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OF the flood and the breaking of its force.
1t contained $500 inhabitants, and must be
almost devastated.
Woodvale, with 200 people, lay mile
below Conemaugh, in the flat, and one
mile further down were Johnstown and its
cluster of sister towns, Cambria City and
Conemaughborough, with a total populs-
tlon of 10000. On made ground, and
stretched along right at the rivers verge
were the immense iron works of the Cam
brla Iron and Steel Company, who have
S5,oOO,0oO invested in their plant Besides
these there are many other large industrial
establishments on the bank of the river
and how badly they are damaged cannot be
estimated. 1t II P. NJ. railroad man saws
the loss of life will reach hundreds. and
possibly over thousand The report of
the loss of the towns above named cannot
yet De confirmed
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McGARIGLE, THE BooDLER.
He Returns from Canada and PAYS a
Fine of $4,000

CHICAGO, May 3lst. - Interest in the
EronIn case was partially eclipsed today
by sensation created by the announce
ment OF the return to Chicago of w. J..
McGarigle, the ex-Warden of the County
Hospital and General Agent of the Cook
county famous Doodle gang.
The history of this case and of NcGari-
giles sensational escape from the custody
OF Sheriff Matson, and his subsequent
chase into Canada, needs no repetition at
this time, Shortly before noon to-day
McGarigle walked into Judge Shepherds s
branch OF the County Court accompanied
by States Attorney Longenecker, attorney
Adams, L. J. Lehman and James FifZ-
simmons, the latter two being McGarigle's
bondsmen. The Court officials and police
men waiting to give evidence in the crimi-
nal cases stared in amaZement at the sight
of the man who has been so long fugi-
tive in Canada.
The Court suspended proceedings in a
case on trial, and lawyer Adams stated that
an agreement had been made between the
States attorney and the counsel for the de-
fendant, in view of the recent decision of
the Supreme Court of Illinois granting
Edw. Mcdonald. ex-engineer of the County
Hospital. and a brother of Mike Mcdonald,
well known political boss, a new trial. In
view of that decision it had been agreed
that new trial shall be granted McGarigle.
that he should enter plea of guilty and
pay fine.
States Attorney J ngenecker said such
an arrangement had cen made, and he de-
sired that fine of $4,000 be imposed. He
said Mcdonald, who was a co-defendant
with McGarigle had been granted a new
trial, but that the State did not desire to
try him again. He thought the arrange
ment with McGarigle, who had escaped to
Canada, was the best that could be done.
As TO Mcdonald, he had served eighteen
months in Jail, and suffered more than Nc
Garigle. The difficulties in the way of a
successful prosecution of a new trial were
insuperable. He therefore moved that a
nolle proSequi be entered as to him.
The orders were made by the Court, and
while the clerk was figuring up the cost
McGarigle and his friends retired to the
Judges chamber. McGarigle said he did
not wish 10 talk more than to saw he pro-
posed now to remain in Chicago McGari-
gle was given three years in the peniten-
tiary by the verdict of the Jury and fine
OF 81 600. The verdict was set aside by the
Supreme Court of the State fifteen months
after he escaped from the Sheriff
There were altogether twenty-three iu-
dictmenis against him. 1t was one of
these-the one under which he and Nc
Donald were tried-ihat he was fined. The
other twenty-five were stricken OF. The
costs OF the trial and those resulting from
the forfeiture of the bonds amount to
about sl,ogO. This amount and the fine
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TROUBLESOME TIGKERs.
1t is Claimed that Market Reports are
Public ProDerty.

CHICAGO, May 3lst.-In accordance with
a previous announcement the official quota
tions Of the Board of Trade will be cut off
to. morrow from about 500 correspondents
who are non-members of the Board Ar
rangements have been made in most in
stances by commission merchants to keep
their customers informed of the market
changes and an increased force OF telegraph
ers will be put on the floor to
handle the business. The employees
of the Gold IL Stock Telegraph Com
pany were sent out this afternoon TO
remove all of the tickers from the offices
of persons and corporations not members
of the Board. George NJ. Hurd secured an
Injunction from Judge fully restraining
the Board of Trade and the Western
Union Telegraph Company from removing
his stock quotation ticker. Hurd has
brokers' office in st. Paul and Minneapolis
and he claims to have as much right to an
injunction as if he were doing business in
Chicago. He insists that the market re-
ports are public and not private property.
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Humming Bird on the Ground.

