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AII the Nwsjf hat's Fit to'Print." v. i THE VEATHER, Fair; fresh south to west ii. 1 a i i i ill i i VOL. 1G.GGO. JEWS III PERIL III Rep etition of the- Kishinsff Massacre Threatened.

7 Several Hundred Jews Flee from Berestechko to Gilicia Details of the Disturbances Lacking. Losrooa Times New Truss Special Cablegram. '7 June 9. The Vienna, corre-epondent of The Times says the Lemberg paper the Slov'o Polskle has received from the Russian frontier news of fresh an ti-Jewish disturbances at Berestechko, a town of Russian Poland, "where, during the' annual fair, several thousand peasants come In from the surrounding country. This year they threatened to deal with the Jewish population after the manner of the' people of KIshlneff.

5 The Jews were panic-stricken. All the sneps were snux on eunaay ana yesterday, and the Jews barred their houses. Several hundred fled to the Gallclan frontier town of Uxvn. In the district Af Brdy. Urgent telegraphic appeals for protection have been sent to the Kusslan Governor.

4 V- I Further details are lacking. KING EDWARD HONORS CHARLES F. McKlM; Awards the Royal Gold Medal for the Promotion of Architecture to Him Owing to His Work on the White House. "'vV' LONDON. June 8.

In order to associate himself with, the American. Nation jand President Roosevelt In the recent partial remodeling of the1 White House. King Edward has awarded the Royal Medal for the Promotion of Architecture to Charles F. McKtm, the New York architect who designed the The presentation of! the medal is fixed for June 22. On the following day a dinner will be fclven in honor of Mr.

McKIra at the Royal Institute of British Architects, the invited guests including Ambassador Choate. The King Gold Medal in connection with the -work of the Royal Institute, of -British Architects is awarded annually. It is often given to distinguished foreign architects, a recent recipient; for instance, having been Dr. Cuypers of Amsterdam, what, lends special interest to this. British appreciation is the- fact that Mr.

McKim was -sharply attacked in the Senate lor his work on the White Mouse, and one prominent Senator went so far as to ask was. The reply was made that tbe architect of the Madlmn Square In New York, ik-. in the new State House at Providence, and many -other buildings of note remarks. well known to be harmed by Mr. McKim's connection with the plan to make tho National buildings In Washing-ton.

conform to the original design for the city prepared by Major 1'Enfant in con-KUitation with Washington and Jefferson, hps earned- him the ill-will certain per- KING'S GIFT TO PRESIDENT. Victor Emmanuel of Italy Sends Rare Volumes to the White House. WASHINGTON. June 8.King Victor Emmanuel has sent to President Roosevelt a gift of rare value which will be presented to the President next Monday by Signor Mayor de Planches, the Italian Ambassador, who at his Majesty's request will be received in special audience at the White House. The gift Is one of books and consists of the war reports of Prince Eugene of Savoy, the illustrious Italian General, and of a copy of Dante's Divana Comedla with a da wTj.bookVlJ!e 'Wtly bound In full red bear the ro'al cret with tho Pk imonoram th Jour comers of each volume.

The war reports are in twenty Th? p4? the OomedlTin oneVoluml an enthuslastio aamlrer hafl mae a caTel bL In some way the ,.155 Amador learned of this fact and Er 5 heard it preparations 1. Kift wer. Cun. be work ifin hV ied cnpme del Principe Euga. Published: for pr ate.

dUtrlbution by thelate King Hum- tJnh.l J'2rk Comedla di nte Alighleri," and is accompanied bv a ulul i -bTk" Juart and are Ranches-also will carry a per. HIGHER TARIFF FOR CANADA. 8n Point to a Substantial. Increase In Duties on Iron and Steel. MONTREAU QuebetC June 8.

-The signs Point to a substantial Increase in duties on "teL comIn- nto Canada, The Eve ili? h. industries th on the vS lT Effort, to favJ? noUc otion to iiKn auues which he gave the ome days ago. A number nf 'n Steel mmiuniM ti. ed in the slump atelv tient fMi. in "tiovern- hold their LV roung of the Vl6 Gornment has been nent of a e-iIJ ji a 7 announce-that mf i 8- the budget sne-h no tncrease In duty wouMrVj1 INDEX TO DEPARTMENTS.

Commercial 13 AlnuameRts.Page 9 a Ot-Of-Town Buy-Business Troubles. Pais ti -fn Calendars-PageO 5 nsurance Notes -psge hZ by 2. 1 KeSiontelll'nctt foreign tMsUs. II i rires.Paga 2. POLAND COAL Commerce Commission mits -Anthracite Officials Had Kerused to Present One of the One of the -per cent" contrac between the Independent operators and the coal companies controlled by the anthracite railroad interests was produced In copy yesterday before the Inter-State Commerce Commission at a session of the hearings on the petition of William R.

Hearst The contract, which was produced by Law-yer Clarence j. Shearn'for the petitionee, was admitted as evidence. i These contracts. Under which ws sold by eerUU independents from Now. 1000, untu the period of the strike, form the basis of one of the allegations of com-.

binatlon in restraint ot trade, and each time during these hearings that an anthra- cite official was called to the stand he was requested to produce one of the contracts, and refused. Then the commission ordered each witness so refusing to comply, which was followed by a declination on ao vice ot counsel. These refusals have been certified to the United States Circuit Court and will be argued to-morrow before Judgs Lacombe. The contract in evidence yesterday was between the New York, Susquehanna and Western Coal and Iron Company and John Jerrnyn and Joseph J. Jermyn of Scran ton.

miners of coal. Joseph J. Jermyn. as a witness at an earlier session, expressed wu.ingness to have his contract produced, later sending to the clerk of the the copy of it which Mr. Sbearn put 'I- WM offered.

