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DEATH LIST NOW rs;
800 FAMILIES HOMELESS
Number Drowned May Reach Sixty-Eleven Persons
Lost in One House-Damage Done by Cloudburst
Estimated at Over So, 600, 900.

everything IL in ruins. The property
damage II estimated at more than
81. 900. 900. The city has been covered
with huge rosters saying "Don't get dis
couraged remember San Francisco
The Eric Real Estate. Board has
turned over scores Of vacant houses f-r
the use of flood sufferers. Mayor Stern
has promised work to every man who
applies. Hundreds of business men are
hiding the police, hremcn and National
Guardsmen in their work Of searching
for bodies. state Health Department
sanitary guards arrived here from Har-
rlsburg late -to.pight 10 take charge or
tile snua.lon. Four Mile Creek, a sum
mer resort east OF the city, was limos
a total loss. The scenic railway. merry
go-round and other concessions were
swept out int, Erie Bay. AS the electric
light plants are In the flood district ana
as many gas mains were torn up the
city Is without electricity and gas t"-
nigG,.
At Twenty-second and French streets
n heavy interurban car was picked up
bodily on the water and. whirling over
and over, carried two blocks to Eigh-
,eenth street, where 1t overturned and
came to rest at last against the 'front.'
Of a grocery store. The store was
wrecked. The motorman and conductor
and eight passengers. four OF whom were
women, were in the car and were carried
with II until It crashed against the pole
Charles +. Loesel OF the Reliable IRE
Company made his way to the root OF
the grocery building and by means OF
"A rope rescued the imprisoned crew ana
passengers.
Complaint was heard on every hand
tonight regarding police efforts to tabu-
late the list OF dead. They seemingly
have been totally unable to bring any
semblance of order out OF the chaos.
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ERIE. Pa, Aug. 4.-Twenty-fve
are known to have occurred as
a result of yesterdays cloudburst here.
Coroner Hanly tonight said that the
death list In his opinion would reach
sixty and might go slightly beyond that
number.
Several hundred families who lost
their homes are In temporary quarters,
n the State militia Is %patrolling the
food district, where hundreds OF men
are searching for bodies. Virtually all
Of the bodies found so far have been
Identified. out OF one family of six
only two children escaped, John Hig-
gins. his wife, a fourteen-year-oid son
and a fourteen-months-old baby being
drowned when their house was lifted
from the foundations and swept against
a culvert In East Sixth street.
The list OF lead and missing compiled
BY the police late tonight follows:
Known Dead-John Higgins. Mre.
wlnifred Higgins. Marian Higgins. 10
months: James Higgins, II years: Will
lam Davitt, brother OF Mrs. Higgins;
Mrs. Emma Osborne, Charles NJ Her.
John Donovan. Swaney Anderson. Cora
Anderson, Catherine :. Carroll. uniden-
titled Pole. Thomas L%aingdon. Annie
weisbauer. Mrs. Reuse. Mrs. Emma
Austin, Mrs. Mary Storinger.
Missing and given up as dead-Mich-
aei Ru!scd. Ewald Brant, Mrs. +. Wally
George CARRIER, Frances Bumper. Mrs
l.. Cranes, unidentified man carried from
roof OF house at Eighth and French
streets.
Fifty business houses and 400 dwell
ings were swept away.
In one house at seventeenth ant
French streets there we're twelve people
| when the rush of water took the build
ing from its foundations. All rushed t6
the attic and the house was carried
down French street, striking the New
York Central overhead tracks. Franz
Blacker, one OF the occupants. managed
to scramble u OF a window to safety
as the house crumbled against the rail
road bridge. After an all night and al
day search he has been unable TO locat'
any OF his companions.
Against a machine in the Iareckt FAC
tory OH East Ninth street was foun'
the nude body OF a young woman pinned
there by All automobile swept from
garage a mile away.
In an area 100 yards wide and ex'
tending the entire length OF the city
from the southern limits to Lake Erie
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-05
TWO CYCLONES DEAL
DEATH IN new YORK
Twisters From South Reach
Metropolitan District One
After the Other.
BLOW AT g. MILE RATE

