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Storms In the West TINT Flooded Towns
Heavy Rnlnfall In DelnMmre.

AUSTIN New. July 29.-This town was visited
by a cloudbui st yesterday. Clouds had over
hung the mount ain tops for several days. and
shortly after 2 o'clock the steam whistles gave
the people warning. In three minutes the
waters rushing from the summit OF the noun
tains had reached Main street. coming wave
over wave. carrying everything before them.
including boulders weighing over q ton.
The city railway was torn from its bed:
awnings were torn down and water mains
were upIooted from three feet under ground.
Tho majority OF the business houses are filled
with mud to depth OF three or four feet. Tho
streets pres emit the appearance OF avolcanic
eruption. The waters reeeded 10 three hours.
coudburst occurred last night about flve miies
northeast Of here. and caused great damage IN
t tho heat Of the city, rose 1T the rate Of one
Inch minute. The wafer overilowed tho
banks and swept through ngiua the s,Isets "odpg
the bottoms. In West Council Bluffs. people
were driven from their homes. Tho damage
y I ps July soT mo.+ rainfall q! Q,
est est" I ia Ii Tor many years Much damage Was
in tho 1T of
rhilae.iphia. WiminSton nnd b.l,i1n a ,1.s
travel on which was jnterrupted b. ,washout
nsav Md
of TWENTY-FIVE feet. under which runs small
culyert.
Tho Hood undermined the embankment. and
soon made n break flty feet wido. -Four wreck
ing trains and large inrco Of men were sent
ali day. Two trains are bcins run in tho mean
time over the Northern Central RAILROAD from
baltimore to York and the short line, from
Railroad to PhilRdelnhin
MINNEAPoLIs. July 29.-A snecinl from Ar
over about 600 aores PASSED n half mile north
Of that town Yesterday. totally running the
"IANrAsTEn. Pa July 29.-Last niehta storm
was very destructive In this county, Hall foil
heavily, in sections. completely running the
three inches OF rain fell.
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CAPT. ARMES'S SENTENCE COMMITTED
The Retired Army Onlccr Who Pulled tho
Nose OF Gov. HEAVIER OF PennnylvMnln.

The Retired Army Officer Who Pulled the
Nose OF Gov. Beaver OF Pennsylvania.
CAPE MAY. N. j., July 20.-Gcn. John ". Fos-
ter left hero early this morning for Washing
ton. During his stay here he was tho guest OF
tho President. and tho two have boon busy III
comforting together regarding tho reciprocity
treaties now being negotiated with various
countries.
The President this morning acted upon SOW
eral pardon cases one OF which was that OF
Capt. George J. Armos. The occurrence which
led to the trial By court martial Of Capt. Armes
created considerable comment at the time It
took place. Capt. Armes. at tho time OF the
Inauguration OF President Harrison. was o re-
tired army officer living in Washington. On
Inauguration Day he received some tancieh
grievance from somO PENNSYLVANIA oilicials. A
few evenings nfterward he met Gov. Beaver OF
PENNSYLVANIA in tho lobby OF a hotel. and
publicly insulted him, oven going SO far az to
martial for, conduct unheeoming an officer
aud II gentleman. was found guilty. md
sentenced to dismissal from the army. Tho
President subsequently committed this SON
tence and ordered that Cant Armes be re-
stricted within q limit OF nifty milcs OF the
District OF Columbia for a period OF three
years. Upon recommendation OF the Secretary
OF War tho President has now commuted this
sentence. md Capt. Armes in future can 20
where he pleases.
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the most important Of that work, II not. In.
Convention is a ponderous machine and the
statesmen in the. corridors last night
seemed fond OF discussing 1t as directly
on the ground that 1t numbers III delegates.
ono for each county to begin with and an addi-
tion OF n thousand greater than one-half.
The assumption that. this made tho
body representative OF tho Will 81 the
with the subsequent assurance that To- Con
vention would be one-day affair. This inui-
State are OF ono mind. But they vii! not know
what this mind Is until they assemble by thrtr
TT representatives in convention and arc told
what Is on the slate.
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Ayetage on .uly 20. 1850. ~.

