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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
JERSEY s1REAMs SWOLLEN.
Bridges Washed Away-Part or Newark Upder
S~sater-Tramc Delayed.

Bridges Washsd Away-Part or Newark Under
4 Sgater-rramc Delayed.
As Fiainfeld the heavy fall of rain has swollen
the streams so that the low lands are entirely
submerged. Green and Stony brooks. usually
little moro than rivulets. are raging torrents
now. Nearly every bridge along Stony Brook
has been washed away. Tho county bridge
been carried away.
In Newark the rainstorm has caused wide
spread inconvenience and considerable damage
TO property. At 10 o'clock last night the low
lying portion of the city known as Tho Neck "
was under water to a depth OF several feet. In
some Of the streets the water is 80 deep thas fire
hydrants are completely submerged, while letter
boxes were only q few inches above the water
limo. Tho tracks OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
on Now Jersey Railroad avenue are under
water. and trains are running irregularly. The
West Newark branch of the road is under SOW
eral feet Of water, and traffic is entirely sus-
pended.
On the Newark and New York branch of tho
Central Railroad traffic is at a standstill. The
tracks OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Freling-
huyAen avenue have been washed away, and no
trains can run over that road. That avenue.
which 10 the main thoroughfare between New
ark and Elizabeth, is completely submerged,
and oven the trolley cars have been obliged to
Tho high tide in the Passaic River has caused
the water to back up and choke the sewers.
At Crawford tho Railway River Is rising rap
Idly. At Westield the streets are almost inn
passable.
Last evening the meadow district of Hoboken
and tho lower part of the city were inundated
With two feet Of water. The tracks Of the West
Shore and Erie railroads were completely COW
cred. When the flood reached Ryan's cooperage
factory at Jackson and Forty streets Il fioated
barrels and slaves and sent them sailing in all
directions. 1t also foated timbers and barrels
In the yard of Davis's Baking Powder Company
and In .Meigs's lumber yard.
"A bolt of lightning struck tho trolley wires at
Newark and Washington avenues and ran along
for Q block, Illuminating the entire neighbor-
hood. The lightning burned out the motor boxes
on seyeral OF the trolley cars OF the North Hud.
opn Railway Company, delaying traffic for moro
than half an hour. Another bolt shattered the
Ahgstaff on Odd Fellows Hall in Washington
street. and. a third struck the flagstaff on
Fletcher's iron works Mt Hudson avenue and
Third street, sending the splinters flying into
tho street.
RAHwAY. N. J.. July 2s.-The heavy rainfall
has raised the Railway River many feet. The
water almost reaches the top of the piers OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge, and rushes across
bridge street, Dock street and several other
been taken out Of their dwellings on Bridge
street. and people on Haydock street are prepar-
ing TO get out. 1t is reported that the dam at
Milton Lake has given away. Great damage
has been done.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
AFTER THE DE ARMI1r MINERS.
Bands OF Strikers Marching to .Perauado ~
the Men from Working.

the Men from Working.
P~rTTsBuRG. Pa, July 2s.-All the country
about W. p. De Armitt's mines is alive with OK.
element to night. Strikers are marching across
the country to gather at the McCrea school.
house. where the big meeting will be held to-
morrow. Sheriff Lowry sent out four coach
loads of deputy sherifs, armed with rifles. to be
ready for any trouble that may occur. Dc Ar
mitt's mines arc isolated from the rest Of the
district, but from all directions. oven
as far as fifteen miles away. strikers are
on the several roads marching TO the De Armitt
mines preceded by brass bands. Mr.. De Armitt
has an old injunction directed against tho
miners officials land all other persons" 1t
forbids them to gather in assemblaRes on the
property OF the comptny. on the vacant land
adjacent, and on all roads leading thereto.
The MCCrea schoolhousc is several miles from
the company's property. but the injunction can
be stretched to cover the schoolhouse. II IL
Sheriff Lowry's intention, in case the situation
looks critical tomorrow. TO serve the Injunction
on Debs. Mahon, Counahan. Morrison. and
other labor agitators who arrived here to-
night and who will speak at the meet
ing tomorrow. With about 100 strikers
gathered at the schoolhouse there may be
trouble should tho Injunction be served. The
marching strikers will persuade the Do Armitt
miners from going TO work. and try to induce
them to attend the meeting at the schoolhouse.
Dc Armitt's men don't want TO go to the meeting.
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SMALL GROUP OF MINERS WIN.
. Mem Employed Mt Patton. Pa, Get Higher
wages and Go Back 10 work.

