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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
AN AWFUL %CLOUD.BURST.
Six Persons Swept to Their Death by a
Rivers Overflow.

SIX Persons Swept to Their Death by a
Rivers Overflow.
A cloud-burst Mt Kingsman, a small vilIagl
two miles northwest OF Niles, Ohio, has re,
suited in a fool which has caused the death
oil at least six persons aud the destruction Of a
vast amount of property and stock.
The water fell in torrents from Tour o'clock
7. NJ. till a few minutes after six. The SIN vi
river overlooked its tanks and poured its
volume Of water over a fertile and well.iarmed
country.
A large dam about two miles above the vii.
lage broke, and a solid wall of water poured
down the rivers bed. No one was warned
as all thought tn mselves secure.
Inc Pymalenning river was over a mile
wide. and covered the bottoms. J. b. Rob-
bins house, a small one-story structure. was
located on The bank of the river. lie and his
wife and two children we're eating breakfast.
IL Is presumed that they no iced the volume
OF water approaching and started to Zee. X.
stewart and son were at their barn, which
was some rods away from the house. II was
carried away and both were drowned. The
mouse withsto0d the torrent, and the wife OBJ
served the destruction and death.
J ID. Campbell and wife were carried down
with the rush. They lodged on the abutments
OF a bridge and were rescued. The bodies OF
SIX known to have persisted have been recoy-
ereo; All were found in a large pile Of Drift
WOOD which reached nearly across the river.
Inc banks OF the river are crowded with ex-
clied siRhiseers, and searching parties arc
oyerhauling the drifwood, believing that ali
oithe dead have not been found.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
CYCLONE and FIRE.
Wellington, Kansas, Swept by the
Destroying Elements.
Fifty Persons Reported Klled--A Funnel
shaped Cloud Deseends and Leaves
Path of Death and Ruin.

I Fifty Persons KenOrted killed--A Funnfl-
shanad rio,a D.xr.nds a,aTa
-,
Dea'" """ NUN"
A 6espateb fran " sli;no,o, Kan... saws.
r..
ms city mad a visitation from the funnei-
shaped cloud which ploughed Its devastating
track through the | usiness mart of The town
with ;mnans. dun . .,d
N P'VP0'' INV
iarge loss OF lie.
A heavy storm Of wind preceded the cyclone
about, half an hopr. A few minnie. after 0
,.l.L
y Cyclone struck the oHy' coming
from the southwest. There were no pre-
monitory signs. Everybody was indoors. and
tba olona n...a ..ft - a..n.n ,n.h
N~-N pAs'eN "Nn :"
and awful roar unseen.
Washington avenue, the principal business
street i, lined ON both aide. 6or block. with
n -, -, - ~.
'""'' toau" iothe nofrof' h'e o'oAe Vu'
among debris of Colonel Robinson's block,
and a woman. Mrs. Susan Asher. il supposed
to have persisted in the flames. A solid block
OF brick buildings, containing a half-dozen
stores and the Press printing Offices, liea a
tumoied heap OF bricks aud mortar. Just
across the street q laborer named Tanning was
taken ont of the ruins, and IL 10 supposed
other bodies are in the ruins.
Hundreds OF dwellings are either totally de-
stroyed or more or less damaged.
Tit city Is IN darkness. as broken mains
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
FIFTY SECOND CONGRESS
Senate.

TOOTH DAY.-In the Senate thers was a
ieoate on the silver question, IN which
Messrs. Sherman, Morgan and Stewart par.
icipated, growing out of Mr.. Mors ms reso-
luton directing the committee on finance 10
make an examination and report in relation
o currency and coinage and as 10 the effect
81 the act OF July, 1890, on the prices of silver
bullion. A motion of Mr.. Morrill, to refer
me resolution 10 the finance committee was
5efeated-yeas II. nays Is. Mr.. Hill, of New
iork, was IN his seat. but did not vote.
l0lsr DAY.-The silver resolution was
brought up again, Senator Morgan c%ontinu.
ing his argument. Mr.. Stewart moved TO
nave his Free Coinage bill taken up. which
the Senate adopted. Senators Stewart and
I Her dis used the bill. A bill extending
for two years longer the net of March 9. 1850
Tor the correction of military records, was
reported and pssse l..
lVzD DAY.-A bill was passed classifying
the salaries Of rsiiway postal clerks. Anum.
per OF District bills were passed, and one TO
pension Tendoy, chief OF the Bannocks. The
silver bill was then in order, and on motion
OF Senator Sherman, further debate was post.
poned.
103D DAY.-The first two hours of the
session were given. as usual, to the mo ming
bus ness and the consideration of bills on the
calendar, OF which about thirty we're passed,
There were few of them, however, Of any
publ importanc +. They incluied one t
authorize the employment of mail collector.
at Tree del very offices, one to allow thirty
days leave o absence TO employees in the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing, and one
Tor the construction Of a wooden dry dock at
te Portsmouth IN. IL Nary-yard. During
TINS two hours session the usual listlessnesa
prevailed in the Sena'e & e average number
II senators present being not more than
twenty five. Blu that listlessness disappeare +
and the senate chamber filled up as Mr.
Sherman proceeded with his speech in oppo.
siton TO the free coinage OF silver.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04

