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ESTABLISHED IN 18 SWEPT BY FLAMES nCNIC COST NE W ORLEANS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. Firemen Were Out in Suburbs En joying Annual Holiday Event and Flames Gained Headway. Fire, which broke out in the cen tre of the commercial district of New Orleans. La., Sunday.. afternoon; swept over portions of three blocks, destroying a large number of wholer *sale houses, manufacturing plants and small stores. Originating at Bienville and Chantres streets, the flames worked their way north as far ?as Conti street and west toward Roy al, bringing about a property loss of J between one and two million d&TTarsI "before they were finally subiued. Several circumstances combined to give the fire a headway which proved hard to overcome. At the time the ^alarm was turned in, shortly before three o'clock, the New Orleans fire men were in the midst of their an nual picnic at a suburban park and the engines responded with a mere handful of men. It was nearly an hour before the ?department was in a position to make anything like a successful fight .against the fire, and even then the handicap against it was added to by ?n inadequate supply of water. The fire was one of the most spec tacular that has occurred in New Or-| leans during recent years. The sec tion devastated was made up largely ot old buildings, some over a half ?entury in use. They proved like so much tinder to the flames, and fanned oy a high wind, the fire made rapid progress.' Twoware houses, filled with wines and liquors, were among the build ings destroyed by the fire. As they bttrned the barrels of whiskey and brandy exploded with thounderous roars which could be heard for blocks and which shook Hie wa'ls of ad joining buildings and endangered the lives of firemen engaged in fighting the flames. i It was not until several hours had ?eiapsed that the fire was gotten un ?der control, and even then it contin ued to burn well into the night. CLAMOR MANIAC MAT DIE. tSWallows Iodoform After He Is Plac ed .Behind the Bars. At St. Louis Robert Caulefield. a boilermaker. suffering from clamor mania, '"a passion for noise," after a -.struggle with a policeman on a street ?car, is in a hospital suffering from a dose of iodoform. His chance if re covery is slight. He was found near the Broadway viaduct unconscious on last Monday Tugut. and taken to the hospital. The ?quietness of the place caused him to rave incessantly. It was decided to take him to jail handcuffed and in ^charge of a policeman. Caulefield was .placed on a subur ban street car. When the car enter ed -the quiet country district he be came violent and attacked the po liceman. Later he was placed in jail. Five minutes after he was locked ud ""ae swallowed iodoform. * HANDS. OF JAPANESE WOMAN. Oriental Has Model, Being Her IVide and Ambition. Much hxs been said and written about pretty hands and many a poet "have- they inspired to1'fervent sonnet, 5Says Harriet-"Go?W in7'The Washing ton1 Herald. "They5-form the pride and the ambition of one nation, for the chief est charm of the Japanese woman is her hands. They are ?.small a? a child's,^ full expression, with weHsuaped,-taperig fingers and "dutifully ""groomed almond-shaped nails;, hands that are well rounded, but exceedingly agile and demonstrate a surprising amount of grace, no matter" whether they are preparing tea or busy handling the fan, or ?whether they are playing the "semi sen." the national musical instru ment or the Japanese. * BANK ROBBERS GET $12,000. "Masked Men Dynamite Safe, And Keep Posse at Bay. At Montreal, five masked men dy namited the safe in the Provincial Bank at St. Fustache and secured $12.000. They held up the caretaker and "kept a possee of citizens at bay with revolvers and made good their es cape. *" Two arrests were made on suspi cion. * Murderous Mexican Army Officers. Gen. Julio Cervantes is in jail at Mexico City, on charge .of killing Andres Rosales and Ge?. Miguel Maas is in a nearby cell charged ?with killing of David Olivares. Both are leading generals in the army and their victims were well known citzens. The trials are scheduled for a early date. Bride Paid for Honeymoon Trip. Mis. Lillia:; Maeser was granted tin interlocutory e'ecree of d'-^orce in Los Angeles. Cal., last week. In her testimony she c?:clared her husband, em atchitect in Salt Lake CItV. Utah, went broke on their honeymon trip and she had to pay all the bills. Non support was alleged as the grounds lor divorce. AS Salley Jr 1&*?