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DOMESTIC.


II. Sherry and Miss Mamie sullivan,
members OF boating party we're
drowned in Carquines straits, Cal.
The Hanna delegates secured com
plete control Of the Ohio State con-
venticn.
Cincinnati manufacturers stated that
theS would open their shops Tuesday
N order to give striking macbluists an
OPPORTUNITY to return to work aud thus
test the strength OF the strike.
Richard Friedman OF Boston, crazed
by oyerstudy and Illness. killed his
sister. attempted to Kill another and
then suicided.
Two persons were Killed. three "a
tally Injured and forty others hurt by
a train going over an embankment
near Pittsburg. Pa, on the Lake Erie
road
the remains of Adelbert $. Hay we're
conveyed from New Haven. Conn
A posse Of deputy United states
marshals. serving iujunctlons on strlk-
ing miners In West Virginia. were rout-
ed by the latter.
The Comal. ashore OF Miami, Will
probably be noated today.
West Virginia food apparently Is not
so bad as at FIRST reported.
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Mor So eAp. eur 80 eNoueA.
Seventy-five Persons Believed to Be tho
Number Drowned.

SeVenty-fiVe Persons Believed 10 Be the
Number Drowned.
Blueheld w va, June q. AT this juno
turc It Is hard TO determine the exact sit
uation Of the flood Wires are now open
to Ennis, w. Va this point being prac-
ticaily the mouth Of the devastated see.
ton At Ennis the depot and postofdcc
were washed completely away and miles
Of track torn up. No trains are going
further west than Ennis.
Two thousand men are repairing the
damage to the Norfolk and Western rail
load The estimated damage to railway
property Is now 100000, though this
docs not include the loss sustained IN loss
Of revenue. The entire property loss is
estimated Mt between S2,W0,O0O aud 49,.
Wh.Vn lt is now positive that the re.
ports Of 200 lives lost were exaggerated,
but officials estimate that the number OF
lives lost by the dood will run up to sew.
ii * reported there Is great suffering in
the coal fields, two-thirds OF the miners
heinP homeless. No trains are expected
90 enter the fields for three or four days.
tious of more rain
The telegraph company has three build
| Ing Rnngs on the scene and there are more
en- route, and II Is believed by tomorrow
noon or night they win be enabled 90 com.
munlcate with keystone and Vivian yard.
| From reports from the West IL Is esti-
mated that at least eight miles Of tele-
/ graph poles arc gone west OF Vivian Yard
and Ia Is hardly probable that communlca-
/ tlon viii be had for some time with the
! Tug rlvlr section, where the river Is re-
ported higher than ever known before.
| il Is almost certain that large lumber in
] terests west Of Vivian, near Welch, have
/ suffered greatly. the d0mage probably run
/ ming up 10 hundreds Of thousands of dol
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TonAY,s ENTRIES

Maldeps, nlneslNtcenths OF a mIIe-Rosy.
cross, Ruby Ray, Okla. Anything, Irosuta.
Eva Belle Seurette. Bandrol, Flo Erie,
Nora p, Anna Elliott, Jung Frau, Doe
Selling ave furlongs -Aegin 100. Quaker
lQ3, Maggie Clopion 100 Miss Faustus 100,
Potheeu. Ben Hampstead 1903. Lacrlmae
100
selling mIle-Judgo Kemp 90, Burnetts
Walkaway lol, Tony Lepping 1903. Gale
Todd l0l, Seethlug 1903, Satin Coat 40.
Grace Cup "a, Menace iO5 LIN Sparks,
John Bull, STAFF 10l
llandieap. six furongs Hottentot lO4,
lasso 30, Northern Spy ~, Frank Bell los.
Brulare Ill, III Nocker rs, Tom Collins 100,
Nlcle Vance %, lrOncss 50.
Selling, mile and an elehth-Ranhom lOS
Joe Doughty III, Quauna Parker los,
campus, Judge Steadman, Marplot III,
Clay Pointer los Terra Incoenlta III
klondike Queen l04 Domln!s los. Zonne
no Bazel l05, omella l08 Lcxell ioi, Kid
Mccoy i0T.
Selling, six furlongs-- Golden Harvest 100
"a L., Randazzo, Jerry Hunt li2. Cariboo,
Elsie Barnes l01, Curd Glllock il2. Verify
100 Water Crest lobe Paine lOT, Ben
Hanna i0i, Celia, Kiss Quick 100, Graves,
Hindoonet 1l2.
Clear and fast
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To Men Only.

