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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-06-02

In Jerome Park, Colfsx and River
Bottoms in the city, $50 families were
compelled TO Yeo TO higher ground. One
boy was drowned. The embankment and
railroad tracks were washed away In sew
eral places. Tho damage Is not heavy
but the Inconvenience is great. II will be
several days before trains can run on
schedule time.
There are serious washouts on the Rio
Grande and Santa Fe roads. Thirty miles
south the Park road in Platte canyon, 10
inundated. The loss to the railroads 10
the heaviest experienced in this state.
PUEBLO, COL, June 1.-The rain ceased
about midnight and the river is now going
down rapidly. A large force was put to
work by tho city cutting through the levee
10 drain of the water. Only two bodies
have been recovered. Five persons are
known TO have been drowned. The loss
to business firms is estimated at 100000.
The loss 10 the railroad in bridges and
tracks is very heavy.
VANCOUVER, June Tho Fraser river
Is three inches above tho highest historical
mark and the food 10 still rising. The
Fraser valley for more than 100 miles 10
devastated. 1t is estimated that moro than
1900 families are homeless and the prop
erty loss is S3,0OO.00). Though no moro
lives have been lost there have been many
narrow escapes. The food will stop oil
farming operations along the Fraser this
season and the natural result will be .
fearful trade depression in New Westmin-
ster and Vancouver.
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THE WORST ON RECORD.
Oregon's Fertile Fields Ruined by tho
Rush of the Flood.

oroEohb Nutueo W Nho
Rush Of the Flood.
PORTLAND, June 1.-The food IN the
Columbia continues TO increase and the
indications are that the worst is yet to
come. On Wednesday night tho Upper
Columbia at several points was at stand
still. but reports to-day show that the river
is again rising about one foot in "a hours.
The river is now more than foot higher
than ever before known, and the damage
will be immense. The fertile bottom
lands along tho river from the Rocky
mountains to the sea, distance Of 600
miles are ell inundated. Crops are ruined,
houses washed away and stock drowned.
The flood has come gradually, thus
giving residents an opportunity TO move
their household goods to places Of
safety, and in most instances the stock
has been driven to higher ground. For
miles and miles along the river the water
has risen over the tops of telegraph poles.
Along the Union Pacific from this city to
Umatila. about 20 miles Of track are
under water. The people have estab-
lished steamboat service which enables
them to carry mails and passengers. The
Northern Pacific does not attempt to OPP
crate its line between this city and Goble,
n distance of 10 miles, but makes connec-
ton by large transfer boats. In this city
| water has risen into Easements as far
back as Ninth street and more than half
the elevators in the city are stopped for
want OF power.
BOULDER. COL, June l.-Ths pipe fac
tory, five houses. railroad tracks and all
city and railroad bridges have been
washed away by the flood in Boulder
creek. Poverty flats are submerged. Tho
Sunset branch of the Gulf railroad and
Crisman and Salina mining camps in
Boulder canyon are wiped out Of ex-
is,ence. They had a population OF about
20). No lives were lost. Many
placer mines were ruined. The loss in
and around Boulder Is estimated at
$500, 900.
| Fifty bridges between here and tho
mountains have been carried away. The
towns of Copper Rock and Sugar Loaf are
gone. The Prussian and Corning mills
| are flooded and six OF their outbuildings
/ swept down the canyon. Springdale and
| jamestown suffered greatly but no partic-
ulars can be had, except that the Spring
| dale hotel Is in runins. Several other
small towns along the canyon have been
partly destroyed but nothing definite re-
| garding the losses is to be had until COM
munication with these districts is rees.
tablished.
DENVER. June 1.-The Platte river con
tinued TO rise until 8 a. m. to-day and a
raging torrent is rushing through the city
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THIS TIME IN FERGUS.
Murder as tho Result of . Quarrel Over
Fiocks of sheep.

