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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
STORM SWEEPS
COUNTRY BARE
Crops Ruined, Railroads Dam
aged, and Many Farm Houses
Destroyed,
lRy Associated Press,

n HUNTINGTON, w, VA, avg l0,--A
reeord-Dreaking thunderstorm prevailed
In this section during the night, Five
inches OF rain fell in Two and half
hours. Bridges and culverts we're wash
ed out on the country roads and The
railroads suffered from landslides. all
trains, running nye to six, hours late TO-
day. Tratic was suspended on the Guyan-
Gotte Valley line and the big Sandy
branch OF the Norfolk and Western, GROW
Ing crops We're ruined and N many in-
stances farm houses, were washed away,
their occupants barely. escaping,
Three children OF i;nos Adkins, living
on 4 creek near Ranger were drowned
In a Hooded stream last nlshl, The fam
ily Was aroused from sleep when water
crept up around The house. TO escape
The rush Of water lhe three chidrer
we're placed on h9rse while Mr. ant
ed through the, darkness 10 lhe nom,
Of Arkns bretRsr,, bali A. milo away
stumbled and was carried down Iii,
stream The three children, The eldes
OF whom WAS eleven, and the youngcs
seysn. years old, were carried away viii
The morse and drowned
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
THE HOW|TZE::.R|:|.s':;
IN A HARD (. Rain 4 !. !
Water Stood Several Inches
Deep Over the
1 Groulllll

Special to The Times, D.s22at6Sn1;}l An
y nHMp y VAL 2as FL slM l5o2Ths eae
Of the the First Battalion q yirgln'a AZ
lcry was visited last night by sa ato5G
rain storm and water IN s3me lGus S,yXr
but ii has cleared OF and to-day, nlthouath I,
FATHER warm, there is good breeze " y
camp a msknf ha yssy morning
Someone IN pa sslng The tent ocIevnG;,te a ~
sJss and y RSyyS o#Sf at Msd drop
B Bsadinf ss sna 9 IL tySwnkiaE
ahe sntTs bs ec 5fpe Mas ron
Cd. and the guard and IN embcrs Of me
Bttalon turned out IN ny h4rrSS efora eli al
e e necessary ioI ten i had besnf
SO for i ilthee aervaeo H. this Until
ieu,enant NJ 6 Terebte%e e. 81 aat ths . Moy.
VIII Sergeant 1ax e serseant 81 lie
sua' :. HOTEL osPITALlTIY';;, i ,o,v.
The officers n,di m 4,,.e q pn. all
p .1si Of the Ocean View Hotel by
tie hotel company and every :, - s y I'm
ter1esh san p N oefn and
Richmond on, the.hall-ronm floor l,s ~. .,as :.
| sE Qua N~''
ccott, Of the Norfolk Blues; Is confined
10 his tent BY sickness nothing Sc ser ,nn
liz sick list Or confined 70 the the h Warfnk
Blues, has been appointed auartermasler-
gcrgcant of the battalion !,
| Captaln Myers and the officers OF the
IIowitzers had as their guests AZ in Of o..
the officers Of the battalion for dinner
t - Y = ,TALKAT1yE, YET Mum;
Judge D. c. Richardson ,urrlved ~ cnnlp
this afternoons with large BASKET Z q p
| Ash, which no has presentnd TO CaP1ai'l
!, William M Myers for. tho ITO Witzer ~ Y
\ tery ~ aud 1t goes without saving nc
Howitzers highly. appreciate tins Ell.
| ing and fishing, ana are, in the best q
spIr,ts, Much comment has been mace
| Evil guests OF the hotnl and cottages
Oh lie gentlelnnnly behavior existing p
/ tho camp, and Captain Charles u; Bland,
Con officer OF the battalion, eX,
pressed himself this mornlng s.; SAYING ,ydn ~ I
pleasure TO partleipate IN; therefore, !
Year DID good o give The nmhners wa g
a useful ftOi them on this cam1,. a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
OPERATOR OPENED
SWITCH, CORONER SAYS
(By Associated I'rnss,)
IkFfNI htI. illIIn n,,,t

Y GLEYELhND, OHIO, AAgusi TO-
Coroner Sigelstein, OF this county, To-
day rendered verdict IN connection with
the wrecking OF the Tewntieth Century
Limited on tbs Lake Shore Railroad ~
Mentor, Ohio, on tbs night OF June I'D,
In which nineteen lives we're lost. This
coroner holas that WalterF. Minor, the
telegraph operator, opened the switch
which caused the accident. The coroner
sass there Was no evidence that anyone
but Aunor WAS near the switch before
ths wreck ~ nftetwards.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
N,caraguan was tho only feasible route.