Counsel BrowneU of the Susquehanna Road objected that the contract was not admissible until its materiality had i been passed upon by the court. Chairman. Kn a pp refused to entertain the objection. The contract provided. umwrum sections, in suDsianct xisat tn sellers should sell all of their Cos: from collieries soM-tfira tn th hi That be mads from time, te ttm called for by tHe burer.

the buyer to glr on the 25th of each month notlca of the quantity wantd for the next month tn as nearly equal daily and weekly quantiUes as tna requirements of tna trade permitted. That the Juyer should use the beat efforts te find a market for the eosl of the sellers an4 should give a market tor shipment so as to enable the sellers to work their collieries as many days a year as th other collieries similarly sit uatrd. That the buyer should not dlsertmlnata In favor of its own collieries, or In favor of any firms or persons with which It had contracts to buy eoak but that the quantity ordered monthly should be a Just proportion of all toe coal agreed to be purchased by the buyer, measured by the colliery capacity of the respective sellers. That the colliery capacity should be deter mined on Jan. 1 of eaSi year by representatives of the parties, and In case of disputs.

should be referred to the President of the Girard Trust Company for settlement. That prices should be as follows: Oa all sizes above pea coal. 63 per cent, of the general averass price, free on board at tide. On pea coal. 60 per cent, of the general average price, free on board, at tide, when that is below 2.30 a ton.

and for each advance of 10 cents a ten above 12 50. 1 per cent. Increase, until the rioe reaches, 65 per cent, cf the general avoraga price. Oa buckwheat No, similarly, 40 per cent, of the general average price, free on board, up to $2. and for every 10 cents over that figure an Increase of 2 per- rent, until the free on board price reaches $2.50.

On all smaller sites, 2t cents a ton, frea on board railroad cars, at breaker, and for every 10 cents advance abov Sl.XO a ton an increase of 6 cents a ton, i That the general average prices, free on board, are to be determined by an expert to whom the buyer shall 'furnish not later than the 8th of each month 'a statement of the quantity of each size sold the preceding month, together with' the amount realized at tide on all sales of eacS size bought in uhe Lackawanna region, this in, formation to be confidential. That the percentage of vsrlous sises of coal to be delivered tinder the contract should be the same as the average produced at the several collieries operated by "the. buyer in the same region, The session opened yesterday Pres ident Olyphant of the Delaware and Hudson kom on tne stana. in response to ques tions by Mr. Shearn he said that the charter of the road gave it power to operate mines directly.

He was Questioned then resrard. ins the rise in price since the coal strike. Arn vnit. in flvlnar Ih. inoa ma If-' Shearn asked.

taking into consideration tne aepieuon ot ine coai iieias; We want to have something more than a hole in the ground when our supply exhausted," was the rply. "In the-whole history of commerce there never waa any thing so stupid and Ignorant as the way the coat Dusinesa nas oeen conauctea, conild riuiH, me uKi.uiOTH oi cgai ana tne urn ited supply." i What has raised the price of coal? The devilishness of the miners." W. W. Ruley of Philadelphia, who testl fled at the last hearing that he compiled statistics of the sales and production of all the roads for mutual distribution, was next cauea to present taoies no nao prepared for this proceeding. A cross-examination conducted by Mr.

BrowneU of the Susquehanna Road brought out the statement by the 'witness that prices shown by sales frequently varied from the: prices of the companies' circulars. At the request of the commission, Samuel i r-eters oi tne iirm ot imams Peters or mis city, saies agents tor tne Erie called on this point. Mr. Peters said that sometimes it was policy to make special prices ior special 'Customers, and that at others a dealer made slight cuts in oroer to ciear nis yard. jo.

o. namiuercr ui si. o. nammerer OB coal dealers of New York and Phila delphia; JoRh W. Peale, of Peale, Peacock ec jvrrr, ana miners or antnraclta and dealers In1 bituminous coal, and H.

L. Herbert of L. Herbert Co were the otner wiuieaKi ei id aty. MEXICAN RAILWAY CONTROL! Official Explanation of the Government's Purchase of an Interest in the I National Company. Special to Th S'tw York Timtt.

XVSTiH, June 8. The Mexican Govern ment has issued an official explanation of Its purchase of an Interest in the National Railroad of Mexico. This statement Is in part as follows: The Government hss arranged with bankers of New York for the purchase of shares i or the- National Railway Company of Mexico, a fact which, taken Ins connection with mode of organisation of the company and that the bankers alluded to obllae themselves tn ni-ri. tha resignation ef four of the Directors of the National Railway Company non-resident in Mexico, who will be replaced by persons designated by the Mexican Gov- i nine-1) -win give me tatter an unnues-, uuncu uvrr me tine in question while at the same time the Government will continue to exercise control over tha Inter-oceanic Railway, or, in other words, over a system of railroads extending from the Gulf of Mexicoi to the northern Trontier of the Republic" i Tp DEVELOP SOUTHERN Northern Syndicate Taking Steps to Inv prove 72,000 Acre In Tennessee. facial to 7 A'rw York Tim'ti.

1 NASHVILLE, June 8.Three men who propose to develop a large area' of land In Wayne County were in Nashville a fw days last wsek. They are J. W. Balllle of McKeesport, and II. H.

