NO LONGER A DREAM
The D.sert Will Be Made to Blos
som as the Rose.
Srrlitiitluii Hill Recently I'mmed by
C-outre** Will Stimulate tlie
Itapiii IJevelo|>iiiei»t at the
Arid Went.
[Special Washington I-etter.]
IT is &aid to be possible to irrigate
a large portion of tlie great deceit
of Sahara by making openings for
the Mediterraneu sea and flooding the
<a>t acreage; but by retaining control
over the waters so that the desert shall
nut become an additional sea. A! 1
things are apparently possible to mod
ern civil engineering and some of us
may live to kee the desert blossom as
"the rose.
When the fathers and mothers of to
•clav were school children they studied
geographies which showed upon their
maps of the country west of Omaha
and Kansas City, a vast territory then
■unknown and denominated "The
<jreat American Desert." That was
only 35 or 40 years ago. Just think of
■what an immense empire has been de
veloped in that short space of time.
iEver since the railroads penetrated
•the wilds and vnstnesses and stretched
their arms to the golden gate our peo
ple have been approaching the problem
•of reclaiming "The Great American
Desert." by irrigating its arid millions
of acres so that happy homes may
•there be built of peoples comprising a
tremendous population.
It is a well-known fact that forestry
and irrigation must receive simultane
ous attention. It is not too soon for
the general government to take cog
-11 izance of the palpable fact that the
destruction of the forests in the great
lake region has affected the Mississippi
river within one generation. Unless
the trees shall receive protection the
river will run dry and become a glori
ous reminiscence; and future genera
tions may place the "Father of Wa
ters" among the myths of the aborig
ines.
There was a time when the valley of
"the Jordan was the most fertile and
beautiful in the then civilized world.
Solomon, reputed to have been excep
tionally wise, began the destruction
of the forests in the hill country of
Lebanon. His successors continued
•the crusade against the trees until the
2)ills became barren, and the /ordan a
miserable creek. The plain of Es
•draelon, which was famed for its fer
tility and beauteous grandeur, became
as it is to-day, almost, a hissing and a
byword for its barrenness.
Having- a broad view of the lessons
■to be learned from the past, and to be
applied to the present and immediate
future, President Roosevelt in his mes
eage to the congress last December,
said: "The forest reserves should be
set apart forever for the use and bene
fit of our people as a whole and not
sacrified to the shortsighted greed of
"the few. The forests are natural res
ervoirs. By restraining the streams
in flood and replenishing them in
•drought they make possible the use
of waters otherwise wasted. Forest
conservation is therefore water conser
vation. The forests alone, however,
cannot fully regulate and conserve the
waters of the arid region. Great
storage works are necessary to equal
ize the flow of streams and to save the
■flood waters. The storing of the
floods in reservoirs at the headwaters
of our rivers is but the enlargement
of our present policy of river control,
under which levees are built on the
lower reaches of the same streams.
The government should construct and
HON. W. A. RE£I>EH.
(Kansas Coiyre.-Hm.n Who l'u.-hed the
Irrigation Hill.)
maintain these reservoirs as it does
other public works."
The committees on irrigation of
arid lauds, in the senate ami house
of representatives, proceeded prompt
ly to consider the
of the president. The senate com
mittee was the first to formulate
and report u bill, and the measure
was passed ami sent to the other
branch of tlie emigre s, so that it
was received in the house of repre
sentatives oil Mar«h The senate
bill was reported to the house from
its committee on Irrigation of arid
lands on April 7, and placed on the
calendar. SpeaKcr lleuder-on caused
June is to be set apart for public
diseui 101 l of the mens lire, uild il
p:> ei| by the house of repre
•entftlivcM June 13, The bill, as
adopted contained ntlllieroil, aillciui
li.cnt*, but Miibstuiiliull.v all of Hiem
vi re accepted by the enate
lln MMMtMMH pi • • i>ll that (I)
monies rv cited from the ale of
Colorado, Tdaho, Kansas, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota,
Utah, Washington and Wyoming"
shall be set aside as a special fund
to be known as the "reclamation
fund," to be used for the "storage,
diversion and development of waters
for the reclamation of arid and semi
arid lands in the said states and
territories."
