THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. HI Kansas City, Mo., Has Blue v Sky Overhead. !0PE THAT ALL DANGER IS PAST Many nod lea Sprit r'loatlno; Doni Itrcnm i'lftr Itrrnicrpa llronalit In by Bontmrn ime Mill I ni lirlxuood by the Wntrri, KANSAS CITY, Mo., Juno 3.-Illue Iky visible nbuvc Kansas City, the ruins lnvo ended, nnd the mm was via ble for the first time In a week. For his nnd other ronsotm It Is thought hut the grout dangers of the flood are ist. Thi waters of the Kaw river have alien clht Inches and are itendlly de . lining at the rate of about one-half tu:h an hour. In the Missouri the high stage Is still maintained, but this Is lue to the rise which has been coming low n the Missouri proper aud hiis been thle to offset the fall in the Kaw. It Is the water of the latter stream, how ever, that has caused all the damage In Ji Is city and In Kansas City, Kun., and Kith It at a normal stage business In Knn-.is City soon will resume usual conditions. Fully fifty people were brought to the Twelfth street viaduct during the lay by the boatmen. None of them had keen in great danger, but bad remained In buildings until weary of the con incin 'lit and had then signaled for as ilstiince, which was given as rapidly as possible. Many people are still In tile (vnreliouse and ollice building and will remain there until the flood shall sub nii'o. They uru entirely safe and fairly niiiuorluble. FLOOD AND FIRE AT TOPEKA. Fonr Hundred HiMiura Hunted nnd Many Live I, out. TOI'KKA, Kun., .Tune 1. Four hun Jred houses have been burned, and the whole s.'ctlon of North Topeka seems looired. The (Ire started from a live wire, and swirling Hoods prevent aid from reaching the stricken people. Rurnlng houses are floating about, set ting fire to others. The lower stories Df many burning buildings are filled W illi water, and no boat can approach my of them for the swift current People are cooped up In their houses Hid eannot escape from the fire and flood. The situation In Topeka may be mmnmrlzed thus: Known dead, forty light; the rirer has fallen three feet ind Is now receding at the rate of two Inches an hour; distress Is grout among Uie refugees; Governor Bailey has la med a proclamation calling for help or flood sufferers of the state; fifty .'epuly sheriffs armed with Wlnches ers go to North Topeka to protect iroperty, with orders to shoot looters vhenover they are caught stealing. KANSAS CITY SUBMERGED. reatcut Flood Ever Experienced In the State. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 1. The rreatest flood In the history of Kansas City, Kan., and the bottoms of Kansas Olry, Mo., prevails here, and millions f dollars' loss will result. No trains have left Kansas City for tfie west or south, and none will leave for sevoral days. Trains from the east llso are late, many apparently having wet tho flood now' being caused by the rise In the Missouri ilver east of here. The losses in the wholesale district will tggrrgate well into the millions, and ttie losses to the various packing houses nearer the river will be tremendous. Tho street directly in front of the big Armour packing plant is under five feet f water. Armour & Co. have a force f 200 mon working at the pumps try ing to keep the rising water out of the lulldlngs. 60VERNMENT WILL 'SEND HELP. Boot Iaanaa Order to Help Kanaaa Cltr SnBerera. WASHINGTON, June 3.-General Gillespie, chief of engineers, telegraph id Major Casey, at St. Louis, asking if I snag boat could be sent from St. Louis to Kansas City for the relief of the flood sufferers. Major Casey replied M follows; "Bridges blocked by debris. Steam boat navigation suspended on the Mis souri. Goal very difficult to procure. It may be impracticably for snug boat to make Kansas City withlu three Weeks." Adjutant General Corbln telegraph sd tho commander of the dopartmcnt f the Platte that Secretary Root ap proved the eourso of Colonel Miner In issuing rations to the sufferers at Kan Ian City, Kan., and dlrectiug that he ascertain the condition of the people in the stricken district and do ull In his power to save life and property. FLOOD AT DES MOINES. Six Thousand Refaa-eea Are to Be Cared For. DES MOINES, la., June l.