Dual cyclones Of unusual Intensity
wrought disaster on sea and lake coasts
yesterday morning. The twistcr born
dow Texas way. which caused the
greatest loss OF life, had spent its force
shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
shifting Erie, Pa. and taking many
lives In its transit.
~srhe-second cyclone from the south
had more wind and weight than It's
predecessor, with which II mingled last
night over the 81. Lawrence Valley.
dancing seward. and devoted its
phenomenal August energies chiefly to
the coast hereabout.
A Yankee skipper was on
Sandy Hook as his schooner went to
wrack new sand ba rricades against sea
invasion were created by the philsn-
thropic gales at Asbury Park and Sea-
bright. and corn crops were damaged
by the levelling power Of the rain per-
meated blasts in States contiguous to
New York.
wind at % Miles an Hour.
There have been winds of much more
power, but seldom OF such combined
weight and velocity. The maximum force
OF the gale was sixty-four miles ut ?
A.. NJ. when the rain was almost tor
rental. Driven on q blast. rain coming
in tropical prodigality has projectiie-
like destruc.iveness. and that Is why
trees and wires went down and the city
was cut of for a half day from COM
munication 10y wire with many places
To the south. Sandy Hook. the High
lands and Quarantine delivered ship
news messages by telephone for several
] hours.
Many trolley cars and trains in the
metropolitan district were stalled. bu
not for more than a few hours. The
Limitation of sewer capacity caused
floods in the streets OF many cities In
this state and New Jersey and several
persons were drowned In Overlooking
brooks and rivers.
Fragile bridges were carried away
and Jersey towns decided that the Hood
was the greatest ever. That Is the i'm
memorial habit OF Jersey. as expressed
by its Ubiquitous correspondents.
The rainfall in this borough was 2l9
lnches-narvellous considering the dura'
tion u the storm. For more than an
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BALTIMORE IS TORN.
storm Causes DAMAGE Of 100000
Many boats wrecked.

BALTIMORE, Aug. Wreck strewn
beaches, unroofed houses. shattered
windows and streets choked with fallen
trees mark the course OF the terrinc
storm witch swept over Baltimore and
it's vicinity last night. The damage Is
estimated at $780, coo.
In the vicinity Of Ferry Bar alone the
value of yachts that nave been either
seriously damaged or totally wrecked is
estimated at W slj",Ooo ana
$500. 600.
throughout the state crops were
ruined and many bridges washed away.
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KILLS SON AND HERSELF.
wife Of Manufactures shoots In
Fit ~ Insanity.

HARTFORD. Conn, Aug, 4.-ln a Mt OF
temporary insanity to-day Mrs Nellie
Breeze Allen, wife of James +. Allen.
president Of the Meridcn Gravure Com
pany, shot and killed her eight-year-
old son and then killed herself The
bodies of mother and son were found
ON a bed by the child's governess, who
was In an adjoining room.
Mrs. Allen was "A granddaughter OF
the late Charles Parker and daughter
OF Theodore Breeze of the Parker Clock
Company. She had suffered from melan-
cho,ia after the birth OF her youngest
child. hut had apparently fully recov-
cred. Her husband says she was I'm
rood spirits last night when she went
to bed,
Mrs. Allen leaves two sons. Parker.
a student at Yale. now In Camp Kineo,
N. H., and Theodore, a student at
Andover. who 10 also on . camping trip.
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u, s, SAILORS LAND
AT CAP HAYTIEN
More Likely to Be Sent to
Ouell Disturbances That
Have Broken Out.
ORDER TO DISARM DEFlED

WASHINGTON. Aug 1.-THE centre or
trouble In Hayti has been transferred
from Port au Prince to Cap Hayden ac-
cording to official advices rcceiNeu mere
to-day. The situation at the latter roit
has caused the LANDING Of bluejackets
from the United states cruiser Nashville,
and IL Is likely that Admiral cdperton
will be compelled TO send additional
forces there unless there is material I'M
proyement in the next day or two.
The efforts OF "A peace commission
consisting OF Lieut., Coffey. L. = NJ ana
several Haytians, have been disregardea
by the leaders Of the forces In cap
Uaytien. Gen. Blot, commander OF the
troops loyal to the old government mas
refused to need the commissions order
to disarm and has gone to Port Liher'e
with part OF his army. 1t Is reported
that he intends moving on Fort au
| Prince, where the American forces under
! Admiral Caperton are In control
DIR. Bobo. the rebel leader OF the north.
! has likewise refused to heed the ommls-
| sion's order to disarm and Is located
with his little army across the bay from
the town OF Cap Haytien. His advance
on the town is expected and unoflclal
advices state that the departure OF Biot
was followed in a few hours by the en-
trance OF Bobo and his INTO
the town.
As this move is contrary TO the wlshes
u Admiral Caperton and the mixed corn-
mission he sent to Cap Haytien, 1t IL
possible tina there may be a clash be-
tween the Americans and the Haytians
as a result of Bobo's reported attempt
to take possession OF the town. II Is
likely that the American naval officers
will attempt to prevent any hostilitles
Until more adequate forces have been
placed at Cap Hayden.
In official quarters the hope Is still
entertained that "A conflict may be
avoided. It IL believed that Admiral
Caperton and his officers will not give
up the attempt to induce the rival
Haytian forces to disarm and disbard.
The commission also was instructed to
bring both Blot and Bobo back to Port
au Prince for a conference for thu
promotion OF peace. According to Off
cial reports. Blot was at first incii ed
to yield. He resigned his commission AS
commander, and part Of his army gave
up their arms and came into Car
Haytien. Later he changed his mind
and left Cap Haytien at the head u
the rest Of his forces.
Bobo's position is somewhat strength
ened by the fact that a committe oi
Haytians at Port au Prince declared II
favor Of him for the Presidency. Adj
miral caperton, however. Is not yo'
prepared to have any proceedings foi
the installation of any one as President
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STUDENT FAILS TO SAVE NATE.
Boat Containing Two New Jcrses
Youths Upsetst One browns.