ll4TH DAY.-The House had up the Civil
Sundry bill, but wasted the day in an excit.
ing political debate. The committee of the
whole in the House adopted the amendment
reduc Dg the salaries OF the director general
snd secretary OF the Worlds Columbian
Commission.
10th DAY.-After n number of amend.
ments had been off, red, the Hou e sdopted
one providing for the closing of the govern
ment exhibit at the Worlds Fair on Sunday
One to prohibit the sale of liquor was defeated.
as was also one TO prohibit lotteries. The
Sundry Civil bill was taken up in committee
OF the whole, and an amendment TO prohibit
a person holding two Offices Of public trust.
and limiting the fees of the district attorneys.
10TH DAY.-A joint resolution WIS passed
correcting the error in the Mckinley bill with
reference 10 sweetened chocolate. A ~resolc-
ton was passed asking the Civil Service Com
missioners whether eligible women %typewriters
Dad been deelintd by any dep rtment. The
civil Sundry bill was taken up in committee
OF the whole. The amendment limiting the
number of printed copies of bureau reports
was rejected. but one of the same kind was
passed which excepte the Department Of
Agriculture. The bill was t en- reported to
the House. The Amendmentstrikirg out the
appropriation for p new mint in PHILADELPHIA
was rejected. After several other amend.
ments the bill was finally passed. Ar. Hatch
tried 10 get his anti Optioa bill ur, but was
defented by a tie vote. The House went inio
a committee of the whole on the Postohice
Appropriation bill.
1l7TH DAY.-The Legislative Apr pria.
ton bill was reported. and referred 10 the
Committe OF the Whole. A communication
rom the Secretary of the Treasury. asking
for an add tional appropriation of $1,000 0 for
the enforcement # the Chinese Exclusion
act, was referred 10 The Committee o App5o-
prIntions. The House then went into Com.
mittee of the Whole on the Post-ofice Appro.
priation bill. After debate the committee
rose, and the House a iourned until Tuesdny.
11STH DAY.-The Postofice Appropriation
bill engrossed the attention of the House the
entire day. Little progress was made in its
consideration. and but half a dozen para.
grnpt S were disposed of. The free delivery
clause gave rise 10 n good deal of discussion.
and a vote on a motion to increase the appro.
~priation for the purpose disclosed the fact
that there was less than a majority of members
3 tending TO the business of the Hou e.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
WASHINGTON NOTES.

MRS. HARRISON continues to improve in
health and ST ength.
THE President nominated Albert II. Mayo
TO he postmaster at Eldred, and George
Cooley at Johnsburg, Pa.
THE President gave q reception TO 7C0
delegates to the Home Missionary Society Il
the Congregational Church.
A JILL extending for two years the &C, OF
March z, 1889, for the correction of military
record. va p ssed by the Senate.
THE President has approved the act for
tie relief OF holders of draw back certificates
issued under the Mckinley act.
REPRESENTATIVE Bryan introduced a bill
TO amend the act to protect trade a d com.
merce against unlawful restraints and
~monopolies.
SECRETARY Rusk and Assistant Secretary
Wi let's urged the House Committee on
Agriculture to ~ontinue the experiments in
rain making.
THE electric trust resolution introduced BY
Rep sentative Grain ill be reported 10 the
House with favorable recommendations by
the Judiciary Committee.
COMMISSIONER Raum asked the House
Judiciary Committee for a deficiency appro-
priation OF s., 000,C0 0 on account of pension
payment. FIR the balance of the fiscal year.
lie said that he had 500 0,0O0 on hand, an
would need $50, 000, 900 for the two remaining
months.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
B SPARKS.

