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Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
Result of the Great Flood In Te,

Result of the Great Flood In Texas
Dallas, Tex. April 10.-Reports re
ceived at Dallas from the flood sec
tions show conclusivcly that more than
fifty lives have been lost, including
those at Austin.
Many of the localities where lives
We're probably lost are isolated from
railroads and telegraph lines. Most Of
them are IN the Colorado valley south
of Austin and Bnstrop.
At noon II was reported from La
Grange that the river is still rising and
menacing more country districts The
stream is now -four feet higher than
during the great flood Of last year.
Bas,rop Is entirely surrounded by
water anG sGt off. The property dam.
age Is enormous. The wires In the
southern section are in worse con
dition thnn ever before. All wires along
the Missouri, Kansas x Texas Rail
rond south of Temple We're lost to-day.
Rnilroad traffic OF the southern half
of the state is abandoned and all out.
lets to California are gone because OF
the washouts OF the western division
Of the Texas 4 Pacific.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12
TROOPS HAVE WORK IN ALASKA
Guard Arrested Indians From Rescue and
Lynching.

Guard Arrested Indians From Rescue and
Lynching.
Vancouver. b. c.. April 10.-Stirring
scenes followed the arrest of eleven
Indians for the murder of Bert Horton
and his wife near Sullivan island. Alas
ka. An attempt to rescue the Indian
prisoners at Haine's Mission was made
by 100 young bucks. all armed. to re-
pei whom the troops. stationed at Ska
gway We're called out and the Indians
driven off without loss of life.
At the preliminary examination it
was shown that the Chilcats had first
put the husband to death. Subjecting
him to many atrocities, and during the
following week had kept Mrs. Horton
prisoner. repeatedly abusing her be-
fore finally killing her.
The greatest Indignation prevailed at
Skaguay and an organized attempt was
made to lynch the prisoners. This,
however, was prevented by the troops.
who successfully guarded the Jail. An
other feature of the case was the vol
untary surrender to Deputy United
States Marshal Tanner of another In
dian. who is said to have been con-
cerned in the murder. There are now
twelve Indians in Jail awaiting trial
charged with the murders of the Hor-
ton family. or completely therein. 1t
seems that the Chilkoot and Chilcat In
dians believed they could commit muir
der with impunity. because an Indian
recently returned from McNeirs island
who had been pardoned while serving
ten-year sentence for killing white
man. This Indian told the others that
he had been well cared for. and as he
was well dressed upon his release. his
term of detention appeared pleasant.
The killing of the Horizons was ca,is-
ed by desire of the Indians to gain
possession of the white woman. asso-
ciated with their superstition that a
life for n life is necessity.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12
ROBERTS AT A sTANDsruLL.
Improbable That He WIN Be Able to
-.,-'F Move for Two Months

Improbable That He VIII he Able to
--,-'F Move for Two Munthe
London, April 1O.-Britons are now
beginning, though reluctantly, to real
ize that Lord Roberts is in for win
ter campaign, lasting several months.
This is the end, in a few words, of the
high hopes based upon Lord Roberts
brilliant dash to Kimberley and Bloem-
fontein.
Preparations are being made TO hold
Bloemfontein against surprises Lord
Kitchener has been given an import
ant duty, being responsible for the pro-
lection of the railway, while Lord Rob-
erts is waiting for remounts and win
ter clothing for the troops whose thin
cotton khaki uniforms and boots are
worn out.
General Brabant and General Cat
acre are both at a standstill. Lord
Roberts will probably for some time
contine his operations to clearing the
Free State hehind him of raiders and
to the relieving of MafeRing, for which
purpose apparently the Eighth division
now arriving at Cape Town, has been
ordered to Kimberley
What the chances are for an advance
to Pretoria may be judged from the
fact that from 6.OOO to 10000 horses
the further fact that the military tail
Oring department only within the last
three weeks began making wooden
khaki uniforms. 1t is said it will take
at least two months to provide 100000
uniforms.
Aliwal Norh. April 1O.-Small bodies
of the enemy have been sent across the
river. near the town of Odendoal-
stroom The pont ferry) has been de-
stroyed.
There is Boer commando of 600 at
Rockville. a larger one has left Smith
field for Wepener. There are two
commanders around Wepener, bEt this
far there has been only outpost firing.
A lieutenant of Brabant's horse has
been captured at Rockville by Beers
who had previously surrendered. The
landrost is also said to have broken
his oath.
A detachment of Cape artillery with
three guns and squadron of Queens
town mounted volunteers arrived to-
day.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

