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Show TWO TOWNS WERE WIPED OUT by a Deluge and Eleven Lives Lost An Indescribable Scene of Terror and Devastation Baxter Springe, Kas., Struck by the Deadly Twister and Five Persons Killed. "Winona, Mo., Swept Away Springfield. Mo.. A July storm awful in its terror, and total In its work of destruction, wiped out the town of Wind ns, on the Current River branch of the Kansas City, Fort Scott A Memphis Railway, In Shannon county, at 10:30 last night. That eleven persons lost their lives is known to a certainty, and eight men are missing. The dead are: REV. J. W. DUNCAN. MRS. J. W. DUNCAN. MATTIE DUNCAN. MRS. CRAWFORD, married daughter of Rev. Duncan. CRAWFORD GERT. GEORGE NEVIN8. NORMA NEVIN8. LITTLE DAUGHTER of Lloyd Wright. MAGGIE GANNON. JOHN MORRIS. MRS. NEVINB. The bodies of Rev. J. W. Duncan, his wife and daughter, George Nevlna, Norma Nevlps and the Wright girl were recovered, but the others have not been found. A heavy rain, followed by a furious wind, set In at 9 oclock lost night. While the wind ceased, the rain continued until 10 o'clock. The water seemed to come down In a continuous stream. At 10:15 o'clock four feet of water was on the streets In fifteen minutes many buildings could not longer stand the strain and began to careen and succumb to the waters. Vivid flashes of lightning pierced the downpour, which came like the Falls of Niagara. Houses were smashed, and In the water were hundreds of men, women and children. It was like a shipwreck In the ocean. Cries of terror and shouts for help from the struggling people clinging to pieces of timber made the scene one that baffled description. The the ravine strong current rushing down or valley carried many to higher land and places of safety. When the torrent had to a degree subsided, the men who had saved themselves turned their attention to others, and by 3 oclock In the morning the worst was over. Those who had stood escaped the sweep of devastation shivering, without clothing or without an opportunity to dry themselves. When day dawned there was nothing of the homes In the town. There was no shelter, no food, no clothing. As soon as the destroyed telegraphic communication was restored, Mayor B. F. Evans telegraphed to this city for aid. the Inhabitants of Winena are scattered among farmhouses or have gone to neighboring towns. deIn all, thirty buildings were stroyed. Among them were the A. Carter Lumber Companys building, loss, $2000; Mrs. A G. Scranton, millinery three building, 31500; J. J. Bowen,, Lumbuildings. $2000; Church & Klssell Hotel ber Company, 31500: the Barr and Pettis House, Lewis House and House were all carried hway. The total loss Is not less than 10,000. Rev. G. W. Duncan, who l6st his life, was pastor ct the Winona circuit, and Was was but rec ently ordsined.f HeMounformerly an '.nglneer on theofRon tain Rallros J. The bodies Miss Mamie Dunes x and Mrs. Crawford were found at i oclock this morning, and the others were recovered long after . daybreal . low known that Birch Tree, It Ism les west of Winona, had Its eight the same hour last greatest storm atwere lost there, howlives night N Cord & Fisher, lumber dealever, but ers, lost 3 000 by the destruction of their building. Other buildings were greatly damaged there. TOWN IN RUINS. To-nig- ht WA-WBA- S live People Killed and Many Injured by a Cyclone. Baxter Springs, Kan., July 5. Bax ter Springs was laid In ruins, five peotwenty others badple were killed and ly wounded by a cyclone that struck the town about 6 oclock last evening. Dead: ftAT.T.TE WEBSTER. FLORENCE WEBSTER. RALPH WEBSTER H. HIBBS. INFANT CHILD OF THOMAS ' HIELD& Scores of men, women and children l the town are more or less Injured, me fatally. Those reported are: Mrs. Neal, both collar bones broken ad Internal Injuries. James Neal, head wound and Internal , injuries. Roy Webster, right arm and right hip broken. Mra Martha Smith, hip dislocated and Internal Injuries. Etta Smith, Internal injuriea George A Dickey, wounda A G. Hancock, eerious head wound. Mra Thomas Shields, fatal internal . injuriea Three members of A Sharpes family were badly hurt. There seems to have been two currents of wind which struck the town, one from the north and the other from the west, and they met near the Methodist Episcopal Church, joined forces and turned east, doing serious damage tp. property before meeting, but after coming together, the destruction was complete. In the track of the cyclone north the the first thing passenger station was damaged. Further on much damage. residence to was done property, shade trees and everything In Its way. To the -west It struck some residences the freight depot, doing serious It came to the yards damage, but whentwenty-eigof the railroad, freight cars were thrown from the track