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Tacoma, July 3o-Special-The North
ern Pacific steamship Tacoma sailed last
night for China and Japan with q cargo
valued at SIS 90. II included the following
articles: Domestlcs. s4.1oo bales. amounting
to 2 $50 90 yards. value. $l5i. 90; -four.
T.364 barrels, value So. ls1: lumber. $50. 600
feet, value. 81. $50: electrical machinery.
1880 nounds, value 81 SO: To-. 900 feet OF
copper wire, value. 81. DO; eight bicycles.
value Ssls. six tons OF oil wen supplies.
value, $1,000: . hogsheads OF tobacco
weighing Is tons. value. 1857. and large
consignments OF miscellaneous freight,
including hardware. perfume. condensed
milk machinery and cows. All the exports
are consigned TO Japan and Chinese ports.
A curious shipment on the Tacoma II
seven cases OF human bones for Hong
kong. The value OF same Is placed or
the nantes; as e None" Entered on the
same sheet are seven bags Of cattle bones.
valued at s26 The frst consignment Is
Chinese bones being returned for burial
In the sacred soil OF China. The beef
bones viii be used for manufacturing pur-
poses.
The Tacoma passenger list numbered
forty, OF whom thirty are Chinese mer-
chants. Ave Japanese and ave Europeans.
The saloon passengers are. John Emery
and B J. Rebel. missionaries for Yoko-
hama: Aiber. B. Ross for Shanghai and
Matthew Ford for Hongkong.
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HEAT STILL KILLING.
Five More Deaths From Sun
stroke in Cincinnati.


Cincinnati. July se-Tcday turned cut
TO % another scorcher. The thermometer
registered &c al : ?. a.. and street In
ssrz-nenEs al the same hour showed g
20 = In the shade. After o'clock a wind
blew thirsy-<evsn miles an hour for q
few minutes. II was accompanied OF .
trace OF rain The mercury on the s1reee
fell > degrees in the four hours Up 20 !.
O'Clock. since which Il has been rising
slowly TEenfy-nsne 7rostrarions vera
reported today, five % them being fatal
The dead are. John C-one. Belle Bright.
lAandress. Barney Dickhorse. a tanner.
joan Schultz. a tanner. Mary Brown. al
infant This makes fffEy-txo prcstrasions
in three days. eight being fatal.
Work Ia the streets had 10 be suspended
yesterday and today. Many horses are
dropping in the streets Letter carriers
have had their work greatly reduced
Indianapolis. July 0.-This vas the hot
tex day OF the season IN This city. ne
thermometer registering IS degrees AZ %
p n The intense heat resulted u two
deaths from prostitution There were
rares or four more cases reported. though
these VIII not prove fatal At go this
evening The thermometer dropped 70 =
on account Of q Thunderstorm
ST Louis. July SAT- least thirty VIC
tins Of the sweltertng heat that con-
at the City dispensary and various hos
pitfalls throughout the city. There wsrs
probably many other cases that were
not made public. Five OF these victims
died. and more may succumb. The sner-
nsoneter rose to ~ degrees in the shade
at 40 p. m. but this evening a cool
breeze sprang Up. temperius the fe-ce
heat and giving the suffering people i
chance 10 sleep In comfort, which they
have not been able 10 do for neariy a
week
Later and more complete returns TO the
police indicate thai there were fully fifty
prostrat.ons today, OF which number ten
We're fatal. with prospects tha; several
more would die
The dead are: Police Officer John cros-
sey, Edward Champ. Charles Brown.
Henry Fisher. William Henry. Julius
Laux. George Beard. c. II. Thisner. two
unknown men, The total number o. pros
tratlons SO far reported Is seventy.
Louisville July oo.-The maximum tenn
perature today was aga1 above IS. Tho
mean temperature OF 50 for To-Day has
been experienced only once before in this
city. More than . score OF eases of pros
tration are reported, four of which proved
fatal. and three Others are IN q serious
condition Dead: j. A. Bodf, Andrew
Lesser. George Sumner. Fred wesrhlauf.
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samoa Jniy 1s.-Ps- Steamer Nonoxas
- san francisco. July ss.-The fead N
samoa between tne German portion q fha
population and the American and Brit
ish rcs4fsnss IN TIE caicry - daily tn
ereaslns IN bitterness. The Germans re-
sassa 20 attend The queens birthday csie-
Srafton. ans the wsrssip Fake left the
n2Fhof. q = attfkHa = HNNl7 FtFTzFT fkTFFIg
~ TIE festivities On the Fourfh - gniY
The Germans Assumed a similar attitude
nos ere member % their nsssnnsilsy A.
tenfinF the ceieATafie5, Ths Germans
have not rs'sxeA thesr Efforts - have me
German uga8e the eFl-.al language here
An aufhreak between natives occurred
lately The cos teptsuts ~ers members q
The rival parties. The aHssr eas risseue
rolisieai significance. although Il wNs -
rlpiss enough e the participants. SIX n
sfves we're wounded saur serssznsgy. our
suw Ghc resee. ana seven houses wers
tssFnea town.
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CARDINAL. -AToLrTs SUCCESSOR.
Father Marftnoli. Prior General or fhe
Auxu<fininn-. Appointed

