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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
BEHIND WITH THE NEWS.
Germans Hardly Prepared to Believe
the Ame rtcan Dtspntches.


Berlin. Aug. l5.-Considerable sur
prise is expressed by the German for
teisn office at the information sent 70
Wa shingtan by Gen. Chaffee that the
allied troops were at Ho 81 Wa last
Thursday, as other recent dispatches
mad asserted that the Chinese wers
strongly entrenchsd in front of the al
lliss above Yang Tsun
The Hanover Courier, discussing the
plan of the campaign says that foreign
I.psrsenr movement as next to impossi-
Idle ard expect that the first attack Of
iG,ount Won Waldersee after his arrival
lon Pekin.
Lieut.. Coi. Reynold Wagner after
ldiscussing the military preblern IN the
National Zsitung. argues tliat the roads
Heading from Pekin To the interior
ought ta be seized il. order TO proven,
/ the escape Of the rebels, and that then
With an army of from 10000 TO So, ,ve
linen an advance should be made along
!! both banks Of the Pei Ho.
The Militalr Wochtnbtatt yesterday
|printed a Isl of Count Waiderssfs,s
4 Istaff, thirty officers. including eight
from the general staff and one eacf
Slfroin the si,xen Bayarian and Wur;
temburgian armies. In addition 70 tbs
Inames already cabled the list inelude:
1.-THE following from the general staff.
ICount von Wartenburg, Baron Mar
d sehall Mai. Won ZitzewitS ard Capt
Ivon der Groeben. Count von Walderses
+ wili return 10 Berlin today.
Berlin. Aug. 15.--The German arm
Eor,.a cruiser Fuerst Bismarck, with tn
ENiernan transports Wittekind an,
IFrankfert, arrived at Sing Tali yester
Iday and proceeded Immediately II
Taku. The new cable steamer Nol
{, ,lPodbielsli has been ordered 10 Chilieh
. Iwaters and will sail early i.5st month
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
1'H[ ANTS N SESSION
Convention of the ti-Imperialists
at Indianapolis Today Not
Well Attended.
Only Four Hundred Delegates and
Visitors, Part Of Whom Are
Nationalists.
The Democratic Leaders Not Much
Encouraged by the New
Issues.

Indianapolis, Ind. Aug. 15.-The first
session of the anti-imperialist conven-
ton met at Tominson Hall at VI this
morning. Between 300 and 400 delegates
were present when the call to order
came Besides the regular members,
many members of the national party
were present. George G. Mercer, OF
Philadelphia, called the meeting to or
der and after prayer by Rev. Herbert
S. Bigelow, of Cincinnati, the declara-
tion of independence was read by Pro-
fessor Albert H. Toiman, of the Uni-
Versity of Chicago. Edwin Burrttt
Smith, of Chicago, was selected tempo
rary chairman and Erving Winsiow, of
Boston, and w j. Mize, of Chicago,
1 temporary secretaries. Committees
| on resolutions and credentials We're
| then appointed. The committee on
1 permanent organization reported in IA
vor of Ex-Governor George S. Boutwell,,
of Massachusetts, for permanent chair
man of the convention.
4 In his opening address Chairman
Smith reviewed the history of the wal
\ With Spain and subsequent operations
\ in the Philippines and called attention
TO what he termed the uneNplainet
contrast between the administration:
humanity in Cuba and its criminal agi
4 gresson in the Philippines. He as
4 serted the Philippine policy was With
4 out authority and is yet without th'
4 approval of the American paople. In
A supreme issue of this campaign, III
i said .tdoac NOT turn upon the fltneS
sof the Porto Ricans and filipinns 10
4 self government. It is not them, pu
ourselves. who are on trial. we pro
ispose8 to disregard all minor question
and issues while we drive from IN
temple those who have betrayed tn
8 law of the nation life
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ENORMOUS DEATH RATE.
BAD Reports From Porto Rico. Bu
Encoura.in. Ones From Manila. {

