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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
ALL AFLOAT.

Tho City of Council Bluffs, Ia, Visited BY
a Terrific Rain Storm -. Prominent
Streets Converted Into Roaring Torrents
by the Overflow of Creek-Many Peo-
pie Believed To Be Drowned-Property
Loss Large.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, June2.
At six o'clock last evening one of the
worst rain-Storms that ever visited this Vi
cinity set in, and for four hours poured
down in torrents. Indian Creek, which
runs through the heart of the city, over
flowed, and the damage from the same is
roughly estimated at 100000 Seven iron
bridges and two stone culyerts be-
longing to the city were swept away, as were
also several dwellings and barns along the
creek. All the business houses Oh Main
street and Broadway are flooded. Loss of
life is reported. The water in the streets
one block from the creek was waist deep,
with swift current. Cries for help could
be heard in every direction, but the swift
ness of the current rendered assistance inn
possible. Particulars are very difficult to OBJ
tain tonight. AT twelve o'clock it was still
raining. 1t is the most terrific rair-fiood
Western Iowa ever experienced. The storm,
which set in about six o'clock, was a heavy
shower, but no citizen for moment realized
the devastation that has followed. The creek
divided the city, and the flood rose SO
quickly that many men found it impossible
to reach their wives and children, and a
number narrowly escaped death from drown
ing while endeavoring to reach their dear
ones. The mourning in the city is universal,
and the destruction of property widespread.
A local newspaper in referring to this great
element visitation to our city says: :" The
most frightfui calamity occurred last even
ing at six o'clock. There had been threat
enings of rain during the entire day, with
occasional showers, but when even
ing came it seemed as though the
very heavens fell. A dark cloud
swept around to the eastward and dis
charged its torrents at the head waters of
Indian Creek, and the maddened flood with
constantly increasing volume poured through
Council Bluffs sweeping bridges and cul-
yerts from one end Of the stream to the 9TH
er. Many buildings were swept away All
that part of the city lying between the bluffs
and Broadway on the north was inundated
by the rushing and seething waters.
The sight was awful. To add to the
horrors OF the situation, the loss of life
is feared at this writing to be large.
as numerous instances of drowning have al
ready been reported. At midnight rain was
still falling, although the creek seemed to
have spent its fury. The water in the west
ern and southern parts of the city was rap
idly rising. and many people were compelled
to take boats and escape. Facts as TO the
amount OF devastation by the storm are inn
possible to give at this hour, but the loss to
the city alone will be hundreds of thousands
OF dollars, besides that of private indiyid-
uals
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
The Free-Traders.

DETR OFT, June /.
At Yesterdays session of the National
Free-Trade Conference there was adopted a
resolution that the free trade work Of this.
country be under the direction Of the Amer
lean Free Trade League; that the latter APP
point National Committee of one delegate
from each State League to have a general
direction of the work in his own State. and
be held responsible therefor; that the Ex-
ecutiye Committee of the National Commit
tee appoint and have the power to remove
member and appoint one to represent it on
the National Committees from each of those
States which have no State League, and
that the National Committee appoint Gem
eral Secretary, with headquarters in the city
Of New York
An address to the people of the United
States was adopted, which, after declaring
the tariff question to be the paramount issue
in National politics. sets forth the benefits
that might be expected to result to the coun-
try from the adoption of the free-trade pol
Icy David A. Wells was elected perma-
nent President, with an imposing list Of
Vice Presidents. In the evening the confer
ence was addressed by Thomas G. Shear
man, of Brooklyn, n. Y, and Congressman
Springer, OF Illinois.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
Terrible Deed Of an Insane Mother.
PHmAnEIpHIA June ..

