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GREAT WESTERN FLOODS,
LOSSOF LIFE AND MUCH DAM
AGE IN COLORADO.

A Cloudburst at Pueblo Fills tn,
Night With Horror-A Large Par
Of the City Under Water - The
Railroads Cut Of From the Towr
Other Cities Suffer.
4 dispatch from Pueblo, Col, says: The
cloudburst which sent vast torrent Of water
down the valley and into this city, caused
many deaths and rendered widespread de-
struction.
The work Of rescue had Just begun when
recurrence OF the food caused a suspen.
sion Of the work, and 1t was feared that
many bodies which were washed away and
under debris would never be recovered. The
list of the dead and missing compiled short.
" before midnight was as follows:
Dead: Dave Rafferty,, steel worker 10.
sephi Coppa, smelter; body reported seven.
teen miles above town and another two miles
below; Hop Lee, q Chinese laundryman,
drowned in the cellar of his laundry.
Kissing: J. Vandever, William Bush,
Harry Burch, Mrs. Williamson, Josie Hart,
an infant, and five others reported by differ
emit families.
Grave fears were expressed for twelve
families of squatters on an island down the
river. There was no means OF reaching these
people.
The catastrophe, similar to the Johnstown
horror Of four years ago and remarkable
terly prostrated the citizens and psralyzed
business. The property loss will be about
$500, 1000.
Both the Arkansas and Fountain Rivers
continued to rise rapidly, and rain fell In
torrents. But for light here and there the
city would have been in darkness.
The entire business district from the bluffs
to Fourth street was inundated, the water
standing upon the Union Depot platform to
the depth Of foot. Hundreds OF families
were rescued during the night. The electric
light stations, the gas works and telegraph
and telephone offices were rendered useless.
The levee broke In dozen places. The
Arkansas River brought water from the
west, Dry Creek from the northwest, and
the Fountain IRON the north. ALI went out
of their banks during the night.
No trains could enter or leave the city In
any direction. Reports from the West in
dicated that the railroads had been very
badly damaged. The new line ofthe Florence
and Cripple Creek road was badly washed
out.
At noon several people were known to
have been drowned. Traffic on the Pixies
Peak Railroad at Manitou was entirely sus-
pended for the first time in its history, by
reason OF great damage to the roadbed. The
Rio Grande and Sanla Fe railroads were seri-
ously crippled at many points by washouts,
rock slides and washed away bridges. The
damage throughout the State was very great.
Three spans o. the bridge across the Ar
kansas River at Nepesta went out ut 8 o'clock
q. m, and there were indications that the
whole bridge would be destroyed. There
was big washout between Colorado Springs
and Colorado City, and there was danger
that the shops and the depot In the latter
city would be damaged greatly.
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Foreign.

Bn1aASps entered the house Of Mgr. CAT
! aro, ut Aequaviva, province OF Bari, Italy.
| They murdered the prelate's father, ninety
years old, and the coachman, who tried to
defend the household, and wounded maid
| servant.
AT Sofia the military fired three times on
the mobs, wounding many persons.
J DIR. WEKEnLE, the Prime Minister OF
Hungary, has rendered his resignation to
the Emperor Francis Joseph.
CIVIL war has broken out in Bulgaria:
Two battalious of troops have rebelled and
| demanded the reinstatement OF 81. Stambu.
lofT. They have been Joined By the gen.
! darmes IN an attack on the troops VINO nave
declared for Prince Ferdinand.
ApvrcEs nave reached London OF serious
rebellion in Manchoorla.
Ar London, United States Ambassador
| Bayard gave a dinner to the officers OF the
| cruiser Chicago.
THr River Sagre, In the Province OF Ler-
ida, Spain. swollen by recent heavy rains.
suddenly swept over the SEQ de Urgel road,
destroying an inn and q warehouse. FIJI
teen bodies have been recovered. 1t Is be-
lieved that fifty people were drowned.
THOUSANDS have been made homeless by
the foods in British Columbia. The property
JOSS III EttSSE tiAcS iiOho - S'NALA"sS1 Ns
$4,000, 900.
THE thirteenth international Y. NJ. c. A.
conference opened with service in Vest
Minister Abbey, London.
THE Government forces OF Salvador were
defeated, General Ezeta and 600 troops be-
ing killed. President Ezeta has resigned.
HAWAII sent steamer to Neckar Island to
post her flag and assert her authority.
SOME peasants found shell on the Glenn
biSh Artillery range, at Tralee, County
Kerr, Ireland, and tried to open it.. Tho
] she'll exploded, killing three and seriously
wounding four.
Jre11rE sermons In connection with the
Y. NJ. c. A. Conference were held in 14OO
churches in London and its suburbs, and
also throughout Great Britain. The Confer
ence elected Sir George Williams, the founder
| of the association, its permanent President.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