. Mon Employed Mt Patton. Pa, Got Higher
Wages and Go Back TO Work.
ALTOONA, Pa, July ga group of $50
minors employed by the Mitchell Company at
Patton have resuemd work, after winning their
strike. The operators called the men together
and announced that all their demands, includ-
ing an increase of wages. had been granted.
Tho strike at Hastings Is growing moro
complicated. Mine Superintendent Nicholson
OF that place was arrested to-day on warrants
sworn out by the strikers. who charge him with
perjury. Nicholson's offence, they say, was
committed when he took oath that the strikers
at Hastings say they are able to prove that
they have been robbed Of 500 cars during the
month, of June alone. They blame this on the
local bosses and have instituted suits to re-
cover wages for digging this amount. A
W WSish oS %ss called by the opsratorS today at
striker attended.
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TOOK POISON FOB SPITE.

Mrs. Fortune wanted 70 Brighten Her AIotheg.
but Killed HERSELF
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, July 2s.-Mrs. Myrtle
Sparks Fortune, a bride OF a few months. died
to-day from a~rsenical poisoning, self-adminis-
tered. although not with suicidal intent She
swallowed q preparation which she used in de-
~veloping negatives of photographs. to aggra-
vate her mother. who had scolded her for spend
ing money too freely. Her stepfather. whose
death. less than q year ago, caused newspaper
this money she had been spending. She took the
poison yesterday afternoon, and at supper time
told her husband what she had done. Soon
afterward she became very i'll. and physicians
were with her for the next fifteen hours. She
said she did not intend to kill herself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
THE RAINFALL IN JERSEY.
CssDs Severely Damaged and Many Low Fields
Entirely Submerged.

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j., July 2s.-Reports
received by e. w. McGann. Director of the New
jersey Weather Bureau, from correspondence in
overy county Of the State indicate that the
damage to crops resulting from tho long con-
thued rains has been unprecedented. Corn In
particular has suffered severely. The severe
thunderstorm which swept the State on Friday
did . great deal Of damage. HaiJstones as big as
2trd's sggs fell. Many acres OF corn were laid
nat. Vegetables were badly cut and great
quantities Of orchard fruits of all kinds were
blown from the trees.
Agreat amount OF damage has been done by
washing and many low fields are entirely sub.
merged. The harvesting of oats has been no.
n and they are oyerripe end sproqting in
are reported In inches as follows:
Newark, b.53; South Orange. GA; Moores.
town. b.35i Beverly, $40; Livingston, $40; Ran
cocas. 4.s7; Mount Airy, sos; Hightstown.
NIB; Cape May Court House. 4.l3; Toms River,
A.31i ImlaystoWn, 4.20; Vinelund. 3.SI.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
rnr r-n1rlrrINrs KAn
Spain nc last hears That 1t Is wssins Wore
Riercely than Ever.

Special Gable Dcspatoh TO THE SUE.
MADRID, July 2s.-Mal advices from the
Philippine Islands show that tho instruction
there, instead Of being about quelled, as tho
official dispatches assert, is stronger than ever.
The battle at Puray, which took place on Juno
is, as was cabled to THE SUN, turns out to have
been most disastrous to the Spanish arms. The
insurgents, who numbered 1000 mon. under
the commands of Chiefs Llanora and Emilio
Aguinaldo, almost annihilated one of the two
Spanish columns operating against them.
The spaniards were commanded by Captain
General Primo do Rivera and Gen. Dujiolo.
Their losses were four officers and ffty men
killed and eighty wounded, while many were
captured by the insurgents.
Far from being subdued. as has been officially
cabled from Manila, Aguinaldo is triumphant
at Sibul, where he is at the head Of 5000 men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
MISS GENEVIEVE DAILY DROWNED.
Daughter or Michael +. DAILY Loses Her Life
While RRthinE Mt York Beach.

PORTSMOUTH. N. H.. July 2s.-Miss Gcnevieve
DAILY. the 18-year-old daughter of Michael T.
DAILY. formerly Commissioner of Public Works in
New York. was drowned at York Beach yester-
day. The young woman, in company with her sis.
ter. Miss Emilia DAILY. Miss Ella Ranny, and her
brother Cecil. went in bathing shortly after noon.
Miss DAILY yentured out further than the rest OF
the party and was caught in the strong under
tow, and before aid could reach her was drowned
in sight of her friends.
Cecil DAILY made an attempt TO save his sister.
and nearly lost his life In 80 doing. He swan
out TO save her. but became exhausted. Two
young men, Samuel Bowdcn and Herman Shat.
tuck, put of in a dory from the beach and sue
ceeded in reaching both Miss DAILY and her
brother, but when they got ashore Miss DAILY
could not be revived, although two doctors
worked on her for two hours.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
BRIDGE OYER THE 81: LAWRENCE.
PheniI Bridge Company Will Have TO Work
Might and bay 10 do the Work.