-Onee more hope has been inspired In the breasts of the 0,000 flood refugees by the report that the river has begun to slowly decline. The condition of the sufferers has been slightly alleviated by the better organization of the relief forces. But Isolated instances of ex treme need of food have been discov ered, and those who were living In rain soaked tents have nearly all been re moved to places of comfort in public buildings. For over two days it has rained con stantly, and the mercury has stood close to the freezing point. Scores of men, womeu and children have spent hours at a time In soaking wet gar 'nients sitting on tho roofs of their houses awaiting the arrival of rescuers. The property loss will mount up into Uio uiilUona, A TERR4FIC CYCLONE. Strikes Ualneat llle, Killing- One Hundred People. GAINESVILLE, Ga., June 2. The city was struck by a terrific cyclone, killing probably 100 perms, maiming nnd Injuring scores, unroofing the city hotels, other largo buildings and de stroying the Gainesville cotton mills. The greatest loss of life Is reported In the destruction of the cotton mills, where about eighty persons are report ed killed and scores Injured. ' Eighteen persons were killed in the city between the center of the town Hid the railroad station, where four largo stores were blown down. The itorui had driven mnny persons Into these stores for refuge. There were 5H) persons at work In the cotton mill when the cyclone struck. The mill tvns a three story building. The first itory was left standing, but badly wrecked. The second and Utlrd floors were completely demolished, and the employees were caught under the wreckage and mangled. It Is estimated that there are at least leventy-flve bodies under the wreckage af the third floor, and it is not known how many persons on the second floor of the building were killed. Nearly every employee in the Gaines ville Cotton mill was killed, including a large number of children. I The Southern depot was blown down. The Gainesville Iroo works was de molished, and several people perished In the wreck. The Gainesville cotton oil mills were blown down. The old Piedmont hotel, now used lia school and apartment house, was razed, and half a dozen or more people were killed in it. The Richmond hotel was wrecked, nnd several people perished along with K- j One hundred and twenty-five cot tages, a schoolhouse and a church were blown away In the negro section of the town. Five brick stores on the main street of Gainesville were swept nway. In all 200 buildings are demolished here. The tornado tore down all the wires leading Into Gainesville except those of the Southern Hell Telephone com pany. Twenty-six bodies have been recov ered from the mills by the rescue par ty. The latest esHmatcs are that 150 have been killed, 100 at the Gainesville mill aud 50 at the New Hollund mill. FLOODS DESTROY MAILS. Railroad Mali Rooms I'nder Eight Feet of Water. WASHINGTON, June 2.-Dlspntches to the post office department report that the floods have wrought havoc to the mall service In southern Iowa, Ne braska and in the neighborhood of Kansas City. A telegram received here from Superintendent Taft of the rail way mall service at Kansas City says: "Situation worse, If such is possible. Union station and transfer clerks' room under eight feet of water. Missouri Pa cific Is running tralus between here ond St. Louis. Santa Fe railroad ex pects to start train for west some time during the day, but doubtful. Only train service Into and out of the city Is from the Milwaukee depot. Twenty second aud Grand avenue. Frisco and Katy trains are being operated from Rosedale, Kan., south. Conditions are deplorable and demand prompt atten tion. Property losses beyond computa tion. Argentine nnd Armourdule wiped off the map and no communication with Kansas City, Kan. Trobably two car loads of second, third and fourth class mall matter will be lost, as we are unable to reach the cars and re move the mall, tho water being from three to five feet above the floors of the cars. Still storming, and no one can predict the outcome." ONLY A DOZEN