$ 0$\ State House 69. PROBING RACE WAR. Springfield Grand Jury Still Investi gating. A dispatch from Springfield, 111, says with a total of 78" indictments returned the special grand jury em panelled to hear evidence on the re cent race riots, is still in session and there is little probability that this body will adjourn before the lat ter part of next week. After fail ing to make a return for two days, the grand jury presented seventeen) true bills to Judge Creighton. An indictment charging murder | was returned against Frank Bryant, alias Frank Sullivan. The young man has confessed to killing Thomas Brady last Monday morning. Wil liam Phillips, better known as "Fuz zy" Philips, an ex-police officer, was indicted on the charge of attempting to commit arson and also riot. Two more indictments were brought J Ernest Hunfpbrey, one of the alleged rioters, and under indictment for the murder of Wm. Donnigan. Roy Young was indicted for, arson. The grand jury took a recess until Mon day. AMBUSH KILLING AT YEMASSEE. Two Negro Car Thieves Kill Two J Members of Posse. At YeriT?ssee, a negro boy while hunting coons Friday morning ran acrross two negro men who had rob- j bed cars Thursday night and were a waiting a chance to bundle their J spoils and to leave at 11 o'clock. The] boy reported the matter to Capt. Wm. M. Elliott, who is the Atlantic Coast Line's special agent, and sev eral started in pursuit. S. W. Litchfield, white, a merchant, and Joe Francis, colored, were shot and- killed from ambush by the rob-| bers. They ran through an old rice j field, making their escape. They were seen by several parties, who could easily identify either of them. Friday the sheriff was notified by the train dispatcher of the Atlantic Coast Line, of the robbery and kill ing at Yemassee and requested to send blood hounds'to the scene, but unfortunately Sheriff Martin has no dogs at his disposal. No details were given of the robbery and killing, only a request that the dogs be sent to Special Agent Elliott at Yemas see. TWO NEGROES DROWNED. Three Who Went Out to Watch River | Bridge Meet Disaster. A special from Saiuda says Tues day afternoon Dock Abney and Sam Holland, two negroes were drowned in the Saiuda River at Higgins Fer-| ry. Wallace Sheppard anolher ne gro, barely escaped being drowned with them. . The three negroes had gone out in aboat from the Saiuda side to see. how the bridge was' standing the flood, and the boat, a small one. be came entangled in some telephone wires and was capsized. The Shep pard negro had a hard struggle, finally caught in a tree and was later | rescued. The long bridge at Chappell's wasi swept away Tuesday morning and the steel " bridge at ? Higgins -Ferry j went down that evening. Saiuda River was four feet higher than* it! was in 1888. '*,\ SEABOARD TRAIN LOST. Passenger Train on Line Between Co- j lumbia and Savannah Missing. j Train No. 81, on the Seaboard Air Line, which has been "lost." since Thursday at nocn, so far as the Sav annah dispatci-er's office'is:concern ed, is still in the lost column. No word of the train has reached the operating office there. AFI itaat it seems to know is that tae train is somewhere between' there, and Co-, lumbia. It is thought that ir. must be tied up at some river or stream where the trestle has been washed away, with no open way "of escape behind it, and with wires down. There was a dining car with the train, so pas sengers will not suffer for food. * Saw Husband Burned Seriously. Wiliam McKay, an elderly resident, of Brockville. Ont., was burned seri ously in his homo last' week, having caught fire while lighting a match. His invalid wife saw her husband burning but was powerless to aid him. He may recover. * Deserted Girl's Faith is Firm. Miss Lucy Warner, who was dis appointed at Wooster. O., a week ago, by the failure of Ralph W. Eddy, her intended husband, still has hope that he will return and declares she will marry him whenever he does ap pear. * Fell 1,000 Feet But Was Unhurt. Jack Weiss, a miner, plunged 1. 000 feet from a road to the Colorado and Southern railroads tracks near Empire, Col., last week, and escap ed without injury. His horse was found near him, crushed into a shape less mass. * General's Wife Murdered. The wife of Major General Chas. Edward Luard. retired officer of the Royal Engineers, was murdered in the woods near London, England, last week. Rcobery is believed to have been the motive as her jewel ery was taken. * Oft BANK utPuJTS. - THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE AT TOPEKA, KANSAS. i Declares Kansas Republican Convcn tiou Endorses National Democratic Platform on Two Planks. A dispatch from Topeka, Kan., says that before an audience which filled the Auditorium to overflowing W. J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for President, Thursday night spoke on the subject of "Guaranty of Bank Deposits." Previously he had delivei ed three other addresses, two from the veranda of the hotel and the third at Garfield Park, where he at'ended a picnic by the Knights of Pythias, his latter theme being "Fraternity." The Democratic candidate and his arty arrived there early