~PHGNIxvILLE, Pa. July s.-The contract for
a seven.span. steol bridge for the Ottawa and
New York Railroad to cross the two channels of
the 81. Lawrence River, near Montreal. has been
awarded to the Phoenix Bridge Company at a
cost of nearly III. 100000. The contract is to
be completed by November and the works here
will be kept going night and day to their fullest
capacity until that time, employing a large force
OF men.
The bridge will be half a mile long. and will
contain 100000 pounds of structural steel.
main span of 400 feet over the north channel.
built on the cantilever plan, and Q swing span
over the Lachine Canal of gao feet.
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SUICIDE AFTER MARR1AaE.
Bride and bridegroom or . Week rake Nor
phino TO End Their Liyes.

Bride and Bridegroom or . Week Take Nor
phino 10 End Their Liyes-
Houston. Tex. July 2s.-Jules Bunnel and
Miss Ella Lu Williamson were married at
San Marcos last week and went to Galveston,
where Bunnell thought he could got work. He
failed to find 1t, and tho young couple
camo here. They were found yesterday In
their rooms at tho Hutchins House. near
ly dead from tho effects Of morphine
taken with suicidal intent. Heroic measures
were at once adopted, and 1t seemed for q time
that their lives would be saved, but Bunnell
whore he had been taken to try the effect OF a
strong current OF electricity. 4 strong storage
battery was used on Mrs. Bunnell, and for
twenty hours she was kept alive, but shortly
after noon to-day she died.
Bunnell was a photographer and was without
work, but told a cousin that he would nave a
Job as soon as he could get to Waco.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
DrusGia. Louis c. vvedel . Suicide.

Druggist Louis c. wedel. So years old. who
lived with his sister. Lizzie. over his store at
1880 Fulton street, Brooklyn. committed sui
eide by shooting himself In tho right temple In
his room yesterday afternoon. The druggist
died an hour later. he left q letter to his sister
as follows:
days yet be happy. Louis, be . good boy.
The Louis referred to was the druggist'0
nephew. Wedel was q widower, and had been
i'll for some time. Mr.. Wedel had been in tho
drug business in Brooklyn over thirty yearG-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
81: sWITHIN's WET BURIAL DAP.
why q Rainy July rs Has Always Forty sac
ceH,orn.

st. Swithin, who is made responsible for any
rain that falls within t~swithin) forty days Of
July Is, tho day of his funeral, which is dedi-
Gated to him. was Bishop Of Winchester In the
ninth century. He was one of the instructors Of
Alfred the Great. and accompanied that mon
arch on his pilgrimage to Rome. He was also
Chancellor of England.
When he died he ordered that his body should
be buried outside the church, under the feet Of
the passengers and exposed to the droppings of
the caves from above" When the clergy tried
to move the body to q moro honorable
tomb inside the church. there came on such q
storm of rain that the funeral procession had to
disperse. The storm continued for forty days.
80 his entombment in the church was aban-
doned, and his body was allowed to rest in tho
humble grave he had chosen for himself. This
legend Is the foundation Of the belief, whose
truth the present summer thus far proves. that
q rainy 81 Swithin's Day will have forty sue
cessors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
Il DOCTOR KILLS HIMSELF.
He Took Poison because His wife Persisted In
Riding the bicycle.

KANBAs CRY, No.. July 2s.-Becauss his wife
persisted in riding q bicycle In spite of his objeo-
lions, DR.. J. D.. Porter. a prominent physician,
head Of tho Physicians' Supply Company, COM
mitted suicide in his office this morning by tax.
ing morphine. strychnine. and hydrato of choral,
and inhaling Illuminating gas. DR.. Porter was
apparently as happy and contenteda as any man
in Kansas City until Mrs. Porter bought a BIZ
cycle not long ago. The doctor was not In sym.
patty with her riding II, because he did not
think, 1t womanly. but she was delighted and
would not give up the wheel.
Soon the doctor showed signs Of dospondency.
He ate dinner last evening and went direct To
the store and began taking, poison. He was
Porter 10 prostrated with grief. She Is a daugh.
ter of a Mr.. Blandy of GAINESVILLE, o., proprietor
OF large machine shops there.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
ALICE BARRET1,s SUICIDE