NIcaraguan WAS tho only feasible route.
II is said that !. y, Yeomans. former
Interstate commerce commissioner. Will
DO associated with Miller in the fight.
against the Panama route. He was O.
member of the contracting company
which would have built the canal had
the Ncaraguan route been adopted
II is limited that bnck Of this oppose
ton to the Panama route Is opposition to
any canal connecting the two oceans sl'
Of course. the ttranscont!nenta railway
lines and the financial powers Interested
In these roads form the backbone OF
general opposition to canal, Delay IN
is construction will mean millions OF
dollars for the trans-Amcricnn rail- lines.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
MOVEMENT ITO. ].
DEFEAT CANAL

iFrom Our Regular r correspondent ".
WASHINGTON, %. e., August l6.--Thn
Panama Cana. Commission has. learned
Il is stated on excellent authority. that q
movement against the canal is forming
With view to preventing It's construa-
ton.
the organized fight against the CONF
plction ot the canal as 70 be made ~
the next session Of Congress, The pur-
nose OF tie men at the head Of the pf,
SANITATION is to convince Congress and
tho country that the Panama route y
impracticable-a fact claimed e be pro W.
bythe experienced America and Frahee.
,l;be IA al ernatiye proposition VIII be the
aatp,rsogation Spf the treaty With l'anamt'
snd sths adoption pt the N'caraps qua 2
route, /, 4s q is !. u ~. ,,,,,,, oil, Ia
le Il n i ~. former United States Senator
Warner MAJ q Miller. Of New York WHO Y, was va
president Of the old Slearaga aaasd Ia aha,
a canal could not be constructed across tl's
the IsthInps pf Panama. ana thAt tRsI
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
SAYS
pIEIz IS. WRONG!

(Continucd from First Page.)

oft the following ntemnnt; $gSJ5}J
nCyde Saunders Is Mistaken re- 70
made the rem, ark to me coming down
on the car yesterday n,or'nIne' W.
we're sitting In the same seat, a M
made some rem ark about the net
i drawing pretty close, and asked him
about the minority report, when ne
volunteered the remark: dare them
10 publish it.s%Sif they do, VIII sue
then, for from 900 to S35,ooo'' Z
EXPIRE ssed surprise, and asked him nm
what he had to do With, IT, mot ''av-#
Ing at that time heard his name name cor, =
nected With the report. regret thar
Il repeated the remark, tor C'yue
Saunders Is my friend and has peen /!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
III III: F|Rt..ME:..N|'I| IN
HARR|S0NBURGI.
Richmond Has Been Selected as
the Next Meeting u
Place.
!. lsre.,nl IA .The rlmcs. pIspatch.l

