The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 2

MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 20 189 OOOOOOOOOOvOO I VACANCIES ABE FILLED THE WAR A BDLL FACTOR 217 FOUBTH ST. has been placed on deposit or otherwise temporarily employed until bonds of long date and absolute security are forthcoming. These wants will take up all the new treasury issues without displacing any other existing securities. The brilliant success of our navy has established such universal confidence the world over that nobody outride of Spain can possibly believe otherwise than that our antagonist is already defeated, and that any further action on Spain's part Is simply to court addi It is a fact that we arc displaying thou-snnds of dollars worth of New Chinas, New Cut Glass and New a Lamps wonderfully 0 pretty and surprisingly low priced. We are offering old stock at 2.5 to 50 per cent less than regular, and even our new goods heat auction sale prices.

Brinsmaid, 0 "I Never Saw So Many New Suitable Articles for Wedding Gifts At About Said a Discriminating China Purchaser To Our Salesman. Perkins uay and it is feared will be epidemic as the weather, grows warmer. The trails are lined with dead animals and no attempt is being made to remove them. The Yukon is unusually low and White Horse and Five Fingers rapids are more dangerous than usual. As far as authentic reports have come out of the first 175 boats to shoot White Horse rapids forty-one were wrecked.

tARQESr BUYER IN NEW VORK. The Man Who Provldea the Food and Clothing lor the Army. New York Herald: One of the busiest men in New York, and certainly the largest buyer, has his office In one Df the upper floors of the army and navy building In "Whitehall street. Here, seated at his desk with the cotd breezes from the bay blowing in through the large suite of rooms which compose the quartermaster's department of the east, Lieuten mt Colonel Amos S. Kimball signs bills, opens bids, gives out contracts, meets deputations, gives audience to all sorts and conditions of men, as calmly and -coolly as if he were in his, own private library.

The position which he holds is one of the most responsible, perhaps, at this critical time, in the army. Colonel Kimball's discretion and good judgment have been entrusted the provisioning and equipping of an enormous army, an army which two months ago did not exist. Every detail uf clothing, food and shelter has to be passed upon by Colonel Kimball. He is equipping, not an army for whom the regulation cloth uniform is sufficient, but one in which every man must be provided with a linen or crash uniform suitable for the torrid climate into which he may be ordered. Tents must be ordered and made, hundreds and thousands of them, and they must be made at once, for the second call has come.

The tents must be ready, for the men must be sheltered from rain and sun, one just as dangerous as the other. And these men must be fed and the food must be selected with due regard for the climute to which it Is to be sent and the health of the men who are to be fed, for what good would the army be if the men were not in good condition. The responsibility of all this rests on one man's shoulders. I recently sat In Colonel Kimball's office for an hour and gained an Idea of his busy official life. Deputation after deputation came In, filed into his room and stated their case or their business.

Three or four reporters snatched a hasty Interview on some official matters. A general came and culled the colonel out and quesetioned him as to the suitability of eome officer seeking a position on the gvnerai's siaff. Then his private secretary brought a bundle of papers to be signed. Men presented documents for his approval, others came with samples of duck and cottons, others again with burlans and canvns for tenting. Some brought wnol for blankets, and several left for his Inspection 000000000000000000000000000 Great Slaughter Sale In Fine Millinery AT W.

W. TOWNSEHD'S STORE, Just North of the Street Car Waitlnf Room. Remember this entire stock of Millinery ia to bo cloaod out AT WHOLESALE COST, OR LESS Within tho next .30 days, if posnible, in order TO QUIT BUSINESS. We have over 4,000 Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats and Bonnets, Walking Hats and Sailors. CHILDREN'S Hats of all kinds-Also Flowers Kibbons, Feathers, etc.

Will trim Hats to suit in short order. Come Before the Stock is Broken. J. D. Coon Drowned Near Dearer Creek liile liathing-.

WAS CAUGHT IN A WHIRLPOOL Body Has Not Been Recovered-Will Dynamite Ihe River Today Body ol the Han Drowned cear Carbondale has Not Been Identified. J. D. Coon, who resided with his wlftj at Forest avenue, was drowned In tha Des Moines river a halt mile above the mouth of Beaver creek yesterday morning shortly after nine o'clock. Coon, accompanied by his brother-in-law, C.

