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JAPS TAKE KAi CHAU. CYCLONE KILLS CHILDREN. GUTKE TELLS IT ALL. LESS TO THE CIHJECE '-Latest Kansas Balldingi Collapsed. Heavy rain, wind and hail seriously damaged the -Wheat crop in the central portion of Kansas.

At Lindsborg and Junction City large fields of wheat have been flattened out by the storm. Nearly four inches of rain fell in Junction City, causing a rise of three feet in the Republican river. A small tornado in Concordia unroofed many buildings. Four inches of rain fell at Concordia and the town experienced a serious flood. One building collapsed.

Considerable live was drowned. After a Severe Figrht the Onter Fort Yielded Two Great Armies United. London, June 30. The Tokio corre spondent of th -Post' says that the Japanese second "army has effected a juncture with the first army and that the: whole force now has a fighing front of 120 miles. The Tokio correspondent of the Daily LIEUT, gen; BARON OKU.

Telegraph says that severe fighting took place at Kai Chau on June 25 which resulted in the capture of that place on the morning of June 26. If the report is true that Kuropatkin is In it will be difficult for: him to reach Liab' Yang from his position at Hai Cheng, where "he is threatened with destruction by KurokL It is pos sible, hbw-ever, that; he may retreat to the west and reach Liao Yang; all de pending upon whether or notiKuroki is in position to follow him; rapidly. Such a move oh Kuroki's part might leave his flank exposed to Stakelberg. Stakelberg's position in either event is extremely perilous. HAS PARKER THE VOTES? Partisan of the Xew Yorls Jurist Claim a Clear Majority on First Ballot.

Yashington, June 30, With the election of 3G delegates by the Missouri convention the roster of the democratic national convention is complete. No presidential candidate has enough instructed delegates to nominate. In democratic conventions a two-thirds vote is required to secure the nomination and- to date a sufficient number of delegates have not indicated a choice to give any candidate a majority. The more sanguine of Judge Parker's friends say he will have a clear majority of the 994 delegates on first ballot and that the break to him will occur the moment this, fact is shown. HUNDREDS DEAD IN TORNADO.

Moscow and Adjacent Country" In Russia Receive Terrihle Visitation of Wind and. Hail. Moscow, Russia, June 30. A tornado swept the city Wednesday afternoon, causing enormous damage. Forty-five persons were killed and 13 injured.

Two villages near here in the. track of the storm were destroyed. One hundred and fifty deaths are reported there, while 85 persons were 'hurt. Hailstones weighing three-quarters of a pound fell during the storm In one grove of 250 acres only one' tree. was left standing.

"Vt The Bridegroom Came Not. Kansas City, June 30. When the bridal party had gathered at the home of Thomas McAnany, 1621 Jefferson street, to celebrate the nuptials of Miss Sadie McAnany? and Edward Ke-hoe, they found the bridegroom was missing. Father Fitzgibbon, who was to have performed the ceremony, was present, but after a wait of nearly ah hour his services were dispensed with. A'evr Gnnboat Launched at 3Ianila.

Manila, June 30. The gunboat Woodruff, the first war vessel built by the army under the direction of the quartermaster's department, was launched here Wednesday. The vessel, which is named after LieutWoodruff, who was killed by Moros, will be used by Gen. Wood in the rivers of Mindanao during his campaign in that island. Senator Long's Secretary Weds.

Hutchinson, June 30. Ralph H. Faxton, private secretary to Senator C. I. Long, was married here to Miss Louise Winans, daughter of ex-State School Superintendent Winans.

Out-of-town gnests included Senator and Mrs. Lo.ig, Federal Judge Pollock, Gov. Bailey. Congressman Murdock, George A. Clark and Morton Albaugh.

Money for the State Militia. Washington, June 30. The war department has made the usual annual allotment of the $1,000,000 appropriated by congiess to provide arms and equipments for the organized militia of the United States. Of the money apportioned Kansas will receive Missouri, $35,903: Nebraska, Oklahoma, $13,10 River Swallowing: Fine Farm. Sioux City, June SO.