The report of the house committee
shows that 535,486,731 acres of land are
available for public entry in the states
and territories named in the bill.
Kansas and Nebraska contain no
arid lands, although nearly one
third of the western portion of each
state is semi-arid, and susceptible of
improvement by irrigation. More
tlujn one-third of the public lands
within the states of North and South
KANSAS IRRIGATING WHEEL.
(Simple Device Which Supports One Fam
ily in Comfort.)
Dakota are in the arid or semi-arid
belt. The portions of the states ol
Oregon and Washington east of the
Cascade range are either arid or
semi-arid. This condition existt
over two-thirds of California, a fact
surprising to all who have not in
vestigated the subject. One-third of
Oklahoma is arid.
All of the other states and ter
ritories are in the arid belt, and
can only be made agricultural by
scientific irrigation. It is estimated
that upwards of 50,000,000 acres oi
barren land may be made fertile.
The development of this empire will
prove not only beneficial to those
teeming millions of the future whe
shall dwell thereon, but have an ef
fect upon the humidity of the con
tiguous country, and also add to tin
wealth of the entire country by sus
taining artisans and other produeeri
of labor's valuables.
In 1900 the national platforms oi
the three political parties declared
in favor of irrigation by national di
rection. Referring 1 to this fact, tin
committee's report says: "With con<
fidence in the desire of members oi
all parties to fulfill the pledges oi
their national platforms, greatly en
couraged by the earnest and vigor
ous recommendations of the presi
dent, the members of both branches
of congress from the arid and semi
arid states met in the early days of
the present congress, appointed a
committee of one from each stata
and territory, with Senator Warren
as chairman, and proceeded to for
mulate a suitable bill. This work
having been accomplished, the bill
was introduced in the senate by Mr.
Hansborough, and in the house of
representatives by Mr. Newlands. No
legislation presented to an American
congress has had all of its pro
visions more carefully and thorough
ly considered in all their bearings."
The special committee mentioned
in the report did diligent work. Each
member of the senate and of the house
of representatives kept the matter be
fore the legislators, so that when the
time came for voting everyone knew
the provisions of the measure and its
ultimate object. Where all did well,
it is almost invidious to make any
distinction; but it is generally admit
ted that Congressman Ueeder, of Kan
sas, was exceptionally hard at work
all winter and spring in this behalf.
He talked irrigation to everybody and
all the time, in season and often out of
season.
Senator Warren, the chairman, in*
j fused his energy and earnestness into
I the senate, until every senator real
ized that Warren was after water,
more water, and keeping them all in
hot water, on account of his irriga
tion bill. The North Dakota senator,
Hansbrough, was like unto him. Mr,
Xewlands, of Nevada, told everybody
that with irrigation Nevada would
support a population of 0(1,000,000 as
easily as now she supports a popula
tion of only 00,000. Senator ( lark, of
Montana, the richest man in the
world, and Senator Dubois, of Idaho,
one of the poorest men in public
life, vied with each other in praying
for the irrigation of the arid lands
of their states.
And yet, with all this missionary
work done before the bill came tin
! for discussion in the house of rcpra-
I sentatives, there were members ac
tively opposed to it on various
grounds. .V score of amendment*
were offered, all of them designed to
defeat the object of the bill. One
after another they were voteil down,
and the bill was finally passed by
a vote of 110 yeas to 8.1 nays.
It is expected that upwards of 200.-
000 acre# of land will be annually re
claimed under the provisions of thU
law, until all of the millions of acres
of the desert shall have been r«-
claimed and peopled with home min
ers. Irrigation i-. not an experiment.
It tin pr.irtli ill before the dawn •• 112
recorded hi torv. Man attained his
lirst high decree of civilization mi
lder it* practice. Through its efU>
| ciei i y tin' great nation of antiquity
r»tabli»hc'l anil maintained llieif
might ami gbn> Kgypt, Vs.* yrla, In
dia, < lot are irrigate.l model* fut
us We are talniK a new d< partiire
l»> follow IUK ill the footsteps of tht
ftiu uuU. lUIfUB. i'UX,
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1902.
A BOAT CAPSIZES.
Hotel Waiters and Waitresses
Were in the Craft.
Fourteen of tlie lMeanure I'arty lljil
Wulcry Gravi'i, While Three of
Thriu Were Maved —All of
the Victim* Voiiiii;
People.
