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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
River Falling at Lawrence.
SITUATION APPALLING.
River Six and Eight Miles Wide at
Keokuk Iowa

DES MONIES, Iowa, June 2.-It is near
the mouth of the river at Keokuk that con-
ditions are the worst today. The situation
is appalling. The river is six and eight
miles wide in places and in every direction
may be seen refugees on roofs of houses
and in trees shouting for help that seems
impossible.
AT Bentonsport. Pennington and Bona
parte great damage had been wrought by
the flood and half the towns are under
water. si'SsysIfsE
1t practically has been determined that
there will be no extra session of the legis-
lature.
Governor Cummins is satisfied that he
can supply the needs of the flood sufferers
and tornado victims by borrowing money
and have the next session of the legislature
approve his course.
Presents Sad Picture.
The wide territory that was flooded pre-
sents sad picture. Men and women who
have anxously watched for the water to
go down today wandered over the muddy
streets to the houses which had been
homes.
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WILL NOT GO TO BREMERToN.
Naval Vessels to Be Repaired at the
Mare Island Yard.

After prolonged consideration of the sub
ject, Acting Secretary Darling has issued
orders that the cruisers New York, Boston,
Marblehead and Bennington of the Pac1f1c
station shall receive all the repairs they
require at the Mare Island navy yard, thus
abandoning the original plans for the YES
sells to go to the navy yard at Bremerton
for repairs. This action was taken because
of the failure of the authorities at Bremen
ten to take satisfactory steps for the re-
moval of the saloons and gambling houses
near the entrance to the navy yard.
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full telegraph and telephone facilities are

full telegraph and telephone facilities are
restored.
To moet any possible emergency or in err
ference with its source of power at Kansas
City during the flood in that city and vi
cinity. the Potal Telegraph Cable Company
sent from Chicago one of its portable quad
rupe outfits.
This outfit is one of the most modern ami
complete of its kind, and includes every
thing necessary in operating a multipleX
apparatus of the latest and most improved
type.
A kerosene engine oDerateS a generator
that supplies current TO number of motor
generators. which, togetfer. are of Sufti-
cent capacity to supply current for the
operation of ten or more quadrupIex CIR
cults
In Portable Form.
The instruments needed in the operation
OF such circuits are included in the outfit
are also blanks for the business and
even chairs for the operators.
All wiring local ard main Inc coanec-
tions, etc. perm incntly made within
the cabinet which contains the outfit. 50
that tllc wlolc ic iT re ility a modern te!e-
graph Office arranged in portable form.
As al the bridges have gone out. carry
ing with them tie cables, Kansas City is
practically isolated from direct north ana
western connections.
AS soon as the W iter subsidies enough to
permit il, the portable outfit will be set
up on the west side of the river. and COM
Inunic ltion established with the west.
This will give Kqrs IS City pract cally its
full telegraph facilities long before the new
cables are strung and the regular connec-
tons laae. -, .,t %
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DANGER LINE PASSED.
Fearful Damage From Flood is Expect
pected at St Louis.

ST. LOUIS June 2.-The Mississippi has
risen to thirty feet. the danger 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, predicted by the signal
service bureau, will be exceeded. thirty
four foot stage at ST. Louis means immense
loss.
Already tens of thousands of acres of
land on the Missouri and Illinois sides,
north of here, are under water.
Sweeping from above with the added i'm
petus of dozens Of swollen tributaries. the
Mississippi has leaped from its accustomed
channel until its spread embraces all the
lowlands contiguous to it's banks Hourly
it reaches further.
In a half-dozen places between Alton and
st. Louis the river with its lagoons and
bayous is from five to seven miles wide.
Crest Not Yet Reached Mississippi.
The crest of the Missouri has not yet
reached the Mississippi, and yet the Mis-
souri, is pouring into the Mississippi with
such force as to check the current of the
Father of Waters and make a great lake
of floating stationary driftwood just north
of the confluence of these great water
courses.
Missouri Point long tongue of land
running down between the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers to point where they
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RAU AND SMITH HANGED.
Murdered Captain and Six Members of
Veronica's Crew.

