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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06
cOas, whss, Report
Postmat,srs, PAY Increased.

Washington. June S.--Under the an
nual readjustment OF salaries Of presi
Dental postmasters these changes in
Washington became effective July /:
Increase OF $500 at Ballard, Golden
dale. Scdro-Wooley and Sprague. In
crease Of 500 at Aberdeen. Anacortes
Arlington. Blaine. Buckley, Centralia
Chehalis. Cheney. Colfax, Davenport
Elma Everett HoQuiam, Mount Yer
non, North Yakima, Pomeroy, Port
Townsend. Puyallup. Ritzville, Sno
homish, Spokane, waitsburg. We
.natchce and Wilbur. Decrease of $l0I
at Colville.
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pamaoe Amoun,Ino % asoo. GOO.

Racine. Wis. June Fire Sunday
afternoon swept the southern manufae
turing district Of the city. doing about
5000 damage. The hre started in
the boiler room Of the Racine Boat
company. and before the firemen had
arrived tank OF gasoline. which wRS
stored nearby for use in the gasoline
boaV built by the company. exploded
a tower Of fame 400 feet high shot
up into the air. but as II was Sunday
no one was about the factories and
no one was injured.
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houses nearer the river will be ire
mendons. The street directly in front
OF the big Armour packing plant is un-
der five feet OF water. Armour & Co.
have force OF 200 men working at
pumps trying to keep the rising water
out OF the buildings. At the Euperin-
tendent's Office 1t was stated that the
plant will continue TO operate with q
full force unless the water goes much
higher. All OF the hundreds OF small
er concerns near the ordinary banks
OF the Missouri river, which depend
upon the river for power, are under
water, and they will be forced to sus-
pend until the river recedes, throwing
thousands OF men out of employment.
The entire stock yards. situated on
the state line. are submerged. Many
Of the pens are five feet deep in wa
ter. All Of the freight houses OF the
various roads entering Kansas City.
which are located in the west bottoms
on a level with the union depot, are
flooded. and the loss from this source
alone must be great.
Situation improved.
Kansas City, Mo. June 3.-The food
situation is much improved tonight.
The gas supply is ample; two electric
streetcar lines have resumed service
and others will follow tomorrow; the
electric light plant is ready 10 be-
gin service. but does not do so because
Of the possibility OF fires from crossed
wires; the waterworks will begin 20
pump Kansas river water into the
reservoirs tomorrow night and the
next day the water viii be turned into
the pipes; the food supply is ample
on both sides Of the river, the vast
quantity OF meat In the packing houses
having been reached by expeditions
sent out by the packers; the Kansas
river is falling half an inch an hour
and the Missouri is expected TO begin
10 fall by daylight. Eight persons are
positively known 10 have been drown.
ed In the two Kansas Cities since last
Friday.
Rains Ended.
KANSAS City, Mo. June s.--The blue
sky was visible above Kansas City
this afternoon at 4 o'clock The rains
have ended. the sun was visible for
the FIRST time in a week. and for this
and other reasons IL is thought that
the great danger Of the foods is past
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06
VIII Wan PresIdsn,.

Butte Mont, June Silk represent.
atives OF Butte labor men will so to
Washington in the near future and so
journ at the White House for a week
or 10 DAYS as the guests OF President
Roosevelt, This is in answer TO an In
vitation extended TO them by the presi
dent while here last week He was en-
tertained by the labor unions In this
city.
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London. June 2--The British consul
At ErEeroum reports that oFfloial estI.
mates place the number OF persons
killed in earthquake in the Van dis.
trict Of Asiatic Turkey at SEQ, while
the loss Of cattle was incalculable. ow.
ins to the iateneSs Of the spring q
large majority OF the animals being
indoors. Nearly a score OF villages
we're completely destroyed and many
more were partially demolished. The
center OF the seismic disturbance was
in the neighborhood Of Mount Gipan.
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Ralna Ended.
LARGE SIZED HAlLsroMEs.
walis Wails County Suffers the
Effects.

Walla wallA. Wash. June s.-Hail-
stones rs large as partridge eggs GOV.
erred strip Of country a mile and three
quarters long near Dixie this county.
six inches deep Monday night The
sound Of falling hail was heard for
four miles distant by ranchers. The
fall was phenomenal. battering down
fences. beating strawberries into the
ground and running fruit prospects in
the district covered. The water poured
down a hillside on II. d. Eidredge's
farm so violently that band Of hogs
were drowned. The hail lay three
feet deep In fence corners.
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Two submarines made a sham at.
tack on the French squadron at La
Rochelle recently in the evening. and
80 smartly were they handled that Il
is said in actual warfare the whole dl.
vision would have been annihIlated.
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Offers Of Aid.