Portsmouth, N. 11., July 18. —A 19-
foot whaleboat containing 10 waiters
and waitresses employed at the Oce
anic llouse. Star Island, Isle of
Shoals, who had gone out in the bay
yesterday afternoon on a pleasure
trip in charge of Skipper Fred Miles,
was capsized during a sudden squall
and 14 of the occupants were
drowned. The other three were res
cued by fishermen who put out from
the shore in their dories. The names
of the drowned are:
Henry Farrington, head waiter, of
Frederiekton, N. I!.; Itertha Graham,
Danvers, Mass.; Minnie McDonald,
Cam bridge port, Mass.; Eva Adams,
Portsmouth, X. 11.; May Adams, sis
ter of ICva, Portsmouth; Catherine
Howes, Saxonville, Mass.; Elizabeth
Howes, sister of Catherine, Saxonville,
•Bcsi.se Chase, Maiden, Mass.; Anna
Sheehan, West l>edforil, Mass.; Eva
Marshal, Haverhill, Mass.; May Mar
shal. sister of Eva, Haverhill, Mass.;
Isabel Kaouskn. Cambridge, Mass.;
I.aura Gilmorc, Exeter. X. It.
The saved are: Alice Haggerty,
Lillian Bresnahan, Skipper Fred
Miles.
The bodies of Farrington, Alward,
Hessie Chase, Eva Marshal and Isabel
Kaouska have not yet been recovered.
All the others were taken from the
water by fishermen and then to the
island, where they were worked over
for a long time by two doctors, but
without success.
Farrington and Alward were both
law students at Harvard university,
rooming sit Forsyth Hall. Roth were
good swimmers and lost their lives
in trying to rescue the others.
The victims were all young people
whose ages would not average over
20 years. Most of the Massachusetts
girls were school teachers, who have
passed their summer vacations here
for several years in serving as wait
resses in the hotel.
REMARKABLE CASE.
A Hoy Itemaliia I nder Water '25 tlln
utea and la Iteauaetlatnd.
Washington. July 18.—Superinten
dent Kimball, of the life saving serv
ice, has received a report from Capt.
Ludlam, of the Hereford Inlet life
saving station, at Anglesea, X. J., of
the remarkable resuscitation of Stan
ley S. Holmes, a 5-year-old boy, after
he had been under water 25 minutes.
Capt.. Ludlam reported that July
5, during a squall in the harbor, Wil
liam H. 'Holmes and his child were
overturned in the water and that the
boy sank, remaining under water not
less than 25 minutes before the life
saving crew of the Hereford station
were able to secure the apparently
dead body. Within four hours after
the body was removed from the wa
ter the child regained consciousness.
Superintendent Kimball received af
fidavits from the father of the child,
from Miss Margaret Mace, a medical
student, and Alary J. Hock, a trained
nurse, substantiating to the fullest
degree the statements of Capt. Lud
lam. The opinion of most of these
people is that the child had been un
der water fully 30 minutes when
taken out, and all are certain that
the time was not less than 25 min
utes.
Narrow Kscapn From llrotvnliiK.
Boston, Mass., July 18.—Capt. John
Morris of the sloop yacht Aphrodite,
with James Harvey, Mrs. Harvey, her
seven-year-old daughter and another
arrived in the harbor last night on
a schooner, having been capsized
from their boat about five miles
southeast of Richmond Island on the
Maine coast. The party started some
ten days ago to cruise about the
shore of Maine. Wednesday they left
Pophani Beach to come home and had
got as far as Richmond Island when
the heavy lead shoe on the keel of
the boat dropped off and the sloop
turned over bottomside up. Mrs. Har
vey and her daughter were the most
helpless, and the men assisted them
in holding to the bottom of the Aph
rodite until assistance came. None
of the party was injured.
Attempted .Vlorder and Suicide.
Columbus, <>., July 18. —John Smith,
of Washington, Pa., is dead, and Mag
gie Canan. of the same place, is seri
ously ill in this city from the effects
of strychnine placed iu ice cream by |
Smith with murderous and suicidal
intent. Smith was 19 and his com
panion is about tlie same age. Ac
cording to the girl's story, they ran
away from home to be married. They |
arrived here yesterday and registered
at a hotel as John I'honias and wife.