Fad Reports From porto Rico, But
Encouraging Ones From Manila.
Washington, Aug. 15-Assistant Sur
geun King, marine hospital service
official at Ponce, in a report JUST re-
Eceiyed, says that in Ponce city AID the
surrounding country for two weeks
ending July 2S the enormous death rate
was slightly increased. There We're 2l6
deaths, against 40 births during this
same period An investigation into the
remarkable mortality is being conduct-s
ed by the supervisor of the board OF
neaiIhs
, From Manila Past Assistant Surgeon
Perry, chief quarantine officer for the
/ Philippine islands, reports on the in-
\ speetion of the Philippine ports ct en-
1, try with reference to the quarantine
4 service AS a result of the inyestig4- -
4 ton he recommends that as vessels
i come direct from Hong Kong to IloiloY
4 and the distance from there to Manila,
lis thirty-six hours, a small station with
/ slsbarraek accommodations for 100 people
A be equipped at Iloio as soon as practi-s
i cable This station would be available
i for "a great number of vessels from
i nsishboring island ports. He also rec
i onlnlencs that a small floating and dis,
Il infect ting, station there would be con-
4 #venient for the disinfection of boats
4 coming from the group of islands to the
least and south. He says it is rumored
4 that Australian ships and those from
Singapore Will touch Zamboanga in the
4 near future and in that event officers
should be stationed there for inspection
4 duty.
Il The latest report from Mania says
+. that during the waal. ended June g
@i8only two casessof plague occurred in
\ Manila one a aG,hinese and one Fills
Ipino, and neither resulted in death One
more. case was reported in Cavite dur
i ing this period, but all other places in
the islands remained free from the
; sssS
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DEATH IN A COLLISION
Seven Men Killed in Wreck
This Morning Near Grand I
Rapids
Two Passenger Trains Collide Head
on With Terrible Results
The Cause.
Enormous Death Rate Reported
From Porto Rico-News Of
the Day.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. 1s.sThe Il
most terrible wreck in the history OF
the Grand Rapids 8 Indiana railroad
occurred at o'clock this morning at
Pierson, twentynine miles north OF ~
mere. The north bound express which
left this city at 4:05. collided head on f
with passenger train due here at 8 4
o'clock. Seven We're killed and eight
injured, Of whom some are probably
fatally.
The dead:
Charles NJ. Let's, Grand Rapids, cons
Isductor of the north bound. rs
Gilbert Groetveld, Grand Rapids. en-
gineer.
| gineer.
yEdward D. woodhouse, Grand Rap
/ ids, fireman.
Louis G. Boyle, Grand Rapids, are-,
man.
G. Pierson. Franklin, Ind.
i Ralph Levan, son of Baggageman
lsLevan, of Grand Rapids
The accident was due either to the
4 blundering OF the engineers in their orr;
4 ders or on account of being unable to-
sl see signals in the dense fog.
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last stand in defense of her capital. un-
legs at the last moment she chooses the
part of discretion and comes to the
terms already laid down by the United
States and tacltly agreed to by the
other powers. Thus the officials here
are momentarily expecting one of two
things either diplomatic backdown on
the part of China, which will mean a
few days more fencing and negotiation
before an armed escort is admitted to
Pekin, or else news from Chaffee that
he has encountered strong opposition
lat Ching Chat Wan or Tung Chow, two
OF the largest cities between Tien Tsin
ments is regarded as quite possible
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15

Prison population in Iowa has de-
creased seventy-five during the past
year. July 1. 1897, four months after
Mckinley was inaugurated president.
the prison population reached high
water mark, 1,145. The democratic ef- eff
fects had not yet been checked. Since
then the prison population has de-
creased 167. This is a decrease of 13.7
per cent during the republican admin
istration 80 far and if the ratio keeps
up it will be 25 per cent at the end OF
this biennial period and the close OF the
republican administration. From July
4, 1893, to the same date in 1897, which
includes the whole of the last presiden-
tial democratic administration, the
prison population in Iowa increased
from 781 to Las or 1854. or nearly As per
cent These figures are complied from
the latest reports OF the board of con-
|trol and are as follows:
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DEMOCRATS DISCOURAGED.
New Issues DO Not Bring Much Hops
TO tic l,arty Poltttcinns.