AMHng the other messages was one
fI1M Dc Galveston Tribune reading;
Nc can DO anything at all In the
nj your city please feel free to call
u
0Hf messages from KAnaas towns
HHI|ee the commission here to draw
WHHN Individuals for stated sums, and
IS Nn a. the mails arrive q great
N4N'Nf OF contributions from outside
tAMNN Are expected to materialiEe.
Eka IL doing nobly by her sui.
tN The wealthiest city In Kansas
f1n 70 acknowledge that no calls
~ lde help need. to be made II
N|| neccsstry TO raise q great fund
ffz Inf work. Weeks must elapss
NiN prder can he restored from the
0Ia chaos Hundreds of houses
win sc 60 be rebuilt entirely.
A half mile from Second street
81 Helan bridge was covered by
elx 20 ~ feet deep. through
NE mad current was flowing. on
l8t 0er side Of the pontoon bridge
8NIN tNsiness buildings. 60 in number
Irly ruined by high water. The
lf40 this respect in money will az
NfN half n million dollars. This
district In which all the whole
As'0 mmission houses were located
4s. Inense amounts have been losl
~ commission men. All this II
"a eouth side Of the river.
porter ventured out into the
NIl IN boat as far as the current
NN0.N hllow and there Il was ascertain
q 0&| previous reports regarding the
HHIHt8 buildings were somewhat
41&|IMwn. The whole northern part
~ s tity seemed TO be afiame. Closer
A44 sAtion. however. Showed ths
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A. Armourdale.


Three fourths Of Armordale was sub.
merged under an ocean Of water. the
packing houses on the Kansas river
here were entirely surrounded, and Is
feet Of water surrounded the Schwarz.
schild q SulEbcrger and Swift plants.
The Kansas City police spent all night
rescuing persons.
AT Schwarzschild's plant $50 per.
sons. employees and people in the vi.
entity who had been driven from their
homes. are imprisoned. They have
been held there since early last even.
ing. They are safe from harm. but
will not be removed until those in
greater danger in the lowlying ground
near Armordale and Argentine have
been taken TO places Of safety.
A steady rain has fallen here and
west all night. and still continues. and
all streams In the stricken territory
are rising at an alarming rate. Tho
property loss in the Wholesale district
of the west bottoms will be very large
Both Kansas Citys are cooperating
In the matter of relief. and the great
auditorium Of Convention hall on the
Missouri side. capable OF seating 20.
600 persons. was turned into a RELIEF
camp. and the unfortunates brought
there from the Kansas side.
Notwithstanding the reports of great
loss Of life, very few OF the stories
could be substantiated and Il will be
several days. at least, before Their,
II any accurate information In this re
gard.
The loss in the wholesale district
win aggregate well into the millions
and the losses to the various packing
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Comets are made Of substances $780,
00o, 900 times lighter than our air.
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Flood a, Argentine.

Two thirds OF Argentine. a railroad
and manufacturing town on the south
bank of the Kaw river, six miles from
Kansas City. is inundated from 10 TO 20
feet Of water. and probably $500. 600
damage has been done. Five bridges
have been swept away, all the rail.
road tracks and factories are under
water and business is suspended. For.
ty.hve hundred Of the $500 inhabitants
are homeless. and nearly 5000 are
destitute.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-06
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FLOOD
GREATEST FLOOD IN THE HIS.
TORY or THE CITY.
Millions Of Dollars Loss viii Result
Loss Of Life IL AppaIIIng-Eight
Fires Add to the calamIty-Paeking
Houses Suffer Most--Heavy Rains
Cause River TO Rise Fast.