REssEMER, the inventor of the steel pro-
cess which bears his name, has made SlO,-
000, 900 out Of the invention.
GOVERNOR ALTaELD, Of Illinois, is said to
be afflicted with disease OF the spine. and
It Is not expected that he will live his term
out.
MRS. AGNES IRWIN Is to become the dean
of RadclifY College. as the Harvard annex 1s
now called. Mrs. Irwin Is about sixty years
old.
ONLY three Of the United States Senators
are of foreign birth. Walsh was horn In
Ireland Pasco In England and McMillan ln
Canada.
LORD RosEBERY's dairy farm In BuckinH-
hamshire, England, comprises 140O acres, on
which he keeps 120 dairy COWS, 300 cattle
and 1000 sheep.
AT the royal wedding In Co5urg, Queen
Victoria spoke nothing but German. no mat
ter what the nationality Of the person she
was talking to was.
SENATOR JONES, of Arkansas, is the night
ingale OF Congress. He is member OF
church choir and his bass solos are the feat
ure of the services.
KING HuMBEnr, of Italy, will soon under
on an oneration for cancer Of the throat. It
is said that his case is similar to that OF the
late Emperor Frederick, OF Germany.
B,P. HUTCHINSON, "Old Hutch," who is
now small operator on the Chicago Board
of Trade, lost Ss,0O0,O00 in spsculations, dur
ing the past five years His son is Million
aire banker.
EMPEROR WILLIAM is honorary colonel-in-
chief OF twenty-seven regiments belonging
to various countries OF Europe. He has to
have complete and distinct uniform outfit
for every regiment.
WHEN Governor Northen, OF Georgia, re-
tires from the executive chair he will become
Chancellor OF the University OF Georgia He
Is by profession teacher, and is recognized
as an educator OF marked ability.
FREDERICK MAcMoNN1Es, the designer OF
the famous four tain at the Worlds Fair, has
taken contract for $4,000 to carve two
groups for the soldiers monument at In
dianapolis. He has four years to finish tnem.
SIR PATRICK SULLIVAN, of sheboyGan,
Mich, who was knighted by the King OF
Sweden for writing book on "Iurn1ps as
Universal Article OF Diet" has just taken
out a patent for bicycle made from corn
husk pulp,
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FIVE WAITS POISONED.
THEY ATE STAG ROOT AND
DIED IN GREAT AGONY.

Fifteen Inmates Of the Catholic Home
Near Tarrytown, N. Y, Struggled
for Possession of the Deadly
Growth Ten Of Them Survive
After Violent Commissions.
By the unfortunate eating OF o poisonous
root, which they thought was sweet flag
root, five little boys in the Roman Catholic
Sisters House of Mercy, about a mile back
OF Tarrytown, N. Y, were killed and half a
dozen more were made critically III.
The names OF the dcad are: Richard
Powers and John Donnelly, twelve years
old, and James Forrestal, John Callahan and
Thomas Pasmore, ten years old.
These boys were in a company of fifteen
or twenty who went out for play in the
fields. While watching some laborers dig
ging trench for draining purposes, young
Donnelly saw what he supposed was some
sweet flag root and told the other boys OF It,
They all began eating OF 1t and enjoyed
their feast. A couple OF hours later all the
boys VINO had eaten OF the root were taken
Ill with violent pains about the heart. This
wholesale illness greatly alarmed the Sisters
in charge, and they sent In haste to the viii
l1ge for oil the doctors they could dnd.
The physicians saw at once that the boys
must have swallowed some kind of poison,
and antidotes were given without delay.
Some OF the boys were affected in q much
greater degree than the others by the poison,
and the doctors devoted their greatest ener-
gies to saving these.
The boys, according to the physicians.
could not have swallowed the poison long
before the antidotes were administered. One
OF the physicians, after examining the matter
vomited by the boys, said that he thought
they must have eaten vegetable known N
Stag root. The doctors remained at the
Home all night, working to save the lives Of
the boys.
The five boys fatally poisoned died within
q short time of each other. The other boys
were soon out of danger.
One of the lads said the finding OF the
root was accidental. AS soon as the finder
tasted it he shouted: "Here's something
fine, boys-fag root"
Then they all made rush for 1t, and tho
fact that there was not sufficient to go around
Is the only reason why all were not killed.
Those who died ate greedily Of 1t.
1t was not moro than IN hour after tho
finding OF the first root when the boys who
had eaten the most OF the roots became very
sick. The Sisters at once began to give what
simple remedies they could think Of to re-
lieve the boys, but soon saw that it would be
necessary to send for the physicians.
Coroner Apgar, OF Peskskill was notified Of
the death Of the boys, and at once impanelled
Jary In order to hold an inquest. He
directed that an autopsy be made upon the
body Of each of the boys.
The autopsy showed that they died from
paralysis Of the heart. Powers, Donnelly,
and Pasmore were orphans. The fathers OF
Callahan and Forrestal live in New York.
The Mother Superior directed that the boys
be buried at the expense OF the institution.
One Of the doctors who examined the root
thought it was species of "slag" root. g.,
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MILLIONS SWEPT AWAY.
Many Lives Lost in the Fraser River
Flood.