and was The moved damaged. depot badly off the foundation, wrecked about the the goods and other contents roof badly flooded. The first object struck after the of the currents was the Methreding odist Episcopal Church. This was totally destroyed, and It lies a heap. of ruins. The current turned slightly to a good deal of the southeast, doing it reached a point just damage until west of J. M. Cooper's large store, striking where It turned directly east, In the west the store building, caving the roof. The end and badly damaging was an next object of the storms fury old blacksmith shop, which was completely swept away. The Christian t i- ht Church was directly In the path, so It lies like a pile of kindling wood. The Episcopal Church was not touehed, but the storm struck further the street on the south side, and fromupthere nut a residence escaped. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Three members of the Webster family. recently from Nebraska, the mother, ageu 90, the daughter, aged 2U, and son, aged 4, were killed by lightning. Another son had his broken ana hie shoulder dislocated,legand will M. B. Hlbbe, aged 60, probably die. died from excitement, falling dead in one of the stores on Military street. The Occidental Hotel, now used as an opera house, was struck by lightning and somewhat damaged.- Four large hay barns In the neighborhood of the freight depot were completely wrecked. A conservative estimate of the damage places It at 3100,000. There were Utile, If any, cyclone Indication The damage to property west of Baxter cannot be fully determined. It Is reoorted that for many miles In the track of the storm that fences and bams are blown down and crops damaged. In the west part of Lyon the country seems to have hadtownship a touch of perhaps the same twister that the little town of Baxter had. It struck e the of Thomas Shields of Mrs. Shields and her two Lyon. were children In the bam at the time the storm struck, and one of the d a year-olchildren, baby girl, was killed, the older childs leg was broken and Mra Shields had her shoulder dislocated and Is Injured In her back and spine. She will die. One or two other farms In the immediate of Mr. Shieldss were damaged.vicinity W. L. Archer was found dead on the Nolan farm in Sheridan township. He left McCue yesterday afternoon at 4 a oclock, where he had been on It Is supposed he was drowned while crossing a creek. Forty miners at work In mine No. 47 of the Kansas & Texas Coal Company at Weir City had no knowledge of the storm until the mine was deluged with the torrents of water from abova All had narrow escapes, and every mule In the mine was drowned. The rain was the most violent ever known, resembling a cloudburst, and the entire country waa flooded. Reports of further fatalities seem almost certain when the made are opened up. - farm-hous- busl-nes- MUSI REDUCE OR SELL. PROPOSITIONS FOR THU DENVER WATER COMPANY. Proceedings Instituted In the Courts to Compel the City Council to Pars an Ordinance. Property Loss la Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas Will Reach a Million or More Houses Blown Away and Crops Destroyed Great Calamity to the Farmers Bodies Pound at Winona. Kansas' City, Mo., July 8. Reports of the storms during the past three days show the entire eastern water shed from the Rocky mountains to the Nebraska and Iowa lines and to Texas were swept. On Friday night the severest blow came. Flelus of that promised the most bountiful grain of many years were swept bare of yield vegetation. The seas of rain were abetted In the work of destruction by tornadoes. It Is too ear et to sum up the loss, but the total is appalling, and those to whom the angry elements spared life have little left to sustain It. The stories of the storm are so similar that a statistical summary Is all there is left to tell. The storm focus embraced an area of 200 square miles with the southwestern corner of Missouri as a center. The greatest loss of life is reported from Wlona where eleven corpses have been found, with as many more missing. At Baxter Springs, In southwestern Kansas, five were killed and eleven seriously Injured by the cyclone that One person accompanied the storm. was drowned at Columbus and two at Ottawa, Kan. At Van Buren, Ark., a mother and babe were drowned. A family of five was encamped on the banks of Fish creek, Indlui Territory. Nothing of them or their belongings was found except part of a wagon on a pile of driftwood. At Thomasville, Mo., where the rainfall was four Inches In one hour, five persons were lost. Unconfirmed reports are received of loss of life as follows: Three as Fayetteville, Ark.; one at Paola, Kan.; one at Richards, Kan., six of a hunting party in Indian Territory. This gives a known and probable loss of thirty-foUvea This total will be