Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-08-15

McDonogbue, Mrs. Geo. Weijen Wake,
William Drueler, Robt Gibson, Fred
erick A. Brown, Marcus Scrub, and
policeman Walter F. Bray. statement
promulgated by the bureau Of vital
statistics Of New York City, covering
the period from midnight Saturday to
noon today, today's figures being partly
estimated, chow q total of 200 deaths
of which 434 are attributed to heat. An
estimate of the numb Der of deaths from
heat in New York, Brooklyn and neigh
boring cities and towns of New York
state and New Jersey, from August the
9Th to the 18th inclusive is GIL. Pros
trations for the same period are said to
have numbered 1855
Boston, Mass, Aug. ia brief rain
had the effect of clearing the atmosphere
this morning. Two desths and five
prostrations by heat were reported to
police headquarters up to IL o'clock.
The dead are William and Patrick
Hollahau.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 13.-There was
q cloudburst at DehaveD, small town
near the Wildwood oil we'll this morning.
Six people BIs reported drowned.
Everything Was carried out between
Sharpsburg and Dshsven. Dshsven
has several hundred inhabitants and is
situated Elk miles north of Allegheny
City, on the old Butler plank road.
Pine creek, which runs through the
town Is a raging torrent. Houses, oil
tanks, and barrels lodged against The
Pittsburg and Western r. K bridge at
Etns, where, al ii o'clock, there was
s feet OF water oa Main street. Resid-
ents are seeking safety on the hill sides.
The Low lands o: Sharps5urg are under
water and the floods are spreading rapidly
Reports from Pine Creek valley indicate
the loss of life from the clouGburst to
be heavy. At 12;45 thirty lives were
reported lost. The whole Pine Greek
valley, eight miles long, is deyssted.
CLEVELAND. O., Aug. 13.-The east
bound special mail train from Chicago |
on the Lake shore road was wrecked |
near Otis, Ind, this morning. The
engineer and fireman ars killed. The /
engine and Lll the cars save one were |
piled in a washout thirty feet deep and |
seventy feet long. No passengers were |
injured.
ACcxA, Gold Coast, Colon, Aug. IA
IL is feared serious trouble is impeding
in Ashanti. IL Is reported that the
lnkorantizas and other tribes have
joined Chief Samory wish the object OF
expellIng the British from Kumassi.
The British cruaier Pbebs and tie
British gunbost Maybe, with a large
fOrcs Of Husss;s en- board, have gone to
Elmina Tbsacs the native troops vii,
De hurried to inkoranss and Kumsssi.
MANSFIELD, o.. Aug. 13-Miss Celia
Rose, q years old, ia il isil here chaTg-
ed with killing her father, mother aud
brother with poison. Daniel Rose was
a farmer living near NeWvilie, Ohio.
he. his wife and son died recently with
IN a few Days OF each other. 1t ia claim
ed that Celia confessed TO an acquelnt-
ance that she poisoned them.
PITTsBURa, Pa, Aug. 13-AccordIug |
to the Weather Bureau, Philadelphia
has the unenviable distinction today of /
being the hottest city in the United |
States. At s g. III. the thermometer
81 degrees; ct noon %. A
light breeze tempered the air slightly
out the suffering was as great as any
lay since the torrid spell began. Be-
tween a. ~. and IL a. 10. five deaths
iue 20 heat exhaustion have been re-
ported as follows; Maggie Burke, John
Swift, Cathsrine Brannon, Hugh Nc
Lean, and William Hackett.
PITTssURG, Pa, Aug. 13-A great
ainstorm burst over this city and yici-
lily this morning at O'Clock, delugiug
he territory several miles in area, and
welling the streams into torrents,
weeping away bridges and buildings \,
nd sending a score OF beings into
ternity. Great damage was done by
water in various parts of the city. The
tEeets were covered with debris. Car
ines we're mixed up and tracks block
ded.
CHRIsTIANA, Aug. 13.-Verdensgang,
daily newspaper Of this city, has re-
eived the following telegram from DR..
hansen: "Home safe after fortunate
xpedition."
Los ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 13-Geo.
lungs was acquitted this morning OF
be murder of Postmaster John Hayes,
Puente.
LAWRENCE, Mass, Aug. 13-The
Ellington mills, manufacturers Of WOODEN
Tess goods, shut down last night, a
lrowing $500 hands out OF employment b
DULUTH, Aug. 13-Comptroller Eckels q
E@ka l.