Thursday af ternoon and were taken in hand by a reception committee of leading Demo crats of the" city and conducted to. the hotel in an automobile. Great crowds greeted Mr. Bryan. As announced by him before his departure from Kansab Jity, Mr. Bryan, in view of the action of the Kansas Republican State Convention, which endorsed the guaranty of bank deposits, made some remarks supple mentary to his prepared speech on that subject. He took up the ad vantages of the guaranty system, andv then answered the objections made to it by Mr. Taft and others. He began by asking why the deposi tor should be left unsecured when the National Government demanded se curity of any bank with which it de posits money. He pointed out that the choice between the po stal savings bank and the guaranty plan, and ac cussed Mr. Taft of Favoring an un necessary extension of the sphere of government in advocating the postal savings bank instead of the guaranty bank. Mr. Bryan declared that he preferred the guaranty bank proposi tion, which would allow the banks to attend to the banking business and yet compel them to give their deposi tors necessary security. * WASHED FROM HOUSE TOP. j Negro Family Drowned in Darlington on Last Tuesday. A -dispatch from Darlington says Joe Brown's family, consisting of his wife and three children, all colored,1 were 'drowned in the Pee Dee Tues day. Their home was situated in the swamp at- Pec Dee on a planta tion -belongting! to John A. Russell, and it was surrounded by water of the freshet. Before they ha dtime to e scape they Irst climbed to the top of the house, but It was finally swept away from it position and was carried down the stream. But before going very far the wife and children were drowned. Brown himself escaped by holding on to the,top of a tree, which was not fully covered by water, and held there until recsued . Great damage has been done to the river plantations in Darlington county. The bodies of those drowned have not been recovered. YKGGMAN SHOW THE POLICE. Gives Demonstration of How Safes Are ("racked. Acting Capt. Connell, of the detec tive bureau in Newark. N. J. and several of his men had a practical illustration at police beadquaters of that city of how safes are operated on by expert "yeggmen" preparatory to blowing them open. The demonstrator was George E. Williams, alias "Humpty," the lead er of the gang of burglars captured in Newark last Friday night. Williams deftly applied a block to the knob of the safe in the office of Chief of Police Corbitt, put his drill and prepared to connect the battery with the dynamite. But when the demonstrator tried to insert a charge of dynamite and explode it the police hastilyreturned him to hiscell. * 8. C . TUESDAY . {SEP iE JUST PRACTICING. WALKS INTO LAKE. Girl Commits Suicide on Account of Illness Preventing Marriage. It became known Tuesday that Miss May Field Werne, who commit ted suicide by walig into Lake [Michigan, at- the foot of Fifty-sixth street, Chicago, Monday, was despon dent because of an illness, largely imaginary, and which prevented her marrying a devoted sweetheart. A search of her room disclosed brief farewell messages to her fath er and the man she hoped to marry, George Mansfield, a traveling sales man, of El Paso, Texas, Miss Werne had often threatened to jump into the lake If she was not soon suffici ently recovered to marry George." The girl graduated from a private seminary in El Paso and broke down from overstudy some months ago. Since the death of her mother ten years ago, the young woman, who just passed her twenty-first birthday, pent most of her time with her sister, Mrs. E. French, at El Paso. It was there, as a schoolgirl, several years ago, that she first met and fell in love with Mansfield. Her relatives approved of-the match, but, prevented a wedding ceremony taking place last spring because of her mental condi tion. This, it is said, aggravated her ailment. In the hope that a change would I improve her condition, she was sent to another sister, Mrs. Voinays Bry an, at Louiville, the place of her birth Subsequently she went to the third sister, Mrs. Miles Turpin at Richmond Eight weeks ago her father decided that she ought to come to Chicago. For a brief time she got along nice ly, but later she again began brood ing because of the postponed wed ding. * WOMEN CHARGE SWINDLE. Man Arrested for Getting Them to In | vest Saving in Stock. Fortune telling, which led two aged women of Newbark..N. J., to invest their savings in mining stock. Friday night in the arrest of Henry T. Rodman, sixty-two years old, on a charge of grand larceny. The wo men who caused Rodman's arrest are Mrs/ Martha A. Taylor, a widow, and Mrs. Margaret M. Thompson, of Newark. Mrs. Taylor told Assistant District Attorney Indelberger that she bad lots $2,500 and Mrs. Thompson $400. jLast June, so that story goes, the /omen went to a fortune teilen, whose 'name they say was advertised as.W. H." Garnet. Mr.; Garnet.