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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07
COOK ACCUSES PEARY
Teleoraphs to Taft Protesting
Against Bill Rewardlng Dlseoverer

Against BIZ Rewarding o'seoNeTeT
Chicago, March 7.--Dr. Frederick
A. Cook the arctic explorer today
gave out the text of telegram which
he said he had sent to President Tart
last night protesting against the
Peary bill being signed by the pres
ident.
The telegram accuses the discover
or OF the north pole OF gross immor.
ality, exploitation OF the public and
other Irregularities, personal and
commercial
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

For sALE-Farm OF % acres 2lS miles from
- Bennington, on main ROAD 70 south shatts.
bum, 10 minutes walk from trolley line; good
house with slate roof IN tne repair horse barn
tix5l, COW barn 5sxu0. 2arye silOs; running
vater NJ barns, god shop, hog house corn
b )use. nne ..enery and yard, apple orchard lJO
treesl, youn orchard eOJ trees Just beginning
70 bear. 100 currants, IS cherries, ~ plums. %
pearl goosberrles. rnsbcrrles aud lUrge straw.
berry bed. Tit, iarm can show income OF
tt,o6 on fruit aud produce In 1910. Price 5000.
Nash 4 Hutchins. 1gtt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

EOR sALE-Good eight room house with
Il water and sewer connected house In best
Of condition located on River street Price
81 800. Nash L. Hutchins. i3tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

For SALE Home farm OF Clark Houghton
= for sale. Situated about 2ls mi'es north
OF Bennington. Consisting VI : acres. Also
wood lot. Farm Is well watered. For terms
etc, apply 10 lioughton Rice, Adm, H. +. d.
Bennington. ist0
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

ENOR SALE Prairie state hot water brood
u or, capacity COO chickens; as good as new.
cyphers outdoor brooders all new; 100 chick
ems each; accepted by insurance company, Fair
view Farms. 4. IA Richards. Supt 99tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

Cor sALE-Chalmers Detroit 80, Model 1910
j elegant condition, top, wind shield, speed
ometer and gas tank, car has been run care
fully by present owner. just overhauled and In
perfect condition. Have bought a 1911 of same
make. VIII sell the 1910 model very cheap. F.
l.. Taft Burlington, Vt. lite
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours

For eastern New York and western
Vermont increasing cloudlness fol.
lowed by rain or snow on the coast
and snow In the interior. Tonight
and Wednesday rising temperature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07
Y. N. C. A. BOWLING
Slow Match Last Evening In Ten Pin
Tournament

The Holden and Leonard company
Ave and the postals bowled a slow
game In the Y. NJ. c. A. tournament
last evening. The score:
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

FOR sALE-Young white pine trees. Have
u several thousand from one year to ten
Iears OF age. Good for ornamental trees or for
bennington, VI. t2i'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

u corporation. Oie and one-half story 10
room house large barn, COW ties, horse
stall, box stall, shed 10 drive under. large
carpenter shop with bench and al equipments,
hen house, Ice house and wag shed, water In
h0us :, cuts hay en- ugh FOR COW and a horse
good garden all kinds )f fIuit tees al bearing
well. Possession piven at any time. Surely
bargain for the mrney. Price $500. Nash 4
Hutchins. l3tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

EOR sALE-One bay mare l2 years old
Il weight about 100, foal In July only reason
for selling. Inquire +. NJ. Paddock & Bro. 204
River street, Remington Vt. 2tS0
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

FOR sALE-The ib.ey property, No. I'll
II tark street House In good condition of
repair with modern improvements. Plenty OF
room for barn. II desired. Apply Geo. 4. Dom
nely over First National Rank lO0tA
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07
LOW PRICED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE

COR sALE-Two work horses one years
j old one IL years. of medium weight. Gail
or telephone, breeSe Bros, Hoosick Y. Y. ltt24
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

FOR sALE-House and barn. | acre good
n land. house has nine rooms and both house
aud barn are In spenpld repair, cstern and
nne well at house, this property is Just cut OF
No. Remington on main road and within 10
minutes walk OF School and Post Office. Price
$1,000 Nash & Hutchins 4tfn
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07
WANTED

WANTED-Comp girl for genera
w h,,usework, small family, give references
MIRA lawson Ramsgc, Monroe Bridge, Mas
1915
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

49, Wv 49,
Last year the only towns In the
county voting license were Benning'
ton and Pownal. The Pownal vote
was 100 TO SO.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

EOUND-Small sum of money same can lie
= had by calling ut Banner Office and pay
ing for this advertisement. late
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

EORSALE-Splt chestnut fence posts, also
\ dry and green kindling wood. Geo.
Chandler, $40 ~ DOL street. 1876.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-07

For BALE-Horse: weight about 100. Also
n harness and wagon I'm good condition. In
Quire James Cone III Dewey st. SIG
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07

oevermer ~ vuestan Nsmdnaesd Tor
vIes-Prsstdsnt 81 Mexice By
Progressive Party.