Kansas City. Mo-. June THE
greatest food in the history Of Kansas
City. Kan, and the bottoms of Kansas
City, No. prevails here, and millions
OF dollars loss will result. A great
body OF water coming from the west
swelled the Kansas river at Kansas
City, causing q most alarming rise.
Waters rushed with terrific force over
the outlying railroad tracks and the
crowded wholesale districts OF the west
bottoms. and finally into the Union de-
pot Fifteen persons have drowned In
the west bottoms during the day. Be
cause Of the difieulty Of recovering the
bodies Identification Of most OF the
dead is impossible.
Al 8 o'clock Sunday evening eight
distinct fires were burning In the food
districts between Eleventh and Bluff
streets. three blocks west Of the Union
depot II Is impossible TO reach the
fires. All the fires appeared TO be iso-
lated. except one at Eleventh and Bluff
streets. which started In q lime ware
house and spread TO n fruit ware
house
Al 10 O'Clock q mile of big whole
sale houses. elevator and freight de-
pots were entirely surrounded, base
ments that yesterday were partially
submerged were soon brimful, and wa
ter began 10 reach the FIRST floors.
Within IL minutes the tracks enter.
ing the western end OF the union de-
pot were entirely submerged. and al II
o'clock the water had risen at such a
rapid rate that the thousands Of de-
iayed passengers were making prepara-
tons TO leave for the high ground up
town. Trains that have been waiting
In the depot for hours for an oppor.
tunity 60 start west and south stand
foot deep ia water. No trains have
left Kansas City for two days.
Kansas City. Mo.
Kansas City. Mo. June with
the waters Of the Kansas and Mis-.
Houn rivers nearly four feet above
the disastrous level Of 1881 and their
swollen tides spread over IL square
miles 81 the city and suburbs. Kan.
sas City 10 enduring the worst aood Of
It's history.
The financial loss has increased all
day and bids fair 20 continue. The
heaviest loss Is at Armourdale. where
the loss 10 the packing industry and
others IL placed At $500. 600. Arren.
tine. another suburb. has suffered
losses estimated al $500 600.
Seven fires. believed 10 be chiefly
box cara. could be seen from the BLUFFS
tonight. There il some danger that
the aaSnca will spread 20 the partial.
iy submerged buildings. adding greatly
60 the already heavy loss.
All bridges over the Kansas river
are down, and the only communication
with ATmordale is by boat.
Kansas City IL without a water sup.
ply. the Good having disabled the
pumping station. and the utmost care
IL being taken that no fres shall break
out.
Tho stage at 6 O'Clock tonight was
80 feet inches. The previous high
record was made in 1881. when the
river rose TO &c feet ; inehe&
Flood at Argentine.
Two thirds Of Argentine. a railroad
and manufacturing town on the south
bank of the Kaw river, six miles from
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fact that oaly about one third OF the
buildings ON the North Side were burn
cd. Fully half the remaining buildings
are 80 damaged by the water that they
are absolutely useless. There is not
a house in the entire northern part OF
the town that has not been seriously
damaged.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-26
NEARLY ALL PASS CIVIL
SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
VI the 112,64 Persons Examined in
the Last Year. 1928 Have Been
Appointed tn Positions.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Dec. 25.-of the persons
examined last year by the Civil-Service
Commission. nearly 50 per cent passed. and
IS per cent OF those examined obtained DO
sitions.
The number of persons examined for the
classified service was 1l2.S2i. and there
were APE appointments to all branches
OF the Government service These are
figures given in the annual report OF
Franz NJ Higgins. chief examiner Of the
C1vtl-Service Commission.
OF the appointments II per cent were 10
purely clerical positions. per cent to pro-
feSs1onai- technical or scientific positions,
Is per cent to mechanical positions re-
curing no educational examination. and
per cent TO skilled labor positions not
exactly mechanical in their character but
requiring no educational examination
Mr. Higgins says the commission has re-
duced its examinations to essential tests
Of fitness and urges the consolidation OF
a large number OF local boards OF exami-
ners throughout the country to secure
closer supervision and more effective al
Hinistration. The number of Americans
IN the Philippine service now constitutes
more than 30 per cent Of the entire force
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-26
VISITORS AT ST. LOUIS HOTELS