In the afternoon Smith left the hotel |
on the pretense securing a mar- i
riage license and returned with the |
ice cream. Both were taken sick i
while eating the cream and the cries '
of the girl attracted help. Smith died
in an hour, hut the young wouian will
recot er.
Improt Inif Itapldly.
London, July is. Since his removal
to fnwes the progress of tlie king
has been so rapid that his physicians
have ordered a more liberal diet for 1
his majesty.
Heavy Storm In 4 lileauo.
I h lea go, July tv Dam a ire esti
mated at thousands of dollum was '
wrought to property in furious parts j
of Chicago last night by the terrific j
wind and electric storm, wliielt swept
in from the ...uthwest ami cut over |
'lie lake. Several persons vtere In
jured during the progress of the
atiiriu. Store front* were blown in,
delator* unroofed, chimney* and j
trolley wire* tumbled doitn, ami busi
ness house* Hooded by I lie dnttii'
pour of ruin. Si\tv-eight miles un
hour wa* i lie icily attained by the I
Willi,
Ml NEKS CONVENE.
President Mitchell Is Against a
General Strike.
HI tu ill I noil* V| Inert Should HemiiU
at Work and I'aj A**e**tiien t*
In Aid of Anthracite .Vleu
Ttvo Hays' I*ro-
S coed I liu*.
Indianapolis, July 18.—If the
and influence of President Mitchell,
of the United Mine Wvrkers, shall
prevail with the members of his or
ganization, there will be no general
strike of the organization. lhe
chances of such a step being taken
now are very remote. In his speech
in the convention yesterday after
noon Mr. Mitchell advised strongly
against a strike and urged that the
bituminous miners continue at work,
and that a system of assessment up
on the members of the order, which
he outlined, be carried into effect :ij
the best means of affording aid and
support to the striking anthracite
men in the east.
A motion to adopt the suggestions
of President Mitchell provoked a long
debate, in which the general senti
ment. was against the ordering of the
strike. The men from the anthra
cite regions finally made a request
that they be allowed to hold a cau
cus to determine upon an expres
sion of opinion as to what they
thought the convention should do and
asked an adjournment of the conven
tion for this purpose. Their request
was granted, and the adjournment
taken. The men who were in favor
of a strike were in a decided minori
ty in the convention.
The convention began in Tomlinson
hall with an attendance of about 900
delegates.
The first session was not of an
executive character and there were
many spectators present anxious to
witness the proceedings of what had
been heralded as one of the most im
portant gatherings of laboring men
held in recent years. The first part
of the session was devoted to ad
dresses of welcome from municipal
officers of Indianapolis and re
sponses in behalf of the union.
Secretary Wilson then read the
3all for the convention and President
Mitchell called for the report of the
committee on credentials. The read
ing of this consumed much time. The
report was accepted and the conven
tion adjourned until 1:30 p. m. When
the convention met in the afternoon
President Mitchell made his address.
Indianapolis, July 19. —At the con
clusion of a secret session, which
Insted all of Friday afternoon, the
recommendations of President Mitch
ill for the management of the anthra
cite strike were referred t« a com
mittee which is to report back to the
convention to-day. This committee
consists of lYesident Mitchell, Vice
President Lewis, Secretary Wilson
and the president of each district
which is taking part in the conven
tion. There is little doubt that the
committee will urge the adoption of
the recommendations and fix the rate
of assessment at 10 per cent., or
higher.
At the opening of the executive ses
sion Vice President Lewis 4pok the
floor and delivered an \ergetic
speech on the amendment of. red by
Delegate Haskins in the morning to
the effect that the fund to be raised
in aid of the anthracite miners, be
extended to all of the striking miners
where their strike has been sanc
tioned by the general organization.
President Mitchell then took the
floor to speak for the adoption of the
recommendations made in his speech
Thursday.
A vote was taken on the Haskins
amendment and it was voted down
by a decisive majority. This left be
fore the convention the original mo
tion for the adoption of the recom
mendations of the president.
Secretary Wilson offered an amend
ment that the matter be referred to a
committee consisting of the three
highest officers of the national or
ganization anil the district presidents.
This prevailed.
