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Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30
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but as It rose he was seen stu cIingfng. a
mighty shout arose from the throatS Of the
hundreds on the banks, who were now deeply
interested, earnestly hoping he would sue
cessfully ford the stream.
Down again went his bark, but nothing, it
seemed, could shake him off. The craft shot
up in the air apparently ten or twelve feet,
and the man stuck to it tenaciously. Slowly
but surely he worked his boat to the other
side of the stream, and after what seemed an
awful suspense he finally landed amid ringing
cheers Of men, women and children.
The last seen Of him he was making his way
down mountain road in the direction of the
spot where his house had lately stood. His
family consisted of his wife and three chill
dren.
In many instances the foaters displayed re-
markable courage and gave their chances for
rescue to friends with them. Sons stood back
for mothers and were lost, while the parents
were taken out. Many dear boy went down
to a watery grave that a sister or father
might be saved
An iron worker, sJrong, noble hearted
fellow, who was noted for his love of family,
lost bis thirteen children in the food. He
struggled like Titan to rescue them, but it
was fruitless. He was only able to save his
wife. Several men, when they saw that
their wives and children were sure to be lost,
gave up all efforts to save themselves and
quietly sank in the turgid streams.
EE DID HIS BEST.
A young man with two women were seen
coming down the river on part Of floor. At
the upper bridge rope was thrown down to
them This they all failed to catch. Between
the two bridges be was noticed to point
toward the elder woman, who, it is supposed,
was his mother. He was then seen to instruct
the women how to catch the rope which was
being lowered from the other bridge. Down
came the raft with a rush. The brave man
stood with his arms around the two women.
As they swept under the bridge be reached
up and seized the rope. He was jerzed vio-
lently away from the two women, who failed
to get hold on the rope. Seeing that they
would not be rescued he dropped the rope
and fell back on the raft, which foated on
down the river.
The current washed their frail craft in to-
ward the bank. The young man was ena-
bled to seize hold of branch of a tree. He
aided the two women to get up into the tree.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30
TRAIN RUNNING ON FLOODED TRACKS AT
SvETIYOy

TRAIN RUNNING ON FLOODED TRACKS AT
STEELTON.
He held on with his hands and rested his
feet on a pile of driftwood. A piece of float
ing debris struck the drift, sweeping it away.
The man hung with his body immersed in the
water. A pile of drift soon collected, and he
was enabled to get another insecure footing.
Up the river there was sudden crash, and
section of the bridge was swept away and
f1oated down the stream, striking the tree
and washing it away. All three were thrown
into the water and were drowned before the
eyes of the Mortified spectators.
Men and women in DOZENS in pairs and
sirgly; children, boys, big and little, and
wee babies, were there among the confusion
of water, drowning, gasping, struggling and
fighting desperately for life. Two men on q
tiny raft shot into the swiftest part of the
current. They crouched stohdly, looking at
the shores, while between them, dressed in
white and kneeling with her face turned
heavenward, was girl 6 or Z years old. She
seemed stricken with paralysis until she came
opposite tho tower, and then she turned her
face to the operator. She was so close they
could see big tears ON her cheeks, and her
pallor was as death The helpless men on
shore shouted to her to keep up her courage,
t-ilQ SD0 TeSifileu ueVOub aUulIuu0 anu OlS-
appeared under the trees of a projecting
point short distance below. 1--WE couldn't
see her come out again." said an eye witness,
land that was all Of it,
PLUNDERERs OF THE DEAD.
1t is almost inconceivable that there are
men SO degraded as TO rob the dead under
such appalling circumstances, and few men
will say that there was any injustice in
killing the thieves like dogs when discovered
in their vile plunderings. The Hungarians
who first started on a plundering expedition
deserved the fate they met with. They were
pursued and searched; as their pockets were
emptied of their CHASTITY finds the Indignation
of the crowd intensified, and when a bloody
finger of an infant, encircled with two tiny
gold rings, was found on one of them, a
mighty roar of rage went up from the pur-
sueTs, and several of the robbers were
shot and driven into the river.
GREAT FLOODS OF HISTORY
The loss of life by this food is frightful
indeed, but it viii be seen by this list of all
the great floods of history that there have
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30