LIVERPOOL. June 2.-Gustave Rau,
German and William Smith, an American.
seamen of the British bark Veronica, from
Ship Island Miss, who were convicted of
numbering Capt. Shaw and six other mem
bers of the Veronica's crew, were hanged
here simultaneously today. Rau protested
his innocence on the scaffold.
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DYNAMITED THE SAFE.
Burglars Then Set Fire to Steel Wire
Mill at McKeesport.

PITTSBURG. Pa. June 2.-Burglars
broke into the Office of Kidd Bros. & Bur
gher's steel wire mill. McKee's Rocks, Pa.
early this morning. and finding nothing of
value after dynamiting the safe set fire to
the plant. The main building. a long frame
structure was completely destroyed, entail
ing loss of about 10000.
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Gen. McCook's Condition.

Adjt. Gen. Corbn this morning received
a telegram from Maj. C. B. Baker, quar-
termaster, dated at Dayton, Ohio, saying
that Maj. Gen. A. Med. McCook has been
dangerously i'll at Dayton since Saturday
and that his condition is apparently unim-
proved. All the immediate family are i'll
attendance.
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join, is the most threatened district north
of St. Louis.
Missouri Point is a populous, fertile. farm
ing country of at least $1,000 acres If the
rivers unite across the point, they
threaten to do, the loss to crops will be
enormous. Already hundreds of families
are moving to higher ground
AT st. Charles. Mo- a few miles west on
the Missouri river the water has spread out
over three miles of country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-02
greater magnitude, as nearly thirty are be-
lieved to be hurt beyond hope of recovery.
Surgeons From Atlanta

SUTR0OuS e TOIH AC1SIHCd.
Gainesville has only twelve local physl-
clans and their services were found TO De
entirely Inadequate to the situation. SUI
geons came from Atlanta and several other
points.
At meeting last night of PHYSICIANS
newspaper men and citizens OF GaihesNiif-
a ralief committee was formed with James
r. Gray of Atlanta chairman. SuppheS
will be rushed into the stricken city as rap
idly as possible.
Gainesville feels able to take care OF We
immediate needs of the suffering, but un-
less supplies are received much distress IS
likely to result as the families visited by
death and mutilation were almost without
exception dependent upon their daily laooi
for support. .,
The property loss it is now estimated,
will reach about $3o0O0o.
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that has impressed the administration with
the belief that the country is threatened
with the gravest international complica-
tions growing out of mob violence against
aliens, unless the national government Is
authorized to protect them. Congress Will
again be asked al the next session TO legls-
late accoI dinghy.
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Gen. Weston Better.

Acting Commissary General Alexander
received a telephone message from johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, at 10 O'Clock
this morning to the effect that Gen. Weston
rested well last night and was certainly
improved this morning.
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INSURGENTS CAPTURE TOWN.
Communication Between YunNan-Fu
and Tonuuin Cut Of.

HONGKONG, June 2-The French consul
reports that the insurgents in Yun-nan
province have captured the towns of Che
ping-chau and Homi-cnau.
Communication between Yun-nan-fu and
Tonquin is cut.
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When a newspaper goes
into the homes it has adj
vertising value. The Star
is delivered by carrier to
o2H% of the occupied
homes of Washington.
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ONE HUNDRED KILLED
Surely That Number, Perhaps
More, at Gainesville.
RAISING RELIEF FUND
TORNADO DESTROYED TWO HUN
DRED HOUSES.
Secretary of War Appealed to for Tents
to Shelter Homeless-Cloth-
ing is Needed.
RAISING RELIEF FUND