n,71s nt or t'4 q loss q nam n
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FIFTY BODIES RECOVERED.
Believed that Many More Are Hidde
in Debris.

o. II-.l M.-., EF-r- ~. -I,I....
OeHSNed mat Wdny wore Ne F1'uuen
IN DEBRIS.
Riupdeld w Va June oI-DntaiIs OF tho
,oa.s,i a. ~ rat..,t.. a.. ,,,,
IealluI hoou ID tue loeahohths hlat lop
coal region show that fifty dead bodies
have been found. Thousands Of people are
h,r,,ioss- ,,,t T.. Il, f..,oa DO ,-,.i,,,,t 60
"oAI'''eS an" 1t ~ lveieu "it Wi'uuu' i""u'
or, Mt the best with only food enough to
last at most several DAYS
Il is reported that DR.. Hatfield. prom
lncnt physician md n klnsman Of the
famous feudists of this section, was com.
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FOR A TEST OF STRENGTH
Cincinnati Manufacturers viii open
Their Shops Today.
TO GIVE STRIKERS A CHANCE TO wORl
Machinists Believe Action viii Result II
Propositions from the Manufacturers
Situation at Other Points.

Cincinnati, Ohio, June 24-lt Is quite
likely that test of strength Will be made
between the striking machinists and the
manufacturers whose shops have been Idle
since May 20. The manufacturers, VINO
are mainly members Of the Metal Trades
association, today made their first official
dcliverance since the strike began in the
form Of public notice that they have de-
cided TO omen all their shops tomorrow in
order that their workmen may be Afforded
an opportunity to return to work
They assure protection TO those who re-
turn. There is no penalty provided for
o failure to take M this offer. The ma
chinists declare that they viii double their
plckety and If the operators fail to get
sitions from the manufacturers for ending
| the strike.
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he left ,ntdst All the towns Along the
line occupying lowlands are submerged and
have been tepo, ted destroyed and tbs inn.
her plants 81 Mcdowell aud Mercer coun
ties have suffered great damage.
II is safe To- say that less taan 90 Ifs-
sons have 9e drhed and 1t may he thar moro
than one.half and possibly one fourth irat
number have Teen lost, Much I've STOCK
have been drowned Among the left aLd
debris wnicl fills the river are numbers q
horses cattle and fogs Several hnrsG
with saddlss and brides were seen 20 'inat
had either been drowned or had i,csn tnin.
PEELED 20 desert them and dee to the lnOdn.
rain side for safety.
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RAILROADS.

It is announced that the Illinois Cen
trail would establish steamship oonnec-
ton with Glasgow, Scotland, via New
Orleans.
The charter Of the Sabine and North
ern was approved
The Rock Island has established
agencies in the City of Mexico.
Railroad laborers are scarce.
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BEAUMONT BUDGET
G. A.. R. and U. C. v. WIN uo,a
Celebration "