cause disturbance The next day the young
man found his room in a frightful disorder.
The sophs had been there during his absence.
The bed clothes wers torn into shreds; his
boots were filed with water and sand; his
nicely ironed collars and shirts were stuffed
into the wash pitcher
He found the following note tackled to the
wall: ''Prepare! Neophytel to meet thy
fate" It frightened him not q little. The
next night the hazers came, found him In,
seized him and carried him of to the woods
They painted his body with green paint
That was one Of the most barhsrous things
ever done IN college, The perpetrators were
never discovered.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30

hands upon. he is Immediately surrounded
by the crowd, he is gagged, his arms are tied,
and he is slowly lowered from the window by
the Sophs. For five minutes he lies on the
ground, then he is joined by the hazers. They
put him in carriage and drive far into the
country, until at last they reach an old de-
serted farm hcuse-the hazers' lodge. He is
taken in, stripped stark naked, and put
through series of fortunes which dare not
put on paper.
Among other things, they burned on his
back, with their cigarettes, the initials Of
their secret society, IT. E. B." He is doused
in a well near by, then fastened to sliding
board, which projects over fire, and toasted
a little, TO take away the chill Of the mid
night bath
Near one of our principal colleges in tho
east there Is high palfsadic formation known
as East Rock 1t Is 400 feet from the base to
the top, and sharp, jagged rocks stick out in
all directions. 1t is certain death to the per-
son 50 unfortunate rs to lose his foothold and
fall A number Of people have been killed at
this spot. In the fall Of IS = band OF haz-
ers, who had grudge to pay ~ against a
certain young student, took him from his
room one moonlight night to this gloomy
place Having arrived at the spot. they took
him into a cave known as THE Judges
Cave" There they held mock trial and
found the young man guilty of some trumped
up charge.
Right over the spot, where some time be-
fore poor Ioan had fallen and been dashed
to death on the rocks below, was tree
which jutted over the cliffs. The sophs first
shaved the helpless freshman's head and then
tied him 10 the tree. After giving hun soII,s
parting advice as TO what ne should do II the
tree broke, and after advising him 70 say bis
przyers and go 20 sieep, they departed All
hight the poor fellow remained in that posi-
ton. not daring TO n,es~e a muscle fer fear Of
shaking tte tree and Causing it TO fall
BE was found the next day nearly dead
from fright
Il seeuns miraculous that be escaped noss
horrible death
College customs are peculiar.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30


It is estimated that under the termsgranted
Henry E Dixey, by Manager Dun, for nexs
season, If business Is fairly good Dixey
viii set 81, 500 week. and that tho no
ceipss Of the new burlesque On the road equal
those Of 'Adonis' his weekly salary Win bo
nearly s., 500
At the end Of the run Of ''Fauntleroy,s ss
the Broadway in New York, tho house had
been open eighteen months. had paid OF an
$4,000 mortgage, and declared a dividend OK
5 per cent. on the capital stock OF Sap,ooo
The Prince Of WAKES theatre In London Is
to be turned into limited liability COM
psny. The capital which it Is proposed %
call up Is only s27. 600 Henry Sutton chair
man of the Alhamhra company, Charles
Coote tof Hopwood & Crow, the mnSic pub
hshersa, and Arthur Mitchell lof aiitcheiI's,
Bond street, viii be directors-all good
names Horace Ledger, the present lesSee af
the theatre. will JON the beard after aliot-
ment and viii be the managing dirarnor.
The body OK the late Lester " allacx has
been removed from Woodlawn cemetery and
formally deposited in ths Wallack family
plot as Greenwood
Manager Otto Herman, OF the National
theatre, was lately arrested for permitting
an u-year-old girl 10 appear On the stage
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30