to the Party Politicians.
Washington, Aug. 15.-Democratic
politicians are becoming somewhat dis
lcouraged over the outlook, and those
1 at the Headquarters here do not believe
ithe cflances,5of electing Mr. Bryan ard
| democratic congress have been inn
llproyed during the last two weeks. Their
! campaign against imperialism and
militarisrl, has nlet With cold re-
ceptien. As already told in these dis
patches the events in China have over
\ saadowed the anti-imperialistic and an
/ ltf-militarisnl cry. and consequently the
democrats "a have been at a loss as TO
what course TO pursue for the remainder
Iof the campaign In view of the fact that
their two pet theories have been Vlrtu-
4 ally killed off, and an attempt made TO
4 sidetrack the Silver issue. To cap the
3oilnax Senator Tiiiman of South caro-
sIlina. who devoted nearly all his time
slduring the last session of congress 10
ElFaranguing about the secret alliance
3lwith England. has announced himself IN
slfavor of an alliance betwe cen the Y nited
A Estates. Great Britain and Japan for the
purpose of sending troops 10 china tp
slact in concert and sthraighter out mat
h tersin that country.
A This announcement causso d SH'efs ~
4 the. democratic ranks and efforts are
being made to have the fiery South
lCaro!inian disavow the remarks cred
lifted to him. Aside from this the lively
campaign which Will be made in Ar
s bryan own state is causing the demo
Gratis considerable uneasiness. The re
! publican headquartsrs here has IN rs
possession a large number OF letters
Y from the farmers of tnat state,of which
: the following is a sample:
II supported Mr.. Bryan in 1886 be.
cause MAS led to believe The unfortu
Inate condition of the people had re
sulsed from bad financial legislation
! During the last three years, however
/ have been more prosperous than eye
7 before. / was seeking better times, AM
!. have found them under Mckinley, an
ii Shall Vote for their continuance,
: now realize that all of Mr.. Bryan
o prophecies have been shown to b
"a false, and that all of Mr. Mcfin'Ss 'Sss,'
I surances have been fulfilled in abun
g Idant measure. l shall change fror
g Bryan to Mckinley this year. and man
y lpthers will do likewise.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15

Chairman Butler. of the populist ma
tional committee, for a denial of the re-
port that he would take the stump for
Mckinley. The following telegram was
received in reply:
Raleigh, n. c., Aug. 14.-Report un-
.qualitiedly false. am for Bryan and
the peoples party nominee for vice
president. / am for the committee nom
mating candidate Aug. 81 am not a
democrat: am not republican, arr
a populiat; was not for Stevenson IN
1892, and lam not for him now.
..AIARION BUTLER
:.Chairman.
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ftts -
PAGE ONE.
NEWS:
Allies Twelve Miles Nearer -
Ministers Safe on the 18th.
China Trying to Force TheI q say.
The Anti-Imperialists. s
Seven Men Killed in a WV
Capital News and Commeisss
PAGE TWO.
GENERAL NEWS:
Hope at Washington.
Will Demand Big Indemnity.
Fight With a Rabid Dog.
PAGE IIllsEE.
IOWA NEWS:
Tha Democrats Gathering.
Shaw and the Senatorship.
Waterloo Sensation.
Funeral of Sam Clark.
PAGES FOUR AND FIVE.
EDITORIAL:
Roosevelt's Campaign Efforts.
Iowa Democratic Hopelessness.
An Instructive Career.
A Kicker Turned Down.
Topics and Press Comment.
Iowa Items and News.
PAGES SIX AND SEVEN.
CITY NEWS:
The Public Service.
To Form Two Rough Rider Compa
MES.
Central Appointments and Improve
ments.
Old settlers Picnic Tomorrow.
1 Local Miscellany.
PAGE EIGHT.
IOWA AND GENERAL:
4 Wednesdays Markets by Wire.
Hail Destroys Dakota Crops.
F'itz to Fight Sharkey Aug. "A.
i Chicage's 6. A. r.. Plans.
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MISSIONARIES KILLED.
n essase From Consul Fowler lndi-
cntes.Fntc OF Prcsbytcrians nj Poo

Boston, Aug. 15.-The American board
of commissioners for foreign missions
today received "a cablegram dated Aug.
ls, from Consul Fowler at Che Foo, in
which he says a messenger sent to Pao
Ting Flu returned and reports the Pres
byterian missionaries killed June 18th,
and the Congregational and China Is-
land missionaries July 1. The character
0f the messenger sent to Pao Ting Flu
LIS wholly unknown to the officers Of the
Eboard, but the message indicates Con-
1 mi Fowler and Rev. Henry y. Porter
credit the report. sss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
ROOSEVELT'S ITINERARY.
vice Presidential Candidate Begins
Spcaktn. Tour ut Detroit Scptcln-

berG.
chicago, Aug. 15.-vice Chairman.
Henry C. Payne received at republican.
Headquarters this morning a copy OF.
the itinerary of Roosevelt as far as
agreed upon by the governor and the
national 4committee. Roosevelt will
make his first speech al Detroit on
Sept. 6. He will speak at Grand Rap
lids on the 7th, South Bend on the sth
and Lacrosse on the 10th. From La
Crosse Roosevelt will visit South Dako-
ia. North Dakota. Montana, Idaho.
utah. Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas.
Nebraska. IOWA. Illinois. Kentucky,
iWest Virginia and Maryland. finishing
lhis speech-making in New York.
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Schooner Matda Sink..

sault Ste Marie Mich. Aug. 15.-The
schooner MAZDA. bound down in tow of
the steamer Iatoa and loaded with a
cargo of iron ore, parted its wheel
chains when abreast of the sailors en-
campment in st. Nary's river at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon and went
aground across the channel. Naviga-
ton is completely blocked for loaded
boats bound for Lake Superior.
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THE STATE REGATTA.
omccrs of the Rowing Association
Elected.