W. Moore, a clerk for the Trepan-ler company, and a groceryman whose name was not learned, started early oil a fishing trip. They left their horse at a farm barn near Beaver Creek bridge and walktvd about half a mile above the crecK mouth. Moore sat on the revtr bank, and Coon and the grocer went In swimming. Coon was a strong swimmer and went some; distance against the current.

Then be turned and flopping on his back started to float down the nver. He passed Moore, who was sitting on the bank and was down some distance) when two men fishing on the oppos.te bank cal.ed to Alooru that there was something ttie matter with Coon. Moore plunged Into the water and started to swim to his assistance. When about ten feet from Coon, Muoro was caught by a powerful eddy and whirled tiround so he was carried by Coon. Bo started to swim toward him again, but before he could reach him Coon sank beneath the surface in about twelve feet of water.

The coroner and a number of friends of the family were notitied at once. They went to the scene and commenced dragging the river with grappling Irons, but when darkness came had not located the body. Investigation shows that there is a powerful swirl at the point where Coon whs drowned and il was evident that exhausted by the long swim against the current ho was unahle to resist the under currents. Tho swirl is caused by the contact of tha current, which at this point runs about clifht miles an hour, with the slow-back current of an eddy. The water Just out of the current Is only five feet deep, while a foot within the current tho bank helves off to a depth of twelve feet.

Today the search for the body will be renewed and dynamite will be exploded In the current In the hopes the concussion will raise the body. Coon was a plumber and was for some time employed In the Green Son foundry. He came to Bes Moines with his wife and child from Klkhart a few yearn ago and only recently they buried the child. Ills parents reside in Michigan and have been telegraphed to-come to I)i Moines. Be has two brothers residing here.

Ono is employed as a pharmacist In the Norman Llchty drug store, and the other is a painter. Body Could Not Be Identllled. The body of the man found floating In the river near Carbondale Saturday evo nlng was brought to the city yesterday morning. No one apeared to claim the remains or establish their identity and as the body was in an advanced stage of decomposition it was burled during the afternoon. The remains were those of a man about fifty years of age, five feet eight inches tall emi weighing about lW pounds.

Be was attired in a dark shirt, Idue vest, light colored trousers and boots, the solo of one of which was worn through, llo wore a full beard dashed with gray, and had on no coat, being in shirt sleeves when the body was found in the water. In his Vest pocket was a silver watch of cheap make, and his general appearance was that of a laboring man. Tho body was bloated to twice th normal size and the condition such as to almost preclude identification. THE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE flembers Who Will Retire and Speculation as to Who Their Successors Will Be. II.

G. McMillan will not be a candidate for re-election to the position of chairman of the republican state central committee. The hold over members of the committee are H. O. Weaver, First district; W.

t. Lee, Fifth dis-S. M. Leach, Seventh district; J. T.

Drug, Tenth district. It Is said all the hold over candidates will be candidates to succeed McMillan. C. It. Hancock, Third distric Thomas H.

Green, Fourth district, and J. H. Burroughs, Eighth district, will be candidates for re-election. J. M.

Kemble, Secomi district; I. M. Treynor. Ninth district and H. G.

McMillan, Eleventh district, will not be candidates for re-election. Charley Phillips of Maquoketa, secretary of the pharmacy commission, Is talked of as member from the Second. His home is at Maquoketa. James Gil-more of Stuart is a prospective Ninth district candidate. A.

C. Smith, deputy secretary of state, whose home is at Storm Lake, and E. H. McCutcheon of Ida Grove are probable Eleventh district candidates. A SHOCKING nLRUKR.

Young Wisconsin flirl Killed and Her Body Cremated. Pepin, June 19. The family of Thomas Beldon. a farmer living two miles northeast of this place, cume here yes-terduy to attend the reunion of the CI. A.

leaving their daughter Mary, 1 years of at home. About 3 o'clock word enme that the house had been burned. The family at once hurried home and found the house a smoldering ruin, and Investigation disclosed tho charred remains of the Rlrl in the cellicr. There was 4o the house. $f5 in gold and tho rest lu silver Hnd paper.

No trace of this money can be found. It Is believed the girl was murdered and the house robbed and burned to cover tho crime. Two Arabian pedellers who hnvo been In this vicinity for some time are suspected of the crime, and one of them was arrested here this morning. Preparing far ihe bmpcror. Beirut, June 19.

