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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
MANY LIVES PERILED
DISASTROUS CLOUDBURST LAST
NIGHT IN THE NAHONING VALLEY.
Low Portion of Youngstown, o.,
Flooded and an Unknown Num-
ber of People Drowned.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., July Pat 7 o'clock
tonight a terrific cloud burst struck this
town, flooding the entire valley and causing
great damage to property, both in the city
and along the railway lines. Many people
are supposed to be drowned. The entire
county seat and west for twenty miles was
flooded and the damage will be enormous,
the railroads being the heaviest losers.
At 1030 tonight came the first tangible
information of the damage done by the
storm. Along Crab creek, running into the
city in the northeast, along the Erie and
Lake Shore Railroads, and emptying into
the Mahoning river near the Lake Shore
depot, cloud burst occurred about ten
miles out, and the water did not begin to
rise much in the city until after o'clock.
At about 10 o'clock the water came down
the valley into the city and formed into
food, sweeping everything that was not
fastened down before it. The bed of the
creek was not more than twenty feet wide,
and the flood spread out to a width of about
three thousand feet. 1t rose quick
ly and in less than thirty min
utes the water was up to the second
story of all the dwelling houses in the
flooded districts and was stin rising 1t is
a certainty at II o'clock that none of the
people escaped from the houses. The whole
district was covered with darkness except
one small place. where a lone electric light
shone. Firemen. police and others were on
hand quickly, but We're powerless to rescue
anybody, not a boat of any kind was
10 be had in that portion of the city The
cries of the people in the houses We're heart
rending to those who stood at the water
edge and We're forced to retreat slowly on
account of the gradually rising water. 1t is
almost a certainty that many people were
drowned. One whole family were heard
when suddenly there was a grinding
noise as II the house was being
moved from its foundation and the cries
ceased. The intense darkness made it i'm
possible to see what was going on, but it
is supposed the house and its occupants
waters edge heard q man crying for help
who was apparently being carried down in
the flood. The voice gleW fainter and il is
supposed the unfortunate man perished.
Pitiful cries for help We're heard contin-
ually but the crowd on the shore could
and tlremen went at once to another part
of the city after boats.
1t was midnight before boats We're got
to the flooded Crab creek district and the
work of rescue could be started. The boats
were manned by tlremen who went to work
with a will. but could not make rapid
progress on account OF the swift and dan
gerous current Nine families were taken
out of second-stoTy windows within q half
half hour and many people were picked up
clinging to debris. Nothing definite will be
known as to the loss of life till morning
or even the names Of the people that are
in the flood and perhaps not then. as there
were several thoroughfares through the
flooded district on which there are usually
people at all hours of the night.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
TROUBLE IS EXPECTED
STRIKING MINERS THREATEN TO
FORCE DIGGERS TO QUIT WORK.
Deputy SheriRs on Guard at a Num-
ber of COIIieries in the Pitts
burg District.

PITTSBURG. Pa, July 22.-Excitement
was at fever heat in local coal-mining
circles to-day The operators were ap-
parently prepared for any demonstration
and before nightfall they were convinced
that matters had taken q serious turn
Early in the morning about five hundred
miners from the Finleyville district
marched on the Bunola mines on the river
and succeeded in bringing the men at work
out. Sheriff Lowry, Of this county, has a
force of deputies ready for duty at a mo-
ments notice and trouble is looked for at
any time. The deputies are in readiness
to go to the mines of the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company A march
on the Turtle Creek, Plum Creek and
Sandy Creek mines is expected any time
1t was learned from reliable authority that
such march was in contemplation, but
would not take place until the latter part
of the week. AT Canonsburg it was re-
ported that one thousand men would march
to the Cook mines tonight and stay there
until the diggers came out. Sheriff Clark.
OF Washington county, was on nand with
large number of deputies and trouble was
expected II the strikers attempted to force
the men to quit work.
The miners leaders continue at work in
an effort to get the miners in the COnnells-
vile coke region out, but dispatches from
Uniontown and Dunbar Indicate that they
are meeting with poor success A Union.
town dispatch says the leaders are very
much disheartened and admit privately
that they have failed TO create any strike
sympathy. The Red Stone miners, il is
claimed, viii be back next week
Dunbar dispatches say there is very little
probability that the coke region will be-
come factor in the strike. The new state
law to compel coal operators to weigh the
coal before it is screened and to pay the
miners on its basis is to be
and the whole uniformity agreement
hinges on this test. a large number of
operators are putting in scales so as to
weigh the coal according to the new law.
but others are preparing to fight it, Among
the latter is w. r De Armit, who says the
law can be abrogated by the right of pr-
vate contract and he intends to test 1t bv
the contract he has with his men, Under
this contract he agrees to pay his men "a
cents per two thousand pounds for coal
screened over one-half-inch screen. with
nothing TO be paid for coal dropping
through said screen He claims the miner
has a right TO mine coal TO be paid for after
screening, and that the operator can also
pay the miner in this fashion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
WEATHER EXI GRTS TALK.
Opinions of Chief Moore and Prof
BagIeN of the Ruranu