Robert Buchanan's fine farm near Lake port is being literally eaten up by the Missouri river. It has taken but five years for the current to swallow 200 acres of this 400-acre farm, which Is valued at 75 an acre. Texas Tornado Killed Several. Texarkana, June SO. New Boston, 20 miles southwest of here, was wiped out by a tornado and several people either killed or Injured.

Telegraph and telephone wires are down. At HolmesTille, Xeli, a-Sultry Afternoon Was Followed by Destructive Storm. Beatrice, June 29. A small tornado struck Beatrice, wrecking a number of buildings and doing a great amount of other damage. A tornado near Holmesvllle killed two persons, fatally injured a third and caused the severe injury of five others.

The dead: Two children of R. Harris, 6 and 9 years old. Fatally injured: Mrs. J. Harris.

Injured: R. J. Harris, Mrs. Harris' mother, three children of Mr. and Mrs.

Harris. The tornado followed a sultry afternoon and came in the shape ct a funnel-shaped cloud. It struck several buildings before reaching the Harris home. At the latter place part of the family reached a cellar in safety, but Mrs. Harris and her son Lewis and a six-year-old daughter were unable to escape.

Great damage was done to crops and stock farm houses were destroyed, but the occupants sought safe- ty in cellars. In Holmesvllle several buildings were blown to pieces and others unroofed, but no casualties are reported. A small tornado also struck the farming district 14 miles northeast of York. Crops were destroyed in a limited area and some small buildings blown down, but no one was THIRTY THOUSAND THERE. Convention of the Xational Educational Association Attracts Large Crowds to St.

Louis. St. Louis, June 29. Thirty thousand teachers and visitors are here attending the forty-third convention of the National Educational association. President Cook, of the northern Illinois- state normal at DeKalb, is presiding.

W. T. Carrington, state school superintindent of Missouri, delivered the address of welcome. Responding adresses were delivered by W. T.

Harris, commissioner of education of the United States, and Charles D. Mclver, president of the state normal and industrial college, Greensboro, N. C. Mr. Mclver said it would be a boon to this country if every citizen were to be sent to St.

Louis by the school board, with all expenses paid, while the exposition was being inspected. At night the delegates and visitors were tendered a reception in the Missouri building. "TO KEEP MILLS RUNNING." Agent of Carnegie Tells Why Steel Rails Are Sold for More Here Than In Europe. Cleveland, Jupe 29. The mer chant marine commission began its hearing in this city Tuesday.

One of the interesting features brought out at the 1 hearing was a statement by James C. Wallace, of the American Shipbuilding company. He said that American steel was delivered at-Belfast for $24 a ton, while the same steel cost purchasers in this country $32 at Pittsburg. He was immediately questioned by members of the commission and he ste'ied that his authority for the statement came from the assistant sales agent of the Carnegie Steel company, who gave as reason for selling the steel so cheaply that they wanted to keep the mills running. "If that's so, it is an outrage and ought to be remedied," exclaimed Senator Gallin-ger, and his statement was applauded.

HELD AS CRIMINALS. Coroner's Jury Finds Officers of the Ili-Fated General Slocum Were New York, June 29. The coroner's jury in the General Slocum inquest returned a verdict finding "that the immense loss of life on the General Slocum was due to the misconr duct of the directors of the Knickerbocker Steamboat company; that Capt. Van Schaack is criminally responsible; that Capt. Pease, of the Grand Republic, as captain of the steamboat company's fleet, is criminally responsible in that he failed to properly equip the General Slocum with fire apparatus; that Mate Flannagan acted In a 'cowardly that the action of Inspector Lundberg should ba brought to the attention of the federal authorities." Coroner Berry issued warrants for the arrest of the directors and officials of the Knickerbocker Steamboat company.

Whlpplng-Pt)t in Kentucky. Lexington, June 29. In accordance with Police Judge Riley's whipping post decision, John West, a 14-year-old colored boy, was given 50 lashes in the public square. His coat was removed and the lad was whipped with a buggy whip in the presence of over citizens. Injuring private property was the charge against him.

Bryan on the Republican Platform. Lincoln, June 29. In a discussion of the republican platform adopted at Chicago W. J. Bryaa cays that it is boastful, but neither truthful nor courageous.