/ PHILADELPHIA, June 2.
A special to the Press from Carlisle saws
| that the people of the little village Of Hunts
! Vile, III Penn Township, LuZerne County,
| were Mortified Friday morning by the infor-
| nation that Mrs. Martin Douglas and her
three children were lying dead in their house
| with their Threats cut from ear to ear Mar
tin Douglas is young laboring man, and
works at Pine Grove Furnace, probably five
miles or so from his home. His custom has
been to go to work Sunday evenings, work
all the week, ana return to his family on
Saturdays
His children were all small, the oldest
being five years and the youngest but six
months old, and they and their mother We're
the only occupants of the house, but, as Mrs.
Douglas parents lived near and her mother
was frequently back and forth, it was
thought entirely safe for the husband to re-
main away all the week. Some months ago,
however, the family physician thought he
noticed symptoms of insanity in Mrs. Doug
las, and so informed the woman's husband
and also her parents, but they saw nothing
wrong i'll the woman's conduct, and paid
little heed to what the doctor said.
Thursday evening Mrs. Douglas mother
was to see her, remaining until about nine
o'clock. tile children having been put to bed
before she left. Report says she saw moth
Ing in her daughters actions to cause any
suspicion that she was not in herright mind.
or entirely safe to leave alone with her little
children. Friday morning no one appearing
outside the Douglas house for so long the
neighbors became suspicious that there W IS
something wrong and Mrs. Douglas mother
Went to inquire. Upon entering the house
most horrible sight met her gaze. There
lay the three small children in the bed
where she had seen them put to their SUM
bers the evening before, but their Threats
were cut and their innocent lives were gone.
On the floor lay her daughter, the mother of
the three ifeless children, with her throat
cut and gashed in a manner that is sickning
to relate, and near her lay the razor with
which the bloody work was done.
The most plausible theory is that the
mother, in an overpoWering fit of insanity,
committed the. shocking deed, though SOME
persons are half inclined to think some one
else might have done it. JustIce-of-the-
Peace Null held an inquest, ard a verdict
was rendered that the mother had killed the
children and then taken he own life.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THERE were 173 business failures
during the seven days ended on the sth
inst, as compared with 151 for the seven
days previous. The distribution of the fail.
lures was as follows: New England States,
I23; Middle States, %; Western States, Sc;
Southern States, 26; Pacific States and
Territories, II; New York City, 10, and
Canada, 10.
ISAAC III. BROMLEY, of Connecticut;
George G.. Haven, of New York; Watson
Parrish, of Nebraska; Colgate Hoyt, of
New York, and Arthur L. Conger, of Ohio,
have been appointed Government Directors
of the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
MERRICK closed his argument before
the star-route jury at Washington on the
18th. The arguments in the case began
April 10. more than seven weeks ago.
The three powder mills of Latin &
Rand, at NeWburg, N. Y, were blown up
the other day by lightning and one man was
killed. Loss. 900. Work would be sus-
pended month.
WILLIAM STEVENS, once a noted
oarsman, was found drowned near Pough-
keepsie, N. va few days ago. He had
been missing since December ).
THE liabilities of Jesse Oakley & Co.,
/ the New York soap manufacturers, who
| failed recently, are scheduled at $780, 900;
assets, 100000.
A POWDER magazine was struck by
lightning at Scutari, Turkey, the other
day, and terrible explosion followed.
Many persons were killed.
Gilbert M. STEPHENSON was hanged
at Lawrenceville, Ga, on the Sth, for the
murder Of his amt.
The steamer Ariadne caught fire in
the hold when near Flint's Island, short
distance above Cannelton, Ind, on the Sth,
and the boat had to be scuttled to save her.
She sank over the boiler deck. 1t was be-
1ieved the passengers and crew were saved.
A SEVERE storm occurred at Reading,
Pa, the other night. Two barges were
struck by lightning land a church at Amity-
vile, was damaged. Cattle and horses were
killed in various parts of the country.
ACCOUNTS received on the 9Th said
that sanguinary fighting took place on the
I'd and Sd inst. in Albania, between Turkish
troops under the command of Aysim Pasha
and a body of Castratis. The Turks were
reported to have lost 1890 men and the
Castratis 800.
The Irish members Of Parliament
gave banquet to United States Senator
Jones, of Florida, at Westminster, Eng,
on the 9Th.
The Barber brothers, Ike and Bill,
whose recent doings and pursuit and cap
ture, near Tripoli, Iowa, have furnished
material for sensational items, were hanged
at Waverly, Iowa, on the Sth by mob.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

