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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-27

Nv Norfolk ........ -. 800 n mi SIS III
Ar. Raleigh -. $50 y mi 2Oy IN
ar. Ourhii:; ....... go. 80 y III $40 L III
AT Greensboro .-......- 81 ID IN o.lo III
ar. Salisbury 80. -, % u mi 10 4 III
Ar. Asheviio 49, .....ll2:lo q nj as p m
~. Hot Springs ...-...i 20 mi ss7
AT. Knoxville 80. Ais a m 10 III
ar. Nashville -! G;55 u m Gao III
Ar. Charlotte ........... 9.35 p mi S. a m
Ar. Auanta 1911 $40 m $3.50
Ar Montgomery =. ..lio:3l $40 IN
Ar. New Orleans ..-..-l 81" y mi 7:4o m
a. BIRMINGHAM Iii 20 a nIlo:0o y m
Ar Memphis 80. ...... $40 y m 74s a III
Ar Columbia .........l 1877 "A mill % n n,
AT. Augusta ............. 500 a III 2.i5 nj
Ar. Savannah ........ SEQ n M 3l5 u N,
Ar. Jacksonville ... SIS n MI 74O u n,
Ar, TAMPA 800. ~ so ID mi $40 a IN
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-27

I-IaHy except sunday. '-Daily
Tickets sold TO all points North r,.,
and West and baggage checked to desi,s
nation StAterooms reserved upon apnli
cation In Person at tho company's of6c.
No, II West Main street or on boar
ktes mer.
Freight will not be received after n
IN. to so forward that day
Fer further Information apply 10
KEY COMPTON,
i,,,4 General Agent
1'a j. w BROWN. Ir
Southern Passenger Agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Chicago, July 31.-YelIow fever at New
port News, Va, caused an almost sensa-
tional break in provisions today and trad
ing in the hog commodities was much
more active than in the grain pits. The
weakness was especially apparent in pork
where liquidation was heavy and persis-
urday at S. SPY opened today at from
s.. 40 to IS. As. It decovered to IS. 50, but
also Immediately turned downward under
large offerings, touching $3.50 on the de-
cline. Later it recovered to $50 but
and declined to IS. %. September ribs open
ened $12150171z cents lower at IS 00GI5 05
and declined to 81 95614. 975h. The demand
for all commodities was light.
The grain markets also felt in a degree
the yellow fever talk. Wheat was decid-
eiy weak sa At the oRening September
days closing price Of 7O5sg71c- Besides
huenced by a nc break at Liverpool with
marked declines in continental markets,
large worlds shipments Z $50. 600 bushels
and favorable weather in the northwest.
tirely favorable There was considerable
stop loss selling by commission houses at
the opening decline and further recess
sion in prices took place. September eased
off to 69$4 0697sc where covering by shorts
rally to 70657016c Northwest receipts We're
535 cars against 800 last week and 265 a
year ago Chicago receipts were 1O2 cars,
Corn was weak and lower partly on the
favorable weather, crop conditions being
shown with wheat There was scattered
selling by longs, but the market was fairly
feeling was shown later. Receipts were
6S1 cars. September opened 1ad5sc lower
at 593sQSO7sc, advanced to Sl1sc and reacted
oats were dull and weak, the market
July, which opened at Csc sold off to 2314c
partly on the heavy arrivals of contract
ing of contract grade. There was some
PROFESSIONAL selling Of September and
and advanced later to 191sQ19Ac.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
FROM PROF LovEwEL1
Discusses His Assays of Ellis County
Shale.

To the Editor of the State Journal:
In your report of the results Of my re-
cent assays of Kansas shales it is enron
eously stated that no traces of gold have
been found On the contrary more than
half of my last 80 assays show traces OF
both gold and silver and while these last
assays snow no Iarge values they con
that gold may be found in the shales Of
The presence of gold and its existence
In paying quantities are different prOpO-
siti0ns It is to help in solving this in
teresting problem that I have devoted
much time since last January to the study
of Kansas shales. have no reason to
parties who have brought me the speci-
mems, or that they are equally DESTROYS
throughout the country have tested these
to different conclusions.
These discrepancies in results may be
explained in different ways:
First It is not likely that gold is uni
fOrmly distributed over large areas and
we should expect differences ON this ac-
Second. The combination in which this
gold exists require special and careful
treatment otherwise the gold will not be
Third In all gold excitements there are
temptations to fraud and it would be
strangs if tricks like Sailing ores did
not exist 70 some extent
It 5 best to go slow and not get wild
II gold exists IN Kansas shales in any
such quantities as has been thought there
Is time enough and opportunity for every
body in Kansas to get rich.
As regards my earlier work, the men
VINO brought in samples Of shale to assay
from the very beginning OF my work to
the present time are gentlemen of the
highest standing for integrity and honesty
in Topeka 1 secured good fair values of
gold and zinc for these gentlemen. such
as I consider would make it good com
nerclaI proposition- Ny work is still IN
progress and to the present time I have
made no public announcements 1t is best
to wait and see the end of the matter be-
fore making reports. There is yet much
to be done and when my work il COM
plete I shall be ready with facts and
figures to establish my conclusions.
J. T. LOVEW ELL.
The statements in the State Journal
were made the authority of F. o.
PopenOe who employed Prof. LoveweH to
make the recent assays Prof LrovewelPs
statements are very guarded but he ad-
mitted today that he has not found gold
in commercial quantities in any of the
recent ASSAYS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
MAY ELECT NO ONE.
Board of Education Thinking of
Abolishing Clerkship.