Duncan and Brady of Washington. who with several other Western Pennsylvania capitalists bought the holdings of the Tennessee Valley iron and Railroad Company early in tlio year. Their visit to Tennessee at this time is in reference to this property The Tennes-jee Valley iron and Railroad Company owned 72.U0U acres of timber and mineral lauds in Wayno 'ine company had never taken steps to Improve or develop the property. The Pennsylvania syndicate bought out the old stockholder, retaining the name of the old corporation When the deed waa made It waa understood that an initial investment of would be made in development and the construction of both furnaces and rolling mills. i A new railroad was also projected, which would give an outlet for the lumber and iron products, and at the same time open up tha Saves Day.

i The Twentieth Century Umited over the New York Central snd Lake Fhoro. the CO-hour traia between New York and Chicago. -Adv. NEW YORK. TUESDAY; JUNE 9 1903.

T. A fft TVIflVIMA J-- 1 i nAYORtQHYISITS CUtS WATER WORKS Observes weakness in a Portion of the Acw Croton Dani. Displeased vflth Delay at Jeromo'. Park V-Charflet Against Aqueduct! Com mission to Go to Mr. Jerome.7 Mayor Lowf opened wide and he uttered eg exclamation of surprise yester day when a sjnall stone chipped from the deposits on Ttjhich the southern end of the new aix-millim-dollar Croton Dam was built ctumblaVi; into powder in his hand under slight ressure.

The conditions which the Mayor und at the dam seemed to convince him that the changes that are being made here the destruction of the coral wall an preparations to supplant it with a masoi ry wall. like the rest of the dam are advisable." The Mayor with Controller Grout, had set apart the day to Inspect the work at tne dim and at the Jerome Park Reser voir, in the nfatter of which charges have oeen made br the Merchants' Association against the Board of Aqueduct Commls eloners. Theie charges will be gone over at a public hearing which the Mayor wUl hold In the offices of the commission at 2 o'clock this afternoon, The Merchants' however. aoes not probose to let the matter rest there; nor to be content with the ruling of the Mayor onl the charge that its Commit tee on'Watei Supply has made that the Aqueduct Corimlssloners are not faithfully discharging tielr duties and that It Is unsafe for the I City of New York to rely upon them foi its water That com mittee held a meeting yesterday afternoon. wnicn xnstrlex Attorney Jerome attended.

It was resolvejd. after an hour's conference. to lay the stlbject matter of the charges oerore tne District Attorney. The membets iof the Aqueduct Commis sion, Messrs. JTen Eyck.

Ryan. Wlndolph, ana Curtis, xno.were in the the engineers of the work." and other experts. rampanreo tne Mayor in his tramp xnrougn tne 'lxsung rain over the cragged rocks that le id to the bas of the huge dam. Approac hlng the southern end. whore the old coral wall had been raxed, tbey shuffled alonp in what appeared to be snow-white si md.

la front of -them were wiuKUH rscKi oi ine same color. 4 WEAKNESS OF THE LIMESTONE. Arriving at a point where the wail bad the me 1 picked up small chunks of the limestone that were chipped off by a laborer with pick. These stones could be broken with the bands and the small ones crumbled to dusfe i No wondei Prof. Burr advised the de struction or tne old wan and the erection of another on ki solid foundation," observed me uayor.

1 A crack fa. the old wall." -explained mi. ourr, in consulting engineer, recently employed by the Mayor, called my Ltciiuun 10 1110 weaaness. say investigation showed that the limestone on which rested was lot this character and that it was disintegrating when wet. I there- tore.

whUe Mindful of the expense that wuuia pe eniaiioa and time the com- huh wora wouia do delayed, advised the altaratlnn It was explained to the Mayor by Chief engineer Hilil of the Aqueduct Commls-. oioa mat Boutuiings were being made to gcuraiim now rar oown it would te neces sary to go -to get a firm lie showed that tl limestone waa harder down thirty-five fe t. the depth of on of the soundings. It was necessary to go 135 feet below the rlv bed level, however, for a firm foundatlt for the main wall, and it ary to go mat tar tor the addition. The geologic tl charts of Alphonse Fteley.

the engineer inder whose supervision work was stai ted In nrtnhep im-i show llmsstonfc under the southerly wall of pat was exposea to tne yesterday. Mr. Hill was asked if It wis certain that the limestone under the miln wall was different from ini iyins; so near. Me said he had every to oein ve mat tne umestone to tn-J north la solid md secure. To set at rt all doubt about the character of the i oundation of the main wall a series of tests are.

to be made, beginning at once. Soui dings will be made througn the limestone on both sides of the wail, and then by 1 leans of air pressure It will be possible to learn whether or not there is any communlt ation of waters through tha wall or Its foL ndation. What If tl ese tests should reveal that tne limestone foundation Is disintegrating Mr. Hill w.l asked. II it be necessary to tear down the whole wal "No," said Hr.

Hill. "If the limestone 'Dd -to Jengerous we can strengthen It. This can dare by digging trenches Inside the dam and filling In with a waterproof substanc like concrete." f' Mr. Hill woi ild not venture an estimate as tohow lon such additional work might take or how nch It would cost, expressing bis belief that It would not be necessary. Hill, 7 will ft be before the work of destruction at tl southern end of the wall will be compl 'ted and the work of construction begui?" Hill thoight a long time, then said he could not iay.

