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MEDDfKDSMGffATEBS.
Two Reservoirs Near Fishkill, N. Y.,
Burst With Terrible Effect.
WAS A MINIATURE JOHNSTOWN.
The Mountain Dams Gave Way and 12,000,000
Gallons of Water Descended
Upon a Hamlet?Honses Swept Away
and Smashed to Kindllnc "Wood?
Vntniitii'B nmiapfl bv the Torrent.
Matteawan,X. Y. (Special).?Surcharged
>y the recent heavy rains , the twin-Melaingah
reservoirs, situated in the first
range of the Fishkill Mountains, a mile
aaet of Fishkill, burst at 2 a. m. Wednesday.
The torrent swept through a narrow
ravine, following the course of
Melzingah Creek, and burst with all its
fnry over a little settlement about Timony's
brick yards on the banks of the Hudson
Elver, about a mile away and
S00 feet below the level of the
l>roken dams. Seven persons were
drowned. The road bed of the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad blocked ,
tfc? rfuhru until the nressure of the water
became too great. ^?hen 1700 feet of the
tracks were washed away, blockading
trains. The reservoirs belonged to the
rishktjl and Matteawan Water Company.
They were old-fashioned and apparently |
arelessly built. The damage is estimated
at 8100.000.
The dead are: Mrs. John Conroy, twentyBine
years old, wife of the engineer of.
Timony's brickyard; body recovered.
Julia Conroy, five years old, daughter of
the engineer. Joh'p Conroy, eighteen
months old, son of the engineer, rhilomena
De Lucca, six years old, daughter of
Lorenzo De Lucca, laborer in Timony's
brickyard; body recovered. Mrs. Annie
? . Jerry, cook in "P. H. Murphy's boarding
bouse, thirty-five years old; body recovered.
Willie Ferry, about ten years old, son of
Mrs. Annie Ferry; body "recovered. John
Zinka, laborer in the brickyard, married,
wife and one cMld; body recovered.
The disaster was 'almost a counterpart of
the Johnstown flood, though, happily, on a
much smaller scale. The dams that gave
way wefe at the head of a long, narrow,
rocky gorge. They were both built cheaply
and improperly. The upper dam gave wav
before a tremundous volume of water, which
ren flooded the second dam and caused an
alarming rise of water in the village, which
stood at th<j foot of the valley.
/ As this receded the inhabitants were
thrown off their guard,and when the second
dam fell out and 12,000,000 gallons of water <
came rushing down the defile many of them
were caught as they fled toward highei
ground.
The children who lost their lines were
drowned. The men and women who perished
were first stunned by the rocks and
timber borne along by the flood and swept
to death.
Just as the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge
at Johnstown dammed up the flood and
added to the destruction, so did the high
embankment of the New l'ork Central Railroad
hold back the wall in the village,
where it swirled around, an angry, sullen
pool, until at one time it seemed as though
the refugees who had sought safety on the
high railroad siding in the nearby brickyard
would be drowned while they prayed
for neip. men ine raiiroau emuaiismeut
Sive way and the flood passed out into the
udson "River, leaving two acres where the
houses had been a desolated space, covered
with wreckage that entombed seven
' human beings.
80, too, does the disaster in its aftermath
resemble the Johnstown flood. There is
\ the same utter desolation of families that
have lost their loved ones and all their
worldly goods. There is the same public
resentment toward the water company that
inflamed the public mind against the South
lork Fishing and Gunning Club. The dam
aaused the loss of life, and the public naturally
looks to the dam In trying to find some
- one to blame.
But the coincidence between the great
Johnstown disaster and this smaller one at
Timony's does not end here. Figuring
in the calamity at Timony's were
John Conroy, the engineer of the
brickyard, and his family of a wife
and three children. Conroy was one
of the survivors at Johnstown. 80 was
his wife. She was rescued from the Johnstown
flood, while her relatives perished.
Phon Ponrnv mnrrifid hp>r ftnrt thev moved I
way from that place of horrid recollections.
In this last flood Mrs. Conroy and
two *f her children were drowned, and Joiin
Conroy's arm was broken.
Thgre were two reservoirs in the mountain,
the lower one half a mile distant from
> the other. The upper dam gave way, letting
the volume of water into the lower
reservoir. This also burst, and the water
xnshed down through a ravine.
The flood was pent up in the narrow confines
and gathered resistless fcrce before it
iurled itself upon the plain below, carxying
death and destruction in its path. What
houses there were In its path were picked
up bodily from their foundations and either
dashed to pieces or whirled along in the
torrents like chips on an angry sea.
It demolished the brick work9 utterly.
Sot a vestige of the extensive building was
left. It carried away a big bridge across
the roadway and flung it in pieces into tho
xiver. It tore away a hole in* the railroad
+*?onbo 1AAt-o?.rlu wMo Tf htirlorl nno nf fhft
workmen's big boarding houses bodily into
the Hudson.
The people had been awakened by the
roar of the horrent rattling down the ravine,
and realizing intuitively what it
meant, rushed from their beds for safety.
There was no time to lose in dressing or
saving valuables, for the flood was coming'
wfth more than a race horse's speed.
Some of them got to the higher ground in
afety. Many did not. One family, Perry
by name, in their wild flight left their baby
behind. Most of the killed were in the
workmen's boarding houses.
/ The immediate cause of the disaster was
the very heavy rainfall for the twentyfour
hours preceding the breaking of the
ttams. The alleged weak condition of
the dams has Seen publicly proclaimed
ieveral times, but the officials of the
water company that owned them declared
that they were quite strong. Civil Engineer
John Robertcon, '.who lives near them and
ww them while building, says they were
very flimsy. What is left of them now
looks pitiably weak. There will bo an of
floial investigation.
Trying to Stop Emigration South.
The action of the Michigan Passenger
Bailroad Association declining to give rates
to the South to home seekers has caused
much complaint. Emigation seems to be '
etting in that direction, and it is desirable
that cheap transportation be secured.
Diplomatic Appointments.