tt is possible that no one may be
elected to succeed the late H. w.
Farnsworth as secretary of the city
board of education. Some of the mem
bers of the board favor allowing Super
intendent Davidson to do the work, as
sisted by Miss Caps, his stenographer.
If a clerk is elected he will proba bly,
be Rev. L. Blakesley or w. H. Stewart.
Rev. Mr.. Blakesley Ha-s until recently
pastor of the First Congregational
church and some of his old parishioners
are urging his election Mr. Stewart
was deputy commissioner of elections
under Joseph Reed.
N. J. Burdick is also a candidate. The
question will probably be decided next
Monday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
SINKING OF FLEETS.
American as Well as Spanish Sunk
But Will Be on Duty Tonight

Cablegram from Mole de Soldier. July
31.-The Olympia and the entire Amer
lean and Spanish squadrons were sunk
and driven ashore Sunday night during
the heavy storm in the narrows.
The wrecking boat Terry with Com
Inodore Stafford in charge made quick
run up the channel to the scene of the
disaster and succeeded in raising the
sunken ships by means of yeast cakes.
A close inspection of the American ships
showed that the powder had not been
damaged. The Spanish ships were
easily raised and the battle will take
place tonight as advertised.
The men all succeeded in escaping be-
fore the fleets were sunk. The fort
was washed across the creek. but
Manager Holway has towed it back and
dashed it to the bank The powder has
been rescued and stored in the band
stand.
Manager Crawford announces that the
great naval engagement will take place
and that the recent rains have increas-
ed the amount of water in Manila bay
to such an extent that there is no dan
ger of snags. Reserved seats have been
placed on the bank, and at 8 o'clock
Garfield park will be noisy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
LOCAL OPINIONS.
What People Who Have Made Invest
ments and Others Think.

B. B. Smythe, secretary of the Kan
sas Academy of Science and a scientist
who pays especial attention to geology,
said today: People claimed to have
found gold in Trego and Ellis counties
They sent samples to an essayer at
Denver and to Prof. LoveweH Gold
was found by both but Prof Loveweu
said he did not know where the speci-
mems came from. Mr.. Beedy went out
from this office two years ago and
found no mineral of any kind. He was
not looking for gold. DR. McCurdy
went out there and brought back some
zinc ore. He saw it come up in the
buckets but he did not go down in the
mine. It was genuine zinc ore obtained
in Joplin. The sort of mineral fOrma-
ton said to have been found there is
entirely foreign to the geological for
nation Of that part of the country.
Prof. LoveWen said he would leave it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
KANSAS CITIES.
Topeka Leads the List With Largest
Increase In Population.