Pressed by the Mayor for an answer, he said: It will be at least three months, possibly much longer." Then the roton dam will not be ready for use for ho long? It will be a year after the work of construction Is be run." One of the mmissloners said he thought It would be vo- years before the watershed would be ready to receive water. Standing in the centre of the group of Commissioner! and engineers the Mayor I have lear id many things to-day. and of conditions ihtafc I have not found described In pre' lotis reports. I want In the reports that I have asked you to give me detailed staterr pnts of everything in connection with the rork. This must be.

an ooen book. Kveryth ng must be fully understood by everybody 1 ho Is Interested in it," AT THE JEIOME PARK RESERVOIR. Leaving the iam the party went to the railroad station at Croton's Landing, where 'they si a luncheon they had taken with them. len they took the train for King's Bridge, and were driven from there rh Park reservoir. John B.

McDonald, the contractor, and Daniel VI-rich. division engineer in charge of the reservoir, scco panted them. Mayor howed discontent' with the delay of the rk while Mr. McDonald was show ng him around. He asked many questions as 1 conditions and methods.

Engineer Uli ich told the Mayor that It would take fou or five months to blast and clpar-uwav a certain rock deposit that stood In the 1 ay of the wall to be -ron-rtructed In th southwesterly end of the westerly dlvisi rt of the reservoir. Mr McDonald was ai ked how he reconciled this and other Information with his statement to the Mayor few days ago that it would be- possible for him to complete the reservoir in eontrai time by Aug. 1 next. He said he Would xplaln all In a report which he would roak to the Mayor to-day Then, the of W-lals went down reservoir and looked -for the leaks the Merchants A experts had said were there. Tl iy said later that they failed to find any ex ept few cracks here and there In the wi U.

which were purely temperature crack caused bv th of the mortar. I Several places were found where It appeind that water had leaked through, but thw engineers declared th.t the stains werdmade by salt that had been put into the ratar when It was laid in cold Consulting Ilnsrineer Tliin- P'sce where there was moisture on the In- iue mi wautnat it inaicsted only a mere arena ire. bint what rnuM leakage, and It showed no weakness In the structure, A salute of rr ore than loo blasts of dynamite exploded consecutively was fired In honor of the vor at a at.n.l McDensld. Th4 contractor said, that enmia-h rock had beei blown aut in thn minutes to keet the haulers busy for two 1 the party returned to The observations to-day," said Con-iKilf r.rout' laterJ to Indicate that there is no ground for the criticisms that nave been passed upon the Aqueduct Commissioners In' connection with the work either at the Croton Dam or at Jerome ark. 1 w-ho has seen, as we have seed to-day.

the character of the founuatlon uPn "'ch the coral dam was built. wUl admit the advisability of reconstructing it pn a solid foundation, for that dam Is too important a work to permit of our passing any defect in construction. As for the work -on the reservoir, we have found nothing to indicate that Were was sny foundation for the charges that have been made. We found no leaks, and W8 found no weaknesses in the- changes that have been carried out by the con- tner 18 ar engineering problem In the laying of the floor, but that 2.af5 ot arrlv yet, and I do not doubt will be properly met when it comes up." Mayor Low said; "I was very much interested in the Inspection to-day. it gives me a fetter understanding ot the works qStion, tSirSrj" a GAVE $100,000.

FOR PARK. Gift of Major Davis for the I m-provement of Louisville's 7 Pleasure Ground. Sptciel to Tkt Srm York Timtu LOUISVILLE. June Alex-ander H. Davis of New York and London, the largest stockholder In the Louisville Railway Company, has given 1,000 shares of the common stock of the new holding company, when It Is Issued, to help) buy Central Park for the people ot Louisville.

The offer was made through Mr. Logan O. Murray. President ot the American 'Na- inL.Bank-. I the most liberal baa, ever been made by an dividual to the park system of 5l Major bavia gives out- Price the new "iTk to present share-hid Ci in Poa.d,H, counts, however, his subscription means.

the matter over with 1 Mr. jn-umy to-aay Major Davis said- "I will give $110,000 toward buying the park; By wtl1 tfve L000 -hares of lieve will be worth i "WBJ common, which, be- "th par Inside of two years limit ru ae at tne furthest to make nuhlic mv K.w i A. G. BURTIS WILL CONTEST. Temporary.

Letters of Administration Granted to Counsel for Miss Burgess, Sole Beneficiary, and Sfnial to Tk4 Ntw York Tmit. 1 June 8. Temporary letters of administration of the- estate of the late Albert G. Burtls of Auburn were Issued in tne surrogate court at that place to-day to John D. Teller, counsel for Miss Elisabeth C.

Burgess, the sole beneficiary under the win. which It Is sought to have probated, and to W. H. Seward. Jr nt Seward, attorneys for the father and the brother of the deceased.

The anmininiraiora gave a bond in the sum of $280,000. The petition for the letters was a joint one mad by Miss Burgess and the father OJ. aeceaaed, and in it fixes the value of the estate at tS.0(K. "a estate being valued at $100,000 pri7ryf at The t-lty. nd on Long Island.

atp" wnt taltn -M. Grace Robertson who says she Is the common-law wife of, the ar.ea"Sdl il1 Petition asking to be allowed to become a. party the proceed- 1)6 takw aef this peUtion la fUed to" give the attorneys' foe "tBurgesa opportunity to make an NEW ORLEANS COTTON FLURRY. Bull Leader Forces July Prlct Up to 13 Cents Excitement on tha i Special to Tkt Ntv York Timtt. I NEW ORLEANS.

June aW. P. Brown. thibull leader, caused a lively commotion on the Cotton Exchange to-day by forcing the-price of July cotton up to 13 cents. Brown's brokers started In by bidding up the price 10 points at a clip, and kept it up until 13 cents had beenreached.