e C. Foster Of Washington. D. C.. Is reg
istered at the Planters
Mr.. and Mrs. james WaddeH OF carthase'
No are at the Southern
&C. w. Denton Of Springfield. o. IS al the
New ST James with Mrs Denton
Barnard sirnms OF Astlesboro. Mass. spent
yesterday at the L.ndel
u. Burns Of Denver. Colo. has rooms a. the
St Nicholas
Mr. and Mrs. G. u WOLF Of Trenton. Mo-.
Is at the Laclsde-
p. G. Browal OF Memphis. Tenn. is reg
e. c. Forbush Of Fulton. III, is a guest
DIT the Southern
Il P. Pratt Of Kansas City. No.. has rooms
az the New St James.
% NJ Davenport OF Kansas City. Mo-. spent
yesterday at the Lindeli.
-E. Lee CT New. York xss among yester-
days arrivals at the ST. Nicholas
Mrs, c: z. Truist Of Philadelphia, Pa. is
John Kinney OF Fittsburg. Pa. IS stopping
at the Laciede.
Henry c. Holt CT Brooklyn. y. Y. is reg
Uttered at the Planters.
Frank Lyon q Little Rock. Ark. was a,
the Southern yesterday.
u. b. Weed OF Fort Scott. Kas. is guest
at the LindelL
Mr.. and AIRS. E F7eerous OF Decatur. H..
are at the New St James
M F1aherty OF Rock Island, Ill. arrived at
the Madison yesterday.
j. P,unkett Q, Keokuk. Ia. is guest at
the Laclede
f II. Young of Chicago. Ill. is registered
at the Planters.
James Hart Of Iowa City. Ia, ha. rooms a,
the Southern.
Mr.. and Mrs. H l. Martin OF Abba. a.
are AZ the New ST. James
C. A Mills Of Council Bluffs. Ia. spent yss-
terday at the LirdelL
ID. NJ Fulkerson of Pine Bluff No. is a
guest at the Laclede.
Mr.. and Mrs.. l. p King OF San Antonio.
Cal. are the st. Nicholas.
Peter G. Bingham OF Tampa. Fla. is reg
istered az the Moser.
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KILLS HIS THREE CHILDREN.
Despondent Father Then Hangs
Himself on Christmas Day.

Hudson. n Y. Dec. 2-The murder OF
Peter a Hallenbeck by the three Van
Wormer boys and their cousin. Bruce.
was forcibly recalled to-day, its second an
niversary. By the discovery CT another
tragedy.
Josephus Phillips. a farmer. living in
Hollowville. killed his three children. II.
II ard 10. some time last night by hitting
them on the head with an ak
Ee then went 10 the barn of Andrew
Hsllenbeek, about quarter of mile
away. and hanged himself
E.--4iIs, WHOSE wlfe died last summer.
had three other children. who were away
from home. He had complained of his
poverty and grieved because he had no
money with which TO buy Christmas pres
ents for the little ones.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-26
RELIC OF THE EARLY DAYS.
Mexico Man Has Wagon Made in
Virginia in 1881.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Mexico, No. Dec. G.-Henry D. Martin,
living south of this city. In jackson Town
ship, Galloway County. has an interesting
relic Of the early days of Missouri n a
six horse wagon. which has quite his
tory. Plainly painted on the wagon are
these words and figures: Made IN Madi-
son. Virginia, in 1881. by John Fishback-"
Mr.. Martins grandfather. the late Jo-
seph Everhart, Used this wagon for over
forty years. and his son. Joseph. used II
for eight or ten years. Mr.. Martin has
also used the vehicle on his farm for sew
erai years, but now has IL stored away in
dry place and is taking care of Ii as y
relic OF former days. The wagon has very
large rear wheels and a blue bed. which
is very much curved almost In a crescent
shape The bed is irou-bo1nd and heav-
fiy froned box for carrying yaiuabies IS
built IN the bed.
When the late james II. Tureman moved
from Williamsburg to Fulton. in the early
seventies. he hauled his household goods
in this wagon. together with his yaiuables,
notes. bonds and money. locked safely in
the box.
Joe Everfiart hauled his crop of wheat
from his farm at Williamsburg to New
Florence in 1854 on this old relic and sold
his wheat at g 80 in gold per bushel. He
carried loo bushels at a load Mr. Ever
hart also hauled goods from St Louis
with this wagon in the early days for W.
3. Kidwell. a merchant at WILLIAMSBURG
The wagon Is still in good running con-
dition and will carry about as big 2 load
as the more modern wagon
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-26