(SE9E3nt tOF'IHG
s3 IIARRIHQNBURG, VA, August ia
The first day OF the nineteenth annual
convention and tournament OF tho Flr-
sinin State Volunteer Firemcn's Assoct- 3.
alton met here this afternoon In Assem- 2
bly, Hall, with los delegates. The pro-
.limlnary session was held In the after
noon, and the real business session and
the final one this evening. An address
of welcome was delivered by Mayor O.
u. Roller, on behalf OF he town. and
by. MIR. George ~ Conrad. Common
wealths attorney, on behalf OF the local
rIremcn The official response, on be-
half Of the association. was made ny
Captain r, s. Parks Of Luray' Captain
Redwood, OF the Richmond Department.
also replied IN an lmpromptu ahd WY
response, S N, . 80, 5 y. -,
Fla introduced Chief McScal, OF Say,
etteyille, N. c.. president Of National
Association OF Fire Chiefs. Ills speech
vas nm able argument In favor OF
uension tofdlsabled f!remen. 49,
The report&of the Committee ol ~
dentials showed that the 1ollo"lhs cu WI,
panics had severed thclr cp1!'I N.Y., r,o,,.
the ussociation; independent flre, IN
nanv of portsmouth; Park View Engine
rnmnnny, OF Portsmouth,; Annex Com
n namv f'of Norfolk county; Rouss HOOK
and Lader Company, Of NVlnchestei,, 4, -
~" The I.ynclburg and Strasburs tl lr
Departments were adn'tleu ~ $500
ship, ,,r,vea Yesterday,
~ - "a trains brought IN three COM
.an;ns from Alexandria, one from IN ~
p,aaatn,vr ono each from NNDous'H.o,u.N'
1nrny bedford City. coy'hsto'''S 49,
e,nst a, and Front Royal.
Ni mhera ARC hundreds OF firemen w 'om =,
nd thn Town lis turned over 70 mn, '.l'
4 thew are thronglng the sttue.' f e. iho
OF NIL sorts o, : - 'masauerade drills
ah arhs pa eyening session was lengthy. pnt'
i w ~ ~ Mas over the association Adj
Nnsn The principal business trans
!p ouanN was tho selection OF klcnmoha ~
IN. ~ next meeting place, Inc Mee!Nat
- ~ ne held on the fourth "enllesaay
\ A,Tcust. This was won IN q contest ~.
c = Abe vote being sixty 70 th!rtA
! one. The report OH ~ s'Vles''s N''N"
q membership Of l.2O ~,
ME Invitation 10 meet IN Rlchmot
,xas oxtended by Captain John y, y
Wood and seconded by Major SaNllle,
rmssnlution was adopted making the as1-
4 cIntion q member OF the National =
men's Association, Mi, George u, w
ming, Of Port smouth, was elected seq
& tnry for tho nineteenth consecutive W.
Oiher officers are; Captain John T.
Wildwood. Richmond PRESIDENT Captn
81 r.. 81 Parks, Luray. viceypresidel1 NJ; Jpes
II, s Dwyer, Haris6nhurs 'ssatlst'qni
In. j.. Williams. charlottesyille, tseasff'
c. III, Smith, Rlc'mqpna. chaplain
q 4gjbl @ III -------r-ss 7r7rE---r--
! sHoRsFoRp's',4Atelln e. PHosPHA7TT
tHts Cures Nervous p lsorders, n
! ida che. lnsopnta, lIlxllanstton nnd
Restessnsss Rebulldss the neryoufss'
| a Y = i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
Quarantine Proclamation.

AWerIN, MEMO Augnsl lG--Al lhe ret
ones, Of Or. Taher, the State health oItir
Ger, Governor l,anham issued today g
quarantine proclamation "a me peolle
feet sanitation throughout the State and
declares a quarantine against Louisiana.
owing 10 the continued spread of yellow
fever out of The city OF New Orleans,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
Humble Oil Advanced,
lRy AksocLated PrsAs.

Y" NY NkNUVTHEVU 5IFEHH,J
vance OF one cent for Humble oil was
posted to-day by the Texas Company,
the prevailing price how being ~ cents,
representing u Total adyhEc@ 81 two eenls
-h.r ..a3 ls.t WA ,als54i4#5if r.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
Officers Retired,
icy Associated Press

T {Ey Associated Press) .
ST. PETERSBURG, August 16.-By
imperial ukase Vice. Admiral Kruger has
Seen placed on the retired list Com
mander Gazevtch, Of the battleshp
Georgl Pobiedonosetz, and the command
er Of the transport Prout. on both of
which vessels mutnies occurred recent-
iy, have also been retired.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17

