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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-03
APPALLING FLOOD LOSSES.

Over Twcniy-nine Millions Washed
! Away by the Rising Waters.
ST. LOUIS, June 3.-An estimate of the
losses occasioned by the flood has been
made from statistics gathered from var!-
Gus boards of trade, exchanges, ETC.,
throughout the afflicted district. The
total is appalling, reaching $50, 300, 900,
as follows:
! Missouri-Wheat and corn destroyed,
GOO, 900 acres, $40, 900, 900; homes ruined,
100000 cattle drowned, $4,000: rail
road property destroyed, Sl50,000. Total,
Si1 900, 600.
Tennessee = Cotton, loss, 5000, 900;
wheat, loss, 81 200, 900; homes and cat
tle, 100000. Total, $1,000, 900.
Arkansas-Farms inundated, 9,83S.
Loss as follows: Corn, So, 500, 600; cotton,
s5,O00,0 900; other products, $4,000, 900;
houisanas loss, s5,000,0 Kentuckys
ioss 100000; total loss, $50 300, 600.
This estimate does not include stag
nation in business among the merchants
and transportation lines,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-03
Into a wasiout.

pIlTsBURa, June 3.-The Titusville
express on the Allegheny Valley rail
road ran into washout near Foster
Station, nine miles below Franklin, last
might. The engine and one baggage car
went down the embankment, and En-
gineer A. r. Reed and Fireman Shearer,
both of Oakmont, were dangerously and
probably. fatally injured. Gaggage-
master Madden, Express Messenger
Metz and the mail agent were the only
occupants of the car that went down
and were painfully injured.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-03
BY WIND And WAVE.
Terrible Destruction by Texas
--latest Tornado.
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED.

O Scene of DcsoIation in the Track
of the Storm-An Appalling Array
of Figures as the Result Of the Re-
cent Floods-The Loss Twcnty-ninc
Millions.
LOTT, Tex, June 3.-The vicinity of
Durango was visited by a terrible tor
nado. w. Y. McPhersons dwelling
was struck first and utterly destroyed.
The homes of Philip Stevens, John
Strawn, Lee Farmer, Thomas Farmer,
J. M. Anderson and J. P. Bolin were
struck and demolished, and Stevens,
Strawn, Mrs. Bolin, her two children
and Lee Farmer hurt Thomas Farmers
child was injured and died afterwards.
The next place, that of J. Groce, was
destroyed, but Groce and his family
were secure in storm house.
w. L. Weathers' wife and five chill
dren and John Reeves, wife and baby
were all in the Weathers' house. Mr..
Weathers' wife and two children were
killed, the other three children being
dangerously hurt. Mr. Reeves had his
leg and his collar bone broken. Mrs.
Reeves was severely hurt, while her
baby escaped without scratch. The
dwellings of Mr.. Reeves, Henry Child
ers and Ed Bull were the next to fall.
Mr.. Bull was badly injured. Mr. Child
ers and his two children were hurt. The
dead and wounded were found in ra-
vine among debris about fifty yards
from where the Weathers' house stood.
A Scene of DcsoIation.
The desolation left by the storm passes
Il II
Two hundred yards. In one place new
wagon axle thimble was broken like a
pipestem, and the wheel carried quite
distance back In the direction from
which the storm came. The wagon tire
WIS broken and the spokes and felloes
scattered several hundred yards. A cell
ing identified by paint was found over
five miles from home. Cotton was left
without leaf or limb. Chickens were
picked up und scattered along the route.
The track of the tornado was about
quarter of a mile wide.
BELCHERvILLE, Tex, juno 3.-This
place was visited by u tornado, which
destroyed the house of j. b. Bowie, in
juring himself and several of the family.
u. N. Simmins' house was torn to pieces,
the occupants escaping with slight in
juries. George Elliott's house was
wrecked and his wife probably fatally
hurt. More than twenty houses We're
blown down. The loss is estimated at
S50.000.
Troy, Tex, June "a tornado struck
here, destroying the large barn of Mr..
Bonner and the residence and cotton gin
of Mrs Helms. Mr.. and Mrs. Helms
and son We're badly hurt, the latter
probably fatally 80. w. II. Dentou's
house was destroyed and four of his
children injured, one fatally. Frank
Raywater's house was blown down and
his wife seriously injured. Mrs. Bel
lows house was destroyed, and she was
painfully hurt. Two school houses and
q half dozen other dwellings were ruined.
DALLAS, Tex, June 3.-News received
here from west, north and central Texas
Indicates great damage to small grain
and cotton by heavy rains and wind
The average damage is estimated at
from 10 to 10 per cent. The town of
Angus, five miles from Corsicana, was
entirely destroyed by tornado.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-03
HARRISON BOOMERS.
They Are the First to Open Head
quarters at Minneapolis.
CHAUNCEY M. DEPEWs CONFIDENCE.