FIocks "f sheep.
Special Dispatch 10 the Standard.
GREAT FALLS, June Frank Hartsell
is in jail at Lewistown charged with kill
ing Andrew Drummond. Both men are
well known flockmas,ers of Fergus
county. They became involved in quar-
rel over the care of their respective bands
Of sheep. II Is alleged that Drummond
assaulted Harrzell and that the latter shot
Drummond with Winchester rifle, kill
ing him instantly. After the shooting
Hartzell rode to the camp. told Of the af-
fair and then went 10 Lewistown and gave
himself up. Both parties to the unfortu-
nate affair are old residents of that sec
ton. Those familiar with the men say
that Drummond was always considered
rather a belligerent man, and was of an
ill-tempercd nature. lie was feared by
those who had dealings with him on ae-
count Of his bad temper and wonderful
physical strength. GA the other hand,
Hartzcll Is known to bc a jolly, good
natured fellow, not IN any way quarrel-
some and ever anxious to avoid trouble.
Physically he would not be more than q
child compared to Drummond.
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Special Dispatch to the Standard.
SAND POINT. Idaho, June Tho water
in Lake Pend d'Oreille to-day is higher
than il has ever been seen by white men.
At noon to-day II was "A feet 3inches above
the low water mark and it is steadily ri,-
ing. Shep Warran, who has lived in the
Pend d'0reille valley since 1866, says it 10
the highest water he has ever seen here
and many others who have lived here q
less mum Der Of years add their testimony.
At one place between hero and Hope the
water is over the rails Of the Northern Pa.
cific, but II is not enough seriously to inn
pede the business of that road.
The railroad company has force Of %
men and q steamboat working on the jam
against the log trestle at this place. which
is from 200 TO GOO feet wide and extends
the full length Of the trestle, more than a
mile and half long. About % families
have been flooded out at this place aud
are living on high ground in tents. Many
Of their homes have been carried away by
the water. Discouraging reports keep
coming in from the farmers along the
valley about flooded crops, and it is ale
most impossible TO estimate the damage
which they will sustain.
Along the line of tho Great Northern q
still worse condition of affairs exists. fully
80 miles OF that line in Idaho alone being
under water from IA inches to 8 feet. A,
Bonner's Ferry the water 10 SO deep over
the tracks that il is washing the dirt from
a gravel train which is standing on side
track. Tho depot at that place has five
feet of water ovor its floors. The 100.foot
trestle across Miners lake, just this side
Of Bonner's Ferry, Is afloat and the water
is carrying it far out into the lake.
The town Of Bonner's Ferry 10 under
from - to 20 feet OF water, and many OF
the buildings have floated down tho Koote-
mai river into British Columbia. The
people there are living on the bluffs back
Of the town In tents and improvised huts.
Communication with the outside world is
entirely cut of, even the telegraph wires
being down. Were it not for the fact that
the stores at that place carried large
stocks of staples, the people might have
had to endure the pangs of hunger. 1t ia
estimated that the rise in tho Kootcnai
river is between As and 30 feet above low
water.
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HE CONFESSED JUST THE SAME.

Tardy Correspondents Of the Helena
Press Who DO Not Get tho News.
Special Dispatch to the standard
LIVINGSTON, June 1.-Under Livingston
date OF May 81, tie Helena Independent
published a quasi denial Of the truth OF
Murderer Fields confession as published
in last Tuesdays STANDARD, but the
STANDARDS account was correct never
theless. Field made tho confession as
published, but the IHdependen. has not
found il out yet, that's all. This is not at
all surprising. The Independent did not
find out anything about Fields first con.
fession until it appeared in the STAND.
ARD; the Independent did not know
that the Livingston postofflce was
robbed recently until it was pub.
lished in the STANDARD, neither
did the Independent know about the Liv.
ingston vigilante lynching bee until II was
given publication by the STANDARD.
The fact is that what the Independent
does not know about the daily happen.
ings of Livingston would make large
volume. That paper does know, however,
that il is being scooped right along. The
only question at issue is, did Field make
such confession as was published IN the
STANDARD of Tuesday? He did, and
those who dispute the assertion are not
acquainted with the real facts in the case.
Tue following afiicavit is self-explanatory
STATE or MONTANA, lss
County Of Park.
Walter Anderson being duly sworn. deposes
and says .'that Robert A. Anderson alias Field.
not only made the confession rs elegraahed
the Tuesdays STANDARD, but gave the fun de.
tails OF the bridge murder: that said confession
was secured last Saturday afterno on between 2
and o'clock. at the jail from Fields own lips;
that the grist OF II was reduced to writing and
that the individual TO whom the confession was
made has Il In black and white"
Signed, WALTER ANDERSON.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me, this FIRST
day Of June, 1894. Signed,
W. III. PooRMAN. Notary Public.
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pobbIns va. an E,sy Winner.