5000 BeIonEinE TO tho Firm FOR which -
Worked In Missing.
Boston. July 2s.-The Fire Marshal has been
Investigating the fire that occurred in the ofioe
where Alice Barrett killed herself. Ono Inn
portant fact that came out to-day was that $500
of tho firms money left with Miss Barrett on
Saturday Is missing. What she did with the
money has not been ascertained. Mrs. Barrett,
silence and has told the Fire Marshal tho name
Of the person to whom Miss Barrett loaned the
$500 mentioned In her last letter. But he Is
says that 1t throws light on the mystery. Miss
Barrett made q will on last Wednesday.
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STRIKERS WANT TO CONFER.
Failing That, an Extension or the spraGue H
m vator strike Ii Threatened.

Failing That an Extension or tho spraEue Ele-
.'. Vasor strike IL Threatened.
Several days ago the Board of Walking Dole
gates sent q committee to tho works Of the
Sprasue Elevator Works at Watsessing. N. j.,
to ask for a conference regarding the strike of
machinists. Mr.: Spragus. tho head of the firm.
y away. and will DO away for some time. and
the superintendent refused a conference.
me committee reported to the Board OF Walk
ing Delegates yesterday. The board, after a
long ais ussion. instructed the secretary to no.
a conference was agreed to, the board would
take prompt action. This means that general
strikes will be ordered on behalf of the strikers
on buildings where Sprague elevators are being
put up. The board will wait until the end OF
the week before taking action.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
New Eerr, from staten Island to BrooLIyp.

County Judge Stephens of Richmond county
granted a franchise yesterday for a new ferry
between Staten Island and Brooklyn. The APP
p~lication for the franchise was made by the
Brooklyn and Staten Island Ferry Company,
the officers, Of which are Frank 7. Brown, Presi-
dent; Mead X. Stone. Secretary and Treasurer,
and Hugh McRoberts, General Manager. All
are residents OF Staten Island. The franchise
fixes the fare at 10 cents. 1t was announced
that the ferry will begin regular operations on
Saturday morning with the, ferryboat Superior.
which Will run between the foot OF Arietta
Brooklyn. Trips will be made hourly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
RARITAN RIVER oYERFLoWs.
New BrunGwick Business Houses ON the water
front Arc Under Guard.

HFuHt y UuuoE VuHEus
NEW BRUNSWICK, N j., July 2s.-The Raritan
River has overiowed its banks and Is four foet
higher tonight than at high tide. The streets
along the water front from the Albany street
bridge to the misunderstanding are under water.
and people are on guard In the business houses
on the water front. Horses have been removed
from the stables on Burnet street, which runs
and the freshet has started many small boats
adrift: The inability OF the sewers to carry Off
ity of Drift street to be flooded.
The New Brunswick wrecking train WAS called
out tonight TO repair q washout on the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad near Elizabeth. Trains are BE-
hind from thirty to sixty minutes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
FOR Il LABOR MONOPOLY.

LOCAL Iron W0FHeFH Thronten btFike0 II Thoy
Don't Get All the Work for Local BuildinEsL
The Iron Moulders' Conference Board, repre-
senting all the unions in the iron trades. has
sent a circular to architects. owners. and build
ers. asking them to give contracts only to union
firms in the Greater New York for iron work
for buildings in the Greater New York. Tho
circular adds that strikes will be ayerted IL
contracts are placed with New York union
may DO employed on the iron work. 1t states
that through contracts given to other cities
many ironworkers In New York are idle.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
Hotel R,ehelleu Manager. Arrested.

Jacob schrieber and his wife, managers of the
Hotel Richelieu, in West Twenty-fourth street,
were arrested last night by three of Chief Con-
Inns men for maintaining an alleged disorderly
sued By Magistrate Pool. The schriebers were
bailod out
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29

Jean Malaussanne, . laundryman, of 220
West Twenty-seventh street, got drunk Tues
day night and beat his eight-yearold daughter.
His wife ran out for the police. When MalauS-
Same. heard them coming back with her he
he shot himself. He died almost Immediately.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
BAD WEATHER IN SUFFOLK COUNTY.
Summer Doardera Arc Leaving In Droves-Crops
Damaged by the Rain.