TUGS TIED UP. Strike of Marine Engineers la Small So Far, PHILADELPHIA, June 3. The threatened strike of marine engineers has reached quite small proportions here, only about a dozen river tugs having been tied up thus far. A feature of the strike was the re voking of the license of a striking ma rine engineer, Henry R. Truitt, by the United States locul steamboat inspect ors. Truitt had demanded an increase of wages from the owners of the tugboat and had been notified by the owners that they could not grant the demand. Ity the requirement of his marine en gineer license Truitt was obliged to give three days' notice of his intention to resign. It Was shown that he mailed notice of his resignation on the night of May 20, but that the following day being a holiday and the next day thereafter being Sunday no mulls were delivered to the owners on those days. Enrly Monday morning Truitt while in tho engine room of the bout refused to obey the orders of the master of the vessel, saying he would not do so un less he received the Increase demand ed. The Inspectors decided that Truitt had not given tho owners the three days' notice required and that by re fusing to work his engine while on duty hud clearly violated tho require ments of his license, to which he had taken oath when it was granted him. Standing; of the llnaeball t'li NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chlnugo 29 11 Nw York 2ii 12 FittMlmrt; 2fl 17 Brooklyn 20 19 Cliiriiiiiail lit 21 Boston 16 20 PhllHchilutila 11 27 St. Louis n 30 AME1UCAN LEAGUE. 4 W. L. Boston 21 IB St. Louis 19 14 ChlouKO 20 15 PhllacTi-lphlu 21 IB ClevulanU n 19 I""'1--; 17 19 IMw York lii 20 Washlugton 14 86 ba. P.c .721 .tit4 .61)4 .513 .4tU .444 .2X9 .208 P.P. ' .5X3 .578 .571 .Ml .!l,-i . ,4Ti ,42S ,2 ' MAY ST0PM1NE.W0RK United Mine Workers Want Recognition of Officers. ( OS IDE BOARD OF CONCILIATION. B? the Operators Falllnar This a General Suspension of Mining Work Mar Enaae In the Anthracite Regrlon. WIUCESnARKE, I'a., Juno 3.-An-other dark strike cloud has loomed tip on the horizon of the anthracite coal region. The executive boards of the United Mine Workers, In session here, Indorsed the selection of their three district presidents on the board of con ciliation authorized by the strike com mission, and if these members are not recognized by the operators the execu tive boards will contemplate calling a convention of mine workers to declare a general suspension of work until their members are given recognition. A district officer when asked if the objections of the operators could not be removed If the mine workers selected their representatives on the board by n majority vote of miners replied that It was not likely such a step would be taken. If the operators demanded that, he said, the miners had as much right to ask that the company representa tives be selected by a vote of the stock holders. "Will the miners quit work If they are called out?" was asked. "Yes; every man will come out. The 30,000 men In tho Schuylkill region whom we ordered back to work will not hesitate to come out again, and there are acute grievances In every re gion which will cause a suspension if such a step is decided upon. The dis trict officers have counseled the miners to remain at work pending the settle ment of the trouble by the conciliation board, but If this board cannot be or ganized there is nothing else for them to do but quit." HOSIERY MILLS JOIN. Fnllr Slant Tbouaand Now In Idle Army. PHILADELPHIA, June 3. The strike of the textile workers of Phila delphia for a fifty-five hour week spread to the hosiery mills, tying up the textile industry tighter than it has been since the great suspension was Inaugurated. Fully 8,000 persons Join ed the nlready1 largo army of idle workers. Most of these were women and children employed In the hosiery mills in the Kensington district. This class of workers are unorgan ized, but they decided to jolu the ranks of the unionists in other branches of the textile trade when they saw tho magnitude, of the movement for a shorter week. It is probable that most of the women and children will be or ganized into unions, aud