Celebration. s'T
Beaumont Texas, June "a 1is.
ney Johnston camp OF Confederate W. w.. Y
and the John A. Logan camp ~ 4. ' "
Army of the Republic. born ~ NJ Wy
have held several meetings for H. :.
OF arranging joint celebratIon s-F'
pendence day on July 4. II has ~
cided that the celebration will n ~ !,
various committees are at wort :, 4. y !,
AT this time II is thought tho f..as'.'
Will be held at Blanchette's psrt .s ..
1t Is the Intention TO have entert,lrw, WI
varied sort. Including athletic III.
music, literary program and refressss.'
There will be several speakers ,,v,,.,
make addresses and Judge W. L ps,,,..'
has already been selected for on. !, i
addresses. Congressman S. B. coon., (.
been Invited to make an address IL !.
1t is not yet determined whether ii, !.
gagements will permit him to aeeen, !,
celebration will he so arranged M, 1
public can enjoy the days outing IA 4
combining of the two remnants ~ ~ n
armies will add an Interesting 4 ts, spv y
a large crew of men is at work ~,
the new water works main on Rro,s ~.
The pipe is eight inches in dianstss |.
VIII be the leading main for that Nh
the city. Pipe has already been n, sir,'
along a part of Calder avenue ana 4 Y Y
require but a few days 10 put Il N,
ground. u~'
Congressman and Mrs. s. B. cooo., I,
spending a few days at their ola Kan, I
Woodville Mr. Cooper today deIlrsrss
address at gathering at spurger, Ii nj
county. -
Excellent progress is being made il 4
Reliance canal. which will connect \
Neches river and Brakes bsyo1 ii N
north end of town. The dredee bdst /
covered nearly half the distance scfcs, I
island. 'N'S''
Building permits were granted tolsy
n. r. Adcock for frame building On d
erty avenue, to cost 5000: Tom Wing. M
room on Tevis street, to cost $3.50
Marriage licenses We're granted 10 ID
NJ. England and Mrs. L. Tennyson; v
Jones and Miss Roberta Howell
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SUMMARY Of ToDAYs IMPORTANT NEWS.
STATE.

Edwards, the slayer of j. G. Foster,
is thought to he en- route to Angelina
county.
order Of Druias Is in session at Aus
tin.
state peultendarIes will use oil for
fuel.
Agents Of British government are
buying horses around Victoria.
Eugene wall was acquitted at Rusk.
VIII GRIFFIN was shot and killed at
Tyler.
Crayson county stock will be confined
as te~e,UtOle.
Ccrtex confessed that be killed shehH
Morris.
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MlsHAP THe eIcYcLlsrs.

Johnny Nelson, Though Hurt, Continued
His Ride and Won.
New York June 24.-when Floyd Nc.
Farland Of san Jose. Cal, had ridden
thirteen miles and four laps of schedule
nfteen-mile motor-paced race with Jimmy
Nelson of Chicago, at the Madison Square
Garden tonight, he ran Into A motor ma.
Shlne which slipped down the incline. Nc.
tatland was thrown from his wheel 10 the
track and Nelson who was following him
az a terrible clip vas thrown completely
over Mcfarland The latter was picked
1p bruised and bleeding and taken 10 a
Snospltal In a semi-conscions condition
Nelson was also hurt from a cut in The
awarded the race "A~ was
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COMMERCIAL.

wheat, corn and oats closed lower,
with provisions slightly improved.
Large shipments of Texas cattle were
sold in steady markets.
Cotton made material gains In New
York; the New Orleans market also i'm
proved.
The stock market apparently assumed
a waiting attitude for the remainder of
the month
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AloH WArgR.
Elkhorn River Rose Thirty-one Feet in
Three Hours.

Three Hours.
Huntington, w. Va, June 24.-'The tre-
mendous high water in the Tug river,
caused ny a cloudburst along the head.
waters Of that stream on Saturday is a
thing unprecedented In the history OF that
section and the destruction Of property
along the Elkhorn and Dry Fork and down
the Tug river to its mouth h appalling.
The eloudburst occurred near the head
waters Of the Elkhorn and Dry rork rivers
which is the confluence near WEIGH Of tne
main Tug river. The Elkhorn Is followed
by the Norfolk and Western railroad for
thirty miles and IL Is reported that for ten
miles the road is wrecked and seve al lays
Will be required 80 repair the great dam
age which has been done.
Along the coal regions OF tha Elkharu
and the liz lumber plants lower down were
swept away In the food and are lodged
along thc STRAINS against the rugged noun.
fain sides. Many cars with their cargoes
are practically n total loss,
All the lumber plants are great Losers to
the extent o. 81 100000.
AT lager stotion the river rose to the Inn
mense height of thirty one feet Inside es
three hours, deluging every house in The
ilttle town and washing away many Of the
outhuildings. In some instances dwellings
were swept from their foundations but
lodged along the river against larger and
more substantial ones aud were thus saved
from destruction.
Higher up the river the destruction Is
said to be even greater. At Vivian mauy
houses were washed away and several lives
reported lost Not over 100 yards Of the
track between here and Ennis appears TO
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WILL MAKE NO CONCESSIONS.