Th. in the pit during this time bordered on a panic as the frightened bears scampered for cover. The news to-day was generally favorable to the built nA ji Brown brokers In their efforts to hoo. prlcea The floods In 'Virginia. North and Rnnth threatened overHow of cotton plantaUons In Arkansas and North Louisiana by the Mississippi River, the unfavorable weather, the ravages of tho the destructive work of cutworms in Mississippi were all factors and materially Jl.

crowd. Belief that tha w.irl. r. tI7.r,t.K to-morrow would show ur unjuna an trie condition of the bad toPO'nt bearing on the The hiarh level at thnS.v I toward, the third rail quoted at 13 cents, an advance nf .1.1.. two DOlntS above the rlmtn.

a 1 Other months also shared in the- advance! Pnt bove the closing of Saturday, when.it sold at 12.59. The r- 5 advances. f1.i"pitf tho blgh pric of the day very little July cotton was broturht i was the opinion of one of the best-known traders at the rlna- -f 1 rrVl 1 closed that total saJes of July throughout the day would not go above 4,000 READY FOR HANNA, WEDDING. Guesta Arrlvlno In Cleveland fe t- morrow'g Ceremony Th PresL dent's CLEVELAND, Ohio. June those who will attend the marriage Miss Ruth Hanna and Joseoh Medin Cormlck Wednesday noon.

are already In ute city. About all the bridal nartv la in To-night Miss Hanna and Mr. McCorralck were dined at the Union Club by MrsT C. Hanna, an aunt of the bride. Similar entertainment, win and'reutlves1 bJr Hna famUy of utiful presents hsve already been iwn vh dent being an sfter-dlnner gold coffee setT GEORGIA NEGRO He Had Shot and Killed a Farmer to Whom He Owed Some Money.

MACON, Jane 8. W. Vooe whose father wss one of the leading members of the Georgia bar, was killed in. stsntly by a negro named Banjo Peavy on the former's farm near Port Valley to-day. The owed Mr.

Winslow sm-ll amount of money and was asked to work out the debt. He refused Impudently n. ht through-the forehead: Before lnslow died he tired twice at bla fleeing assailant without effect. A posse waa organised and pHn soon captured snd turned over to the Sheriff. To-night the officer and aiuH i- overpowered snd the negro taken to a grove mi ryj sic iimiin, wnere ne was hanged and his body rkldled with bullets Winslow was the main sunnort at t.1.

widowed mother end three sisters. Te Ckleaaro amaV St. the Pennaylvania Kaltroad offers It. iinprovad Western service with eonfidenrs that it will SCterd its patrons thorough satlafaeUtin---Adv. Jtm 5eed Walt.

There Is a trals.av.rv heur ttv tha v.w Central surely 00s of ta.a wUl suit you. Adv. days. Afterthat SIXTEE JPAGES: a FLOOD'S WIDESPREAD HAVOC AT ST. LOUIS Nineteen Persons Reported -u i i Drowned and Several Towns Submerged.

Hundreds Rescued from House fops-. Darruge to. Property Runv into 1' MiUions River Forty Miles I Wide at One Point Special to Tkt Ktw York Timet. ST. LOUIS.

June flood has claimed everything on the cist side of the Mississippi', here except Eaat St. Louis. Only a few Inches more of water and the flood would top the row of sandbags, piss- tered with mud, that now stand the sole barrier that protects the city from ruin. The water stands several feet higher than any of the streets In the business part of town Every ablebodied man In East St Louis at Mayor cook command Is working with might and main to-night strengthening the barrier as much as he can. If they can keep back the water through the night there-is hope.

If not, then East 8t, Louis will suffer the same fate that overtook venice. Madison, and Granite City when tne jnaaison levee broke. There are at least seventeen dead In the tri-elties, and two dead in East St. Louis if accounts received are reliable, but there have been no bodies recovered and It Is possible that some of those supposed to nave perished have simply been unsble to communicate with their friends. -Twenty "usttna persons are homeless and rauroaa traffic Is paralysed.

ooverai nunured refugees were brought on "at cars across the i Several hundred more tn 1Jont housetops and carried to places of safety in Granite City, where JrveT abOVe the fW Carondelet and lower down the1 u7.ha? many miles over the low? Yv.nlu.riu. I were rescuea to-day from Mullannhv Island, near b. nZ-t-J -O1 kera refuge on their hotons. 7 nouses tnemselves were giving away. wouia nave been swept w.Lh- 4l7aP 1s tremely hard to estimate, hnd few persons have But trom ail accounU the property losses are aa follows: ftt si.

-vaanji fiiw.i.jir ion, or 10 SO.ono 1.000. or Mitchell TH-Cltles -j o.t Pi. JUIS The dams 60JXMT i IOT at Louis will be if the last levee does tnm. K-el to rarmers In the jMt toms, where tho crops have been mmnkioi. but''Jfil be5ro.n4 computation.

jiv," 1 10 many nun drods of -thousands of dollars. ane aamage in St. Louis lUelf Is sllrht. because It is confined ntlvt rffi "P1" or prepi-' ration tA ramnvs rL- a 1 1 a danger of flooding: RESCUED FROM HOUSE TOPS. hundred drenched and hungry refugees from the flooded district on the east side of the Mississippi River were brought across the Merchants Bridge, after being rescued from their bouse tops to-day and given' shelter at the Sixth District Police Biauon.

wuarters for the survivors iiuiu.iin company In the at Btpadway and Salisbury gtru Bed," ni tooi will be provided by the North St. Louis Business Men's Association and the Provident Association. Tp-nlght many of their wants were the women of the neighborhood, hot coffee being served at the police stai tlon. Many of the sufferers have barely enough clothes to cover them, and some of them have become sick from exposure. One mother Is nursing a dying baby.

