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VOL XXVI.
CRUISER
BROOKLYN IN
COMMISSION
Now York, Juno 0 Al tliu Hrooklyn
navy yard today, tlio arrn,orod 'crultcr
IJrooklyn wan placad In commission lu
pursuance of onion received from Wash-
ington. Tlio Brooklyn, it la understood,
trill 1)0 tlio fbgahlp of Itiar Admiral
Cotton, commanding tlio European naval
station. Who will relievo tlio ciuUcr
Chicago, which will return homo for1
rojiulro.
WIFE
KILLER
HANGS
Micnlgon City, Ind., Bums 10- Unless
Uovonor Durbln Intorvtncr, tlio execu
tion of Ora Copenhavor, who has bcon
under sentence of death for nearly n
year, well tuku placo in tlio slnto prle
on l.oro tomorro-.r.
Coponhavcti, who ia tcaicoly mora
than of legal ngo, was a resident of Ind
LrfMffiTO
ianapolis and. hl3.crl.ne.was.th8 murder
ofTifo yours k wlfo September 7th laet
frhorlfy atlor their dinner hour, on
tho day of tho taKcdy, Copcnhaverj works as tho prcdnctlon for tbo tlx
callod his wlfo to tho door nnd without montha it J.COO locomotive, which ia
n wnrniiiKor irivlnBhor un IiiUHpr of his 'equivalent to two thlrda of tho total cut
Intent, drow n largo revolver from his ' put for 1002, when moro than 1.G9Q on
pooket and flrod four ahota al hor, thrco uine wcro turned out, hroAkinc all for-
o( which took effect.
Tho woman died '
i
nt tho hoepital without calnliiR con
eclousncia. Coponhavor, after falt,oot
ing bin wife, candy walked to a neigh
boring etoro and telephoned to tho po
ilco elation, informing tho dock qorgoant
that a murdor had beon commit ted,
Ho then nwallnd tho coming of tho po
lico and ourrendorcd himself. Jealousy
was itBcrlbod ns the mollvo for tho deod.
Coponhavor was cpoodllv tried nnd con
victed of. murdor In tho Jlrat desroo.
Anoppra'.'o the tuprcmo court nffordod
no relief to tlio condemned man no that
tribunal upho Id tho verdict of tho low
er court.
CHURCH
FESTIVAL ..
OBSERVED
'Vienna, Juno lis Cor pua Ohriet
Day was colobratod today with tho cits-
tomary mognlflccnt cccloolaotlcnl enrc-
mony. Kmporor Frnnoio Joaoph, tho
Archdukes, tho principal officers of
TBtato,aud tlio municipal nuthorltloa tferb
present at high mass in the cathedral at
7 o'clock in the morning.
Subsequently
tho whole body paraded tho principal
stroote, headed by the clergy and ban
nora'ofevorjr ftatlshMn the clty.V Tho
'Venerable Emppron walked. bareheaded,
carrying lltfhUd candloj behind the
host,
IN HONOR
OF GALU
SHA GROW
Montrose, I'a., Juno 0 I'romincn
cltizena of lb le and adjoining counties,
without regard to political afllllnllorio,
united today in giving n monster reccp-
Hon In honor of formor Congrocifinnn
Ciluthu A. Grow. Tito Affair uao n
testimonial to the public ecrvlccs of Mr.
Crow, who, for mom than half n century
roprpM-iiltd tlio district in Congrcei.
Hpctchus eulogizing tbo pergonal nnd
public chancier of tho vcncrabloctatce
mriMVcro delivered, ntid tlio nitinlc for
tho occallon was furnished by n church
cioir of WW voices. "
THOUSAND
ENGINES IN
SIX MONTHS
Philadelphia, I'a., Juno 0 If they
uto noLdUsapuhitotl in their expecta
tion, tho Ualdwln Locomotivo Works
will by tho first of next month have
turned out tho K'patet number of fln
IihcdcdnosmBnylBlx".nionths'In,lIlB-
tory. Tlio mark flsod by onclnlaof tho
mcr records. Of tho 1,000 locomotives
the grout majirlly ore on orders placed
last your. Tho number taken thia year
will koop tho works buoy well Into 15)01.