GAINESVILLE. Ga, June To-day at
In Yesterdays tornado is 100, the injured
900 many of them fatally.
The property loss is estimated at $600,O
A committee was appointed at mass
meeting to bury the victims.
The entire city will suspend business for
the next twenty -four hours
Preparing the Dead.
The dead have been prepared for burial
and graves are being made.
The city pastors have been requested to
act as a committee to see that every per-
son has suitable funeral.
There will be 100 funerals here within the
next twenty-four hours. if caskets can be
secured.
Thirty days rations for 600 persons were
also requested from Secretary Root.
Probably one thousand persons are home
less.
200 Houses Destroyed.
Two hundred houses besides the Gaines
willie cotton mills. We're destroyed by the
storm, aggregating a property loss OF
s3OO,oOO.
Last night brought increased misery to
the tornado sufferers, for steady rain set
in late in the afternoon, attended by bitter
cold weather.
The town was in total darkness all night
and the streets We're filed with debris.
Doctors Worked All Night.
All night long physicians pushed th"!"
way through the wreckage. guided to the
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.
Raising Relief Fund.
mass meeting was held this morning
at which 5000 was subscribed to a relief
fund.
A message has been sent to the Secretary
of War asking for tents to shelter the
homeless and an appeal for aid is made to
the public.
The main need of the sufferers is
clothing and tents. Gov. Morrell has
dered fifty tents to Gainesville from At
lanta
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RIVER TWO TO FIVE MILES WIDE
Crops Completely Destroyed for at
Least a Hundred Miles

LINCOLN CENTER, Kan, June 2-The
Saline river is from two to five miles in
width, and crops in this valley are COM
pletely destroyed for distance of at least
100 miles.
In Lincoln county alone the loss may ex-
ceed a million dollars. Lincoln Center is
submerged. and it was only with the great
est difficulty the residents were rescued
River Falling at Lawrence.
LAWRENCE, Kan, June 2.--The river
here is still falling No loss of life is re-
ported and no serious suffering is being
experienced by the homeless
1t is believed that all in the flooded dis
tGict will have been removed to places of
safety before nightfall.
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WORST OF FLOOD OVER
Improvement in Situation at
. Kansas City.
RIVERS ARE RECEDING
DANGER OF FAMINE BELIEVED
$1o,ooo,ooo and s25, 100000
TO HAVE PASSED.
Damage Estimated Anywhere Between
Buildings Crumbling.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 2.-There is
deci ed Improvement in the situation this
morning and there is a general feeling
that Kansas City has seen the worst of the
flood.
Unofficial weather gauges in the Union
depot showed a fail Of about six inches
during the night, and the official report is
stationary, the water being thirty-fve feet
at 6 a m.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-30

left his mother owing to the influence
Of George Eliot.
1T is a wicked falsehood." was his
answer. My mother had left my faith
er long before he and George Eliot had
ever met each other. George Eliot found
q ruined life and she made it into a
beautiful life. She found us poor little
motherless boys, and what she did for
us no one on earth will ever know" and
his whole face lighted up with emotion
and the tears came to his eyes as he
said this to me.
He then continued in these words: II
am the son of the woman, who people say,
was wronged by George Eliot and my
father. I have told you the real truth
of the matter, and you have my au-
thority to repeat it wherever and when
ever such a statement is made again
in your presence"
Apropos of the question as to whether
writing as a profession pays a good
living, Miss Elizabeth Banks, author of
THE Autobiography of Newspaper
Grip relates some of her experiences
with London authors, known to the
world as successful.
''The other day" said Miss Banks, 81
was calling on a well-known woman
writer, whose books are widely known
in England and America and have
been well translated into one or two
continental languages. She writes two
DOCKS q lGaI--tldl Is. on an average
Her books are not great books by any
means, but they are not bad books, and
that is saying a great deal over the
teacups we talked books and I compls-
mented her upon the success of her
last book. I looked about her pretty
home, and I said:
e. I call it a sign of wonan's progress
and advancement that a member of my
sex can keep up a home like this by
bookwriting.
I don't keep it up by book-writing.
7 she answered
- But I thought you had always said
that, unlike most other English wo-
men workers you had rot been left
with an income by your parents-that
you had your own row to hoe entirely
/ by yourself
. sTrue!' she replied, but it costs me
1 500 a year to keep up this style of liv-
/ ing, and never make more than a
hundred and fifty a year out of my
books. I make another $50 out of news
paper and magazine writing, and
make the rest of my income out OF
mincemeat.
'Mincemeat?' [ echoed.
&c Yes, nincemeat!
she sat back and laughed till the
tears rolled down her cheeks, till l got
to laughing myself, and our tea got
/ cold and we had to wait for another
pot to be brewed-
1T turned out that this writer OF
many books had for several years been
carrying on a. private trade in mince'
meat, made by herself with the heiI
of a lady companion. She started
among her friends, they recommends
her to their friends, they to others III
I finally she secured a steady income
from making mincemeat.
HERBERT BREWSTER.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-30
ANARROW ESCAPE.
Correspondents Allusion to the Here
after of a Congressman.