MOTT HARRINGTON, the Parnelite
leader in Dublin, is engaged to marry a.
daughter of DR.. O'Neill, Of that city.
THE Count of Paris, who is suffering with
an internal disease, underwent a severe sur.
gIeal operation at his residence at Stowe
House, ut Tring, in Ilerts.
FRESH anti Christian disturbances have
occurred in Manchue and in districts border.
ing on Tomkin, in China. One Chinese Off
eial is reported to have been killed. :
CARDINAL Rampolla, papal secretary Of
State. has promised Mr.. Jesse Seligman, the
New York banker, to do his utmost 10 i'm.
prove the condition of Hebrews in Europe.
Mr.. ROBERT LINCOLN, United States min.
1ster to Great Britain, intends being at home
IN October and November, and says he has no
present reason 10 doubt his return TO his du-
ties in London at the expiration of his leave
of absence.
IN reply to a question in the House of Com
mons the Encouragement Tor Ireland. d. C.,
Madden, stated that there was not the slight!
est foundation for the report tha. two hum
dred Orangemen had attacked q number OF
Catholic workingmen in Belfast. 3
The London grand jury returned true bills
against Mr.. Horatio Bottomley, Mr.. Charles
DolIman, Mr.. Joseph Isaacs and Sir Henry
lsaacs, the last-named being ex-lord mayor of
London, for defrauding the Hansard Union. a
puollchtlon concern, which failed some time
ago with large Liabilities.
NJ. RIBoT, minister of foreign affairs of
France, is awaiting the opinion of NJ. Rou-
yier, minister OF finance OF the same country,
before replying to the invitation of the United
States to France to take part in the proposed
monetary conference, though it is probable
Tint the government will accept the invita-
ton,
MADAME Raymond, wife of a well-knoyn
society man in Paris, shot and killed Madame
Del parte, who she found In a room with her
husband. The two women had been friends
but Madame Raymond discovered that Ma.
dame Delporte was meeting her husband Sc
cretly, 50 she followed them TO their rendez.
yous, where she fired FIVE bullets at her rival.
FIFTEEN students who were attending the
convent at Wurmsbach, in the Canton Of St.
Gall, were boating en- Lake Zurich, Switzer-
land, when their boat was eapsized and all
were thrown in the water. Seven of them
were drowned. The others clutched pieces OF
wood, and by this means were kept ahoat
until boats could put out from the shore to
their rescue.
1T is announced that the anarchists of Paris
have decided TO hold a demonstration in front
Of the residence of NJ. B~eaurepsire, the public
prosecutor in that city, and also in front of tho
ministry of the interior or the Palais de Bour-
bon. The object of this demonstration is to
secure the release of NJ. Pouget, the editor Oh
the anarchist paper Pere Peinard, who was
arrested last month and whose paper was sup
pressed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
SOLDIERS ON WHEELS.

Gen. Miles Made an Experiment which
Resulted Very Satisfactorily.
A despatch from Chicago, ILL.,, saws. Gen.
Nelson A. Miles made an experiment to test
the value of the bicycle for army tactics. In
obedience to the first order ever issued By an
American army officer for the use Of bicycles
IN transporting troops. Lieutenant Hunt. of
the Fifteenth Infantry, stationed at Fort
Sheridan with eight Of the non-commissioned
officers and p~riyates, start d from Pullman al
$50 A. N. on their "a eiiesp for the Pullman
building in Chicago. They carried the full
equipment that would regularly lie carried on
u or ss-eountry march, moving in what is
GATED by the soldiers heavy marching or.
DEF. The men are not expert riders and
last time was not expected. Each man car.
Tied about hirty-seveBipounds of extra weight
consisting Of the ordinary military equipment
Of an infantry soldier. The road was partly
submerged ~ recent rains, so that the trip
was a severe test Of the utility Of the WHEEL
for military
Just one hoar and twenty-five minutes after
the start the whole command presented them.
serves before General Miles, looking none the
worse Tor the trip.
General Miles was highly pIea,ed with IN.
result. 1t was 8 complete success, " said he
and II is a satisfactory denomination that a
military command can move over country
roads IN heavy marching order mounted on a
wheel q great deal faster than Oh the ordinary
march. 1t would have taken At least five
hours for a body Of soldiers to have travelled
the same d~istance.n
The run was eighteen miles.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
INDIAN WAR IN MEXICO.
Naojoa sacked.and Its Mayor niIIed-A
Vigorous Campaign Begun.