In view of the approaching visit of Emperor William to Palestine, an aide-de-camp of the Sultan Is examining and having repairs made upon all the roads in Syria and Palestine, and all troops have b.en provided with new uniforms. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Gen. C. If.

Booth, a pioneer resident of Iowa, died yesterday nt Dubuque, aged He held several public oirices. The business portion of Tracey, Was destroyed by fire yesterday, the result of a gasoline slove explosion. Lofs, partly insured. Wm. A.

Coombs, president of the N11-tlonel Millers' association, is dead at his home ill Coldwiiler, the age of il. from nervous prostration. Twelve pilsonefs In the Kansas City Workhouse' made a desperate attempt to escupe eMieruay, but were prevented by the guards. One cbspprale convict, c'has. whs fatally shot by a guard.

The sermon to the grad-liauiiK rhiiis of Wi'liums college. Mii.sh-chUM'its, was delivered yesterday by President Franklin Carter. Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke of New York yesterday delivered the baecalaureate address to the (ct'ii'luHilng at Harvard college.

The addre-fS wiih elnipient, put-rlotie and toii. bi-d luteily on the graduates' duty diir.ng the cn-seni crisis. The Smllh collcg" entrance examlnn-lion will be given in Pes Moines al Flf'eeiitli street, in charge of Miss Ua-chail C. Clurke. on Wednesday end Thursday, June 22 and 2S.

Second Lieutenants Appointed for Keg-ular Army. THREE IOWA MEN CHOSEN Eighty-Nine of the Appointees Are Known to Be Collece Graduates-Forty-Eight Are oi the Volunteer Army Each Dust Pas a Rigid Examination. Washington, June 19. At a late hour tonight Adjutant General Corbin made public the names of the 195 young men who have been selected for appointment as second lieutenants in the regular army to fill vacancies created by the act of congress adopting the three battalion organizations for the infantry arm of the service and the addition of one second lieutenant to all batteries when filled to war strength. Each man will be obliged to undergo an examination that will be a thorough test of his mental and physical qualifications for the army service.

Those who pass th examination will be nominated by the president to the senate. To the selection of the men both the president and the secretary of war have devoted much time and consideration. Out of the 1H5 appointed, eighty-nine are known to be college, graduates, forty-eight are now in the voluntaer military service or enlisted men in the regular army. The immense amount of work In selecting; the 195 young men necessary to fill the vacancies can be understood when it is that more than 7,000 applications for the appointments were filed at the war department. The enlisted men designated by the president are: Sergeants, Walter It.

Villmar, signal corps; Albert W. Town-send, Third cavalry; JJanie-l F. Keily, Sixth cavalry; corporals, Percy W. Arnold, First cavalry; W. A.

Cava-naugh, Twentieth infantry; Campbell King Fifth cavalry, and Henry Wyant, Sixth Infantry; privates, Wm. K. McCue, Sixth Infantry; W. O. Gelger, United States engineers, and Easton R.

Gibson, Twentieth infantry. Among the civilians are these: IllinoisCampbell T. Bu brock, private, First United States cavalry, volunteers; Jas. E. Bell, private.

Company First Illinois volunteer Infantry; Robt. E. Frith, Donald McNulta, John Prince Oleson, privates national guard of Illinois: Wm. A. Talcott, private Seventy-first volunteer; Geo.

A. Williams, Ralph Plumb Browers. Indiana Harry It. Campbell, me chanic and electrical engineer; Victor Garrigues, privates Indiana volunteers; Elijah B. Martlndale, graduate Cul ver military academy; Ivers W.

Leonard, captain Indiana volunteers; Wm. Lewis Hogkins, honor, graduate Purdue university. Iowa James Frederick Howell, grad uate Cornell university, Harry E. Whitney, graduate as cadet captain Iowa State Normal school; P. M.

Shaffer, honor graduate Iowa State Normal school. Kentucky John K. Proctor, Ben jamin H. Watkins, graduate Williams burg academy of Kentucky; J. T.

Geary, honor graduate agricultural and me chanical college. Michigan H. J. Hatch, captain na tional guard, Michigan; Augustus Can- field, Ledyard; Louis S. P.