LOCAL FORECAST.
uNITEn STATES NrArPyR BtRsAr
NEW YDHg CRY. Jn'y a. 1881 y
Local forecast for New York and vicinity for
twenty four hours from at T.. NJ this date; showers,
stationary temperature; eastcrly winds
J.. b. DusS. Local Forecast Official
wAsmisG1oS FORECAST Till = P.H rirrsnAT.
For Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhods Island, and Conusct,cut light showers; ssr
tionary temperature. sxcsp: slightly warmer Oh lie
coast from Portland TO Roston: south winds
For Eastern Mem IO,H Sto Jers'R irht sa"totys;
Slightly urrner. sr&eW s.dany temperature o" the IN.
mediate coast: vlratc Tinah
For the District Of Co.umbis eastern Pennsylvania.
Delaware md Maryland, generally fair; slightly
wArmer variable winds
For Test Virginia western New York western Tenn.
sylvauia. and Ohio showers: stationary temperature.
except slightly cooler In the mountain region OF West
virginia; south windA
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REPUBLICANS ARRIYING.
To-day tho New York state Committee
VIII Sit While.

VIII SlC "nlle.
Very few OF the members OF the Republican
State Committee arrived In town last night In
time to make things interesting in the corrl-
doris OF tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. But by
travelling at night enough may got around
by II o'clock this morning. the timo set
for tho meeting. Among those who
did appear last night was John A.
Ouackenbush Of the Troy district. Chairman Of
the Executive Committee. He will probably
preside over tho deliberations OF the State
Committee. as the Chairman. Gen. John N.
Knapp OF Auburn. Is In failing health. John 8.
Kenyon OF Syracuse. the Clerk OF the Senate.
who Is one OF the Secretaries. reported very
early. He will have to work this trip. for
Frank 8. Smith. the other Secretary. will not
DO here. Secretary Kenyon was accompanied
by several Syracusans. and 1t was said that q
boom for Senator Hendricks for Governor was
part OF tho baggage OF the pnrty. They did
not have 1t with Thorn in the paror car, but 1t
is supposed that they had 1t checked.
John Kellogg OF the Saratoga district. George
W. Dunn Of tho Twenty-sixth district. ex-Con-
gresham Sherman. ex-Canal Auditor Place OF
Oswego. Assemblyman Cornelius H. Parsons
of Rochester. Dwight Lawrence and Reuben
T. Fox. with not O few OF the local leaders and
Leaguers without end snvel tho early coming
committeeman from consequences. There was
plenty of company and plenty OF conversation.
but the Colectorshlp and tho meeting
of the National Executive Committee in
Washington seemed to be the, fayorite
topicS, About the successor to Col. ErhaIdt
| Ike repetitions OF the name OF Fassett inter
spcr.ed with Snug, expressions OF belief that
the change auGnred well i9T the restoi II OF
sails Tor Europe to day on tho Normannia. did
| not commit himself on this point. ~,
The session OF the State Committee VIII
| probably be brief, and the work laid out for 1t
| will BIO ground out speedily.
soga on Eept, 10 10 practically settled upon as
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ESCAPED IN THE REEDS.
No Trace or Ncwark's Finished Cowboy
and Nlghwnyman.

No Trace or Ncwark's Finished Cowboy
and Nighwnyman.
No trace has been found OF the man in cow
boy attire who held up the occupants OF tho
New jersey Oil Company's Office In Newark on
Tuesday afternoon. He escaped into u patch
of cat-tnil flags on tho edge OF tho salt mead
ows. back OF Charles Cooper Co.'s chemical
works
Men went into the cupola Of Cooper 4 Co.'s
works and could see the man skulking in the
reeds. The swamp was closely watched and
mon we're stationed on the railroad tracks un-
I'll tho polics went en- tho meadows In search
Of the Desperate: he eluded them until night.
have made his escape: Several times he was
have presented n remark bic appearance whom
he got away. but nevertheless he managed to
elude all OF the roI .ceinen utter general alarm
had been sent out
thinks that the. man was llnatic. and other
officers have the Same opinion. Can't. DAYS
tnke him dead or alive. and five men tramped
around on tho meadows with lanterns until
midnight.
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DIRMINGHAM. July 2o.-Just outside the cor
porate limits OF Blockton. last night. two shots
were hoard. This afternoon in q strip Of woods
some children found tho dead body OF a. man.
Smith. highly respectable citizen OF a neigh
boring village. A Winchester cartridge she'll
tance away WAS q piece Of rope. One bullet
had gone through his head: another through
his shoulder On the wrists We're marks of tue
rope, showing desperate efforts az the man to
free himself. 1t was evident that murdsrers
had tied their victim and taken him 70 the
whining by tho dead body Of Its master.
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STOPPED THE STREET CARS.