efforts will bo inude to bring out the workers in other hosiery plants. It wns given out by the executive board of the textile workers that ten additional firms had agreed to give their employees the fifty-five hour week. This makes fifty-eight firms that have conceded the demands. It Is estimated that upward of 20,000 per sons are now working under the condi tions demanded by the unions of tho thirty-nine branches of the textile in dustries affecte'd by the strike. The leaders of the strikers express confi dence that the workers will win their fight aud point to the fact that firms are each day agreeing to the demands of the union. On the other band, the manufactur ers who have not acceded to the un ion's request and among them are some of the largest mill owners in the industry feel confident that the "men cannot win. They declare they Will close down their establishments indefi nitely before submitting to the union. Textile Workers' Big Strike. PHILADELPHIA, Juno 2.-It did not need the assertion of the executive board of the textllo workers to carry conviction that the greatest coufllct be tween employers and employees ever seen in Philadelphia is now on. The crowd of Idle men, women aud chil dren that congregated on the streets of the city's textile mill districts form ed a story without words. It was esti mated by leaders in tho strike that more than 75,000 textllo workers liave refused to go to work as a protest against the employers refusing to re duce the working time of the workers from sixty to fifty-five hours a week. The executive board of the textile workers ufter a mass meeting sat for the remainder of the day at Upholstery Weavers' hall receiving reports from representatives of the different textile centers of the city and to give advice as to tho conduct of tho strike. There were two more firms added to the list of employers granting tho fifty-five hour week, making forty-eight in all. There are about 000 firms In Philadel phia, and with the exception of those who have ugreed to tile demands of their employers they suy they will not make any concessions. 1903 JUNE 1903 tun. ,10:1. iuis. vu. ibce. m. iit. H L Jl JL II IE A TT 9"7o 11 T2 T3 jTjTiy 20 2T 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29. 30 .... .... .... .... ROOSEVELT'S RIDE. President See the Mqnalltr State on HoraebnQk. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June l.-I'resl-dent Roosevelt left his train nnd mad about sixty miles of his Journey on horseback. The weather was all that could be desired, and the president en joyed his ride immensely. He reached Laramie, aud after a short address to the citizens of that place at the Uni versity of Wyoming he mounted his horse and, accompanied by a mounted escort, started for Cheyenne. The party stopped for luncheon at Van Tassel's ranch, twenty-three miles from Laramie, which place was reached soon after noon, three changes of horses having been mndo during the ride. Tho president was Joined here by all the members of his party, his train having been run to Islay, a mile and a half from the ranch. After leaving Van Tassel's the presi dent rode to Fort Russell, where he made a short stop. At this place he was joined by Governor Chatterton and his staff, who rode with him to Cheyenne. At Laramie a beautiful gold mounted saddle, the gift of Cheyenne friends, was presented to the presi dent, and he rode this saddle over the entire course. Citizens of Douglass furnished tho handsome horse ridden from Fort Rus sell Into Cheyenne and have offered it to President Roosevelt. The presidential party arrived in Cheyenne on schedule time, the sixty mile horseback ride having been with out a mishap. The police, fraternal and military organizations of the city and Fort Russell all turned out and gave the president one of the heartiest re ceptions of his tour. Thousands come from Utah nnd Colorado to participate. In slouch hat, riding boots, spurs aud gauntlets the president rode direct to the speak ers' stand In the city square and found himself greeted by 20,000 enthusiastic and cheering people. Seated on the platform were Secretary Moody, Sec retary Wilson, Private Secretary Loeb and nearly 100 prominent citizens. The president's speech was addressed more particularly to the civil war veterans. In the Gem of the Mountain. TOCATELLO, Ida., May 2!).