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Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
TORONTO BANKERS SUSPEND
Heavy Loss Through the Suspension of
Toronto Bankers Twin City Rapid
Transit and 500 Stocks Suffer.

Toronto, Ont, June "a. E. Ames
& Co., bankers and brokers. closed
their doors at noon. On window
was posted the following:
Owing to the continuous severe de-
cline in the securities market we
have found it necessary to suspend
payment and would ask the indulgence
of our friends for few days until we
can prepare a statement of our affairs
and decide what is best to be DONE"
The liabilities of the firm are hard to
get at, but rough estimates of them
show as follows:
To depositors in the savings bank
branch, about 100000.
No estimate can be given of liabili
ties to clients whose stocks were be
ing carried on margins, but they viii
be hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
To bankers and financial institu
tions on stocks the liabilities, it is ex
pected, will reach $l0,000,0Q0.
Liabilities under this head are Sc
cured by the stock plus the margins
SO that there is no possibility of loss
to the lenders unless all stock values
disappear
Ames is the son-in-law of Senator
Cox, one of the wealthiest men in
Canada. Cox is a director OF the Do
ninion Coal company, in which Ames
g. Co. are said to have been trading
heavily.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
BRANDED AS A LIE.
Perry Heath Replies to Statement Of
Postal Enploye.

Washington, June POSTMASTER
General Payne has made public the
letter of former First Assistant Post
master General Perry S. Heath in re-
ply to the charges made by S. W. Tul-
loch of this city, eX-cashier Of the
Washington postoiiice. and also the
statement of Mrs. Winans, formerly
of Ohio, who is quoted as saying that
she was carried upon the rolls of the
Washington postoffice with the under
standing that she was not to render
service to the government. Regarding
the latter statement Mr. Heath says:
Il never appointed any person to
any position or retained any one in
any position at any time with any sort
of notion or idea that he or she was
not to render full and honest service
to the government for the pay re.
ceived. The intimation that there was
AN honorary roll upon which per-
sons were placed for political, per-
sonal or other purposes than good
service. is a pure invention. 1t is a
lie out OF whole cloth, as are most of
the imputations of Tulloch. If any
persons were SO appointed or retained
it was through their own dishonest
designs.
There was period extending over
many months when many more men
were demanded for service in Cuba
Porto Rico and at military camps il
our country than We could supply
We drew through larger postotfices FOL
men from the classified service, re
ceiving many, but when response
! from postofiices ceased to be sufficien
we drew names from APPLICANTS outsid
classified service and conscientiousl
selected those whose capability an
character we deemed best established
In this hurried work Of appointment
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
LAWLESsNESs PREVAILS.
Judge RedWine Grants Change Of
Venue in Eeud Cases.

Jackson, Ky, June 3.-A change Of
venue has been granted in the cases
of Jett and White to Morgan county
and their trial set for June 20.
Commonwealth Attorney Bryd intro
duced the motion to change the trial
OF White and Jett for the murder of
James Marcum and in the case against
Jett for the murder of James Cockrell
to another judicial district on the
ground that there is such a state of
lawlessness existing in Breathitt cOun-
ty that a fair trial cannot be had in
this district.
Judge Redwine said that under this
statute the defendants have no right
to be heard on the motion and he
thought the motion should be granted.
Fulton French, for the defense. in.
sisted on being heard and declared
that the prisoners could have fair
trial here, but Judge Redwine refused
to hear him further
Judge Redwine then ordered the
cases to the Morgan county circuit
court and trial set for June %. This
is Judge Kenner's court and is at West
Liberty, seven miles from railroad.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03