WASHINGTON, July 22.-Prof Willis S.
Moore, chief of the Weather Bureau was
very much interested in the report cabled
from Christiana, Norway, that a carrier
pigeon arrived yesterday bearing this sig
nificant message stamped on it's wings
North pole, 142 w. 4 So" Prof Moore, al
though he believes sufficient time has
elapsed for the 'receir such a message
Is inclined to look ulC. the report as a
canard. If the bird had p. :rsed by An
dree he thinks the -iI'- E foot would
message would ha neer sisped. He also
points out the fact tina. the message was
not dated Still, II Ii aid prove to be
true the news wiz he especially pleasant
for Prof. Moore 1ho on the day after
Andree started, s.fter a carefc' eXamina-
and pressure in the arctic region for this
month predicted that if Andree reached
the pole, the air currents would carry him
out on almost the longitude indicated and
land him eventually near Point Barrow, on
the north coast Of Alaska.
With regard to Andree's expedition and
the means of locating the pole. Prof Bige-
low, the magnetic expert of the Weather
Bureau says that he would unquestionabiy
use the navigator sextant The sun is al
ways above the horizon at this time of the
year and there would be no difficulty in
there is no longitude. but he could know
his longitude until within a very short
distance of the theoretical pole. The mag
netic needle would be Valueless at such
latitude on account Of the swaying of the
balloon and the dip of the needle. The mag
70Is north This would render the use of the
needle still more difficult
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
ANDREE's CHANCES SLIM.
Gen. A. w. Greedy Has Little Hope the
BaIIOOnist VIII Survive


WASHINGTON, July 22-In reply to a
telegraphic request General A. w Greedy.
the Arctic explorer. has sent .the Associated
Press from Linden, Va, the following
signed statement regarding the Andree ex-
petition:
1T is possible that Professor Andree may
have reached the North Pole, or its vi
cinity. Telegraphic reports, as far as l
have seen, state that he started with a
south wind of twenty-five miles an hour.
The chances of such a wind blowing 600
miles straight to the North Pole are. how
ever, very small, as it would be an extra
ordinary meteorological phenomenon such
as mas never accompanied any storm. My
the the sis s2th oH6pse gs9 fssee aoat al
gress in July, 1895, in London, where l de-
bated the subject publicly with Professor
Andree and also discussed the chances with
him privately. He admitted the extreme
hazard of the project which 1 strongly out
lined. | pointed out that even should he
reach the pole he could hardly expect to
find his south wind continuing across the
pole for LOCO miles as a north wind.
urged that his chances of attaining the
North American coast were infinitely small
as the observations at Lady Franklin bay
Grinnel land and Point Barrow, Alaska
showed that the summer winds were almost
constantly from the SOUTH while strong
north winds were almost unknown. An
ufeS SdlQ. IDen Sndu expect to land
somewhere on the Siberian coast He also
expressed again his determination to go
and his confidence of returning safely Pro-
fessor Ekholm, who accompanied Andree in
his unsuccessful attempt of last summer,
declined to go this year on account of the
dangers that / urged upon Andree-the
permeability of the balloon which allows
gas to escape constantly but which Andree
claimed to have overcome While L believe
that Andree will never return yet expert
ence teaches us that miraculous things oc-
cur daily A. w. GREELEY"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23