Four million dollars will hardly cover the
loss by the Fraser River food in British
Columbia. The waters continued rising,
and as the warm weather continues melt
Ing the snow in tho mountains there
was no immediate prospect OF re-
lief. One prominent railway official
links the loss OF life Will reach
100. Bridges, trestles, tunnels and
tracking along the Canadian Pacific have
gone. From Prevelstoke to the sea, $50
miles, the railway is now watery waste.
Tho last point above Vancouver which can
now be reached Is Ruby Greek, eighty
two miles distant. Thence all Is water.
Masqul Mission, Chilliwack, Hat
sle and Langley Prairles, and
the towns of Harrison, Centreville,
Langley, Chilliwack and Mission are all
under water, and not farm building is left
standing. Fully ten thousand cattle have
perlshed. Telegraph and railroad services
are completely demoralized.
One raft was found with the bodies OF o
man and woman and three children strapped
to 1t, and seven bodies were found floating
slng!y.
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LYNCHED IN COURT.
Oisgusted With tho Proceedings
AGAINST Two Murderers.

Ed. Hill and George T. Parker, nurderers,
we're taken from tho jail at ColfaX, WASH,
and hanged from the balcony of the Court
House.
Hill killed Langford Summers at Garfield
nearly two years ago. and after trial which
cost the county nearly 900 he was found
guilty OF assault and sentenced to two years.
His case WAS pending on appeal.
Parker was being tried for tho murder OF
A. B. Cooper. at Pullman, last October, and
the jury sitting in his case watched the
Iynching from room in the Court House.
The mob awoke Jailer Newcomber, and,
on plea that they had a prisoner to look up,
got in the jail. They took his keys, put ropes
around the necks OF the murderers. led thom
to the second story Of the Courthouse and,
without any parley, dropped them on the
and was jerked almost from its socket. Hills
neck was broken.
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BRANDY DROPS FOR CHILDREN.

M. D. Arnould, a candy manufacturer,
was brought before the Board Of Health, Of
New York City, to make explanation con-
cerning brandy drops, which he had manu-
factured and sold to school children. Con-
plant was made against him by the Gerry
Society. A chemica! analysis showed that
six OF the candies contained as much brandy
rs an ordinary cocktail" Mr.. Arnould
stated that he had given up the manufacture
OF the drops, but TINT others were nanufac-
turing them. The Commissioners will do all
they can to prevent the manufacture Of
these intoxicating drops.-New York Wit
ueSS. ~-
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BOTH BOYS DROWNED.
A Nine-Year-Old Lad Tries in Vain
to Rescue q Younger Brother.

A nine-year-old hero was drowned at Lam
caster, Penn, and with him his little brother,
whom he strove helplessly to rescue. The
children were Willie and Jimmie Stock, sons
OF Frederick Stock. Together they went to
bathe in the Conestoga Greek, about 6
o'clock p. m. Neither Of the lads could
swim, so they kept close to the shore. pad
ding about in glee. Soon Jimmie, the young
or, ventured out a little and quickly got
beyond his depth. He shrieked for help:
Willie went bravely to the rescue He seized
hold OF Jimmy, and then the boys struggled
to get back to shallow water.
"Hold fast to me, Jimmy. I'll save you
we'll be all right" gasped the older lad,
while the water was nearly rising over them.
It was no use, and In few minutes the two,
locked In each others embrace, went down
before the gaze of several young compan-
ions who were watching them from the
shore. The bodies were recovered.
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TO STOP UP SHOT HOLES,
The Devise of a Marine Engineer
Which Meets Approval.