EAsToN, Pa. Aug. Gilbert Pickell,
81 years old. son Of Mrs. j. l.. Pickell
of White House. y. j., and Warren
Sherman OF New Germantown, N. D.,
both seniors at Lafayette College. were
crossing the Delaware River here in "a
rowboat to-day when the boat sank.
pickell was drowned. Both were work.
ing their way through college.
Sherman tried TO save Pickell n
nearly drowned.
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Experts at Trenton estimated that the
damage to crops and other property in
New Jersey would he not less than
81, 900. 900. only tho jitney buses with
stood the storm In Hudson county. the
trolleys having been put out OF the game
for more than an hour
In all the boroughs the pressure Of
rain and blast wrecked hundreds -
young trees, uprooted feeble and ancient
giants and tore branches from sturdy
eims. poplars and naples. Brooklyn.
abundant In forest memorials. lost some
of her finest old oaks. Failing trees
wrecked telephone and telegraph wires
and thus contributed to the temporary
interruption of borough intercommunica-
ton.
The only shipwreck OF moment In
Jersey waters was that Of the schooner
NJ. V. b.. Chase. Capt. futile. bound
from Nova Scotia tv Norfolk, Va, with
a. cargo Of plasieis- She lue-her hear
ings In the observation Of rain and spin
drift n just before dawn yesterday
found the breakers of SANDY Hook roar
ing under her lee. She let go both
bowers. which did not hold. and she
drifted stern on into the riot of waters.
The schooner's sea ms opened under the
pounding OF the seas and she was In a
sinking condition. when Capt. futile and
his crew Of Ave decided to risk them
selves In the yawl. They lowered 1t
without mishap and headed for the
beach. The life savers were w
In the semi-darkness that there was n
wreck In their vicinity and they did
not know of t." disaster until they saw
four OF the men OF the schooner's crew
staggering along the coast toward the
life saving station.
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on the stand by Naval Constructor j,

on inc STAND ny Naval CONSTRUCTOR d.
l.. Ackcrson.
The findings of the board will he
signed by Frank w: van Patten and
william A.. Collins. steamboat inspect
ors stationed at Milwaukee.
The final sessions Of Secretary Red
fields board will be held Tomorrow. ar
ter which the Secretary and solicitor
Thurman will start for Washington.
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hour the do~npour was at the rate of
a fraction over an inch an hour, and
for nearly three hours the gale kept w
steadily at about a sixty mile rate. IT
was In this period Of stress Of wind and
water that most Of the damage was
done,
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The survivors said hat their skipper
had dashed himself to a thwart OF the
yawl and that when II capsized In the
bAttering surf he had vanished under
1t with "A seaman who could not swim.
Later the yawl was found by the life
savers with the body OF the skipper un-
der IL dashed to the thwart.
All trains coming from the neighbor-
hood OF the great lakes region were
stalled by the effect OF cyclones. The
Twentieth Century Limited OF the New
York Central arrived almost eleven
hours late. pulling into the Grand Gem
trail station at S:15 last night. The
Lake Shore Limited was four hours late.
and the New York and New England
special eight hours behind schedule.
Many other fast trains from the West
were also belated.
william Leary. clerk Of the al
branch OF the United States District
Court. was marooned on Staten Island.
where he was sleeping In "A tent. The
blast took the tent and most OF Mr..
Lcary's clothing skyward and he went
in his pajamas 10 the nearest telegraph
office and sent this despatch to his SUI
perior officer. Billy Etgen. chief clerk
OF the Department OF Justice:
The tent and clothes have gone 10
sea and | am here naked
Judge Howe excused I.eary for the
day.
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MOBILE
PORTABLE GARAGES.