Rucker; Oliver L. Spauldlng, graduate Uni versity of Michigan; Wm. M. Swatek, honor graduate Michigan military academy. Minnesota John T.

Jcips, sergeant Minnesota volunteers; Wm. Keith Taylor, graduate Michigan military academy; Chas. H. Shlpple, graduate Shatlnc military echoed, Minnesota; John Robert Kigsby Hannay, graduate University of Minnesota; Wm. B.

Fol- well, first lieutenant Company Fourteenth Minnesota volunteers. Missouri Gaston Soulard Turner. graduate Western military academy of Illinois; Irwin Harrison; Woodson Hocker, private Third Mipsourl volun- iers; Edgar A. MacKlin, late sergeant Battery A. IJ.

S. artillery (fifth); Josenh A. Wlckham. John N. Sirast, honor graduate University of St.

Louis. Nebraska Frank S. Burr, graduate Shattuc military school of Minnesota; Walts C. Valentine, graduate Shattuc military school of Minnesota; Wm. H.

Oury, honor graduate University of Nebraska. North Dakota Cha S. Foster, quar termaster sergeant North Dakota volunteers: Edward B. Robblns, honor graduate University of North Dakota. Oldo Don Alexancirr isaxter.

gradu ate Michigan military academy; Frank Harshaurk, graduate Kenyon military peademy; Harrison Hull, graduate Princeton university; Rohert R. Nevln; J.hn F. Wilkinson, late sergeant Troop II Fourth U. S. cavalry; Bonis K.

Hill, sergeant Troop First Ohio volunteers, cavalry; Frank Halsteael; Ceo. A. Charters; Frederick P. King; II. Ford, honor graduate State univer sity of Ohio; Guy C.

Knabenshue. South Dakota Bush Spencer Wells, captain V. S. Second volunteer cavalry; Elmer J. Wallace, honor graduate Uni versity of South Pnkotn.

Wlscons'n Henry G. West, late captain Fourth Wisconsin national guard. Wisconsin: N. L. Ames, inrec years United Staios military cioanemy; w.

r. Hase, honor graduate 1 nlvcrslty or Wisconsin: Lawrence Albert Curtis, gnolunte Shnttuc military school of Minnesota. fisheries Combined. Chicago. June 19.

W. Vernon Booth, of the A. Booth Packing company, af firms reports to the effect that tha fisheries Interests of the lake region and the allied canning trade will lie combined In a gigantic corporation sustain ed by English capitalists. me no tation will embrace nearly an xne kimriua of ini. foiled States.

The A. Booth Pricking company, of this city, the birirest individual house of the kind in the country, and number of local fish companies, win merged Into the new corporation, one is the clay set for the formal ransfer of individual properties to the of 1hn tirinelnnls. The names of the men who are harking the monoiaily are not reveaieu, uui upon uothorltv of Mr. llooth it is stated that they are men of high standing in the financial worm. In all there are twenty-four concerns In the country whic will be In the cor-rutratiiin Mr tteeofh declines to clvp out the amount of capital stock, but to jlle erue rrom mo size or ine a.

ineiin Pi licking company, which Is one of the WC erny-iour C'lilie t'i in, cue pieiCK will ue Ihe millions. The olhir eomnnnies in 11 rc engaged around the Great Lakes and Canadian fishing regions. Deach he Kiplds. Skaguny, Alaska, June 14. Various estimates made by nu who arrived here from White Horse rapids yesterday and today place the loss of life In the rapids since navigation opened at between Seven anci ten persons.

John Steele, who came in today witnessed three drownings in two weeks. Most of the boats on Lakes Liinleraiatl and Bennett have now passed Caribou crossmg unci are now will on the way to nan son. Canadians have collected In ustonis since February and this mount Is now on the way to Ottawa, vhpoil fever has uppeared at 'kug- 'ft fi obability of Territorial Extensions Adds to Value of Securities. FINE FOREIGN TRADE SHOWING flay Exports $32,400,000 Greater Than Thos ol flay, 1S97 Exports lor the Year Will Kxceed Importa by Approximately $600,000,000. New York, June 19.