A devise for stopping up shot holes in war
vessels. invented by marine engineer named
Douglas, and accepted by the British Gov.
ernment, has been tested by the United
States cruiser Chicago.
II resembles q parachute with ruooeI
cover supported by steel ribs. It Is pusne.ai
through the hole made by the shot Wnen !!
expands and clings close to the outslue OF
the vessel, preventing an inrush OF WaeeT.
CAPTAIN Mahan and Lieutenant Com.
mander Glover, OF the Chicago. are much
pleased with the device, and Lieutenant
Cowles, naval attache to the United states
Embassy, has sent specimen OF 1t 10 the
Navy Department at Washington.
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TEMPERANCE.
WHAT RUIZ WIZ DO.

WHAT hui WILL DO.
Rum will scorcn and scar the Train,
Rum will mad the heart with pain;
Rum will bloat the flesh with fire
And eternal thirst inspire.
Rum will clothe with rags your hack,
Make you walk crooked track;
Change your meat to naked bones
And to wrath your gentle tones.
Rum will rob you OF all sense.
Rum will rob the purse OF pence,
Rum will rob the mouth OF food
And the soul of heavenly good.
Rum the jails with men will fill,
And the dungeons gloomy cell;
1t rouses passions deadly hate
And pours its curses oe'r the State.
Rum the Christians love will cool,
Make him break the golden rule;
Blind his soul to errors bands
And to evil turn his hands.
IF. s. Williams, in Home and Country.
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OREGON ELECTION.
The Republicans Win With Their En-
tire State Ticket.

The hepuDllCHHs VIII w Ioft 4 Hffe1h y"
tire State Ticket.
A dispatch filed at Portland, Oregon, on
the day after tho contest, said: The most
exciting election in the history of the State
has Just taken place. Lord (Republican) FOR
Governor, Is elected by a plurality OF
5000. The entire Republican State ticket
ia probably elected with the possible
exception Of Irwin, for Superintendent Of
Schools. The Legislature will be very close
and the Populists may hold tho balance OF
Mower now In the Senate, thoughthe Republicans
Claim they. will have a majority In both
Hermann (Republican) is elected to Con, Con-
press from tkc First District with from looo
TO 2OOO majority. Ellis (Repuollcan) IS IN
the lead in the Second District.
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Washington.


The Senate confirmed the nomination OF
John A. Sullivan to be Int rnal Revenue
Collector for the Second New York District.
TIE United States cruiser Columbia
scraped the river bottom on her recent final
acceptance trial and received some injuries.
THE National Lutheran Home for the Aged
at Montello. near Winthrop Heights, Wash
ington, was 1naugurnted. The house Is sur
rounded by tract of thirty acres, the gift
OF Mrs. Sarah Unsermehle, OF Washington.
The cottage plan has been followed.
An official statement of Seer 'ary Carlisle's
connection with the sugar trust schedule OF
the Tariff bill was issued. He helped the
Finance Committee put it In proper form,
correct blunder and write provision re-
lating to the reciprocity treaty with Hawaii.
Senator Mcpherson explained that careless
servant was the cause Of his buying 900
shares OF Sugar.
TIE Korean Legation in Washington re-
ceived cablegram from the Kings palace ut
Seoul, saying that the rebels had gained pas
session of Chunlato, the southern and chief
| of the eight provinces Of the kingdom, that
the lives of oil foreigners were in danger and
| that the presence Of q United States war
ship at Chemulpo without delay to protect
| Americans was urgently requested.
SECRETARY HERBERT returned from his
| trip to the Pacific coast.
SUPERINTENDENT STUMP, Of the Immigra-
! tion Bureau, Treasury Department, took
| steps to prevent alien contract laborers from
taking the place OF striking miners In the
coke and coal regions Of ClearAeld and Con-
nellsville, Penn.
TEE cruiser Baltimore was ordered to
Korea to protect American interests. The
! State Department heard that there was dan
| ger Of On uprising of natives.
TIE Second Assistant Postmaster General,
| J. Lowrie Bell, resigned to become General
| Traffic Manager Of the Central Railroad OF
| New Jersey.
A COURT OF INQUIRY was ordered to fix the
responsibility for the grounding ofthe cruiser
| Columbia.
The President nominated Charles Nelson,
| of Maryland, to be Second Assistant Post
master General, vice Lowrie Bell, resigned.
LIEUTENANT HoLcoMBE testified that some
| OF the blow holes in the Carnegie armor
| plates were six inches in diameter and that
one such, plugged, can be found below the
! Monterey's water line.
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FIVE war ships were sold out ofthe service
by the British Admiralty few weeks ago.
being unfit for further employment. One
was q wooden battle ship built sixty years
ago. Three OF the others we're also wooden
ships, and one was an iron troop ship.
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South and West.

