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Also Blank deeds, mortgages, etc. Tionesta, Pa. HOTEL WEAVER, . E. A. WEAVER. Proprietor. This hotel, formerly the Lawrence House, has undergone a complete change, and iajiaw furnished with all the mod ern improvHments. Heatod and lighted throughout with natural gas, bathrooms, hot and cold water, etc. The comforts ol guests never neglected. CENTRAL HOUSE, UEROW A GEROW Proprietor. Tlonseta, Pa. This is thelnostcentrally located hotel in the place, and has all the modorn improvements. No pains will be spared to make It a pleasant stopping place lor the traveling public. First class Livery in connection. pUIL. EMERT FANCY BOOT A SHOEMAKER. Shop in Waltars building, Cor. Elm and Walnut streets, Is prepared to do all Kinds of oustom work Irom the linost to the coarsest and guarantees his work to give perfect satisfaction. Prompt atten tion given to mending, and prices rea sonable. JORENZO FULTON, , Manufacturer of and Dealer in HARNESS, COLLARS, BRIDLES, And all -kinds of HORSE FURNISHING GtiODS. TIONESTA PA. i n mm ft U. U. U1AUUAJA Ub UUIIM.) GENERAL MERCHANTS, Furniture Dealers, AND UNDERTAKERS. I TIONESTA, PENN JAPS SWEPT HEIGHTS. Russians Dri ren From Kin Chou and Nanshan. Loss en Both Sides Heavy Russians Lost Fifty Guna The Picket Won Brooklyn Handicap Ten Miners Suf focated Tyner and Barrett Acquit ted Dr. Griffith Drowned. The Japanese array swept the Rns elans from Kin Chou Thursday even ing and in a desperate night attack stormed the almost Impregnable posi tion of the Russians on Nanshan bill, west of Tallcnwan. Toklo dispatches state that the Jap anese lost 3,000 men In killed an wounded at Kin Chou, Nanshan and Talionwan, while the Russian losses would exceed 2,000. The Russian resistance at Nanshan hill was stubborn. The Japanese mado a series of assaults before the Rus sians finally yielded the position. The Russians abandoned this hill at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, retreating to ward Nanquan Ling, where it is under stood a second line of defenses exist. The Japanese forces were under fire for sixteen hours. The general staff at Toklo has received telegrams from commanders, commending the bravery and fortitude of their men. Nine successive times the Japanese charged the fortified heights in the face of a storm of death dealing mis siles and In their last effort they car ried the forts and trenches only after a bayonet to bayonet conflict with the Russians who mado a desperate de spairing struggle to beat back the on coming Japanese The final assault of the Japanese, in which they at last succeeded In taking possession, was marked by the moot desperate hand to hand encounter thai has thus far characterized the war. A Japanese officer of high rank made the following statement to the corre spondent of the press: "The Japanese, in attacking Kin Chou and Nanshan hill, had to fight against great odds. The Russians were in full command of the strategical ad vantages afforded by nature and these advantages were augmented by the newest inventions for defense. The forts on Nanshan hill were armed with heavy guns. The Japanese had only field guns, heavy guns being unavail able on account of the difficulties of transportation. Our army deserves great credit for having driven the Rus sians from this stronghold. It was a feat previously considered to have been impossible. "I fear our losses have been heavy, but we have gained the strongest point barring our way to the investment of Port Arthur." Japi 12 Miles From Port Arthur. The Toklo correspondent of the Dally Telegraph of London says he learns that the Japanese troops are now within 12 miles of Port Arthur and that the Russians suffered heavier casualties than the Japanese, who have taken guns and other material and a few prisoners. He predicts a further snrpriso, as Japan now is in creasing her efforts in all directions. The Toklo correspondent of the Dally Chronicle says that the Japanese captured many guns at Kin Chou. For Reduction of Port Arthur. The London Dally Mall's corres pondent at Shlmonseki, Japan, asserts that active preparations are in pr gress for the reduction of Port Arthui and that these preparations will bo entrusted to a carefully chosen force of veterans forming part of the third army. Very heavy artillery, the cor respondent says is being landed on the Liao Tung peninsula. There is continual skirmishing be tween the Russian cavalry and the Japanese near Liao Yang. Cossacks are harraoslng the Japanese in the hills and by roads, generally driving Ihem back. The general plan of the Japanese has not been divulged. They apparent ly are marking time, awaiting the ar rival of reserves from Corea who have been delayed owing to the impassa billty of the roads. Correspondents Not Allowed at Front. The secretary of state at Washing ton, D. C, has received the following cablegram from Ambassador McCor mlck at St. Petersburg: "I am inform ed by the foreign office that foreign correspondents will not be