Young e., as I viii call him, politely re-
sponded to the invitation ito open up" The
sophs rushed into the room, prepared for
sport. One of them called for a song. Il
cannot sing" he replied grayely, "but am
a musician in my way, and / can perhaps
accommodate you with my Instrument
''What instrument do you play, freshief'
'sThe French horn"
Gan right, trot it out"
The young man produced tho instrument
end, preparatory to playing, calmly opened
the window. Straightway from the instru-
ment proceeded terrific, heart rending, bray
ing notes, which penetrated the whole col
lege grounds and made night hideouS There
was at once stampede from the room. Not
a soph doubted that the proctor college po-
licernan) was on the way to the room. But,
mol Hearing the tumuftuous, brazen discord,
and surmising the cause, the officer had care
fully posted himself at the main exit of the
building, and there intercepted the hazers
and led them of in triumph. They were all
expelled
There was the case of B., q strong fellow,
standing six feet in his stockings and pos
sessed of great amount of nerve.
One night after B. had gone TO bed a band
of sophomores disguised as ghosts entered the
room. B. was asleep, but was soon awakened;
his first thought was Of personal safety; he
reached for his pistol, then, raising himself in
bed, said: II want you fellows to clear out
Immediately; won't stand any monkey bust
ness" No reply. ''If you do not leave this
room, shall fire." The eyes of the ghosts
seemed to glare at him like tiger eyes Ev-
erything Is as stin as death. He can hear his
heart beat; the perspiratiou stands out on his
head. AT last, exasperated, he fires, expect
ing to see them dispense. Horror One of
the ghosts deliberately throws back at him
the bullet he has fired.
Again and again he shoots, but each time
the bullet is returned. Unable to stand the
strain any longer, he springs from the bed
and grapples with the first ghost he can lay
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30

CAMBRIA IRON WORKS, JoHNsTowN
( The boy said he heard grinding noise far
tp the valley, and looking up he could see
dark line moving slowly toward him He
Baw that it was houses. On they came like
the hand Of a giant clearing off his table.
high in the air would be tossed a log or
beam, which fell back with a crash. Down
the valley it moved and across the little
mountain city. The boy was quite safe in
his position and saw it all. a picture of the
understandable spectacle viii haunt him as
dong as he lives.
A REMARKABLE RACE.
There are many accounts Of marvellous es-
capes. None is more startling than that
which tells of how an engineer and conductor
avoided the fate of thousands. Engine No.
l, l65 and an extra freight train happened to
be lying at South Fork when the dam broke,
and the engineer and conductor We're in the
signal tower awaiting their orders. Suddenly
they heard a loud booming roar in the valley
above them They looked in the direction OF
the sound, and were almost transfixed with
horror to see, two miles above them, a huge
black wall Of water, at least $50 feet in height,
rushing down the valley upon them.
They made rush for the locomotive, cut
s loose from the train, and with one wild
dash threw the lever wide open-and they
were away On a mad race for life.
J They could see the awful deluge approach
ing in its might. On it came, rolling and
roaring like some titanic monster, tossing
and tearing houses, sheds and trees in its aw-
full speed as if they were mere toys.
The engine leaped forward like a thing of
life and speeded down the valley. But, fast
as it went, the food gained upon them.
Hope, however, was in the ascendant, for if
they could but get across the bridge below,
the track would lead toward the hillside in
such a manner that they would be compare
lively safe.
In a few moments the shrieking locomotive
'whlZzed around the curve, and they were in
sight of the bridge. But ahead of them was
8 freight train with the rear end almost on
the bridge, and To get across WAS simply inn
possible. The engineer then reversed the
lever and succeeded in checking tho engine
as they glided across the bridge, and they
jumped and ran for their lives up the hill
sides as the bridge and tender of the loco
motive they had been ON were swept away
like bundle of matches in the torrent.
WHAT THE EYE HATH SEEN.
There are many survivors of the disaster
who would rather be dead, SO crushed are they
by the loss OF their loved ones. One stricken
woman was standing by muddy pool of
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30
A NEW cENTeRBOARp.
Il Is Certainly Ingenious and Deserves
Consideration.

II Is Certainly Ingenious and Deserves
Consideration.
Now that yachting interest has been again
awakened by the challenging for the Amer
ica's cup by Lord Duursyen. it may not come
aniss 10 see what sre the changes, If any,
that can be brought into play with lust re-
ward at the international contest in October.
As these great races, which attract 60
much national attention, come and 60, it is
worth noting what improvements there are
brought out to the yachting world Usually
those best adapted are tried and their result
noted in our trial races. The Late interest
ing centennial gave US scale OF comparison
between things OF today and those OF ono
hundred years ago. And so with the Thistle
Volunteer contest of 1857. Points were
brought out which were not known In the
first OF our races for the same great object,
which was 10 prove the superiority o. the
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30
THB GIANT DEATH!
Heart Wringing Incidents of
Americas Direst Cataclysm.
FALL GONE! GOD HAVE MERCY!"