COAL
B'ARONS
CONVENE
Indiana polls, Ind., Juno 10 Mich
Ignn and Indiana retail coal dealers con.
vened in Indlauapolia today in ninth
annual oceeion. Mayor Jiookwaltor wol-
corned tho vlsltora and tho rosponbo
was embcdlcdln tho annual address .of
il.. prb.ld.nt of ihenmoefaillon, Itobort
Lalco, of Jackocn, Mich.
Tim mlv.int.
ned of n fixed rnto to both wholesaler
and retailor was tho principal subject
dlBCuesed. Tho convention will end
tomtrtorrow.
DRUGGISTS
ANNUAL
. MEETING
llloomlngton, III., June 0:-Tlo mom
Jbora of tho lllluolu Pharmaceutical asso.
elation nstomblod In Bloomlngton today
for thoir annual meeting. Thoattltudo
to be adopted toward tho combines and
tho cut-rate mjombora of tho Jratornity,
and moiuiren of loulelatTdrV particularly.
raitectinK the drug trade, are amdhg the
Subjects to receive auenuon uunng iu
sesBTons,' which are to continue through
Thursday,
MARSHFIELD, COOS COUNTY, OREGON June .12. 1903.
EAST SlJlOUIS
UNB
-evee
in the Flood
FIFTY THOUSAND MAY
BE RENDE8ED" HOMELESS
WMMMMHMMMMM
Ten Thousand Lives Imperiled Real Es
tate Men Bitterlu Blamed-8hirkr
ing Negroes Shot
Bt. Louie, Juno 10 After a deiperato
but futllu blrngslo against the greater
flood it was over forced to combat, Kist
St. Lonio is this morning in woeinl ton-
v t
dltion.
T.m thoutanil liomelcsi Jbtb
, .. . ,,
thrcateaidkWbsIafamUlM are penned
up in their garrots end on tho roofs, nnd
2,000 havo rought rcfugo in school nnd
church hnlldtngs andaro now priconors.
Tho city has appealed to St, Louie for
boats. Many must bo roecuod this
morning. Tho water otanda threo to
thirty feet all over the Eastern half of
tho city and houses nroconotantly weak
ening and falling,
At 8 this morning the flood swept
eloar through to tho river in a swirling
whirlpool of contending currants. At 0
o'clock it was cutting its way under tho
ov.t Broadway ombnakment thrcatzning
tno northern half of tho city. The de
struction of Droadway embankment will
cutoff Ml mcana oicscapo.
Coneorvatlvo catlmatca placo tho
drowneJ, whon thu embankment gave
way at midnight, at 80, aud other esti
mates aro as high as 100. A thousand
ninn worn worklncr on the dikes wllOH
break came. Forty wcro swept
' a n n mhac ond half 9 nmn? WOr0
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"HiipuHua tu owiui .uo uuu, .....
many vomon and children wore filling
sand bags, Tlio Torrlblo confuolou en
sued whon tho broal: camo, makes nil
eatfmatoa of Iho Iocs of llfo very uncor
tnin. ' ' It nppoara that tho ontlro city of Easl
St Louie ia doomed. Boforo night ovory
portion will bo under tho torrent and
fiO.OOO peoplo will bo rendorod honiolcBB.
Appeals from thoro thia afternoon say
that not leas than 10,000 Uvea aro Im
periled, and) boats, tklffa and every
available floating thing ia bolng rushed
across the river,
It is just learned that two Hegroee
were shot ami- kJlUdujust before e
break last night. One' had been, worx
log Boveral daya and atWnda !.
ERWAT
CD
En
Brg&ks Letting:
ale par, and threatened to break the
dike it it was not forthcoming. Seven
men fired nt him at once. Another
Ne-gio on the Illinois Central levee ra-
i,; . -t ,..-. ,. .',
fused to work and was shot by thcgurail,
iVwark'mtra'rtJpVtheMTfisodWo
Days, anothor Negro drove hie horea into
tho flood repeatedly rescuing people
tVhilo making further attompts, both
horso and driver woro swept away.
At 10 oclock thero was four feet o!
water iu tho residence portion of East
rit. Louis, andhuu-lreds of famslios
hero fleeing for tticlr Uvea.