-advised his customers to buy gold, and -copper stocks. In another trance Garnet dreamed the name of H. T. ..Rodman & Co. ; Mr. Rodman was Introduced and as a result he received the $2,500 ;for shares in a mining. company.. A first dividend was paid in June of last year. When a second was de manded in July Mr. Rodman persuad ed the women to accept after that an nual divided.instead of the monthly payments. Subsequently he gave them notes for.double the money they had invested. I When the investors, went again to get cash for paper Rodman had decamped, they say. and so had the fortune teller. They then went to the district attorney's office. Magistrate Finn held Rodman in $5.000 hail for Mrs. Taylor's case and $1.000 for Mrs. Thompson's case. He gave bail. Burglar Called on a Pugilist. Marvin Hart, who Is training for a bout with Jack O'Brien, got some unexpected practice recently at his quarters near Louisville. Ky. A bur glar entered his room. The darkness saved the latter from many upper cuts, swing, jabs and hooks, but by the time he found the door and dart ed away the marauder was badly use Antoist Jumped Into Wire Fence. Seen Mllwaukeean3 were injured, one probably fatally, when the steer ing gear broke near Richfield, Wie., and plunged an automobile driven by H R. King, through a barbed wire fence. ?'- : c * iMBER 1, 1908. Donahey in Cleveland Plain Dealer. IMPORTANT CONGRESS WASHINGTON PREPARING FOR TUBERCULOSIS CONVENTION. Few Men Who Know Anything About the Great White Plague will be Absent. A dispatch from Washington, says active preparations for the big tuber culosis congress that is to begin its sessions in that city September 21 are now well under way, and as stat ed in this correspondence there is hardly a man in this or any other country who knows anything about this dread disease who will be ab sent from the meetings. Installation of the exhibits for the congress, which will be placed on dis play for the benefit and study of the delegates, will be commenced early next week by Dr. Henry Beyer, U. S. N., chairman of the committee on exhibits. "Every thirty-six minutes- there is a death from consumption in the Stifte of New York;" is the remark able statement that will appear on one of the charts to be shown in the New York section of the exhi bits. To many the death figures given here will be surprising and even startling. The great majority of people have no conception of the aw ful ravages of this diseaue?the dead ly work of the "Great White Plague." More profound still is the ignorance of the nature of the disease. Be lieving and regarding it as heredi tary and therefore practically incur able,, humanity has for many years suffered tuberculosis to go uncheck ed, but science has lately come to the front and it has been clearly proven time and time again that the disease 1s not near so bad as it seems when ordinary precautions are tak en and when common scense tactics are employed to stamp it out when it is first discovered. To disseminate our present day knowledge of the means and methods for checking and securing control ov er this terrible scourge, an education al campaign of the highest Impor tance to humanity and to science was carried on in many cities of New York State during the last year. But the people in the rural districts? those who ore not permitted because of their isolated situation to take ad vantage of. what is allowed those in the cities?are to be better taken care of in the future. ? To *them should be imparted all the informa tion possible about the disease,-Its origin, and the proper and only thorough method of effectually get ting rid of itj - It is a noteworthy fact that figures compiled by the census bureau show conclusively that ? more people con tract and die from tuberculosis in the small towns than In the larger Qities in proportion to the number of inhabitants per square mile. The exhibits that are to form part of the congress will be made up of maps, diagrams, models of well light ed and well ventilated factories and those ill-kept and badly ventilated for the purpose of comparison. There will be many models of sweat-shop work rooms taken from actual life in New York, Chicago and other cit ies where the tuberculosis germ lnds an excellent breeding place in many instances. Pictures of dispensaries and sanitariums where consumptives are treated until restored to health and vigor will also be shown. It is the opinion of Dr. Beyer and others arranging for the congress that if those really interested in the crusade against the ravages of tuber culosis will take the trouble to i-ome to Washington during the time the convention is being held they may learn facts th?