Naojoa sacked.and Its Mayor rkilled-A
Vigorous Campaign Begun.
On the 18th inst. two hundred Mayo In
dams rose in rebellion, and attacked the towns
of Naojoa and Sanignacio, on the Mayo river
district, Alamas. They marched against The
bwn OF San Pedro, but failed 10 attack II.
The mayor of Naojoa was killed. and the
principal places of business were sacked.
At Sanignacio, the chief of police and his
brother were killed. Several Inhabitants
were severely wounded. The inhabitants of
the town made a brave rally, and repulsed
the Indians, killing fourteen. Governor Tor.
res was notified Immediately, ana the state
troops were sent in conjunction with the
federal soldiers to pursus the insurgents. The
FEDERAL troops, consisting of a portion of the
Tweniy-iourth Battalion and The Eleventh
Regiment. are commanded in person BY Gem
eral Bandala comm ander of the department
and General Otero, chief OF the Mayo section
lie intends 10 make a vigorous campaign
against the Indians.
General Hernandez Is in charge of The state
troops. The Mayo Indians heretofore have
been peaceable. and the uprising is a great
surprise. 1t is feared they have made an al.
Lame with the Ysquis, who are concentrating
all their forces Tor the prolonged fight. I'm.
less the Mayos lay down arms on the approach
OF the troops, a decree of EXTERN nation will
he promu gated against them, the same 80 the
1aquis. At a recent engagement With the
1squis. the chief was killeI and two of his
shIldren were captured.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
TRAIN ROBBERS Fight.
Two Of Them Killed by a Posse Near
Palatka, Fla.

When Desperately Wounded One of the
Thieves Writes to His Mother and
Then Blows Out His Brains.
Two OF the express robbers who held up the
train at Monroe junction and killed Messen-
ger Saunders have paid the penalty for their
crime. They were killed at Buffalo Bluff
bridge, on the ST. John river, Eve miles south
of Palatks. The third, who was with them,
is at large, but will probably be run down.
A Pclatka special says: At about 1890 r.
NJ, a hatless negro staggered into the court
house and said: Come 10 Buffalo Bluff-rob-
berr." Deputy Sheriff Dyson aroused his
posse and a special train soon left with them.
AT 1850 A. NJ, George Wurtz and 7. IL.
WigR, the guard placed by the sherif7s posse
at Buffalo Bluff bridge, saw three men coming
from the south on the railroad track. As the
nrst passed, three feet ahead of the Others, the
guards called Hands up" ard the first one
obeyed. Tn second and third drew their
revoiyers, and the guards knew that the des-
perate robbers were facing them. The firing
began by the robbers, and a bullet grazed
Wigg. Wurtz fred his shotgun, loaded with
buckshot, and Williams fell. The man in
advance then ran toward Palntka. The other
man ran back ward and was shot in the leg
BY Wurtz. An engine load OF young men
composed the special, " and among them was
DR.. Benjamin f. Morgan, and Mr.. Willard.
OF the express company. This special now ar
rived OH the scene. The big man of the rob.
bers had taken to the swamp. They pursued
him, and suddenly a ball ripped Through Dr..
Morgan's vest. He saw the robber behind a
fallen tree and fred a shotgun loaded wi h
buckshot and Saunders's murderer had met
his doom. Both bodies were laid on the
bridge and stterward brought into town on A
passing freight train. In a car lay the CHASTITY
bodies, accompanied by the guards who had
shot Williams ard Superintendent Myers.
who happened at the bridge about the time Of
the shooting. The big murderer's thoughts
as he heard the guards coming and kney that
he was about TO die are interesting. They
were written on the back OF a map as the cui-
prit lay behind a tree.
Dear Mother: The time has come that YOU
and | shall part, and l hope you will not
erie We afe r me, for | have no fear. would
write more. but / have not time. Kiss the
children for me, and tell them to do better
than j have done and they will live
longer than ] have. Farwell, dear mother.
Send this to Susan Bedgood, Aribi, Dooley
county, Georgia. never expect to give up
a thing. and | ask you TO send me home at
Aribi. Ga. So. with this | close forever.
Please send my body to Aribi, Ga.
The face OF the murderer of Saunders was
covered with blood and blackened with DOW
der. Before he died he said that being des-
perately wounded, he shot himself in the
mouth with his pistol.
A posse, with deerhouhds, is pursuing the
other man. A capture is almost certain.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
CHOLERA, FIRE, FAMINE.

awful Loss Of Life and Property In the
Vale of Cashmere.
The cholera epidemic at Spinazsr. in the
Vale Of Cashmere, caused 1000 deaths during
the past week.
A terrible panic prevails among the people,
the horror Of the situation having increased
b. a great FIRE. which has destroyed 700
touses and made $1,000 persons homeless.
Food is held at famine prices. the crops in the
district being ALMOST aiai:ure.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
DEATH IN AN INSECTS STING.