increased when the recedwater ing permits of a thorough search. GREAT PROPERTY LOSS. The loss of property can be placed in the millions. Dwelling, fences and farm buildings were carried off and highway and railroad bridges swept away. Thirty of eighty buildings In Winona succumbed. Fiv residences, church and warehouse went down al Baxter Springs. Six bridges went om In Russell county, Kansas. About Jet ferson City, Mo., many square miles growing grain were destroyed. Tk traffic on the Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad is temporarily suspended. Reports of damage to property other than above noted come from five points in Kansas, nine In Missouri, six in Arkansas and two in Indian Territory. The storm spent itself in Illinois, but having lost Its force, proved a blessing to the crops. The above summaries are only a fraction of the loss of property. The greatest burden falls upon the farmers, as the season Is too far spent to plant new cropa The countrys granary has been cleared out. The details of individual suffering and experiences would fill volumes and repeat the horrors of the Johnstown disaster. THE WINONA DISASTER Springfield, Mo., July 8. The reports of the flood at Winona, Mo., published heretofore, are now known to have told only a part of the horrors of the disaster. The bodies of Rev. G. W. Duncan and daughter Mattie and Miss Norma Nevlns were found under a large drift of broken timbers about a mile belsw Winona, and alqo the body of an unknown man stopping at one of the hotels. A terrible stench, arises from the mass of hogs, horses, cattle, and other animals drowned. It Is charged that some visitors are stripping the bodies of everything of value. For several miles below Winona may be seen wagons and household goods of all kinds and dead animals. Over two hundred persons were Beaching yesterday for bodies. The body of George Evanss daughter was found this forenoon. The body of Lloyd Wrights daughter Is still missing; ur . two-stor- WISDOM OF THE CANKERS. FINANCIAL DIS- - QUESTIONS CUSSED AT CAEATOC-A- . Adopted Resolutions Favoring 'Honest Money and AgainstT i:ver Coinage. funnel-shape- Denver, Colo., July II. Fpeclal ti Tribune. The water Is question still a long way from settlement. At the conference of the Mayor and members of the '.City Counit being the last session of the conference, there seemed to be a general understanding that nothing definite be done. The Mayor had two propositions he asked that action be taken on. One was to reduce the rates at once to the point provided In the contract, which would be a cut of about 25 per cent all through, or proceed at once to condemn the plant of the water company, and buy it at a fair valuation. The water company Councilmen did not like the word condemn, and instead Instructed the Mayor to write the company and ask what price It holds the plant at. As the company has all along paraded the fact that Its stock, bonded Indebtedness and tlye like cil to-da- y, foot up 115,000,000, anitfLthere 'is no likelihood of any valuation of more than $4,000,000 or $5,000,000 being placed on the plant, there Is not much prospect of the purchase being made very soon. The horizontal reduction was very 11 distasteful to the water aldermen, and was not adopted. The matter will probably now have to be fousfat out In the courts. Most of the Aldermen and Supervisors who have been siding with the water company have Instituted libel suits against the Republican and News for $50,000 each, but their action In this direction is considered with little seriousness. PROCEEDINGS IN COURT. Denver, Colo., July 11. Attorneys for water consumers began proceedings In to compel the the District Court y City Council to carry out. their eon-tra- ct with the Denver Union Water Company, refusing reduction of rates to the average of Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Besides an alternative writ of mandamus to compel the passage of an ordinance provided for In the contract, the complaint asks that Injunctions be Issued restraining the company from shuttheg off water from private consumers, afid also compelling the corporation, Its agents and employees to desist from Influencing the members of the Council to act contrary to their duty under the contract. The complaint charges that the members of tbe city admiMtalrailon, especially the Councilmen, secured their election by making a pledge, which they have not redeemed, to adjust the rates according to contract, and the water company is accused of having, by bribery, cajolery and threats, prevented the passage of an ordinance which would fulfill the provisions of the contract. RAILROAD REVIVAL. Saratoga, X. Y.; July 11. This was the second day of the New York State Hankers Association cuiivcuUmi. A. iJ. Hepburn of New York, chairman of the committee u.i