ue Saws tho pros;aor, Is a,,s,
oer.aih TO De the Nominee and
John @. New Thinks the Chief
Magistrate Will be Named on the
Eirs, p.,,o,
MINNEAPOLIS, June 3.-During the past
week nearly eyery trsiu that has reached
this city has carried some of the fore
,,nners Of tbe big convention oror,d
u INC pis convention crowu'
ana Wednesday the hrst actual delegates
put in their appearance. They were a
breezy and enthusiastic half dozen In.
d;,,, ,,oa,,,a,. g.. ~. .,a.;,s..t III,
Aot 'he PieHiNen'' "nu
they nave not hesltated to make known
what they thought of the opposition.
Indeed IL is binted that THAR talx NAV
LIT t,, oa,,a,5.,to -. g.. 80 -,
ho' 'ie 'ahe'iu''e ie'ef ioi eoihe 'hihss
were said that were very bitter, and the
men about whom they were spoken are
nossessed Of qood memories The Har-
rison boomers were at frat Thought To
be the first delegates on the ground. but
n single Blaine man had come into the
city earlier He was mucb more naace-
able. and his presence was NOT known
for some time He comes FROM New
Mexico. However. the Harrison head.
quarters were fine first to he onened and
fhey were in CHARGE of chosen yvorkera
for their chief So the first dav NAV he
considered 40 giv;ng the adyanta0a ~
nosition to tha nresidant for bis inter-
ests were In The hands of tba sarna
friends who managed his canvass four
years ago.
MIR. Depcw's Confidence.
Chauncev NJ Denev has been in tho
citv since Wednesdav ni,rbt Sneakino
of Tho noss;b;litv of Rlaina haing a oa,'
5;data Nh Danaw said tbot I9orr;snn
was almost certain to be tha nominee of
the MinneanoIis conventian Int in coea
Ria;na WINS nn,o;natad and raf,aed tban
Harrison could NOT he a candiJata fo,.
nm off;ca 6ecI;nad by tba chief off;,.e, of
lie c.I,;nat The demor.l;za+;on Of srch
nm event wonid snraad all over the
cnnntr,, ond tha nart,, r,o,,1d Lo A.
faatad bafora tho elect;Gn beaan
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-03
Thinks the Deal win be Broken.

TRENTON, June 3.-Governor Q. Albeit
stated to reporter that the suit insti-
tuted against the big coal combine by
surely win. He said he thought it
would affect the disruption Of the com.
bination. The interested persons on the
other side do not attach SO much i'm
portance to the movement, however, or
Mt least they say they think the home
thrust will not result dsastrously TO
them
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-03

Harry Fcldmcier Of the FELTON,
House, Second and Walnut streets.
will serve u delicious snapper lunch to
viii: h all Ii patrons are invited, 10.
morrow rrtning Hose who have
trial Hurr meth Vi OF serving snap.
pefs need not b. l,rsed To be present,
while those who have not should be
sure to drop in.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-03
Best Made Clothing in
Philadelphia.