the wreck, eating away the big pile Of
granite which once formed the dam, as
though it was nothing more than chalk
rock So fierce was the current that
great powders were carried half a mile
from the dam, being rolled over and
over by the turbulent tide.
The country tributary to the Colo
RADIO river, all the way down its course
is being INUNDATED, and while it is be-
lieved the worst is over, the loss as es-
timated tonight will exceed $3,OOO,OOO.
counting Austin as the largest loser.
Fortunately the list of drowned, accord
ing to reports up to tonight is limited
to those reported in the Associated
Press dispatches last night, as it seems
the only drownings reported were when
the dam broke and caught the victims
unnwareS.
\ mass meeting of citizens has been
called for tomorrow. in order that
some steps may be taken 10 relieve the
situation.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12
fractional Fight In Kentucky.

Middlesboro, Ky. April 9.-Much ex-
element prevails here over clash of
the authorities last night. VIII Mosley,
Il special policeman, shot Charles Cecil,
a deputy sheriff, and was himself later
killed by unknown persons. Warrants
have been sworn out for the arrest of
Chief of Police King, John Mosley, n
brother of the man killed, and VIII
sullivan.
The latter two, who were extra DO
licemen, went with Chief of Police
King to arrest "A negro who had been
released by the city judge.
The fight is the outcome of the bit
ter feeling that has existed here be-
tween two factions, and the end is diff
ticult to predict. The situation is alarm
ing tonight.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12
A RUSH OF WATERS.
Breaking of Dam at Austin, Texas
Causes Loss of Life and Great Damage
to Property.

10 Properly.
Adstin Tex, April S.-This city is to-
night in pitch darkness, with Il raging
river, one mile wide and swollen far be-
yond its natural banks, roaring and
surging through all the lower portion
of the town, having spread destruction
and death in its wake. In addition to
the vast loss to property interests, it is
calculated that between thirty and for
ty lives have been sacrificed, and the
reports coming in from the tributary
country tonight do not tend to improve
matters A train or tha International
4 Great Northern road was wrecked
to-day, but nobody was seriously in
jured.
Austin, Tex, April THE flood is
not unlike the disastrous Johnstown
flood some years ago, in that n raging
river, already swollen far beyond its
capacity, bore too heavily upon an i'm
mense dam spanning the river here,
breaking it and letting reservoir of
water, thirty miles long, half mile
wide and sixty feet deep, to aid in car
rying destruction down the valleys of
the Colorado river.
The great dam in the Colorado river
gave way at noon to-day from the enor-
nous pressure of water and debris. and
with a roar and crash swept the val
leys below the city, wrecking the i'm
mense light and power plant and
drowning eight workmen.
The released water poured into the
power house, catching eight employees
at work there. drowning all of them
instantly. The breaking of the dam
caused wild excitement In the city.
| The telegraph companies at once
wired to places below here to look out
for the great wave and runners were
dispatched on horses to notify those
| living In the valleys below the ci.y. The
telegiaphic messages served as time
| ly warning to many. but the rushing
waters outstripped the horsemen, and
many houses were picked up and swept
away before the occupants could get
together their valunbles.
Within short time all the valleys to
the south and west of Austin were flood
ed to overilowing with water and the
southern portion OF the city tributary
to the river was inundated Large
crowds collected on the river banks
and several persons Were swept into
the river when the dam broke but all
were saved by bontmen.
A crowd OF white people. numbering
about thirty, living just below the dam
in tents. We're seen nj their habitation
Just before the dam broke and have not
been accounted for since II IL gen.
orally believed that all Of them were
swept away.
Austin Tex. April S.-Tbe Increased
volume Of water which came down the
river last night undermined the power
house at the dam at / 80 o'clock n. IN
and II fell into the river. carrying with
1t $1,000 worth of machinery.
Fully 10000 people gathered Mt the
dam and power house stationed north
of this city to witness the ruins of the
plant which cost the city one and three.
quarters millions of dollars n few years
ago. The waters OF the Colorado river
were still plunging and fonmlng aroun 4
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

