The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-09
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TELEGRAPHIC.
The Mississippi Let Loose.
HANNIBAL, Mo, June 3O.-What is
known as the Sny Levee, an embank-
ment which protects the Illinois bottom
for many miles north and south of Quin-
cy, broke at three O'Clock this morning
near Cincinnati Landing, about eight
miles below here. The break is about
half II mile wide, and the water Is rush
ing through and backing up with great
rapidity. The rise of ground from the
place of break To the Wabash, Chicago,
Burlington IL Quincy railroad junction,
opposite this city. is about six inches To
the mile, but this is not enough to keep
the water back.
a large force of men did all they could
to prevent the break, but their labors
were futile. The loss in the Illinois bot
tom will bc immense, and many of the
farmers Will be ruined. Wheat which
was cut and shocked is floating off, and
the corn crop will be destroyed. Anoth-
er break near the above named junction
is feared. The river is now about sta
tiOnary, and the decline will probably
many thousand acres of highly cult
waited land from being overlooked
Henry Morris, who has just returned
from visit TO the levee at the east end,
reports that there is no break there and
that.ihe levee will hold. The report of
break arose from a small stream of
water trickling through the embank-
mcnt The river is reported on de
cline.
EldOradO Echoes.
ELDoRADo, Kan, June Glowing to
i'll treatment, Mrs. Guthrie refused to
live any longer with her husband and
sought protection from John DAILY, her
father, at whose house she was stopping.
VIM. Guthrie, becoming enraged, started
for Daly's house, and when within hail
ing distance, called his wife to him.
She having hastily left the house, DAILY
answered, warning his son-in-law Guth-
RE to leave the place. Guthrie not com.
plying, DAILY again warned him to leave,
which he refused to do, but continued to
advance on horseback with drawn re-
volvcr in his hand. Daily picked up his
rifle and sent ball through Guthric's
left lung which will probably prove ia
tai. Two young men were in the house
at the time, and were witnesses TO the
above facts. All the parties live in
Bloomington township, this county.
Attorney Smith and sheriff Douglass
started east, this morning, for the scene
of this horrible affair Noiwithstand-
ing that $500 reward has been Offered
by the governor for the arrest of Jack
Pearson, the murderer of Andrew
Townsley, he is still at large.
Booming MeteOr.
MACON, Ga, June 30.-Near 10 O'Clock
last night meteor as large rs Il barrel,
starting from the zenith. plunged down
the northeastern sky and exploded with
report that reverberated for thirty sec
onds and shook the earth at this point.
The meteor was about five seconds fall
ing, during which time the city was lit
up as by an electric light. Much eX-
citement prevailed in the near quarters,
the inhabitants rushing TO their houses,
closed the doors. Milling the air with
screams and prayers. The time between
the disappearance of the meteor and re-
port was about three minutes.
Poor Portland.
SAN FRANCIsCO, June 30.-A Portland
dispatch says: Front and First streets
are submerged by Il rise of the river. The
damage to property IN the city and up
and down the Columbia river will reach
over 100000.
The Seawannahaka Disaster.
New YORK, June 30.-The bodies of
twenty-nine victims of the Seawannahaka
disaster have been recovered, and thirty
are missing, Thomas Moore, lawyer,
102 Broadway, and Alfred Waldron, of
No. East 10th street, reported lost, are
safe. They both swan ashore, but were
in such an exhausted condition as to be
unable to communicate with their
friends.
Booming Chicago.
CHICAGO, June 30.-Supervisor of
census Wright reports that the latter re-
turns have so far exceeded the estimates,
that the actual figures on hand at the
close of office hours tonight add up
within Il few hundreds of 100000 as the
population of Chicago. Other returns
will increase this total, but to what ex-
tent is not known.
Financial.
SAN FRANCIsCO, June 30.-The Bullc-
tin, in a financial article this evening,
referring TO the newly elected law of
New York taxing foreign bank capital,
says: We undertand that the Nevada
bank balance at New York, from three
to four millions, will bc ordered TO Lon
don.
Bold Burglary.
CHANUTE, Kas June Yesterday,
while the agent, Mr.. G. A. Mitchell, and
other employees were absent at dinner,
some person or persons entered the office
of the X. C., L. & s. railroad company,
this city, and carried off $136 in cash
Mr.. Mitchell, who is one of the most
faithful and courteous officials on the
road, has been unable thus far to obtain
any clue tO the robbery. Suspicious rest
upon one or more of Il gang of hard
characters who have been in this city
for-the past week or ten days attending
the races of the Chanute TrOtting As
ISOLATION, which closed Friday last
Nearly to Leadville
DENVER, June 80. - A Leadville
special says: The extension of the
Denver IL Rio Grande railroad was COM
pleted to Malth at noon to-day, three
miles from Leadville. The cars will run
to Leadville within ten days.
New Mexico Troops
DENVER, Col, June ga Santa Fe
special says Generals Pope and Hatch
had conference in regard to the distribu-
ton of troops in southern New Mexico.
They agreed To scatter soldiers in small
attachments over the entire exposed ter
ritory and give Gen. Buell. 900 men for
active service.
Fast Mails
WASHINGTON, June 30.-The post
master general has completed neSotia-
lions with the New York Central, Hud-
son and Lake Shore Il Southern Michi-
gan railroads, whereby the benefits de-
rived from the fast mail in operation on
those roads in 1875 and 1876 will be
again given to almost the entire territory
of the west The details of arrangements
have been heretofore published, and 90
into effect ON Monday July 3
And Still They Explode.
MINNEAPoLIs, July l.-At6:25 O'Clock
this morning, ON lake Minnietanka, the
pleasure steamer Mary, owned and run
by Captain Halstead, while living at the
wharf near the St. Louis hotel, exploded
her boiler with terrible effect, complete
~ wrecking the boat, which sunk imme-
diately. The following is the list of the
killed and wounded: VIM. Chadwick,
engineer, instantly killed; II. Plattin-
berg, of Canton, ILL.,, a guest at hotel.
| who died in two hours; G. A Gains,
head waiter at the hotel St. Louis, in
| stantly killed; Jno. ). Atwood, fatally
injured and dying; Edward Spiker, fire
man, scalded about the face and neck !;
| Frank Adams, scalded and hurt in the
| eye; A. ID. Domond, Minneapolis, scald-
ed and Frustrated; Jim" porter at the
hotel ST. Louis, scalded and bruised :;
Lang, the porter, scalded and bruised /;
Harry, cOlored boy, very lad hurt,
MS arm OisIoOoecus anu Dduly scalucu (;
English" George, scalded and bruised.
The boat was on her way to Wayseata TO
take on board q hundred excurslonists,
and had stopped at the hotel on the way,
The Mary has for long time been con
| sidered unsafe, and the boiler is the
third of the same make that has explod-
cd on the same lake in the last three
years, each time with fatal results 1t is
claimed that there were but sixty pounds
of steam in the boiler at the time of the
explosion and plenty of water.