here on the TyCarts Valley river. The
sheriff was called there this afternoon, as
the operators feared an outbreak, but no
arrests were made. Early this morning the
drivers at that mine Joined the strikers as
a result OF the efforts of Crawford Temple,
a Monongah miner, who since joining the
union has proved as efficient a missionary
as the organizers could desire. The opera
tors secured new drivers in an hour and at
noon over half Of the miners came out.
Then the second lot of drivers threw up
their positions, and some of the men be-
gan stoning the miners, who were
forced to leave their work and
of the mine. Rolf Hite, the superintendent.
soon had his faithful Winchester in his
hands, and three shots quenched the en-
thusiasm of all the strikers but one who
driven off at the point of revolver. The
operators however, feared another out
break, and called on the county officials
for aid. Tonight organizers are there, and
say the men will Join the strikers, but Hite
stated that most of the men would be at
work tomorrow.
AT our conference" said President
RatchfOrd tonight 1T was decided to give
the Fairmont district more attention as
we feel confident that the miners can be
got out l speak at Monongah tomorrow
afternoon and at Fairmont tomorrow
night.
backbone of the strike appears to be brok-
en- in the KanaWha valley. The demand Of
a general strike among the soft coal dig
gers and the agreement reached TO that end
by the representatives in the meeting at
Montgomery yesterday turns out to be
practically a failure. The men at only three
mines obeyed the call TO strike and they are
now talking of returning to work. The or
ganizers from Ohio have abandoned the
Kanawha coal field and have gone TO the
New river, where they will make an effort
to get the men out. The sentiment against
the strike among the miners is now strong
er than at any time for a week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
NO PATENT ON TROLLEYS.
Decision of Great Importance to EIec-
trio Street Railways.

NEW YORK, July PIN the Circuit
Court of Appeals for this circuit a decision
was handed down to-day in the case of the
Thompson Houston Electrical Company VS..
The Hoosic Railroad Company. In this de-
cision which was written by Judge Wal
lace all OF the judges cOncurring, the court
held that the Van Depoele trolley patent Is
invalid by reason of the same invention
having been disclosed in an earlier patent
to Van Depoee. The decision therefore.
invaldates the patent because it was
claimed 10 cover broadly the idea of the un-
der current trolley on an overhead wire.
The courts findings affects all the trolley
railways OF the country. as the patent may
now be- used by any one without paying
ROYALTY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
The Providcnt Society. Amair..

NEW YORK, July 22-Rumors affecting
the standing Of the Provident Life Insur-
ance Society OF this city We're afioat to-day
They had their origin IN the statement that
the heirs Of the late Frank Hadley, who
was wealthy mill owner at New Bedford
counting against the officers of the society
whom they charge with gross mismanage-
ment Of It's affairs. President Scott, of the
are without foundation, but he admits that
the administrators Of the Hadley estate
have set up a claim in equity OF the stock
which has not been recognized by the
secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
Movements of steamers.

NEW YORK July 22-Arrived: Phoene-
ca from Hamburg; Kaiser Wilhelm H.
from Genoa.
HAMBURG July 22.-Arrived: Augusta
Victoria, from Vera Cruz to the North
cape.
LIVERPOOL July 22.-Arrived: Belgen-
land, from Philadelphia.
NAPLES, July 22.-Arrived: Fulda, from
New York.
BREMEN. July 22.-Arrived: saale. from
New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
SAD CONDITION AT HYMERA.
Governors Investigation Commission
in Sullivan County.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBURN, Ind, July 22.-The commits
sioners appointed by Governor Mount, con-
sisting of Judge Terhune. John B. Conner
and Robert Fisher, to investigate the con-
dition of the miners, arrived here to-day
and interviewed several of the leading
miners and left for Hymera, Jackson Hill
and Linton. The commissioners did not
visit Alum Cave nor Star City, as they were
working. Mr.. Conner was suffering from a
cinder in one of his eyes, and returned home
for treatment. Ex-PI esident Fisher said
the condition of the Hymera miners was
depIorable. Alum Cave came out to-day
and organized with a membership of eighty
five This practically settles the mining in
Sullivan county, as Star City posted no
tice of no work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
BelIexiIIe Mtners Quit.