TIE convicted Arkansas train rob
bers attempted to bride guard to let then
escape the other day, but the guard was
not that kind of a man.
| THE Vanderbilts have bought the
Bedford Springs property in Pennsylvania
and will equip it for mountain summer
resort.
II is said by officers of the Depart.
ment of Agriculture at Washington that
hog cholera has been practically extin
1 guished.
The annual meeting of the American
Medical Association began on the 9th at
/ Cleveland, 0.
The notorious Barber brothers, out
| lawed by reason of their murder of Deputy
| Sheriff Shepherd, of Fayette County, Iowa,
! last September, and for other crimes, and
for whose capture So, 900 reward was offered
| in Illinois and $1,000 in Iowa, were cap
! tured the other evening while eating sup
per in house six miles south Of Tripolo,
Iowa, after a desperate fight, in which the
| desperadoes severely wounded four men,
two mortally. -Four handred men were en-
gagged in their pursuit.
A GUARD of Deputy Sheriffs has been
placed at the Reinecke Coal Mine in ST.
Clair County, ILL.,, in consequence of re-
newed visits from strikers.
THERE were seven cases of sunstroke
in New York City on the 9TH, two of which
were fatal.
The Mayor of Moscow, Russia, has
been banished for having expressed the
hope, in his speech at the banquet to the
Mayors of cities during the coronation
festivities, that the Car would institute
constitutional regime.
UNDER the postal agreement between
the United States and Canada the latter
country will have to carry our letters at two
cents, after July 1, while they charge three
cents for their own mail service.
The President of the New FORK Fish
Culture Association protests against the
introduction of black bass in the Adj.
rondack region, fearing that they would
exterminate the trout. q
THE Rails County (Mo.) judges who
were brought before the Federal Court for
failure to obey the writ of mandamus for
tax levy have been released on their
own recognizance.
FRED FIFIELD, the boy who was lost
in the woods near Ashland, Wis, reached
a lumber camp few days ago after being
three days without food.
THE boat race between the Yale
Freshmen and Junior crews on the 9Th was
won by the latter.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

a STORM that ragged over North Texas
on the.night Of the I'd struck Greenville,
Hunt County, in the shape of a cyclone,
doing great damage to buildings and prop
erty. One hundred and fifty houses were
reported either blown down entirely or
moved from their foundations. Only one
life was known to be lost, that of colored
child, but several persons were severely
injured. The north end was blown off the
Missouri Pacific depot and the freight de.
pot was demolished, the Methodist and col
ored churches were totally wrecked and
the Presbyterian and Baptist Churches
were badly damaged There was q heavy
rain at other points. but no tornado.
The other night two negro patients
in the Lunatic Asylum at Austah, Tex, got
THIRTY-NINE cows and three horses
were burned to death in barn near Nine
ola, Long Island, a few days ago.
A TORNADO in BARLEY County, Ala,
the other day demolished the houses on
several plantations. One colored man was
verely injured.
A BAND of robbers from Mexico
crossed the Rio Grande and stole 5000
worth of money and goods from store in
Hidalgo County, Texas, a few days ago.
WHILE looking for criminals in the
Chickasaw country, ]. Ter, Deputy
United States Marshal and posse recently
reported having encountered and killed
three desperadoes. It has transpired that,
having stumbled upon q woman and two
children sleeping out of doors, they fired
without waiting to Investigate further, kill
ing the children and wounding the mother,
who fed to her house. Thither the posse fol- |
lowed her, and, finding third child, shot
him dead.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16