BELIEVED TO BE CRAZY.
vian Kilter* a ■•'mind llnu A«y linn and
Slioot* Ttvo Sinter* oft linrlty.
New York, July 18.—Harry F. King,
30 years old, entered the office of the
New York foundling asylum yester
day afternoon and shot two Sisters
of Charity, lie then ran into the
grounds of the institution ami shot
himself in the left breast, innkiug
only a flesh wound. King was taken
I to a police court, where he was com
mitted without hail for examination
I Saturday. The injured sisters are
| Sister \ngelo, 45 years old, shot in
j the right arm, and Sister Cecelia, 30
years old. shot iu the left arm and
| side. Neither was fatally hurt.
King, who has been a frequent visi
| tor to the foundling asylum, is lie
i lieved to be demented. He suffered
j for some time from melancholia, ac
, cording to the police, and on May 7
' was arrc ted in the yards of lhe in
stitution after he had attempted lo
j commit suicide by taking carbolic
: acid.
When lie na* arraigned. King said
■ he had begged lhe authorities of the
foundling asylum to give liiin Infor
i Illation ahoiit his birth, but that they
i had refused to do so. This ho an
j gered liini, he said, that lie did hot
knott what he was lining.
\% 111 ll.it*. to t.et Special Stamp*.
Washington, July is. \cting I >iu-
I niisMioner William*, of the internal
! revenu. bureau, has i**ued instruc
tion* to collectors to the effect lllilt
| wholesale and retail dealers in oleo
liitirg trine who have paid special
taxes ill the rale of l.'oo anil J»l re-
I apecfively, per milium, who are found
; to have .old any oleomarr iriue taxed
, ui a different rate than one fourth of
one cent p. Ip .nail removed from
111.- faetoi! . n Hid afti • .1 ly i i «!*,
will >. requited to provide 1 1 >. ia
! w I. pe tl t4t >1 tinpt it ll «
I lltfU
INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK.
It lla* Improved Willi tlie Settlement
of Nummus l.abor Itlaplltc*.
New York, July 19. H. (1. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade ways:
Settlement of numerous labor con
troversies and prospects of early
agreements as to many struggles
liave greatly improved the industrial
outlook while agricultural conditions
steadily improve. As these have
been the only unfavorable Influences
for some months, the prospects for
active trade are decidedly encourag
ing. Preparations for unusually
heavy fall sales are being made and
confidence grows stronger. Mills and
furnaces that have been idle on ac
count of the usual overhauling, re
sumed as rapidly as needed repairs
could lie made. Financial conditions
are sound, the mid-year dividend dis
tributions producing no stringency,
and speculation has been heavy for
tlte season, both in securities and sta
ples.
Manufacturers of cotton goods
hold prices steady, and there has been
n distinct increase in demand during
the past week, although buying is
only for imperative requirements, the
disposition to delay purchases being
si ill evident. No concessions are of
fered by holders.
Kastern shoe shops receive more or
ders, some of the larger producers re
fusing contracts calling for delivery
before October.
Crop prospects have continued
favorable, and with the removal of
speculative influences there was a
gradual decline in prices.
Failures for the week numbered 213
in the United States, against 193 last
year, and tiO in Canada, against 32
last year.
ARMY OF IMMIGRANTS.
I
Total Arrival* In Till* Country Itnr
-1 »illi«* l.u*t Fiscal Year Numbered
645,7 i:t.
Washington, July 19. —A statement
has been prepared at the immigration
bureau showing the number of immi
grants who arrived in the United
•States during the fiscal year 1902, as
compared with 1901. The total ar
rivals for the last fiscal year were
645.743 immigrants and 82,055 other
alien passengers, making a total of
730,798. This is an increase of 100,-
825 immigrants over 1901.
Following are the names of the
countries from which the largest
number of immigrants came, during
the last fiscal year:
Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia,
178,375.
Austria-Hungary 171,989.
Russian Empire and Finland 107,347.
Sweden 30.V14.
Ireland 29,138.
German Empire 28,304. ,
Norway 17,484.
A I>e»triiettve Tornado.