F1ood-Who VIII Say There Is No Hero
ism Now?-vDe Plunderers of the Dead.
Marvellous Escapes.
Charles Luther, the boy who stood upon a
hin and watched the havoc wrought by the
Girest cataclysm that ever occurred in Amer
ica, will havea thrilling tale to tell his grand
children. 1t is not probable that his eyes
viii ever again be scared by such an appall-
ing spectacle. There is something sadly
touching and dramatic in this incident of the
great disaster-a small boy gazing at hun
dreds of helpless men, women and children
being swept to certain death on the bosom OF
the rushing food.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30

men-to be found in all colleges in more or
less depraved state-the hazers. These fell
lows go to make up the loafng element of q
college They spend their time and their
parents money among the beer shops and
pool rooms, which are always 50 numerous in
college town. They take fendish delight in
torturing the young men commonly known
as Gospel Sharks and Mammals Darlings,"
and other pet names used u distinguish them
from the tough element.
Hazing is a strongly rooted eY1 and exists
in mild or severe forms in every college in
the United States Some parents think it q
good training for their boy to go through the
ordeal. Perhaps they are right. Some meth
DDS of hazing are very mild and calculated to
take the conceit out of boy, nothing more;
but the methods in use at some colleges are as
cruel as they are ingenious. Sometimes, but
not often, the more brutal hazers are pun
ished by the faculty, as were four at the
Troy Polytechnic institute recently.
Soon after the unfortunate victim selected
for treatment has retired and all is still about
the building, mysterious whisperings followed
by rappings at the "freshrnans" door are
heard. The boy, imagining what is coming,
pretends to be asleep or not in the room. No
use assembling. Louder rappings.
"Open up!"
-
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30

he made him master Of technique The mo-
ment Otto began 20 attract attention by
playing at rnail concerts in Swiss vfIlasYs
his parents began - think about making
money with hin When most boys OF hs
age are oo the rocking horse Oce1 was a6oa.
ON the world as full HedSed moacaI Prod
izy. He made hit IL London At oooa. play
Ing the most difficult compositions witt tie
aplolnb and seif poss-xion Of mature mus
clan
hr. Abbey does not care 70 gay what BIS 10
paying HeS1ler 70 CONE 70 AEserss.. but -
says thss il Is more than ne paid Holman.
whose coutrac. was for eighty concerts for
,luo Esgncr's father travels nth hia,
but his mother does 60 IL New Yoyk sr.
Abbey's pcopae attributed much II the fa~s
that came about 20 MrA Holman Tbs
HosulAnns are buIldtng new Lox.s II Es~e-
naca and doing ~sry vel through toe rsss-
nssiouoe Of Et-is JoaeS-s View York sdTntra-s
Al lass accounts to- I'D vas nos gstssRg vel
very ratndsy and Is not likely 20 play II pub-
bc again as rear.
paAhAf1c SorZs
A rather good ssu~y Is tod coocernsng ths
rival Little Lord Pa1nf2sroyA They szy
that Elxss Is~sss's peopse -e-s ~ ca ad-
vsrrssanx tAe chih ~ nssce ~ possible.
and gtzt 10 opportunity VIA Lost % bring
Der name be.crs the pabsfc. An ecsexTT1szrz
note paper ns4nztactursr In b1s.ou gDs oszs
soSoe n.ove3sy IN paper, and On tos Id & tie
bone. Vas e pscsare Of Ezx's Lss2is a. Lsrsss
Lord Psaa.1eruy. Else was a-<Si for her
argtograS5h TIE cai5d greoso0sly ooacsssst.
and wrote. -Taz -rzf Ezy Autograph /
Efye i. with pleasure I ara tie FRS sod
original L1tsae Lord Fsznt5s-py.s a Ike
willie ago yousg Wsllse Ettlrgsr, VITO has
also rssae hi, Ia The same part, ~as Invited
70 sa<n an advertisement, oz give t.s szsso-
graph for Use, by PozsSs1t Caei cAoss--as
nan WHO bad 20; Litsls Lard Fsssn;lssoy
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Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30