NEw YORK, June 1.-The chief even on
the programme AT Morris Park was the
Fleetwood stakes for 3-yearolds, In
which Dobbins was an easy winner. The
fifth race went TO Conuoisseur, on whom
Byron McClelland and "Pittsburc Phil"
plunged all around the ring, and the
fayorite, Applause, only got second place
by a nose. Five furlongs-0ur Jack won,
Disturbance second, Fondaline third;
time, :59A. Five furlongs
won. Flash second, Monotony third; time,
i:Olai. One mile aud furlong-S Selma
ID. won. Ornaform second, George Beck
third; time, l:56L. Fleetwood stakes,
mile and slxteenth-Dobbins won,
Aurelian second, Rubicou third; time,
laSM. Five furlongs won,
Applause second, Paladine third; time,
:UOH. One mile-rom Skidmore won,
Hammie second, Speculation third; time,
l:ilL.
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WHAT WARNER KNEW ABOUT 1T.
Not Much Dono In the Sugar Trust In-
vcstigation Yesterday.

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NOT SLAUGHTERED BY BULLETS.
The Government Troops In San Salvador
Mat neaih In a RAiIroad Accident

The Government Troops In San Salvador
Met Death in u Railroad Accident.
SAN Francisco. June Tho Call says:
Particulars have reached this city from a
reputable source, showing that the 30
persons reported to have been killed in
one of the preliminary battles Mt Santa
Ana, San Salvador, were not slaughtered
by bullets, but were the victims Of one Of
the most horrible railroad accidents ever
recorded. On May President Ezeta went
to the assistance of the city of Santa Ana,
which was threatened by rebels. Fifteen
hundred men were placed on special
train, which started for Santa Ana. Tho
insurgents, learning Of the approach Of
government troops, removed the rails
from the track on a steep grade several
leagues from Santa Ana. The train
rushed along at high rate OF speed and
eight cars were telescoped. Two hundred
men we're killed and ~ wounded. Presi-
dent Ezeta had a narrow escape.
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A BIG TOAD IN A PUDDLE.
Serious Charges Against . fromInen,
Railway Oriclal.

CHICAGO, June i.-Spccial Agent James
c. Maxwell of the Grand Trunk railway is
under arrest charged with being implica-
ted in the fatal shooting, on q train last
night, of George c. Newcomb, assistant
special agent OF the Western Indiana rail-
way. Maxwell reported that Newcom5
was shot by confidence men. Newcomb
says there was a conspiracy between Max
we'll, the chief prosecuting agent Of tho
Grand Trunk aud confidence men TO rob
the passengers, and he was shot because
he would not join the enterprise.
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TWO KINDS OF BANKING.
Their Relative Msrits Discussed at
Length In the Hearing of tho House.