The empress dowager of China, who
is a woman of remarkable energy, de-
sires the presence at Peking of the
famous Chinese statesman and refor-
mer, Wang. She offers reward Of
SAC, 900 to any one who will deliver
him, dead or alive, into her hands.
The offer is large enough to constitute
Mr.. Wang what the insurance compan-
les call an extra hazardous risk" The
Offering of rewards for the heads of
offending subjects is not n common
practice among soyereigns nowadays.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

Work has been begun at Kiel on a
new vessel for the proposed German
Antarctic expedition. Its outline will
be somewhat rounder than that OF
Nansen's Fran. 1t will be built OF
wood, that being regarded as the only
material at the same time strong
enough and elastic enough to with
stand the terrible pressure of the polar
ice. 1t will carry about thirty men,
with provisions for three years. The
vessel is to be fitted out not later than
the end of August, 1901.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12
Boer Prisoner. Make E.cape.

Simonstown, Cape Colony, April s.
1t now appears that no fewer than
thirty Beers escaped from the old
camp last evening. Nine have since
been recaptured.
The prisoners effected their escape
by cutting n fence under the sentry
bridge, while the sentry was above. A
drive &C sanitary cart was offered
5000 10 cary off the prisoners.
A new tunnel lAs been dis overed
in the direction opposite to the former
one. 1t hal been completed to within
five feet Of the point for break.
saiIo,r Rine the Passengers.
London. April 9.--The Cape Town
correspondent OF the Daily Mail says:
Charges of insubordination and pill
fering are made against the crew of
the foundcred British steamer Mexi-
can. After the collision with the
WINFIELD they appeared to be incap-
able or unwilling 10 do their duty.
Many riiied the belongings of passen-
gers and treated the passengers with
scnnt consideration. The Cape Times
demands their detention and search
ing Investigation"
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

London magistrate has sentenced
a street news-vender to a week in Jail
for crying false war news, and the gen
eral verdict is, served him right"
But no punishment has yet been meted
out to those much greater offenders,
the journalists or correspondents who
every day manufacture sensational re-
ports, or travesty facts and rumors, in
order to justify pyrotechnic head
lines.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

The native music of aboriginal tribes
is regarded as of great Importance in
anthropology, and the recent British
(Cambridge) expedition to the Torres
straits and New Guinea caUied along
monographs to record the songs OF
the savages. Some of the songs thus
recorded on Murray island are already
obsolete, and will, 1t is believed, die
out with the old men of the tribes.
''In savage life," says one of the men,
bers of the expedition. the songs Of
tribe are its chief heritage"
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

At a recent meeting of the Geological
society in London a photograph was
exhibited, showing pair of remark
ably large tusks which had belonged to
an African elephant. Measured along
the outer curve, each tusk was ten
feet and four inches long, but they
differed little in weight. one weigh
ing 225 and the other 235 pounds, or
a total of 460 pounds. which the ele-
phant had carried about without the
least inconvenience.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

The leader of the reunited Irish par
ty in the house of commons stands for
the principle that home rule cannot be
worked out through political alliances
with English parties. This was Mr..
Parnell's policy. Mr.. Redmond, mis-
most faithful follower, has clung te-
naciously to it and has forced his
Irish associates to adopt it.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12
When Representative Gibson of Ten

When Representative Gibson of Ten
nessee was speaking in congress one
day recently it was observed that a
member sitting in neighboring chair
was fast asleep. This occurrence was
not unusual, but for man who speaks
as loud as Mr.. Gibson to have a sleep
ing neighbor seemed to his political
opponents a good joke. So one of them
interrupted Mr.. Gibson to report that
somebody near him was sleeping and
to suggest that he should speak little
louder. MrGibson, who is a member
of the pension committee, promptly
retorted, as he turned toward his sleep
ing colleague, IF he cannot hear me
he ought to have a pension for deaf
ness
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12
Many Russian Omccr, entity.