His parents were
very poor. W hen
the boy was 6 years
old some visitor to
the German village
discovered his tai
ent for music. He
was put under the
tuition Of Franz
Fricker, a pianist
of local repute, and
made wonderfully
pid progress.
When he was 8
years old Hans HUI
Der, a celebrated
Swiss composer
living at Bale, took
charge Of him and
gave him q good
musical a,iucation-
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30

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30 TIA dSsz.isT q pszalza calmly. --ssS
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Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30

The hazers sad they would ike 70 know
bow well be could swim, and in ordey for him
to use his bass end arms 10 good advantage,
it wooh be necessary for him TO remove his
clothing. he then took position a. he
would il in the water and struck out He
used his limbs vigorously for sozns fine, when
they were apparently satisfied that be =as
good swimmer. Tnev tasn forceo him % sat
n a wash basin 6IIed with ice water. gave
tim two too5hpicks for oars and tod him to
row. Othar methods were also employed,
too revolving to mention
That young man, OF naturally sensitive
nature, has never recovered from tbs shock
his mind IS shattered The hazsrs claim that
they visit only UPSTAIRS who need a little
oonceit taken out Of them
TINS young man was considered one Of the
best behaved students II collaga
At hadng few years ago thu freshman
WIS 50 reckless rs 20 STRIKE one Of the nASs-s,
and then called loudly for help.
BE KNEW RETTxR KKxf YD6
Tia xnzhs d<rae.ty Withdrew. fearing 70
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30

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sreas 20 s.ss c1=rooo bod scr r,ro. 4ss
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lssus Incksag& r~fso has sass rss.ksssd l~rrS-
lyt-Lty, ee-zazty: Nr. Fsasfsrz. h0v On
yxss to-IS.
Wichita eagle., 1889-06-30
HlzING ASAN ART
It Is Sometimes a Harmless
Though Rough Amusement.
BUT OFTEN IT IS VERY SERIOUS.
Information as to How the Freshman Il
Initiated INTO Some Of the Secret Societies
That Infest the Average College, with
Sketches Of Interest.

HE first term of
the average young
mans college life Is
not always full Of
sweetness. He is
not only confused
and perplexed by
the many intrica-
cies Of a student
life but must needs
suffer, and often
times most cruelty,
from tie attacks Of
that class Of brutal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-16
HOSIERY

Full line for children and ladies
in colors aud black
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-16
Dakota Letter.

EpIToR TRIBUNE-Dear SIR
Spring has made its appearance at
last IN full glory. 1t has taken q
long time to unfold, AZ we had many
fine promises even in February and
March, but April was ftful and ar
bitrary May, however, has run uP|
the thermometer To 80 and 80 de
grees land sometimes aboye) with
some encouraging showers of ram.
But I never saw the like Tor wlnd
for three weeks orso. We have not
had more than one or two days q
week v i,hout brisk wind, sometimes
amounting to fierce gale. And IN.
April We had frequent trosts ~
might. You would see that we had
terrific fires in the territory tins
spring. never saw so much fire at.
once as al times AZ night here. We
can look around the horizon and
frequently see 20 or - fires AT or"e.
VI, had q swiftly travelling fire
sweep through our pasture a IItte
west of the house some days before
the great fires Of April I'd. We
thought We might stop ITS course at
the north fence, but just as we GOT
there with brooms and pals OF
water. the wind rose high aud we
had to run from il and 10 swept by
west Of MS among the long dry
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-16

"A LARGE line of the justly cele-
brated Fosters fine shoes for ladies
and gents kept constantly on hand
at Davey's only. A
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-16
SPRING JACKETS.

Fine line Of black jackets in
English Corkserror, all bound and
well finished. Just the thing for
Spring.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-16
CARPETS.

Our stock is now larger and finer
than ever before. We have the
bandsomest designs ever exhibited.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-16

NY entire stock of mems and
bows buttoned shoes will be sold !
at cost mems at $500, boys in pro-
portion. These are good goods.
WM. JACKA.
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