Kansas City, June 3.-There is a dc
here and there is general feeling
that Kansas City has seen the worst
of the flood. Unofficial weather gauges
in the Union depot showed a fall OF
about six inches during the night and
the official report is stationary, the
water being 33 feet at a. m.
The danger of famine has passed
and the railroads are confident that
they will be able to bring in ample
supplies from this time on The stock
Of meats in the packinghouses, most
Of which can be taken out in boats,
proves to be greater than at first sup
posed, and there is no doubt that there
Is sufficient meat to sustain the city
for week, even II nothing is brought
in from outside. There is a greater
scarcity of food in Kansas City, Kan,
but with the opening of the electric
line from Leavenworth it is thought
that there will be no distress of an
acute description.
Superintendent Goodwin of the wa
terworks department announced dur
ing the morning that he believed the
water supply would be in measure
restored by nightfall. All the cable
car lines have resumed and are run
ming as usual. The power plant of the
electric lines Is under water and these
roads will not be able to run until the
water subsidies.
Financial Loss Is Immense.
The financial damage is estimated
by prominent business men at any
where between $10,000,90O and $780,
100000 in this city alone, but there is
no method of determining this with
any accuracy. One mans guess is as
good as another's The great danger
now is the crumbling of brick build
ings and this has begun in some quar-
ters where old buildings are standing.
Here and there the corner of brick
structure has gone down, but there
has been no general collapse as yet OF
any large building. All through the
freight yards numbers of cars are be-
ing loosened from their trucks and
are floating down stream. When swept
along by the current they make high
class battering ram and the front OF
any building that receives many
shocks from them is bound to suffer
material damage.
The gas company has announced
that it hoped to restore the supply OF
gas during the day, but it failed to
make good the promise to supply suf
ficient gas for cooking purposes. Nine.
tenths of the Kansas City households
use gas for cooking and the result was
that the great majority of breakfasts
were cold.
A mild type of martial law was in
force during the night Soldiers were
stationed all over the business portion
OF the city and while no attempt was
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03

stage at st. Louis means immense loss.
Should the river go higher a paralysis
of many of the great industries on the
Illinois side from Alton to East ST.
Louis will follow.
Already tens of thousands OF acres
of SOIL the most productive in the Mid
die West. on the Missouri and Illinois
sides, are under water north of here.
In the past twenty-four hours hun
dreds of thousands of dollars have
been lost to Missouri and Illinois farm
ers through ruined crops.
The crest of the Missouri has not
yet reached the Mississippi and yet
the Missouri is pouring into the Missis-
sippi with such force as to make
great lake of floating stationary drift
wood just north of the confluence OF
these great water courses.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
CRUISER TACOMA LAUNCHED.
New Vessel intended for Service Il,
Oriental Waters.

1Ean Francisco, June 3.-The new
cruiser Tacoma, built at the Union iron
works, was launched here during the
day. Miss Julia Naomin Harris of
Tacoma christened the vessel as it
glided into the bay. Miss Louise Stone
of the same city pressed the button
that released it from the ways. a
large delegation Of people from Ia
coma was present among the espe-
cially invited guests, 1000 invitations
having been issued to residents of
that city. The ceremonies would have
been more elaborate had it not been
for the late hour when the high tide
occurred.
The Tacoma. which is intended for
Oriental service, is of light draught.
She is a protected cruiser of $500
tons displacement, with sheathing Of
teak and copper below the water line.
Her length at the water line is 292
feet, her breadth "A feet l inch and
draught Is feet. She is provided with
twin screws and vertical triple expan-
sion engines and is to have speed of
16is knots, with an indicated horse
power of 400. Her cost was 81 $780,
O00
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03

Gainesville. Ga. June 3.-The tor
uado which visited the towns Of
Gainesville. New Holland ami White
sulphur. c.. resulted in the killing Of
fu.'y hundred men. Tc--ca md CHI
dren, according to reports, which are
as yet incomplete. 1t is estimated
that forty persons We're fatally injured
and 200 more hurt Probably 1000
persons are homeless.
Two hundred houses, besides the
Gainesville cotton mills, were de-
stroyed by the storm, aggregating a
property loss of 100000. Night
brought increased misery to the cy-
clone sufferers, for steady rain set
in late in the afternoon, attended by
cold weather, which penetrated to the
marrow. The weather and darkness
greatly impeded the work of rescue
and assistance. The town was in
total darkness all night and the streets
were filled with debris. All night long
physicians pushed theii ~ through
the wleckage. guided 10 ne suffering
victims by groans OF agony here and
there fallen tree would block the
way or wrecked house would stop
progress. Doctors and volunteers
waded through mud and water knee
deep, frequently compelled to crawl
on all fours. All houses had been
moved for blocks, others were missing
altogether and no system could
employee in the work of relief. Mayor
Parker says there are at least l.0OO
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
SCORES OF STRIKERS cLUBsED,
Women Lead an Attack on Nonunion
Workmen.