ST. LOUIS, July 22.-The miners at Belle
vile, ILL.,, to the number of one thousand
to-day at noon decided to join the strikers
for better wages. No coal will be dug even
for local use. The miners stopped work in
every pit at the request of the visiting
delegation of strikers and attended the
mass meeting. After some talk a motion
was made to suspend work and there was
not negative vote recorded. A committee
and formulate demands. The men will de-
mand a scale at the pit, of gross weight
and a uniform price per ton probably IS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
Demnnd for NIadison coal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
MADISON, Ind, July 22.-Madison dealers
have for the last ten days been making
heavy shipments of coal to the large cities.
Fully $50 carloads have already been sent
out, and other shipments are being made
as rapidly as the cars can be furnished.
Most of this Madison coal has been pur-
chased by the Island Coal Company. Mr..
Jones, of the local office here states that
the cash receipts from outbound freight
in one day last week were $l,200 and the
aggregate receipts from July IA to Il, in
elusive were OXfsl. Sc 500
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
Monarch
1856 {. Wash. and 18th and Illinois SIS.
Tel. 1853. Tel. 1869.
Money Refunded if Goods Not
Satisfactory.

We are going to MOVE
into better quarters next
month. Before that time we
want to sell every pound of
our present stock. You will
get groceries at prices never
before heard of here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, July 22.-Complete
suspension of mining began to-day at the
shaft of the Mclean County Coal Com
pany. Not one of the three hundred miners,
union or nonunion, reported for work. Per-
feet peace reigns and there is no present
Indication of trouble of any kind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Armed Deputy Sheriffa on Guard
Many Miners at Work.

FAIRMONT w. Va, July 22.-Armed
deputy sherffs of the county now guard
the Hite mine at Kings three miles above
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
MAY NEVER RETURN.

Commodore McIviIIe'S View of the An
dree Expedition and Its Outcome.
WASHINGTON July 22.-Commodore
Melville was not disposed to discredit the
story Of the news from ,Andree, notwith-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS

DEFORMITY APPARATUS. Trusses. Elastic
Hosiery Largest stock OF ARTIFICIAL EYES
In the State.
WIN. III. ARMSTRONG & co.
0sSw No. I'D II S. Illinois St. indianapolis. Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23

25c Washboards for ......,.. :. 1Oc
No. l Water Buckets ........ &c
25c Clothes Brushes. .......... 1Oc
zoe Scrub Brushes. es........... :. 1Oc
Two-handle Market Baskets. Sc
11-inch Feather Buster ..... ). 1Oc
14-inch Feather Duster -. 18c
16-inch Feather Buster. ..... zoe
18-inch Feather Duster ...... 25c
SOC Japan Tea .............. zoe
3-lb. can Boston Baked Beans. Sc
Fresh Roasted Coffee ........ 15c
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-23

Don't fail to take advantage of
this sale. These goods will go
quickly.
We keep the incest Fresh Meats
in the city, and at right prices.
Fresh Dressed Chickens every
day.
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-03-17
FASHION GOSSIP.