Mexico City.-Jose Pine 6uareS. GOV
ernor Of Yucatan. was nominated for
vice-president by the progressive par
ty over DR.. Francisco vasquez Gomez
by a vote Of 876 to 469, to run with
Francisco l. Madero, Jr., the party's
candidate for president. Many dele.
gates did not vote on the last ballot.
while a number cast blank ballots,
these going to the credit Of the man
with the majority. The nomination OF
Suarez followed the refusal OF the
minority in the convention to cast its
votes for either Of the remaining can.
didates for the vice presidency and
tho calling OF Francisco l. Madero be-
fore the convention to defend his rela-
lions with DR.. Vasquez Gomez. who
had run second to Pine Suarez by 80
votes on the second ballot.
The head Of the ticket was sub
jected to a grilling by the delegates.
but after frankly expressing his dis
approval of DR.. Vasquez Gomez, he
adroitly turned the tables on the dis
satisfied element by putting them on
record to support the winning candt
date. whoever he might be.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
MEET CI6F
FIVE MINERS AT BUTTE
nv TO REACH s,,e.hvA
MEET HORRIBLE pEArs
Accident Caused ny c-are,.~.
Victims, Who Were Gu. :. ny
by Steel Drinserheir u,s
so0's' Found in Sum-.

Butte. Mont.-Caught IN
wnirling steel machine drills !. =
nine cage while being hoiytea !.
surface. five miners NET inv,... ss
IN n shaft OF the Black Rock MINI !
the butte-Superior company su.s''
morning. while the sixth d;aa aa'
hours later in the hospital ~. as
enects OF the injuries he rec.,,..
In their anxiety to reach n.
race the workmen jumped On the ~. ~
upon which dull steel was he,ns 80 ~
en- to the surface. 1t is pre.um.s u =.
IN their crowding they dislodess :.
steel shafts from the box = 49,
they were held, and they cer,s, =
inc wall plates on the side, the e,a.
"niriing with terrific force among n.
men on the cage. clearing the A..
the miners, fairly mincing taeir hos
les as the steel bounded back ~
forth and sweeping them into -.
stump, 1,400 feet below. c,..,.'
Green. station tender, finally was bu,l
ed from the upper deck Of the a..
to the lower level by the No..
when the brakes were applied s,s
was decapitated, as were all the oth..
miners. with the exception Of ON.
whose head was mashed to a pulp.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
GOVERNORS TO MEET
Executives Of Forty States to piac,e,
Important Questions.


Spring Lake. N. J.-For tho sr.,
time within recent American history
the governors of approximately forty
OF the forty-six states will meet in
conference here Tuesday, Septenbe,
IL. Thirty-seven cnlel executives hays
accepted the call outright, several
from nearby commonwealth have YET
to be heard from, and Of the email
remainder those who can arrange their
duties will attend for, at least, . per.
ton Of the time. The original confer.
ence at the White House, held upon
call of President Roosevelt in 1901.
was attended by thirtythres con
ferees.
The full five days of the programme
will be devoted to discussion q ques
tons now uppermost in the minds Of
while social affairs will b
kept In the background.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Give Twain's Home to CITY.