Length In the Hearing Of tho House.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The house
passed to-day the senate resolution di-
rectng tho secretary Of war to transmit
the reports of any surveys or estimates
for the construction Of locks or dams in
the Mississippi river between the Chicago,
st. Paul & Minneapolis railroad bridge
and the Falls Of St. Anthony. which aro in
his possession. The senate bill providing
for carrying out the award of the Paris
tribunal OF arbitration. for the protection
of seals in Bering sea, was passed. A
resolution directing the president to give
six months notice 10 the Russian govern
ment Of the abrogation of the last treaty
between the two countries was, under the
rules, sent TO the committee on foreign
affairs.
The house went into committee of tho
whole TO consider the Brawley state bank
bill Brosius Of Pennsylvania, addressed
the house. He defended tho present ma
tional banking system and deprecated a
return to the obnoxious and unstable
state bank system which had proved SO
detrimental TO certain sections of the
country, notably the South and the West.
Swanson. democrat, of Virginia followed
Brosius and defended the issue of state
bank notes. Henderson, republican. OF
Illinois, defended the existing national
banking system and recalled the events
OF the panics Of the last years under the
state bank regimes. The next advocate
OF the repeal of existing laws against tho
banks was Tucker, who took the ground
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1T MAKES RLANp LAUGH.
Does Tom Reed, Proposition Concerning
silver,

WASHINGTON, June l.-Bland laughs at
Thomas d. Reeds proposition that silver
using nations fix discriminating tariff
rates against the countries not using sill
yer. Reed comedies our arguments, but
offers n remedy We will not have" said
Bland. The agricultural classes who are
behind silver will never consent to a tariff
which closes the markets Of Europe to our
agricultural products
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paragraph prepared being one of a few
lines, aud IL provided that, after Jan. /,
1885, there shall bc levied and collected on
III e"s VI ~ p 80 ,en'', n a''u apoa
ard In color, duty of x of one cent per
pound in addition TO the duty of 40 per
cent. ad valorcm. This amendment was
sent to Senator Jones at the capitol. In
the afternoon, in response to the request OF
Senator Jones, Secretary Carlisle visited
the capitol and was informed that more
changes were cons idered, and upon being
requested TO do so he made some changes
in the amendment.
As already stated, Secretary Carlisle
prepared the original amendment In nc.
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M'BRIDE HAS A PLAN.
His Friend Blair Bays the President Il
willing to Talk IL Over.

WIIlIng 20 IaIk II Over.
CLEvELASp, June LA. c. Blair, presi-
dent of the Wheeling d Lake Erie Coal
company. received q telegram from Presi-
don't Mcbride. which hs believes opens q
way to a settlement OF the strike. He
will not show tho telegram but says it
shows willingness OF the miners to ne
gotiate with the operators in Ohio and
Pennsylvania. Blair says that both hs
and Mcbride are OF the opinion that this
will force Illinois into line and with this
backing tho Consolidated Coal company
will not be able TO block settlement.
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JACKSONVILLE, Tenn, June Frank
Ballard, q negro. met Birdie Thomas, a
white girl II years old. on q road near
Homes. Tenn, last night and assaulted
her. She resisted. Ballard struck at her
with knife and she broke the blade. He
seized club aud his brother pulled him
away. Ballard fled. A posse caught Bal
lard, tied him to tree and shot him full
of holes,
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Railroads in Trouble,

PORTLAND, June 1.-At Corvallis to-
morrow the sheriff will offer for sale for
tho sixth time, to tho highest bidder. Tor
not less than 1000, all the property.
real, personal and mixed, including all
franchises and rolling stock and railroad
property Of the Oregon Pacific Railway
company and Willamette Valley and
Coast Railway company.
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FCLToS. Tenn, June l.-Col. W. c. p.
Breckinridge has declined the invitation
10 deliver the grafton here on July .. He
writes that urgent business in Washlng-
ton and the great distance to Fulton pre-
vents him accepting.
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They Are Out Again.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, June 1.-The Jellico
miners have been successful in prevailing
upon the Coal Creek miners 10 join tho
strike again. and to-day the 1900 men who
returned TO work few days ago, laid down
their tools and said they would work no
more until national settlement was ef.
fected.
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MORE Or IT
The West Has Never
Seen the Like of 1t.
MILES WIDE OF FLOODS
Angry Streams Flowing On Away
Above High Mater Mark
WHOLE TOWNS DRENCHED
WHOLE TOWNS DRENCHED

Everywhere It Is a Story Of Wreck
to Property. Ruin to Crops and
Destruction to Fields and Homes
-Portland's Graphic Account of
Widespread Disaster-Half the
World In the Coeur d'Aiene
Country Well Under Water-And
the Roaring Waters Keep Rising.
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Presbyterian. Meet In Frisco

SAN FRANCISCO, June /. - About LIS
United Presbyterian clergymen. with their
families, arrived in this city to-day TO hold
an Aftermath conference OF three days,
TO begin tonight at o'clock, in the First
United Presbyterian church.
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Car. VIII Run rn-Dax.