IHE Br1cklayerS Union OF Chicago
| ILL.,, after having been engaged in strike
since April for higher wages, has given uI
the fight and disbanded.
The State Department has dis.
patched a special agent to La Paz, Mexico
to investigate the case of the United States
schooner Adriana, which has been confis
Gated by the Mexican authorities, her Cap.
tain being condemned to five years. impris'
onment,f for smuggling. The Captain denies
that he was guilty of defrauding the Gus.
| toms.
THE cable reported on the 9th that
General Hicks had gained great victory
| in the Soudan over 5000 Arabs, killing 800.
THE police at Paris, France, were
keeping close watch on the movements of
several Germans and Russians on the 18th,
who were suspected of belonging to the
anarchist committee.
The Church of the Savior was con-
secrated on the 18th at Moscow, Russia, the
ceremony being one of the most brilliant
connected with the coronation.
THE Indians who surrendered at San
Carlos, a few days ago, said the hostiles in
were commanded by Geronimo.
The truth of the story published re-
Gently about the poisoning, by the Invinci-
bles, in Dublin, of number of persons OBJ
noxious to them was much contested on the
9Th, it being both reafirmed and denied.
A TURKISH convoy of nine battalions,
who were sent to chastise the Albanians,
were captured near scutari the other day
by force of Albanians.
WILLIAM G. MOORE was arrested in
Atlantic, To-, few days ago, charged with
embezzling $150,O00 from bank in Victor,
Ny.
The Treasury Department requires
cargoes of tea received in San Francisco
for Chicago dealers to be tested by sample
in New York.
The President has designated St.
Vincent, Mimi, as the port from which inn
ported merchandise may be shipped in
bond in transit through the United States
to and from the British possessions of
North America.
DURING the month of May the British
imports increased, as compared with last
period decreased f54S,000.
FRANCIS BAKER, who sued the Meth
odist Book Concern in New York for $780,
900 for breach of contract the other day,
got judgment for $500.
LAWSON E. MCKINNEY, Treasurer of
Mouroe County, Ind, unsupported to be
defaulter in the sum of $4,000 few days
ago.
The double-turreted monitor Amphi-
trite was successfully launched on the It'll
at Wilmington, Del.
THE Second Auditor of the Treasury
the other day finished auditing the accounts
of surviving members of the crew of che
lost Arctic exploring steamer Jeanette,
and they We're not allowed anything for
their expenses while in Washington as
witnesses. They were limited to their pay
as seamen.
A NATIONAL horse show association
mas been incorporated in New York City.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
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parents Theo. Mar

AT Troy, N. Y, tM other day, dur
ing the absence of hi parents Theo. Mar
tin, aged seven year found revolver
He and his fourteen- kold brother wer
examining the wealth. when Theodor
pulled the trigger. ~ ball entered hi
brothers. throat. The bund was probabl.
fatal. Y
| FRANK Brown al John Anderson
l notorious desperadoeSb Undertook to "run'
the town Of Wiota, IdSA, the other night
threatening peaceabH citizens and firing
their revolvers. AS Eey passed up thu
street, a public-spirits 3itizen fred loat
Brown could not reGr
| AN immense Ids given il
Petroffsky Park, nea scow, in honor OF
the coronation of the AR. Five persons
| were crushed to death in the tremendous
crowd who sought admission.
! ADvICEs received from Sierra Leone
few days ago, under date of May 24th
state that fifty persons were roasted alive
| for withcraft in the Sherbro district, South
Africa.
| DURING the performance of circus
at Suspension Bridge, New York, the other
| evening, the canvas tents were struck by q
| terrific rain squat and utterly demolished.
| About 1000 persons were in the tents and a
| terrible panic ensued. A large number OF
persons were injured, though none fatally.
| One HUNDRED and forty-three Ger
man soldiers were accidentally poisoned at
Posen, few days ago, and were in criti-
cal condition.
The schooner Fannie A. Bailey, from
Cheveri, N. S., for Philadelphia, went
ashore at Cape May few days ago. Three
men and one child were lost.
BIZ a runaway at Troy. N. T.. the
other morning Mrs. Maxon, of New York,
was thrown from a wagon and received
probably fatal injuries, and four other
persons were seriously injured.
j. w. WHITNEY, confined in the Gas
conade County Jail at Herman, Mo-, for
the murder of William Burchard, about a
month ago, was dragged from his cell by
mob few nights ago and hanged to a tree.
A GRAVEL train was ditched on the
New York g. New England Railroad near
Boston, Mass, the other night, and a brake
man was killed.
Two Mexican horse-thieves were be-
ing taken from Gonzales County, Tex, to
San Diego the other day, when twenty
five men overpowered the officers and the
thieves were lynched on short order.
Two men, accused Of setting fire to
Alexandria at the time Of the British bonn
bardment, have beeppsentenced to death.
Eighteen officers are 70 be imprisoned for
the same crime.
THE German steamer Claudius, which
left New York May 10 for Stockholm, in a
collision off Tylmoth, Eng, the other day,
was badly damaged, and was run on the
beach, where she sank.
i A SEVERE rain and wind storrSrt,re-
vailed in portions of New York and Penn
sylvania on the 9th. At Muncie, Pa, light
ming struck an eight thousand gallon Oil
tank, which was burned, together with
several houses. At Albany, N. Y, $50, 900
damage was done. Elsewhere there was
considerable injury inflicted upon prop
erty.
A BURGLAR entered a room where
jury were locked up over night at Spring
field, No., on the It'll, and robbed the entire
twelve and the deputy in charge of them.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-04-29
A Pleasant Recognition.