A cane of smallpox has developed among the sick. Accounts of the terrible havoc evrought In Venice, Madison, and Granite City are given by tho survivors. Many of those who have escsped with only their Uvea left members of their families clinging to the house tops. Acts of heroism in the rescue of women and children were common. No lack of bravery waa shown by the men and boys of tbe stricken towns, but thefe was a band of pirates who pillaged the wrecked homes; and assisted only those who had the most money to offer.

Eluie Chor. a sixteen-year-old girl, tells a thrilling story of her experience in the flood. She became separated from her parents and was given shelter all Sunday night In the car shops at Madison, where men were feebly trying to strengthen the levee. Early this morning tbe young girl endeavored to reach her home and assist her mother and little brothers and sisters to escape. She braved the torrent of water which was above her waist, and succeeded in getting to her home, where she found her mother and the children on the house top Hailing a neighbor, the girl begged that a boat be sent to get her mother and the children, but no attention waa raM appeal.

Climbing to the top of the house an signaiea to a passing boatman, who came alongside, but he refused to take them away because they had no monev to pay him. hlle others were being taken from their houses and rescued from the water the Chora remained on their roof with the waves beating and lashing about them. It was after daylight when they were finally rescued by a boatman. MOTHER AND BABE DROWNED. While Mis Chor was on her wsy to the rescue of her mother she witnessed the drowning of Mrs.

John Clifford, a neighbor, and her llle Mrs. Clifford, her daughter Ilattie. aged twenty-one vears: tne DSDy, ana a Doatroan were making for the high ground when the skiff overturned The boatman rescued Miss Clifford, but the mother and baby disappeared. jonn enier. wno escaped with his wife but thinks thnt hts son.

George Shier. wss lost, tells a thrilling story of a race between the refugees and the tidal wave which plowed through the Terminal embankment and swept over the streets of North Venice In wall nesrly as high as a man's head When the residents found that tbey were caught." said Shier. they attempted to head off tbe flood by running around it. I saw the great wave splash over them before they reached a place of safety, and it seemed thst every one was Instantly washed swsy. It was a sight that turned me sick.

I could not look upon the men and. women struggling In tha Water." rihler snd his wife were am on a tbe n- to take refuge tn the Venice awho.il hnnU and there tU spent the night, txiuir rescued this morning with 4x others. Younsr Bluer was last seen bv his father Just before the wave rnme. He. went with others to work on the levee, where it thought the' bresk would occur.

His farents hope thst he may be found later. It was tbe most terrible night I ever spent," said Mrs. Shier. "Four hundred children, and men were hurfdiMt together on the second floor of the building, and the water waa tearing swsy parts of the foundation below. The blewlna of Hwrne-tt's Eilraet mt Vwwlllai Imparts a swparter delicacy of flavor.

Try it. uaa 1U Adv. wits flolasr ta rhleaarat the Chlearo Limited a the Pennsylvania Jttll-mad tnk the Jmirney in ut a dor's Una, Palatial trala sppeintauats. Adv. ONE CENT whistles snd 'shooting of Pistols snd scresms of persons on the outside trying 5 in attention 01 rescuers aooea t.

the alarm of those who were In the school ho use. And every one believed that the next minute the structure would be washed away." -i At the first break of day there were drying of tears snd raising ot hopes, for the urian to provide means lor escaping. removing tne crowd from the building Merchants' Bridge, women and cmiaren were allowed to go first, but none lost their lles who waited, and ail who took shelter in the schoolhouse have been accounted for. Hiram Smith employed a man to row him 11 "uiirom North Venice to the Mer mill CP' v. "Btll the boatman rnmni.ll k.ff i hu efU8l to take Smith any further mm additional.

Aisong Pjth effects which he saved was a Winchester rifle, and, picking this up, he leveled it at the man and commanded him to proceed. He reached dry land without 10 pay the additional fee asked. REFUSED TO RESCUE SUFFERERS. Efforts were made to apprehend a band i looters wr.o were said to be operating among the flood sufferers to-day. Instances are related where boatmen refused to take persons from house tops after rowing cut mem.

because, the refugees had no money to offer them. Others say that they were left to the mercv of the flood while wr2 buy atbering up chlckea Rardon. his wife, 'and three children were rescued on this side of the "Tf" bv heroio act of patrolmen Glynn snd a tirm.t.lo1. wa," rcelved at the police sta- nearacna were on tne third floor of a glue factory at 'the foot of vnu, ana unable to escape. lo.r lwo patrolmen hurried to the place and succeeded in swimming a team of horses and light wagon to the.

roof of the V- earaon and his family were loaded upon the vehicle and taken safely aactory 1 almost com 1 1 "Bil iiuw. Mt'tl that 5.0U0 persons crossed all of them were residents of Venice. Mad ison, and Granite City, whose homes have y-u wasnea away and who were picked from the water by the rescuers. No one was allowed to cross the bridge from the St, Louis side. Womtn wbo had braced the dangers of the tidal wave did not shirk at the task of walking over the mile and a half ot un-boardod that sdhes the raging aiississippi, ana an who JiSr.

the oust approach of the bridge last night were able to cross to this K.C 1 A LEANDER IN MISSOURI. Eighty-nine-Year-Old Swain Swam the i Flooded Platte to Reach Newly Madt Wife. Special to Tkt Nrm York Timet. ox. JVbEVH.

