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slruArIoN Ar nIuEFIELps.
Arrival Of the ship with Details Of the
oeeurronees-Property Of All Foreigners
Condseatod.

Arrival OF the ship with Details Of the
eurronoes-Property Of All Foreigners
Connseated.
NEw ORLEANS, August sl.-The steam.
ship Rover. from Bluefelds, at4p. m.
to-day, is the Arst weasel reaching New
Orleans which witnessed the transporta.
ton Of tho American and English
prisoners TO Greytown.
Mr.. Edward Thompson, Grst mate OF
the Rover, In an interview said that at
the present time, when the policy otthe
American foreign Office 10 known, moth.
ing would have suited the English bet
ter than 10 geo American sailors rescue
the prisoners, English aud American
both, and possibly lombard the town,
and In such q way accomplish two pur.
poses, that 10 the liberation Of the EGG
liah subjects In the hands Of Spaninrds
and the collapse Of tho American
schemes In Central America.
Mr.. Thompson saTs that several hours
before the Yulo left for Greytown Cap.
tain Simmer was informed Of the inten.
ton OF the spaniards and could havo
acted IN tho matter II no had wished to
do so; but probably having instructions
from our foreign Office to do nothing,
he could only grit bis teeth at the sight
Of many OF bis personal friends being
taken along BY tho foreigners. 1t
is the opinion that the Mica.
raguan canal company's conces.
sion 10 TO a certain oxtent re-
sponsible for the failure Of the Amer
lean government to display o frmer
foreign policy. The company has not
lived up TO It's concession, but II wishes
no complications between the United
States and Nicaragua to arise for fear OF
losing the concession. The present
situation in Bluefelds 10 as deplorabie
as ever. Indians and Jamaican negroes
are daily arrested and nobody lie cer-
tain OF his life or property, expecting
every hour to be Imprisoned on some
trivial charge.
II Is the present opinion in Blueaelds
that tho property Of oil foreigners who
have been banished from Nicaragua or
hape left on their own account will be
contiscated by the government. At the
time the Rover left Bluedelds the CO.
lumbia had left for Port Liman and the
Marblehead had just arrived.
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sATohurs PLANS.
whether No Returns to Rome or Not, n
Permanent Embassy Will DO Maintained

whether No Returns TO Rome or Not, n
Permanent Embassy Will DO Maintained
ut Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. G., August 3l.-A
reporter called at tho residence of Mgr,
satolli to-day to inquire concerning the
report from Rome that at the end Of
this year Mgr. satolli would return to
tho Vatican at tho request Of tho pope.
After q short consultation with Mgr.
satolli, DR.. Papi, his secretary, mado
the statement that tho delegate had not
vet boon advised by tho pope as to tho
matter and in view Of that fact did not
believe tho report was truo.
DR.. Papi said further: "WhOther
Mgr, satolli be recalled or not, some
ono will DO maintained hore In tho
Office he occupies. This is now n
permanent legation which represents
Popo Loo in church affairs, tho Saino us
the embassy Of Italy hero represents
the political government in diplomatic
matters,
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BRIEFS FROM THE WIRES.

Thirty.fve thousand garment makers
in Now York will strike to-day for ton
hours work and weekly payments.
1t is beloved that Captain Freitsch,
who loft New York to sail across tho
Atlantic alone in small boat, has been
lost.
Edward S. Dean, a wealthy retired
merchant OF Cleveland, o., committed
suicide yesterday. He was weary Of i'll
hoalth.
Z After 5000 ballots Ia the Fourth dis
trict congressional convention. John D.
Culberson, tho present incumbent. was
re-nominated.
BY a trolley accident at Ashcvillc. N.
O.. q number OF summer visitors wero
badly but not fatally injured. All were
southern people.
James Gregory, n wealthy bachelor Of
Kokomo, Ind, was called 10 his door
last night and shot through the heart
by on unknown assallant.
President Hart, Of tho Chicago baso
hall club, says he ia convinced Of the
existence Of conspiracy 10 burn baso
ball parks throughout tho country.
Chicago paper mon diScredit tho 70.
port that an English syndicate has pur.
chased oil tho paper and pulp mills in
the Fox rlver valley Of Wisconsin.
Forty.six weavers employed IN tho
Brown Aid Ackroydcs mills at Lawrence,
Mass, went out on strike yesterday
rather than accept q reduction in
wages.
Dispatches from Southwestern Texas
report worry heavy rains In that section
aud heavy damage done to railroads
and other property. Tho Rio Grando
10 higher than for Gvo years.
The Maryland horSe show associa-
ton, which 10 to be similar In character
10 those existing in Philadelphia and
New York, has been organized, with
Governor Brown as president.
Tho Pittsburgh chamber Of commerce
has made an appropriation to cover the
expenses OF preliminary survey OF tho
proposed route Of tho ship canal be.
tween Pittsburgh & Lake Erie.
Frank @. Wakem, Of tho noto brokcr-
apo firm OF Wakem & Marshall, Chicago,
became tho husband Of Miss Mattic
Chaplin, a chorus girl from tho "0tr tho
Earth" Company at 2 o'clock yesterday
morning.
Tho Chicago Herald says It's statement
that Cleveland in his l0ttor to Catch.
ings was guilty OF plagiarism proceeded
from tho Associated Press was orronO-
Gus. Tho Associated ProsB report con.
talned no such charge.
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THE LUoANIA's RUN.
She Bent tho campania's Western Record
by Forty Minutes.