Our accomplished friends of the Santa
Ana Standard, in their last issue, ''do
us proud" in the following generous
measure,
Joseph d. Lynch, editor of the Los
Angeles HERALD, accompanied by his
business agent, 7. A. Templeten, paid
visit to Santa Ana last Wednesday. Mr..
Lynch drove through Tustin, Orange,
and other places of interest near Santa
Ana. He expressed great surprise at
the beauty and richness of the country
south of the Santa Ana river, the extent
of which he had no idea until he took
this trip. He is now giving the results
of his observations in a series of articles
in the HERALD. We regret that our
space is so limited that we are unable to
produce these articles in full. There is
no man in Los Angeles or elsewhere that
has done as much good work for South
ern California as this able journalist
His two editions of the ILLUSTRATED
HERALD have been circulated in every
civilized country on the globe, and hun
dreds OF people have been brought to
Southern California through its agency,
Much of the prosperity that Los An.
geles is now enjoying is due to his intel
hgent and persevering labors.
Mr.. Lynch returned to Los Angeles
on Wednesday afternoon, Mr.. Temple
ton remaining a few days in the interest
of the HERALD. Mr.. Templeton is a
"rustler" in the highest sense of the
word, and we are glad that he has been
successful in swelling the already large
circulation of the HERALD. Come again
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-04-29
Santa Ana Items.
[From the Standard. !

tfrom the Staniard.l
We learn from gentleman who was
at San Luis Rey few days ago, that
the thermometer registered 1907 in the
shade at that place.
Farmers near Newport and at West.
Minister report the artesian wells failing.
Many have ceased flowing entirely and
pumps have to be used to bring the wa-
ter to the surface. As there is no pros
pect of the failing wells being restored
before the rainy season, some of them
will be bored deeper in hope of striking
stronger streams.
Last Monday evening the members Of
Sedgwick Post, G.. A. r., held meet.
ing, at which they decided not to give
an entertainment before Decoration Day.
A committee was appointed to make the
arrangements for the Decoration Day
ceremonies, which promise to be the
most imposing ever held in Santa Ana.
The prospect for a heavy grape crop
in this valley was never so good at this
season as at pressnt. Almost every
vineyard has received one or two heavy
irrigations, and the vines are putting
out finely. Now that the time for frost
has past, nothing but something now
unknown can interfere with the yield.
The Carpenter Water Company has let
the contract for 6600 feet Of ten-inch
concrete pipe, to be laid Immediately, to
bring the water in the Santiago creek
from the mouth of the present pipe, just
above Mr.. Sibbley's old place. in the
canon, down to below the rocky poiut
where an old Spanish ruin is still visible.
N. w. Stowell has the contract.
The following are the exports from
Santa Ana depot, for the week ending
April 81 6l cases eggs, 1850 pounds;
9l3 boxes of oranges, 6s, | 10 pounds; 20
boxes Of lemons aud lines, l,s70 pounds;
l26 sacks wool, 1850 pounds; car
coal, 10000 pounds; 8 cars sheep, l60,.
900 pounds; general merchandise, l0,-
900 pounds.
Last Saturday night another of Jona-
than Watson's children died Of diphthe-
ria, at Upper Santa Ana. The victim
was a little boy about five years of age,
This makes five children that have been
taken from this family with this disease
within two weeks. An infant is the
only remaining child. The only other
cases reported are one or two near
Westminster.
The schooner Josiah Grindle, which
put to sea from San Juan harbor during
the blow two weeks ago and went to San
Pedro, returned to San Juan a few days
ago, but before she had discharged her
cargo another blow came up and she was
obliged to put to sea a second time and
has not been heard Of since. The
damage from the first storm amounted
To about 81 400