A Little Bite upon a Lads Neck Re.ult.
in His Death.
Frank Snyder, IA years cd, OF Tsmhicken.
Pc. was stung on the neck by a small insect.
Nothing was thought Of i at the time. A few
days afterward the boy complained Of crest
pain and his neck became very much swollen.
He died in great agony.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
TORNAD0ES IN THE WEST.

Sweeping Ey rything Before Them With
Great Loss of Life and Property.
Two distinct tcrnadoes passed from south
west to northeast of Caldwell, No. carrying
everything before them. One man is known
10 have been kili,d. and much damage was
done to farm property.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04

oh, winds that pipe and blow
Out of the west, | know
There is many a burgeoning butter-cup
Will set the meadows aglowl
Oh. red rose, slumberin5 lats
Within the garden gate,
There is many a sweet bud folded up
For her who cares to waiti
oh, wild brook, carolling on
From rosy dawn to dawn,
You sing as sweet, as sweet to-day
As you sang in summers gonel
oh, waves along the shore,
You ripple fo~revermore,
To vanish away in music and spray
As you vanished in days of yorel
o., wilding brook, that strays
By pleasant, grassy ways,
I only hear in your music
The discord of my days;
And yet ! know that late
Or soon, despite of fate,
My soul shall flni the joy that hides
For her who learns to wait!
The Ledger.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
BURIED ALIVE.
AGhastly Discovery Made While Remov-
ing a Body.

AUhastIy DiscoNery Made While kemoY-
ing a Body.
A CHASTITY sight met the eyes of parties
sngaged in removing the remains of q soldier
rom Fort Lowell to the National Cemetery.
1T Phoenix, Ari. The evidences were plain
hat James Deviney, a member Of "E" Troop,
Fourth Cavalry, who died four years ago vas
buried alive.
The head of the body was found turned
sver 10 the left. and the right arm was lying
ira ght down by the side. The left arm was
brown over the left thigh AM thu lower
limbs were crossing each other. From the
appearance and p sition OF the lower jaw and
PORTIONS of tie face which were yet intact, 1t
s clear that animation returned after burial,
md that the man subsequently died in greet
lgony.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04

HE hero my
story, Enoch
BumPus, was
a young far
mer, j u st en-
tie ri hi
TWEEN tvs e c.
ond year.
His father
had died three
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-09

you turs hese desperate cases OF consump-
tion, cancer, tumor and para lysis Well,
Was his slow and guarded answer. AZ uu-
derstand nv business, aud attend faith
fully to it, and can tell any Sick person
his trouble without being told; conse-
wrong disease. l have every facility Tor
treai ing these supposed incurable chronics
that money and experience can give.
You must like your practice, doctor
Yes, I like 10 so much that give about
twenty hours a day to IT, 1 have Just
tion rooms who tell me that you cured
them once of monstrous tumor, which
at one time would have weighed sixty
pounds, without pain or the knife, the
other OF two malignant cancers after she
had been pronounced incurable by the
best surgeons aud physicians Of this city.
Yes, was the doctors reply, this Is true.
One OF these ladies is the wife OF q promi-
nent manufactures In Maine, the other
the wife of a large manufactures IN Hav-
erhill, Mass.
Then, doctor, you believe these troubles
are s@ss a W Sqi' yoa ss tell ernSf ms hOw as s soS
I. II a man his trouble without asking
him any questions? You must excuse
me from explaining the modus oper andi
of my examinations, but that l do these
things, thousands all over the country
will attest.
One other question, doctor. How did
you cure that little girl In Bangor by
tele traphs Toe doctor smiled. You
would not understand me IL told you.
frequently cure people this way. though
IL Is hard on me to do SO. IL is only In
desperate cases that / attempt it,. You
must excuse me now, he said, aud most
politely bowed the knight OF the quill out
of the roo II. Crowds seemed TO be walt.
ing in all the rooms of his large building
20 see him. How does DR.. Flower per
form these cures? How can he tell the
sick their diseases without being told
that he does Zone will deny, but the ques-
tion is still unanswered as to how. Howl
Howl