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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1WJ5. I Postal Receipts Are In creasing Fast WORE PAY TO POSTMASTER His Salary Will Be Advanced $100 Per Year. OTHER OREGON CITIES STEP UP For Extraordinary Gain, Snmpter and Cottage Grove Officials Will Receive $200 and 300 Respec tively After July 1. OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June Z Because of the Increase In the postal receipts of the Portland post offlce during the past year, the salary of the Postmaster "will be Increased on July 1 from 53600 to 53700. At the same time a number of other Increases In salaries -will be made In Oregon aa follows: Old New Salary. Salary. Galem 52600 52700 Pendleton 2300 2400 Eugene 2200 2300 Oregon City 1900 200J Ashland 1800 1900 Boseburg 1S0J 1S00 Grant's Pass 18o0 1900 Corvallls 1700 1800 McMlnnvllle 1700 1800 Medford 1600 1700 Hood River 1500 1600 Marshfleld 1500 1600 LTnlon 1400 1500 Hlllsboro 1200 1300 Newberg 1200 1300 Tillamook 1200 1300 Burns 1100 1200 Independence U00 1200 Sllvertotf 1100 1200 Milton 1000 1100 Huntington 1000 1100 "VVoodburn 1000 1100 For extraordinary Increase in postal re ceipts, the salary of the Postmaster at Sumpter will be Increased from 51600 to 51900, and at Cottage Grove from 51300 to 515O0. No Oregon presidential offices have been relegated to the fourth class. Remodeling? of Portland Office. Plans for remodeling the Portland Post cfflce building have been completed, and are In the hands of computers. Specifica tions are also being prepared. It Is ex pected the plans will be put upon the market about July 1. This work has not been hastened, as the department has been advised that the rented quarters In the Snell, Heitshu & Woodward building cannot be ready for occupation before October 1. The plans will be advertised for one month, and If favorable offers are received, the contract will be awarded In August. VANCOUVER BIDS ARE TOO HIGH. War Department Decide to Revise the Plans for Gyinuainm. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 2. The Quartermaster-General today rejected all bids recently re ceived for the erection of a gymnasium at Vancouver Barracks, as the price asked Is In excess of the departmental es timate. It has been necessary to revise the plans of the proposed building by re ducing its height five feet, most of this space being taken In the attic Instruc tions have been telegraphed to local Quartermasters to revise the plans in this particular and to readvertlse at once. This cut in the wall should reduce the cost several thousand dollars. The Secretary of War has allotted 540.000 for the erection of a gymnasium complete, and It Is expected, under the revised plans, satisfactory bids can be secured. The building will be of brick, with stone trimmings. PERMITS FOR GRAZING SHEEP. Oregon Men Will Place 71,800 Head in. Cascade Reserve. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June 2. Permits have been issued by the Interior Department for grazing 71.800 sheep in the northern division of the Cascade forest reserve, from June 15 to October 15, as follows: Geo. A. Toung & Son, Shanlko 12,000 Black Butte .Land & Livestock Co., Slaters 12,000 Charles Levin, Antelope 3,700 H. E. Darling, Prlnevllle 1,600 John Kerlen, Bakeoven 4,000 Alvert S. Roberts. The Dalles 3,200 H. C Rooper, Antelope 4.000 P. J. Walsh. Shanlko 4,000 J. B. Cartwrlght, Crosskeys 6,600 T. G. Condon. Antelope 2,500 J. Duff McAndle. Antelope 2,000 J. S. McColn, Culver. 1.200 Payers Bros., Bakeoven 4.000 James P. Abbott. Waplnltla 4,000 Edwin R. Teary. Sisters 500 Em:l Hackler. Waplnltla 1.700 William Johnson, PrineVlllo 900 "W. E. Hunt. Victor 1.900 Henry Wakerllng. Bakeoven 2,000 EVERETT "WILL. GET BATTLESHIP. 'ary Department Will Aid Foarth of July Celebration. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. June 2. The Navy Department has advised Representative Cushman that if there Is a naval vessel on the North Pacific Coast early in July, not then un dergoing repairs, but In commission. It will be sent to Everett, to participate in the Fourth fo July celebration, as has been several times requested by Mr. Cush man. It Is not known at this time wheth er or not any naval vessel will be within reach of Everett. It is not proposed to detail any ship that may. at any time, be out of commission at Bremerton. , Fort Casey Army Contract Is Let. OREGON i AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. June 2. A contract was made to day with W. Burrell. of Oakland. CaL. for the erection of one single barracks, two sets of Lieutenants' double quarters, and one set of noncommissioned officers' quarters at Fort Casey. Wash., to cost 570,862 complete. GRAND JCRY MAY IXDICT MACHEX. Case of Deposed Postal Official Will Come Up Today. WASHINGTON. June 2. The investiga tion of affairs at the Postofflce Depart ment Is proceeding as rapidly as possible, and the investigating officials nope to closa their inquiries by August L The only development announced at the de partment today was the promulgation of the letter of ex-First Assistant Postmaster-General Heath, who enters a denial of the Tulloch charges. The go-betweens who it Is alleged figured In transactions which Jed to the arrest of A. W. Machen are understood to be mem bers of a firm In Toledo, O.. the former home of Mr. Machen. Postmaster-General Payne said tonight that so far as he Is advised no Immediate arrests are In con templation. The preliminary hearing of Mr. Machen before a United States Commissioner, widen is scheduled for next Friday, may oe rendered unnecessary In case the grand jury should report an Indictment against him. The case will be presented to that body tomorrow, when a number of wit nesses subpenaed by the Government will make their appearance. An Indictment would relieve the Government from the necessity of disclosing Its evidence prior to the trial of the case in court, and would require the rearrest of Machen on a bench warrant and furnishing of fresh bonds. Indians Will Fight Land Entries. WASHINGTON. June 2. The Delaware Indians today Instituted in the District Supreme Court proceedings to enjoin the Secretary of the Interior and five civilized tribes from allowing any Cherokees from making entries on the lands segregated for the benefit of the Delaware Indians. The suit alleges that there were 11,673 acres set aside to remain segregated pend ing the suit before the United States Su preme Court involving questions affecting those lands. The petitioners ask for the cancellation of all entries on these lands. ANTHONY HOPE TO WED Encasement of Novelist to Miss Sheldon Is Announced. NEW YORK, June 2.t-The engagement of Anthony Hope Hawkins, the novelist, tr RHrjihpth Shpldnn. of New York, has formally been announced says a Herald dispatch from London at tne weaaing breakfast of Miss Suzanne Sheldon, ac trM whnsp mrrlnjfi to Henrv Alnely. the young English actor, took place at Chlddlngsfjrd. Surrey. Many weu-Known theatrical people of Amerlci and London attended the wedding. DANIEL FROHMAN WILL MARRY. Confirmed Bachelor in Dramatic World Will Wed Mlns Illlngton. NEW YORK.' June 2. Miss Margaret Illlngton, who made her first appearance In "Frocks and Frills" at Daly's Thea ter, very cleverly and pertly, and who is at present playing the role of Huguctte. the part which Susanne Shelton created In Sothern's "If I Were King." Is to be married to Daniel Frohman. the most noted bachelor In the dramatic profes sion. Mr. Frohman has for years been con sidered a confirmed bachelor, who made his home with three unmarried sisters, but before he sailed for Europe he In formed several of his most Intimate friends that he had been cured and that before the Summer was over Miss Illlng ton would be his bride. No public announcement has been made by either, but In the Sothern Ccmpany MIss Illlngton has made no secret of her engagement. Mr. Frohman, who Is at present In Eu rope, has during the last yeirs slowly withdrawn from dramatic management, the only star at present under his di rection being Mr. E. H. Sothern. He has. however, of late years given attention to musical stars, and his kist venture with Kubellk was so remark ably successful that before sailing he said he would in future devote most of his time to their management. Mrs. Sothern, better known as Virginia Harned, Is said to be responsible for the engagement becoming public She was asked if it was true, and replied: "Yes, It is. Miss Illlngton and Mr. Frohman are to be married as soon as he returns from Europe." MINERS MAY GO OUT AGAIN Operators Will Not Recognize Their Selections for Peace Board. WILKESBARRE. Pa., June 2. Another dark-streaked cloud loomed up on -the horizon of the anthracite coal region