All writers on the subject OF ornlthology
whom | have consulted agree that the
huniming bird never aHghts on the ground.
l beg leave to differ with them Near my
home is field that in the summer time is
used by florist for the cultivation of flow
ers. have frequently repaired in the
evening when the hHmnlins hirds-ware
making their meal, and with opera glass
in hand seated myself quietly among
the bushes. The ruby throats would
come quite close, seemingly unaware of
my presence, and dart here and there after
their dainty food, or pause to sip drop of
nectar from some opening flower, ever and
anon stopping for short rest upon stem
or upon the ground. When they alight
upon the ground they spread the tail to its
full extent, the end against the ground,
the wings slightly dropped, resting on the
tail apparently for the purpose of steady
ing themselves. l have seen them
playfully chasing each other, and
starting from the ground, and after several
sallies or playful banters returning to the
ground, sitting quite close to each other.
When thus seated they fluff out their
feathers and appear plump (sparrow-like),
quite the contrary to their appearance
when perched upon twig-Forest and
Stream.
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FIERCE FLOODS AT JOHNsTOWN.
Angry Waters Spread Ruin and Desola-
ton in Their Path.

JoHNsTowN (Pa.), May 31st.-This city
was visited to-day by the worst flood it ever
experienced. The Pennsylvania Railroad
is blockaded with water on the tracks, hun
dreds of houses are inundated and people
are being removed to second-story win
dows. The railroad bridge across the Con-
emaugh is swept away. The water reached
the second-story windows of the railroad
depot, forcing the telegraph operators and
employees to vacate.
The Conemaugh river swept away thou
sands of dollars worth of property. This
stream has its source in the mountains,
where there was water-spout. This morn
ing a telegram YVES received from Saug
Hollow, which says number of houses
were carried down the COnemaugh river
and twenty-five or thirty people were sup
posed to have been drowned. A number
OF bodies were seen in the drift and debris
but on account of the raging water could
not be rescued.
Some persons report the number of lives
lost at fifty. A telegram from New Flor
enCe states that the water is twenty-three
feet above low water mark. Almost every
bridge on the river is swept away.
An artificial lake three miles above this
place, covering an area of one square mile
with an average depth of twenty feet. burst
~ IShs DOAS Va aASl k'JAASu lLlO TIE dI-
ready raging Conemaugh, and several hun
dred persons would have been drowned
had not the people given the alarm, and
the inhabitants in low lands left their
homes. Houses were carried away, and
the water rose so rapidly and so high that
! railroad telegraph operators were COM
PEELED % leave the towner at the station.
At 8 o'clock this evening it is reported
that at least fifty bodies have been floating
in the river past Sang Hollow. Some were
not dead, and were clinging to pieces of
drift, but could not be rescued.
EXTENSIVE LANDSLIDE.
HARRISBURG (Pa.J, May 31st.-A great
landslide is reported at Lilly's Station.
The water is said to be ten feet deep on the
Pennsylvania Railroad track
WATER AT wILLIAMsPoRT.
WILLIAMsPoRT pa, May 3lst-Reports
at 10 o'clock tonight from points up the
river are alarming. At Clearfield the water
is considerably higher than in 1885. Two
or three bridges were carried away, and
there are fears for the safety of the boom a,
Lock Haven. A large force of men is at
work on the boom here, trying to make it
secure. The water is exr ected to reach
here by morning. 1t is feared that Is, ,0OO,-
600 feet OF logs in Lovalsack creek will be
lost. 1t is raining hard here.
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EASTERN TURF EVENTS.
Slow Time Made-Americana and Senior.
ita Make a Dead Heat.