New York, June 3.-Women led an
attack by striking members Of the
Rockmens and Excavators' union on
workmen on Avenue b, during which
one policeman was badly hurt and
scores of the strikers and workmen
were dubbed by the police. Granite
paving blocks were used as weapons
by 300 strikers, who attacked fifty
workmen paving Elm street. Several
workmen were injured and the strik
ers were badly beaten by policemen
A general strike of ironwOrkers, en-
gineers and helpers was declared du--
ing the day on a new hotel being
erected at Fifty-fifth street and Fifth
avenue. The reason advanced for the
strike is that number of iron beams
were delivered during the night by
nonunion drivers under the protection
OF private detectives.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
DEATHS NUMBER A HUNDRED
Latest Estimate OF the Death Loss at
Gainesville and Surrounding Towns is
Placed at Hundred.

homeless and the number may be
doubled later.
Two Hundred Homes Eestroyed.
More thin zoo homes were de-
strcy ell. Every door in Gainesville is
open to the victims. At the city hall,
armory and courthouse many persons
passed the night, shivering in the cold.
a mass meeting was held during the
morning at which $4,000 was sub
scribed to relief fund A message
has been sent to the secretary Of war
asking fer tents to shelter the home
less and an appeal for aid is made to
the public. The main need of the
sufferers now is clothing and tents.
Governor Terrell has ordered fifty
tents sent to Gainesville from Atlanta.
The entire city will suspend business
for the next twentyfour hours and
every person will go to work The
dead have been prepared for burial
and graves are being made. The city
pastors ha' been requested to acr as
committee TO see that every person
has suitable funeral. There will be
100 funerals here within the next
twenty-fOur hours ii caskets can be
secured. Thirty days rations for
1000 pc. sons were also requested
from Secretary Root.
The local militia were called out
during the morning to stop pillaging
and to preserve order generally. The
necessity for this, however. is scarce
ly apparent, as the city has been re-
markably quiet and orderly consider.
ing the extent Of the disaster that has
overtaken it.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
RATiONS FOR REFUGEES.
Commandant at Fort leavenWorth
Aids Destitute.

Washington, June 3.-Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin has received the following
dispatch from Colonel Miner, COM
manding at Fort Leavenworth:
Issued 10000 rations to Kansas
City, Kan. Need was imperative. Ask
to have action approved. Rations for
this command up to Goth here. Be-
lieve when we can get to the country
to the west of us it will be destitute
of food. Advise shipping rations here
as central point to meet this demand.
Two companies of engineers and pom
toon train are in readiness to be sent
west Believe they might be of use at
Lawrence"
The department has taken no action
yet upon Colonel Miners recommen-
dation for concentration of supplies
at Fort Leavenworth.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
WATER CONTINUES TO FALL.
Situation at Des Moines Still Disheart.
eninq, However.

SUNI9p IISWSVCss
Des Moines, June 3.-The food sit
uation in Des Moines is still disheart-
ening, although the water continues
to fall rapidly.
The wide territory that was flooded
presents sad picture. Men and wo.
men who have anxiously watched for
the water to 60 down wander over
the muddy streets to the houses which
had been homes. AS each one looked
through the door of his home an ex-
preston Of an almost abandoned hope
passed over his countenance. There,
within the ruins, furniture was scat
tered about the rooms, mud covered
the carpets and the walls were coated
with dirty slime.
Many are planning to remove out
Of these places. The walls are damp
and every effort will be put forth by
the committees in the field to see
that they are dried as rapidly as pos
sible, for sickness, it is feared, may
come If people are allowed to occupy
them in their present condition.
Train service here on the main
lines is once more nearly normal. At
Ottumwa the water has begun to de.
cline, but it is still rising between
keosauqua and Keokuk. Water floats
through the main streets Of Ottumwa,
four miles of the main line of the
Burlington tracks are under water,
the light and water plants are shut
down and business is prostrated. At
Bentonsport. Pennington and Bona
parte great damage has been wrought
by the flood and half of the towns are
under water. But it is near the mouth
Of the river, at keokuk, that conditions
are the worst. Tie situation is ap-
M lliuC
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
VICTORY FOR DEMOCRATS.
Elect Fourteen Out of Eighteen Chi.
caQo judges.