admitted to the front, by order of 'the general commanding. They may remain at Mukden or New Chwang." The Picket Wins Handicap. Amid the cheers of 33,000 persons The Picket won the Brooklyn handi cap, 114 miles, at Gravesend. by a head from the favorite, Irish Lad; Proper was third, two lengths back; Hermis was fourth, a head away. Irish Lad wert out and set a pace, followed by Herm's and The Pickett. Going down the backstretch Hermis moved up to the favorite and the pair ran like a team to the head of the home stretch. Mean while Helgerson on The Picket was riding a good cool race and in the stretch he moved up on the rail and gradually closing on the leader got up and won by a neck in a hard drive. The handicap was worth $20,000, of which $2,500 went to the second horse and $1,500 to the third. There were 16 thoroughbreds entered, four or five of which have recorded great classic victories during the past two years. Time for the race 2:0G, was a hot record breaker. The Picket Is owned by the Waldeck stable of Louisville, Ky., controlled by Jugbluth and MIddlcton. He won the American drby last year at Washing ton park, Chicago, was brought easl and started here last fall In three oi four races, heating Africander In one event at Shcepshead bay, and "running second to McChesney later at Graves end. Ten Miners Suffocated. Ten miners were suffocated bj gas and sulphur fufmes from s gas and sulphur fumes from a small locomotive in the workings of tht Summit Branch Coal company ai Wllllamstown, Dauphin county, Pa., o;. Wednesday. The accident was one of the mol peculiar in the history of the anthra cite mines and no reason for it can be assigned by the officials. General Insldo Foreman Golden and about fifty miners boarded a en and about half of the Journey had been made when some of the men hailed the engineer, who stopped and it was found that nearly ever) man in the party in the cars bad beer, overcome by the gas and sulphn which emanated from the stack of the locomotive and floated back ovei them. The engineer crowded on all steam and the unconscious men were hur ried to the Wllllamstown end of the tunnel. Here help was at once sum moned and the men were taken to tht surface, where a corp3 of physlclant made every possible effort to realise! tate them but aid came too late foi Foreman Golden and the other vie llms. Industrial Outlook Unsettled. The situation is rather more Irregu In r. Distributive trade, stimulated b bettor weather in some sections, has Improved, but Is still behind a yeai ago. Cereal crops, particularly wlntei wheat, rhow Improvement, but cotton reflects droughty conditions in the South Atlantic and gulf states, while good reports come from west of the Mississippi. The industrial outlook is rather unsettled. The railroads art laying off large numbers of men, low estimates numbering as many as 40, 000 since the first of the year. The strike on the lakes Is tying us the ore and coal traffic and rendering idle many thousands of ore and coa; miners, with smaller numbers of long shoremen, grain trade employes, and others. The bituminous coal trade ii slack and many miners are idle. Prominent Educator Drowned. Dr. George Griffith, Ph. D., foi twelve years v.nTlntendet of Lai Utica, N. Y., bile schools, was drowned Saturday in Honnedaga take in the Adirondack!,, near his camp whflc rowing. He was an expert swimmer am oarsman, but being, caught in a squall vas overcome. Dr. Griffith was one of the beil fcro'vn educators In the state. He win CO years of age, a grac ita of Whites town seminary and Hamilton college, from the latter with honors In thi class ur 1877. He was superintendent of schools m I .ockpr.it for three years and taught In the state - normal school at Now Paltz before coming to Utica. Chancellor Day Declines. At the request of James R. Day, chan cellor of Syraucse university, the Methodist general conference haf annulled his election as bishop by un anlmous vote because Dr. Day in a statement to the conference asserted that he felt himself called to the worl; of a Chiistlan educator rather than tc that of i bishop. No one will be elec ted in place of Dr. Day at present. He was the last of eight bishops to be elec ted. Tyner and Barrett Acquitted. Within 22 minutes of the retirement of the jury in the case of James K Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett, tried on charges of conspiracy, they brought in a verdict of not guilty. General Tyner appeared greatly ex cited and when the verdict was re turned he broke down completely. Several of the jurors wept with him and all of them shook hands with him Gale Blew Down Circus Tent. A fierce gale struck the village of Fort Plain suddenly Wednesday afternoon while Hargrave's circus was giving a performance and almost In an instant the main tent was flattened to the earth, carrying down pole seats and tent rigging upon the panic stricken audience. Scores were more or less injured and five persons were seriously hurt. Cruiser Brooklyn Off for Tangier. Admiral Chadwlck