There is as much deception in
Clothing as in horses; neither
hould be purchased without a
through examination.
In our windows this week VIC
display fine range of Gray Wors-
ted Suits, made of foreign and
domestic cloth, with prices plainly
marked on cach-astonishingly
low.
More Hats and Caps for Boys
and Children just in-dainty head
gear for little money.
A. C. YATES & CO.,
Cor. 18th and Chestnut Sts.,
Philadelphia.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28

special attention, and the result Il e has a.
ready passed the senate with NO opposition.
Il Is now before the pubic lands committee
of the house, and those who are interested in
the measure say that it will pass the house
early in the session. It differs only IN few
particulars from the bill by which the Fort
Dodge reservation was granted to the state
for the purpose of soldiers home. The bill
as 1t comes from the senate grants two Sec
tons and one-half of the lands embraced
within the Fort Hays military reservation, to
include all the buildings located thereon, on
condition that the state of Kansas shall within
two years establish soldiers home. Two
and one-half sections, which embraces all
the timber On the reservation, is also granted
the state upon condition that TIE state make
of the same end maintain thereon a public
park. The bill contains provision that the
United States Is to resume possession of the
lands whenever it shall appear that the state
of Kansas has ceased to use the same for
public purposes. According to the bill. the
remainder of the reservation Is to be opened
to settlement under the homestead laws, but
no entry is to embrace more than eighty acres.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
The Deadly Car Stove.

CHICAGO. January ga passenger tain
on the Chicago & Rock Island, for Council
Bluffs, Ia, was ditched at a point about four
teen miles from the city by the spreading of
the rails. The train consisted of engine,
baggage car, express car and six passenger
coaches.
The ground there is comparatively level
and the train was not running az full speed,
and the result was, therefore, less disastrous
than it might have been, though the train
was badly wrecked and number of passen-
gers badly hurt.
The train at once took fire from the stoves
and but for prompt work of the uninjured
several persons would have been burned to
death.
The list of injured are as follows:
George Patton, Butte, Montana, skull frac-
tured; will probably die.
Unknown woman en- route to Iowa City,
cut about face and head.
Mrs. Caroline Raunbead, Chicago, cut and
bruised about the head.
Unknown man cut, bruised and burned
about the body, probably fatally.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
A Big Wave.

TRAVERSE CRY, M1cu., January pa curl
Gus phenomenon has occurred here At few
minutes before o'clock the wells at the
waterworks and the electric light plants gave
out simultaneously. Upon investigation, the
lake shore was found entirely bare for fully
100 feet from its usual lime. Steamboat
docks were high and dry on the sandy
beach, and the waters had fallen Just six and
q half feet as though an earthquake shock or
great tidal wave had swept from the bay.
For fully an hour the city was in total
darkness, and many townspeople assembled
at the beach and upon the docks 10 view the
curious freak of the waves. The waters
rushed back with terrific force and IS in q
mighty wave as rapidly as they must have
disappeared. Once before this fall the water
in the bay fell Eve and one-half feet in two
days, but this sudden fall discounts any re-
cord. As no strong tleeze was blowing from
on shore, the mystery SEEMS the more mex
piicable
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
THE TOPIC.
Tho World is Talking About
Gillian Affairs.
The President Closeted With Secre-
taries Of War and Navy-Schley
Says 1t Is Certain Our Sailors We're
Killed by Gillian Soldiers.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January 2.-While the
cabinet did not meet as a body, the joint
presence of Secretaries Blaine, Elkins and
Tracy at the White house bore strong re-
semblance to meeting of the cabinet. They
remained In conference with the president
for a long time, and General ]. W. Foster
was called in for consultation. The discus
sion related generally to Gillian matters, the
questions mostly under discussion being the
presidents message to congress on tina. sub
ject.
Secretary Tracy received message from
Commander Evans saying the Yorktown,
with the refugees on board, would sail for
Callao from Valparaiso. This is taken az an
indication that all is quiet in Chill.
Captain Schley. of the cruiser Baltimore,
now at Vallejo, Cal, was shown the reports OF
Procurator Fiscal, of Valparaiso, as pub
lished He said: Il am not at all surprised
by this report. Such conclusions were rem
dere3 necessary to sustain the Gillian con-
tentions in the case. There Is no possible
de- lbt that Riggin was killed by rife bullet
fred by the soldiers. johnson Was STOPPING
ofer and supporting Riggin On his left arm
did shoulder. The soldiers fred at only SIX
feet distance. A bullet pierced the shirt and
neexerchief covering the right shoulder OF
Johnson, then struck Riggin In the neck, In
Gictin0 the wound which the doctors say
caused instant DEATH
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
Disorranizine Counties,