Chicago, June 3.-Out of the eight
cen candidates voted for in the judicial
election of Cook county Monday the
Democrats elected fourteen and the
Republicans four.
Among the defeated candidates was
Judge Elbridge Hanecy.
One superior court judge, fourteen
court judges and the probational court
judges were voted for. Judge Theo-
dore Brentano, Republican, was re-
elected as Judge of the superior court.
Richard Tuthill, John Gibbons and f.
A. Smith, Republicans, were reelected
to the circuit court.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
AN AGREEMENT SIGNED.
Strike Of Chicago Laundry Worksrs
Practically Settled.

Chicago. June 3.-President T. c..
Wilson of the Laundry Workers un-
ion and C. l. Goodhart of the Owners
association signed an agreement pro-
viding for a settlement with the girls
and miscellaneous help. This leaves
the only question now open the scale
OF wages asked by the drivers. The
agreement signed for the workers pro-
vides for open shops without discrim-
ination against members of the union.
the only restriction being that where
owners wish to use the union label
they must employ none but union help.
The other questions are to be arbi-
trAted
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
HOPE OF MERGER OFFICIALS.
Decision Depends on Interpretation Of
Sinule Clause.

New York, June 3.-One of the off,
cials of the Northern Securities com
pany said during the day that, while
there has been no material change in
the merger case as it will be taken up
ON appeal, lawyers for the company
are more confident of winning their
case before the supreme court than
they Were before the circuit court of
appeals.
The line of argument before the su-
preme court will be substantially that
employed before the lower court.
The greatest fight will be made in
Interpreting the phrase lin restraint
of trade which. the company's law
yers contend, means actual restraining
of trade, contrasted with power to
restrain. though that power may not
be exercised.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
NORTHWESTERN STOCKS DROP
Greatly Affected by the Failure Of
Emes & Co.

New York, June 3.-The panic in
Montreal was reflected in the New
York stock market only in such stocks
as are traied in on Montreal account,
which are known as the Canadian
group in New York. An extreme de-
cline OF over 13 points in Twin City
Rapid Transit was the most conspicu-
GUS instance, but Canadian Pacific.
the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault
Ste. Marie stocks and Detroit United
Railway We're down from L "a to 512.
The general market here was little
affected and the result was to lntimi-
date the bears, who covered their
short contracts generally and turned
the market strong. The Canadian
stocks made effective rallies later in
the day.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
Make Peace With Employees.

Chicago, June 3.-Four roads have
now made their peace with the Freight
Handlers union, three more follow
ing the action of the Lake Shore road
in granting an increase Of per cent.
They are the Nickel Plate, the Chi
cago and Northwestern and the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
MISSING SEVEN MONTHS.
Body Of Superintendent Eoan Found
in Montana.


in Montana.
Bolton, Mont, June 3.-The body of
Benjamin F. Egan, superintendent of
the Kalispell division of the Great
Northern railway, who disappeared
while on hunting trip last Novem-
ber, was found during the day near
Lake Five and only short distance
from where he was last seen alive.
The remains were SO badly decom
posed that it will be difficult to deter
mine whether death resulted from eX-
posure or whether the superintendent
was disabled by An accident. 1t is
believed from the general circum-
stances and the character of the loca-
tion where the body was found that
Mr. Egan was attempting to find his
way to the railway track and that he
walked parallel to the track instead
of toward it.
Mr.. Egans life was heavily insured
and he also carried large amount OF
accident insurance.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03

Denison, Ia, June 3.-During the
early morning hours the presidents
train passed through much of the
flooded district of Iowa. Extra pre-
cautions had been taken by the rail
road authorities and the tracks over
which the train passed were carefully
watched and in some cases shored up.
Secretary Shaw and Senators Alli-
son and Dolliver Joined the party here.
President Roosevelt was greeted by a
large crowd and spoke at some length.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
Jealousy Leads to Murder.

Whitehall, Wis, June 3.-Olaf o.
Oabakken shot John Wellen, pros
porous retired farmer of the town OF
Lincoln. Trempealeau county, to death
in lonely hut three and half r:ilcc
from town, and is in jail cha;g b.
the coroner's jury with mu. -
ousy over woman is said t. h2r"
been the cause.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
Denounce Protective Policy.

London, June 3.-Fifteen hundred
delegates OF the Cooperative Societies
of the United Kingdom, at their an
nual meeting at Doncaster, adopted a
resolution emphatically protesting
against "any tampering with the free
trade policy of this country by prefer.
ential tariffs"
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
Wisconsin Postofice Looted.