q Rockbrldge man. 1t would have been
Impossible TO have put three men from
the same county on tho State tcket:i:1t
DR.. Tucker accepts the place or pres!u!c,!laHl
of the exposition company, and shallsen-
ter the gubernatorial contest wlth5a.t he
prestige of highly successful admins
tratlon Of It's affairs to his credit he Will
be u formidable candidate Ma N =
Talk Of Judge Duke.
Talk Of Judge r, r. ". DIXIE, Of Char
lottesyille, as Il gubernatorlal caholu !I
four years hence has been heard fire.
ouently In the course Of the past six
months The Judge has been asked con
corning the rumors that he has contem-
plated entering the race, but he has nor
30 far as known, given any definite re-
NV TO the suggestion. Judge Duke IS
known all over Virginia. and wherever
known he has friends lie Is an able law
yer, an attractive speaker, land man OF
most magnetic personality.
Bascom slemp, chairman of the Viz
gInia Republican Committee. has peen
here a day or two this week. The OBJ
iect of his visit Is not known with GER
tainty, but as he paid several visits to
tho departments, II rs presumed II hao
something to do with the dispensatlon
of patronage in the Old Dominion. ~ ~
- ! - Ne epodaral nftlces will he used
ra ,,,,rnose ~ furtherins the interests
~ NV p l,a stnte ticket nominated
=. NV VI, :, 10 !, woel, mt Il is not ex-
az hotloh. 'a ~. III, no many. more
pectea ''''. .., r,,,,o, q nm or practically
cnahses y, ~ :, t,sde,a1 of,,ca IN Virginia
new, are working Or will work for the
ticket, ~ IS q y e case " .ssa t,,,r ,,,l,
Though It rs not khn~,l a',aa LIE. ai,,o,. ~ ~
be many changes " nenerA ~ 'I - - the i,
Virginia. there IS fn'npr thhL 49,,
wish Of the administrator ~. 10
changes. not 70 say y el'i'. nm
made N INC revenu. oi,'u' ",,a No M I
! ] was told this yesterday, ana we 'I
] who told INC believed 'ne report Wa ~. ~
rect 1t was the man VINO assetteu ~. -,
| M. K.kLowry Wouiu DC 'h'.'eu 10 -. 80 ~
lector TO succeed Captain asa hosets'
~ is impossible 20 learn .ne reuspn 10 ns-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17

u &s4A
pany to- day, Mr.. fucker said he had nag
no intimation OF election, except , W
ile, Ind seen In the hcwspape rs' ! ~.
further asked Bif III the event ~ ",n,,,,id
fcinlly notified OF Ills election he " tana
accept. Mr. Tucker stated ne Wou'u ' 'l'f
the finutter Under consl derthfltt Ton II Ba
Offered Cleveland. Ri
(spcca1ato heeTimes. Dlspnatt e.. a IL.
NORTO D1S,8v A.s August le,-lm cvu-
ncction with the selection Of H l.Fry a. r.,
George rucker forSthc presidency Ct ;th n,
Jamestown Exposition Company, w yanei
was announced yesterday y mas .un NM
opcd tint the presidency was ,tenpat,v .
former President Cleveland some inont tls
ngo aud tliat he considered tho, offer ri t9r
some time before finally making W u, ~
mind that &c would be out OF tne Nv. au, "a
ton for lllms to accept Mr.. C' ~, AZ.
probably will be chairman .of 'he IA ~
,vlsory Board Of ono hundred als , y,
guisfcd Arieficans,3 who VII DO a ls''' =
serve the Dxpositlon. - gy5 /: $g li4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
5 DAY ] !. ! ! !
IN THE
MOUNT AIMS
4 VIA,
@. q 81 } ].
EXCURSION

Special train viii leave Richmond via
o. & q. Railway. at ~ noon Ihursaay
August Nth, for charlottesville, Hot
Springs. White sulphur and intermediate
stations. Tickets good returning Oh n!l
regularatruins until Tuesday. August 22d.
inclusive. Rates TO stations, GQprlottesr
Gille ia Alton, inclusive, $3.50; BASIC 70
Stanton inclusive, $500; Mount Elliott
- CLIFTON Forge, inclusive. $3.50, and
Gnvingtnn tn Hot Springs ana White sulT
Iphur, Inclusive. SfoV, b, Il q
15The most attractive excursion OF ing
season. FIVE DAYS ~ tie Virginia Mou1s'
'' Msalth,# pleasure and YEecfsation:s 95s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
a NUMBER OF SMALL
FIGHTS REPORTED
Japanese and Russians Both An
nounce Victories in Unin-
portant Engagements
4 (By Associated Press,)