sound i.iuiiey resolutions oit'eivd a resoluimi declaring for "honest niunuy, opposing liuiatlun ur at the and the free coinage of to 1. ratio of t-- .t 111 Michael D. Harter of the Coinage, Weights and Measures Committee of the Fifty-thir- d Congress delivered an address on money' this morning before the association. Her said: if the free coinage men were compelled to organize a party of their own, their numbers would prove ridiculously small only tolerable, perhaps, by comparison with Ooxey s army. Let us make It safe and sure by redeeming and cancelling the greenbacks, and banking business; letting the people conduct their own business affairs and supply all the paper money they need, providing for Its prompt redemption in gold, find let the nations know that the United States is for all time a honesi-dnllnation, The Money Question in the West, was the subject of an sddress by H. A. Yates, president of the Nebraska National Bank of Omaha. Mr. Yates denied that stiver had been demonetized. It is still money, he claimed, but its existence as money Is threatened. The metal silver lias lost its character of money In the gold standard countries, end the same destruction la threatened In the countries still holding to Its use. The use of sliver for fractional currency, and perhaps f r money In sums of $lii and under, while It would benefit silver to some would not be sufficient to steady Its value. Silver must be made just as completely money as gold is money, or It is doomed, and r'Ul eventually go the way of copper and brass. Is the world prepared for this contingency? Whether it comes quickly or is si rung out through a century, it would mean the destruction of capital to the extent that silver now represents capiSFARSIS FROM THE "WIRES tal. The Ilepburn resolutions were conElection riots arc reported In Peru, Chicago barber shops were Closed on sidered this afternoon and adopted. Thfl following officers were elected: 8uriday. The Gould party reached Denver and President, James Cannon, New York will return earn over tiiu Missouri City; George IJ. Slunue, The Ministerial crisis In Chile threatens Oswego; treasurer, A. B. Bissell, AlLedyard Coggawell, to Involve the of the 1 resident. bany. The association will meet at Niagara A severe shock of earthquake occurred at loilbach, Austilo, v.liiuh damaged Falls next year. getting the Government out of ail to-d- ay a to-da- AFTERMATH OF THE STORMS, The great weight of the crowd was the primary cause of the accident, but there is talk of fixing the responsibility. it having been generally known that the structure was old and dilapidated. The Casir.o bulMlng fronts the ocean from the board walk at the head of y Baltic avenue. It is a frame structure, built about three years ago by the Casino Amusement Company. When the pillars supporting the upiier floor gave way, the floor collapsed Into a d forming a V, open at the apexgiIn the lower floor, which fortunately stood toe shock. Those riding in the middle of the room were at trie bottom of the heap of humanity which flll-- d the gpnee. A Dozen Buildings Burned. Denver, July 11. A special to the Republican from Albuquerque, N. M., rays: For the second time Inside of a year a serious conflagration has visited the town of YtTUiams, on the Atlantic Ac Fuel re Railroad. At 8 u. m. fire broke out In a sms tailor shop on First street, and before tbe flames could be subdued more than a dozen buildings had been destroyed, mostly business houses. Five saloons were burned, also the general store of Max Aliman. The town jail was destroyed, and the barber shop of TV. F. Lamar. The losses foot up over $70,000, partly insured. The explosion of a gasoline stove caused the lire. Chinese Riot at Denver. Denver, July lh Shortly before noon policemen were sent In a hurry to the Chinese quarter in response to a riot call. About twenty Chlnam-'were ' doing battle with axes, knives, clubB and stones, but on' the approach of the patrol wagun, they Bought their hiding places. Sam Lung Va, proprietor of an opium Joint, was found with severe wounds on his head, which may cause his death. He hud been struck with an ax by My Gow, his business rival, whose place had been raided, he believed, at the instigation of Sam. The other rioters were the followers of these two leaders. My Gow has not yet been caught. Six Mexicans Executed. Nogales, ArK, July 11. A courier has arrived here from Oposura, in the Montezuma district of Sonora, with the information that on tht 4th Inst., near that place, six men were publicly executed by tue Mexican authorities for complicity In a series of robberieB which had been unearthed over there. sound-mone- y, ar xti-nt- , 4 . l'a-cili- i;. vice-preside- nt, many houses. Tim French Chamber of Deputies adopt- INDIANA SILVER DEMOCRATS. t ed a motion that the negotiate