Topeka, January 23.-Attorney General
Ives has begun quo warranto proceedings in
The supreme court to disorsanize Garfield
county and remove from Office the county
officials.
General Ives says the way Garfield and
other western counties are conducted Is an
outrage on the state. He says they were SIM
ply organized to furnish places for poiiti-
cians.
The county clerks returns shows the as
sessed valuation 81 property in Garfield coun-
ty to be $417, 303. TIE five mills levy allowed
by law for county expenses, therefore gives
them Just s, 0S6 q year to pay all the county
officers and other expenses The law has
been fagrantly disregarded and to-day the
county is $50 600 in debt, the most of which
aas gone 10 pay attorneys in the county seat
tight which has existed ever since the county
was organized by the legislature in 1887.
Anokher reason General Ives gives for dlsor-
ganizing the county, Is that the constitution
requires all counties to contain 4s2 square
miles. but Garfield has but AS miles within
its boundaries.
General Ives says there are dozen western
Kansas counties which should be disorsanized
at once. They have not enough taxable
property to pay county expenses, and the
officers who are running them are commit
ting a crime IN contracting debts which can
cot be paid.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
A Kansas Case Confirmed.

ST. LOUIS, January 26.-The case of William
E. Cox against the board of county commits
sioners of Doniphan county, Kan, was
brought up before Judge Caldwell in cham
bers on a motion for rehearing, the Judge
sitting as circuit judge of the district of Kan
sas. Colonel ]. Doniphan, of st. Joseph,
Mo-, appeared as counsel for the plaintiff,
while the interest of the defendants was
guarded by G. Fl. Fitzpatrick, of Leavenworth.
The action was brought by Mr.. Cox, the
holder of $500, 600 worth of Doniphan county
bonds which were issued in aid of certain
railroads, to force the county to pay the in
terest coupons, amounting TO nearly $4,000.
The comfy commissioners refused to redeem
the coupons on the ground that they were ex-
empt by the statute of limitation. Last June
the case was brought UP before Supreme JUS
tice Brewer and Circuit Judge Caldwell, at
Topeka, on demurrer to the plaintiff petition
when the coupons sued on were to a large
amount held to be barred by the statute of
limitation. The court now adheres TO its
former decision and the motion for rehear-
ing was Overruled.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
The Railroads Side.

CHICAGO, January 26.-The railroad COM
panies are beginning to regard Kansas with
as much anxiety and foreboding as they did
Iowa three years ago. The railway commits
siOners of the former state seem to be eznulat-
ing those of Iowa in making a record for
themselves at the expense of the Transports
ton companies. Their latest order, direct
ing reduction as early as February 1, of
fifth class rates from the Missouri river to in
terror Kansas jobbing points. is a ser1ous
blow to lines interested in Kansas traffic.
The average reduction has been from to 8
cents per 100 pounds on fifth class, which Is
largely car load freight, and will directly
affect the fourth class, which is less than car
lots, and indirectly other classes. There Is
also considerable grumbling owe: the order
to reduce the live stock rate cents per 100
pounds to Hutchinson and Wichita, Kan, as
within a radius of eighty-tive miles. These
DEGREES follow SO closely upon the wholesale
grocery decision of January ., that western
managers are beginning to wonder where the
end will be. Some gossip Is heard in regard
to the edict in the sugar case, in which the
Kansas commissioners overruled the decision
of the interstate commerce commission. The
opinion Is expressed that the lines, the reve-
nues of which are seriously affected, will de-
eide to appeal to the courts.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
Train Robbers Shot.

LAMAR, Mo-, January 26.-Two men board
ed the Missouri Pacific train at Sheldon and
held up the train men and passengers. They
robbed the baggage and express cars and Sc
cured quite a sum of money and valuables.
They made the messenger open thesafe, but
there was very little in If. They escaped
when the train reached Lamar.
Fort ScorT, KAS.-Soon after the robbery
at Sheldon a dispatch was received here stat
ing that it was believed that the robbers were
on their way here.
Policeman s. B. Lattera- a colored man,
saw two men get of the train, which arrived
at a. m. He called to the men to halt,
when one of them shot him dead.
The men then ran. A few minutes after
the shooting two men were seen to get into q
box car on the outgoing north bound train,
and Detectives Captain Chester and j. +.
Naples started on a passenger train in pur
suit. They overlook the men at Pleasanton,
twenty four miles north. One of the men,
who Is believed to have been one of the train
robbers, was shot and killed and the other
man was badly wounded.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
Kansas Sugar Works.