She Bent tho campania's Western Record
. by Forty Minutes.
New YoRK, August Sl.-The Cunard
liner Lucania, Captain Mckay. which
sailed from Queenstown at 12:45 .. M,
August %, passed in at Sandy Hook at
5:1s this afternoon. She has therefore
lowered the record OF tho steamer Cam
pania, OF tho same line, as in order 70
equal tho Campania's time Of days 0
hours aud 20 minutes, mado this month,
tho Lucania should have reached the
Sandy Hook lightship at $50 p. N. AL.
lowing twenty minutes for the run from
the lightship TO Sandy Hook, she has
beaten the Campania, who holds the
fastest western record by forty minutes.
The best previous western record OF tho
Lucania was 5 days 12 hours and AZ
minutes, which was held as the record
until August II, last when the Gam.
pania made the run in 8 days 0 hours
and 20 minutes.
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EX.GoV. PIERPoNr.
Friends and Neighbors Honor Him 10 his
Eighty.nrst Year.

Friends aud Neighbora Honor Him 10 lis
EiEhty.nrst Year.
FAIRMoNr, W. Va, Aug. 3i.-The
members Of tho NJ. P. church Of this
place, and other friends and fellow citi.
zens OF tho venerable war governor Of
Virginia, Hon. Francis II. Pierpont,
who Is dearly beloved by everybody,
had arranged to give him a pleasant
surprise on the last Sunday Of this
month, In the way OF a celebration in
his honor. Mr.. Pierpont 10 in
his eighty-arst year and his friends
aud neighbors had arranged Tor
an Observance Of the occasion
without his knowledge. Their plans
leaked out, and the surprise TO tho gov.
ernor was not 90 complete rs they had
intended It to be. The affair was just
as Joyous, however. It was postponed
until. tonight, and tho occasion was
madc one Of great rejoicing that tho
father OF West Virginiahad been spared
for so long life. Governor Pierpont,
though past his four score mile-post, Ia
enjoying good health and seems good
for many more years Of usefulness.
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Depre,latlous by Iudians,

y BOISE, 1DAuo, August 9l.-one hun:
,dred indians from Fort Hall reservation
are committing depredatious in owyheo
county. They are eamped in the vicin.
ity OF Btuneauaand are slaughtering
game ruthlessly. District Attorney @.
NJ. Hay ordered Game Warden Johnson
to warn them to desist. The Indians
acted in go threatening manner that
he beat a hasty retreat He reports
that they killed a Chinaman yesterday
and settlers are much alarmed.
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Mon,on rrIed to Vote.

vISElAvD, NJ j., August Sl.-An clec.
tion was held in DcOraold township to.
day to decide certain items as to school
supplies in tho district. Tho women
wanted to vote and tried to assert their
supposed rights at tho polls. This
caused much bad blood, which finally
resulted in a small riot. Knives and
pistols wero called into use and ono
man was painfully wounded and several
othara injured.
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nir FIre IN PhIlndelphla.

PHILADELPHIA, August 3l.-Thc fvc
story mill building at American and
Diamond streets, owned aud occupied
by LaRoche & Co., manufacturers Of
electrical supplies, was partially do
stroyed by 1se tonight The flames
originated from defective tiue. Tho
loss will be heavy on the stock, valued
at $l50000, but no estimate can be
made, Covered by insurance.
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OTHER ADVANTAGES.