REPORTS from the lower Kanswha Valley,
West Virginia, stated that theirs was brisk
fall OF snow there, the thermometer falling
to thirty-nve degrees. In Greenbrler County
cord, potatoes, etc., were frozen.
ANDREW DR1aHT and B. Landry were
killed at New Orleans, La, by falling from
the top Of the Newcomb College dormitory,
| and Arthur Stanley. who fell with them. was
fatally injured. The cornice on which the
men were working gave way. They fell
sixty feet.
FRANK BALLARD, colored, was lynched
near Homer. Tenn, for attempted assault
on white girl.
J. ". J. MORGAN, q white man, was hanged
at Greenvllle. s. c., for the murder OF his
father-in law.
JEFF CRAWFORD, colored, who murdered
! ". P. Blackburn, white, Of Bethesda Town
ship, S. c., and who was sentenced to be
hanged, has been lynched by mob. Hardy
Lancaster. s. c.. and lynched. He assaulted
the wife OF James A. Clark. At'Dublin.
Co., mob entered the Jail. bound and
gagged the jaier, took colored man ac-
cused OF assault, tied him to tree, and shot
him dead.
The riotous strikers held full sway at
Cannellsbarg, Ind. They tore up the
Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad tracks,
ditchcd cars. ruined railroad property right
and left. They built rough Notifications,
and the news that the militia was coming
made them very ugly. They were FIVE hun
dred strong.
FIFTEEN business houses and twenty resi-
dences in Ottumwa. Iowa, were destroyed by
fire. The worst result was the death OF
James 5srmour, dwarf boy. the fatal in
Jury by smoke of one man and the serious
injury OF three others. The loss Is estimated
at $225, GOO. A spark from locomotive Is
supposed to have started the blaze.
STRIKING coal miners burned bridges and
interfered with coal trains In West Virginia
and Ohio. Four miners were shot from an-
bush at Powelton, ". Va, while returning
from work. At Farmersburg in skirmish
between tue troops and the strikers four OF
the latter were killed.
STEELE & WALLER, grocers, at St. Joseph,
Mo-, failed with liabilities Of $700, 900 and
assets OF about 81, 100000.
JEALOUS Joseph Lozenski killed his wife
and committed suicide in Toledo, Ohio. At
Kansas City, No., W. L. Marsh shot his wife
and daughter In O courtroom and tried to
kill a constable. Mrs. Marsh was fatally
hurt.
GREAT damage has been done by floods at
Portland, Oregon much OF the business part
of the city was placed under water.
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4 pRUNKARp.s WILL.

The following is will by druukard OF
Oswego, n Y: II leave to society ruined
character and wretched example. leave
to my parents as much sorrow as they can In
their feeble state bear. I leave to my
brothers and sisters az much shame and
modification as could bring on them. !
leave to my wife q. broken heart-a life Of
shame. I Ieave to ,ach of my children pow
erty, ignorance, u low character, and re-
membrance that their father filed drunk.
ards grave. "--Chrislian Inquirer.
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English Capital After Our Watches

The local stockholders OF the ElSin Qll.)
National Watch Company We're notl-
fled by President Avery that an English syn
dicate had made au offer OF $1,000 OO1 for
the plant. and that three-fourths OF the
owners Of stock had agreed to sell.
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SENATOR PATTON, OF Michigan, Is broad
shouldered, well-built, athletic man, with a
fine face and a handsome mustache. Like
Senator Dubois, to whom he bears resem-
blance. he has swarthy complexion. These
two Yale men, together with Senators VOL
colt and Higgins, who are also graduates OF
the college, have formed little society
which viii hold monthly reunions.
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DEAD BEFORE HANGED.
A hob Tortures Its Victim to Remind
Him Of His Crime.

Alexander McCurdy, about thirty years OF
az, MAS convicted at Golden, COL, OF may
, r...... He had brutally assaulted his step
brother, Charles Berry, whom he charged
with interfering with his domestic happi.
ness.
McCurdy was sentenced to three years
in the psnitentinry, but had not been taken
away Yet. Early in the morning moo
seized Alexander Kerr, the jailor, choked
him and made him give up his keys. Tnen
the leaders dragged McCurdy from his call
to the Jail lawn, where he was tortured Us he
had tortured his stepbrother.
McCur.ly died under the torture, but his
body was hanged to trestle over Clear
Creek. Ii was cut down ut 6 q. m.