There was once a well known Washing
ton correspondent who made great sue
cess Of sending special articles about the
personal pecu1iarities of prominent men tc
a large syndicate Of Sunday newspap pers-
For years he had been makingand indexing
scrap books and it was his practice 10
get most of his facts for his special ar
ficles from these books For example. II
he wished to write about the boards of
great men he had only to dictate an III
PRODUCTION to his stenographer and let her
copy the rest from the pages indicated
after the word Boards in the index.
one week he undertook thus to treat
of the tobacco habit as related to men of
national renown. Some of the items in his
scrap books were. Of course, several years
old but the stenographer put them all In
i.lst as she found them. Among them was
The statement that Congressman L.
stopped smoking a year ago"
In few days a letter came from the
editor of a paper in the district formerly
represented by that congressman n
'tThunder, mani It said; If had print
ed that letter Of yours I should have been
hooted out OF the district. Congressman
T. died two years ago. What do you
mean to intimate by saving that he
smoked for a. year after that Brooklyn
EAGLE.
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logical subjects; f1ve volumes Of poems
THE Adventures of Francois Far IN
the Forest" when All the Woods are
Green characteristics Roland
Blake" In War Time, . The Autobio-
graphy of a Quack," Hephzibah Guir-
ness, - "A Madeira Party Prince Lit
tie Boy" The length of the list is the
more notable because most of Dr. Nit
chell's literary work has been done since
he reached the half-century milestone.
a Comedy OF Conscience is the
story of a charming young woman
with an uncompromising New England
conscience, who comes into possession
OF a valuable diamond ring at the mo-
ment she is relieved of her purse. What
to do with this unexpected find becomes
matter of torture to this abnormally
conscientious and altogether delightful
New England gentlewoman- Il cannot
sell it." she argues, because it is not
mine I cannot return it to the rascal
because it may not be his 7 hate to
ask advice Now [ must" The Rev.
Angelo King, her rector, suggests tnat
she give it to the church. But how can
this supersensitive soul consent TO give
away what is not her own? Cousin John
advises spending the value of the ring
in travel, advertising it, giving its
price to Indian missions. Objections,
strong objections, to every one of these
courses The advice of other friends
is equally unfruitful. But this is only
the beginning Of the comedy. given
added interest because of the pretty
romance touching every scene The
climax is effective and the ending alto
gether satisfactory.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-30
THE BOOK AGENT FLEp.
Was New and Asked to See Mr..
RathskelIer at a Hotel

The Importance Of learning the name
Of the individual with whom he wants
TO do business is not a new trick to the
book agent and afforded the bartender
of prominent hotel as well as some
patrons Of the bar considerable amuse-
ment one morning last week.
THE man was new" said the bar
tender to some friends, and had heard
the cid trick about the names, so he
came down here and asked me if Mr..
Rathskeller was in. I was next in a
minute. and in order to have a little fun
told him to go up to the desk and in
quire for Mr.. Rathskeller there, they
would tell him where he might be found.
Very soon down he came.
- The clerk told me I would be more
likely to find Mr.. Rathskelier down
here than any other place in the hotel;
that this is the place he usually hangs
out ventured the book agent
q Well said l. just sit down and
wait for him; he may be in
How far the joke would have gone
or how long be woulo have waited,
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-30