to day. The executive boards of the United Miners, in session here today. Indorsed the selection of their three district presi dents on the board of conciliation author ized by the strike commission, and if these members are not recognized by the operators, the executive boards will con template calling a convention of mine workers to declare a general suspension of work until their members are given recognition. In a statement tonight the district presidents state that the operators sub jected on the ground that the mlnework ers' representatives were appointed by their organization as it exists In each dis trict. Another meeting will be held to morrow to decide whether a suspension of work shall be ordered. Lambcr-Yards Will Reopen. NEW YORK. June 2. At the conclusion of a conference today between representa tives of the New York Lumber Dealers', Building Material Dealers' and the United Building Dealers' Drivers' Asso ciation and the United Board of Building Trades. Michael Stanton, chairman of the committee from the United Board of Building Trades, said that, although no settlement had been definitely reached. It was safe to say the yards would all be open by Thursday or Friday. The settle ment means the return to work of 100,000 men. Textile Workers Secure Demands. PHILADELPHIA, June 2. It was given out by the executive board of the Textile Workers tonight that ten additional firms had agreed to give their employes the 53 hour week. This makes 5S firms that have conceded the demands. It is estimated that upwards of 20,000 persons are now working under the conditions demanded by the unions of the 49 branches of the textile Industries affected 'by the strike. Sixty thousand are still out. . POPE SUFFERS FROM. HEAT His Physicians Suspend All "Sot Strictly Necessary Audiences. ROME, June 2. The Pope Is fatigued on account of the heat. Though he Is not 111, his doctor has suspended all not strictly necessary audiences. The probable post ponement of the consistory for a few days Is not connected with the Pope's health, but Is due to the situation In France. Bearke Cockran Is Mach Better. NEW YORK. June 2. W. Bourke Cock ran, who recently returned from Rome. Berlin and Brussels, has left for Ireland, says a London dispatch to the Herald. His health has greatly Improved and he will eall for home in about ten day. He is full of praise for what he termed the extraordinary kindness shown him In Egypt during his Ulnes6. THE DEATH ROLL. A Prominent Shipbuilder. NEW YORK. June 2. H. G. Morse, of Camden. N. J., president of the New York Shipbuilding Company, died sud denly today. He was stricken with apo plexy In the office of J. P. Morgan, and died within an hour. Well-Known. Railroad Official. CHICAGO, June 2. Josiah Caleb Bart lett, superintendent of the relief depart ment of the Burlington railroad. Is dead of hemorrhage of the brain. Mr. Bart lett, who was well known In railroad circles, was a grandson of Josiah Bort iett, one of the signers of the Declaration of ndependence. Root and Gardner Slum for Fight. CHICAGO, June 2. Jack Root and George Gardner signed articles tonight for a 20-round battle at Fort Erie, Ont.. on the afternooa of July- 4. for the- Hght-heavy-welght championship of the world. KANSAS ASKS AID Governor Issues Appeal for Flood Sufferers, TOPEKA SITUATION IMPROVES Looting: Becomes More General as the Waters Recede Officers Are Instructed to Shoot Thieves When Caught Stealing. TOPEKA. Kan.. Juno 2. The flood sit uation In Topeki tonight can be briefly summarized thus: Known dead, 4S. The river has fallen thre'e feet, and la now receding at the rate of two Inches an hour. Distress will be great among the refugees. Governor Bailey has Issued a procla mation calling for help for flood sufferers of the stite. Five Deputy SherlCs, armed with Win chesters, will go to North Topeka to pro tect property, with orders to shoot looters wnenever they are caught stealing. Scarcity of Food Not Feared Nott. Tho question of provisions, which seemed a serious problem at first, is grow ing brighter as the waters recede. Pota toes, meat and eggs are the articles most needed. From all over the city relief Is pouring into the relief stations, notwith standing eirllcr refusals of outside aid. The Scottish Rite Masons today passed resolutions advocating the placing of North Topeka under martial law, and expressing the opinion