>! will be of inestimable value to them and that will in many cases, save the lives of their loved ones. All may come who wish. There will be no restriction and the sessions of the congress will be open to the public. Not only this, but the ex hibits just mentioned, the finest col lection In all probability that has ever jbeen gotten together at any one time before, will be free and will be ex plained by skilled- scientists 11111 GAMBLERS FLEECE YOUTH. Captain of: Liner Helps a Heidelberg Graduate Keep His Funds. A news dispatch from New York say a wise captain, a letter of cred it and a effincient service saved Au- j gust Walter, recently graduated from the meshes of a quartette of profes sional gamblerB who tried to get his money on board the liner Kronprin zessin Cecllie, which arrived at New York Tuesday from Bremern. The young man met the gamblers in the smoking room of the steamer soon after she cleared the English channel. They induced him to throw dice for $5 a throw and let him win. Then they let him lose, and when he showed a letter of credit and ex plained that he would give them' checks, they told him that it was all right and urged him to continue the game. . When he had handed out I. 0. U.'s to the amount of $1,520, the young man decided to stop. He said he would get some cash before the steamer docked and pay up before he landed. A fatherly . German ap-j proached the Heildel burg, man later, and told him the men were profes-l sional gamblers. Young Walter unburdened his tale to Capt. Hodgemann, and he sent a wireless message for the boy to the latter's banker's in New York, advis ing them to refuse payment of the checks, if presented. When the steamer docked, there was no scene, and the gamblers did not refer to a cash payment of the debt. They were informed of Capt. Hogemann's action, and will be apprehended if they attempt to cash the checks. SUICIDE WAS A TEACHER. No Reason Known for Prof. Krcwer's Self Destruction. More light was thrown upon the identity of J. M. Krewer, who com mitted suicide at a downtown hotel in Chicago on Tuesday, by J. L. Hill, a teacher in French and German, staying at the same hotel, who said that Krewer was a teacher in Ger man and French at the University Schooi at Louisville. Hill said he was acquainted with Krewer for several years and during the past summer. Krewer had been an instructor in a school in New York. From papers found among the sui cide's effects, the police learned that Hill knew Krewer. A telegram was sent to New York, where Hill lives, and an answer was received in which it was told that Hill was at the ho tel in Chicago. Hill was surprised on hearing of Krewer's death. He said he had not known that his friend was in Chicago. * SHOT BY HIS SISTER. Man Brings Bride Home, But Couple Isn't Welcomed. Because her brother, John Vin cent, who is twenty-eight years old, married and was about to leave his parent's home in Brooklyn, N. Y., Francesca Vincent, seventeen years old. Vincent alleges, fired two shots at him with a revolver. He was shot twice in the left arm. Francesca ran from the house and disappeared. Vincent says he married several months ago and brought his wife home. His sister scolded him for marrying, and thereafter refused to speak to him. He told her that if she did not treat him and his wife with respect, he would move to some other house. He says his sister then opened fire on hi m. * VICTORY SURE, SAYS MACK. Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and New York for Bryan and Kern. Chairman Mack, of the Democratic national committee, arrived Tuesday in New York to inaugurate the >cam palgn in the East. He said: "The elements of doubt in the coming election are being swept away by the drift of. the coun try toward the Democracy. I am ab solutely confident of the election of Bryan and Kern. I say this frankly, from the fact that reports received of convasses made are the indexes that the next administration at Wash ington will be Democratic. "Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and New York will undoubtedly go Democratic this year." * Prayer and Big Navy Go Together. Capt. Hohson who has been travel: ing up and down the country de claring for a big navy and warning the people against the danger of war with Japan, stated recently that some people say he is not In sympathy with the Christain spirit. He declares that if it had not been for prayer there would not have been a Merri mac victory and the Spanish fleet would not have been bottled in Santiago harbor. Too Drunk to Sec the Bait. It was a great time for the fish but a sad one for the fishermen, the day the Greenbauer was burned near Midway. Ky. Over 50.000 barrels of whisky was dumped into the creek. The fish became so drunk they didn't care for any bait hue spent their time dying m swim above wat?sr and walk on the bank of the creek. * Fake Whiskey Must Be Branded. Judge Thompson, in United States court, at Cincinnati, O., dined the petition of the Union Distilling com pany asking that the Governmet be enjoined from compelling the brand ing o? "imitation" whiskey as such.