In our letter of last week, we called attention to a reactionary tendency in the stock market find intimated that it might be continued. The business of the iasi Wfcck has Confirmed those Leading uperators who had realized on their holding of the hiRher prnle stock kvcre anxious to depress prices in order to buy In again again for a fresh rise. At this juncture, another set undertook to advance the lower grade stocks, yhich had not risen proportionately ith the higher priced securities. This embarrassed the scheme of the influential operators who were trying to reload Bt lower figures; and, In self-defense, they have this week directed their attack upon the market indiscriminately; the result of which has been an unsettled market, causing considerable realizing on all classes of stocks and a peneral fall in prices. This movement J3 purely a speculative maneuver, directed toward a readjustment of the range of prices, so as to admit of A fresh campaign, starting- with lower prices and therefore affording better opportunities for profit and an inducement to fresh activity.

At present, this movement is too successful to be abandoned and seems not unlikely to be continued until a still lower range of values lias been established. General conditions are not wholly favorable to a movement 'of this character. There is no abatement of the revived prosperity of the railroads, (in the contrary, the crop prospects promise mother harvest of unusual abundance and though the prices of the new crops may not rule so high as those of the Tast season, yet the results to the rail roads should equal those of the crops of 1S97. The war goes steadily on toward the success of our arms, with a reasonable prospect that next fall the Spanish possessions In the West Indies nml the Philinoine islands will have been formally transferred to the United Htates. The feeling is taking strong hold of the public mind that, costly as this brief war may prove to be, it will 5ct result in a rreat awakening of the Ameiioan people to a consciousness of 8 destiny broader and higher than they have dreamed of, r.nd that It will result Jn new policies which must largely develop the commerce of the country and elevate our standing among the nations.

This is a "bull" factor which must add continually to confidence in American Investments and enterprises. The growing strength of the tinanci.il situation, which makes the providing of for immediate war expenses a matter of secondary concern and productive of no degree of monetary disturbance, carries with it a most material contribution to public confidence and makes. any really Important reaction in the securities market almost impossible. The statement of our foreign trade for May exhibit another sui prising addition to that excess of exports over imports which has been for many months past piling up an extraordinary bal.tnee in our favor due; from tuitions which have always been large lenders to us upon open credit. Conditions like the foregoing do not afford much help to operations undertaken to depress values, end they miy Boon prove a bar to the systematic marking down of prices now in progress.

Experienced operators of large means, however, are able, within certain limitations, to force the market iu a direction contrary to its nntnr.il drift; and when there is a comparative absence" of sanguine outside support, their success is all the easier. My own view, hew-ever, is that the present artificial pressure on prices is nut likely to proceed much further without developing buying which may obstruct the tactics of those who, fur the moment, are playing a "bear" game. The breaking up of the great Letter speculation in wheat is not unlikely to lead to some revival of operations In Mocks. The immense transactions ill fcrain have drawn off speculation from the stock exchange several months past, and both at Chicago a. id here the Uncertainties about the wheat situation may be expected to divert attention hack to stocks under the encouragement of the current downward drift of prices.

It has not suited the purpose of the Sellers of stocks to tiike much note of another remarkablp foreign commerce statement, and the ligures, published oil Wednesday, consequently give 110 stimulus to the market. The facts of the official exhibit are not. however, to he deprived of their effect by conveniently ignorinir them. The! May exports of merchandise exceed those of lsC, by ami are hi excess of the Milne of the month's imports. For the iirsl eleven months of the fisc al year, the merchandise exported exceed the Imports of poods by which confirms the expectation heretofore expressed in these advices that the surplus of exports over imports will reach fully If we add to the shipments of merchandise those of Silver (amounting to the total excess of exports for the eleven months will amount to in liquidation of this creditor balance, we have imported rl.ono of gold, making the net creditor balance, for the eleven months.

Making the most liberal allowances admi.sa lile for the items, debtor and creditor, not included in these purely returns, and also for the net debtor balance on account of the foreign movement in our securities, it hardly seems allowable to estimate the balance now clue to this country by Kurope at le ss than dm to As the present relative rate of interest at New York and London affords no suilic ii-nt inducement' for buying bills of exchange on Kurope for Investment here, it seems not unlikely that we may soon witness a resumption of imports of The only thing thai ran pi event this must be a gieater disparity between the local end the Kun.pi money rat-s than now exists. Tl.o iapi.1 io. Tease of pold in tie-hank of would enable that irf-Stitution to parL.wiih l.b. rl Of gold with lUt me 11 Incon enienee. ini.

tent, loan attracts 1 he new gov. cornpiiratwely lii ment In Wad si 1 wise to me. th, giving Sinai' inv to put their savii merits. shall Interest as an eKv 1 movements. It whs popular demand for tors an opportunity into these lim-nt- h'W this class are i bedding bonds to plat 11 (', nenris in the ustody of the savior banks.