as noon us possible with the United States for the conclurion of a permanent Proposition to Organize Leagues in All the Counties. treaty of arbitration. ur.d General SchoSecretary Lamont field have made uu inspection, with a Indlar.iipulltj, July 11. The committee view to the rejection of tno site' fur u that was appointed by the Democrats free-silvconmilitary post in the Northwest. Spokane, at the Maxinkuckr-Tacoma and Seattle want it. vention met here this afternoon to A prize of fiililU is ofl'ered by the Clflcago coinTimer-Heral- d for the s'lccessful competi- plan a campaign for Independent Senator Turple met with tors In & horseless carriage or vefijule age. and the mem committee, motor race between Chicago and Mllwuu-- k the bers will , be puid'.il largely by his . y cf the' directors of advice. T9 e Senator ivcomm H'Vd that An thq Jewish Orphans' Asylum of, the or- cfx "Stile li.i rung for tile organization der of li'iun 1 rlLh was held at Chicago. of a Democratic independent coinage It was decided to erect another larre be called. Members of the building ami have it hi Cleveland, instead league committee say that if a State league of Chicago or St. Louis. Details will be Is formed un effort vill be made to provided for laur. Abram Hart of (Tii-ca- extend the organization Into, every was elected president. A dispatch from Montreal pays: The county In the State. It Is believed that customs ofticiuls in tills city expict to by following this plan the make an important arrest in a few days wing of the party will bo able to conin connection with the smugglliv; of Chitrol of district conventions which namen from Canada into the United "!' n thenext nrlnv to elect delegates pt States. During the lost four months, It to tbe National nominating convention. is estimated by the authorities, fully 2j0 ii eo wi'i define whether or Chinamen huve been narggled ccrces the not a speaker shall be put in the field line at various pliers. to ansv.er Bynum's speeches. It has been Guvi-rnmen- er . All the Western Roads Are Increasing' Thei,-- Forcc4 re-sl- on all-da- it All western railOniaha, July roads are again Increasing their forces. During the panic the. Mllwaukle laid off 20 per cent of its employees, but now orders have been Issued for an Increase of its force in all departments. Nearly If not quite all the old force will be at work soon, and by August 1st possibly more than were formerly. The Union Pacific Is opening Us Cheyenne shops, and the Burlington Is Increasing its shop force at Holdrege. The Elkhorn Is also reaping the benefit of better times, and Its' forces on the sections and In the shops are being Increased slowly, but surely. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha and the Missouri Pacific have also put additional men to work In the various departments along the lines. ' The cause of the revival In business Is attributed to the prospects of big crops, and the outlook for big freight business this fall. . UTAH SOUTHERN MEETING. Bondholders Appoint a Committee to Examine the Property. New York, July 11. At a meeting of holders of Utah Southern general mortPeter B. gage extension bonds to-dWlckoff, Samuel Carr, Alexander H. Stevens and Isaac H. Bromley were ay free-coina- ge -- ..-- gold-standa- rd Democracy First, Silver Afterwards. Austin, Tex., July 9. Governor CulIn answer to Hon John berson Bookhout of Dallas, comes out for the free and unlimited coniage of silver at 16 to 1. The free sllverltes of Dallas county will hold a convention on the 29th, and the Governor's letter Is for their benefit. He says that whatever may be the action on this question next year, he proposes to support the Democratic ticket, State and National. He pays his respects to President Cleveland rather tartly. Bynums Second Blast. Bloomfield, Ind., July 9. Hon. W. D. Bynum delivered the second of his series of lectures on sound money here He spoke to a large crowd of merchants, professional men, mechanics and farmers for about two hours, pointing out the alleged fallacies of the sllverltes and blmetalllBts. to-da- y, appointed a committee to examine the property and Its relations to the Union Pacific Railway. The committee was Instructed to report as soon as possi- Residents of Galina, Kan., Driven From Their Homes. ble. Exposed by the Breeze. Lamed, Kan., July 11. Polk Cline, an attorney of this city, who has been writing sketches for the Kansas Breeze, was assaulted on the street here last evening by Thomas Haun of Jet more, and severely beaten over the head with a cane. The trouble grew rut of an article which appeared in the last Issue of the Breeze, describing Haun as dancing In a negro dive at Dodge City. ATLANTIC CITY DISASTER. Two Hundred Injured by the Col- -' lapse of the Casino. Atlantic. City, N. J., July 11. No deaths have yet resulted