Odessa. April 6.-The military court
Mt Sebastopol has closed the hearing
OF the great naval scandal and has CON
victed twenty-six officers and civil ser.
wants of crininally dcfrauding the
government In connection with the
supply of coal and other commodities
to the navy. Sentence will be pro-
bounced tomorrow.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12
Sailotr Rifle the Passengers.
Kaiser Refuse. to Int.r,,r,

Berlin, April 9.-On the ground TINT
the punishment IL too mild for the of
fense, Emperor William has refused To
commute the sentence 10 II short i'm
prisonmcnt passed upon Lieutenant
Prince Prosper Arenberg. who Inst
year murdered "A negro in German
Southwest Africa under circumstances
of peculiar atrocity.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

The Irish members of parliament
want it distinctly understood that
their brethren in South Africa are not
the only ones who can fight.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

Civil government has been estab-
lished in the towns of Luzon, but the
uncivil natives still hold the rural dis
tricts.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

1t looks as If Kruger and Roberts
intended to stand off for few weeks
and issue proclamations at each other.
Gilpin observer., 1900-04-12

Mr.. ]. M. Bacon, the Englishman
who, with his daughter, made lofty
balloon ascent to observe the meteor
shower last November, tells some in
teresting things about the sounds that
reached their ears. At the height Of
5000 feet the ringing of horses feet on
hard road could be heard. At 1000
feet the splashng sound made by
ducks in a pond was audible. The
barking of dogs and the Growing Of
cocks could be heard Mt 1000 or 5000
feet. These sounds penetrated through
a white floor OF cloud which hid the
earth from sight. In the perfect ST.
lence OF the air around the balloon
they were startled by what seemed
stealthy footsteps close at hand. In
yestigation showed that this sound
was caused by the stretching OF the
ropes and the yielding OF the silk as
the balloon continued to expand.
The use of khaki" uniforms is like
the act of the savage who greases his
body and smears 1t with sand and
earth. so that 1t takes the hue OF the
ground on which he lies, and Is there
fore not easily visible. That, In turn,
is a mere development of the gift OF
color granted by nature to many
beasts. birds and insects, by which
they are enabled to harmonize them
selves with their surroundings, either
for protection or for ambush. The
principles Of successful warfare are
the rudimentary principles OF savage
and brutal strategy and force.
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ROBBED THE GRAVE

A startling incident, of which
Mr. John Oliver of philadelphia,
was the subject, is narrated by
him rs follows: 81 was in most
dreadful condition. My skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tom
@u" coated, pain continually in
hack and sides, no appetite
gradually growing weaker day by
day. Three physicians had given
me up, Fortunately, a friend adj
viscd trying Electric Bitters;'
and to my great JOY and surprise,
the first bottle made decided
Improvement. | continued their
use for three weeks, and am now
4 well man. ! know they saved
my life. and robbed the grave of
another victlm," No one should
fail to try them. Only Scots,
guaranteed, at Crawford Bros
Drug Store.
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To Escape The Torture.
Admiral Seymour Compelled to
Shoot His Own Wounded Dur
ing the Retreat of Expedition.