Hannibal, Mo.-The boyhood home
OF Mark Twain, around which the
scenes OF his most famous work, TON
sawyer" are laid. was purchased by
George A. Mahan and his wife Friday
n Will be presented to the city OF
Hannibal. The Clemens home is a
two-story, five room frame building in
a iairiy good state Of preservation. 1t
Is only q few feet from the alley
where Tom Sawyer had the other fol.
lows paint the fence. at the other end
OF which lived Huckleberry Finn.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Fear Race War In England

London.-It Is feared that more
trouble will be had with the han
dreds of unemployed negro sailors u
Cardiff, who gave England her first
taste Of race riots between black and
white. There are between 500 and
600 negro seamen in Cardiff, and
since the comparatively high wages
of $25 per month was agreed upon.
ships officers have preferred to sign
only Europeans. AS a consequence
the negroes, who have been idle fs
seven Or eight weeks, are in serious
financial straits and hundreds o.
them are actually starving.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
FIGHTING N MEXICO
MALcoMrGMTo IN MonglAo
NAVE D1spgRATg gMcouNTGR
WITH RgouLoN TROOPS.
elxty Men Killed sN the oas4lsasl4
ths hsbsIs esIns Lsd ~ Emil
saSo xapsts, Whose tisrse
Was Shot Dsneath Him.

Mexico City.-6fxty Zapaistas Loo,
their lives Sunday In two encounters
with federal troops under command ol
Colonel Morelos In the state Of More
los, according to official advices r..
csivsd here. No mention IL made II
federal losses.
Under the personal direction Of
Dmiliano zapata, the rebels made two
stands on the hacienda Chinameca.
From the nrst they were disIodged By
Morelcs's men. who charged. After
this battle nifty bodies we're found On
the field. The other ten men were
killed in the second encounter, follow.
ing which the zapatistas fed. They
are pursued and another battle 10 81,
During the FIRST battle Zapata him
self barely sscaper death. His horse
was shot bheenath him.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Hin Breaks. Long Silence.

Berlin.-David Jayne Hill, tho ~
firing American ambassador, on lhs
eve of his departure from Berlin ~
broken silence as to his resignaucl
which was accepted by President isA
last April. The ambassador gave GU
a statement Sunday intimafing 'A@
there had been a deliberate lnulses
to discredit him and miserepressa'
he reasons for his resignation nD
announced his declination OF a aeC.r
.tion which the emperor offered IA
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Congressman c~hastises c,erk..

Washington.-Representative Chas.
d. Carter OF Oklahoma created ex.
cltement In the heart OF the smart
shopping center Friday by assaultine
four clerks. one OF whom he alleged
insulted his 1S-yearold daughter, Miss
Italy Carter, who was with her faith.
er ON = shopping expedition.
Having dealt summarily with the
four clerks. Representative Carter,
who IL seven-sixteenths Indian, sent
his daughter home in an automobile
and proceeded to She nearest police
station. where he explained the incl
dent which led to the trouble. He
was not detained.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
ONLY N SURVIVOR.
Seven Men Drowned When Launch 10
Rammed by Barge.

Seven Men Drowned When Launch ID
Rammed by Barge.
Toledo, O.-Preparations for the eel
ebration of Labor day in this city were
halted Saturday while citizens lert aid
in the search for the bodies of city
officers and employees who were
drowned early Saturday when Q
launch was rammed and sunk by the
barge Philip Minch. and only n Of
the eight passengers in the launch es
capped a watery grave.
The dead.-Harry Batch, city ceun.
Gilman: James Wisler. superintendent
Of w~aterworks; Thomas Purcell, 48
master mechanic at the waterworks
plant; Fred Shane. secretary Of Ser.
vice Director Cowell; William Blatt,
waterworks inspector; William Car.
roll. 80, bookkeeper at waterworks;
Rudolph Yunker. aged 50.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
kiIbans knocks Out Rivers.

Los Angeles.-The all-conquerins
career OF Joe Rivers. the sensations!
California featherweight. came to a
spectacular ending Monday afternoon
when tho Mexican. sitting dulleyed
and brain-dazed. framed in by $4,000
shrieking. crying, cheering. hysteri.
cal men. rolled slowly over on his side
as Referee Charley Eyton reached
the count of ten. and turning, held
up Johnnie Kibane's trembling arm
In token that the Cleveland boy was
to a KNOCKOUT victory In the
sixteenth round Of tho scheduled
tw%enty-round battle before the Pa
cinc Athletic club at Vernon.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
smothered in Corn Bin

Topeka, Kan.-Arthur Porter a thir.
t~een-year-old boy. was smotherd To
death Thursday in a bin of corn in
an elevator at Paxico, a small town
west OF Topeka. With other bows he
was playing in the bin when his faith.
er opened the chute outside the Gle.
vator to load a wagon. The other
boys climbed out. but the Porter hov
was sucked down the chute ana
smothered. A
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
five BANDITS ROB EXPRESS
Hosd-up Oregon Train on Southern
Pacific, Blow Open Two eafss
and Escape With Booty.