Rome. July s8.-Father Nartinelii. prior
general Of the AugGsttnians. has been ap~
pointed successor 10 Cardinal Satolii as
papai delegate 10 the Roman Catholic
church sn the United States.
Washington City. july S1.-When the
n~ws OF The appointment OF Father Mar
tinra was communicated 20 Cardinal
Safolll this afternoon. he paid a tribute
70 the great esteem In which fhe superior
general - held The cardinal however.
~ without Official advice a. 20 the APP
yointnsnt OF successor 70 himself. and
regards II as unlikely that the appoint
nent would be made AZ this tssae. Father
MarsinesI has not been mentioned Ia the
gossip that has centered about the Sue
censorship 70 Cardinal S&toili but he ls
regarded az an available candidate. and
Is accredited with excellent executive
ABILITY lie has been connected I'm yari-
ozS capacities with the order OF Angus
tiaians al hrs lie. He was born over fifty
years ago. and Immediately after his grad
saAsisn from schoisgfc institutions OF IN.
Catholic church he joined the Augusffn.
ians. For a time he was attached 81 a
consulting capacity ~ one q tire cor
gFexatlanw a. Rene. lie rose rapidly IN
Atsthorfty. and several years ago sas
given he appointment 70 ,he ofrics be now
holds. A superior general he has charge
% ms interests 81 the AuggstiBianS
throughout the world.
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Tacoma. JAY 81 Ledger special from
Ne-sh Yakima says thar Minnie Eleaon.
aged "a. vho vas married two months
ago. ran away frern aeT husband n r.
ler~stYg and arrived at Yakima On
Wednesday Her mother has been iock-
ing fa- her un&HccesSfaiix. ard g Gevs8-
CPS that The glrl-Eif@. disguised IS q boy.
intends 70 aid il driving hand Of horses
through to Spokane. Some negroes ap-
Gear 20 know nasst abo3t her where
ahoa1s. thcsga they refuse % talk. The
mother intends 10 have several d1sTcpa-
tables houses searched roznorrcw.
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Tho Lake View Rolling MN Subsidy.

Tacoma. July 3o.-Special-A jury IN the
Federal court today brought in a verdict
for the defense In the suit brought by w.
A Peters and r. B. Lehman against Rich
ard Brown. the millionaire iron manufac-
turer OF Youngstown. Ohio The plain
tits claimed 81. 900 damages for misrepre-
sentation and fraud In the establishment
OF the rolling MIL at Lake View. II was
In 1894 that negotiations for the erection
OF the rolling mix were carried on be-
tween Messrs Hamilton and Evns. rep
tween Nessrs. Hamilton arc Evans. rep
Finally the contract. binding the plain
tits IN the action TO the payment OF
600 subsidy were signed. Terms as TO
the capacity Of the mill were agreed upon
ard Il was built. In their complaint the
plaintiffs alleged that Brown promised
them a mill OF eighty tons capacity and
employing 400 men. and It was claimed
that these conditions were never carried
out Suit was brought TO recover tho
land decided 20 the mill and the recovery
OF 6, 500 paid on the subsidy. The verdict
WAS for the defense
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80 az Grass Valley. Cal.