A Boom for John Sharp Williams. Jackson, June 29. A Well-defined movement booming John Sharp Williams, of Yazoo City, minority leader of the house of representatives, for vice president on the democratic ticket, was started here by Williams friends. Wlio Cut Santo Dnmont'i Airship? St. Louis, June 29.

At a meeting of the executive committee of the world's fair it was decided to offer a reward of $1,000 for the arrest and" conviction of the persons who cut the silk balloon cf the Santos Dumont airship No. 7. Says a "Combine" Has Ruled St. Louis Many Years. The Invinible Nineteen Would Fix Prices for in Secret Caucus and Then lect the St.

Louis, 29. Charles A. Gutke, former member of the house cf delegates, convicted on a charge of bribery and soon to be tried on another, similar charge, has made a complete confession to Circuit Attorney Folk, in which he declared that former Delegate Charles F. Kelly had told him he had received $50,000 for going to Europe when his presence in St. Louis jeopardized men of prominence.

When he came from the circuit, attorney's office Gutke handed out for publication written extracts from his confession of which the following is a part: VI became a member of the house of delegates in 1897 and at once became a member of the combine of that body, which was an organization composed of 19 delegates for the purpose of selling The first bill that came up after I had become a member of the combine was 'the Suburban loop The combine got $20,000 for their votes on this bill; on the Union avenue' bill we got on the Central Traction bill we got on the Third street line bill we got on the lighting bill we got on the Suburban bill we were to get $75,000, which is now in the safe deposit box in the Lincoln Trust company, being placed there with the agreement that it should be turned over to us when the bill had been passed. While these are some of the largest bribes secure! during my term of office there were innumerable others ranging fionv $10,000" for switching bills to a few hundred dollars for some minor privileges. bribe prices were fixed in meetings of the combine, the procedure being for some member to get up and move that a certain price be fixed on a certain bill. Other members would give their opinions and a vote would be taken and the price receiving the highest number of votes would be adopted. Then we would select an agent of the combine by ballot to nego tiate for and.

receive the money. This agent would distribute the money amongst us. From my intimate knowl-edeg of dealings with this combine and from information secured on what has been-going on here for the last quarter of a entury, I make the positive statement that there is hardly a corporation in the city of St. Louis of $250,000 and over that has not either been held up ior bribe money or bought official" action from the combine in the house of delegates." FORTY HOUSES WASHED AWAY Cloutlhurst Over Robb Valley, Xear Caused Devastation and Death. Pittsburg, June 29.

Several lives are reported lost and thousands of dollars' worth of property damaged and washed away, the result of a cloud burst over Robb valley, drained by Robinson run, near Tangor, two miles from McDonald. Bridges and houses were carried down stream and at Oak-dale it is reported a whole family per ished. From the scene of the disaster through Noblest own, Oakdale, Gregg, Walker's mills down to Carnegie the 'path of the water's fury is plainly discernible by the debris and devasta tion. Water rushed five feet deep through the streets McDonald and all the houses and stores in the lower part of the borough were damaged. Chartiers valley between Carnegie and McDonald was under 12 feet of water shortly after the cloudburst and it is said 40 houses were washed from their foundations.

NO CROPS ON LOWLANDS. For the Fourth Time Corn Has Been Planted and Washed Away This Year. Ottawa, June 29. The Missouri Pacific comes through ten inches of water in entering town from the west. The present flood has practically end ed all hope for a crop in the lowlands this year.

On some of the farms that are now under water corn had been planted for the fourth time. Rich Hill, June 29. Seven times this spring has the Marais des Cygnes river overflowed thousands of acres of Bates county farm land, the ast rise being now on and quite rapid. Congressman Weds a Teacher. Norfolk, June 29.

Miss Wrinni- fred Hartley, a teacher, and Congress man Burton L. French, Idaho's only representative and the youngest in the country, were married here at noon. They left immediately for Moscow, Ida. Dent If of Dan Km met t. Columbus, June 29.

A telephone message from Mount Vernon, O. announced the death there of Dan Era-mett, the old-time ministrel and composer of "Dixie." He was S6 years old. 1,000,000 to Two Tribes. Muskogee, I. June 29.