Evansville. Ind. Dec. s5.-Charies Den
| by of this city. who served as Minister to
| China for twelve years under Cleveland
| and Harrison, in an interview declares the
price OF Panama is the loss OF our fnfiu-
ence in the far East He has made pub
lie the following interview:
1T is unfortunate that at a moment
when important events are transpiring In
| the Orient involving the partition of China
The hands OF our Government are some
what tied We have consistently set our
face against partition. and now that we
have acquired the Philippines our voice
| in defense OF justice and right would
have been potent. II is not too much TO
say that since We have become an Asiatic
Power We can, If We Will, exercise a pre-
ponderating influence in the far East
While il Is evident that the great Eu-
ropean Powers are influenced by selfish
considerations in this, tnat they all coyel
the acquisition of new territory in China
We are absolutely above this; impeacfl-
ment. Russia as is known. is making a
great effort to absorb Manchuria. Eng
land is prepared, when the time comes
TO annex the valley OF the Yang-rse II is
grayeiy stated that France encourages
obstruction in the Southern Provinces in
order that she may step in and put down
the disturbances and then appropriate
that territory. Germany, too IS waiting
Tor an opportunity TO seize the whole OF
Shantung.
We alone of all the great Powers
openly and above board have proclaimed
strenuous antagonism to partition. OF
course, the talk on the platform and in
the press about building navy equal or
superior 10 the combined navies of the
whole world ana then debating the en-
forcement OF the Monroe Doctrine in
China is visionary. l think this people
this calm self-respecting Republic are
not going to surrender completely to mil
itarism. and utterly and entirely reverse
the practice and the teachings OK the first
century of our existence. We are not
going to emulate the hoy who puts a
chip on his shoulder and invites another
boy 10 knock it off.
Nations do not like to be threatened.
No one should undertake now to saw
thetical case. We should not jump until
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We come to the stiie.' Every day events
happen in diplomacy that no man has
ever dreamed of before. A few months
before We took the Philippines, no man
ever limited. or imagined, that we would
do so. No man even suspected before the
event happened that Germany would
land battalion Of marines and take pos
session OF q large part OF Shantuug. Nor
did any one anticipate the subsequent
seizure of Chinese territory which was
made by other Powers. We all know with
what unexpected suddenness the secession
OF Panama and the establishment Of an
Independent GovernE ent took place.
In view Of these and many other sur
prises which might be cited, it Is not
wise to lay down u fixed rule for future
action. How can any one tell to-day
whether we ought to intervene in Chinese
matters or not? i mean by active warike
Intervention. Even If we intended to do
so II would be best not to publish our in
tention. But that we might have inter
yened by diplomatic action to prevent par
tition is possible. and probable. And. there
is no doubt that such intervention wouia
have been respectfully needed. and 1t
might have been successful. The Panama
business has stopped the wheels of prog
ress. We have procured our good friends,
the European Powers. to recognize the
new Republic We have already had intf-
nations in the press that We would not
intervene In matter OF the Russian seiz-
ure OF Manchuria-
I'VE cannot afford to ask fayors and
not return them. We cannot expect to
work our will III this continent and con-
troll the balance of the world as well The
partition OF China must pay for the par
tiiion of America 1t is all very sad that
the purely business operation of con-
structing 4 canal a few miles long could
have not been carried on in Il business
way and without a new DEPARTURE in the
science of government which startles the
world and sets a-grinning the disernbodied
spirit of the Confederacy.
TT may come out all right. as things
mostly do come out all right under Amer
lean mana cement. but II will be sad If
the great canal shall be made wet with
the blood OF American or Colombian SOL
diers before yet the water OF either ocean
has touched it As to who is to blame or
whether anybody IS to blame, the present
writer will not undertake to Judge We
must wait for the facts Nevertheless. il
Is regTettabie that we must pay the price
for Panama by the loss OF our influence
in the far East"
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WILL TEST VALIDITY OF
TITLES FOR BUILDING.
Structure for House of Representa-
tfves Probably VIII BE Ready for
Occupancy When Session Opens.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington. Dec. 25.-Attorney General
Knox has advised the committee on the
construction of an Office building for the
House of Representatives that the court
has approved the findings OF the condem-
nation jury, which appraised the site for
the structure, and that the matter Is now
In the hands of the Department of Justice
to pass upon the validity Of the titles to
the respective lots embraced in the site
This the Attorney General expects to do
within the next week or ten days II the
titles are foIni to be good the next step
will be the payment of the award. which
amounts to NE.0oo by the Secretary of
the Interior into the hands of the court
for disbursement
Immediately thereafter the work of
clearing the land will be begun, prepara-
tory to excavation for foundation con-
struction- 1t is thought that this work
can be commenced next month.
the appropriation for the site and be
ginning of the work of clearing is $4,000.
1t is the hope Of the commission. which
consists of Speaker Cannon, Representa-
tive Hepburn and Representative Richard
son of Tennessee, that the new building
viii be ready for occupancy when the reg
ular session Of the Fffty-ninth Congress
opens two years hence