PORTABLE Metal Garages r"iuc. ms
upkeep OF your odr 20 a minimum, strong
and durable. artistic In design and sold At
prircs that must appeal to the d~isCrtmint At
INK buyer. write Of phone for titalog e.
STEEI. BUILDING SALES cORPORA-N
rIoN. 1903 Park Avenue. Phone Murray
mn i2sO.
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"Mr. Ch!lds,' said Mr.. Perkins yes
frday, "Is IA sensible business man and
his word, are Of special interest because
he was not one of the original Progress
slves,' nut joined the party after the
campaign of 1912"
On Friday at the Ten Eyck Hotel IN
Albany all the Progressive county chair
men and members OF the State com
mttee are to Ave IA meeting upon
which the mlnpuvring of Mr.. Hamlin
ana OF Mr. Robinson in Herkimer is ex-
pected 10 have some effect. Mr.. Perkins
was not certain yesterday whether or
not lie would attend this meeting. Evil
GENTLY he expects hat State Chairman
Walter 4. johnson will be able to hold
u m check, but II there are signs of a
possible breaking away Mr.. Perkins Is
likely to he there.
\ copy Of the letter which Mr.. Hamlin
has sent To all Erie county Progressives
reached THE SuN yesterday. 1t contains
an ~outspoken reference to Charles Il.
hughes which is calculated to raise a
storm among those Erie county men who
are hgur'ng OH keeping the Colonel
ptnndnt at the masthead for 1916. Ham
III, who has heretofore led the Erie
county irogressives erie stands next
10 New York and Kings in Moose
sfel-ihI wherever he wanted to go. il
Hhel\ To have trouble at to-night's meet
ing ferk ms or no Perkins, according To
dispatches from Buffalo.
The middle OF the road Progressive
VINO can't agree with Mr.. Hamln that
te Republican party has been pureed
o. Us iu!quity are threatening a fight
WH.h they say will shunt Mr.. Hamlin
out Of The leadership.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-05
PBRKINSOFFTO
ST0PSTAMPEDE
0F.BULL MOOSE
Plans TO Circumvcnt Move
TO Shoe Erie County Men
Into &. O.. p. Corral.
RELIES ON ORATORY
TO GAIN HIS POINT

EAOrEF w y
lac, night with the single purpose OF
living to prevent Chauncey J. Hamlin,
-. Erie county Progressive leader.
fran, carrying out his intention Of stam-
oed,ns his fock back into the Republican
CORRAL UNLIMITED. but speaking with
N. authority Of the chairman Of the ma
,,ocs, executive committee. Mr.. Perkins
.,nsc,s to confront Mr.. Hamlin in a
rs.t,ng OF the Erie county committee
,o.,,sht. and In behalf Of the national
o,,sr,zation to implore the Progressives
"A keen their ranks together for the
eompaign Of 1915.
Mr.. Hamlin already has announced
mat ne will rejoin the Republicans las
a Progressive His object in calling
to-a,rhts meeting is I o get his follow
ev TO accompany him In his backward
rmer.ault. He Is holding out to them
shs prospect OF the Progressives being
sS,e TO force the Republicans to nomi-
nate Charles Il. Hughes for the Presi-
dency.
This programme In no way hts the
vrssent Intentions Of Col. Roosevelt and
,hs other national leaders. Hence the
determination TO head of Mr.. Hamlin.
who hopes to start In his W province
Of Erie a political recession which will
wread over New York State and then
throughout the country.
Perkins Cninvited hut Confident
Tn going to Buffalo Mr.. Perkins
aid yesterday, 'as a member or the
NATIONAL organization TO tell the Pro-
s~resslves of Erie county that they owe
sduty TO hat organization as well as to
their own little group. No. | haven't
been invited to go. but | guess there'l|
Be- no trouble In getting a hearing. ]
can't tell you what I'm going to say
You'll zeal about 1t from Buffalo to.
morrow night"
II was after a talk with Mr.. Perkins
on Monday hat Col. Roosevelt made his
declaration, Il shall enroll az a Progress
siye. and II any man in this State ask:
my advice | shall advise him also to EN-
roll as a Progressive" ON Tucsda,
former state Chairman Robinson. tn,
C%olonels nephew. charged Mr.. Perkin.
with having misled the Colonel as TO tn,
status Of the Progressive organization
He also suggested that Mr.. Perkins
feared loss of his personal political pres
tige II any considerable number o.
Progressives returned to the q. q. =.
Mr.. Perkins said with a laugh Jester
day that he had read Mr.. Robinson:
statements and added
Il am too hard at work to get int
any controversy. ! have nothing to sa.
IN reply TO Mr.. Robinson
Nj. Perkins is in entire agreement. h
sad. with the statement which Co
Roosevelt mad upon his return fror
the West on Monday. He also said tina
in his opinion William Hamlin Child'
comrale Of the Colonel aud Kings count
Progressive chairman. had acCuratel.
expressed The party's duty when NJ
Chllts said:
The 'Proyresslves hould continu
their party organization rs "A place I
which all independent voters can rally !
case the platforms and candidates pu
forward by the other parties do not wal
rant the confidence Of the i~ndepender
thinking voters in all parties"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-26
YOUNG MAN Is ARRESTED
FORGERY THE ACCUSATION