Clear Lake, Wis, June 3.-The post
Office at this place was burglarized
during the night. The safe was blown
open and looted, probably 5000 in
stamps and coin taken. There is no
clue to the burglars, who are thought
to be outside parties. who have oper-
ated along this line for the past year.
The village has a night marshal, but
he seems to have been undisturbed.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
Bottom Lands Inundated.

Lexington, NO., June 3.-The Mis-
souri, river here is still rising and is
within six inches of the high water
mark of 1881. Fifty square miles Of
bottom land opposite here is covered.
Houses and barns are floating down
the river. The government steamer
Atlanta has removed many food suffer
ers from the lowlands here.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
STREAMS ON A RAMPAGE.
Northern Pacific Tracks Near Hope,
Ida, in Danger.

Missoula, Mont, June 3.-The melt
ing SHOWS in the Occur d'Alene noun
tains are causing rampage Of all
streams. The tracks of the Northern
Pacific are in danger near Hope, Ida.,
where the waters are up to the rails.
The snowfall in the Occur d'Alena
last winter was the heaviest in the
history of the region and disastrous
floods are feared.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
Judge Caldwell to Retire.

Little Rock, Ark, June 3.-It is re-.
liably reported that Henry c. Cal.
well. federal judge of the Eign.i c.f.
cult. will retire from the hsaeh a
June t. Judge Caldwell is the en-
surviving appointee on the bench I
President Lincoln, he having been ap-
pointed in 1864
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
NOT CUTTING ENOUGH COAL.
Reading Company Threatens to Dis
charge EMPLOYEES.

Philadelphia, June 3. = President
Baer of the Reading company has is
sued orders that miners who will not
cut enough coal to keep the breakers
in operation nine hours a day are to be
discharged. He estimates that if the
present system is kept up the COM
pany will be at least 5000 tons be-
hind in its output at the end of the
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
DANGER LINE REACHED.
Mississippi River at st. Louis Contin.
ues to Rise.

ST. Louis, June 3.-The Mississippi
river has risen to thirty feet. the dan
ger line, at St. Louis, and continues
to rise at the rate OF more than two
feet a day. Indications are that the
thirty-four-foot stage at St. Louis, pre-
dicted by the signal service bureau
for Thursday night or Friday morning.
will be exceeded. A thirty-four-foot
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
CAUSED A WILD PANIC.
Prices on Montreal Exchange Make
New Low Record.

Montreal, June 3.-The worst panic
in the history of the Montreal stock
market was caused by the announce
ment of the failure of A. +. Ames &
Co. of Toronto Prices declined to the
lowest level of the year.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
BURGLAR. Fire a Wire Plant.

Pittsburg, June 3.-Burglars broke
into the offices of Kidd Bros. & Burgh-
ers' steel wire mill at McKees Rocks,
Pa, early in the morning and finding
nothing of value after dynamiting the
safe set fire to the plant. The main
building. long frame structure, was
completely destroyed, entailing a loss
of about $4,000.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
Great Rush for Alaska.

Seattle, Wash, June 3.-A thousand
people have left Seattle for Alaska by
three steamers, the Senator. Oregon
and Jeanne. Each was crowded to its
capacity with freight and passengers.
Hundreds seeking passage We're turned
away.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
Canadian List pemoraIized.

Boston, June 3.-News of the failure
of A. Z. Ames 4 Co. threw the Cana
dian stocks listed on the Boston Stock
Exchange into complete demoraliza-
ton. Dominion Coal fell from S5 to
so. Dominion Iron and Steel. which
opened at l3la. touched 1874. new
low record. but rallied to Ii after de-
clining. Canadian Pacific fell 8 to
11S%.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
Preparing for Floods.

Victoria, B. c., June 3.-Fearing a
recurrence of the floods on the Frazer
this summer the Dominion government
has instructed Local Meteorologist
Reed to install a series of lookout
stations on the Frazer to give tele-
graphic warnings.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1903-06-03
American and German Hung.

Liverpool, June 3.-Gustave Rau, a
German, and William Smith, an Amer
lean, seamen of the British bark Ve-
ronica, from Ship Island Miss. who
were convicted of numbering Captain
Shaw and six other members of the
Veronica's crew, were hanged here
simultaneously during the day. Rau
protested his innocence on the seat
fold