The lass who have hiiii it, I a "ustomeil to take these In vo-i na-nt found Willing to take an lsl r-u-ly In exec--. of the renment the Smaller lass of li: -1 s. Vail street opinion doc not nrwe men ti importance to this new supply of inv. -Tmerits as an element effeetiny isnng see'ui 11 ic s. or 11 wiu: time oast there bus been a Corn 1 a 1 arc ty Of new issues of of I he big I-erst graele, udapted for tist funds and the reserve fund of fiiietnl institutions, and a.

large am I of money tional terribie disaster. It is for that reason that the war is now deprived of terror to the American people. When the war started it was supposed it would be principally a naval conflict. I his was based on the number of mod ern guns and battleships of the two navies, which were considered to be about equal; but the qualities of the men in command and of the guners and sailors were not taken into consid era ion, for neither had been tested in battle. It was soon found, however; that scientific! skill and generalship were vastly superior on our side.

No stronger evidence of this is on record than Admiral Dewey's victory, which has no parallel in the world's history. It is now recognized that Spain is no longer a foe on the water. What more there Is to be done to bring the war to a close will belong mainly to the army, whic will also have the valuable aid of the navy. Decisive victories, therefore, may be expected at Santiago, Porto Uieo and Manila. The end of the war should then be near at hand.

It is this showing, together with this country's great wealth and unlimited resources, that makes a government bond bearing 3 per cent interest look desirable as an investment, and why the subscriptions to the $200,000,000 war loan are likely to reach at least Henry Clews. HEBREW POLITICIANS IN A ROW Denounce the Administration, Solomon Leon et and Furnish the Occasion lor Another Club pllt. Hebrew Republican club meeting last night was one of the hottest things that has happened for a long time. The arrest of its president, Isaac Finkel stlne, by Solomon Leon, leader of the anti-Finkelstine wing of the club, fur nished the occasion and In all probab llity will be the rock on which the united club will split. Dr.

Polasky espoused the cause of Finkelstlne and drafted a resolution replete with whereases and references to "Our president, the Hon. Isaac Finkelstlne," In which the course taken by Leon was condemned in most bitter terms and denounced as an outrage and a disgrace to the Hebrew organization. This resolution was offered and passed. No sooner had it gone through than another resolution was offered denouncing Mayor MaeVicar and the city administration, the police force and everything connected with them and demanding of the city government that it prohibit members of the police force from attending caucuses or in any way Interfering with or participating in polities. This was also passed.

Then Frank lllyler, an east side candidate for justice of the peace and M. J. Cohen, a candidate for constable, made short addresses in their own behalves. Hut the resolution, although it appears on the records they were passed by a unanimous vote, did not receive the support of all in attendance at the meeting. About twenty of the seventy-five persons got up and left the meeting and afterwards announced that the course of the club in censuring the city administration and upholding Finkel-stine, who had gone to a caucus out of his ward to make trouble, was too much for them and that a new Hebrew republican club would be formed.

Solomon Leon said last night: "I had a reason for arresting Finkelstlne. He came to a precinct where he did not belong to try and run things and had not been there long until he raised a disturbance. He called 15. Siegel a vile name and threatened to whip some one ami knowlug his disposition I thought It best to call the wagon and take him away. He was loud and boisterous and threatening in his talk and it was just as wvll he was taken away." Leon said he had not much doubt but what a new club will be organized.

Million Dollar Hire at Park City. Park City. June 19. The business portion of Park City, excepting a few-houses on the upper end of Main street was burned to the ground this morning. The lire started about 4 o'clock in the American hotel mid whs funned by 11 south wind, sweeping the entire street.

The damage Is probably close to J1.cn!. eieeii. The lire was gotten under control at by the blowing up of several houses. The only store left Is that of Welch. Driscoil cfc Hue k.