Lightning Causes - blockade of an Elcc.
trio Railway.
During Tuesdays storm a bolt OF lightning
struck tho overhead wire OF the Brooklyn and
Coney Island Electric RaiIroad Company Just
outside OF Morson's Park House at Coney
Island. The lightning split tho insulation.
and tho rain running along tho exposed wire
grounded the current. Two cars were stopped.
ana the other near the Coney leland station.
There were nearly twenty passengers on the
they wero obliged to remain m hour In the
car before the wires could be repaired;
Brighton Beach and Coney Island. and yes
terday afternoon travel WAS resumed on this
portion OF the road.
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HELD CAPTIVE IN A CAVE.
Il RICH OLD MAN FOUND PERISuING
IN A DEN OF OUTLAHS

The Mystery OF the Disappearance OF Joel
Moore OF Jeanette. Pa, Solved Through
the Arrest of Two OF a Gang Who Have
Been Terrorizing tho Neighborhood-
He IL Speeches. md Would Have Died.
GREESspuHa. Pa. July 29.-Joel Moore. a
wealthy citizen OF Jeannetto, who mysteriously
disappeared several days ago. was discovered
this morning lying half famished and near~
persisted in damp cave in a lonely rnvnS
somo distance south OF that place. Hc was
tenderly carried homo. but Is suffering severe.
ly from starvation and the exposure from
which he had undergone. The whereabouts
OF the old gentleman was disclosed by tho
arrest OF Joseph and Madison Johnston. tho
two notorious steak-easy proprietors who
were captured last night through the OK.
traordinary efforts Of Ave officers aftor shoot.
ing conflict from behind trees.
THO Johnston brothers had been terrorzin9
the community for over ycnr, aud their head-
ouatters south Of Jeannette had boon n loaf.
ing place for toughs Of n most desperate char
acter. On the evening OF tho disappearance OF
Mr. Moore lie was seen in the company OF ono
OF tho Johnstons !le was known tc have q
large sum OF money with him. and when he
fnilod to return homo that night HE frienda
became greatly alarmed and at onco Instituted
O search.
All sorts OF dark rumors began to DO circu.
lated. Tho oiIic.is finally made descent
uron tho Johnston place. and the Two bro.hors
wore captured yesterday. together with sov.
esal of their associates Ono OF tho men taken
became frightened at tho thronts OF the officers
and revealed tho place where the old man was
hidden. Tho cavo was visited, anu he was
found suffering great agony. His money was
gone and no had boon roughly treated. Ii no
had not boon discovered denth would have
soon occurred. Tonight he is still In q speech.
less condition.
Very few people in tho vicinity OF JcRnnetto
knew OF the existence OF tho cave. The en-
trance is cleverly hidden and the path to it fant
and obscured.
These revelations have caused an astonish-
ing sensation. During tho last six months
there have been several mysterious disnppear-
ances from Jeanette anu vicinity. A soarch-
ing party accompanied with officers. are to
make a thorough search OF the cave and ravine
in tho morning. in the hopo OF making addi-
tional discoveries.
| & In the efIor: to arrest the Johnston brothers
| Constable Wetshons officers. Pitts and Fritz Of
| Jeannette. aud County Detective Alcorn, HAD
| lively work. Madison was arrested without
| trouble. but Joe resisted and fed behind a big
tree. Drawing revolver he compelled Wet
shon and Alcorn to get behind trees. About q
dozen shots were exchanged before Joe's am
| munition ran out. He and Madison were then
| brought here and placed in jail. Joe being held
| in $1,000 and Madison in $500 bail.
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HELD UP FOR BEER.
An Iowa Mans Method OF Defeating Pro-
hibitIon Officials.