Plattsburg, X. Y., July 19.—A tor
nedo swept over Moflittsville, a small
village near Danneinora, in Clinton
county, Thursday night, destroying a
starch factory, a carding mill, the
Chateaugay Ore and Iron Co.'s saw
mill and other property. The same
storm sunk a steam launch in Upper
Chateugay lake belonging to Seth
Thomas, the well-known clock manu
facturer, of Connecticut, and de
stroyed his fine camp and boathouse
on the same lake. The storm also
demolished the fine cottage owned by
Frank Sawyer, of Chicago, located
near the Seth Thomas cottage, se
verely injuring one man.
Killed lliiaband and llrother-ln-Lawr
iMurpliysboro, ill., July 19.—'Mrs.
Ceorge Joubert shot and killed her
husband and brother-in-law, Moses
Joubert, whom she took for burglars,
early Friday. The Joubert family re
side about five miles east of Ava.
(ieorge and his brother, Moses, had
been to that village and, returning
home in an intoxicated condition,
proceeded to break down the door,
which Mrs. Joubert had locked. The
woman became frightened and, sup
posing they intended to kill her, fired
with her husband's revolver.
The \Vhippie** Trial Trip.
Baltimore, July 19. —The torpedo
boat destroyer Whipple, built by the
Maryland Steel Co., has returned
from her official trial over the llar
ren Island measured course. In every
movement, the vessel exceeded the
contract requirements. The mile
course was run at a speed of 29.44
knots and the highest attained was
at the rati" of 30% knots. She main
tained during the hour's trial re
quired by the endurance test the
speed of 27'/s knots, lij knots more
than required by the contract.
Kamc* lor Sett U«r»lil|».
Washington, July 19.—The nav\ de
partment announces that the two
battleships to be built under the au
thority of the last naval appropria
tion )>ill are to lie named the Louisi
ana and Connecticut, ami the two
cruiser* tlie Tennessee and Washing
ton. The battleship to be build at lite
New York yard will be the l oniiccti
int. The battleships will cu-t #4.,' 12,-
Oliu and the cruisers si,i..V.umm> each.
A l-'atiil I ) clone.
( hestervllle, (Int., July U.- \ cy
clone ~112 if rent fury passed within .1
mile of this town Friday and every
thing in its path, about (in rods in
width, was destroyed. The country
presents a *cene of devastation.
Dwellings are overturned and dead
cattle are lying at nearly every farm.
Several person-, were killed and a
number injured.
Tlie %mlre it * Trill I.
Detroit, Mich., July In Mtortiet
(iiio Kiriliner contributed the leuil
Ing feature in yesterday's trial of
Frank C. \inlrew* when. In opening
the ca*e for the defence, he Mated
tluil Vinlfew - -till helietcil lie tt.i* a
tcry rich llia 11 and able to pay every
cent lie • »tt c * the tt recked lily
lug* Imnk Ihe Impression had pre.
tailed tliiil \utlrew* hail |o»l in. rv
thin}! through speculating in \inul
galinttl'll copper lock "Mr. kmlrru>
Hill I I Ito -1.11,.1. yelil leuiei.. .mil
tell you lion he hop. to | my ever,*
will lie ott. Ill'- bank," K.tid the ,»t
tori. : t -r t' e sh feiuj
INCESSANT HA INS.
Tlicy Have Produced Flood Con
ditions in lowa and Missouri.
I<««* <>l .Tlllllon* Threatened—l'nr
ini r* W ill l>« Kulnnd—Tlic Itlmi
lu Itivera llun Only lie-
Kill! Mlliiatlon IN
Very t.looiny.
Keokuk, la., July 19. —'Heavy rains
In central lowa are sending a flood
down upon prosperous Missouri far
mers, which will ruin many of them
and cause losses aggregating, at a
conservative estimate, two and a half
million dollars. There seems to be
no hope for the country between the
Mississippi river and its Missouri
blurt's between Keokuk and Hannibal,
300 square miles, mostly corn laid by,
with some thousands of acres of
wheat in the shock. The water
touched the danger line the first of
the week and had begun to recede,
when heavy floods started again in
the J)es Moines, Skunk and lowa riv
ers.
With a stage in the Des Moines
river only three feet below the tops
of the great levees, the river began
to rise three inches an hour at the
mouth here Friday, continuing until
the factor of safety was wiped out
last evening. A rise of one and a
half feet in a short time at Ottum
wa, and a further rise throughout its
length below the Capital City was
prevented from running out freely by
a rise of a foot and a half at Daven
port, increasing and coming down
rapidly. The observer of the weather
bureau at Keokuk has sent tele
graphic warning to all points south
to prepare for danger.