Metal Trades Association to Stand by
Its Agreement.
New York, June 24.-Secretary Bevens
OF the National Metal Trades association,
says that reports have been received from
nearly all the members in regard TO the
circular letter issued by the strike and
finance committee The members without
exception express determination TO abide
by the rules and declaration Of principles
o. the National Trades association and
make no concessions TO men on strike.
fl addition, reports from all sections of
tho country indicate that many of the men
are returning to work
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THE coMAL ACCIDENT.
Cause of Grounding Not knowd--LIss
Passengers.

Galveston. Texas, June al. B. Dsl
son. agent of the Mallory line, hu
eclved no news from the stranded steam
Conal other than the press reporn /
says, however, that he supposes the yes
Is in an easy position. The vessel lsi
ported to be beached in four to Ok ut
nms of water off Jupiter Inlet, Fa1i
AS yet there has been no news ressiu
regarding the cause of the accideatIb
It is presumed that the master q 4
Comal was hugging the shore 10 iyt
the force Of the gulf stream and poislt
went ashore in the fog
The COmnl was due TO arrive nee y
Wednesday, aud had -.e following y
eengcrs on hoard Mrs. Fannie Dil
Houston; Mrs. j. A, Robertson, lialgssga
Mrs. NJ. Berg, NJ. Lind, ]. Lind i wv w:
sup. Henry Hanon. Galveston Joan avg
Houston; James Smith, Biz sptllsS
Lapovich, Galveston; Antonio laA,s1
ana Joseph LaMonde, Dallas: ! Y J,
hera. Galveston. S. Klein, Esther NJ
and Israel Klein. Tyler
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LOCAL.

Houston's big market and city hall
was destroyed by FIRE.
Colonel j. II. Burnett died at his
residence In this city
Masonic jewels we're presented to Mrs.
Arson Jones.
Meeting will he held tonight at Busl-
ness League to select delegates to
Transmssisslppi congress.
The first bale of cotton of this years
crop will be sold today at the Cotton
Exchange
Ice . is getting scarce and prices arNa
going up.
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sorrHERN LEAGUE.

shreveport La. June 24.--rhe locals Gel.
ebrnted their return home by defeating the
leaders Little Rock, with ease. McClos
key, the visiting pitcher, besides being hit
hard, was wild. Keefe on the contrary
was steady throughout and kept the hits
scattered The features OF the contest
were the hitting Of Montgomery and Lu.
cid. and the general all-around work Of
the locals. Cro2icr, the visitors left field.
70 home and retired from the game Score;
Score r. H. b.
Lynch,
Selma, Ala. June 2i,-selma beat Chat
tanooeu today with ease and would have
shut them out but for Claytous th.Ae.
Dagger In the ninth which scored t1eir
Selma run. score 121 900 oo..t d 10 2 !
Chattanooga 49,: -. 900 oo0 COIL s !
Cr!bbens and Harlow; Clayton and Roth,
birmingham, Ala. June 24.-with two
men on bases and two men out, Parrott
drove the ball to center field fence, scor.
Ing both runners and winning the game
for Nashville In the eighth inning Biz
mlngham played an errorless game and hit
Dornett freely, but could not use the
SUCK az the proper time. Score.
Cunningham -. ....ool 900 1908 10 q
NASHVILLE 60. ....... 200 600 0aO-I g 4
NV Wilhelm and Khslkhot; Corbett and
Nev Orleans, June ei.-Freeland pitched
splendid game but New orleans lost by
awful errors at critical moments Score:
New orleans 49,. ioi 600 oolRRs II 3 q q
Memphis $50. 900 ii2 OOO-4 4 =
Freeand and Abbott; Rhoades and Swa.
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Fred Russell Wants 10 Eioh,