lien Tsin, july 6,via Shanghai,
July 16-lneffectual efforts have
been made to conceal the horrible
fact that Admiral Seymour was
compelled to shoot his own wound
ed during the recent disastrous
retreat of the Pekin relief ex-
pedition.
All the wounded and prisoners
who fell into the hands of the
Chinese were frightfulIy tortured
The bouies had been cut into
pieces. First the eyes had been
hacked out; then the cheeks, arms
and legs cut off, until death ended
the sutferings of the poor fellows.
When Admiral Seymour, in
his retreat, found himself so hard
pressed that he was unable to
longer carry his wounded with
him, he asked them:
(which do you prefer, to be
left to the mercy of the Chinese
or shot by your own comrades
AS Admiral Seymour put the
question the tears were running
down his cheeks.
"We prefer death to torture,
shoot us now that we may die like
men," was the piteous re4ponse
or the helpless men.
A firing squad was toled off and
while the little allied force stop
ped to beat off with gun fire the
Chinese horde that surrounded 1t,
inside its lines an act of mere,
was performed as the firing squad
carried out its orders.
A few merciful volleys from
the rifles In the hands of friends
and the harnessed expedition was
relieved of its burden OF wounded:
the fanatical Chinese horde was
cheated of victims for it's torture,
and the sufferings and fears of the
unfortunates were brought to an
end in an honorable death under
their own flag.
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A Disastrous Attack.
Made by the Allied Forces Against
the Walls of Tien Tsiu on July
l3th-The Americans Suffer
ed Terribly.

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After The GOGbel Murderers.
Trial of EX-Secretary of State
Powers Charged With Being
Accomplice.

Georgetown, Ky, July IL
Aside from the production in court
of blood dyed garments worn
by Gov VIM Goebel on the dav of
his assassination today's proceeds
ing in the trial of ex Secretary of
State Powers, charged with coma
pliclty in the murder of Goeoel,
was barren of any particular in
teresting developments. Late in
the afternoon there was a sensa-
ton when exoGov John Young
Brown, chief counsel for the de-
fense, caused a witness for the
prosecution to tell that certain
telegraph files in keeping at the
Western Union Office in Barbours-
vile powers home) had been
purloined by some unknown party
and afterward returned.
The first and most important
witness of the day was Civil En-
glneer Woodson of Frankfort,
who made measurements of the
capitol square and surroundings
for the prosecution.
The greater portion of the af
ternoon session was taken up
with the testimony of physicians,
who examined Goebels wounds af-
ter the shooting and later per-
formed the autopsy. They united
In the belief that the fatal wound
was inflicted by steel bullet fired
from rifle of 80 ca!ibre.
The first witness, Mrs. A An.
derson, telegraph operator at
Barboursvllle, was brought for.
ward to Identity l. rye number
OF telegrams received or sent from
her office in the first of the year.
lhese kilograms are alleged to
have n bearing upon the case and
tie commonwealth will seek to
offer them as evidence Monday.
Mrs. Anderson, in response to
questions from the defense, said
the files for January and Febru-
ary, 1900, were missing from her
office for two weeks in March,
but were afterwards returned
as mysterlously as they had
disappeared.
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Attempted Assault on a Florence
Girl.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Florence, July 16 Miss Ger.
trude Rhodenkerchen, step.
daughter of j z Delecody, super.
intendent of the National GENE.
terry, was this afternoon the VIC
tim of brutal assault with intent
to ravish.
Her assailants were two brutes
OF the lowest African type. While
the purpose was not accomplished,
the young lady is severely injured.
A long cash is on her forehead,
her throat bears the marks of
brutal fingers, and she is pros
trated from the shock.
Several squads are securing the
country on horseback, in bugpies
and on foot. The crowd is cool
but determined.
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a Chance to Buy You a Home.

Any party or parties desiring
to purchase any of the real estate
of L NJ Fitzpatrick q Bro, in the
town or county, can get prices
ard terms by calling on the editor
of The Ledger. The Messrs
Fitzpatrick have so ne very de-
sirable farms and valuable i'm.
proved town property and their
being on the market gives men of
moderate means splendid oppor-
sanity to purchase home.
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EDITORS AWFUL
PLIGHT

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years with Piles that no doctor or
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the best salve in the world. Cure
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