The President sent the following nominations
to the Senate: State: William L. Merry,
of California, to be Minister to Nicaragua
Costa Rica and Salvador. Horace N. AlleD,
of Ohio, to be Minister Resident and ConsulGeneral
to Korea. Terry M. De Leon, oi
Georgia, to be Consul-General at Guayaquil,
Ecuador. Granville James, of New
York, to be Consul-General at Prescot, Ontario.
Charles Deal, of New York, to be
Consul-General at St. John's, Quebec.
Artificial Ice Is Made In Alaska.
Artificial ice is made even in Juneau
Alaska, during the summer.
Cycling Notes.
In Chicago there are estimated to bo 300,000
bicycles.
Philadelphia is reaching out for records
Recently 5000 cyclists made the run from
that city to Atlantic City.
If in riding you feel the slightest jar a.'
your bicycle runs over ordinary obstacles
there is not sufficient air in your tire.
In no circumstance ignore the rule of tin
road. If you are so unfortunate as to b?
mixed up in an accident, it is satisfactory
to know that you are not to blame.
The most distinctive feature of this year's
models in bicycles has been the introduction
of sprocket wheels of larger sizw than
were used in the past two or three years.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Washington fteing.
Tho Senate Foreign Relations Committee
agreed to report the Hawaiian annexation
treaty.
Secretary Shermnn accused Lord Salisbury
of bad faith in the Bering Sea matter.
The Postoffice Department hereafter will
select and appoint the first set of letter
carriers, without the advice of the postmasters,
at offices which free delivery may
be established.
President McKiuley revoked the order of
President Cleveland" dated February 6, i
1897. reducing the number of pension
agencies from eighteen to nine.
The Foreign Relations Committee of tho
Senate has reported a resolution empowering
the President to take such measures as
I in his judgment may be necessary to secure
I tr-nrn finnin r>f tho SCllOOnet
Competitor and throe members of her crew.
President McKinley made n large numbei
of nominations, including those of Robert
A. Sharkey to be Naval Officer and Thomas
Fitchie to be Commissioner of Immigration
at the port of New York.
The Controller of the Currency has received
a telegram announcing the failure
of the Nebraska National Bank, of York,
Neb. The bank's capital was 850,000' and
according to its last report it had individual
deposits of >"37,000, and owed $13,000
borrowed money.
Senate and House Tariff bill conferrees
got in a deadlock over the sugar schedule,
with no agreement in sight, and no prospect
of an early adjournment of Congress.
The official bond of GeOrcre R. Bidwell as
Collector of Customs at the Port of New
York has been approved.
The Senate passed the Deficiency Appropriation
bill after adopting amendments
reducing the price to be paid for
nrmnr ninte for the three battleships now
I uncompleted to $300 per ton and directing
tho Secretary of the Navy to receive
propositions for the establishment of 0
Government factory.
President McKinley decided not to grant
I the Senate's request for the correspondence
between the United States and
Great Britain relative to seals in Bering
j Sea.
The warship Bennington is to be sent to
replace the Marlon at Honolulu, Hawaii.
Secretary Long selected Fort Lafayette,
New York Harbor, as a naval magazine.
President McKinley and other high officials
attended the funeral of Isham G. Harris
in the Senate Chamber,
j ?
Domestic.
BEOOaO OF THE LE.\OUE CLUB?.
Per P<i
Clnb*. Won. ct. Cluh'. Won. T*o*f. ct.
Boston....46 19 .709 Brooklvn.31 38 .463
| Oinoinn4ti43 20 .683 Pittsbursr.30 35 .462
Baltimore.42 21 ,6G7|Chicaf*o.. 29 39 .426
tfew York 38 25 .603 Louisville 26 38 .406
Cleveland 3fi 30 .545 W"shing'n25 39 .391 '
1 M m ol T??I?1Q KQ 1Q7 |
| tmittaui. .00 01 .1/101. xjuuis.au w .*w j
At a sham battle of the Governor's Guard i
at Fullen Park, Raleigh, N. C., George'N. 1
Banks, a member of the Guflrd who was
taking part in the battle, was shot and <
killed almost instantly. The bullet struck t
him almost in the middle of the forehead t
and ranged downward and lodged in the
brain. It cannot be ascertained who is re- i
sponsible. 1
Herman H. Levy and David Uhren, two I
Broadway merchants, New York City, were *
arrested on a charge of arson. s
Stephen Pastime, of New York City, was |
killed by lightning in Jersey City, N. J. [
In the convention of the National League
of Republican Clubs in Detroit, Colonel (
Leonard J. Crawford, of Kentucky, was ,
elected President. Omaha will be the next
place of meeting. z
Edward S. Fowler, as referee in the suit {
of the City of Brooklyn against John Y. c
McKane, finds that McKane received and I
failed to account for more thar 8400,000 of *
the money of the town of Gravesend. t
?? -4 irUHAn?f{11a XT
>vmie arming ior uu nunroims,
ST., ft 250-barrel well was struck at a depth 1
of 350 feet. The tools were blown from the 8
well. The oil is pronounced to be seventy- E
five per cent. pure. The new well is situated
near the tracks of the New York and
. Pennsylvania Eailroad.
* In New England States the storm de- ?
stroved much property, delayed railroad
traffic, wrecked a fleet of yachts, and re- f
suited in the deaths of five persons at va- ?
rious points.
Ogden Goelet, the New York millionaire, E
is reported to have said that he would ^
rather see his daughter in her grave than q
wedded to the Duke of lifiinchester. 3
The failure of Decker, Howell & Co., the o
nrtOl-Wnown brokers, was announced on e
the Stock Exchange, New York City. The
firm held the respect and confidence of the
"Street," but was known to be in straits
for some time. The suspension was the
?econd the house has made, and it will Q
probably not resume business.
John B. Meixell, the cashier of the South 0
Bethlehem (Penn.) National Bank, who on r
Slay 25 absconded, taking with him 810,000 f
in cash, was arrested in Hot Springs, Ark. c
E. P. Wilbur resigned the Presidency of '
che Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and
AJfred Walter was elected his successor.
Two other directors were also elected by
tne J. Plerpont Morgan interests.