that Governor Bailey should call out the National Guird. They were also In favor of having President Roosevelt place a company of regulars In North Topeka. for a martial patrol. Relief Plan of Governor. Governor Bailey's proclamation calling for outside aid was decided upon at a miss meeting today, when the Governor was requested to Issue the call. It was decided to make this a general appeal for the people all along the flooded dis tricts of the state, as well as those In Topeka. The plan Is to make Topeka headquarters, and to distribute the aid from here to the other parts of the state. There will be made an appeal to the fra ternal organizations and other appeals through various sources. A meeting of the representative people of North Topeka, who are on the South Side, was held today to arrange for systematic protection of their property In North Topeka. Immediately after the meeting, a large number of armed men left In boats for the North Side, where they will guard property, and their orders are to shoot. The river Is three feet below high water mark. The water has receded on Kansas avenue to the platform of the Rock Island depot, a distance of 250 feet. Fe-rr People Now Marooned. The situation In the flood-stricken dis tricts Is better than it has yet been for fne reason that fewer people are ma rooned In houses. In trees and on islands. Nobody is now clinging to trees. Those who had to cling were cither rescued or dropped Into the water. Tonight, not to exceed 400 people are In North Topeka. The work of taking them out began early today, and it Is believed that by night few will be left In the flooded town. There Is no way of getting at the amount of damage (done by the flood In Topeka and vicinity. The damage may reach 52,000,000. Crops In the Kansas bottom are destroyed. This makes an enormous loss to farmers. Governor Bailey will communicate with the Federal authorities, and he hopes he will have no trouble in securing the use of whatever tents are needed. LEVEE GIVES WAY IN IOWA. Crops on Thousands of Acres About ICcokuk Are Ruined. ST. LOUIS. June 2. A special to tho Post-Dispatch from Keokuk. Ia., says: Six hundred square miles of rich farming land along the Mississippi south of here is under water. The Egyptian levee broke during the night In two places, and there are now more than 20 breaks In It. This levee runs from the Mississippi at Alex andria to the Bluffs, and protects the town and shore as far south as Hannibal from overflow of the Des Moines. A strip of country ten miles wide and elxty miles long Is now under water, and the crops, which never looked better, will be a total lors. Much of the Jand overflowed has not been flooded for 33 years. The loss will reach 51.000.000. The town of Alexandria, la., six miles south of Keokuk, Is entirely submerged, and the people are living In the second stories or making preparations to move. A strip 200 feet long and 23 feet wide along the rjver front Is the only land In the town that Is not flooded. This Is cov ered with hordes, cattle, hogs and people, with their household belongings, and the problem cf transporting them Is a seri ous one. Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the Hunt levee, which protects the bottoms from Warsaw to Qulncy, on the Illinois side. Men arc at work on It, and It can stand a few more lnchts of rise. The loss of livestock will prove very heavy. UP TO DANGER LINE. Indications at St. Louis That It Will Go Higher. ST. LOUIS, June 2. The Mississippi River has risen to 20 feet, the dancer line, at St. Louis, and continues to rise more than two feet a day. Indications are that the 34-foot stage at St. Louis, predicted by the signal service bureau, Thursday or Friday morning, will be ex ceeded. A 34-foot stage at St. Louis means immense loss. Already thousands of acres of land, the most productive In the Middle West, on the Missouri and Illinois sides, are under wnter. Hundreds of thousands have been lost to Illinois and Missouri farmers through1 ruined crops. In a half-dozen places between Alton and St. Louis the river, with its lagoons and bayous. Is from five to seven miles wide. At St. Charles. Mo., the wa ter has spread out over three mlh?s of country, covering farms and driving out families from their homes. Six Feet Above the Danger Llae. HANNIBAL. Mo.. June 2. The Missis sippi Is tonight six feet above the danger