The Indian agent has received instructions to proceed to make a roll of the Choc- taws and Chickasaws on which to make the per capita payment from the townsite funds. In three mgnths nearly $1,000,000 will be distributed to these two tribes. Oregon Won First Prize. Indianapolis, June 29. Walter R.

Miles, of Pacific college, Newberg, won "the first prize of $100 in the prohibition oratorical contest at Tom-Unson hall, Missouri Prohibition Speakers Stir i Up Some Trouble. Declare That Subscriptions to Re lisious Life" Will He Cut and Donations to Temperance Cans St. Louis, June 28r-The followins ticket was nominated by the prohibition state convention: Governor, O. J. Hill, St.

Louis; lieutenant governor, O. L. Osborne, Cape Girardeau; secretary of state, W. F. Brennecke, Christian county; state auditor, Dr.

Georga H. Gibson, St. Louis; state treasurer, James Curd, Marion county; attorney general, A. F. Butts, Springfield; supreme judge, J.

C. Hughes, Clay county; railroad commissioner, W. B. Stevens, Schuyler county electors-at-large, S. S.

Allen and J. M. Ritchie. A warm discussion was precipitated by H. P.

Farris, of Clinton, the chairman of the convention. In a speech calling for liberal contributions he said prohibitionists should cut down their church contributions and give mora to the prohibition cause. E. E. Mc-Clellan, of Sedalia, agreed with him and in a spirited speech announced his intention of giving less to his church and more to his party.

He subscribed $100. Rev. William Smith, of St. Louis, resented what he called "slurs cast at the church." He declared that the churches had been Insulted and expressed his, readiness to walk out of the convention if the utterances of tha other two were to be approved. Chairman Farris poured oil on the troubled! waters by saying that KIs remarks referred only THREE FOR EACH DELEGATE Distribution of the 11,000 Seats at the Democratic National Con-rention Arranged.

St. Louis, June 28. No tickets of admittance to the national democratic committee which begins at the Coliseum on July 6 will be for sale. The total of the seats in each division ia ascertained. In all, they amount to plus a few excess, the number of which will not be known until the convention opens.

Delegates and alternates will occupy 2,020 seats. The national committee will have 604 chairs in the arena balcony to dispose of. To the press are consigned 702 seats. Boxes are limited to 87, one each going to the national committeemen, and the remainder to prominent democrats, including ex-Go v. Francis, Gov.

Dockery and Mayor Wells. There are 2,288 gallery tickets. Each alternate is allowed only his own seat, but each delegate has three extras, The Business Men's league of St. Louis is given 2,000 seats. Upon tha platform will be 434 seats to be disposed of by the committee on arrangements.

These' are to be given to distinguished visitors to the governors of states, the mayors of large cities, senators, members of congress, ex-senators or democrats of national importance. LODGINCS FOR THE POOR. The Rothschilds Promise Give I Two Million Dollars for Parisian Working Classes. 1 Paris, June 28. Three of the chiefs of the Rothschilds family called, upon M.

Trouillot, the minister df commerce, to inform him of their intention to give $2,000,000 for the purpose of providing cheap and healthy dwellings for the Parisian working classes. It 13 announced the. profits arising from the rents, of the proposed dwellings will be devoted to the amelioration of the condition, of the workmen. OPENED NINE MILLION ACRES. Thousands of People at Land Ofnce in Xehraska When the Rush "Was Made.

Omaha, June 28. The opening to homestead settlement of 9,000,000 acres of land in Nebraska under the provisions of the Kinkald law, by which homesteaders may file on 640 acres of land, went into effect Tuesday morning and the rush to secure choice sections has been enormous. Reports from the six land offices in Nebraska told of thousands of people In line waiting for the land offices to open. In Iland-to-IIand Figrht. Gyang Tse, Tibet, June 28.

Gen. MacDonald, with reinforcements, entered Gyang T3e June 26 after a somewhat severe fight with the Thibetans at the Naini monastery, six miles dis tant. The monastery was strongly held by the Thibetans, who were driven out only after four hours of artillery, In fantry and hand-to-hand fighting. To Slake the Desert Blossom. Cheyenne, June 28.