New YORK, May 3lst. - Overhanging
clouds to-day threatened downpour at
any moment, but nevertheless there was q
fair attendance at Jerome Park. The track
was fast, but the fields were remarkable for
their smallness. The races resulted as fol-
lows:
First race, eleven-sixteentt, of a mile.
Iago won, Telephone second, May Queen
third. Time, 1:l3l
Second race. one and one-eighth miles,
Fides won, Americana and Senorita dead
heat for second place. Time, 2:O0l.
Third race, three-quarters of a mile
Lonely won, Brown Charlie second, khaf-
ton third. Time, 1:194.
Fourth race, 1,4OO yards, EOlian won,
Connamara second. Time. 1:234.
Fifth race, 1,4OO yards-Miracle won,
Crusader second, Topeka third. Time, LA
Sixth race, three-quarters of a mile
Earnest won, Long knight second.
AT LAToNIA.
CINCINNATI, May 3lst-It rained here
to-day, and, as a consequence the Latonia
track was a veritable sea of mud, making
the going very heavy. and causing the
scratching of numerous of the entries. The
attendance was light, but all that could be
expected under the circumstances. Many
of the horses have already left the Latonia
track to take part in the st. Louis meeting
The races to-day resulted as follows:
First race, three-quarters of a mile, jake
Toms won, Holland second, Clamor third
Time, 1:224.
Second race, one mile, Kedar Khan won
Castaway second, Nyleptha third. Time
1881.
Third race, nine sixteenths of a mile
Adele NJ. won, Ballyhoo second, Lady
Blackburn third. Time, 1:01!.
Fourth race, one mile and seventy yards
Ban Hazem won, Dad second, Quindarc
Bell third. Time, 1864.
Fifth race, the Sensation stakes, three
quarters of mile, Avondale won, Starter
Caldwell second.
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RELENTLESS WATERS.
The Situation at Harrisburg In the
Center of the Flood.

HARRISBURG PA, May 31st.-This city
has been in the middle of the deluge all
day long. There has been a steady down
pour since before daylight this morning,
and up TO 10 o'clock tonight four and a
half inches of rain had fallen. Danger of
a disastrous flood in the Susquehanna river
is imminent
Paxton creek, which separates East Har-
risonburg from the main section of the
city, is a raging torrent tonight. 1t is
higher now than during the great food OF
1865. People along some of the streets
have been taken from their houses in boats
tonight to places of safety. The storm is
still raging. at late hour. and there are
grave fears for the safety of the people on
loWlands
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VARIOUS REPORTS.
Late Information from all the Flooded
Sections Very Alarming.

Late Information from all the Flooded
Sections Very Alarming.
PHILADELPHIA, May 31st-Dispatcbes
received up to midnight at the office of the
Pennsylvania Railroad indicate that the
situation Is hourly growing worse.
The effects of the storm are now being
felt on the middle division of that road
extending between Harrisburg and AL
toona. Landslides and washouts are re-
ported along the line between these places.
No trains can be sent out west from Har
rlsburg until the storm abates and the ex-
tent of the damage can be ascertained.
The New York Limited east-bound,
which IS now at Wilmore, had a narrow
escape from destruction. The conductor
reports that Immediately after his train
mac passed over the bridge which spans
the river at South Fork, that structure was
swept away by the rushing water.
LATER-Tracks west of Johnstown are at
some points entirely carried away and the
road beds are gone. The river for some
distance above the bridge is filled with
buildings and driftwood thirty feet high
which is on fire and likely to damage the
bridge, which is of stone, and the fire is he.
yond control. Johnstown is literally wiped
out.
AT ALTOONA.
ALTOONA pa }, May 3lst.-The highest
and most destructive flood that has visited
this place for fifty years occurred TODAY,
1t has been raining continuously for the
past twenty-four hours and is still falling.
Juanita river is ten feet above low water
mark and rising.
The lower streets of Gaysport, bordering
on the river bank, are submerged and the
| water is two feet deep on the first floors OF
the houses there. The water rose so rap.
idly that people had to be removed in
boats. Railroad travel is interrupted and
| all manufactures are shut down. Over
| $4,000 damage has been done already in
| that immediate vicinity.
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EGAN ANGERED.
He Defends the Character of His Friend,
Alexander Sullivan.