The National Convention of the Republi- ?
jan League was opened successfully In De- v
trolt, Mich. *
Public school teachers specially employed j
1? ? v?"i* * nnAAUfiAn f/v*? Tmni?r?r{nfr '
py mtj now xuriv iissuuinbtvu
the Condition of the Poor opened ten of the c
city's grammar schools for poor children,
and the attendance was large?175,000.
Miss Pauline Richter, a woman of considerable
ability as a linguist and teacher, s
committed suicide in Central Park, New i
fork City. c
Governor Black dismissed the charges I
against Police Commissioner Parker, of [
New York City, and revoked Mayor Strong's
action in removing him from office.
The Democrats carried Annapolis, Md.,
by a small majority, electing Mayor, Councillor
and four out of six Aldermen. The I
city gave McKinley over two hundred ma- \
jority last fall. \
Tbe Christian Endeavor Convention, 3
which closed at San Francisco, Cal., was c
declared on all hands a complete success.
Liabilities of tho Worcester (Mass.) Cycle
Manufacturing Company foot up :;699,000,
with nominal assets of $505,000. Frank c
Sullivan Smith was appointed receiver for (
the property of the firm. 5
John Haley, a railway employe, was t
shot and killed at Youngstown, Ohio, in a t
passenger train just starting for Cleveland.
A stranger entered the coach at the rear
door, shot Haley in the back and then
leaped from the train. Haley, who lived at
Niles, leaves a family. The police have no t
clew to the murderer or the motive I
Mrs. Ann Behan, of Providence, R. I., (
and her daughter Annie, were adjudged I
insane. Since a recent visit to Europe, in
which they spent 840,000 trying to get into
high life, the delusion has become fixed in
their minds that they are members of the ;
English nobility.
George Van N'ess Lothrop, formerly United
States Minister to Russia, died in Detroit,
Mich.
William h. uates snoi and tuutm aio ?uo
at Rochester, N. Y., because sho had refused
to live with him. The murderer was
arrested.
Mrs. Arthur B. Fayne, of Brookline,
Mass., died in the dentist's chair of Dr. F.
H. Hemenway, in the Hotel Pelham, Boston.
Th* Medical Examiner exonerated
the dentist, saying that Mrs. Fayne should
have told him she had heart disease.
Six masked men killed 150 head of sheep
with rifleshots on the ranch of Mrs. Kate
Welch, near Canyon City, Oregon. The
residents of the place threaten vengeance.
There was a big mass-meeting of the dis,
contented in Chicago.
Thomas H. Morritt was shot dead in Lexington,
Ky., by Jacob F. Harris, while with
the latter's wife.
Foreign.
The United States ships San Franciscc
- J i ?? nil.ftilfor frr,m
ana iwueig" uu>? ounm i?w
Tangier', Morocco, where the troubles with
that country have been adjusted.
In the Henley (England) regatta, Dr.
McDowell, of Chicago, easily beat the Hon
E. A. Guinness, and the Winnipeg crew outrowed
the crew from Utrecht University.
More than fifty of the leading business
men of Havana, Cuba, were arrested on the
order of General Wovler
L
COMIOS OF THE CROPS.
July Report of the Government's
Statistician,
THE OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING.
CVheat Average Nearly Up to *jrhat of the
Last Ten Years?Corn 9.5 Points Lower
Than Last Year?Oats Show a Large
Yield?Tobacco In Fine Shape?Reports
From Abroad Tell of Poor fields.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The July
returns to the Statistician or tne juepartnent
of Agriculture indicate the following
iverage conditions;
Corn, 82.9; winter wheat, 81.2; spring
vheat, 91.2; combined spring and winter
ffheat, 84.9; oat9, 87.5; winter rye, 95, spring
rye, 90; barley, 88.5; tobacco, 78.5; Irish po;atoes,
87.8.
The report on the acreage of corn, which
s preliminary, shows a decrease of 1.2 per
:ent. as compared with that of last year,
This represents a decrease of about 1,000,K)0
acres. Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,
Texas, and one or two less impor;ant
corn-producing States, show an insreased
acreage, but this is more than offiet
by the shrinkage in Iowa, Indiana.
Ohio, Kentuoky, Tennessee and other
Hates. The average oondition of corn is
>nly 82.9, or 9.5 points lower than in July
>f last year.
The principal State averages are as folrurs
Ohfn 76: Miehicran. 80: Indiana, 83;
[llinois, 82; Iowa, 75; Missouri, 92; Kansas,
M); Nebraska, 82; Texas, 101; Tennessee, 90:
Kentucky, 87.
The oondition of winter wheat, 81.2, is
1.7 points higher than last month, and 5.6
points higher than in July of last year;
:hat of spring wheat, 91.2, is 1.6 points
ligher than last month, but 2.1 points
ower than in July of last year. The
iverage condition of spring and winter
tvheat combined, 84.9, fa 1.9 point higher
:han that of the corresponding period last
pear.
The percentage of the wheat crop of
1896 reported as on hand on July 1, 1897,
Is 5.46.
The average condition of the oat crop,
37.5, compares very unfavorably with that
Df July, 1896, but it is only a small fraction
jt 1 per cent, less than the average July
:ondition for the last ten years.
The average condition of rye, 95, is 11.2
points higher than in July of last year, but
:hat of spring rye, 90, is 8.6 points lower
;han It was at that time.
The condition of barley is Improving,
laving advanced 1.1 point during the
nonth, and is now slightly better than at
;his time last year.
The tobacco acreage shows a falling off
)f 20 per cent, as compared with last year,
ind the condition, 78.5, is less by 18 points
;han that of July last.'
There Is a decrease in the acreage of Irish
jotatoes of 8.4 as compared witb that of
ast vear. The shrinkage is general, Ne)raska
being the only State with any conliderable
acreage devoted to this crop that
ihows an inorease. In point of condition
ilso the orop at this time compares unavorably
with that of last year, the figures j
>eing 87.8 and 99 respectively.
The wool reports indicates 5.8 pounds as
be average weight per fleece, as compared
vlth 5.1. last year and 5.6 in 1895.