reports to the de partment the arrival of his squadron, consisting of the Brooklyn, Atlanta Castine and Marietta, at Teneriffe, thu Canaries. The Brooklyn was at jnco dispatched to Tangier in connection with the kidnaping of the American fferdlearis. Railroad Men Ask Concessions. It is said that a strike of conductors and trainmpn on the Rochester and Buffalo division of the Buffalo, Roches ter and Pittsburg railroad will soon result, provided the concessions asked by the men are not granted. Will Make No Change. By the vote of 411 to 188 the Metho. dlst general conference at Los An geles, Cal., has decided not to make any change In the church discipline) In the matter of prohibited amusements. Hearst Will Control In Hawaii. The results of the Democratic pri mary in Honolulu on Saturday ir,dl ite that the Hearst people will con trol the coming convention. THE NATION'S HEROES. President Roosevelt's Notable Speech at Gettysburg. The President's Party Accompanied In Drive Over the Battlefield by Gen erals Howard and Sickles Talk With Major Robblna of the Fourth Alabama. Gettysburg, Pa., May 31. On his toric Cemetery hill, overlooking ground hallowed by the blood of half a hundred thousand brave men and in the presence of a concourse of thous ands who had assembled to pay trio ute to the memory of the nation a dead, President Roosevelt delivered a notable address. On nearly the same Bpot, on Nov. 19, 18C3, President Lincoln delivered the Immortal address enunciating principles which have rung around the world for more than a third of a cen tury. President Roosevelt was escorted to the cemetery on the battlefield by a body of several hundred veterana of the civil war. The president and bis special escort were preceded by sev eral organizations including a squaii- ron of United States cavalry, the Third United States artillery and the Marine band of Washington, which had been ordered here for the occasion. Mrs Roosevelt and other members of the president's party followed in carriage. The rear of the procession consisted of civic organizations and citizens in coi nages. Governor Pcnnypacker presided at the ceremonies which were held in the rostrum In the cemetery. After the memorial day services of the O. A, R. had been concluded and the pupils of the public schools had strewn flow ers over the graves of the thousands of dead, during which ceremony the Marine band played a solemn dirge. Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, chap lain of the United States senate, pro nounced the Invocation. The presi dent was then introduced by Governor Pennypacker. His introductory remarks were as follows: "The place where we now are has won a double distinction. Here was fought one of the great battles of all time, and here was spoken one of the few speeches which shall last through the ages. "As long as thia republic endures or its history is known, so long shall the memory of the battle of Gettysburg likewise endure and be known; and as long as the English tongue is under stood, 40 long shall Abraham Lin coln's Gettysburg speech thrill the hearts of mankind." The ceremony was concluded by an address by Hon. Eugene F. Ware, commissioner of pensions, and a bene diction by Rev. Dr. Clutz. The drive over the battlefield occu pied three hours and a quarter. The president expressed the deepest in terest in various incidents recounted by General O. O. Howard and General Daniel E. Sickels, both of whom pax ticlpated in the three days' engage ment on Little Round Top, where a prolonged stop was made. Generals Howard and Sickels suc cinctly described the battle, the presi dent, Mrs. Roosevelt and the entire party listening attentively to tne graphic word pictures the two dis tinguished veterans drew of the sit uations as they aroso during the bat tle. At the president's request Gen eral Sickels pointed out where he re ceived the wound which cost him hi3 right leg. While Generals Howard and SlcUeis were talking Major Robblns, who served as a major In the Fourth Ala bama in Law's brigade during the sec ond and third days of the fighting. Joined the party and greeted the pres ident. He was recognized instantly by General Sickels, who remarked eagerly: "There Is the fellow who tried to take the pill, but found it too hot." "Yes," responded Major Robbing, "we charged up this hill, but you mowed us down like grass. We couldn't stand It and had to get back." The major then recounted some in teresting details of the part of the con test In which he participated. Afier hearing cross fire of graphic descrip tions from the Union and Confedeiate participants President Roosevelt re marked: "This country Is all right so long as we can have this kind of a talk on Little Round Top." Decoration Day In Paris. Paris, May 31. Memorial day ex ercises were held yesterday afternoon at Picpus cemetery, where the tomb of Lafayatte was decorated with flower and Hags. Ambassador Porter, who presided, pronounced a eulogy of the Franco-American heroes. General Barnes of Lafayette