-Presl-dent Roosevelt on re-entering Idaho received a warm welcome. He wus met several miles outside of the town by a band of Indians from the Klack foot reservation, who raced alongside the train Into roeatello. The presideut was met at tho sta tion by a largo crowd and, escorted by cowboys and Indians, was driven to a stand, from which he delivered an ad dress. Pocatello being a railroad town. Pres ident Roosevelt took occasion to pay the railroad men present a high com pliment for their vigilance nud skill. Referring to the presence of men ju horsebuck from the Indlun reservation, the president said: "I am glad to learn that many of the Indians under your care are traveling along tho white man's road and be ginning not only to send their children to school, but to own cattle and prop erty. The only outcome of the Indian question of this country is to gradual ly develop the Indian into a property owning, law abiding, hard working, educated citizen in other words, to train him to travel the path that we are all trying to travel, and I congrat ulate you upon the progress that you have made. When he Is traveling thut path and when he is doing his duty he is entitled and he shall receive exactly as square a deal as any one else. "After all, that Is the fundamental principle of our government. In the last analysis what America stands for more than for aught else is for treat lag each man on his worth as a man." Prealdent's Naval Yacht. WASHINGTON, June 3. The naval yacht Sylph left here for New York, where she will be utilized by the presi dent and family during their summer outing at Oyster Bay. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. CloalnK Stock Quotations. Money on call firm at 1 ptr cent mercantile paper, iSVttbVi par cent, Prima Ex- changsa, ;!tH.02o,802; balances, 1 17, 212,130. Closing- prices: Amal, Copper... MV4 Norf. & West, Atehihon 74 Penn. K. R-.. B. & 0 88 Reading Brooklyn R. T.. 6Vi Rock Island ., Ches. & Ohio.... 40 St. Paul Chi. & Norlhw..l7SH Southern Pao, D. &H 1714 Southern Ry., Erie 34H South. Ry. pt, Un. Electric. ..1K1 Sugar .'. Illinois Cen.... ...135 Texas Pacific Louts. Nash.. 114 Union Pacific Manhattan 138 U. S. Steal.... Mutropolltan...,12SH U. S. Steel pf, Mo. Pao 1H West. Union , N. Y. Central... 1274 '.wx .. .. Wii ..161 .. 61 Vs .. 26Vi .. 90 ..122 .. 8H4 .. 83H .. 31 .. 81 V4 .. 84 1 New York Markets. FLOUR Jrreifular, with buyers and st'lleis apart; Minnesota patents, J4WU 4.40; wlnt'-r strainhts, 83.60(f)3.tu; winter -tras, 82.80IU3 10; winter patunts. M.704. WHEAT Opened active and steady, but wlih eonHldemlile selling for lotitf ac count, under which prices later eased off; Julv. 80 l-lt)'uS0o. : Seuteinbsr, 7T(U i7c. RYE Firm; state, Wyu'.ic., 0. 1. f.. Now York: No. 2 western. (Ii'.c. f. o. b.. ulloat CORN Also weakened because of lib eral realizing and with the wheat decline; July, 64Vifi55o.; f-eptember, D3fii53'c. OATS Fairly active and steady; track, white, state, 8!H4S 4uV4c. ; track, white, western. 8HVj45Vvc. PORK Firm; mess, 118.2018.76; family, S19. LARD Steady; prima western steam, .15c. BUTTER Firmer; state dairy, 1621c; extra creamery, 22'iC. CHEESE IrrrRuliir; ttata, full cream, fancy, small, colored, inc. ; small, white, lc.; largo, colored, lUftc. ; large, white, lo'.ic EOG3 IrreKUlar; near by extras, 17& lc; neur by firsts, 15VIfl'e. TURPENTINE nulf at 4M,1.'?i49c. RICH Firm; domestic, 4''ij7c; Japan nominal. TALLOW Pull; city, 6c; country, 5V43 HAT Steady; shipping, 70S 76c. j good to choice, 814(1.00. Live Stork Market. CATTLE Market steady; choice, $5.30ff 5.40; prime, 8."i'n5.20; good, $1.70'n4.kS; veal calves. 