Kansas has 100 cities and towns with
1000 inhabitants or more. The state board
of agriculture has compiled the assessors
and county clerks sworn returns and
finds that 81 municipalities belonging to
such a list have increased 1888, Topeka
leading with a gain of 2.714, while % others
lost a total of 1926. LaCygne and Ton
ganOxie have fallen below the LOCO mark
and Wilson with a gain of 2T2, Phillips
burg, IT'S; Nickerson 316; Medicine Lodge.
243, and Anthony 220 have been added to
jumped to 74th place. Some of the cities
that have shifted their rank are Hutch
insOn which now rises above EmpOria,
Parsons and Ottwa; Sa1ina climbs over
Argentine and Winfield; Independence
drops below Chanute, Wellington and lola;
Clay Center 28th to 25th; Weir City 34th
to Goth. CherryVa1e 10th to 34th; Empire
City 18th TO 35th, Horton falls from 24th
to Sind place; FL Dorado 18th to 18th, OSa-
39th; HiaWatha 18th to 4st; Eureka Attn
to SIND: Girard 39th to And; Olathe 31st to
33rd and OsWegO 44th to 4Sth. Columbus
now ranks Attn instead of 50th; Garrett
49th instead of 48th; BelOit 50th instead of
51st; Sterling 53rd instead of 18th; Wa
takes 5Stb instead of 64th place; Marion
59th in stead of 61st; Caldwell Goth instead
of 6Sth. Ellsworth rises from 18th to 63rd;
Larned 10th to 65th; Lyons 12nd to 6Sth;
Hays City S2nd to S4th and Strong City
seth to S6th- Buriingame goes from 10Th
to 69th: Yates Center 6Tth to 10Th; Sa-
betha 18th to 7Srd and Fredonia 6Srd to
18th.
The following table gives the cities and
towns having one thousand or more in
the population Of each, together with the
gain loss in each since one year ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
Chicago livestock Market.

Chicag go. July 3L-Estimated receipts of
hogs today 10000: tomorrow 17000 left
over 2. 619 Market weak. Mixed ana butch
rough, heavy, 81, O0q4 IS; light, $4356l4 70.
Cattle--RecetPts 1900. Market steady.
BeeVeS "a. 6Od5.90. cows and heiferS 81 256
80; Texas steers. 50. 9OQ5. Is; stockers and
feeders s.. 40d4. IS.
Sheep-Receipts 1000 market steady.
Official receipts and shipments for Sat
Hogs-Receipts IL $40; shipments s,455.
Cattle-Receipts 81; Shipments go
Sheep-ReceIpts. $50: shipmsnts 209.
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Kansas City Livestock market.

Kansas City, July 31--Cattle-Receipt
200 natives 4, 900 Texans Market Mar. steady
steers $2.50a4. IS; Texas cows s.. 5OQ3- 50;
native cows and heifers s., 25q4 80; stock
ers and feeders So. 0Od4. 70: bulls SO 00d3. so.
Hogs-Receipts 1900. Market steady to
strong early, closing weak. Bulk of sales
81. 35d4 As; heavy 81. 35a4. 521h; packers
81 .35l14. As; mixed 81 .30a4.40; light 81 BOG
4.525s; workers $4.4714Q4. SPY; pigs 81. $50
sheep-Receipts 3OOO Market steady.
lambs s.. GOOD. .: mlttOns s.. 25Gl4. 80.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
Kansas city Produee Market

Kansas City, July 81
WEEAT-C1ose, September 627sc De-
cember, CSC; Cash, No. 2 hard, 631zc;
No. 3, 591z Q621zc; No. 2 red, CSC; No. 8.
62066c.
CORN-Septembe 27ssc; December
2424c Cash, No. mixed, 281z Q291zc; No.
? white. 15@30c; No. 8, 29c.
"a DS-Nn ruhifa 253L I126c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
New York Money Market.

New York, July 31-Money on call.
steady at 81 per cent Prime mercantile
paper go 141a per cent
Sterling exchange, easy with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at 81. S6@4N4. 81 for
for demand and at 81. 8315@4 .SSa4 for so
days. Posted rates 81. S4G94. s412 and 81 $50
4.SS1A Commercial bills S4.S212Q4.S3.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
SUGAR Marker.

New York, July q.
SUGAR-Raw firm; fair refining 1850;
COFEE-DuIl and easy; No. SIC.
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New York, July S1.-Foreign hauses have
mixed orders and viii buy about 5000
shares on balance-Th cry is ears. more
cars" We can't get enough cars. All the
roads of northwest, including 9. B. & O.,
Rock Island, c. N. w, c. G.. w. are en-
deavoring to get box cars. They need
them badly. These are facts that must
inevitably govern the situation facts that
will tend to assure the investor that his
capital is safe for an interminable period.
Reports that yellow fever has appeared
al Hamilton, Va. may cause selling of
southern issues but we advise you not to
attach any Importance to this newspaper
statement of scourge, because sanitary
conditions of the south are widely differ
ent from what they were a few years go
and it is more easily COPIED with nova
days than ordinary cases of measles in
New York
We simply make mention of this lest
you be induced to go short of southern
issues any. decline. Tobacco is going
higher and the coalers will have their
squirt. Sugar may yield somewhat on the
report of the Philadelphia opposition of
IS million refinery. 1t strikes that if
SO many capitalists are willing to go into
the business of refining sugar, there must
be heaps of money in this direction. Buy
sugar on any decline
J. ARTHUR JOSEPH.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31