post, Grand Army of the Republic of Brooklyn dellveicd an address. The statue of Washington In the Place des Etats Unis was hand somely decorated. French Officer Arrested. Paris, May 31. The minister of war has caused the arrest of an officer who Is understood to have been connected with the Dreyfus affair. The officer, who Is held in close confinement In the fortress of Mount Valerian, is said to be charged with using considerable Bums of money during the court mar tial at Rennes In order to secure the conviction of Dreyfus. All official in formation concerning the case Is withheld. SENATOR M. 9. QUAY DEAD. Succumbed to Long Illness at His Home In Beaver. Pittsburg, May 30. Matthew Stau ley Quay died at 2:48 Saturday after noon at his home In Beaver. The same house baa witnessed his triumph ant political career. He passed away as peacefully as a child. His wife, hit sons and daughtors, and his brothei stood by bis bedside, but be knew it not. His form was wasted until the stock. Hy built senator was a mere shadow. Recently although Senator Quay was In the valley of the shadow of death, his physician and relatives continued to give out reports to the effect that his condition was not dangerous. Dr. Lawrence Litchfield apologized for this by saying: "The senator each day In slated on reading the dally newspapers. We tried to keep them from him. This made him peevish. We did not want him to learn his true condition through the newspapers, hence we had to say that he was getting better In the hope of cheering him up." Friday evening Senator Quay be came so weakened that he entered Into a stupor from which he failed to awaken. It was while in this stupor and the physicians were notifying his friends that he was sleeping that o gen was being administered to restore him to consciousness. Senator Quay for the last year re peatedly had advised his friends thai he had not much longer to live. O.i his last visit to the White House be fore he left for Atlantic City, he as sured President Roosevelt that ho would never see him again. He ad vised the president that he did not ex pect to recover, although the presl dent tried to cheer him In his usual lively manner. On meeting Attorney General Knox, he gave him the same pessimistic view of his condition and told him that it was his last good-by. For the last year Senator Quay had been madly racing about to regain the flesh he was gradually losing. He began the chase in the Maine woods a year ago. He tramped canoed, fished and sought to live In the open air. He became bronzed and his face gave evi dence of a strong constitution, but he lost weight. This worried him. He began weighing himself dally Each month the scales told him of h'.3 gradual dissolution. He knew the in evitable was coming better than those who doctored and cheered him. Like an Indian he waited for death ant! Joked about the end. Last Thurslay he psked to be taken Into his library. "I want to see my books once mor-j before I die." He said he wanted the volumes, read a line here and there, surveyed them lovingly ond longingly as if he would take them with him. SYSTEM OF TUNNELS. Magnificent Plan For Removing Con gestion From Pittsburg Streets. Pittsburg, May 30. Ralph E. Fllnn, John S. Weller. counsel for Mr. Fllnn, and David O. Jonefr of Booth & Fllnn are seeking a charter for a magnitl cent system of tunnels under the prin cipal streets of Pittsburg for the de livery of freight. The application will be made on Juno 10 at Harrlsburg and the com pany will be known as the Freight Tun nel company. The authorized tunnels are to underlie every Important down town street. The proposition has its origin in the similar plan which Is Just being com pleted in Chicago. As built In Chicago, the tunnels are about seven fee; square. In them are operated freight cars propelled by electric power ap plied by the cog system. Theso enrs will deliver freight from the railroads and factories to various parts of the c:ty. The project means the removal of hundreds of teams from Pittsburg Btieets and tie coufcquent freeing o the downtown thoroughfares from much of the congestion that makes life and limb unsafe at certain hours of the day. Lehigh Valley Dividend. Philadelphia, May 30. A banket closely related to the Lehigh Valley ays: "I believe that Lehigh Valley will show a surplus for April of $500,000. The continued large earnings of the company certainly points to the decla ration of a dividend at the July board meeting. The lake carriers' strike, even if no settlement should be l.i sight, when the Lehigh Valley direc tors meet, can hardly furnish ground for postponing a dividend distribu tion." Agent Identifies Assailants. Dubois, Pa., May 30. F. A. Black burn, agent at Mosgrove for the Penn sylvania railroad, Identified three pris oners In the Clearfield jail as being the men who bound and gagged him and robbed the station on May 10. The men were arrested here with four others after the attempt to blow the vault of the general office of John E. Dubois. Export to Become a Borough. Irwin, Pa., May 30. Export, where the Westmoreland Coal company has Its big mine and is at work opening another, will soon be Incorporated Into a borough. The town has nearly 1, 000 population and it Is the terminus of the Turtle Creek Valley branch of the Pennsylvania railroad. Dixie to Bring Home Marines. Philadelphia, May 30. Tho auxiliary cruiser Dixie sailed Saturday for Colon to take aboard 400 marines, who have been serving there for more than a yiar and will roturn with them to League Island. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Summary of the Week's News of tae World. Cream of the News Culled From Long Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape For the Hurried Reader Who la Too Busy to Read the Longer Reports and Desires to Keep Posted. Wednesday. In an explosion in the Russian bat tleship Orel at Cronstadt 10 stokers were killed. Wreckage from the steamer Corwin, bound from Seattle for Nome, cause fear for the safety of 89 passengers. Conference with strike emissaries was refused by the management of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad. France, In addition to recalling fcer ambassador, M. Nidard, from the Vati can, has withdrawn her second repre sentative at the embassy, M. de Na venne. Presbyterian general assembly In Buffalo enjoins its ministers not to marry divorced persons, except those divorced for reasons recognized by their church. Thursday. Governor Odell, sailing for Europe, denied he was going to ask Ambassa dor Porter to run for governor. James J. Hill declared business con traction resulting from high prices was responsible for the recent dis charge of thousands of railroad em ployes. The Japanese have selected a por tion of the Fifth division of the third army, all veterans of the Chinese war, for the assault on Port Arthur's forti fications. Strong disapproval of "mollycoddle boys " of "prigs" and "snobs" is ex pressed by President Roosevelt in a talk at Groton school, where his sons are pupils. Mrs. Kate Taylor's daughter, on the Btand at her second trial at Monti- cello, N. Y., swore that Peter Ycrkina helped her mother to cut up and burn the body of the murdered man. Friday. John Rogers, a farmer, aged 44, was found dead In the road near Orange N. Y. He had been killed by lightning during a storm. Thirteen persons were killed, three fatally injured and five hurt by an ex plosion of boilers which totally de molished the towboat Fred Wilson near Louisville. Joseph Koehler who killed his wife in Buffalo last September and shot himself, died in Auburn prison hos pital from his Belf-lnflicted wounds. He was serving a life sentence. A Russian correspondent of the Lon don Standard says that hundreds of executions have taken place in War saw, Cronstadt and Moscow on ac count of revolutionary disturbances. Postofflce department officials will establish a censorship over newspaper advertisements and will refuse the use of the mails to publishers who persist In printing objectionable advertise ments. Saturday. Russians deny that they used float ing mines at Port Arthur and intimate that the Hatsuse was sunk by a tor pedo from a submarino boat. The "Rev." Frank W. Sandford, head of the Holy Ghost and Us society in Shiloh, Me., was found guilty of man slaughter for the death of a boy who suffered from diphtheria. In the presence of 35,000 persons the Brooklyn Handicap was won by the Waldeck Stable's 4-year-old horse, The Picket, who defeated by a short hoad last year's winner, Irish Lad. Japanese troops captured Kin Chow, on the narrowest part of the Kwang Tung peninsula, 32 miles from Port Arthur, after desperate fighting, tho Russians retiring to heights on the south, whore the battle was renewed. Monday. Senator Matthew Stanley Quay died at Beaver, Pa., after having been un conscious many hours. Presbyterian general assembly at Buffalo clinched Its vote In favor of union with the Cumberland church. Summary of the results of Demo cratic state conventions during the last week shows an anti-Hearst gain. Ralsoull's terms for the release ol Mr. Perdlcarls, who was captured by a band of brigands near Tangier, havi been rejected by the state department. Toklo dispatches announced that th? Japanese lost 3,000 men in killed and wounded at Kin Chou, Nanshan and Tallenwan, but scored a sweeping and valuable victory over the Russians. Tuesday. Exports of American manufactures for the current fiscal year exceed in value those of any previous year. Grover Cleveland declared Judge Alton B. Parker to bo the logical can didate of tho Democratic party for president. After a battle lasting ll hours tho British expelled the Thibetans from a Milage near their camp, the natives losing heavily. Funeral of Senator Quay at Beaver, Pa., Tuesday afternoon was simple. In accordance with the request of the sen ator that all ostentlon be avoided. St. Petersburgofficlals admit thoyaro unable- to attempt any relief for Port Arthur, owing to Russia's loss of sea power in tho East. A bold attack, sim