The European agent of the department
eports that the weather during June was
generally favorable to growing crops, exiept
In Russia and parts of Germany and
Italy, but the wheat crop will be below the
iverage In Great Britain, France and Ausria-Hungary.
A consular report from Winnipeg, Manioba,
indicates good crops of wheat, oat3
md barley on an increased acreage in that
irovlnce. ?
"Original Package*" Win.
In the United States Circuit Court at
Jharleston, S. C.. Judge Simonton rendered
terpefual the injunction recently granted
ronibiting State dispensary constables J
rom interfering with the original package
tores. It is decided that all sales of liquor
aade in such establishments must be conlucted
under the restrictions of time,
;uantlty and persons made in the dispenary
law of South Carolina. This puts the
iriginal package man on practically the
ame footing as State dispensaries.
Hanged by a Mob.
Rraotnq Rrnivn. a colored man, attacked
,nd dearly killed Miss Annie Foervlner,
learYllla Ridge, Mo., on July 2. He wa9
aptured and conveyed to Union, Mo., to
ireTent his being lynched. Brown was
orcibly taken from" jail at 2.30 o'clock a.
a., however, and hanged to a tree by a mob
if mounted men from Villa Ridge.
Hall Eight Inches Deep.
A severe storm visited the vicinity of
lassillon, Ohio. Hailstones as large as
ralnuts fell, and in some places the ground
ras covered to a depth of eight inches.
Jorn and vegetables were almost ruined.
Lfter the storm farmers took buckets full
if hail to town for exhibition.
, Fighting in Uruguay.
A dispatch from Montevideo, Uruguay,
ays that severe fighting between the Revoutioniets
and Government troops has ocurred
at Acegua, in the province of Cerro
jargo. According to the Government re>ort,
the rebels were obliged to retreat.
Fires Eighty Shots a Minute~
TV ~ll?_l ?-V.Q
uapi 0.1U \-/Ul, U1 IUU DCi Vi tuw
.talian Army, has invented a rifle from
rhich eighty shots a minute may be flred
vithout removing the weapon from the
boulder. Tests of the new arm are being
nade by the Government.
Brave Lighthouse Gtrl.
Agnes Jud3on,the pretty young daughter
>f the lighthouse-keeper at Stratford Point>
)ff Bridgeport, Conn., on Long Island
tound, swam out half a mile and rescued
wo men who had been upset in their row)oat
and were drowning.
Counseling thq Saltan.
The rulers of the six groat Powers in Europe
have separately counselled the Sultan
:o make peace with Greece without further
lelay, accepting the terms dictated by the
?owers.
Victory for the B. & O. Receivers.
The Receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company won a victory over J.
Pierpont Morgan in the Federal Court in
Baltimore, Md.
New Hampshire 31111 Burns.
Fire destroyed completely a large saw
and grist mill connected with the immense
plant of the Berlin Mills Company in Berlin,
N. H., resulting in a loss of fully $100,000.
The property is insured for 8100,000,
and the mills will be rebuilt. Five hundred
men were thrown out of employment by
he Qro.
Minor Mention.
The University of Virginia proposes to
erect a memorial to Poe.
Weyler notifies Spain that he wants 20,
000 additional troops immediately.
Spain has borrowed $40,000,000 for war
by pledging tho customs revenues or tho
Phillipiues.
A movement is on foot to hold a great
pan-American electrical exposition at
Niagara Falls in 1899.
Egypt's population, according to tho census
just taken, is 9,700,000, an increaso of
2,900,000 since 1832, or about 42 per cent, in
fifteen years.
Antwerp, Belgium, is going to have a
great celebration on tho three hundredth
anniversary of Sir Anthony Van Dyck's
birth, March 22, 1899.
The anti-English feeling in India is much
mere serious than it was at first supposed
to be. A petition from the natives lias
dome to light which, if true, shows that
they have abundant cause for qpiftplaiAt.
A CASTILIAN GOVERNOR,
Miguel A. Otero, Who 1* Now Chief Executive
of New Mexico.
Miguel A. Otero has been Installed as
Governor of tho Territory of New Mexlcot
Governor Otero is of pure CastUian blood,
the first of his race who has filled th(
gubernatorial chair of New Moxico. He ig
thoroughly American in every way. His
eiucation'was obtained at the St. Louis
MIGUEL OTEEO,
(The young Castllian Governor of New
Mexico.)
University and the college of Notre Dams.
Governor Otero Is thirty-eight; years old,
and the youngest of New Mexico's governors.
He Is married, and he and his
wife and one child will occupy the oldest
official building on the Western hemisphere.
It 1s a palace?300x150 feet?and was
a.aa^a/1 Q1A ortA \\yr TTJnrr nf Qnnln
CXCVJLOU ULXJ JWLO ogw Krj vuv v*
a9 the palace of .the viceroy of the Spanish
Empire.
BROUCHT DEATH TO SCORES.
Appalling Number of Fatalities Accompany
i:he Hot Wave In tho West.
A week 0! terrific heat in the Central
Wost ended in a tornado, which swept over
Kentucky and Southern Illinois. Tho
country had not had time to recover from
tho terrific hot spell of the week before,
and in consequence the suffering in all sections
has been very great. The number of
deaths that can be direotly attributed to
the hoat is very large and those prostrated
are beyond computation. In very many
3a3es manufacturing plants have been
2losed on account of the weather.
Kentucky suffered from the most Intense
heat wave experienced in its history.
Throughout Indiana the heat has been almost
as great as In Kentucky.
Here is a list of deaths and prostrations
in various cities: Chicago?Sixteen dead,
fifty prostrated. Louisville, Ky.?Ten
dead, twenty prostrated, Indianapolis?
Two dead, twenty prostrated. Oshkosh,
Wis.?Two dead, lour prostrated, yumcy,
111.?Two dead, Ave prostrated. Toledo,
Ohio?One dead, ten prostrated. Milwaukee?Four
dead, twenty prostrated. Racine,
Wis.?Two dead, Ave prostrated.
Dubuque, Iowa?Two dead, nine prostrated.
Elkhart, Ind.?One dead, five prostrated.