June A RmrA htiged eighty-nine, years, to-day a warn tbe iioooed Platte River, half a mile wide, in truer to get from his temporary home In the country east of that stream to St- Joseph, where his wife of six weeks has been trom whom cut off by "nessed by some families fustify. rtvef bnk. who cheered, him hel.hv?.r torrent where he waa narrowest point rV manT Mr. Board ws. "ausled when he reached the r.h'C-"iIeJ)Ut wa the worse for his 7 TWO BROTHERS DROWN.

Almost Loses Life in Trying to Bootes Boat Capsized on Pavrtuxet Rhode Island. PAWTUCKET, r. 14 Juneia-A double drowning of neo there in -the Pawtuxet River by the overturning of a boat during a squau- to-nignt was of particularly distressing circumstances. -as the heroism of one In trying to save his brother cost the second life, ard the determination of yet a intra Drotner to recover the two bodies nearly added on more nam to k- nn The drowned were John Finneran. agod muu imiu nnneran, agea tour teen.

jawara rinneran. aged sixteen, bis two brothers. Thomas Welch-, Joseph Welch, and James Qutnn were returning home 1 wura. nnon tne craft went over all went into the water. Hrarv irnn-r -i not swim, and In response to cries his wuun went-to nis assistance In ms ingnt tne younger lad voune-er InA oU.r- John about the neck.

nd both Edward then bearan illvinr with 1 of bringing the bodies to the surface, and wlw-n a rescuing party picked htm up he was so exhausted that before the shore was reached It was thought he had died. Physicians worked an hour before he showed signs of life. The Welch boys and Qutnn reached shore after a struggle. MILITIA GUARD PRISONERS. Kansas Settlers Outwitted by Sheriff In Charge of Cowboys Accused of tha Berry Murders.

COLBY, June Chauncey Dewey and his cowboy associates, Mc Bride and Wilson, charged with the murder of Daniel Berry and his sons, have been under arrest and guarded at a hotel here to-day by the Sheriff's posse and a company of the Second Regiment of the Kansas National Guard. To-day the march across the range 10 01. 1 a 11 ci a organ, witn tne muitia-and Sheriff's posse as guards. At Berry's ranch, six miles west of the O. K.

Ranch, owned by the Dewey 100 armed settlers are encamped. This la on the line of march the soldiers will fake with the prisoners, and another battle in the hills Is likely. 1 Dewey and the other men were tsken from the O. K. Ranch, unknown to thai settlers, and brought here last night.

They were kept In the hills near the town guarded by the Sheriffs posse until, the miutta arrived. TOPEKA. June fi. Reoorta were received here to-night that large bodies of armed men ant assembling at Good land. St.

Francis, and at the Berry -Ranch, tn Cheyenne Count v. Tha catherinn constfiered a hostile demonstration aratnaL Chaurcey Dewey hla two cowboys. noA being escorted to "St. Francis bv a. com any of militia.

Since the Berrys were murdered last week there has hwn wrmt exorfement among the settlers. Hatred of long standing exists between the two fae- Lioas. FREIGHT YARD ON- BIG SCALE. Special to Tkt Kem York Timet. PITT8 RG, June g-The Pennsylvania- Baltimore and Ohio, and Pittsburg and Lake Erie have purchased thirty-five acres of land in on the banks of tne Monongahela River, snd will Jointly erect a freight yard to hold 2.0UO at a approximating witn tne increased freight of the new tube mill of the Tnlted Htataa KimI a-w.

poration. present facilities are Inadequate The three roads are getting closer togetat-r In freight development In this territory. INCREASE IN EDISON STOCK. Special to Tkt York Timet. CHICAGO.

June aStockholders of tha Chicago Edison Company at their annual meeting to-day authorised an Increase In their capital stock from flO.OoO.Ouo to It Is not expected that any portion of the authorised Issue will be put out before nest year. There are two quarterly installments of the IJ.lTtS.210 authorised at the begin! nlng of the year to be paid In. The 'Board ot Dlrectora last November recommended the Increase voted yesterday. The old Board of Directors was re-elected. Rvery Maw Waati Mas wf Mawebwrla.

OrMOer. -Comniarclal Asant ot th Vnltad States at Vladivostok, says: f' Th. baat snap tS Manchuria to pubti.hed br tbk New Tork Cso-traL" A-eeoy wUl mailed oa retwiBt et a cants la ataaaps by O. H. bsalais.

a P. New a la Omitw Kw T.rk. lritnrkm. City, mm watk.JXwa.CTSt BOARD IS SPLIT Sixteen Unions of 7: Skilled Workmen Secede'v7 Majority Had Voted to SupjxKi Ml terial Drivers Employers Appeal Over VValkinj Delegates' 7 The fight la the Board of Building Trades over the question of retaining tbe Building Material Drivers' Union led to a split In the board yesterday, which, tt is will probably be followed by the organise tion of a separate board. composed of.

representatives' of. skilled, trades.) The board Ust week had voted down a proposl. tion to expei the Building Material Drivers', Union, and action on another proposition, asking the union to withdraw from tha board, came up yesterday. Twenty members et the board voted id favor of not asking the union to withdrew and sixteen voted In favor of insisting or Us withdrawal. These sixteen Included the va-if81 mot the "killed trade WM k-ow that the Building Ma.

terial Drivers' -Union was sustained by the board the representatives' of the sixteen unions voting in favor of asking it to with! draw filed from the hall, bringing the meeting to a premature end. The led by -President John Donovsn. who represents the Plasterers-Union, and Secretary William H. Farley, representing the Tile Layers- Union, went over to a saloon across tbe street and held a ahort discussion In a back room. Before.