New YORK, May 31st.-Minister Patrick
Egau, who is to sail tomorrow for Chile, is
indignant over the story of Mortimer Scan
Ian, of Chicago, of his alleged transactions
with Alexander Sullivan in relation to
Land League funds. He expressed him
self in very emphatic terms about those
who, he says, are trying 10 blacken the
character of Sullivan. He claims the
story that he turned over 81, 900 600 of
League funds to Sullivan whie he was
Treasurer for that organization is abso
lute!V false.
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WASHINGTON, May $1st.-Henry Willard.
President Oakes and counsel James Nc
Naught of the Northern Pacific road have
left for the Pacific Coast by way of the
Canadian Pacific. They will stop at
Winnipeg to look at the new connection
purchased lately by the Northern Pacific.
They will go from Victoria down to Port
land where the annual meeting of stock
holders of the Oregon and Transcontinental
Company will be held. One of Wizards
friends, who arrived here to day, SAYS that
the former has secured sufficient stock 10
control the election at Portland.
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AT HUNTINGTON.
People Driven From Their Homes and
the Growing Crops DESTROYED.

the Growing Crops Destroyed.
HUNTINGTON (Pa.), May 31st.-Incessant
rain during the past seventy-two hours has
oVertiowed the streams to an unusual de-
gree, to-day's downpour being the heaviest
ever known here. In consequence of the
washing away of the Hyndman bridge, on
the Bedford branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and the undermining of the rail-
road bridge at Mount Dallas, Bedford was
| to-day cut of from all intercourse with the
outside world, and is likely to remain so
for several days.
The rise in the Paystown branch at
Everett is SO great tonight as to submerge
the principal streets, compelling many
families to desert their dwellings
Juniata river here is made sadly pictur-
rescue with floating out-buildings, timber,
uprooted trees and remnants of DESTROYED
| farm buildings, with here and there car
casses of horses and cattle.
Ten families in Portstown, a suburb of
this town, were driven from their homes
this evening, and much of their household
goods were washed away.
The growing grain in the immediate vi
clnlty of Huntington is nearly all DESTROYED,
| and 1t is feared that this will be the result
all over the country.
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A Deposed Preacher Who Wants His
Son TO be a Reporter.

New YORK. May 3lst.-The investigation
of the Glasses of the Reformed Church in
America into the charges against Rev.
Hooper, of Unsavory Californian notoriety,
of lying and cOntumacy by the administra-
ton of the sacrament while under suspen-
sion. was concluded this evening. Rev.
DR.. Duryea admitted the guilt OF the ac,
accused, but pleaded extenuating circum-
stances. The Classes unanimously voted
TO deoose Hooper from the ministry.
While waiting for the verdict, Hooper
said he expected that he would be deposed
as he had been tried by "a picked jury
Alter the verdict he added: IF my son
grows up to be a mouse, l shall make a
theological student out of him; if he grows
up to be a man, shall make newspaper
reporter out of him."
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OMAHA (Neb) }, May 31st-A special from
Springfield, Neb., says that farmer named
John Newell was found dead in his bed
yesterday with over twenty bullet holes in
his body. He had been very free in de-
nouncing the Vigilance Committee, and
was charged by the Vigilantes and their
svmpathizers with harboring cattle thieves
The same day about o'clock in the morn,
ing body of masked men called at the
house of neighboring settler and seized
George Ba5cock, a settler who had formerly
lived there, but moved to Springfield
They carried him off and he has not been
heard of since. He was also an anti-vig.
ilancp man
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SNOW a FOOT DEEP.
le Thermometer in Wisconsin One De-
gree Above the Freezing Point.

bEVC
MILWAUKEE, May 31st.-This morning
re heavy moist flakes of snow fell in this
until the ground was covered The
uaIls arriving on the St. Paul from the
north were covered with snow. The tenn
perature in this city this morning was
80 degrees one degree above the freezing
point. Railroad men report over foot of
snow south of Fond Du Lac, on the North
western road. Crops have been consider
ably spoiled by the late frosts. Reports
from all parts of the State are that the
snow was heavy. In Sauk county small
vegetation has suffered very considerably.
In many localities the strawberry crop is
completely destroyed. The small grains
and fruits are badly damaged in the tier of
crops suffer most in Wisconsin.
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sympathetic Disease.