These lines of transportation, in con.
nsctIon with our great water ways. fur.
nish Rn outlet tor this great mineral of
our state, whose production now
amounts 10 many million tons annually
and Is rapidly increasing.
As au agricultural state We do not
claim high rank for West Virginia,
but within her borders arc found some
OF tho best farms and most prosperous
farmers in tho United Statoa. Tho great
central part OF tho state is hillY, and In
fact mountainous, but upon tho tops, OF
these mountains are great plains OF
tablelands hundreds Of miles In extent,
whose soil In productivenesa 10 equal to
that Of the alluyial lands Of tho Missia-
sIppi Valley. Along tho great Ohio
river front, nearly four hundred miles
In extent, are beautiful farms unsnr.
passed for productiveness in any part Of
our countEx-C Cattle and sheep raising
have been profitable enterprises In our
state.
Her social advantages aud mineral
springs, her lovely mountain resorts
with their invigorating mountain air,
are known 10 the most remote aections
Of our country. White Sulphur and
Berkeley Springs have for many years,
each season, beon the confer OF tho great
social summer gatherings, while Deer
Park, Oakland and other resorts have
also been crowded by persons seeking
the benefit Of their splendid watera and
their mountain air. Tho great ad-
vantages Of the state OF West Virginia
aa location in which TO inveet surplus
capital, to locate homo amid pleasant
surroundings and good society is unsur.
passed, believe, by any section OF our
country, north or south, and with that
hospitality characteristic Of tho south
we welcome within hor borders all In
dustrious aud law.abiding people.
Dr.. D. 7. Day, OF tho geological sur.
yey, made an address on tho mineral
resources Of the south.
NIGHT SESSION.
Congressman Richard Fl. Clark, OF
Alabama, waa the FIRST speaker Of tho
night session. In tho light Of recent
events, he thought tho south might con.
gratulate herself upon the TACT that TUG
scum of Europe had not come within
her borders. She wanted picked labor.
ore, but for the anarchist had only tho
muskets OF state troops and the hang.
man Of the courts.
In twenty.three years, tho annual
output OF coal in Alabama has grown
from, ,1o, 900 to 5000 900 tons. Applause
greeted his statement that tho building
Of the Nicaragua canal was sure. Iron
could be converted more cheaply In
Alabama than elsewhere because OF tho
proximity OF coal and largo lumber
business had sprung up from nothing
in O quarter Of a century.
a resolution was offered by judge ].
7. Goolick, of fredericksburg, indorsing
the bill for the FREQ admission OF cotton
machinery introduced by Representa-
tive Kyle, OF Mississippi. Then tho
convention adjourned.
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MISS WAIN'S DEATH.
Denied That She Was q Victim of
Severe Punishmont
MOTHER SUPERlORS STATEMENT

of tbe oIrcumstanocs-Miss Vain
Applied For Admission TO tho Sis.
tcrhood and Was iu Ill Health
When sho Arrived at tho Protestant
Episcopal community-Dcn cniCd That
sho Was Placed in Cell and Half
starvcd-oharees Against Her Rel.
ativcS
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ASTORIA, Ore, August Sl.-Tho Brit.
ish bark Glcncairn Is on tho breakers
abreast Point Adams light The mate
and part OF tho crew came ashore In a
gmall boat It Is raining bard aud q
heavy sea is on from tho northeast 1t
is thought i'm possible to save tho vessel.
Tho captain aud part OF tho crew are
still on board,
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IwDrANApolIs, IND, August 9l.-Mr.
Clem studcbaker Is greatly annoyed by
the statement in the San Francisco
dispatch OF last night, referring to the
record OF Nellie Newsletter, IN which
tho name OF "Studebaker, tho million.
aire carriage man." was coupled with
hers in an unpleasant manner. Mr..
studebaker absolutely and emphatical-
ly denies ever having known tho
wnmnn
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LOUISVILLE, KY, August Sl.-A spe'
ciOl to the Post from Lexington says:
Yesterday at Fincastlo, In Wolf county,
J0G Gum loft his threo-year-old child In
charge OF its cousin, Henry Gum. while
llc went to work In tho cornaold. The
boy, becoming tired OF his charge, boat
It's brains ont with q clu b and thon
threw tho body In o creek. He was
arrested aud is now in iail at Beatty
,.,II.
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por,,ouca Another bank wrnolor.

WAsurxGroN, D. O., August ST.
President Cleveland has followed up hiu
action in pOrtlOninG Abort L. Gould,
ono OF tho brothers convicted OF wreck.
ing bank at Albany, n. T., by grant.
inT'a pardon 10 another brother, Otis
Allen Gould. Tho ocntencC OF tho lat
ter was aix years imprisonment in tho
Elmifa roformatory,
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Natural Gn. E,nlo,lon.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, August Shy an
explosion OF natural gas this afternoon
the West Washington street power
house Of the Citizens' Street Railroad
company, was demolished, incurring a
loss OF about $4,000. Engineer Egan
and Fireman J. Fl. Gallagher wero ser-
;nuaIu intnrad
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Whr Franco pemands 1ledres..