Kvery drugstore, butcher shop, hotel and all but three saloons were destroyed. The. Park opera house, the new A. O. W.

building, the new (Irand opera house, the city hull, both bank buildings, postollicp. and telephone exchaime are gone. Many people are left homeless, having nothing but their clothes. The wind arried the flames 111 sheets until the whole renter of the whole city, from the American house, where the tire stinted, to the I'nion Pacific depot, which was saved, is burned on both shies of the street. Tho whole Is a blackened, smoking ruin, with the lire stayed.

The entire Chinese quarter Is entirely wiped out. Seventy-five residences on Park street, the' r.ristocralle portion of the town, are destroyed, with losses ranging from to tvi(. The entire lire department, reinforced by thousands of illing ha mis, ere engaged In the struggle. Appeals for help were addressed to Salt l.ake and to OgcU-n. nd at a squad from Salt lake's tire department arrived Following them wen- a troop from the Ogden clc "mrt.n.ent.

The fire at that time had renewed the Crescent Concentrator, the northern extremity of its course, which fell with a deafening crash. The estimated total loss Is about 1 with light Insurance, which is distributed among a large number of companies. The actual ligures cannot be obtained tonight. Drowning at Thunder Bay. Milwaukee, June 19.

Word whs received here today of the drowning of George Campbell and Peter (ilsen at Thunder bay on Friday last while engaged at work In a diving bell recovering the cargo of the sunken steamer, Pewablc, which was lost about a year ago In seventy-six feet of water. The accident was caused by watjr b.irsting the glass in the bll an 1 the wo-k nc above being unaole ij grapple the bull, the imprisoned men were 1 iil'foo The lYwahic's rarci was valued nt of which worth was recovered last year. Fatal Railway Accident at linton. Elision, Juno p.t 'phe passenger train on the Central railroad of New Jersey was wrecked nix miles above Mauch Chunk at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and the cngitieer. Ulc hard Mc-llale of ami ihe i-ows agent, Cbarle'll Kbiier of South Fusion, were killed.

Wilfred Yeomans, the llreman, unci Charles Taylor, th" baggage master, both of KiiStiim, were badly hurt. Spre ading rails wen; the cause of tha ncclelerit. Oil lor Omaha. Chicago. June 19.

Governor Tanner and stuff left this city for omnha at this evening, on tho Chicago and Northwestern railway. The party will attend the exposition 1 1 1 i ri 1 1 s. cb.V. Columbia III 1 He sea. New York, June The cruiser Columbia left the Urooklyn navy yard today and passed out to sea.

THE CONNOISSEUR'S joy is PAIS! ronrnrpn A MaaiKktV mmm ILLEh BECAUSE IT APPEALS TO HIS PALATE FO TASTr AND HIS JUDGMENT FOR PURITY MILWAUKEE BEER Wholesale and Retail Dealers, Phone 87- 424 W. Grand Ave. and approval groceries and canned goods, samples of teas and coffees, milk and eggs, condensed butter fcind on. This was only one hour out of er-haps nine hours of just such a rush. Through It 11 the colonel sat Imperturbable, cool headed, with not a vestige of nervousness, decisive and determined.

He looked over the samples, pronounced their fate in a few seconds, glanced over a legal paper, gave hia decision at once, reael a doeununt. looked up at the man standing beside him, and in a few words directed him where to go and to whom to present his paper. He listened to the pros and cons of some newly patented preparation of food, or water-proofed cloth, Jotted down a few words of memoranda and dismissed his man, having in the few moments devoted to him grasped and thoroughly understood the matter set before him. Ore glanVe at the uniforms submitted to him and he knew where the defects were and pointed thm out In a few words. He served all through the Apache campaign under General Miles, who Is his warm personal friend.

lie was stationed at Los Anteles, Cab, when the orders came for him to take command of the quartermaster's department her In New York. He has been stationed here since a year ago last April. When he assumed his new command he little thought it would be the responsible one it is today. It is Colonel Kimball's duty to Inspect and buy all sorts of supplies that an army may need from government mules and uniforms to hospital ships. A few days ago Colonel Kimball drew h's check for to pay for the hospital ship Relief.

This Is the largest check he has drawn since the war. He has purchased nearly worth of supplies f.ir the government up to date. Amos W. Kimball, Colom-I Kimball's son. has Just appointed captain of volunteers in San Francisco, and is to accompany General Merritt tn Manila.