at is singular fact" said a well-known
physician yesterday, shat whenever per-
son any way prominent in the walks of life
is stricken with disease or ailraent out of
the common run, there are some people
who imagine that they are similarly
afflicted, and rush around to the doctors to
be treated. Ever since it became known
that Mrs. Langtry was sufferer from ton
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Pallet A. Il. Ito Polly Poser, the popu-
lar model )-"I want you to call up a look
of expectancy; of longing for something
that You feel you viii never grasp Polly
(promptly)-''All right. Mr.. 2. I'll think
of that thirty bob as you owes me for that
last half-dozen o settin'S. That'll do the
trick, if anything will !"
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LOVERS SUICIDE.
The Girl Succeeded, but a Pump Saved
the Boy.


CHICAGO, May 3lst.-At Ranshackle, in q
two-story house, on the south side OF the
line, reside two families named Sullivan
and Bell. Last night Nellie Sullivan, aged
19, and John Bell, aged 81, took morphine
enough to kill a dozen men. The other
members of the families discovered this
fact some hours later, but failed to send for
physicians until they saw the girl was
dying. When the physician finally arrived
and administered emetics the girl was
beyond recovery, bat it is supposed Bell
will recover.
The cause of the suicide is complete
mystery. The young couple were lovers,
and there was no opposition to their mar
riage. The police are investigating into the
leglect of the other occupants of the house
summon q physician at once. 1t is at
tibuted to stupor or indifference superin-
duced by drink.
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Diyers-A New Departing,

WASHINGTON, May 31st- Protiting by re-
cent events at Samoa when the treasure of
the wrecked Trenton was discovered by
means of diving apparatus borrowed from
the British man-ot-w war Calliope, the Navy
Department has determined to equip each
naval vessel with complete diving appa-
ratus. A submarine diver is also to be de-
tailed as part of the complement of each
vessel in commission. No trouble is an
ticipated in securing suitable men, as there
are always members of the crew who make
good divers
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The Department OsScials Refuse TO Dis
cuss International Matters

cuss international Matters.
WASHINGTON, May 3lst.-The State De-
partment officials absolutely decline 10 dis
cuss the Samoan conference or the Behring
Sea tangle. OF the former they admit that
matters are in such shape as TO warrant
the expectation of an early conclusion of
the conference, as ORly comparatively un-
important details remain TO be adjusted.
But upon the provisions of the treaty they
refuse 10 talk. So far as can be learned
there is no new phase in the Behring Sea
matter. The Presidents proclamation ap-
pears to have closed the history of the case,
and it cannot be learned that there has
been any correspondence between the Gov
ernments of the United States and Gr>at
Britain on the subject. According to the
position taken by the United States by
Congressional declaration, Jurisdiction OF
the United States over waters on the
Alaskan side of Behring Sea is not ad-
mitted as a subject for negotiations.
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A mans time, when well husbanded, is
like cultivated field, of which few
acres produce more of what is useful to
life than extensive provinces even of the
richest soil when overrun with weeds and
brambles- Hnme
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a scurvy trick was played upon one of
the slot and nickel chewing gum machines
at Bethlehem, Pa. On its being opened
the other day sixty-fve iron washers were
found, instead of so many pennies, which
had been put into the slot, and sixty-6ve
cakes of gum We're missing.
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A couple who had been divorced forty
years before in California met on a rail-
road train out in Arkansas the other day.
They recognized each other, and, after a
short talk, concluded to re-marrv, and the
ceremony was performed that evening on
reaching Eureka Springs.
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The Philadelphia Gail remarks that ''the
downtown bob-tail cars should bear the
legend: Drop nickel in the slot and see
how much faster you could have walked
home
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was paid to the clerk of the Court and Nc
Garigle and Mcdonald are once more free
men.