Special TO Times Republican.
Waterloo, Aug. 15.-Officers of the
Iowa Amateur Rowing Association We're
elected today as follows: President. j.
r.. Lindsay, Dubuque; vice president, T..
S. Phelps. Burlington secretary and
treasurer. w. III. Mccullough, Cedar
Rapids; commodore, E. g. Cufrier.
Sioux city; ensign, Dan Steck. Ottum-
wa; executive committee, j. H Rush,
Waterloo: e. a. Blood, Sioux City, anu
r. A. Belding, Burlington.
Waterloo was admitted to the associ-
alton. The races begin today AT
O'clock. The conditions are favorable
fhr ia at time
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ELoPERs ATTEMPT SUICIDE.
seyv Albany, Ind. Couple TAX e
Poison at Kansas City.

Poison at Kansas City.
Kansas City. Mo. Aug. Charles
Dunbar and Mrs. Norah Bradley, who
eoped recently from New Albany. Ind,
both desertiag families, took morphine.
yesterday afternoon, and both are near.
TO death.
a letter addressed TO the exalted
ruler of the order Of Elks and signed
by Dunbar stated that he had deserted
his family six months age, and tnat
both had seen nothing but misery ever
since The letter requested the Eiks t9
notify the lslks, Masons and knights
of Pythias at New Albany. Ind, of the
leeath.
The letter was a lengthy one and con-
tanned the, sentence. We have taken
poison because Of the wrong done TO
our loved ones Dunbar is about 30
wears old and Mrs Bradley 80
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proparation. az Canton.
THE CRITICAL STAGE.
News OF a Battle outside Pekin
80 XNnaald Nof Rn SI r n ri nj n ~ -.

washington, Aug. 15.-1t is generally
recognized that the campaign in China
Is rapidly approaching a critical stage.
4 The latest news from the American ad-
vance. which inferentially included the
forces OF Great Britain, Japan and Rus
/ sia. made 1t seem probable that the
word .Pekin'' might be flashed over the
wires at any moment, The 1internation-
= Il adyances guard. arguing from the
\ sprosreas IL already has made. must be
sfsaa bsrs cnins xIll eiscss ~ "a 1 ~
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An Identical Note.

washington, Aug. 15.-The Chinese
minister here, who is also the accredited
minister to Spain, received yesterday,
in company with the Conger message, a
cable dispatch from the Spanish minis
ter at Pekin to the government at Ma
drid. 1t is in the Spanish code and has
been forwarded to Madrid. AS the Brit
ist government also received another
message from Sir Claude Macdonald,
1t is taken that the ministers at Pekin
have again addressed an Identical note
to their governments.
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l>ni1to Keach Agreement.

Detroit. Aug. 15.The conference be-
tween the representatives of the ANAL
sarnated Association of Iron, Steel and
Tfn Workers and the Representatives OF
the great iron and steel manufacturing
companies on the puddiers and finish
ters, wage scale adjourned this after
noon without any agreement being
Ereaciled Another meeting Will be held
1iin a bout three weeks.
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TO ENTER pEKlN SUNDAY.
London omcials Relieve Allied Ar.
my La 5Nenr. the ChtneAe Capital.