Hie state land board was advised that the Interior department had just approved the segregation of 150,000 acres of land in the Oregon basin irrigation. By tha Oregon basin and allied enterprises several hundred thousand acres of desert land will be converted into productive farms and thriving towns. Intrepid St. r.ouls Woman. London, June 28.

MrsT W. N. Mac-MillanT of St. Louis, reached London after traversing Abyssinia at the head tif her own caravan. This American Is the first white woman to cross Km-peror Menilik's country from west to east.

Judge Gray Favors Cleveland. Wilmington, June 28, Judge George Gray expressed his hope that former President Grover Cleveland would be nominated for the presidency by the St. Louis convention. Next to Cleveland he favored Prkqr, Farmff Shot hy Accident. Richard "Hill, a farmer six miles McPherson, was shot accidentally by a rifle.

The ball struck a rib and passed through his body, out the right side and through the right arm. The accident occurred while he was driving a mowing machine. He had taken the rifle with him to kill He will recover SecH Money in Sheep. E. H.

Bbyer, of Meade, has just finished clipping .13,335 pounds of wool from his sheep. The wool netted him 11 cents a pound on the track at Meade, the profits from each sheep being about 9G cents. Mr. Boyer says there is more money in sheep than in cattle and hogs. Stopped i Bond Sale.

J. M. Nation, assistant state auditor, interfered to prevent the sale of a bond issue to the state school fund commission, because the records show that the total of Dodge City, which issued the bonds, is in excess of the 15 per cent, of the valuation. Richards' Son to China. A.

A. Richards, of Wellington, received official news that his son, Midshipman C. A. Richards, who graduated from Annapolis February 1, has been assigned to the battleship Wisconsin at Woos'ing, China. Have Jlleen Poisoned.

Dr. J. W. Shults, fish warden, has issued a warning not to fish in Chisholm creek and the Little river, near Wichita. The fish have been dying of a mysterious disease, the nature of which Dr.

Shults is unable to discover. Profltahle Business. F. B. Parker, owner of the numerous street fairs that have been traveling over Kansas the past few years, has sold his aggregation of amusement etnerprises for $8,000.

Why the Difference in Fines? A married woman who deserted her husband and eloped to Iola with a stranger, was fined $73.75 and the man was stuck for $500, or six months in Jail. Doctor Forfeited His Bond. Dr. James H. Richey, charged at Wichita with the seduction of his 16-year-old niece, forfeited a $1,500 bond by failing to appear at his preliminary trial.

Stajrsr Gets a Place. William J. Stagg, of Topeka, was ap pointed chief clerk in the Kansas state department of agriculture, to succeed E. W. Longshore, who died last week Atchison Man an Inventor.

W. B. Nance, of Atchison, has in vented a wind and water motor which he believes will be of great value in farming and manufacturing industries Must Improve Rondx. Rural Route Inspector Rhodes has notified Allen county farmers that rural route service will be cut off un less the public roads are improved. How to Get There.

Lyon county is to have a good roads 'Convention at Emporia on July 15. All who can will get there in boats and those who can't will take balloons. Hail Destroyed Wheat Crops. Hail fell-to the depth of three feet northern Russell county, devastat ing, fine wheat crops over an area 20 miles wide and 30 miles long. Got Away from Prison.

James Sankton, a burglar convict from Wilson county, escaped from the state prison at Lansing while working with a gang outside the walls. Almost Unanimous. The city of Atchison by a vote of five to one, decided to issue $30,000 in -bonds to aid a company which is drilling a coal mine. Smoked Clay Pipe oO Years. A Hiawatha woman has smoked a clay pipe for 50 years.

She is described as being very strong in her old age. Accepted Two, Defeated One. Winfield voted bonds for an electric light and water plant, but defeated the proposition to prospect for natural gas. Every Township Voted Bonds. Every township along the proposed line of the Topeka, Frankfort Northwestern road voted aid bonds.

Deposits Have Increased. The latest report on Kansas national bank3 shows an increase of deposits from $40,640,018 to $40,685,960. Tom Ivelly ns Orator. State Treasurer Thomas J. Kelly was tme of the orators at Scammon, Cherokee county, on the 4th.

