Abilene weekly reflector., 1899-04-13
ANELEpHANT'S RAGE
Rajah, the Huge Animal, Kills Els
Trainer at Argentine, Kan
DISASTROUS FLOOD sT ANACONDA.
FOnr Persona urown'd and Eigh: hOrr
MissiDg-A MIR cuiuus Escap~ Of
Paaaeng~rs IN ~ Wrecked Train
Kun Down by Is Trhin.

Kansas City. Mo. April 10. Frank
Fisher the keeper OF Lemen Bros.
great elephant, Raiah, was killed by
the animal yesterday morning at the
winter quarters of the crcusiu Argen-
tine, Kan. The ferocious beast
wrapped his trunk about his victim
and dashed the body against the floor
of his stall until life was extinct. and
then he lifted the mangled form TO his
mouth and rent it to pieces. The re-
mains were gathered up pecemeal
from beneath the feet OF the animal
after he had spent his fury upon them.
Raiah is said to be the largest ele.
phant in the world and he Is certainly
the most hostile OF any that was ever
taken into captivity. According to the
circus people, Fisher had been drink
ing heavily just before the tragedy,
and it is believed that TO his intoxi.
Gated condition is due his death. 1t
is said that he returned TO the quarters
early yesterday morning after a
nights carousal and went up to
the big animal and affectionate.
lv patted him upon the trunk. The
circus people begged and pleaded with
him to come away. and just as he
turned to go the elephant, with ter
rible trumpeting that resounded
through the hall, reached out his
trunk and. lifting the keeper from the
ground flung him high in the air.
when the body strucit the floor OF the
stall the beast ponnced upon it with
his great tusks and gored it full OF
holes Then he again lifted the
mangled form in the embrace OF his
trunk and dashed it with great vlo-
lence against the ground. Finally
picking it up, the enraged animal tore
an arm from the body with his teeth
and mangled the limb between his
mammoth jaws.
DISASTROUS FLOOD AT ANACONDA.
Anaconda, Mont, April 10. An Ice
gorge in the Yellowstone river at this
point caused that stream to overflow
Saturday night, drowning four per.
sons. Eight more are missing. Three
spans of the steel bridge are washed
out, causing a loss Of S25, OOO The
Northern Pacific tracks are inundated
and possibly washed away for some
distance, and the loss to live stock by
drowning will involve large sum.
The dead persons are; Mrs. R, W.
SNYDER, wife of u rancher; Miss Nellie
Reagan, her niece; Miss Rose Wybecht,
Il visitor to the Snyder ranch, and
Eugene +. O'Connor. The missing:
James Sullivan, wife and six chill
dren. The ice began moving at
1880 o'clock in the evening and
continued flowing until $3.50 o'clock,
when it formed gorge. The
Snyder party, noticing the backwater,
started for the Northern Pacif tracks,
hoping thus to escape drowning, but be-
fore they covered half the distance the
water was waist deep and they took
refuge in tree. OConnor was the
first to be washed from the tree. Mrs
Snyder the second and Miss Wybecht
third, A huge piece of ice struck the
tree and broke it in two, carrying off
Miss Reagan. 1t is thought the family
of James Sullivan, wife and six chill
dren, were swept away by the over
flow, as no trace Of them can be found.
A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
Green Bay, Wis, April 10. Fifty
passengers on an eastbound train on
the Green Bay g. Western railroad yes
terdav afternoon had miraculous es-
cape from death and injury two miles
east of Royalton. Owing to an un-
noticed washout the roadbed collapsed
under the weight OF the Train, Whlch
was running 40 miles an hour. Fire
man A. Coppin jumped safely but En-
gineer J. c. Wigman was pinned in by
debris of the engine, which rolled
down the embankment. He will re.
cover. The baggage car and coaches
were torn off the trucks and thrown
forward. Not one passenger was in
iured but the loss to rolling stock will
be heavy.
RUN DOWN By A TRAIN,
Kansas City, Mo-, April lO.-Jeromt
Playsee, young man 2S years old, liv
ing in the East bottoms. was run ove,
ana instantly Killed at the Belt line
crossing near Holmes street. lie had
left the city hospital after seeing a
friend and was on his way home when
the accident occurred. He was un'
married.