zrax. Waller, Cal. July 1.-At so
O'Clock tonight an alarm OF fire was
sesrrsea for hlaze n the opera house
srh@ Are started unAer store oceaspseG BY
Misses Tzrss~t ard wehb. and spread With
great rxps1fty. soon the wao.e building
vas eaveloped In fasnss. and ire sd3osn-
trx basld!nzs commenced 20 burn. and
despite the work 81 the hre1sa i aookeo
4, ,ra whole central portion % the
.axr would Be destroyed TIE Ere de-
rzrtns@ns % Nevada City came over 70
azssst Ere local department. oas scaFcs-
~ % water aia5erea ta1ra, 80 taAs iaey
were % Hstle servtcs a1EA an e1srA . nsAa
- ~rs.~~ as tYsr~<a into the supply dlsch.
yea rwo depAxsnrents dsxs great sorx- asa1
ranene4 tsA ERE district 10 sae c4sscx
ss.Trs@d Ay Neal. Gh2-ch, Azakrn aad
Rsnx streets. TIE loss Nill excsed sa".-
F.sg = Is shoaSnt TIE Insurance. "a most
1.sMx ~as small and the c5ow saA De q
nm-A are TO tie city. Tho fire - believed
=. save beer Of srcendlsry orig1z-
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Up THE CASCADE RIVER.
Thirty Men az Work on the State Wa.
ryru Road

La Conner, July ACKNOWLEDGMENT
sloner r. O. welfs has returned from Cas-
CAGE river. where he has been sGpsrfn-
tending the construction OF the state
wagon road from, Marble Mount in SkaRft
county. eastward. Mr. weifs has had
thirty men working under his directions
during the rnoaih 81 July, and they have
constructed about thirteen miles OF read.
The rixhf-of-wav for Tire road has been
secured 20 the width az forty feet; bat
when II came 70 construction. owing to
she small a-eunt Of the state arproprsa-
ton far fhe mountain division. IL was
necessary 20 reduce the width os road
- 49, s.a-=nqeezt sanxxthie larnita fnr q
wagon raat Accordingly the state CON-
mission established the minimum width
fs~ fhls division az SIX feet with n7axf-
mem grades n, - per cent. and Mr.
wefts hss falIswss those plsns IN con-
ssrarflnx TIE road up Cascade river
Grades havA bean secured that viii en-
able wagons 20 trSwsi z3sh perfect safety
ara wagons are making daily use az the
read.
TIE character % ths country through
wAfsa TIE road hRS been built IS heavily
tiuenress river valley with many wtna
fans frequent saehiii cuts sna a. ocsa-
sfanaf point 80 pelfS rock 30 - blasted oue
slfssszaslsl bridges have been huiit aers@s
az sas streams where there Is the ieas.
sa~xwr OF forasnE The cost % constru.-
tier 50 far has been a lstls less than 500
per rsils.
ssemr~fsssons~ wFiso-. % ralrhavsn.
Vii take charge az ne fusars work Up
Cascade river whsle Mr. Wtits goes east
of tha mountains 20 take an &crauat9z<
a. The oshsr camps along tie roS1-
Snsw sas rsrassrss 81 The mountains thts
wea- ranch later thar WS1aE TAe rrst
horses - cross Cascade pass wezt over
after jelly "a
FsYaspers0rs az hgsw fsSrr assessment
~Srx ay,4 relocating .helr claims A nrsr-
hsr - rssnerS SAY that ga soon as re
state rszH - completed shgv witf hs abe
- Nau3 their ore - wagons o. sseas ~ a
prost ever az sAs rrNSszt market price Il
SILVER
Mss@~. TeFrgr sns Dnwtev. cs Nassvs
vsrnAn hare beer whspSa wrtsw humber alI
Summer Trey intNn3 putting n 4 aurs~
as she Discover esagrs. On cawwoa creek
arx waFkinr re YfvprAess Trey Asxs
aSsat - sss feet es inrsa@~ szwn ara Ell
hgEss the ssszw@ as s0on as gAe water rass
faw s.ee<h.
Res 5anes an1 Nsssrs Hsras ara Arr
S,rsnw AavW been rsrruAsxsnw kscsR far
ere rrsrw@Se ~ constructing wsnx-sss -sss
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THE INTERNAL REVENUE.