Prayed for Dry Weather. The" Congregational church people at Emporia met in prayer for dry, warm weather. SI amp In Personal Property. Abstracts of assessments from 36 counties indicate a falling off in personal property valuation of approximately $2,000,000 for the entire state. Inknown Man in Her Boom.

Miss Minnie Pike, a deaconess of the M. E. church at Ottawa, was dangerously assaulted by unknown man who entered her room at night. Pioneer of Ottawa. F.

A. Wilkinson, pioneer business man and resident of Ottawa since 1858, is dead. Restraining: the Schoolmarm. In Allen county the school boards have been troubled by teachers who threw up their 'contracts without notice or the purpose of getting married or some other reason. With the sanction of the state superintendent the county superintendent has promulgated an order to the effect that any teacher who throws up her school without the consent of the school board loses her certificate.

,1. Train Killed a Small Child. A Santa Fe passenger train ran over a small negro child near Desoto, cutting tlje body into -bits. When) the train officials carried the remains to the cabin near the track they found, the father asleepC The announcement drove the parent almost insane and he grabbed a shotgun and- tried to shoot the conductor, but was prevented by force. Raided Joint at Sheriff Newlfn made a raid of a "joint" in Americus.

and took the biggest cargo of wet goods to Emporia ever imported there. The wet goods taken from Brines' joint weighed. 200 pounds. Brines had just received a Fourth of July supply. The temper-, ance people of Americus have been fighting the "joints" for some time.

Nurse for a Widower. John P. Sondegard, of Manhattan, sued Dr. E. H.

Martin, of Topeka, for $5,000 for alienating the affections of his wife, Minnie L. Sondegard. On May 18 Mrs. Sondegard sued her husband for divorce and Sondegard says Martin put her up to it. She is now a nurse employed by Dr.

Martin, who is a widower. Entirely Ont of Politics. Col. William A. Harris, ex-United States senator from Kansas, was in consultation with F.

D. Coburn regarding the live stock show at the St. Louis exposition. He says he is entirely out of politics and is devoting all his time to his duties in connection with the Shorthorn exhibit in St Louis. Grieved for Dead Wife.

After grieving a year over the death of his wife, Dr. J. J. Kelly, 65 years old, a leading physician of Argentine, took hypodermic injections of a quantity of morphine with suicidal intent and died a few hours latere May Die from Exposnre. George W.

Holmes, aged 84, wandered from his home near Wellington and was found by the city marshal near Talkawa, Ok. He was in a semiconscious condition and may die from exposure. Trinkle Must Stand Trial. County Attorney Trinkle, of Linn county, must stand trial in the supreme court for misconduct in office, the supreme court overruling Trinkle's motion to dismiss the case. To Go into Bankruptcy.

Larkins Sons, one of the largest dealers in general merchandise in Ells-" worth, made a trust deed as a preliminary step to throwing the stock into the bankruptcy court. Didn't Want the Gov. Bailey appointed C. L. Bern-storf, of Bushton, Rice county, a justice of the peace, but Bernstorf sent the commission back saying he didn't care for the job.

Wichita Doctor in Trouble. Dr. C. G. Evans, of Wichita, was arrested on information furnished by authorities of Hutchinson, charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses.

Death of Mrs. Fagran. Mrs. John Fagan, husband helped build the Santa Fe railroad between Atchison and Topeka, is dead in Atchison, aged 87. She had been married 65 years.

Her husband survives. A Plnm for Peterson. United States Judge Pollock appointed O. J. Peterson, of Wyandotte, to be receiver of the Iola.

electric railway. Peterson is general agent of the Wells-Fargo Express company. Wants 1) run-T Stores to Pay. Topeka is trying to collect an tax of $200 from each drug store that holds a permit to sell liquor. Married Go Years.

James Baker and wife, of Chase county, have just celebrated their sixty-fifth wedding anniversary. Mr. Baker is S7 and his wife' 90. Xo Ilnrry About Speaking. Republican headquarters will be opened in Topeka July 10, but the campaign will not actively begin un til September 1.

Dedicated New Tabernacle. The annual session of the Winfield Chautauqua opened with the dedica tion of the new tabernacle..