Secretary Fsrley left the hail be locked up his records in the usual form and tbe meet, big was declared to be adjourned. Neither President Donovan nor Secretary mae statement plit" 'ther -delegates declared thought la known I the sixteen seceding "Peclal meeting last Friday! The unions which voted in fsvor of the w1t.hd,rTal of th BuUding Material Drivers Union from union were those which voted for its expulsion last week. I THE VOTE OF THE UNIONS. Tbe following the official vote for and against the withdrawal of the union: Amalgamated Painters snd Decorators. No society ot carpenters and Joiners ira11Td 8hrt MMal -rsIJII Tee Tsa Tea vinuncntai xiaaierera.

Laborers Plumbers and Oasrittarar Local No. If; JLf'l antl Waterproof Workers Tea No Klactiical Workerm NdV-i; No vols snwaic wnrKrr 11.1 Marhi. I a.s, Marhla. Pollsbers Vod'Rubberif Tea aiariM otiera Heinen lerr SraeoctaOoo of Eteam Enaineers. Moewtc ana tnfuio Tlla Laverr Union Tile Layers' Helpers Wood Lathers' Union wd Portabie Hoirtlng En.lneers..- Steam sn4 Hot Water Steam Kltt-ra- Han.

8iKwt tM Movers' Union Cement Maaona- Lnioa No. I No Laborers' Protective No Metallic ttlMnr Union United perrtckmeo, Rlggars, and Pelat- Tes'j Tea1 Tes ts Tee Joarneymea 6tone Cut tersirBsa 11 Yea Salamander Association of Boiler sad Ts Ploa ry, Inir. Dock Builders No vote Lniris Brotherhood of Painters and Brick and Building Material Bnildtng Material Drivers. mjw International AsaoctatHm of Mnsale and Enamel Moaaln Ne Slate. Tile, and Metal Roofers Te.

''Vs. i A nelearate estimated that m. m.mK.r.ki of 2S.a was represented by the seceding unions, as against 31.000 in the other' uniona James Sheriock Davis. Chairman of the Labor Committee of the Lumber Association, declined to discuss the Qea-' tun aa to whether the association would deliver attpplles to builders who were will-, ing to use such if delivered by non-union drivers. Some of he ceding delegates In" the Board of Pcildlnr Trades swid th.i their unions would handle ana- urt teriaL The Labor Committee rt tv.

Dealers' Association will meet this after noon at 18 Broadway. The Strike tee of the Board of Rulldin. ThHm call and make a report. Otto M. Eldlits.

Chairman nf the Tnr Governors of the Building Trades Employ era Association, said last nlaht: I believw the bualneea an la slty for the union, to look after the payment of dues and see that the rules nf th. union ere observed and sgreementa llv.t up to on both sides. Put as he is a paid employe of the union could not an arbitrator under or plan arbitration. it as not true tnat tne Board of Gov ernors has the same relation to tha em- i ployers that the walking delegate has to his union. The walklna- delent la a nairi official, whose salary goes on all the time, while members of the Board of Governor are unpaid snd are employers themselves.

TO UNION MEN. The Board of Governors takes exception to the statement that the unions are against the plan of arbitration. The board holds that the plan has not been submitted to a' number ot the unions because of the un willingness of the walking delegates to do' so. Tbe following statement by. the board is.

therefore being sent out to .10 om er' more individual member of tbe unions: "for tne last its year the conditions i our Industry have been steadily growinc worse until they culminated ii the nr r. cessation of work. As you can see from our platform and plan ot arbitration. wo have but one object in view, namely, to con- auct our ousaaesa relations iu a thoroughly fair, honest, snd American way, and we want you to halo ua. No doubt CUV our motives, and our plans will be attacked by those representatives ot labor who are uuwiiitng to be- of any power which hav been given to them or h.v-i been assumed by them.

i in reply we cau your attention to the fact that taxation without representation brought forth the War ot the American Revolution, and this brincinla bavin adopted by many of your labor leaders. ia irmiini unwuui WniCn OOtt fronts us to-day. The nlan we oronoa i not untried. For eighteen rears the vi'al points tn it have, obtained between ike Bricklayer' Union and th Masoa Builders' Association of our city, to tbe mutual satisfaction of those organisation. We refuse to believe that the rank snd file of labor is acquainted with many of acts of these representative and of tha conditions that exist In some of th trades.

but how grievous they were Is proved by the present- standstill and the fact that' within three weeks nearly thirty emptors era associations or our industry have be come a unit, aa a living Drotest arainai on. preaalon and extortion. ve inrrrior cau upon every eonserva-tlve and thinking mechanic to attend tbe meeting hla union and register his vwte against the Un-American methods which have crept Into our trade and insist upon, the plan of arbitration as suggeaied, Kt member that tn dome an tt none of the right which th union enjoys to-day. but that you will prevent a stnxe or lock-out in th future arWtrary cts-o( rn3lvidualg cn either side. i wl illM pwn must be no-ttisl.

InasmiK-h as our interests art Men. tlcsl. and certalnlv the ta.rf- K. of th past few year and th present atnL wora: prove thst the methods em-ployed in our IndQstrUI relating. ilrjSS Why not lTy mmmm'mmmMmmmmamMMtmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmtmmmm LAmrlirialrk- tkt lmsrrv i i i I best awes (xm.

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