ROCKWELL CITY. Ia, July 29.-Eieht kegs OF
beer consigned to ]. J. MaGinnis were un-
loaded from an Illinois Central freight train
at Manson. this county. yesterday. and we're
seized under tho State prohibition law by
John Long constable. who started with them
by team for Rockwell City. the county seat.
accompanied by Clayton Brown, his deputy.
About hnf way between Manson and Rockwell.
the constable and deputy were overtaken
by Maginnls and George Brown. Mneinnis
was disguised. and mt tho point Of revolver
compel led the constable 70 surrender the beer.
which no took back to Manson.
The constable went to Rockwell and swore
ont q warrant for MaRinnis and the Sherifr has
set out for Manson TO arrest him. MIEinnls
has been defying The law for some time.
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"Johu New, Your Father 1. Dead"

P Michael New. q stone cutter, 50 years old. left
his home In Coytesville. Bergen county. n. j..
on Saturday morning. He told his son John.
with whom he has been living alone. that he
was going to Brooklyn for the day. and said
his Younger SON q house and said good by to his
relatives His wife became insane about NJ
teen years ago. On Tuesday News body was
found IN Gouverneur slip. On cards In the
pocket were written:
John Sew: your father /. dead a., Goodby you mps.
time IL M Good by goodby. Good lnck forever.
because Mrs New ran away from you Is the cause OF
my having taken my lie
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a ch,,d Badly Beaten by an Angry italian

Maggie Devne agcl 10 years, was beaten
and seriously injured in The hallway of her
home. l.s44 Second avenue. last night by
an Italian barber named Eicolo Gu
seppe. who works at 1916 Second
avenue. Children had been annoying the
Italian in the afternoon. Maggie was walking
up aud down the sidewalk with the, 2-year-
chased her into tho hallway, and Enocking her
down began TO kick her. Her mother hea d her
scream and. running to Ier assistance, found
her unconscious In tho hallway. An ambu.
lance was summoned and she was taken 10
the Presbyterian Hospital. The doctors fear
she 10 injured internally.
Now train to Chicago via New York Central Superb
service No extra faro zee time table
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While II Passes the Peconic Rank In Sag
IInrhor 81 600 IL Stolen.

A slippery thief robbed the Pcconic Bank at
Sag Harbor OF 1900 yesterday morning while
Walter l.. Mains circus was paradine through
the town. AZ the parade passed the door the
clerks stepped outside to view it. Cashier
Palmer watched 1t from window in the bank.
While their attention was thus engrossed the
thief slipped quietly into tho bank by u rear
door.
It was not until two hours after the circus
passed that the theft was discovered. The
manager OF the circus was arrested and taken
shown to connect him with tho robbery. and
he was discharged. A SUSPICIOUS stranger
the town In the afternoon. He got Off at Patch
ogue whore the circus shows to-day. He was
curley hair. and wore a lawn tennis shirt with
out necktis. He had on o black tie. black coat,
and light trousers.
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ON THE ST. LAWRENCE
Customs Omcers Neatly FoOlod-A Miliion
OF Money In the Business.

OuEBEc. July 29.-It has been ascertained
that the schooner Marguerite. which was
seized lately ut Trinity Bay for smuggling.
was only DOGGY to allow another vessel with
q valuable cargo to get away. The quantity OF
liouor seized on her Is small. and the barrels
show signs OF having come from Illinois, via
Boston. Mass. TO ST. pierre Miquelon. The Mar
gueritte is nm old tub and Ia leaking like q
Basket" She could not have sailed from SO
remote place, and must nave picked up lsr
Lawrence. -.
The smnggling business is. on the increase
in the lower St Lawrence. and It threatens TO
take on enormous proportions, 1t Is estimat ed
that over one million dollars Is at the present
time mploycd In Illicit whiskey trading
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The Grand Jury yesterday indicted Jamos
Gordon Bennett for misdemeanor In causing
to be published In tho Ncw York Herald more
extended report Of the recent executions In
Sing Sing than is sanctioned by the Electrical
Execution law. At the District Attorneys office
it was Unlimited that tho Grand Jury would
not be asked to indct any ono else for the Of
fence. 1t was deemed advisable to indict u
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LOOKING FOR AN EMBEzzLER.
Detectives At the Ganeplank OF the cit
of New York.