London officials believe Allied Ar.
my Is Near the Chinese Capital.
London, Aug. 15.-Great satisfaction
lis felt at the progress of the relief force.
the comparatively
heavy losses of the allies at Yang Tsun,
the military authorities consider the
Chinese have made a poor show, and it
| is not thought they will be able to im-
pe6e seriously the entry of the relieving
column into Pekin.
1t is generally expected that the all
lilies will march into the Tartar city and.
rescue the foreigners, unless some ca
trophe has happened to the latter. by
Sunday or Monday.
The Chinese minister in this capital,
Sir Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh, sticks to
his guns and is as resolutely optimistic
as ever.
He made another statement yester-
day, in which he reiterated his convic-
tion that the ministers in Pekin are
safe, and positively ridiculed the idea
THAT they can be in any jeopardy.
As for the report that Ii Ping has
brought up guns and bombarded the
Legations, he says this can not be true.
4 If it were, the legation buildings would
have been reduced to ruins in an hour
4 or two.
Side by side with the Chinese minis
tiers reassuring statement comes Sir
slClaude Aacdonald's cipher dispatch Of
Aug. 6, in which the British representa-
sltive describes the situation as desper-
late, states that the food supply will not
Hast more than ten days and declares
lthat unless relief, arrives speedily q
general massacre is imminent.
sE Between these contradictory state.
!. lments anxiety and suspense are agar
aroused TO fever heat, and will so re
lmain for the rest of this week and un
It'll the relief force has actually arrived
in Pekin.
}, on the whole however, somewha
hopeful disposition prevails. tho tn
gravity of the last messages from Mac
& 8ldonald and Cnnger is admitted.
1t is thought that even the Manch,
Idesperadoes in command of the Chi
nese soldiery in Pekin will hesitate 7
i |proceed to extremities with the cannol
Iof the allied army almost sounding i
|their ears.
There is a significant variation in tn
two versions of Sir Claude Macdonald
/ message of the 6th as published yester
: day morning and afternoon, respect
( lively.
In the dispatch as forwarded by tn
Hong Kong correspondent of new
/. agency Sir Claude merely says: "rh
: 1Chinese offered an escort to Tien Tsil
but it was refused
In the version cab'ed by a cGrre
|spondent of the Daily Telegraph S
!. lClaude Macdonald adds that he refuse
: to quit Peliin under Chinese conduc
. Remembering Cawnpore,' an impre:
Z siS;e addition. suggesting appalling po!
y sibilites
e The British war Office, which mar
some efforts to keep the press supple
with early and accurate news in Il
South African campaign. shows itse
very tardily informed about the Ch
lnese operations.
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static Secrrets.

Washington, Aug. Ia dispatch has
been received at the state department
from Consul Gcodnow at Shanghai. Its
contents Will not be made public, as it
relates largely to questions of policy
and International affairs, and 1t IS
stated nothing regarding such ques-5
tin1as vii. he giNen out at present.
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MASON FOR M'KINLEY.
Announces He Will Begin Cam
paigntng in Two Weeks.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 15.-Senator w.
e. Mason, of Illinois, has arrived here
from Alaska. He announces his inten-
ton to support President Mckinley
and in two weeks will begin campaign
ing in Illinois. He says the presidents
attitude on the Chinese question dem-
.onstrates that he is not an imperialist.
The Alaskan boundary, he says. will
eventually be settled on the original
lines established by the treaty of 1867
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Extra session for Kentucky.

Frankfort. Ky, Aug. 1o.-Governpr
Beckham this afternoon issued proc
lamation convening the general assem-
bly, in extra session Tuesday, Aug. %.
The only subject to#be considered is the
modification or amendment Of the Goe-
bel election law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-15
BASE BALL YESTERDAY.

Boston Z. Chicago 6 lten innings).
Boston 4. Chicago6 6 (six inninss).
Pittsburg 3, New York 0.
Pittsburg I. New York l.
ST. Louis ., Philadelphia 2.
Chicago 4. Milwaukee, Q.
Indianapolis A, Detroit (fifteen in
.ningsl.
Buffalo g.. Cleveland Q.
Kansas City IL, Minneapolis 8.
Sioux City 6, Des Moines 0.
Pueblo 8, Omaha S.
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stevenson at Chicago

Chicago Aug. l5.-Hon. Adlai E.
Stevenson arrived this morning from
Lake alinnetonka to attend the meet
ling of Irish societies. He was met at
1.-The railroad station by a committee
from the Irish societies and escorted to
1.-THE Palmer House
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AN IOWA BOY KILLED.

Capt. Murphy OF the Thirty-ninth
Volunteers Dies in Battle.
Washington, Aug. 15.A cablegram
was received at the war department to-
day saying that Capt. William L. Muir
ply, Thirty-ninth United States Yolun-
teer Infantry (first lieutenant of the
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry
was killed near Tanauan yesterday
Capt. Murphy was born In Iowa and
was appointed from that state to the
military academy.
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campaign opcned IN Hawaii.

Honolulu, Aug. 1O.-The republicans
orened The first political campaign in
Hawaii on the night of Aug. with
ratification meeting, which was adj
dressed by the returning delegates from
the Philadelphia convention.
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Mckinley 4 oes to Washington.

Canton. o., Aug. 15.-President and
Mrs. Mckinley, Secretary Cortelyou
and Dr.. Rixey, With members Of the ex-
ecutive office force, who have been at 1:
Canton, left for Washington at 1885 this
afternoon.
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FLOODS in Japan.

Yokohama, Aug. 15.--Severe foods
have occurred, and it is reported 200
persons were drowned. Railway trafnc I
ia Interrupted. sssss