The Newark journal., 1903-06-12
VOL. III-NO. 24.

The new state capitol of Missis- sippi, erected at cost of over S1,- 000,000, was dedicated on the 3d.
 Freight handlers employed by St. Louis wholesalers have return ed to work after being on a strike for several weeks, gaining slight increase in wages.
 A convention of anthracite coal miners has been called to decide whether there shall be another strike. The bone of contention Is the selection of members of con- ciliatory board, to settle differences between miners and operators, as provided by the rulings of the late strike commission appointed by the president.
 The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the close of business May %, 1903, the total debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1 $1,3lo,s56,9 ,930, de- crease for the month of S3,247,3S5. The debt is reeapitulated as follows: lnterest-bearing debt, S914,5f1,- 360; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,924,900; debt bearing no interest, $395, 5,100,- 610; total, $1,310,S56,930. This amount, however, does not include SS93, 762, 1869 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding. The republicans of Ohio, in state convention, unanimously adopted resolution endorsing President Roosevelt for a second term. The convention was harmonious. Sen ator Hanna was temporary chair man and Senator Foraker presided as permanent chairman. The ticket nominated is as follows: Govern or, Myron T. Herrick, Cuyahoga; lieutenant governor, Warren G. Harding, Marion; auditor, ". D. Guilbert, Noble; treasurer, W. s. McKinnon, Ashtabula; attorney general, William D. Ellis, Hamil- ton; judge of the supreme court A. N. Summers, Clarke.
 John Barrett, commissioner gen. ersl of the St. Louis Exposition to the co1n.Siss of .he, Orient, and. Australasia, in which position he has been enlisting the participation of oriental nations in the St. Louis Exposition, has arrived home. Mr. Barrett left for the orient thirteen months ago, and has since travelled approximately 45,000 miles on bus mess connected with the exposition. He says that he has conducted nego- tiations with no less than fifteen countries for their participation in the exposition, the number including Japan, China, Korea, eastern Sibe- ria, Siam, French Indo-China, the Philippines, Java, Ceylon, India, and the Asiatic and Pacific colonies of France Holland and Great Brit ain. In round numbers, he says, Asia will spend over $2,000,000 in display; Japan about $450,000; China, $3o0,o00; Siam, S100,000, and the Philippines s5oo,ooo. While the first reports of loss of life from the floods at Topeka were exaggerated, the suffering of the people of that town cannot be real ized by outsiders. Thousands have been rendered homeless, all their earthly possessions being swept away. The loss was equally great in Kansas City, Mo-, and suburbs. Armourdale, the site of numerous packing houses, was completely sub merged, and forty lives were lost at this point Railroad service was en- tirely abandoned in the Kaw val ley, and it will take months to re- pair the damage to railroad tracks and bridges. The floods extend over Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ken lucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. At Topeka and other Kansas points where the damage was the greatest, epidemics of disease are threatened after the water reeds, but every- thing possible Is being done to avert this calamity. Summed up as a whole, the losses will be the great est in the history of the country.
 The supreme court of Tennessee has ruled that the act passed by the last general assembly providing for separate compartments on street ears for whites and blacks, Is unconstitu- tional.
 A strike insurance company, ln- cepted at the meeting of the Natlon- al Manufacturers Association in New Orleans, and since promoted by Louisville men, is under consid- eration by eastern capitalists, with l - L..