Bloomington, 111.?Three dead,
fifteen prostrated. Olney, 111.?One dead,
two prostrated. Elwood, Ind.?One dead,
three prostrated. Burlington, Iowa?Two
dead, eleven prostrated. Cedar Rapids,
Iowa?Two dead, nine prostrated. Appleton,
Wis.?Three dead, eight prostrated.
Fifteen other cities?Thirteen dead, seventy-four
prostrated.
BOSTON GIRL IS MISSINC.
Grace Stevenson Left Her Home on Beacon
Street, on April 26.
Grace Stevenson disappeared from her
home on Beacon street, Brookllne, a suburb
of Boston, Mass., on April 26, and since
that date her parents have received no information
concerning her.
8he Is the daughter of James Stevenson,
the millionaire real estate operator and
owner. She Is twenty-five years of age and
roij yiOV.J.
The disappearance is the most remarkable
ever oocurring in the city. On Monday
evening, April 26, she left her mother,
brothers and sisters at her home, and was
seen to board a Reservoir car bound into
the <Jity. She said she was only going out
for a few minutes. No trace of her has
been found since.
Pralrl* Fire in a City.
A spectacle unique for a city was i.'urnisheA
at Cleveland, Ohio, when a strip of land a
quarter of a mile In breadth took lire and
tne flames hurried on to the lake. It looked
exactly like a prairie Are. A tangled mass
of underbrush extending along the Gordon
estate, from St. Clair street to the lake,
took Are and jeopardized the existence of
an eijtire block of twenty houses. The Are
department had to flght the flames as
prairie fires are fought, by digging i:renohee
and banking up the dirt as a protecting
wall. Thousands went out to see the peoullar
sight.
Aged Couple's Strange Death.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Le Cluse, both
nearly seventy years old, were found dead
in their home in Bayport, Long Island.
Their little granddaughter found the bodies
side Dy side in Kitcnen. wnetaer it wub
murder, suicide or from natural causes has
not been ascertained. There were two cuts
on the man's face and perhaps he was
stricken by heart disease while shaving and
the shock killed his wife.
Workmen Blown to Atoms.
While a gang o! workmen were excavating
on the line of a street railway in Lexington,
Ky., one of them struck what appeared
to bo a piece of pipe, but which
proved to be a sixty-four-pound dynamite
i cartridge. A fearful explosion followed,
1 and five of the six colored men in the gang
were blown to atoms. The other was so
badly injured that he cannot recover.
Big Pennsylvania Tree Cut Down.
The largest tree in Pennsylvania was cut
down a few days ago. It was on the farm
of John Pownall, near Christiana, and close
to the ruins of the famous riot house. The
tree is supposed to have been 300 years old,
and measured between elcrht and nine feet
across the stump. About three-fourths of
an acre of ground were covered by its
limbs. There wore twenty-seven cords of
wood secured from It.
Three Killed by Lightning.
During a severe storm the residence of S.
E. North, four miles east of Larimore, North
Dakota, was struck by lightning, and
North, his wife and three-year-old ohili
wsre killed. The only member of the
famiiy that escaped was a flfteen-monthold
child.
Europe Demands Turkey's Consent.
Acting upon instructions received from
their respective Governments, the Ambassadors
of the Powers ures jnted a collective
note to the Turkish d-overnment demanding
a cessation of the obstruction of the
peace negotiations.
Prominent People.
Henri Meilhac, the French dramatic author
and Academician, died in Paris.
Judge Thomas M. Cooley, the great constitutional
lawyer, is a hopeless invalid.
The Duke of Northumberland, England's
oldest duke, is in Ills eighty-seventh year.
Thomas Hardy has dropped sex problems
and returned to the methods of his
earlier stories,
A brother of Rider Haggard has been
choSen by the British government as its
Ministor to Venezuela.
Charles A. Dana, the venerable editor ol
the New York Sun, is seriously ill with
catarrh &X the atomaoh. _ ? -
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NICHOLAS C. CREEDE A SUICIDE.
Colorado Mine Owner Kills HlmBelf TVltb
iuorpnine.
News has been received of the suicide of
Nicholas C. Croode, the famous Indian
Bcout and millionaire mine owner, from
whom the town of Creede, Col., took its
name. Crecde. according to the report,
killed himself with morphine at his home
In Los Angeles, Cal. The reason for the
act is said to be trouble with his wife.
They separated last winter without legal
process, Mrs. Creede accepting $20,000 and |
leaving her husband's home. She returned
a few weeks ago, it is said, and Insisted upon
a reconciliation. This is declared to
have worried Creede so much that he determined
to commit suicide. He was found
dying by his servants in his garden, having
taken a large quantity of morphine.
Creede was born in Indiana in 1843, and
was taken by his parents to Iowa when he
was a child. He went into the Government
service as an attache of the Quartermaster's
Department when he was twenty years old,
and soon afterward became a Government
3COUt.
He was a daring scout and had many
stirring adventures in the Indian wars,
being promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant
in the regular army. He turned
prospector when there was no more fighting
to do and worked for eight years In
the Black Hills hunting for gold before he
made a strike.
Then he found the Bonanza mfne, which
yieiaea ricn returns in a snori time. is was
in silver, however, that Creede made hia
fortune. While prospecting in Colorado
he struck the Holy Moses mine, which,
with other silver mines, rapidly made him
a many times a millionaire.
DIED ON A GLACIER.
Three Mail Carriers Frozen to Death in
Alaska.
A letter just received from Alaska brings
particulars of the death of three men,
Blackstone, Betticher and Mollique, who
were frozen to death while endeavoring to
carry mail from Sun Rise City across the
glacier to Prince William Sound. The letter
came from Charles Willoughby, who
found Blaokstone dead on the beach, lying
in blankets and frozen to death. The unfortunate
fellow had eaten part of his faithful
dog before succumbing.
The bodies of Betticher and Mollique
were found some distance away on top of
the glacier where both had perished. It
has been demonstrated that horses cannot
endure the rigors of the climate and a large
number of mules will be brought in next
season for use in pack trains.
BRITISH FICHT IN CRETE.
Sixteen Men and a Number of Bashl
Bazoaks Killed.