Previous 1esrs-Igifnofe Pays Most
Washington City. July 1.-THE conrris-
sssser Of internal resenus has saicFnifte1
20 Secretary Carlisle q preliminary ss2orE
or hz bureau for tne year ersseo JaEe %
IL Hisczs that receipts CT internal r<yenas
for the year Aggregated 80. $3.50. a. M
crease Of 81 30 IS ever the receipts o,
the prece1 .ux xEc4i yszr. The expenses
zp9roxiuaasea ae&4.s BIG. The percentages
Of cost o. collection viii be ~. 3 redacsssl
o. rs compared vita ire processing nscai
year.
CT. an increase OF k<z8.T7i. The largest
item OF increase ag1er this head was from
fruit spirits. the receipts Of I,5ss.sss be-
tnr So - Ia excess Of Iset years Retail
liquor tzxss Increased by 81. los. rsciSf-
ere taxes ssssEs ard lie wholesale Isqaor
deasers' special taxes Sss.51. The only
decreases noted we're frsning. Tobacco
brought IN revenue OF - III. 80 Or si-ets.-
I'll more than WAS derived frem this
source IA the preceding year. There was
q general increase n az the items Under
this head. the largest being IN cigarettes
uD1sr three pounds per Thousand. where
the receipts we're 6. 9i5. isl. or So. sc more
than in tks preceding year. Chewing and
smoking tobacco brought IN 81. II H2k. or
Sz3.sss more than In the preceding year.
Cigars and caeFoois over three pounds
per thousand reassxed l2.7is ~. or an m
crease Of All 500 and snuff afforded a rev.
entse Of ss6z Bis. an increase Of si9e. CT.
From fermenfed liquors there was de-
rived taxes axgrexstsng SsS.5st.Se5. or
tz.i4As15 more than during the preceding
year. Al beers and similar liquors brought
In 81. Jzs.i3l. an inrvase % xz.esaszs
There vas q failing of o. tlss.T rs in the
taxes realized from oieoFnarxartne, the
revenue from which amounted to si.2ls.-
fe The decrease Mas general IN al the
isens under this head. the largest being
Sl11si7 II the direct tax on ossomargaFfne.
while retail dealers taxes shrunk 81. ms
and aisoieszssrs' taxes t3ssa Tire mis-
eelsaneous receipts diminished sis. go dur
ting the year, the largest item being siz2.-
SIS decrease fn receipts from playing
cards. from which only $50 were re-
eesved- During the past year iss. oa9. $40
eastorn OF spirits distilled from other ma
tersais TRAN ffom fruit. IL q decrease Of
T.siaizs gallons as compared with the pre-
cefzng year.
Cigarettes 10 the number OF csc. ssi. $40
were drawn out which was 1888. $50 moro
than we're consumed during the preceding
year The number of cigars and cheroofs
withdrawn were 4 81. rs .sss. an increase Of
"a, Tsa 1n Chewing and smoking tobacco
was taken out 20 the amount OF zs3 ST.
is7 pounds, an Increase Of ~. fas pounds.
tsssz0ss retained fzzs=e Internal revenue
than any other state. the total collections
there being ssf.s72 -. New York came
next IA ORDER with 81 81, 40 Kentucky
stood third. with So sos 10 OHIO and
Pennsylvania we're close together. with
tii.ssg.sss and sii.lss.54s respectively. In
diana had y.ss2. "a; Missouri. 81. sss sis:
Maryland. s. - .osa: Wisconsin. SOLE. Oh.
Nire OF the remaining states reached the
S.eees mark in the refurns-
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prof ,fenzie- ia Jail.

whatcom. July g.-Special-"Prof.
Menzies soiourned IN the city jail last
night and narrowly escaped severe punish
rnent az the hands or irate citizens who
had been aprrEsed OF his Infamous do
ingr. which doubtless led 20 the shooting
affair 90 the night before He viii doubt
less be crim.naIly prosecuted, He has
served term IN JAN IN British Columbia
and has a most unsavory record IN Call
fornia
A warrant was Issued yesterday II
Judge KegioEg's court az Faiyhaven for
the arrest OF Buck Simoni who is charged
with trying 10 inveigie several young
girls Into hlS room. Slmoui was night
watch at The Pacific Coast Mil Company 5
mills, and has fed.
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coNpENsEp DISPATCHES.