8i.6ifr7.25. HOGS Market active; prime heavies. tH.8V6.40; mediums, Jt!.2.V.ll.;;ui heavy Yorkers and light Yorkers, $6.iiCKU 3.2D ; plga, lb iVutl M; roughs, J4 r,.;.o. SHEEP AND LAMDH-Murftet lilaher; pern watheis, f4.4(4.M); uliulcu iambs, ii!lill AS'cgctable Preparationfof As similating lacFoodandllcgula ling the Stomachs and Dowels of u h Promotes DigcstionChccrlul nessandRest.Contains neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. "Sot Xaiicotic. JhapttftHdO-SAMVELPtraaR SmyJiM Set" Mx.Smxn hbryrt nmr. Apcrfecl Remedy forConslipa llon, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Kcvrrish ncss nnd Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YOUK. 1 B t: t if' i lit EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. jjj VVlaj atfTT'''- Alexander Brothers & Co., -DEALERS IN- Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes, Confec tionery and Nuts. 0 Henry Millard's Fiue Candies. Fresh Ever Week. :Pi2N".M-2- Goods a. Specialty. Sole Agents for JUPITER, KING OSCAR, COLUMBIAN WRITTEN GUARANTEE, Etc. Also F. F. Adams & Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco. A I..EXANDER BROS. & CO., Bloomsbur, Pa. IP YOU ARE IN NEED OF CAIIPET, JJ1ATTINCI, or OIL CLOTH, YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINE AT W. M. BlOWll'S a Toots above Court House. A large lot of Window Curtains in stock. Ir Man'a Ht Balacr. The newest invention is a hat which salutes ladies automatically. By means of a clockwork, the poor man who is too futlgued to raise his hat to a lady friend is able to escape an imputation of impoliteness, lie has simply sliffhtly to incline his head and the hat raises itself gracefully. On his head resuming the perpendicular the hat goes back to its proper position. Of course, the owner has to wind up the hat every night like a watch. Where Richelieu la I!orld. Although a steru edict has gone forth to no longer bottle up the new wine of science und letters in the old receptacle of Jtichelieu, even otllclul iconoclasts have spared the fumilinr dome which covers the great cardi nal's tomb. The new Sorbonne, how ever elaborate, would hardly be the Sorbonne at all without Iticheliou's splendid cliupel as its heart. Students and professors no longer have to bow before the altar, and no Sor bonne doctors fill the pulpit, but who so chooses cun enter nnd either find a service, or at least view the beuutiful sarcophagus beneath which lies the dust of the great Armaud Jean du VlesHig himself, in tho midst of the institution he buildcd anew, lavishing tho millions of his private fortune thereon, and even mortgag ing the estate of his heirs. Above ' the tomb has in recent yenrs been guspendea His carefully preserved cardinal's hat, while the head itself, savagely severed when the tomb was violated in 17U3, has also been mirac ulously recovered nnd replaced on the embalmed remains. Even the tomb itself was carted away and kept for many years at the museum. : A I'nJr Well Net. Having in the course of his 00 years of life buried 26 wives, a furmer of Iluziens, in France, has just married a 27th. Nor is the lady a raw beginner at the game. She has buried 18 hus-bumJs, mm For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the I Signature In Use For Over Thirty Years 111 TMl CVNTaun COMPANY. NSW VONN Omf. The Markets. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. CORRECTED WEEKLY. RETAIL PR ICli. Butter, per pound $ Eges, per doien Lard, per pound t. Ham, per pound ,s to ,j Beef (quarter), per pound 6 to 8 Wheat, per bushel g qo Oats, do Rve. do 6 Flour per bbl 4.00 to 4 40 Hay, per ton ,$ 00 Potatoes, per bushel 7c Turnips, do 45 Tallow, per pound og Shoulder, do !!"!!!!!! i Bacon, do 16 Vinegar, per qt . 05 Dried apples, per pound c$ Cowhides, do ,L Steer do do o! Calf skin go Sheep pelts ""!!"!.!!!.!!!!""" s Shelled corn, per bushel 8u Corn meal, cwt 2 00 iran, cwt Chop, cwt MM. II: I 20 I 50 v,"v""i per pouna, new 12 - uo 01a Turkeys do 13 18 ao i Ducks, do ,4 , COAL. Number 6, delivered do 4 and 5 delivered........".'," do 6, at yard do 4 and 5, at yard ".'".".". TAILOR-MADE SUITS N. S. Tingley has accepted the Kcucy ior iteinacn, Ullman of Chicago, merchant tailors. & Co. and is rcuuy to supply made-to measure clothing at prices lower than can be obtained elsewhere. He has a large AST AY ii von emr. i line ot samples to select from. His j place of business is the third floor of I the Columbian building. 4. I . ' j Try Thu Columbian a year. 0. jmam