Official dispatches have been received
>nnouncing that a serious conflict has
taken place at Candla between a force of
British troops and a party of Bashl Bazouk,
arising from the British Intervening In a
skirmish between the Bashl Baaouks and
Christians. Sixteen of the British force
and a number of the Bashl Bazouks were
killed. The Admirals of the foreign fleets
have sent five warships to Candla to suppress
any further Mohammedan movement.
On account of excesses by Bashl
Bazouks 800 British marines were landed
at Candla to replace the Italian garrison
stationed there. ,
FREED BY A WOMAN'S TONGUE.
Her Silence Kept an Innocent Man In
Prison Twelve Years.
William W. Kennedy, convicted of murdering
David Baker at John A. Logan's
meeting at Oreensburg, Ind., in 1884 and
s;ntenoedto life imprisonment, has been
pardoned.
M.s. Newton Campbell, of Indianapolis,
the only living witness of the shooting of
Eiaker, recently satisfied Governor Mount
cf Kennedy's innocence. She had kept silent
to avoid publicity by advice of both
ter first and present husband.
A REAL TRAGEDY ON THE STAGE.
iin Amateur Actor Accidentally Shoots
His Supposed Rival Dead.
In a play presented by colored amateurs
in Pittsburg, a suburb of Atlanta, Ga.?
John Singleton acted a part in which he
was supposed to be shot dead by his rival,
impersonated by Gary Brown. The scene j
was oarried out faithfully and aroused loud
fipplause, which was turned into lamentation
when it was discovered that.Singleton
was really dead. The pistol Brown used,
which was supposed to be loaded with
blank cartridges, carried a real bullet.
Great Crops in the Far Southwest.
The rainfall in Western Texas, New Mex- I
Leo and Arizona this season is greater than '
Tver known. There has been an abundance j
of grass and water, and range cattle and i
sheep are in fine condition. Lambs are be- j :
ing snipped in train ioaa lots 01 aoume- i
deck cars to the feeding grounds of Colo- |
rado and Nebraska, to be sold in the Eastern
markets next year. The irrigated I
crops are good and the yield of peaches,
pears and grapes is larger than ever.
Women in Overalls, With No Skirts.
The Police Department of Kansas Cityf
Kan., set women prisoners at breaking j
9tone, the same as the male prisoners. The
Police Commissioners adopted this rule on
the recommendation of Chif?f Quarles, who
argued that women prisoners kept in idleness
were not sufficiently punished. The vl
women wear coarse overalls, and have no
skirts to impede their work. This is the
flrst effort of the kind ever made in Kansas.
Censnre for Rhodes.
The British Parliamentary South African
Committee, which has been conducting an
inquiry into the Transvaal raid, has adopted
a report severely censuring Cecil Rhodes,
F. J. Newton, Colonial Secretary of Beohuanaland,
and Sir Graham John Bower, Imperial
Secretary to the British High Commissioner
in South Africa, and exonerating
the Colonial Office.
Two Young Women Drowned.
A sailboat carrying Ave young persons i
was capsized in the middle of Eagle Lake,
Indiana. Two of the occupants of the boat I
were drowned. The others were rescued 1
after a severe struggle. The dead are |
Georgia Coulter, daughter of Professor 1
Coulter, of the University of Chicago, and j
Bertha Yarnell, daughter of Edward F. |
Yarnell, of Fort Wayne, Ind.
Small Bills In Demand.
The Treasury Departmental Washington :
received a demand from St. Louis, Mo., for j 1
small notes of 31, $2 and 25, to move the j i
crops, the first demand made this reason. j
Turks Still Cruel.
A report has been received in Paris giv- j
ing details of the cruelties which are still j
perpetrated, though clandestinely, by Turks {
and Kurds upon the Christians in Armenia. ;
The Turks are said to boast of having |
sworn to exterminate the Christians.
Remarkable Brooklyn Society.
Public announcement was rnado of the |
organization of a society in Brooklyn to se- j
cure the enactment of laws prohibiting the ;
marriage of diseased or deformed persons
and the killing by the State of all incur- j
able lunatics, idiots or deformed children.
Kioter Punished.
Joseph Cbaso, a colored man, one of the j
leaders in the recent war at Key West, Fla.. I
between the whites and blacks, was ar- j
ralgnod in the Criminal Court on the charge i
01 noting, J.UO jury luuuu vluuiu |
and Iio was sentenced to two years' im- j
prisonment. The whites now have the
upper hand in Key West for the first time
in twel\ty years. The colored people appear
to {>e cowed.
Brotfiers ttiuea uy Lignimng.
While on their way from church Samuel
and Oscar Mahanes, were struck by lightning
and instantly killed near Ivy Creei
Church, in Aiben^arle County. Virginia.
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DEATH ENDED THE MESSAGE.
A Corporal Killed at Peeksklll fN. Y.?
Camp While Writing a Lore Letter.
For the first time in the history of the
New York Militia State Camp at Peeksklll
the flag Is flying at half mast for the deatb
of a man in the ?wnp. Corporal James J.
McDonnell of Comoany A, Twenty-second
Regiment, New York City, was killed by a
stroke of lightning, and this unprecedented
murk of mourning is in bis honor. He was
sitting in the tent of the Y. M. C. A., which
faces the parade ground, shortly after 2
o'clock, p. m. There had been a slight
shower a few minutes before, the sky had
cleared, and although there were clouds
about Dunderberg which indicated that
another shower might be expected, the sun
was then shining brightly over the encampment.
Corporal McDonnell was seated at a table
which is stretched across the floor of the
tent, writing a letter. Near him were about
fifteen other men, some seated at the table
writing and others scattered about the forward
part of the tent. McDonnell was the
second man from the right side of the tent.
The sides were up, and the nearest object
to him outside the tent was an apple tree
about six feet from his chair.
As the sun broke fully over the encampment
and the last traces of tbp previous
shower disappeared, a loud clap of thunder
was heard. A tree about a hundred
yards from the tent was struck. The lightning
traveled toward the tent, striking
three trees before it settled on the apple
tree near which Corporal McDonnell sat.