CHAUTAUQUA AT BLRI-INQTON, An Eicellent Prorramme Provided for the Comlnf Assembly. Burlington, June IS. Special. The second annual Chautauqua will begin at the Coliseum Tuesday night. The final arrangements are now being fast completed for the excellent programme, which will this year be offered to the Chautauquans.

Up to date about S00 tickets have been subscribed for, and it is safe to predict that the number will be increased to a thousand before the course actually begins. Of these a large number will come from Monmouth, Ft. Madison, ML Pleasant, Fairfield, Danville, Ottumwa and Keokuk and other near-by cities. Ample facilities have been provided for them. Arrangements have been made by which they can camp on the grounds near the coliseum, and a city of tents will soon rise near Crapo park.

The dinner and lunch privileges will be under the efficient direction of Mrs. H. B. Scott and Mr. F.

M. Full will have charge of the light refreshments within the building. The high school cadets will Hot us ushers during the afternoon and evening, nnd will bf the supervision of Mr. George Lilly. A good deal of hesitation has been noticed among the Burlington people In subscribing for tickets until they know for certain what the sireet car facilities will be.

There need be no hesitancy on this account, as Manager Walsh positive he will be able to take care of the crowds, no matter how large. A force of sixty men Is now engaged In completing the double track with a turntable to the park line, ami It will now be possible tevruh a continuous string of cars from oiie end to the other without trouble. Lake Street ttiitwey Wine. Chicago, June Iff The Lake Street Ble-vate Kailroad company has won its suit agatnrt the Farmers' Loan and Trust company of New York, whic wa starte over a vear ago to enjoin the trust company from force dewing mortgage against the property- The Illinois supreme court haj allirnied Ihe dtelKlon of the lower courts, w'eleh held that Ihe K. Loan and Trust cuinpnny is not competent to serve as trustee, hk failure to whh the state auditor, as reipilred by law.

'lids eleelslcin innv ultiniHicly affect evc-y trust company doing business In Ihe Mute of Illinois. None of the foreign companies. It Is mid. have ever compiled w.ili the statute in this respec mill If the dec ision Is susi. lined In the federal supreme' court It force the trust conip.mles either to comply with the law or to perform their trusteeships through other iigeiii'les.

Architects Prmi.ifimt A Bird have moved their oftlce Nu uver 31S Fifth street. For Ease and Comfort Thre Is nothing like Allison' wire settees and chairs for lawns or cemetery They are cheap, handsome and durable. They will outwear a dozen modern uratB and are cool to sit on. Grave guards, archeB for heads or graves trell'a trainers, hanging busketa and all kinds of cemetery decorations, or anything you want In wire. Visitors always welcome.

W.B. Allison, Wire Works, 413 W. Second Between Locust and Grand Ave. lit Annual Sales ovor6, 000,000 Boxes FOB BILI0U8 AND KERVOUS DISORDERS such as Wind and Tain in. the Stomneh.

Giddiness, fulness ufler meals. Head-aclie. Dizziness, DrOHhlness, t'lnshtnRS of Unit, Loss of Appetite. Costivun'n. Wotelios on tho Hkin.

Old Chills, ti. tm ijed Sleep. rrWilful Dreams and all Aervout and TromMltitt KunsaMons. THE riRCT I05-E WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWEKXT MINUTES. Everf sufferer will acknowledge them tola A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.

Tm direct- (- l. to com. pMe They prompt), remov. of the tern mad curs hick li.ad.cl.e. For Weak Stomach Impaired Digestion Disordered l.

vr IN MEN, WOMEN Oft CHILDREN Coecham's Pills nre Without a Rival LARCEST BALE Jicdlrlne In ll.o World, all Drug Btorcs, Tifl ATen Sometimes Wonder Why they don't look as well us their friends. Their clothes cost all they run pay, and yet Jon-s, who hasn't any more tnoiu-y, loeks better thiin they. 'Tiwi'l be. auKe Jones Is better looking not bit of it. Afk Jones how It is and he'll tell you lo cbffip-t? your tuilor.

We rnako Jones' do thru. Clad to sea you uny time. Mel complete Mock In the city to select from. Prices moderate. 11.

C. NUTTER, Importing Tailor. Wm. ncKinley, Cutter. 41J FOURTH ST 1 Mil r.

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