WASHINGTON, d. c., January S.-Nuner-
Gus kilograms have been received By Kansas
congressman from Judge Ansel Clark and
other citizens of Sterling, protesting against
the removal of the government experimental
sugar station from Sterling to Medicine
Lodge. 1t seems the station was to be poveo
this week, and the people of Sterling are
greatly excited over it.
Senator's Perkins and PETER called upon Sec.
Rotary Ruzk and learned that the department
had fully decided to move the station, the
secretary and Chief Chemist Wiley having
come to the conclusion several months ago
that experiments IN Kansas sugar could be
conducted more satisfactorily by having the
station conducted at Medicine Lodge. The
soil In the vicinity IS believed to be better
adapted to sorghum and fros,s not so likely.
After hearing the protests of Perkins and
PETER, Secretary Rusk decided to withdraw
ehe order for tie present, and give Chief
Chemist Wiley time to inquire into the N after
further. If experiments can be conducted
just as satisfactorily at Sterling, Secretary
Rusk viii not move the station.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
Nineteen Poor Cripples Burn

Nineteen Poor Cripples Burned.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-The Surgical Institute
burned at midnight.
Two hundred and forty-six patients and
thirty nurses were sleeping in the two four
story buildings.
At $50 q. m. there were nineteen dead
bodies; some were killed by jumping, but
others were suffocated or burned to death.
When the fire department arrived the poor
helpless cripples were hanging on fire escapes
and in every window. The heartrendIng
cries of those shut in the burning building
mingled with the shouts of fremen and
police.
Heroic deeds of rescue were performed,
and for several hours the delusiOn was enter
tanned that all the inmates had been saved.
In one room mass of roasted humanity
lay entwined. When their bodies were olsen
gagged it was found that there were seven per-
sons in that mass alone.
The scene in Griffith restaurant was awful.
Little children half clothed were crying for
their parents; mothers were crying for their
lost children, and prayers of thankfulness for
escapes all mingled with the cries of the IN
jured. The same thing was gone through
with at the Grand hotel, whittier few were
carried.
1t was, however, worse in the Weddell
house. The halls and rooms were crowded
with the sufferers; some on the bare floors
and some on mattresses, all pleading for
help.
There were many acts of heroism during
the fire.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
Quoted Too Strongly.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January 1.-THE ma
ture of the communication sent by this gov
eminent to Chill, as reported back by the
Associated Press from Santiago, Is in the
main correct, though couched in much less
diplomatic terms than the original, and 60
ing beyond In one particular of importance.
There Is good reason to believe that all that
is contemplated by this government, in the
event of the possible refusal by Chill to COM
ply with these demands, Il simply the sever
ance of diplomatic relations, and the sup
posed danger of war is by no means in
creased By the step now taken. On the COZ
tray. Il q believed no more serious results
would follow the cessation of diplomatic in
tercourse with Chill than have followed SIM
liar Interruptions of such relations with other
countries In the past. It would merely be an
emphasized expression of the conviction on
The part of the United States that Chill bad
acted badly, and that until she makes suit
able reparation, this country desires NO fur
the1 intercourse CT relations Of any kind.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-01-28
Much Less War Talk.

WAsHrNGToS, D. c., January 2a-There Is
decided diminution In the war talk around
the navy department, aud q more peaceful
feeling prevailed.
Secretary Tracy had conference with Sen
ators Cameron and Mcpherson, of the senate
naval committee, and i. Is understood that the
secretary laid before them q statement OF the
expenditures he has recently incurred in his
preparations for q naval demonstration IN
southern waters and asked when his estimates
for appropriations should be submitted and
receive the support or the committee. A
week ago he Is alleged to have said these pre-
parations seemed to be absolutely necessary,
bat now he believes tina. there viii be no way.
II Is further understood that the secretary re
ceived the assurances of tho committee that
he would be supported IN every pro,'r and
necessary expend.t ure involved in his ...ecau-
tionAry movements.