Seattle; Wash, June 24--Fred Russell IN.
~ $500 y, Welsht pugilist whose hcme Is in
nbet any heavyweight In the world, bsrrins
hampton Jenrles, Sharkey or Ruhlin nrs,
a a.a james ". Morrison, Russeli,s man.
Natlonal bank OF this city as snarantse
~ gooa tslth 10 any reputable club offerins
purse and arranging the esntast.
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Golfers eoinn 10 ENGLAND

New York, June 4.-America's two cham.
prom g9hers are To play on the links Of
Ensland and Scotland during July aud An.
kHsI MISS Frances Grscom. holder OF the
MINER title, sailed last "Wednesday and
, wslteF !. travis, the mems amateur cham.
81. lere Is no definite agreement between
I'm 70 play together in any matches or
, tournaments, but their friends saw they
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Rinu Had Rest of BETTING

81. Louis, June 2f.--The ring had the
best of the betting argument orrls being
the only fayorite to reward form players
-Four and half furlougs-Huntressa Misc
Dora, Bonnlcoosa Time 55.
;, Nile and q slXteenth-Orrls, Beana, Ne
dina. Tune LAM.
Six furlongs-Queen Anne, Silent Friend,
Harry Pullian. Nine l:14&
SIX aud half furlongS- SPINNER, La De.
slrors, Narro. Time 2lA
Seven furonEs Percy r., Eight Bells.
Fred Hessig Time 2Sls.
Mile and seventy yards-Lee Bruno Rush.
fields, Eugenia 5. Time 1:44A,
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Southern League Releases.

Chattanooga Tenn, June 24-President
r. W. Kent OF the Southern league an
Eounced the following releases: BY selma.
Greenwald; Glenn and spencer: by New
orleans, McGill and Campbell by Shreve.
port. Stultz: by Birmingham, Heeerinar
Little Rock has suspended Second Base
nan Rothermel.
Memphis has released Catcher Khalkhoff
and Outhelder Martin to BirnipghaIn
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Cornus Chrlsti oo AlL.n IA

N0IpuS ChrlstI' Texas, june 2A-rhe ex.
cursion over the Aransns Pass road yestar
day from Alice and Intermediates polnt.
brought over 200 people here In the bass
ball game between the Corpus Christi Kids
by score OF - to 10. BatteriesEC;olit
heir and Mreur for the Kids: Rudolph
Tlmon. Jones and Woolul for The Browns,
The Kids will probably play the Laredo
nine here on the Fourth Of UNIV
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An Amateur CHALLENGE.

Galveston. Texas. June 24.-We. the san.
Ia Fe Juniors, beg to challenge thrnuch
our paper any baseball team in Hcusi9r
Under 10 years OF age, Would line Ia
hear from the High School for game Oh
July 4, 1901, on their own grounds Al.
dress all challenges to W. RAY Ayres. ear
recorders office, Gulf, Colorado and SANTA
FC railway Galveston. Texas
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WELL THOUGHT IOF ABROAD.

London, June 24,-The Afternoon news.
papers voice the sincere regret universally
expressed on the death of Adelbert S,
Hay the former United States consul at
Pretoria in New Haven, Sunday. All the
papers refer with emphasis to the debt
Great Britain owed tho late Mr.. Hay for
his many kind Offices.
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FOR A TEXAS MURDER.
-ime Committed twenty-five Years

Crime Committed Twenty-Five Years
Aao--Arest Just Made.
Mena, Ark, June 24.-An old farmer and
prospector who lives on Cossatot river,
about twenty miles south of town, was ar
rested Saturday afternoon on charge
of committing murder about twenty-five
years ago al Mount Vernon Texas. He
was arrested on his farm Saturday evening
ny z, l.. Templeton, sherlf of Franklin
county, Texas, and c. +. Dupre, an old
eN'shertf of the same county.
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After the poubIe sinners.

New York, June 24-At the recent meet.
ing Of the Protective Association OF Pro.
fessional Baseball Players in this city
Lave Cross, ,IRmes Mcclure and Fielder
Jones were appointed committee to thor
players her signed WITH clubs In both
leagues. TO sign two contracts is a viola
tlon Of the constitution OF the associat on
q mmittee the guilty PLAYERS Will be sus.
pended.
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kanawha VaIIey pamane.