line. Thousands cf acres of fertile farm lands about this city are devastated, causing a loss estimated 'at not less than 5100,000. The town of Shepherd, 111., Is de populated, and Its residents were driven away by the flood. WILL RESCUE STARVING SOLDIERS. "Heavy Artillery at St. Marys Is Caught by the Flood. LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. June 2. Two companies of engineers left today for St. Marys, Kan., to rescue the heavy artil lery, which 13 encamped at that place and starving, because of the floods, which have completely surrounded the men and forced them to fiee to the hills. Scanty reports received at the post from the place where the battery Is encamped show that the condition there Is critical. The only nourishment the troops have had for several days consisted of chew ing their leathers: and drinking the muddy flood water. It will take the engineers three days at least to reach their com rades, even though the marches will be forced. Two companies of Infantry -were also sent to Kansas City. Kan. Governjaeat Issues Rations to Many. WASHINGTON. June 2. Adjutant-General Cochin today received tho following dispatch from Colonel Minor, commanding at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.: "Issued 10.000 rations to Kansas City, Kan., laet night. Need was Imperative. Ask to have action approved. Rations for this command up to the 20th here. Believe when we get to the country to the west of us It will be destitute of food. Advise shipping rations here ao central point to meet this demand. Two companies of en gineers and pontoon train are In readiness to be sent wesL Believe they might bs of uee at Lawrence." The department has taken no action yet upon Colonel Minor's recommendation for concentration of supplies at Fort Leavenworth. RAILROAD MEN IN DISTRESS. Engine's Return to Land Blocked by Span of Bridge Going Oat. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. June 5. A dis patch from Kansas City. Kan., says: It is reported that the Missouri Pacific bridge has gone down. A great crash was heard in that direction, and It looks as though one span has fallen. The bells on tho switch engines standing on the bridge can be heard ringing, md men are calling for help. Dam Bursts, River Is on Rampage. ST. PAUL. June 2. The Minnesota River Is on a rampage, caused by the bursting of the dam at Big Stone Lake, near the source of the river. The members of an unknown family, who recently came here from Oklahoma, were drowned and their house wrecked. Farm buildings near the nver and the bridges have been damaged and the loss to crops will be heavy. Mayor Lott Offers Aid. NEW YORK. June 2. Telegrams have been cent by Mayor Low to the Mayoro of Topeka. Kansas City and Des Moines, expressing the sympathy of the citizens of the metropolis for the flood sufferers, and tendering to them his good offices In obtaining contributions for the relief of the sufferers from the inundation of tho waters In those cities. River Still Rising at Lexington. LEXINGTON. Mo., June 2. The Mis sissippi River here Is still rising, and 50 square mites of bottom land opposite here is covered. Houses and barns are floating down the river today. A Government steamer has removed many flood sufferers from the lowlands here. River Falling at Lawrence. LAWRENCE, Kan., June 2. The river here Is falling? No loss of life Is reported at this point, and no serious suffering is being experienced by the homeless. Loss at Council Grove Is $1,000,000. EMPORIA, Kan.. June 2. The finan cial loss at Council Grove caused by the flood will amount to 51,000,000. BUILDINGS THAT HAVE SUFFERED. ! , Large Structures Which Have Been Damaged or Swept Array. KANSAS CITY, June 2. Following is a list of the largest structures that have either been damaged or swept away : Chicago Great Western freight depot, old Southern bridge. Union Terminal rail way bridge. Twelfth-street steel bridge. Fifth-street steel bridge, Kansas City Belt Line Railway bridge, Kansas-avenue steel bridge. Metropolitan Street Railway bridge. Rock Island Railway bridge, stockyards bridge, Union Pacific steel bridge, elevator railway bridge at Cen tral avenue. Union Terminal bridge, James-street wagoni bridgv, Metropolitan and Ann-avenue bridge, Kansas City, Mo., Water-works flow line, Chicago Great Western Railway bridge, Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul bridge, building occu pied by Seavy & Slarshclm, merchandise brokers, T. L. Cassel's refrigerator fac tor, several piers of the "L" road via duct, 10CO buildings In Armourdale. 