from last nights disaster at the Baltic Avenue Casino, although in other respects the details of the occurrence have not been exaggerated. A conservative estimate places the number of wounded at close to 200. Of these the only one in Immediate danger of death Is Frederick of the Jennings Band, Camden, N. J. The accident was caused by the collapse of the second floor of the building, immediately over a refreshment pavilion. Just previous to the crash the Jennings Band had begun to play for the Elks, and the majority of the people were thus attracted to the upper floor. But for this there would have been great loss of life. A party of New York delegates lingered below, but they heard the alarming crackle of timbers and escaped to the board walk outside, not a second too soon. Cla-pro- th Sallna, Kan., July 9. The Smoky Hill river broke over Its banks last evening, and this morning a large part of the east side of the city was under water. On Iron avenue .the principal btulness street of the city, the water Is from one to four feet deep for half a mile on the east side extending east from Front street Many people have already been driven from their homes, and boats are running In the streets. The river Is still steadily rising, and if it goes six Inches higher, a hundred people will be forced to leave their homea Between midnight and 2 o'clock this morning the river rose at the rate of three Inches an hour, but since that time the rise has not been so fast. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT. Proposal for a Bimetallic Conference Signed at Paris. New York, July 9. A dispatch to the World from- Paris says: Delegate Fogelrol pa Med the latter part of last week with M. Gardoff and Count Mlrboch Arendt, endeavoring to reach an agreement. After much discussion, Gardnff abandoned the idea of gradual rehabilitation of silver by a system Jof seigniorage rights, and with the Germans signed the French proposal, which provides for the convocation ofj an international bimetallist conference, which shall fix the relations of silver and gold at 15V4 to L The (international Congress closed today. The general feeling among Americas delegates was that much valuable time Had been wasted In banquets and receptions which might have been better employed. France cannot take the Initiative in proposals of International arbitration. Her alliance with Russia Is now an accomplished fact. - suggested that Senator Turpie undertake this task, but he does not wish to do it. LAWLESSNESS IN NEBRASKA Settlers Threaten to Wipe Out Horse and Ca.tle Thieves. July 11. A dispatch from Chamberlain, 8. D., says: A lawless state of affairs exists In the north central portion of Nebraska and the adjacent territory of South Dakota, and only the most vigorous measures on the part of the authorities or the settlers themselves will remedy many of the evils now existing. For years the country between Lyman county, directly west of here, and Holt and Keya Paha counties, Nebraska, has been Infested by what appears to be an organized gang of cattle and horse thieves. Enough has been learned to make it a certainty that this band has convenient rendezvous at various points through the fifty nr sixty miles of territory where it operates. Cattle and horses that stray toward White river disappear with great regularity, as also do cattle and horses belonging to farmers and stockmen residing throughout that portion of South Dakota. This leads to the conclusion that the thieves take the stock stolen from South Dakota farmers and ranchmen and dispose of them to the settlers in Nebraska. Certain residents of the Infested region who have no visible means of support are suspected of being In league with the thieves, but no positive evidence has as yet been secured ngalnst them. Gangs of horse and cattle thieves have been practically wiped out of existence tm several occasions in northnrn Nebraska and Southern South Dakota during the last twenty years by the enraged sctllers, and there are Indications that the same effective measures will be resorted to again. Chicago, ALARM IN WEST VIRGINIA.- - Situation in the Mining Region Is Grave. Va., July 8. The situation Is very grave in the Elkhorn minColonel Vvhlte, Governor ing region. McCorkle's private secretary, says the Bluefleld, TV. trouble danger Is imminent and that may occur at any time. A telegram to from Governor McCorkle Colonel Tierney says that If any more by the parading with guns is done Immediminers the troops will be sent ately. Threats of tmrning the tipples are made, and this, with the derailment of cars, has created serious alarm. The heavy guard of United States Marshals, together with Governor McCorkle's telegram, Colonel White thinks, has had a beneficial effect. The company here Is In readiness to move at to-d- ay once If needed. |