* ?1.60 PEE ANNUM. DAMAGE AT AUGUSTA TWENTY-TWO BODIES RECOVER* El)?STEAMER SAW THIRTY. As the Water Recedes It is Found That the Loss Has Been Greatly Understimnted.. A dispatch from Augusta Friday says the flood water is receding rapidly and as the water leaves the streets it is apparent that the loss has been underestimated. In addi tion to the disasters already report ed it is found that the Riverside Mills, in damage to plant and loss of cotton which floated away, sus tains a losa of $100,000; Reid's cot ton ware house, the best in the South is damaged in a large sum, but it will require a survey to determine the amount; Triangular block, where the wholesale houses are assembled, is badly injured. The Neison, Morris & Co's ware house has collapsed and is being ranged; the Augusta Grocery Company's building is damaged in $6,000; Hill & Merry escaped seri ous loss; C. D. Carr & Co., Pauli, Mustin & Murphy are comparatively s.ightly damaged; the National Bis cuit Company building is wrecked. The Central Grammer School is bad ly hurt, and the Davidson Grammar School is damaged severely. In ad dition to the llres already reported it developes that there were tea smaller houses burned in different sections of the city. As the water goes down further it is feared that damage similar to the Traingular block damage will develop. As to the loss of life twenty-two bodies have been recovered and corpses are found every hour or so. The captain 'of the river steamer Swan, which got in Friday, reports that he saw on the up-trip, at least 25 corpses, all negroes except one, a white man. There are reports of many drownings among negro farm hands in the lower valley. The Chronicle estimates the death list at sixty. The citizens in mass meeting, the city council in special session and the board v.. health in-special session have taken Measures to reneve the1 distress. Citizens are subscribing to a fund to help the poorer people in the submerged districts, for portions of the town are still under water. There is sure to he the greatest suf fering, and relief must be quick to prevent starvation swelling the death list. In some districts people who cannot leave their houses have not tasted food since Wednesday night. Augusta is trying hard to measure up to the demand upon her. At the public meetings it was decided not to make an appeal for outside assist ance, but to accept any contributions offered. It is 'a question if the citi zens' meeting and city council did not err in declining to make a public appeal for assistance, and many be lieve they will yet be compelled to ask aid of the outside world. It is certain that the mayor will gladly ac cept contributions, and he so publicly 3aid in reply to Atlanta's inquiry. * LOST ROLL OF $180. Woman Snes Finder, Charging He Kept $98 as She Got Only $82. Miss Caroline Burk, of New York, a guest at Asbury Park, has brought suit against. M. Francis Cavarion, also of New York, and a gues$ at the hotel. Miss Burk, recently lost $180, she says. The breaking of a greater was the cause of the loss. She advertised the loss and the next day $82 was return ed to her by a messenger boy. It had been found at the hotel by Mr. Cavallon, who insisted that the roll contained only the amount returned to tte ower. Miss Burke then brought suit against Mr,. Cavallon for. the balance. The,latter, said he did not.return the money promptly because Ose amount found did . not tally, with the' adver tisemet, and he feared, he would be suspected of having held out the dif ference, $98. After consulting his lawyer be returned the $82 to Miss Burk. * LIGHTNING KILLS MULES. One from Each Team Killed?Drivers Not Injured. Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock near Rhem's, about ten miles from Georgetown, lightning struck and killed three mules belonging to F. Rhem and Son. The instance was very peculiar. F. Rhem and hi? "m had sent their three double . is to Lake City to carry tobarco to market. On their way back about four o'clock lightning struck and killed one mule from each wagon, leaving the other three unharmed. The drivers of the wasor.s were stunned but recovered shortly after the stroke. Sanitary Pigsty at Danville, Pa. Work is under way on the new sanitary pigsty at the Danville State hospital, at Danville, Pa. It will cost $6,000, be heated with steam, light ed with electricity and the pigs will eat nothing but cooked food. The building will be two stories and it is possible the porkers will sleep up stairs. ? * Cloudbursts Do Great Damage. Cloudbursts around Florence, Col., drowned two boys and caused pro perty damage worth $150,000. ?