Damaged by the Rain.
R~rvERHEAD. n. Y. July 2s.-Summer hotel
and boarding house keepers of Suffolk county
have the blues tonight. The weather Is cold,
and q winter overcoat Is not burdensome. For
sixteen successive days rain has fallen here.
Yesterday and to-day a severe easterly storm
ragged. The constant d%ownpour Of rain Is the
ers are focking back to the city from the sum
MGR resorts, and the new arrivals are few. Each
mail brings to the gloomy hotel men notices to
cancel engagement for rooms for July and Au-
gust.
bad weather. Large fields OF wheat and oats,
which have been cut but not thrashed. are
moulding on the ground. Potatoes are also suf-
fering from the rot which has begun to strike
the fields.
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Strikers AEitato1 Making Roadway Among tho
Coal Minera

OTTUMwA. Ia. July 2s.-Two hundred men of
the Rathbone Fuel Company at Rathbone joined
the Forebush mon, who struck on Monday. The
Mystic men, 500 In number. will not go to work
in the morning. Two agitators from s~treator.
H.. Hunter and Keenan,. came to Ottumwa last
night, having been sent here to get the Iowa men
out and induce them to Join the general
movement. The aRitators went to Centerville
to-day. and began work on the men there. A dele
gate meeting Of. Centreyille district men was
held at that place to-day. but action was do
ferred until Friday. The men in Mahaska,
,Wapello. and Munroe counties are still work.
Ing, but those who belong TO the union say they
will join a general strike. The n%on.union men
OF the mines at Muchikinock and other places
say they will not quit, and, that there will be
trouble II any effort Is made to interfere with
them. Operators expect q general walkhout
among union mon throughout Iowa.
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Il WAsHoUr IN JERSEY CITY.
Central Railroad Tracks Arc Under sIasses Of
Sand and Rock.

OOutEIH ! HEUUUD II UuUJT VIUD1BD u
Sand and Rock.
The heavy rain last night caused q washout
on the Newark and New York branch of tho
Central Railroad in Jersey City. Tho tracks were
submerged from the jackson avenue station
to the Boulevard on the west and to the Airing
ton avenue station on the east.
The rain washed down great masses of sand,
earth. and rocks and the east-bound track was
blocked for several hours. The platform at the
deposited on the track. A large force Of men
was set to work to remove the debris. They do
not expect to have the track cleared before 7
O'Clock this morning.
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-GREEEPoRT, L. l.. July 2s,-The tide is running
higher than anybody here has ever known it TO
run before at this time of the year. The water
ing, up . gale. The Shelter Island ferryboat
broke down to-day while blowing through the
4esyy sea- Tho steam launch Neptune has
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GUARDED THE SUICIDES BODY.

Carlo watched Beside His Dead MASTERS Chair
Until u Policeman Drove Him Away.
John Mack, a saloon keeper at Metropolitan
avenue and Humboldt street. Williamsburg,
committed suicide early yesterday morning by
inhaling Illuminating gas. On Tuesday night
Mack allowed his bartender. Philip volhardt,
to leave several hours earlier than usual. Mack
closed his place at l O'Clock.
Four hours later when Volhardt opened the
saloon he found Mack dead In a chair. The end
or a rubber tube, which was attached TO a gas
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
Volunteer Army Nuisance" Complained or

"SuIuHtooF HFWy NNIHAhco" ColnpIAIheu Ut
Police Captain Chapman of the West Thirtieth
street station received a letter a few days ago
from a resident of West Thirty.ffth street com
Broadway and Thirty-hfth street. Tho Volun'
teers hold nightly services at the locality named.
Chapman says he Ia powerless to stop them, ~
meetings.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29

Mrs. Anna Kruger. SO years old. left her huS.
band four days ago after q quarrel. She rented
q room al 3e4 West Thlrty-itth street Last
night she was found unconscious from tho
effects Of Paris green. She was removed TO
not recover.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-29
LlEhtnn 3 Hits a Free in central parL.

A thnndei bolt hit a big willow tree standing a
few feet southwest o. the art museum in Cen
trail Park during yesterdays storm, knocking 1t
sral trees Wtle blown down.
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Carlo was beside the dead mans chair. Tho dog
growied sayagely when anybody approached
the chair. He remained on guard until a police
Thon the dog skunk into the street.
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VA~ Are carefully prepared from
nOOU y purely vegetable ingredients,
Ollie and are mild yet certain In
lAlo effect They cure all liver
troubles, biliouSness. headache, indigestion. 200.
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MIDDLnsBoRoUGH, KY, July 2s.-The coal OPP
orators In the Miidlesborough district to-day
voluntarily { ave their men a raise OF 10 cents "A
ION Ihey . y they are willing to divide profits