6cdding. Cal.-F1ve robbers, one 9
negro. held UP the south.bound Ore
gon express, on the Southern Pacific
railroad. = milo and q half north OF
LAmoins. forty miles north OF Red.
ding 1t . o'clock Friday night. They
blew both safes in the express car
rided them and escaped.
The robbery was reported at Delta,
Cal. BY Conductor Dickey, within Ar.
tee minutes after 1t occurred. A
special train Immediately was prepar-
ed ct Dunsmuir. Cal. and left bearing
. poses. Sheriff Montgomery Of Ts-
hama county also was notified and or.
ganized another posse. which was pick
cd up By : special train at Red BLUM.
A third posse was organized at Red
ding and Joined the Red Bluff men.
4 battle - expected with the ban
dts. who fled to the forests west OF
the Southern Pacific r1ght-of-way.
The robbers boarded the train N
It stood on . siding at Gibson, neal
When the train got under
way three Of them worked their way
lAte the express car. holding the mes
sengers At bay with revolvers. Only
one OF the bandits. the negro. was
masked. They blew the safes and At
The sound Of the explosions the train
slowed down. The robbers graspea
what they could lay hands ON ana
Jumped into the darkness. where their
companions Joined them.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Forbid Rough Sports.

Washington.-Cock fights, dog
fights and bull fights. dear to the Lat.
in American heart. will soon disap.
pear from the Panama canal zone.
President Taft has issued an execu-
tive order. effective September 4.
placing all contests between birds or
animals OF any kind on the zone in
the same prohibited class as prize
fights between men. under pain OF
tine or imprisonment.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Crime Of Demented Ranch.r

Everett. Wash.-Carl +. S Toschell.
hity-seven years old. a rancher living
'our miles east of Marysville. attempt.
ed to kill his wife. burned his house
ana his barn to the ground and then
committed suicide. Toschell. suffering
from a mental arrangement. fred at
us wife with a shotgun. He missed
her aud she ran to the home OF a
neishbor. Toschell then shot himself
after setting fire to the ranch build.
lngs.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Miner Meets Terrible Death.

ELY. Nev.-When the shaft of tho
Giroux Consolidated mine, which was
closed to extinguish the fire which
caused the death of seven men, was
unsealed Thursday. the body of Dan.
lei Drea. secretary of the local min.
ers union was found on top of the
LADDER platform, within fifteen feet of
surface. He had almost reached
safety when he vas overcome by thu
smoke and heat.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Wife E~xonerated.

Marinette, Wis.-Mrs. Marie Wer.
telskl, charged with the murder of
her husband. who was found dead in
thelr nome at Pound. Wis, two
weeks ago, and whose decapitated
mead was shown in court, was dis.
charged by Judge Bernards, who
found that the man came to his death
by a fall downstairs.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Montana Town Flooded.

Helena, Mont.-Main stree'
turned into a turbulent moun'e.
stream by a torrential rain WIZ"
visited Helena Sunday afternoon
precipitation was the greatest IT, =.
I'd in the same length OF tune ~
many years, being 1.43 inches III
iod of less than two hours
streams which ran down MAN
overflowed the sidewalks and n0S
many cellars,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Eleven Perish In Hotel Flre.

Juneau. Alaska.--Eleven lives lost.
fourteen persons injured. two of whom
are not expected to live, and the
juneau hotel and the McGrath build.
ing In ashes, are the results of n
nre which started In the hotel late
Sunday night and was subduea on,v
aiter the Douglas fire department had
sent men and engines to assist the
local ire fighters.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
may EVADE STRIKE
HARTMAN DIRECTOR REFUSES
TO GRANT RECOGNITION OF
FEDERATION OF sHoPMEN.
Representatives Of Workmen Declare
That There 10 Still a Chance Of
ssttR' s Controversy Without
.Rsso.tins to Extreme Measures.