The Egyptian levee, which stood
the flood just receding after strenu
ous efforts to hold it, is only slightly
above the water now and the coming
flood in the Dps Moines will cover it
certainly. This will let the water in
to hundreds of square miles, includ
ing the town of Alexandria, Mo. The
inhabitants there are preparing for
an overflow of the entire town to a
depth of several feet. The worst
feature is the time of the year. The
corn crop is all made and wheat is in
the shock, entailing a total loss of
the year's work. Crops were never
finer and the yield promised to be im
mense.
Oram men say the above estimate
of value is too low, and put the fig
ures of the loss from the overflow afc
near $4,000,000 between Keokuk and
Hannibal. It is believed the Illinois
levees will hold and the damage there,
is likely to be only $20,000 to s3o,oGff
between Keokuk and Quiney. Heavy
rains reported in southeastern low.*
indicate still higher water. Lowland
farmers, river men and the weather
bureau observer alike predict the
greatest damage ever known from
flood on the upper river.
Reports late last night showed
tremendous rains along the Des
Moines river and tributaries. Six
Inches fell at Corydon and nearly
that much at Ottumwa. Rains all over
this section continue, with two inches,
as a general minimum rainfall and
many reporting five inches. These
rains will reach the lower river and
flooded districts by Sunday with
still further rise and devastation.
Both the Des Moines and Mississippi
rivers are rising fast.
Late reports show that half the
country for a distance of 30 miles be
tween La (irange and Hannibal was
already under water long before the
crest of the flood arrived. Points up
the Des Moines river report water
flowing through the towns, but that
the country was damaged totally by
the flood several days ago.
RESCUED FROM A MOB.
Han Willi Nliot nt a Woman Narrow-
Iy ■'"scapes l.j lulling by ItiMlilriiU
of Klittmoklii, Fa.
Shamokin, Pa., July 10.—Surround
ed by a thousand enraged men and
boys at the Pennsylvania railroad sta
tion last night, Norman Patonkin, of
Philadelphia, a non-union fireman at
the Hear Valley shaft, ami Jacob
Kramer, a deputy policeman of
Hchuylkill Haven, were rushed on a
passenger train and taken to Sun
bury jail. The former is accused of
shooting at Mrs. William l.atshaw
Thursday night because she is said to
have taunted him for working while
others were on strike. He was near
the colliery at the time and the wo
man was in a garden close by. The
bullet gru/ed her head.
Kramer, who appeared at the hear
ing before a local justice ti> testify
In Patonkin's behalf, was arrested for
carrying a revolver. The men were
unable to procure bail. A large crowd
collected at the justice's ollice during
the hearing and threatened t■» hang
the prisoners. Strike leaders per
suaded the miners to disperse. They
reassembled as the time arrived for
the men in be taken to the train for
Sunburx.
W «at« In < 111 W liar*.
Anderson, Ivd., Jul,\ I 1 Tin plate
workers confirm a rc|n»rt that they
have been asked l>\ the \uieric:in Tin
Plate I'o. to allow their wag«-- to ln«
reduced per cent, MO that the com
pany m») accept an order from the
.Standard Oil I'o. fort. ' ii.t 'ii bnvn
of \iucrican tin plate. I lie aine
question is bifire all the tin plate
workers throughout the country.
They will vole oil the proposition
liext week.
% Hud mi Mi»
Metro pi ill Ml. Jwljr 10 i .. • M
on the street yesterday lien
of Metropolis •• shut and killed by
\blnitt, ''ock. HI. VblMltt
made several remarks to luilies in .%
hotel to which Fauffliu n unni-lrated,
lie In! IliaH up till' tttvw I ikMll
|n yards and \Wmlt drew u pistol
and shot Katighn twice. t'aughu then
« i I the 112 loin \ .1 ~,.t
ti lat hint, indicting a slight flesh
w nd. Kaughn walked half a square
a ' lieOti? shut, and fell dead \!►-
li |. How ia jail. Int.use rxelle
it pretuil* aiul |» iichintf U *%-
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