4 ST. PETERSBURG, August l6,-Gen-
eral Linevitch, telegraphing under date
Of August l4th, says that the firing OF
torpeo boats of Vice-Admlral hataoAa !, :
squadron near Point l-'lHafeVo' ~ tlio !,
Tary& Straits, ceased on the morning Of
August 18th when the vessels withdrew. y
rhc COMMUNICATIVE reports that
rart of the Russian force In Korea occll-
MED the village of Kopungsan after a
fight. He also reports number OF small
skirnishes in Korea, In which the Rus
slams were successful, In some instances
capturing arms and ammunition.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
(3y Associated Press.)
TOXIC August 1G.-An official report


TOXIC, August 1G.-An official report
says:
early on August 14th. In the d.
rection Of Chang TIL, q Russian force
consisting of a battalion OF infantry,
two sections OF cavalry. eight. field
guns and six machine guns. attacked
our position at Erhshpllpa. eight miles
north Of Chang Tu, but was immc-
diatey repulsed Our casualties
amounted to one and the Russians
lost thirty-five
simultaneously, three companies Of
infantry and two squadrons OF cav
airy attacked us eight miles northwest
Of Chang TIL. This attack was re-
pulsed, and at 2;So o'clock the RUS
SLAMS retrcnted northwnrd, leaving ten
dead.
1.-THE Russians also made small
attack on ..We4-Auan-Paolen, which
was repulsed." 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17

4 sfHoR6FoRD's,iA p PHosPHATt
54ls 4,6' VIC s3s 4 IA II N
tMtl, Cures hefypu 81 p lsorders.
IIaadn che. lnso1p ntat sflilxilahsllonH no
Restlessnsss. Rebullds the perYouffVs'
tenn, III
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17
What Guiteras Says,

Or, Gultcrns said to-day that from
villa, he had seen he had regarded the
rsynr could be controlled. though II was
always aliicult 10 stamp II ON. y i was
moi taken AT lis Inception. pr nuiteras
eiieyes ,he marine hDspt,,al " hs 10 ne
'nrarnd To conduc, the campaign against
ihe outcropping of tlle disease next year
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-17

man report. no member Of that poaru - =
specially mentioned, although tho, poa.u
n whole Il dealt with In no tiild man
nor. Tho evidence presented to the grand
Jury dld not attack any one 5indlvldual..
and therefore no ono Of the members OF
tho Electoral Board ls singled QUE
@ 11yo,,ld L1r;,,rn Ind oa Witt X
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-16
R ACE F OR $1,000
FAST PAGERS STRUGGLE FOR
VICTORY AT MILWAUKEE
AND SYRACUSE.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. Is. - The
big race on today's program at the
state fair grounds was the 2:06 pace
for purse of $1,000 in which the
Broncho 2:O3A Of Dixon, Ill.,, and Haz-
ell Patch, 2:05h of Milwaukee were
the contestants. A light rain last night
placed the track in good condition for
today.
Hazel Patch Wins Heat.
In the 2:06 pace, first heat, Hazel
Patch won. Time 2:07.
Santine, Headlight, and The Broncho
finished in the order named. The
Broncho broke badly in the first quar-
ter.
Texas Rocker Wins At Syracuse.
Syracuse, N. Y, Sept. Is. - In the
grand circuit race here today, the
2:11 pace was won by Texas Rocker
with Fred NJ, second and Sirar, third
Time 2:O6A.
The Chamber Of Commerce stake
2:O9 trot, was today won by Zephyr
with Masetto second and Norman B
third.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-16
QUARREL A
" ARM ONE
FIGHT FOR oskALoosA WoMAN'S
RELEASE FROM PRISON
DIVIDES CITY.