Black net with chenille dots Is used
for evening dresses.
Velvet is the most fashionable ma
terial for short street coats. They are
edged with fur or plain, bur the front
shows fun vest of some soft lace or
light eolorcd silk.
Don't dress your neck with ruff all
the way round unless you are very
tall. very slender. and have long
neck The frills that fall from the top
of the stock nj the side and back are
becoming TO more people
One of the latest Partisan novelties
in seal is cape full and short enough
to meet the waist line, and trimmed
around little way from the edge with
lines of gold braid put in three groups
of four, three, and two.
Coat hodices of light fancy brocade
silks are worn for afternoon dress
with dark skirts OF cloth or silk. They
have the full soft vests of lace or chif-
fon, a short. rippled basque lined with
a plain color, and a narrow belt of vel
vet or jewellcd gallon across the back
and sides.
Gold braid and gold and silver
threads are Il telling feature of dress
decoration this season. and bolcros and
entire waists are made of n cloth Of
gold. Military braid is employed for
belts. with gold clasp in rocco de
signs. Gold effects in any form are
much sought after.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-03-17

The decision of the silver men to con-
tinue their fight for the 90 cent dollar,
despite the emphatic verdict Of the peo-
pie in November is appropriately fol
lowed by the organization i'll New York
of sound money league, which is to bo
national i'll its character and i'll tho
scope of its work From this time On
till the next presidential election the
dissemination of money facts and cor
rect views as to money is to be contin-
ued
The most efficient agency Of the last
campaign was the sound currency COM
mittee of the New York Reform club,
and its publications., each given to
some one phase of the currency ques-
ton, We're invaluable to speakers and
writer's A sound basis for currency re-
form was thus laid in the minds of thou
sands who were cropping after the truth
These publications, it is stated. are to
continue An effort is to be made TO
widen the field of operations by n class
of writings OF n more popular character.
In the south and west particularly hon
est thinkers are to be supplied with ma
terial for progressive Thought toward
sound conclusions on the money ques-
ton.
Much was done i'll six months of
1895 to uproot the erroneous ideas
planted in five years of populist agita-
ton Errors had nouishcd simply be-
cause they had not been confronted with
fact. Now monetary truth is To be as
Systematically inculeated as fallaey was,
and the result cannot hut he most
wholesome. Baltimore sun
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-03-17
Tours to California.

California has been most tlttingly term
cd the "Italy of America All the de
licious balm, the eloudess sky and the
rich vsndure of the great European pen
insula are duplicated in this sunny land
Of the Pacific. Here nature basks In the
sunshine Of her own beauty and here
she has established her own sanitarium,
where eternal spring inspires everlasting
youth. With the snow .mantled peaks of
the Scrras upon the one hand, the calm
Pacific with its soft brcczes upon the
other. and verilabe paradise Of flowers,
fruits and plants between, man eau find
and needs no loveler land. To visit such
a county is privilege, blessing.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
recognizing the need o. n more comfort.
able and pleasant way OF crossing the
continent, lnauguratcd series OF annual
tours TO California, running through
train of Pullman palace cars from New
York TO the Pacific Coast, and stopping at
=
The great popularity of these tours de-
monstrates The wisdom Of the movement.
For the season OF 1897 three tours have
been arranged to leave New York. Pbila
delphia and Pittsburg, January ~, Feb.
ruary ~, and March ~.
The first tour will run direct to San
Diego via st. Louis and the Santa Fe
Route, aud return from San Francisco via
SAT- Lake City, Denver, and Chicago, al
lowing five weeks In California
The second tour will run via the Nam.
moth Cave and New Orleans 10 San Die
go, stopping at the "Crescent City, dur.
ing the Mardi Gras Carnival. This tour
will return via Salt Lake City, Denver,
Omaha, aud Chicago, allowing four weeks
in California.
The third tour will run via Chicago,
Denver aud Salt Luke City, allowing pas
sengers to return by regular trains vin
difieren, routes within nine months.
All of these tours, either going or re-
turning, will pass through the famous
Colorado region, Glenwood Springs,
Leadvile, and the Garden OF the Gods
Rates from all points on the Pennsyl
wanna Railroad System east OF Pittsburg
First tour, $50 second tour, $3.50 {;
third tour, $2l0 round trip, and $3.50 one
way.
For detailed itineraries and other in.
formation. apply at ticket agencies, spec
isl hooking offices, or address George w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.