PARIS, August s1.-Tho governor OF
Indo-C China reports that on the night OF
the 9th Chinese marauders murdered
NJ. Chaillet, French controller Of cus-
toms at Monkai, on Tonquin, aud kid.
nipped his wife and childron. Troops
pursued tho outlaws, but failed to cap
turc them. Tho French government has
made domand for idcmnity from the
government ut Poktu.
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LONDON, Sept l.-Tho Daily Mes,
correspondent at Vienna says that
cholera is raging terribly in Russian Po.
land. Tho inhabitants are camping in
tho woods. They refuse 70 obey mod
ical orders, and conceal their sick from
the doctors, treating them in their own
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pEFEER,s OPINION.
:IIc Thinks tho Causes of tho Depression
Have Not Been Remcdied.

NIAGARA FAILS, N. Y, August ST.
Senator PETER, of Kansas, in au inter
vicw to-day said in'regard to the effect
Of tariff legislation: "You hear Of busi.
ness being revived, Of factories starting
up, OF increased orders being received
and other reassuring signs Of business
revival, but I regard 1t as only tempo.
rary.
'iThis country Is in crisis, and the
causes that have led to tho deplorable
condition OF affnirs have not been
remedied, and for this reason regard
tho present improved condition Of
affairs 40 only temporary"
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AN AWFUL ELOOD
Destroys Many Lives and a Great
Amount of Property
UYALDE, TEXAS. SWEPT BYES1ORM
And an Earthquake Shock Adds
Horror to the Situation.
MgAY FAMILIES ARE WIPED OUT

BY an Extraordinary Rise of .ho
Lena Rivor-A Storm Breaks whilo
tho People Sleep aud There Is NO
TImo For Eseapo = Many Arc
Drowned aud Great Apprehension
Felt For a aHundred Families In the
Low Lands-rhe Enormous Loss of
tho Southern Pacific Railroad.
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unrbnrisn, In Samoa.

LONDON, Sept. IA dispatch to the
Daily Ne4 from Berlin says: The ad-
vices received hero from Samoa state
that in a fight between thenative forces
in June the ears OF ono Of tho rebels
were cut off and taken TO Apia, while
the heads OF two other rebels were sew.
cred, despite the recent decree against
such mutilation. Tho rebels retaliated
by cutting Of the head Of one OF Malie-
toss scouts.
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NEw YoRK, August Sl.-Thc board
to-day dismissed from tho force Cap.
tain Dovory aud his ward man Glennon,
for accepting bribcs. Doyory was aiok
and did not put In any defense. The
dismissed havo said they will appeal to
tho courts for reinstatement.
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Sioux Cry, Ia, August Sl.-ThO
Sioux City Athletic City has apparently
exhausted all means to get rcplico TO
kilograms Bont Peter Jackson or Parson
DnviOa, in regard 10 arranging Tor q
meeting place nt which articles for .
iizht with Corbett can bc signed;
Negotiations will now be commenced
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MOTION ACCEPTS.

He VIII bc Candidate For tho Governor.
ship of New York.
Ru1NEcMrr, N. Y, August Sl-Thc
Hon. Lcvi P. Morton, in IN open letter
to the Republicans Of the state OF New
York. says:
II appreciate the Importance OF tho
Office OF chief executive OF Now York
state, and should / be called to fill 1t I
shall strive earnestly to serve tho peo.
ple with steadiastness OF purpose and
to faithfully administer n public trust. !"
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wArrIrAM, MASS, August sl.-Gcn.
Nathaniel P. Banks is dying at his
homo hero. Hc is soventy.oight ycars
old, and scnile decay has been going on
for many months. His Wite and his
daughter Maud, the actress, arc In con.
atnnt attendance.
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steamship News.
ARRfYEp.