San Francisco.-Three hours and Q
half Of earnest debate between half
a dozen high officials of the Harri.
man railroad lines and FIVE leading
representatives of international crafts
unions Friday brought no change in
the critical controversy in which the
railroad and shopmen Of It's western
lines have been involved for weeks
Julius Kruttschnitt. v~ice-president
of the Southern Pacific. director Of
maintenance and operation Of the
Hartman lines. and the mar in whom
supreme power has been invested,
emphatically refused to grant the
recognition Of the federation of shop.
men OF the Hartman lines, and the
Of the Hartman lines, which is
Tar and away the greatest issue at
stake In the controversy.
Kruttschnitt refused to regard Fri.
days conference as an official con-
ference between railroad officials
and a board of union representatives.
It was called an informal meeting.
The discussion, though strenuous,
was decorous. There was no i'll feel
ing shown nor any fierceness in de-
bate. No threats Of strikes were
by the union chiefs before the
officials.
After their conference the union
men had little to say. They declared
hat the controversy Is still hanging,
Ind although wearing a dubious COM
'lexion now, might be turned again
a happy conclusion.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Aercnaut Falls Into Lake

Charlotte, N. CATER mahme
balloon ascension at Lakewoeu a.
a pleasure resort, and maKns .,r.
works display from the eal ssr,,s
day night, H. c. Brown, al
young aeronaut of Micn,saI =
with his parachute into a sn. sofere
tifcial lake and was drowneu n,
a large crowd, who witnessed w
play. could save him.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
~Flockmasters Protest.

Chicago.-An inquiry into rates
and practices in the transportation
OF wool, hides and pelts from west.
ern points will be begun here Wed.
nesday before Interstate Commerce
Commissioner c. A. Prouty, following
recent protests from western grow.
ers that rates on wool had been ad.
vanced 80 Is per cent since the pas.
sage Of the Hepburn act.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Kills Wife and Self.

Los Angeles.--An argument over q
- cleaning bill. coming as the climax
to . long series Of domestic Difficult
ties. resulted early Friday in the kill
Ing Of Mrs. Essediller Ryan by her
husband. DR.. Walter Owen Ryan.
Dr.. Ryan committed suicide . moment
after killing his wife.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
oynamItsr Get. Long Prison ssntene

pynamitsr Gets Long Prison Sentence
San Francisco.-Charles 8. Picard
was sentenced Saturday by Judge J.
r. Blendsoe Of the superior court 10
servs twenty-five years in Folsom prt.
son for planting dynamite with intent
to kill. Picard had trouble with his
wife. who left him and sued for d.
vorce. and whom officers went to his
homo to compel him 70 vacate, there
was q dynamite explosion which
wrecked the house and severely injur.
ed an officer. Picard claimed no fixed
up an informal machine In his home In
the hopes that his wife would come
back and be killed.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Meet Death at Pleasure Resor,

New York.-In the presence Of 100,.
600 visitors who thronged the streets
a three-car train on the giant roller
coaster at Coney Island jumped the
track Sunday evening. hurting the oc.
cupants Of one car over the side Of
the coaster, eighty feet to the ground.
Two women were instantly killed and
two other women and one man ser.
iously injured. Many others were
slightly hurt.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
CHARGED WITH WIRE TAPPING.
Five Salt Lake Men Accused Of Steal
Ing Stock Quotations.

salt Lake City.-Ne Witt B. Lowe, a
well known commission broker. and
Tour others we're arrested Friday on
charges Of stealing stock quotations
ana stock Information coming from
New York over the private wire OF
Badger Brothers. brokers. BY means
OF q remarkably ingenious device
these men are alleged to have learned
the contents OF messages going over
the Badger wires and to have sold tbs
iniormatcA 50 secured to San Fran
cisco brokers.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Governor oddie a Sick Man.

Reno, Nev.-A successful operation
for appendicitis was performed here
Sunday on Governor Tasker L. Oddie
OF Nevada. The governor came from
the capital Saturday night and the op.
GRAFTON was performed in the morn.
ing. DR.. George Mackenzie, who per.
formed the operation. said that 1t was
successful and that the patient show.
ed no alarming effects.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
Buffalo Gnat Blamed

Lexington. Ky.-The buffalo snat
has been fixed on by Henry Carman
q government bacter'ologist and On.
tomologist. as the means of dissent.
mating the disease p~ellagra, which
a been spreading in the mountain
regions Of Kentucky.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-09-07
THOUSANDS
Report Of Terrible Loss Of Life Caused
by Floods Comes From China.

Hankow. China.-The American
mission at WI Hu has received a re.
port that 100000 persons have been
drowned by the floods caused by the
water lowing over the banks of the
Yang Use Kiang river.
The floods are the worst that have
been experienced In many years. 1t
70 estimated that owe ninety-ive per
cent OF the crops have been DESTROYED.