Two hundred and fifty militia men
havo arrived and others wilt be cent
East Broad way has been declared un
safo, and mllltamen havo thrown
around tho danger zone, keoping crowds
of homeless peoplo from attempting to
return along the embankments in order
to save their belonging. Tho wator-
ia rising rapidly and the river atago in
now over 39 feet.
Tho United Stales District Attorney
Dyer, in tho namo of tho government
telephoned today to tho Wijrgins Ferry
Company, ordering that they ecizo all
vailablo yawls and boats, rogardlosg of
owners and rush them to tho strlckon
city.
Groat indignation la ibtt over tho dis
aster, as people had amplo warnln g bur
were ignorant of tho truo situation,
bolng lulled falsa security by a cotorio
of bnBlnoss and real estata 'men, who
Issued vigorous denials of danger; as
they wero fearful of the effoot it wquld
have on property values They ovon
went so far as to assault a St Louis news
paper man sent to dospribe the floou
and broko all cameras, '
4
The pressure of tho flood forced va
passage through tho Illinois Central
railroad embankment in the south east
era portion of East, St Louis, shortly
before '1. o'clock this morning. The
to
brtak speedily widened nntU torrent
. ,:' j .u.'.,.
one nunarea ieewi,ua i
feet deep
Po-l' -gb wd tbmtwlnfj
Prscantionary Jcveea had
hadliecn
rented for Just such an emer
gency, but were swept through m tho
flood pawed onward. The cltrr.ma had
carcelyVlept owing to the flood tension
and whwi the rash of water cama eoon
afterwaraa wore not caught fn their
bflde, Itunner8.to'ro through the ttreets
shouting a waruintr, and eoon the peo
ple, half mid mith fright, were fleeing
for their lives.
About 2,000 people live in that part of
tho city which Is in the flood's path,
I and it is believed that fully half the
number will ha rendered homeless. Just
what the exact condition ia cannot ba
learned.
Thnre ia no way to roach East Bt.
Louie from here except by boats frofen
the east entrance of the Efds bridge, aa
the viaduct over what was CipnVa
creek partial) sank yesterday noon and
no one can cross it. Liltio can be learned
from the stricken dictrict by telrpone.
MARTIN VS
ARMSTRONG
TO MEET
TlU M'n. Tn..fl MTVi... VA t
w '.
Slartis and Bob Armttrrtfae two bi
cblcriMli'lie7we4Ji(iiievt,el4(Ji,tBt
night In a 10-ronnd boat,-before fee
Tammany Athictie club. Followers of
ring sports, basing their calculations on
the showing made by the two big fight
ers in tholr previous occountere, are
looking forward to a hammer-acd-tongs
affair from gong to gong.
. The last time Martin and Armstrong
camo together was in a six-round boat
in Philadelphia. Tho fight was oco of
the most vicious over witnessed be
tween big men. Knockdowns were
ecored by both men, and when the bou
terminated they could hardly walk to
their corners.
Contcrvllle
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MAGNES & MATSON
HEADQUARTERS FOR
UNION
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BOTHNER
-PARKER ',
TOMEET
T New.York, June 6 Davotees of sport
are dirplaylng considerable Interest I:t
the wrestling boat to trtko piece tonight
between Ha?vey Parker and GeorffJ
Bothner for the lightweight champion
ship of tho, world. The gold mounted"
belt' which Is emblematic .of the light
weight championship, and which at
present is held by Bothner, will, with'
the stakes, go to the winner. Both men
haye bees training falthfolly nnd an
interesting centeet is expected to be the
result.
.STUDENJS .- ,
DAY OF' '-.
. ' GLORY
Greencastle, Ind., JncelO The an
naal commencement exercises at De
' Faow University were held today In the
presence of a larpe crowd of visitors.
The address to tbegrathMtisg !(
delivwedbrJajWlliai T, ;Ily.e!tle
1-UniveMii
rxmimBKiiB ': .
W st Point, N. Y.,Juno 10: Mem
bers of tho class of 1033, of the United
r t
States military academy rucuived their
diplomas from the hands of Colonal
Albert L. Mills, superintendeat of the
academy, this morning. Oa the plat
form were gathered prominent officers
of the armp, members of congress and
many oher distingoishee people ia
military and civil life. The first man of
tho class this year is Donglas MacArthur
son of General Arthur MacArthajr,
U. R. A.
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