Silver certificates 605kQ61c. Bar silver,
602t Mexican dollars 4Sc.
Government bonds, firm United States
registered 1908 IS registered 1881; IS cou-
pan 10S94 new As registered 1-29t new As
As, coupon lib; IS registered LIS; IS cou-
pom I122s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31

kan, receiver and shipper of grain.
Northwestern receipts: Duluth 161, last
year one. Minneapolis 374 for today; last
This week puts 671a; calls p; corn, puts
30Ae: calls 31%c.
Chicago: Wheat 1O2 cars; graded. I cars:
6S1 cars, graded 209; oats S94 cars, graded
81.
Chicago: Hogs q. 900, opened sc higher;
cattle Il. 1000; steady; sheep. $1,000. steady
Kansas city hogs $500; cattle 1850; Oma-
ha, hogs 1000; cattle 1000.
London: Wheat cargoes quiet, one pen
ny lower. Ahoat wheat increase $50 900;
corn, increase 800 900. Imports, wheat
United Kingdom $4,000, of which S44, 900
from Atlantic ports. a.. ,. - a.
lower.
Berlin closed 19s higher
Minneapolis: Cash wheat IN good de-
mand al 13zc over September. Flour sales
a 900 mostly domestic.
than Saturday. Corn sc lower than Sat
urday.
Kansas, City receipts: Wheat 2O2-4s;
corn 52-1S; oats 12-1A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
Market Gossip.

Furnished by J. c. Goings, Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth St. Topeka,
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31

WATCHES cleaned, 75c: clocks. soc;
mainsprings, 75c; crystals, 10c. Cash
paid for old gold or silver. All work guar
anteed. Old jewelry exchanged for new.
If hard up. see Uncle Sam. 512 Kan. ave.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
Joaeph,s Tins.

Furnished by J. c. Goings, Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth St, Topeka,
Kan, receiver and shipper of grain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
FLORISTS.


MRS. ]. R. HAGUE. Florist, successor
r. ]. Groves. 81 Kansas ave. Phone 60
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
SPECIALISTS


DIR. J. ALBERT BERRY. 631 Kan ave.
Tel. 765. Stomach, Intestines and Rectum-
DR. c. H. GUIBOR, Diseases of the Nose.
Throat and Lungs. 706 Kansas ave-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
BICYCLES.

U. s. CYCLE CO., 11S Z. Sth st. National
and Union bicycles. Sundries, repairs.
TOPEKA CYCLE CO., 112 w. sth St
Bicycles and SundrieS; bicycles and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
STORAGE

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TOPEKA STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE
co. Packs and ships household goods
Tel 1S6. c. D. Skinner, 1913 East Sixth st
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STOVE RFPAIRs.

STOVE REPAIRS; original castings foi
cook stoves and heaters, gas and gaso
line stoves. Phone 313 Hull Stove and
Repair Co. 116 E. 8th st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
TEWELER3.

JAMES 3. HAYDEN. Jeweler and Opti-
clan. Complete stock OF watches. dia-
monds, silverWare, etc. Eyes examined
and spectacles properly fitted
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TURKISH BATHS.

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TURKISH AND MINERAL BATHS al
the Topeka Mineral Wells. Experienced
attendants. 316 Harrison st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
WANTED-To BUY.

I WILL BUY government land claims now
available to old soldiers who homestead
ed less than 100 acres prior to June %. 1874
Topeka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31
ATToRNEYs-AT-LAw.

MILTON BROWN, lawyer. Practice in all
state and federal courts. Suite Al, Craw-
ford bldg, Topeka, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-07-31

| ", ", GIIIESPIF- Fresco Painter. De-
signs and estimates furnished on All
| classes of work. INA West Fifteenth. To-
| peks, Kan. Refers to his work In State
Journal building.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-09
MRS. J. WALLACE DEAD
Died Yesterday Afternoon of COnges-
ton Of the stomach.

Mrs. Joseph Wallace, aged 81 years. died
at her home in the Smith-Skinner block
on North Market street, yesterday after
noon, Of congestion of the stomach.
Cruel, relentless, appalling is Death. It
stalks abroad, and those loving. kind,
good souls seem a special mark. One Of
its latest victims is Mrs. ]. Wallace, wife
Of Mr.. Joseph Wallace OF this city. Mrs.
Wallace was taken i'll but a few days
since, probably a week. and yesterday at
. o'clock in the afternoon her soul took it's
fight She was a kind. Christian woman.
loved by friends and honored and adored
by her husband and children.
Mrs. Wallace leaves a husband and Two
daughters, Josephine and Marie, and
son, Edward. Miss Josephine was con-
s-antly at the bedside Of her mother dur
ing her sickness, and her death fell heav-
lily upon her. The husband and son were
also near but Miss Marie was il Kansas
City when the sad hour came. and she
reached here at 5 O'Clock last evening in
response 70 a telegram.
Mrs. Leavens, a sister Of the deceased,
IS expected to arrive this morning from
Kansas City. when the arrangements for
the funeral Will be made and announced
later.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-09
He Is IN PRISON
DIR. CLAwsON NOW KNOWN Al
GEO. B. HOWARD.
TriEg and Sutton Arrive at Illinois
Capital.