ilar to the assault on Nantihan hill, Is expected. SUICIDE OF MAYOR M'LANE. Political Troubles and Overwork Given as the Probable Cause. Baltimore, May SI. Mayor Robert M. McLane of this city shot and killed himself In his bedroom at his resi dence, No. 29 West Preston street. His bride of lesa than two weeks was at the time of the tragedy asleep in aa adjoining room and was awakened by the discharge of the revolver which Mr. McLane evidently fired while standing before the mirror of the dressing case. The bullet entered the right templo and crashing through the head ei cap'ed in the rear of the left ear. Mrs. McLane and other members of the household rushed to the mayor's as sistance, but he did not regain con sciousness after he fell to the floor, and expired within an hour. A num ber of physicians who were immediate ly summoned at once expressed the opinion that tho wound necessarily was fatal. No cause can be assigned for the act. Since the fire of last February he has been kept assiduously at work administering the affairs of the city, besides endeavoring to direct the re habilitation and rebuilding of the burned district. This, together with criticisms by his political opponents, is thought by many to have caused a temporary aberration of mind. Coroner Benjamin F. Hayden signed a certificate giving suicide as the cause of death, and the remains were turned over to an undertaking firm to be prepared for burial. Mayor McLane was elected as a Democrat to the office of chief magis trate of the municipality in May of last year, for a term of four years Under the city charter he will be suc ceeded by E. Clay Tlmanus, Rep., presi dent of the second branch of the city council, to serve out the unexpliod term. The second branch of the coun cil, which is Republican, will elect a president, not necessarily a member of the present body, to preside over Its deliberation. Mayor McLano was 36 years old, the youngest chief executive Baltimore ever had. He was the son of James I McLane, president of the First Na tional bank and nephew of Robert M. McLane, former governor of Maryland and United States minister to France during President Cleveland's first ad ministration. Previous to his election as mayor he had for four years filled the office of state's attorney, In which he had dis tinguished himself by a zealous and intelligent discharge of his duties. During his brief administration of the mayoralty office he had brought upon himself tho antngonism of the regutar Democratic organization by the ap pointment of Independent members of the party. Recently there has boon marked opposition to him among Democratic members of the city coun cil In matters relating to the rebuild ing of Baltimore and this Is ascribed by many as a contributory causo of suicide. Mayor McLane was married two weeks ago to Mrs. Mary Van Bibber a wellknown and popular society lead er of Baltimore, and the newly made bride is prostrated by the terrlole tragedy. The dead mayor was very popular among the people generally. Irrespec tive of party, and the whole com munity has been profoundly shocked by his tragic end. KANSAS FLOODS. Four Passenger Trains Stalled Trav eler Died on a Train. Topeka, Kan., May 30. One Mis souri Pacific and three Santa Fe pas senger trains are stalled at Quenemo. surrounded by high water. It Is esti mated that a thousand passengers are refugees there. Frank Stephens of San Bernardino Cal., en route on a Santa Fo passenger tiain to some point In Pennsylvania, died of tuberculosis. The water bound passengers of the three trains are being cared for by the citizens of Quenemo. Many small buildings have been washed down stream. Foreman Slomantel and party are marooned In tho Santa Fe shops. The Kaw river is 18 foet above lovv water mark and apparently at a stand still. The run of driftwood is heavy and the greater portion of tho falso work of the Rock Island railroad bridge, which Is being reconstructed, has gone out. The street, railway bridge was also knocked out of align ment, making the passage of cars im possible. American Press Humorists, St. Louis, May 31. Members of the American Press Humorists arrived and will spend tb.e week visiting tho expo sition. A business meeting will oc held, presided over by President How ard E. Warner of lllnghamton, N. Y. Milwaukeo, San Francisco, Detroit, Ni agara Falls, Pittsburg and Buffalo arc endeavoring to secure the next conven tion. It is wild that tho present Indi cations are that either San Francisco or Wilwaukeo will be selected. Adjourned Illinois Convention. Springfield, Ills., May 31. Candl dates and politicians are again arriv ing in this city for the Republican Itato convention which will convene this afternoon after a recess of 10 lays. Of the candidates for gover nor, Lowden, Hamlin, Sherman and Warner aro here. Soveral candidate for lesser offices aro also on hand. All tho headquarters of gubernatorial can-1 dldates at tho Lcland hotel have beon reopeued. j
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