Des Moines, Sept. is. = Josephine
Wilson of Oskaloosa who lays claim
to being the most beautiful woman in
Iowa is before Governor Cummins try
ing to secure freedom on charge
which nine months ago sent her to An
amosa for term of five years.
The Wilson woman was leader in
the lower world Of Oskaloosa. When
the reform campaign began she was
convicted and sent to prison for lewd-
ness. Money failed to stop her prose
cution and now the woman is dividing
her former home town into bitter fac.
tions by her efforts to secure pardon.
1t is claimed by her opponents who
1000 strong protested against par.
don by Governor Cummins, that she
is influencing prominent business men
and society men Of Oskaloosa by q
threat to expose their former relations
Yesterday seventy-seven letters
were received at the pardon Office pro,
testing against a parole.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-16
TAKE FEVER
INTO OHIO
TWO HUNDRED REFUGEES FROM
"YELLoW JACK" DISTRICT
IN CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati, Sept. 15.-Of 200 refu-
gees from the yellow fever districts of
Louisiana who arrived here early to-
day, five are held on suspicion of hav-
ing the disease while it is unofficially
reported that a score Of others scat.
tered throughout the city are sick and
may have the fever. Physicians will
visit all of them today. Many Of the
refugees are penniless.
Later in the day the physicians de.
clared the five suspected cases genuine
yellow fever.
New Yellow Fever Cases.
New Orleans, Sept. 15.-The new
cases of yellow fever reported today
number nine and the deaths two.
Eight Cases of Cholera.
Berlin, Germany, Sept. 15. The
official bulletin says eight new cases
of cholera and three deaths have beer
reported today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-16
THAT is THE CLAIM OF POLICE,
WHO ARE THREATENED WITH
VIOLENCE.
CHIEF GETS WARNING
Collins, Busy With His Crusade
Against Crime, Cares Little for
Threats But Posts Guard at His
Home to Protect FamlIy-Gamins
Resorts Have "To Let Signs"

Chicago, Sept. 15.-"Gambling in
Chicago is nearer extinction than it
has been in many years. Public gamb-
ling in the city limits is dead.''
This is the declaration of the police
and the assertion seems to be borne
out by the scattering and disappear
ance OF the men who promote and give
their time to it.
Arrested, driven from the city, their
paraphernalia shattered and DESTROYED.
mem bers of the fraternity are said to
have made one last desperate stand
which portends violence to the chief
of police and members of his family
if the gambling crusade continues.
This has taken the form of anony-
nous letters sent to the office and
house Of the chief which threaten the
dynamiting of his home and violence
to himself and family.
Chief Collins at first was in.
clined to denounce these warnings
as nonsense but fearing for the safe
ty Of his family he yesterday stationed
a guard near his residence.
The chief refused to divluge the ma
ture Of the letters save that they were
threatening. he declared Cnem OIL nc
Importance, although he admitted that
his home was guarded and that mem
bers Of his personal staff were investi
eating the letters.
Will Not Relax Crusade.
The pressure on the gamblers, Chic
Collins declared, would not be relax
ed for moment. An exodus O
gam mblers, which in volume has stead
lily increased, began with the frs
spectacular raids Of the new chief O
police and continues.
To the racetracks Of the east ant
Louisville. to the more tempting
fields" Of other cities, and In many
cases to the unpleasing confines of the
house Of correction the fraternity
has departed and left the labor of the
gambling squadron" lighter although
the squadron Is still alert. Some
gamblers who have saved enough O
the 'easy money" of former days
have embarked in business ventures
in Chicago and other places, while
scores of gaming resorts have beer
converted into legitimate busines,
places or placarded with sto let
signs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-16
FOUR DIE
IN STORM
A cLoUDBURsT IN WESTERN
STATES CAUSES LOSS OF LIFE
AND PROPERTY.

Kansas City, Sept. Is. An unusu-
ally heavy rain storm amounting al
most to a cloudburst, accompanied by
high wind in western Missouri and
eastern Kansas, early today, caused
serious damage to property and the
loss of at least four lives. An aver
age Of four inches of water fell.
At Maxson, Kans., a woman and
three children. names unknown, were
drowned in the destruction of a rail-
road camp.
Six Inch Hail Stones.
Beatrice, Neb., Sept 15-A cloud
burst caused much damage here this
morning. There inches of, water fell
in a few minutes and the streets and
side walks were submerged, while
many cellars were filled. At Virginia,
six inches of water fell in short time.
A hail stone measuring six inches in
diameter, crashed through window
in a Beatrice residence.