The daily sentinel., 1903-06-05
WIRES WORK.
The News of the World
TerSeIy Told.

Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland was
nominated by the Ohio republicans
for governor yesterday. Instead of
fight during the convention the dis
patches say that Hanna and Foraker
held love feast.
A disastrous collision occurred near
Topeka. Kansas, yesterday on the
Santa Fe Railway, in which seven
people were killed and three seriously
injured The trains ran into each
9th er while going at full speed.
The Denver Charter convention has
caused trouble and the matter will be
settled in the courts.
The question at issue is, who are
the parties to canvass the vote of
Tuesdays election.
Yesterday word was received in
this country that the inhabitants of
Smerdash, European Turkey, have
all been massacred by Turkish troops,
men, women and children having
been butchered in the most horrible
manner.
Gov Peabody has issued a procla-
nation to the people of Colorado for
the Kansas flood sufferers, which is
follows: 'r therefore call upon all
the good people of this state to inn
mediately send such subscriptions of
money as they feel willing to give to
ward this most necessary cause of
charity, feeling confident that any
funds so subscribed and forwarded to
Governor Bailey at Topeka, Kan. :,
, will measured out to the afflicted and
suffering in "A most humane and char
liable manner.
Portland, Me. June 4.-Maine is
| burning from one side to the other.
and i'll almost every section Thous-
ands of dollars worth of property
and valuable timber land are being
destroyed hourly by forest fires. and
| there is little prospect for changed
conditions until ram has soaked the
ground and woodlands. AT least
| thirty forest fires have been reported
tonight, and many others are raging.
| The fire line at Remis and Rangley
lake extends from one to twelve
miles and some places is more than
two miles in depth.
Burlington, VT, June At least
1 200 men are fighting forest fires in
Vermont, yet thousands of acres of
valuable timber land have been burn
ed over and there is still little pros
pect that the fires can be checked un-
till rain shall fall. At Hardwick
1.-TWO residences were destroyed. The
most serious situation is on Worches-
chester and Elmore. The fire there
has burned over 1, 400 acres of heavy
timber land, valued at 90 dollars al
acre, and is rapidly spreading. The
smoke in the locality is so dense that
objects "A block away cannot be seen.
Kansas City has $1,000 destitute.
homeless people; st. Louis has the
flood ON her hands, while North To
peka is fearing an epicemic AT thf
stock yards in Kansas City $500 hogs
and 300 head of cattle were drowned
In the wholesale districts of the west
bottoms the scene is even more depres-
sing since the water has receded.
First Jewish refugees from Kischinitl
have arrived in Milwaukee. In des-
cribing the scene of butchery Mitchell
Friedman said Tt was Just one
continual battle of blood. Friends
and relatives that L had lived will
for years l saw chopped to pieces
while the blood in the streets ran il
streams. A Russian officer who l hat
about maintained in return for pro
lection, came into my place one day
and after drinking began to wreck th'
placa. got my family up in thei
night clothes and managed to escap
to the house of friendly Christian
who offered us the shelter of a base
ment, the existence of winch was un
known to all but the family. Their
J we remained for two weeks
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