of New York.
Two OF INSPECTOR Byrnes's men were at the
Inman pier yesterday to meet tho City OF New
York. They were looking for an embezzler.
They thought that he was q passenger on the
boat. and that he was travelling under an as
sumed name. Tho detectives and three uni
formed policemen took position alongside the
ganGplank rs the passengers came off the
boat. They disappeared before all the pas
sencers were off. Whether they found the man
they were looking for or not is not known. At
Police Headquarters they won't tell.
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A RUSSIAN COUNT FINED.
A 14-ycar.ol old Girl the ComplaInnnt-Ch
caxo Wnys Not Like Russian.

caEo Ways Not Like Russian.
CHICAGO. July 29.-Count Nicholas Szanian-
sky. an attach6 OF tho Russian diplomatic
corps in Mexico. was fined $25 by Judge
Kersten to-day for misconductinG himself in
Lincoln Park. When tho Count was arraiRned
he smoke English poorly. and identified him
self by means Of an elegantly bound passport
II stopped in Chicago for. two days on my
way to the CITY OF Mexico" he said. and was
Park" The testimony Of decidedly hand
some and innocent-looking girl showed that
the russian was no. deeply interested In tho
paper. Szaninnski paid his fine. On the way
out OF court he remnrked:
I'm Russia the police protect Strangers. but
hero they take Thorn to jail"
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New York Forsers In Newark.

William Macholz and William J. Smith. the
forgers from this city who were recently cap
tured in Newark. were sentenced yesterday
afternoon 10 three years in State prison.
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KiiIeS by a Boiler Explosion.

TOLEDO. O., July 2D.-A boiler exploded In Q
sash and door factory Mt Cummings. small
town fifteen miles from here. and one man
Will Moore. was instantly killed. Three others
were severely injured and may die. The
bull was demolished.
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An Unsuccessful Effort to Dodge Uncle
Sam's NavlGAtiOn Law.

SAN Francisco. July 29.-Collector OF tho
Port Phelps has ordered tho seizure OF a
cargo OF nails which recently arrived here on
the ship SteIno Donnnrd. from. New York via
Liverpool. The nails are valued ut $4,000 and
were shipped from Now York to Europe and
then transshipped to Snn Francisco on account
Of tho CHEAPER rate; RMS Is held to he VIC.
Hy foreign vessel betweon domestic port.
1t is also held that tho goods are Liable to duty.
The nails arc consigned to Durham. CARING
tan L 4
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DENVER. July 29.-Late Monday evening tho
wind blowing In from the west brought with 1t
thousands of Rocky Mountain locusts. Tho
mir was filled with them until the electric
lights were dimmed by their covering the
globes. and stores were compelled to close
their doors to keep tho pests from destroying
the goods. The hoppers were going east, and
the III ain body continued its journey without
atn
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The Electric n r. to Bensonhurst In connection with
new ferry from Battery n Y. seth st.. brooklyn, 10
now running Fare on b9ss Aye cents On Electric cars
i've cents. -AdR
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"Come unto these yellow sands"

The most beautiful sand beaches the Atlantic Coast
72s solid trains daily 70 aud IRON all Long islanu
polptA-AdH
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T'' "Arr or BAD TrELiso ~ tax KNEArs cAar.
Victory w Sa Grant 1--WE Was
HAD haan even then that Col Hector Erhardt
Was sai1n spotted for removal The trouble
'"'A " No That DO was accused oil breakipg
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QUAY AND DUDLEY RESIGN.
THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE ACCEPTS THEIR RESIGNATION.

Chairman OF tho Executive Consmittee.
and Authorized to Select Treasurer
TO Succeed Dudley and to Call a Meeting
OF the National Committee In tho Fall.
Sharp County record., 1891-01-15

Heretofore authors have estab.
Ilshed preccdents and sanctioned
customs in the department of syntax
photography and punctuation But
of late printers hayJ taken a hand in
these matters and their decisions
and actions are having formative in~
ilncuccs on the Typographical
aspects of literature The latest
move is to abolish all punctuation
marks Perhaps after all those
divlders of sentences and indicators
of proper and effective pauses in
viva voice reading Of the same may
not be indispensable requisites 1t
does seem possible to so arrange the
composition of any sentence that its
meaning shal! not be ambiguous and
its utterance naturally and easily
amenable to correct rhetoric This
short article Is written with out
punctuation marks of any kind
What do you think Of it.-Ex.