Officers Waters and Thilgen made
a good catch at the union depot dur
ing the noon hour. They were sent
over by Chief Klugherz to get J.
Woodwork. young man wanted at
Turrittin. n. d.. to answer TO the
charge of forgery. Sheriff A. f. Nor
gan this morning telephoned to the
Mankato police station that Wood
worth was wanted To answer to the
charge of forgery in the sum OF $50.
The young man was described as FIVE
feet eight inches tall. and weighing
about $50 pounds and a description of
his clothing was given. He was cap
tured as he alighted from the train to
get some lunch He was on his way
TO Sioux City. II had been ascertained
that he had bought a ticket for that
place. He confessed his guilt and said
he would go back to Turrittin. ~ d..
without requisition papers. He was
locked up at the police station.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-26
BRAKEMAN WAS INJURED
WHEN CARS LEFT TRACK

Five cars on freight train No. SIS.
coming to Mankato from Waseca, were
derailed at 2:05 this morning about
a mile and a half east of Eagle Lake
Four flight cars and the caboosc went
of the track. What the cause was, no
one seems to know, though some say
II was due to the breaking of an arch
bar. Several hundred feet of the
track were torn mp. Only one per-
son was SO badly hurt that the serv-
ices of physician were necessary
and that was V. l.. Augur of Waseca
n brakeman. who was in the caboose,
when that was ditched. Two of his
ribs were fractured and he was some-
what bruised and cut about the head.
He was taken to st. Joseph's hospi-
tai.
Passenger service on the North
western, though handicapped was not
tied up by the blocking of the track
ut Eagle Lake. The Northwestern
train that goes to Waseca, leaving
Mankato at 6 10 in the morning. went
over the Dan Patch line as far rs
Waterville, and then over the Mime
apolis and st. Louis to Waseca. The
noon train from the west was delayed
several hours this afternoon, as IL
was deemed wiser TO wait for. the
track to be repaired, than to run an
other train around by way of the
Waterville route. H---rr,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-26
AUTOS C0LLIDED; ONE MAN
WAS HURT BUT SLIGHTLY

Two automobiles, a Dodge and a
Ford. collided shortly after FIVE o'clock
yesterday afternoon on the Good Thun-
der road near the top of the Strand
Ravine hill Raymond Smith, who was
riding in the Ford. cut his lip against
the broken windshield of that car
Both windshields were somewhat
broken, and both flanders smashed and
both front axles bent The Ford was
coming down-hil towards Mankato.
II was driven by David Davidson. The
Dodge was going towards Good Thun-
der and was being driven by a Map
letCn man named Stevens. With Mr.
Stevens were hi wife and two chill
dren. The collision took place where
the road makes,Ssshazp turn. The
Ford ran home ca its own power but
the Dodge was disabled and is out
at the scene of the accident yet.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-26
WHITlOCK SAYS HE WILL
RETURN TO POST ABROAD
limited Press Dispatch. |

New York. November 24.-Brand
Whitlock. American minister to Bel
GUM. arrived in New York today, Mr.
and Mrs. Whitlock came on the Ham
burg American liner, Ryndam, arriv-
ing at HobokeIT, after being detained
for several hours by the quarantine
regulations.
Mr.. whitlock dispo.ed of all rUmors
that he would not return TO Europe,
by stating that he had made arrange
ments to leave on his trip back to the
old world on December 2S. He re-
fused absolutely TO discuss any Of the
questions relating TO the conduct OF
his office.
Mr.. and Mrs. WhitlOck went TO the
Ritz Carlton hotel. They expect TO
remain there until after Thanksgiving
day. when Mr.. Whitlock will go to
Washington for a personal interview
with President Wilson. Later he will
90 TO Cleveland. Ohio. TO visit his
mother and his old home.