Deputy Marshal Fred Trigg has arrived
at Springfield, III, with DR.. Clawson, who
is now called George Howard. and Claw
son has been sent to the penitentiary at
Chester, Ill a dispatch nom Springfield
last night said:
DIR. George B. Howard, who was ar
rested at Arkansas City, Kan, several
days ago, where he was practicing under
the name Of Clawson, arrived in this city
today in charge Of Deputy United States
Marshal Trigg, OF Wichita, Kan, and
was ordered taken to Chester penitentiary
to serve out his unexpired term. He had
been sentenced on October Il, 1881, in this
city 10 five years in Chester penitentiary
for forging pension claims. After his
commitment he feigned insanity and was
removed to the government insane asy-
lum at Washington, D. c, July %, 1892,
and escaped from there October 81, 1892.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-09
CHURCH PROPERTY DAMAGED
Wichita University the Victim Of
Vicious DeprcdaIions.

The Reformed church's executive off,
Gals have been greatly annoyed The past
year with marauders breaking into the
building Of the Wichita university on Col
Iege Hin and damaging the property.
Books have been stolen and walls mutila-
tea and windows broken and other dep-e-
dati7ns committed. It IS a significant
thing that most Of tbs iawlessnsss has
been committed on Saturdays and Sun
days. Wednesday a well known young
man from the city was found there and
brought 10 town 20 explain 10 Rev. Bruce
Griffith why he was there. He had en-
tered The building through a cellar window
and gone up through the main halls. IN
vesctslti1n showed there was 10 malicious
intent only mere curiosity - see what
vas there. ana he was released The man
agsneut have locked al doors and nailed
down all windows and from now On WI
watch closely the property and any o.
Tenders VIII be dealt w.-a according TO
law
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-09

Mss Emma Lane Burlington and Miss
GUss-e and Mamie Beers Of EuP5-a- are
in attendance AZ me c. E convention aal
are visiting a. the home q the.r uncia.
.. " Deem, On East First street
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-09
COVERED WITH SEAS
Heavy Rains Do Great DAM
age to Crops.
WAS A FLOOD AT LYONS
North End of Wichita a Sheet
of Water Last Night.

Reports reached here last night from
Mt. Hope. Hutchinson, Sterling and Ly-
ons that heavy rains had been falling
most Of the day. At Lyons a repcert
from Western Union Offices said that
about seven inches of water had fallen
in an hour and half. An engineer on
the Missouri Pacific. who came in from
Geneseo, said that the tracks were IN
der water in several places on account
Of the heavy. sudden rain, which had been
preceded by rains almost daily for sew
raj weeks. A report was current over the
city here after the heavy rains last night
that great body OF water was coming
down the river. The Little River was up
last night but that occasioned no alarm
because there was, up to o'clock last
night, very little water in the Big River
Chisholm creek at I o'clock was rising
at the rate OF two feet an hour. From
Oak street to the packing house il was
solid sheet Of water. The rain last night
began at s O'Clock and continued heavily
until o'clock this morning. a report that
creek had been washed out could not De
confirmed. Nearly three inches Of water
fell last night For the twentyfour hours
preceding O'clock, the fall was more
than an inch and a half, according TO the
weather report Of DR.. Johnson The
heaviest rain Of the week fell after
o'clock. Wires Of all kinds were down
all over the city. Neither the telegraph
nor telephone wires would work TO Hutch
inson after 10 o'clock. Hutchinson was
running from Cow creek early yesterday
morning, and what the days rains added
TO the food could not be ascertained.
Reports from Butler, Sumner and Reno
counties say that no blowing has been
done for a week and farmers are put
tin in their time cutting bitches to drain
the fields. Nobody ever saw such a con-
tinuation Of the heavy downfall Of water
before in the history Of the country. The
trainmen on the Wichita and Western
and the roads in all directions say the
country is literally covered with small
seas OF water. The damage TO crops is
enormous.