Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-27
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

river now registers the highest it has
been since 1902, the highest point re-
corded in the history of France, ex-
cepting the year 1915.
The terrible tempest of rain and
wind, which broke over the city at
daylight, only adds 10 the horror of
the situation and TO the suffering of
the poor and homeless. Although the
waters of the Seine affluents above the
city are still rising rapidly. the mu-
uicipal authorities are hopeful this
morning that the maximum stage of
the waters will be reached by night.
fall.
The river presents an awe-inspiring
spectacle A quarter million of peo-
pie in a drenching rain throng the
stone parapets and quays watching the
yellow tide which is crowded with
driftwood. wine casks and other wreck.
age. rushing seaward The water is
now almost flush with the arches of
the bridges. Firemen, police and
II toops are working like mad at all
bridges, disentanglng blockades re
suling from the floating debris and il
is hoped that all the bridges will be
saved.
The loss already is over ten million
dollars.
The cities of Montargis. Macon. Cha
Ions sur Saon and Epernay and the
entire champagne country, are expert
encing the most disastrous floods since
1906. The water in many of the vii
lages reaches to the roofs of the dwell
ires. At Verdun-s-le-doubs protect
ing dyke is breaking and the town
threatened with destruction. Factories
and mills stopped work at Mez Teres,
Sedan and other places in the Moure
valley. Great damage has been done to
which have been washed out in many
places. The Garonne and Dordogne
rivers are rising rapidly. The village
of Carnoa is surrounded by lake
TELLURIDE. Jan. 24.-"Grandma
Hogg died here Saturday afternoon al
the residence of her son, Herbert S
IIogg. The remains were shipped tc
Pueblo this morning accompanied by
Hon, H. NJ, Hogg and wife and II. S
Hogg whore the funeral will be held al
the United Presbyterian church. Rev
Mr.. Rankin of Denver preaching. The
remains will be laid by the side of
her husband who died about two years
ago.
Telluride is having phenomenal
weather. For the twenty-four hours
ending yesterday morning the mini
mum temperature was "a and the max
imum 80, while for the same length
of time ending this morning the mini
mum was SO above and maximum ga,
something unheard of for this altitude
in January. With the snow off grass
would be green and the robins nest
ing.
Denvcg i-cpublican.
- h'iici httfSt VI lhN tauHtu
the death of s. e. Newman Of 507
East First avenue Tuesday night. Mr.
Newcomb was a promoter of Conajos
county, where he owned nearly 1000
acres OF land. He was also dealer In
cattle and horses About year and
a half ago he married Miss Katherine
Logan of Durango, who survives him
and four children by his former Iuar-
riage, Mrs. Schecter of La lara, Colo,
George, Stella and Elias E. Newcomb
Jr.
The funeral was conducted by the
knights of Pythias from the home yes
terday afternoon and burial was rlude
in Crown Hill cemetery.
WASHINGTON. Jan, 24-The presi
dent today sent TO tie senate The fol.
lowing nomination to be receiver of
public moneys at Durango. Colo, John
il McDavitt, Jr
VICkSBURG, Miss, Jan. 24.-George
BurdGtt, n young white man employed
as cur tagger OIL the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley railway, was held
up ard robbed by two white men in
the shop yards of the company Then
they bound him hand and foot to the
main line of the railway. The fast
passenger train was soon due there.
Just as lie beheld the headlight of the
train, a negro came along, and hear
ing BurGett's shouts. cut him loose
without a second to spare.
TORONTO, Jan. 24.-Thirty-one
dead, two missing and forty-six injured
is the total toll of the Spanish river
wreck. both coaches having been re-
covered and the dead removed. There
must be few bodies In the river but
this officials are not inclined to admit
SAuLTE STE. MARIE, Mich, Jan.
24.-lVosd received today from the Ca.
madam Pacific wreck at Spanish river
that the wrecked dining car had been
removed from the river and the first.
class coach was half out of the water,
the bodies of fourteen victims having
been recovered. Graphing operations
were Instituted today to recover more