BUTTE, June 1.-The cable in the Walk.
erville line broke about 8 o'clock to-night.
IL will bo repaired by IL o'clock tomorrow.
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NEW HAVEN. June l.-Prof. ". d.
Whitney Of Yale is at the point of death.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-16

Nine. Betsy Patterson Bonaparte, the
sister-in-law of an emperor, was born in
Baltimore, and after living many years
abroad returned to her native land,
where she passed the last years Of her
life.
One of the old lady's crack stories in
her latter days was Of a lesson in ETH
quette given her by the black butler Of
her host. At breakfast she mOtioned
to him and handed him her cup, wish
ing a second cup of tea. Uncle Bob,
instead of taking the cup to his mistress
at the head of the table, put it down
with a great flourish on the sideboard.
but / wanted another cup of tea, "
said Nine. Bonaparte.
did you, mum?'' blandly asked I'm
Gle Bob. you see, mum, you put your
spoon in dc saucer, an that meant you
doan' want no mo- tea. When you
wants some mo- tea, de erect way is
to put de spoon in de cup-like dis
heah, :" and Uncle Bob gravely illustrat-
ed the "c'rect" method of procedure.
The family were on thorns, expecting
an outbreak from the sister-in-law of
an emperor, although there is no doubt
that a black butler in his own baili-
wick could faco an emperor himself,
but Betsy was only amused and laughed
heartily.
After so years Of money getting and
money saving, she realized in the lat
ter part of her life how futile il XII was
and explained grimly, "Once l had
everything but money! Now l have
nothing but money. Boston Tran
scrIDt.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-16
Negro superstitions.

Among the superstitions of southern
negroes are those which make it a most
unfavorable thing to see a black cat
crossing ones path, or to turn back
without making a ''cross" in the street,
road OF path. The belief in witches
is perhaps more general than any other,
and an ex-congressmant tells of a case in
this section within the past 80 years in
which a witch was killed in a very
strange fashion. A negro called on a
witch doctor. a very old woman, and
was told that the cause of the trouble
was a'witch and that she must be kill
ed; that the only way possible to thus
put her out of the way was to go into
the woods and cut the figure of a per-
son on the bark Of a big pine tree, mark
a cross on the body and shoot this with
a silver bullet, the cross representing
the witch's heart. The chooting was
duly done in the presence of quito a
number Of persons. This occurred in
the northern part Of this county. Ce-
dar balls are carried in the pockets as
a protection against witches. The ne
gro belief in these is certainly fully
matched by that of white men who car
ny in their pockets buckeyes and Irish
potatoes, or who wear thick iron rings
on their fingers as a preventive of rheu-
matism. Cor. Washington Star.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-01-16
Americas Only Frostless Belt.

What issupposod TO be the only frost
less belt in the United States lies be-
tween tho city Of Los Angeles and the
Pacific ocean. It %traverses tho foothills
Of tho Cahuenga range and has an ele-
walton Of between 200 and 400 feet. In
breadth it is perhaps three miles. Tie
waters of the Pacific are visible from
ii, and the proximity of the ocean has
of course something to do with Danish
ing frosts. During the winter season
this tract produces tomatoes, peas,
beans and other tender vegetables, and
here the lemon fourishes. a tree that is
peculiarly susceptible TO cold. Tropical
trees may be also cultivated with sue
cess, and in connection with this fact it
is interesting to know that a part of the
favored territory has been acquired by
Los Angeles for park purposes, and il
is only aquestion of time when the city
will have the unique distinction of pos
sessing the only tropical park in the
United States. Strange to say, only
the midway region of the Cahuenga
range is free from frost, the lower part
Of the valley being occasionally visited
New York Evening Post.