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Show NEWS NOTES BY WIRE. J WASHINGTON, July 9. Actlnc upon a report from Gen. Bell, who Investigated tho conditions at Kansas City growing out of the Hood, Acting Secretary of War Oliver has telegraphed Gen. Bell to isaue 1000 tents and five clays rations for tho relief re-lief of the flood HUfforcru. ARKANSAS CITY. Knn., July 9. Although Al-though tho Arkansas river hero is stationary sta-tionary and tho Walnut is fnlllng slowly, ArkanM.is City Is exparlonclng tho worst flood In its history. The dykes are weakening weak-ening and poopla in the lowland? have been warned to lcavo their homos. .CHICAGO, July 9. The plant of the National Na-tional Provision company was damaged $75,000 by fire today. As a rotiult of tho fire a terrible explosion occurred In a big new sowor In Thirty-ninth street. For a distance of a mile along the thoroughfare mnnholo covcis were sent high In tho air. NEW YORK, July 9. A cablegram rc- celved today by the agent of the Scandinavian Scandi-navian American line tsald that six of the nineteen passengers of the Norse rescued and landed at Thorshaven. Faroe islands, wero in such an exhausted condition that they were unablo to give their namw. 8T. LOUIS. July 9. Judse Thayer. In the UnlUd States District court today, sentenced to fifteen days In Jail Edwtird J. GUdortleeve, a ticket broker who disobeyed dis-obeyed an Injunction restraining blm from selling railroad world's fair excursion tickets. "WASHINGTON, July 9. At th In-stanco In-stanco ot United Statea District Attorney Beach tho District Supreme court today issued a bench warrant for Georire Bea-v Bea-v ra, the former bead of the salary and allowance division of the Poatotflce department de-partment under one of th conspiracy indictments in-dictments against him. PROVIDENCE, R. I.. July 9 -Louls Amts of New York, president, II A IIr-sry, IIr-sry, Boston, secret iry. and Grorg- S j Scars, Chicago, treasurer, were rc-cicLd today at -the Nationa'l Young People Uy Christian convention. , !k COLUMBUS. Mlsi". July 9.-A negro.: . ' name unknown, has been lynched at Or- do. Ala., for making Insulting prone .iIh to' j ' 1 two white women. The negro wan t ikerf . ', from the Jail at Gorde by a nu-b an f ' ' hanged. - JIBUTIL.. French Somallland. July 9.' ' W. II. Ell la left here for Abyssinia today. ' He had with him the treaty of commr-rc s. I between the United Stales and Abjssln- la. Ellis took with him two small rapid-. ' 1 fire cannon. , 1 jj WASHINGTON. July 9.-MlnIstf r Con- r I ger has cabled the State department that j the Chinese Government, after miking a . :, 1 thorough investigation of the incident, has " ( ordered the punishment of the off! -r and ; 1 soldiers who fired on and killed Louis Et- j 1 xel. the newspaper correspondent. In odv dlt Ion it has undertaken to pay an Indom- : nlty of JK.OvO, i, |