Then it tore up the few feet of ground between
the tree and the floor of the tent,
struck a board in the floor, tearing and
splintering it in a half dozen places as it
traveled across the twenty feet of the tent's
floor. There it struck a colored man seated
in a chair with such force that he was
thrown several feet.
Every man at tbe table felt the shock to
some extent, and it is believed that Corporal
McDonnell was instantly killed. He
waa naMi-nnnsnlniia Aftflr thfl sound of the
thunder was heard. Even the men seated
farthest from, the table felt stunned and
dazed by the shock, and the first of these
to recover himself was Secretary Sheffield,
who Is in charge of the Y. M. C. A. tent.
He rushed out on to the parade ground
and called for help. Some boys playing
ball ran for the ambulance, and before it
arrived several physicians were in the tent.
The men who had recovered began to work
over their comrades, and by time tfte ambulance
arrived there wore only two or
three who had not recovered. But nine in
all were sent to the hospital, although only
three needed the services of the hospital's
ambulance. All of the men were discharged
from the hospital.
The dead man wps engaged to be married
on Sunday next and he had just finished
a letter to his betrothed, who lives in New
York, when the bolt struck him. He had
signed his name, had added, "Yours till
death," and wa9 adding the words, "State
Camp." He had written the first word and
the first three letters of the second. It was
after finishing the letter "m" that his peD
Btopped.
NEW YORK'S COLLECTOR.
George B. Bldwell,. the New Appointee)
Takes the Oath.
George E. Bldwell took the oath of office
as Collector of the Port of New York and
GEORGE B. BIDWELL.
then went to Washington to file a bond of
$200,000.
COAL TRUST WINS.
Justice Chester Says the Lexow Laws Arc
Unconstitutional.
Justice Alden Chester vacated at Albany,
N. Y., the orders granted by himself last
June compelling the Presidents of the coalcarrying
roads to appear before a referee
and testifv as to an illegal combination to
restrict the production and increase ii;:
price of coal. Justioe Chester deoldes that
Beveral provisions of the Lexow anti-trust
laws are unconstitutional.
He holds that the clause directing Judges
of the Supreme Court to aid the AttorneyGeneral
in extracting testimony from witnesses
to be used in prosecuting the trusts
exceeds legislative-authority In that it en
larges the jurisdiction of the Judges ana
confounds'Wo distinot departments of the
Government?the executive and judicial.
The promise of immunity to witnesses
Justice Chester pronounces worthless in
Fact and unconstitutional, as it supplants
the elemental principal of law that a witness
cannot be compelled to testify against
himself.
An appeal will be taken at once by the
Attorney-General from the decision by the
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.
PHILADELPHIA MINT F^PORT.
Aggregate Value of Last Year's Coinage
Was 850,000,000.
The annual report of Superintendent
Kretz, of the Philadelphia Mint, shows the
coinage in round numbers for the year of
67,500,000 pieces, of the aggregate value of
asn nnn nnn nt fhia S4.0 000 000 was in cold
pieces, $8,500,000 in silver and the balance
in nickels and cents. There were more individual
depositors at the mint during the
year than at any time since the California
gold fever, when there was but one mint in
the United States.
Tha alio-, ' 'e losses attending the operation
in the refining department for the
year would be about $87,000, but the actual
loss was cfcily $10,000 on the gold. The allowable
loss on the silver would be 824,390,
but instead of a loss an apparent gain oi
S2383 was made. In the coiner'9 department
the allowable loss and waste on the
gold would be $2190; the actual waste was
only $119. On the silver the legal allowance
would be $15,840, but the actual loss
was $2019.
A BOY'S REMARKABLE PLUCK.
Walked Two Miles and Drove Two More
With a Bullet in His Head.
"Jack" Greer, fifteen years old, who has
been camping at Glenmore.Lake, Now lorK,
with some friends, was accidentally shot
in the left temple. He walked two miles
to procure a conveyance, and drove two
miles more to Florida, where a physician
removed the bullet, after probing three
inches into the head. The boy refused an
anesthetic for the operation, and when it
was over started back to camp.
BROTHERS LOVED THE WIDOW.
She Wedded One and the Other Killed
Her and Himself.
For some time William Black has been
the tenant of Mrs. Mary Wolf, a wealthy
widow living near Morristown, Tenn. Black
had a wife and children, but paid attention
to the widow. Two months ago Mrs. Wolf
married John Black, a younger brother of
William, and the latter threatened to kill
the pair.
At last he entered his brother's house
while John was at the barn and asked Mrs,
Black: "Are you doing what you promised
mo not lu uur UOlUiC OUU I.VUAM uuwnvt |
he shot hor dead. He reloaded, went to the I
jjarp a fral^ through hla head.
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IN THE QUIETHO^^H
PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM TH^Bi
WORLD'S CREATEST AUTHORS.
June and Jtlly-Climb Up m> God-A Song
of Praise-Trust God for Each Day?
They That Sow Must Reap?Pattern
After Christ?What You Do, Do Now.
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June, with sunshine in her eyes,
Passed her band across the skies,
Then, with archly smiling lips,
Blew upon her flngef-tips.
Soon the air grew wondrous sweet,
Overhead, and under feet,
Under feet, and overhead,
* Trooped the roses, white and red;
Trooped the roses?crimson, white,
Pink and yellow, pale and bright?
Till they perfumed earth and air,
Eoses, roses, everywhere.
Wearied then, she shook her head,
> And the petals, white and red,
All the petals?crimson, white,
Pink and yellow, pale and fright.
Fluttered slowly, softly down v
To the border of her gown.
Half dismayed to see them fall,
Quick she turned to leave them all,
Looking back to say good-by,
She met the warm glance of July. .
?Anna J. Orannis, in Congregationalism
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Climb Up to God.