Naples-Rugla from New York.
liverpool -I,AncaItrIan, from Boston: Runlc,
from New York; Canpnnia. from Now York.
Hatnburg-SuOvia, from New York.
Now York-Fnerst Bismarck, from uamburgi
ScnnhIl, from Hamburg.
sotithRmpton--BerlIn from New York.
Now York-LuCnnlH. from Liverpool
AntWerp-RIaIto, from baltimore.
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An earthquake shock Of somc seconds
duration was distinctly felt during tho
night. At one place near the city about
quarter Of mile Of heavy cracks ap'
pear on each sido Of the I.eona river,
having apparently no bottom.
According to reports received at tho
Southern Pacific Offices this evening,
tho terrible food was augmented by a
most remarkable phenomena which was
caused by the earthquake. The loss Of
tho Southern Pacific company is enor.
nous, forty miles OF track and many
bridges having been washed away.
Over ono hundred carloads OF ma.
terial aud 800 laborers left San Antonio
for the acone OF tho wrockage this even.
ing Tho damage TO the Southern
Pacific extends eastward about seventy
five miles from this city.
A rough estimate OF the loss to prop
erty in general and the railroad com.
pany will, as far as known, roach q
million aud a half dollars.
Another dispatch, dated San Antonio,
states that a settlement OF seventy.hve
families few milos below that place
was washed away by tho terrible Leona
river flood yesterday. and 1t is feared all
were drowned, as nothing has been
heard from the place and It was on low
ground, directly in tho path Of tho rag
Ing torrent Of waters.
Three Mexican families and six other
people were drowned in the flood at
UvalIo. Thirty miles Of tho Southern
l'ucfc tracks are under water.
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LANCASTER, Pa, August 31.-Furnum
Cotton Mills Nos. 2 and 3'shut down to.
day until September II, throwing 760
hands out OF work. Tho inaction 10
caused by an accumulation OF stocks.
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nrowped while Bathing.

AKRON, O., August 31.-Prof. D. E.
Conant, instructor In tho gymnasium
Of the Chicago University, was taken
with cramps while bathing in Silver
Lake to-day and drowned.
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WEST VIRGINIA. )
Her Magnificent Resources Dis
oussed by One of Her Delegates
IN THE WASHINGTON CONVENTION

OF the Southern Development Asso-
oiation-A Plan Of Organization
Adopted-Arraugemcnts For a Per.
manont Congress TO Which Dole
gates Arc to bo Appointed by the
oovernors-E. F. parrett's rAd.
drcss on tho Resources of This state.
Addresses of Other Representatives.
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prnl,Ii,IlInn NomInnt,ons.

DENVER, Colo, August Stat tho
Prohibition convention to-day George
Richardson and Robert A. Rhodes were
nominated for governor and congress-.
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with Tom o'Rourkc, Of New York, who
claims 10 be representing Jackson, aud
II they arc satisfactory = representative
Of the club will bo In New York next
week to meet Mr.. O'Ro1rke,
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For west Virginia, fair. warmer; southwOstOtiy
For Western Pennsylvania. fair; slightly
warmer; variable Winds becoming gouthorly.
For Ohio, fair; warmer; sontheaSterly winus'
THE rInIPERGTURE YKsrERDAY.
ns furnished by q sciEwRT. drugsiGt corner
Market lpd Fourteenth streets.
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A BATTLE RAGING.

Fourteen JnpanoBe ShIpA Attnck Port
Arthur-Tho Troops Engaged,
LONDON. August 3l.-A dispatch to
the Times from Shanghai says: A Tien
Tsin dispatch from Chinese sources
says that fourteen Japanese ships, with
over 1000 troops, are attacking Port
Arthur. The Chinese garrison, num-
boring 5000 mon. and tho Chinese 6oet
havo been ordered to attack the
Jnpaneae,
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more & Ohio eastern lines To Baltimore.
Over the West Virginia Central 4 Pitts:
burgh road aud Western Maryland
enormous quantities are being shipped.
Over tho Monougahela River road. re-
Gently constructed, enormous quanti'
ties are shipped TO Pittsburgh, thence
10 the lakes and the northwest.
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As the hours wore on and tho people
continued theirslumbers, the dark clouds
rose higher and higher. Just as tho
storm broke over the city In oil Its fury,
q torrent OF water rushed down the
Leona river, oyerAowing the banks oil
that stream and flooding the lowlands
on either side 10 O depth Of several feet.
The east side Of the city Is built on low.
land and was directly in the path Of
this water. All tho houses In this part
Of the town were submcrged aud In the
darkness and throughout tho down.
pour OF rain that was falling, could be
heard the cries OF distress from tho Ill.
lated inhabitants in their. wild
efforts to save their lives and
those OF their families and loved ones.
There were a number OF miraculous es:1
cages and the rescuers and the rescued
performed many heroic acts. As soon
as those in the higher part OF town were
made aware OF the terrible food and
dire consequences, the work Of rescuing
was begun and carried out as rapidly as
possible in the darkness of tho night
Great apprehension Ia felt for tho
families living on the ditch south Of
here. where from rs to 100 families
live, and as the land lies 10 feet lower
than hero, It is feared they have been
haatvnvad