500 buildings in Argentine, COO buildings In tho East bottoms, 200 buildings In Shef field, 100 buildings in the West bottoms. The approaches to the Burlington and Milwaukee bridges across the Missouri., and the Missouri Pacific bridge across the river are wrecked. Twenty-eight men and one woman were rescued from huts near Armour's packing-houses. These refugees reported that they had counted 22 of their neighbors who had lost their llvesr' The relief fund tonight amounts to 535.000. An enormous number of beer kegs are floating down the Missouri River. One brewer lost 520,000 worth of kegs that were carried awas from Armourdale. Superintendent Young of the Swift Packing Company said tonight that there were probably 23 to 30 bodies In the wTeckage lodged In the Armourdale packing-house. A Chinaman who was rescued today said that three of, his countrymen were drowned. WILL BE NO LEGISLATIVE AID. Governor Will Help Refugees and Rely on State to Meet Bills. DES MOINES. Ia., June 2. It has prac tically been determined that there will be no extra session of the Legislature. Governor Cummins Is confident that he can supply the needs of the flood sufferers and tornado victims In an Irregular man ner by borrowing money, the next session to approve of his course. The flood In Des Moines Is rtlll dis heartening, but the water Is falling rap Idly. The wide territory that was flooded presents a sad picture. Men and women who have anxiously watched for the water to go down wandered over the muddy streets to the houses which had been homes. As each one looked through the door of his home an expression of misery pasoed over his countenance. There, with in the ruins, furniture was scattered about the .rooms, mud covered the carpets and the "walls were coated with dirty slime. Many are" planning to movo out of these places. The walls are damp. and every effort will be made by the committees in the field to see that they are dried as rapidly as possible, for sickness. It Is feared, may come. If people are allowed to enter them In their present condition. Train service here on the main lines is once more nearly normal. At Ottumwa the water has begun to decline, but It Is still rising b-tween Keosauqua and Keo kuk. Water flows through the main streets of Ottumwa, four miles of the main line of tho Burlington tracks are under water, the light and water plants are phut down and business Is prostrated. The main southwest line of the Rock. Island has not got a train through Eldon for three days. Numerous bridges have been washed out between Eldon and Keokuk. At Bentons port, Farmlngton and Bonapavte, great damage haa been wrought by the flood, and half the towns are under water. But It Is near the mouth of the river at Keo kuk that conditions are the worst today. The situation is appalling. The river la six and eight miles widd In places, and In every direction may be seen refugees ,on roofs of houses and in trees shouting for succor that teems impossible. WILL , CONFER WITH JEWS Secretary Hay Sets .Tune 15 as Date to Listen to Representations. WASHINGTON. June 2.-Slmon -Wolf has written to Secretary Hay to make an appointment to receive the executive committee of the B'nal B'rith, which de sires to make certain representations to the Secretary respecting tne treatmnt of Jews In Russia. The committee Is under stood to be fortified with a larr mass of detailed testimony respecting the ter rible happening at Klshinef. The Secre tary has accordingly aet Monday, Jhb 15, as the date for conference. TRAGEQFTRAiN LOST Kansas Officials Fear It Has Run Into Flood. ' LAST HEARD FP.QB SUNDAY Search of Tug Up the Missouri Is Fruitless, nnd Many Passen gers May Have Per ished. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. June 2. The Journal tomorrow will say: Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy passenger train No. S. from Chicago to Kansas City, due here at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, has been lost track of. It Is not deemfd possible, nor the thought entertained by the railroad officials, that the train has run into the flood. Nevertheless, General Agent Harmon was notified yesterday from the Chicago' offices cf the extra ordinary occurrence, and Superintendent Mulhern wa3 urged to exercise every pos sible effort to locate the ml3slng train and relieve Its passengers at all cost. A tug was chartered and a voyage made down the Missouri River to Birmingham. Nothing was to be seen of the train. Men have been started on horseback to Liberty with orders to keep as close as possible to the track, and to carefully Investigate what is known as a great washout two miles east of Birmingham. The possibilities of the train having tumbled Into the washout are remote to 8. degree, because many people are con stantly along the railway routes, and they would have seen some parts of the wreck age. The water is ?5 feet deep, how ever. V STRAIGHT HANNA TICKET Ohio Senator Will Be in Complete Control of Ohio Convention. COLUMBUS. G.. June 2. The Repub lican State Convention promises to be without the usual contests of such occasions, even with a full stare ticket to nominate, and other Important business that Involves the party In Ohio until after the next Presidential clectlou. As members of tho Legislature who ore elected this vear choose the successor of Marcus A. Hanna In the Senate this in called "Hanna's year." Those known as 'Har.na's favorites" have already been nominated as the Republican candidates for State Senators and Representatives in the different districts and counties, and everybody now concedes the same "make up" of the entire state ticket. While a dozen prominent Republicans were contesting for the gubernatorial nomination until George B. Cox, of Cin cinnati, recently visited Senator Hanna in Cleveland, and then declared himself for Myron T. Herrick. the neighbor of Hanna, all have withdrawn except Albert Douglas, of Chilllcbthe, who will "move to make It unanimous." Senator Hanna will be the temporary chairman, and will deliver the "keynote" speech Wednesday evening. Senator Foraker will speak the next day on as suming the chair as permanent chair man. As almost everything has been an ticipated by the conference of the lead ers, the attendance of visitors Is not large. SHIPS LOST IN STORM. Valparaiso Is Swept by a Gale Which Dues Great Damage. SANTIAGO DE CHILE. June 2. A great storm occurred today at Valpa raiso. Four vessels foundered In the bay, the Esplanade was destroyed and great damage was done to the floating docks. There are some fears regarding the safety of the Pacific Steam Navigation Com pany's steamer Arequipa, which, during a lull in the storm. eft port and has not since been heard of. FLOOD IS FALLING. (Continued from First Pag.) in any comfort, the horde of refugees, the night bids fair to be a repetition of others since the onslaught of the flood. The wretchedness, however. Is more mental than physical, although the discomforts due to herding large bodies of people In buildings not built lor the purpose, and trying to feed an army without a com missary department, are many. Leavenworth, to the north, the only way by which the suburb can be entered with provisions, is the spot to which the rail roads turn constantly In hope. Rations sufficient to last several days. If carefully economized, were brought ia during the day. and clothing and medicine and other supplies are expected within the next 21 hours. Many Families Separated. 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Some of the early symptoms of weak kidneys are pain, or dull, ache In the back, rheumatism, dizziness, headache, nerv ausness, catarrh cf the bladder, gravel or calculi, bloating, 'sallow complexion, puffy or dark circles under the eyes, suppression of urine, or compelled to pass water often day ind ntghf. - The mlld,and extraordinary effect of the world-famous kidney remedy, Dr: Kil mer's Swamp-Root. Is soon realized. It stands the highest for Its wonderful cures of the most distressing case. If. you need a medicine you should have the best. Swamp-Root !s not recommended for everything, but If you have kidney, liver, bladder or uric acid trouble you will find It Just the remedy you need. Sold by druggists, in fifty-cent and one dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Bwamp-Root and a pamphlet that tells all about It, Including many of the thousands of letters received from sufferers cured, both sent free by mall. Write Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Blngham ton. N. Y., and please be sure to mention that