Charleston, w Va, June 2i.rThe dam.
age from aood In the Kanawha valley viii
reach 100000 Houses. barns fences
crops and trains Of cars on coal roads were
washed away. AT Boomer twenty three
houses were wrecked, while the new coal
house and Blake's branch suffered equally
on Morris creek several houses were
washed away aud the tipple OF the Davis,
Gordon company wrecked by Aoatlng
house.
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BOOKIES GOT TOO BOLD.
Were Called Down Again at Washing.
ton Park Track.
ORDERED TO HAUL IN ALL THEIR SIGNS
The Track Was Fast and the Racing
Splendid--Resuts OF Events at
Other Places.

Chicago. June 24.-The Washington Park
track was at its best today and Gonfalon
ran six fmlongs in 1913 nat. The book
makers got too bold 20 suit the manage
mcnt which ordered the displays of cards
showing the ring taken down. There was,
however, plenty Of betting and not a
favorlte won In the third race, at mile
aud sixteenth. Advance Guard. the TO
10 choice lay too far out Of It, when the
pace was slow on the track stretch and
finished third. Monarka won all the way
with Mr. Brown second. AS good as to
/ wac laid against the winner.
fHolf -MenIon, Elsie L.. Ishtah.
Time ~ 3j
Nile-San Andres, Odnor, Gawalne.
Time $40 %.
Mile and six aeenth--Monarka. Mr..
Brown, Advance Guard Time LA 20.
Mile and seventy yards Fancy Wood,
Trinity Bell. wild Pirate. Time "a %.
Six furlongs- Gonfalon, Moneymus, lsiah.
Mile--Leo Newell. Eeome. G. W. W.
Time 1:41.
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Bids Submitted.
Especial TO The Post.l

7'PVVTHI 10 IHt IOsII
Washington, June 2+--Blds were opened
today at the supervising architects office
for heating and ventlating apparatus for
the public building at Beaumont. The bid.
ders were as follows; Cloud Heating and
yenulating company of Buffalo. SlS;5:
Shaher \ Becker, Cleveland. Ohio. SOFAS.
Robert Gordon, Chicago. S223T: Pulrim
Hlumblqg company, Beaumont. $3.50: Mo.
urine Manufacturing company. ST. Louis
SS42I; Phillips * Gctschon company Chi.
esgo, S22U; Charles r. Kruse Milwaukee.
BY TEST HAS PROVEN BEST.
groves Tasteless Chill Tonic.
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ESTIMATES BY MAYOR.
Executive OF eluetield Holds Damage to
Be as First Stated

Be as First Stated.
New York, June 24,Mayor Land OF
Bluedeld w. Va, wires ms follows:
1T Is estimated that 200 lives were lost
I'm the Elkhorn flood, The damage to the
Norfolk and Western railroad is estl-
mated at S500,oO0 and to the coal com.
panles and individuals az S2Oo0.o00.
"1hcre Is no communication with any
point further down the valley than Elk.
horn / am unable To tell whether out.
side assistance will he needed until further
tnforlnation.W
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couNTERFElTER ARRESTED
Officers Fired Number OF Shots Oss
He Surrendered.

Denison, Texas, June 24.--A man ~.
for counterfeiting was arrested w. 4,
night. The officers fred numosi y "a.
before he was run to cover ne vac u
a number Of postofflce orders passea !,
terfeit money. etc. The goyefhms.ss' ,l b,
cials have been after him fof sv% Se X.
He SAYS that he has operatea u . s[ N
for several months and that Ne 'aD'
from Missouri.
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PROBABLY BID FLoATED TO-DAY
lSnecial to The Postl

New York. June 24.--The passenIs.ef,y I
the Comal are: Mrs. Fannie Da,is IN n
j. A. Robertson. Mrs, NJ Berg ~ ~ W.
r. Waumsopp, Harry Hanan, Jna ,.. mi
james Schmidt, d. PdpaNlce; , AnspDsy \
barbara and family and S, Klein sna !. !,
children. A private telegram aele L., "A
the Comal will be hoated beiofe wa