dressed her in finery. The author shows
a kindly side, o touch of humaness, in
this low woman this woman who al
lows the Salvation army to hold ser
vices in her place and convert If DOS
sible, the denizens Of her resort without
htndrance.
1t is Amy Goodrich, a church mem
Der and daughter of a man who gives
literally to church but who Is wearing
only the cloak Of Christianity for ef-
feet. who falls. It is Richard Falkner,
the humble tramp printer who was not
a member of any church when he drift
ed into Boyd City, who rescues her.
He wears no cloak and it is to be seen
that the authors intent was to show
the hyprocisy of some church members
and the really noble and Christian
characters of some not in the list of
church membership.
Other minister-authors have found,
and shown, the good in good people and
the bad in bad people but this man,
with a sermon for the world in book
form, finds the good streaks in the
characters of the bad and the bad IN
the make up OF the good
Rev MT Wright had an object in
view in writing the story That Prin-
ter of Uden's" An object quite differ
ent than those of Ralph Connor and
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon-and still in
common with them in emphasizing
some tenet of Christianity. There is a
sermon in the story and q sermon
Printer of Udelrs" is found in the quo
tation on the fly leaf-tAnd the king
shall answer and say unto them, Verify
I say unto you, inasmueh as ye did Il
unto one Of these my brethren, even
these least, We did it unto me-.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-30

William r. A. Wilson, author Of =
Rose of Normandy one of Little, Brown
& Co.'S spring novels. is a native OF cen
tral Illinois, having been born dozen
miles from the site of La Sales Fort
Creve-Coeur' described in the book. he
is of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr.. Wilson
was educated at Williams college. where
he was one of the editors of the college
periodical He afterwards entered the col
leee of physicians and surgeons, ColuIn3la
university and received his degree After
some years of hospital practice he settled
in his old home, Peoria, IL, Wnere ne
practfced successfully. He was married
in 1897 to Miss Barnes, of Louisville. over
work resulting in iH-bealth. and during
eonvalescence he wrote A Rose OF Nor
mandy Mr.. Wilson is now a resident
Of New York city, combining business with
literary work having abandoned his pro-
fessiOn because of delicate health He has
Travelled extensively in America and
Europe and he has been frequent con
tribltor to the magazines. A curious in
stance Of authors minds working along
The same channels in selection Of titles
is found in the case of "A Rose of Nor
mandy Three years ago, when writing
the book the author selected three pos
sible titles One was With Cross and
Sword" A book appeared entitled with
Cross and Cruciix. The next title chosen
was MANY Waters" Before the book
was finished announcement was made OF
a volume with that title by Robert Shack
elton This left "A Rose of Normandy
remaining of the original three. This was
copyrighted. removing the danger OF It,
| too being pre-empted.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-30
DIR. M1rcHELL,s WORK.
Veteran Author Still Hale and Hearsy
at 73.

The Oliver Wendell Holmes of Phila-
delphia, as DR.. S. Weir Mitchell was
titled some years ago, is still practising,
travelling. and writing, hale, hearty, and
happy at 73 Publication this spring Of
his latest work. "A Comedy of Con
science" charming :. a clever con-
ceit.'' "a a readable little tale of abund-
ant interest" "a work that viii afford
an hours delight" has aroused anew
interest in the man who is the oldest
story-telIer now writing for the Eng
lfsh reading public Silas Weir Mitchell
was born in Philadelphia, February Is,
1890. He was educated in the grammar
schools and in the University of Penn
sylvania, failing to graduate from col
lege because of illness in his senior year.
When only 90 however. he graduated
from Jefferson Medical college. Since
then Harvard, the University of Edin-
burgh and Bologna have bestowed upon
him honorary degrees.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-05-30

For long time the 2-year-old child Of
Mr. P. L. Mcpherson, SO N. Tenth ST..
Harrisburg Pa. would sleep but two or
three hours in the early part of the night
which made it very hard for her parents.
Her mother concluded that the child had
stomach trouble and gave her half of one
Of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets, which quieted her stomach and she
slept the whole night through Two boxes
of these tablets have effected a permanent
cure araa she is now well and strong. For
sale bySall druggists.