Fire at Montreal on Thursday DESTROYED
the north exhibition building. Loss sl5o,-
Geo
Ex-Fressdent ard Mrs. Harrison have
returned from New York 70 the Adiron-
dacks.
TIE Republicans OF the Sixth Virginia
district have nominated J. Hampton Hoge
fer congress.
The Republicans OF the Fifth Iowa dis
trict have renomina.ed congressman Rob-
ert G. Cousins.
The Republicans OF the Third wiscon-
sin district have renomsnated Congress-
man Joseph w Babcock.
The Republicans OF the First New Jer-
sey district have renominatcd Congress
man III. c. Loudeasiager
The dry goods house OF b. F. Ehlers 4
Co. Honolulu. was destroyed by Ere July
=. Loss. $500 The firm carried 50. 90
Insurance.
Col. John Dabney Morrison died a.
Hopktnsyllle. KY. Thursday. lie IVES
born n Hanover county. Va. January.
1916. He was member OF the Texas con-
gress. and also attorney general while
Texas was a republic. In the Mexican
war he was a colonel, and he was also
a colonel in the late civil war.
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Total valus OF taxahle prop-


Tacoma. July Observation-Disclosures
sult 70 Dust Commissioner Doherty, tn
voiving the legality OF the charter amend
menfs. was begun today before Judge
Prstchard.
Municipal Judge Reid took rhe case
against President Hurley, OF the Com
msrcial Light Company. under advise
ment today. Much testimony was intro
compiled with the ordinance granting the
franchise City Attorney Jadson was bit
ter in his arraIgnment OF the company in
his argument
Chairman Swesland today mailed 300
copies OF the call for the state convention
20 papers IN the state, aDd TO county
cha.rmsn Notice OF the date of the con-
vsnsion was also telegrzphed 20 ten coun-
ties, Recommending that county conven-
tons be hsld without delay.
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EaIIa walsa- July 8L--Speciai--A man
rasaed J. SzAghr n the land once hers
has proved up on homestead IA WHIT
ran county after . contest which has
been going GA for several years Ff-
teen years ago Ssaghr took up hone-
stead In Whitman county where Paicc>e
City nex stands He lived there the al
lctted time required b. Iaz. when The
Northern Pacific railroad came along and
usurped MS rights under tire lard grant
Slaghr let the matter rest WITH the
railroad company had built the road ard
erected buildings and the town Was is.Ss-
ted ard built I'D. thea commenced action
IN the local land Office His contest vas
sustained The case was then appealei
20 the general land Office, where the de-
cEsion Of the local land Office WAS arm
ed The railroad company then appeass
10 the interior department. and recently
tae department decided that Ssag1t was
entitled 10 the land Under Instructions
he came 10 the city yesterday and HANS
final proof
Slagsr became jubilanf over his victory
and celebrated the event by lEizlgtng in
sntoxicants during the day he me. .
gang Of vagabonds. who robbed him OF
al his money and q return ticket TO
Tafouse City.
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THE SOCIALIST CoxGREss.



Political Power.
Tcnsscn. Ja1y N.--Afser wasting csres
days in wranglfng over 2assstons
arising from the inspection - credentials
Of delegates and their right 20 De admit
Ted. ne fourth session 81 ne intsras-
tSozsal Soc1aszS- Eafso- and trade union con-
Eress was opeeed to6zy IN 81 Martin
town hall. The session Was a cesnpaTz-
siyesy Quist one- Tire report or toe agra
ran committee, fav0-sng The Specialization
OF .a-G WAS adopted
Matthew Mcguire. re leading delegate
q the Socialist party IN the United States.
presented = long report Of the history OF
the labor movement IN the JnaEed States
The congress Adopted rhe report on the
ag-scuitIras situation. recoEzn<.aGanx tass
each country act for itself II organizing
an agricultural prosessrsar.
The report of the possttcsi action conf
mission caused an animated discussion.
bxH II was hrAly adopted The report de-
scr1bed tie conquest of POLITICAL power as
being o. paramount Importance. and eaiaesi
upon z-0rkrnsn OF AL countries 20 unite
and be independent % az bourgeois poht-
tcal parties. ard demands sds1sf universal
suffrage. one man vote. 4 secret ballot
azsd national ard local referendum.
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Destructive tornado at Gloucester. o.