you read this generous offer In tho Portland Dally Oregonlan. Don't make any mistake, but remember the nami, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and address, filnghamton. N. Y., on every bottle. the only line of road open, the electric road from Leavenworth., Kan. Street-cars In the suburb began to run after a fashion this morning with power furnished by the dynamos at Leaven worth. The lack of gas Is severely felt More Rescues Arc Effected. Flags cf distress from partially Inun dated buildings in Armourdale could be seen during the day, a number of rescues were effected. The day brought to light no facts on which to base even an approximation of deaths In the flood. Possibly ten bodies have been seen floating since Sunday, but estimates from 'this are valueless, as the bodies may have, floated down the Kaw from Topeka, or the bodies, changing with the ever-changing eddies of the flood, may have been counted, several times, and partially submerged wreckage may have been mistaken for bodies. There Is a feeling among business men that Kansas City should, show the coun try at large that It Is not disabled by the flood, and that normal conditions will prevail as soon as the rivers shall recede. EIGHT HUNDRED HOMELESS Tornado in Georgia Caixscs a Prop erty Loss of $500,000. GAINESVILLE, Ga.. June 2. The 6000 Inhabitants of this city have tonight Just begun to realize the extent of the appall ing disaster of yesterday It now seems that the death list will not be much short of 100. perhaps somewhat over 100; a con siderable number of dangerously Wounded, whose chances for recovery cannot be cal culated. Figuring from an available source, and giving credence only to those reports which are believed to be trustworthy, the following is a summary of the effects of the tornado In Gainesville and Its sub urbs: One hundred killed. 150 Injured, of whom probably 20 will die; SCO homeless, their residences having been wiped out of ex istence: property loss of about $500,000, none of which Is covered by storm Insur ance. The death list so far compiled Includes 33 at the Pacolet cotton mills at New Holland, all of whom were killed In the demolition of the company'a cottages, and 36 at the Gainesville cotton mills, near the Southern Railway station, where the tor nado first struck. ' Dubuque Banquets the President. DUBUQUE. Ia.. June 2. President Rocoevelt arrived here at 6 o'clock this evening. He spent the night here. To morrow morning at 6 o'clock he will leave for the Ea3f. When the President reached here this evening" he was greeted with the Presidential salute and cheera of several thousand people. The drive through the city ended after a. tour of the hills overlooking the Mississippi River at the Dubuque Club, where the President spoke to 8000 people. Later the President and party were banqueted by the Du buque Club. Bishop Did Denoance Socialism. DENVER, June 2. The committee ap pointed by the American Labor Union Con vention yesterday to visit Bishop Matz and learn If he was correctly quoted In his antl-soclallsm sermon Sunday reported to day that the bishop afSrmed the newspa per reports. No action was taken by the convention on the matter. The Non-Irritating Cathartic Easy to take, easy to operate Hood's Pills ONIONS As a Cure for Insomnia. Onions are a medicine, a food and a nar cotic If you are troubled with insomnia eat raw onions with a slice of bread every night before retiring and you will sleep as sweetly as a child. The most obstinate and long standing cases of Rheumatism, Catarrh. Constipation. Kidney and Liver Trouble, Nervousness, Palpitation of the Heart and Blood Pokon can be cured with Dr. Burkhart's Vegetable Compound, the greatest combination of Roots. Herbs and Barks the world has ever known. You can get a 30 days' treatment of this won derful medicine at any drug store for 25c. Tutt's Pills Cure All A Strong Fortification. Fortify the body against disease by Tutt's Liver Pills, an abso lute cure for sick headache, dys pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, jaundice, bilious ness and all kindred troubles. "The Fly-Wheel of Life" Dr.Tutt; Your Liver Pills are the fly-wheel oflife. I shall ever be grateful for the accident that brought them to my notice. I feel as if I had a new lease of life. J. Fairleigh, Platte Cannon, Col. 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