Byron makes the illustrious Bonnivard
^ir? ts\r\+ Krvl/^a In ilia trnlln kia ^imnnnn
uib ivv?uvivw ill kuc naito ui uto vauuqwu.
by which he climbs to the lofty window of ' *.
his cell to get a look at the impressive !
mountains of his native Switzerland- For \
weary years he had been confined In the V'
prison of Chillon below the level of the V
waters of Lake Geneva. He could hear the )
waters ripple day and night. They formed,
as it were, a second prison wall. One day a
bird sang at the prison window the sweetest
song he had ever heard. It resurrected i
his heart of stone. It created a yearning
for a look over the land which was free to ;
the bird. So the prisoner dug footholds In
the plaster of the wall and climbed to the '
window above. He looked out and he saw
the mountains unchanged. He saw the
snow of a thousand years and learned
patience. That look put new life into him
and gave him a vision that lasted him to
the end. From that sight he obtained rest,
strength, solace. I mean to climb up to
God that I may get God's vision of life and
be forever consoled by the sight of something
grand and inviting beyond this life,
in which I am now as in a prison. I mean
to catch a glimpse of the towering peaks of
iiuuiuruimy. i am. uuuuik iuuiuuiua u?
my faith in the promises of God, and I have
no time for ease, and I want no ease. The joy
of such work is far better than ease. 1
want not rich living, I want only a rich ife.
?David Gregg, D. D., in ''The Heaven
Life."
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A Song of PralM.
0 th?u who art our Father, we pour out
our hearts in a psalm of gratitude unto thee.
We thank thee for the great saints and heroes
whose names are household words, and
also for the unnumbered and unnamed who
with common talents have done great service
for mankind, whose holy life thou hast
blessed for all the world. We praise thee
for the prayers, the tolls, the tears, the
blood, the manly and womanly endeavor
whereby the wilderness has been made to r
blossom as the r<jse, and the great victories ^
of mankind have been achieved for us. We
remember our own lives before thee, the
lines of our lot cast in this pleasant land, .
and we ask that we may faithfully do every '
duty which the age demands of us. Inheriting
so much from times past, quickened by
the inspiration of great men, and still more
feeling thee a presence ever near to oui
heart, we pray thee that there may be such
religiousness of soul within us that we shal)
make every day a Lord's day, aid all our ; /
work a great sacrament of com'munion with
thy spirit. So may thy kingdom come and f
thy will be done on earth as it Is In heaven.
Amen.
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Trust God for Each' Day.
Today is ours. Tomorrow Is not ours. rl
We need, and we can have, strength and
support for our duties of tod ty. These are
promised to every child of God who askf " and
trusts. There is no promise for th? JM
needs and responsibilities of tomorrow. To
that day we may never come. That daj 28
may never come to us. If we do our dutjf .
today that is all that God requires of us. L
we neglect today's duties our life is so feu
a failure, and we must answer to- God foi
this neglect. Faithfulness In our day is q
high attainment. Being anxious for to*
morrow displeases God and unfits us foi x
His service. Only by fidelity in today'?
duties can we make wise preparation foi
tomorrow. When the children of Israel in
the wilderness attempted to lay up of to- *
day's manna for tomorrow's food, their plafj
was a failure. When they were willing tc
trust God for each day by itself, God's dailj
provision for them was ample. Thus with
all of us. There is daily strength for daily
needs; such strength is sufficient for us,
each and all.?8. S. Times. "
They Tliat Sow Must Reap.
Our deeds have an inescapable reflex Influence;
what we do helps to make us what
jve are. All our activities both manifesl
character and shape character; deeds ar#
never trivial. You think, perhaps, that you
may do many things now which you will nof
do by-and-by, and that these will have no
permanent result in your future condition.
It is a dangerous mistake. Many a younfl * '
man indulges himself in "sowing wild
oats," and forgets that every sowing ha*
its harvest. They that sow the wind reap
tbe whirlwind. The sin3 of youth are the
seeds of many a grievous harvest reaped in
old age with remorse and unavailing tears.
?Philip S. Moxom, D. D., in "The Aim of
Life." _______
Pattern After Christ.
A young woman with some ambitions as ?
painter submitted specimens of her skill to
a successful artist. "Don't copy copies,"
said he. "You have copied this landscape
from a picture that was itself an imperfect
copy, with the result that all its errors are
reproduced and magnified. Go out into
nature and paint directly from your own
landscape. Or, if you mus't copy, copj
frnm a mastorDiece. Anything else is noi
worth while.'" Yes: and, young Christian,
do not pattern your life after the life o)
some one else, who at best is only an imitation
of the perfect One. Imitate for yourself
the only life that is worth imitating
Look unto Jesus.?Golden Rule.
What You Do, Do Now.
Let us put out of our minds forever th?
thought that thirty years from now we are
going to do something. You will not unless
you do it now. There is more time wasted,
more sin committed, waiting for a mere
propitious opportunity than from any othei
one cause. "Behold, now"?not thirty
minutes from now, not ten seconds ahead,
but now; the ''now" of Scripture has not
the duration of a thousandth part of a second.
"Now ip the accepted time," not only
to believe on Tegus Christ, but to serve
Him."?H. C. ilabie. D. D.
If this great world of joy and pain
Revolve in one sure track;
If freedom, set, will rise again,
And virtue, flown, come back;
Woe to the purblind crew who fill
The heart with each day's care;
Nor gain, from past or future, skill
To bear and to forbear!
?William Wordsworth.
Great occasions do not make heroes or
cowards, they simply unveil them to the
eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly as
we wake or sle?p we grow and wax strong,
we grow and wax weak, and at last some
"'I J I- ohnrr j 110 wlint ipo hiivfl h/l'rtmfl.?
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Beef For Alaska.
Thirty steers have been shipped from. nj
Chelhalis County, Washington, to Circle 98
City, Alaska, where it is expected they will
arrive somo time in August. The cost of J" V
getting them there will be about 3110,000, W
but a profit is expected, as the steers weigh
on the average 1800 pounds each, and the jk]
meat will sell at half a dollar a pound. The'^^M
steers are old ones, as young ones couldn't H
stand the journey. They will go by steameV 9
to Juneau, and there be driven to their des- H
tination, where they will have a month's
grazing oeroru uciuk
Enterprising Boys. H
Bovs of Flint, Mich., got $400 from thfl SB
Couiity Treasurer during Juno in bounties M
on sparrow heads. .. . . _ H
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