Columbus o. July J.-A destructive
tornado vlslfes Gloucester, a mining town
seveaty-t7ve miles south Of here. At
O'Clock Wednesday nsgat. Several houses
were mashed IN PIECES. and number OF
others were wreached from their founca-
tons J. L. poGgherty. vale in front Of
Mss store. was completely buried under the
board sidewalk. HIS back was broken,
and he died later from his injuries. The
house. OCCUPIED by James NcfGeliaai and
family OF six was crushed in ike an egg
she'd. but the OCCUPANTS czSdTFt7t init
The tornado lasted scarcely Minute. eGS
raia feI In torrents for half an hour.
Thousands OF dollars damage 10 buildings
ana growing crops was the resHss. An
Other heavy storm visited Gloucester tbs
Afternoon. fyak no damage was dsre. Mrs.
sv.ar.s@ Sussfh died from fright shortly
after the Storm
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ANOTHER STORM AT PITTsBURG.
Two Persons Killed and Much Damage
Done In the suburbs.

P7stsourg. July S.-This city and vtc,n-
fly was visited by another severe storm OF
wind and rain this afternoon IN the I'm
mediate city the damage done was slight
compared with the storm of the 9th, but
reports are coming in from the surround
tag towns te4iaaS az great damage -
properly. and up TO O'Clock the loss OF
two lives has been announced. They are
John Schuier, OF Homestead. and young
woYnan at Duquesne. whose name IL not
yet known. Schuler's house was shattered
By lightning. and he was struck dead
while IN the cellar. Hts three companions
escaped unframed The residence of Mrs.
Elizabeth Oates. IN Homestead. was also
struck by lightning. almost entirely
wrecking IL, bast the inmates escaped with
only sight injuries.
The storm in and around Ducuesne as
somed rhe nature Of a cyclone doing
great damage The roof OF the new IA
tAonai bank building was blown of Sew
erai dwellings were wrecked. John Foyle
and family. consisting OF the mother aud
three children. were az struck by light
ming and rendered unconscious for some
time. The boy James. II years old. wiz
de from the shock.
At Greensburg James Ellis, OF West
Overton. was struck By lightning and IN
SANITY killed.
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Victoria odd Fellow. Coming.

The odd Fellows OF the city OF Victoria
will take their annual outing Saturday and
very ssnsib,y have chosen Seattle as the
objective point OF their excursion II IL
expected that there will be between 500
and 90 visitors who will arrive on the
Kingston about noon. and who win devote
the day TO sight seeing. There will be a
meeting OF the relief committee Of the To-
cal lodge this evening at T3o o'clock to
make arrangement for the entertainment
o. the cityss guests. The headquarters OF
tho Veterans while in the city will be
the Hofe! Stevens. ia the same building
within which the lodge room Is situated
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STORM AT srEUBKNvILLE, o.
Two Hundred People Homclees-Lo~s
Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.

SteubenvIlls o., July 3o-A severe
storm. like cloudburst. occurred west Of
this city this afternoon about o'clock,
and within a period OF thirty minutes a
mighty torrent OF water had spread desc
lation along both Farmers and Fishers
runs IN the lower part OF this city. No
lives were lost, as there were persons
along the creeks who saw the water come
down the valley and ran from house 70
house warning the people. Everybody
fed, many wa6inz knee-deep in water
from their houses 20 the hills which line
both sides.
Two hundred people are homeless to-
night as a result OF the food. The dam
abe will aggregate 50. oel, The water
came down the creeks twenty feet high,
sweeping before Il barns. houses, bridges,
trees and outbuildings. Nine dwellings
and one store were washed away and
completely wrecked. Twenty-Five other
dwellings were wrecked or damaged by
the water and mud thai settled over ev-
erything. All railway traffic through
here IL suspended tonight