti, di Pietro.
Steinhuber and Segna. In order to
curtail the discussion, a sub-commit-
tee will be appointed to draw up re-
port. which will be submitted to the
whole committee.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
blew Passenger Cars From Track.

Corwith. Iowa. June ia tornado
struck an empty excursion train on
the Iowa Central FIVE miles east of
here last night and blew three cars
from the track while the train was rum
ming thirty miles an hour, leaving the
engine and the two last coaches on
the track. No one was hud
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
GERMANY TELLS US WHY.
Cruisers Sent to Laguira Because
of Revolution in Suburbs.

Berlin, June 1.-THE German cruis-
ers Gazelle and Fake have been sent
to Laguira, Venezuela, at the special
request of the German charge daft
flares at Caracas, Herr Won Pilgrim
Baltazzi in consequence of revolu-
ton having broken out in the suburbs
of Laguira, leading to the lombard
ment of the town by the forts and
Venezuelan warships.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
SIX CAVALRYMEN MISSING.
Captured by Ladrones while Decor
rating Graves of Comrades.

Manila. June li-No news has yet
been received Of the sergeant, two cor
porais and four Dnvates Of the Fifth
Cavalry who were captured May 30 BY
laGrones az Einagonan, Rial province.
this ISLAND. while decorating the graves
n American soldiers. and fears 30 en-
ferfalned for their safety. Troops are
occurring The province IN search of the
lsdrones.