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FC '? VOL. X. DROWNED i TERRIBLE FLOODS Hundreds of Lives Lost and Thousands Made Homeless ?n the West Virginia Goal Fields. KANYTOWHSAREWIPEDOUT The Victims Were Caught in a Mountain Basin by a Cloudburst Without Warning. The F1ao?ls Swept Away Keystone, n Town of SOOO Inhabitants ? A IJoxen Towns In the Narrow, MountnlnI.tnnd Valley of the Klkhorn Suffered Severely ? Nearly a Score of Collieries Were Wrecked ? Miles of llollrnnd Tracks Were Destroyed ? Property Toss Will Iteaeh Into the Millions? A Cloudburst Caused the Floods ? Acute SnfTeritm of the Survivors. Blucllcld. W. Ya. ? Hundreds of ' lives wore lost and millions of dollars* Worth of property destroyed as the result of a tremendous cloudburst wliieli swept nway whole towns in its path of devastation through the eastern part of McDowell County, the southernmost part of West Virginia, near the Virginia State line. thousands have been rendered homeless. One town. Keystone, of iiOOO inhabitants, was completely wiped out. only the remains of one building withstanding th?' rush of the waters. Thirty miles of track and between fifteen and twenty bridges of the Norfolk ami Western road were destroyed. It was several days before food supplies could he sent to aU parts of the devastated region and homeless survivors suffered hardship. Most of the sufferers are coal miners. their wives and children, employed in the I'oeahontas coal fields. The tlood was caused by a cloudburst ami thirty hours of rain. A tremendous rainstorm followed by a cloudburst set in early Saturday morning, and after a lapse of a few hours in the afternoon started again with fresh violence and continued until 10 a. m. Sunday. The valley, or basin, in which ti?o Pocahontas ronl lield Is 1 oca tot* was tin* worst sufferer, because of its peculiar formation. On two sides it is walled by high mountains. Through the centre of the basin runs Klkhorn Creek, fed by inuunternble streams running down the sides of the mountains. The basin is long and narrow. Its width varies from a quarter of a mile to a mile. From Knnis to Vivian Yard. \V. Va.. a distance of ten miles, milters' cabins, coal company commissaries nnd coke plants line the basin. Near the center of the long basin nnd in the heart of the Pocahontas coal tiehl was the town of Keystone. Smaller villages and settlements are scattered over the whole length of the basin. Klkhorn. a railroad and telegraph station, is at the eastern end of the basin on comparatively high around. Everything west of Klkhorn. In the district Is submerged hi the flood. The cloudburst and many hours of continuous rain turned each of the many little streams flowing down the mountain ranges into formidable torrents. They poured great quantities of water into Klkhorn Creek, and it began to rise without almost incredible rapidity, It flowed over its banks and soon covered the entire floor of the basin from mountain wall to mountain wall. Nothing like it had ever been seen ar heard of before, and the inhabitants of the basin were taken by surprise. So quickly did the flood come that scores of tlieni did not attempt to seek safety by climbing tip the sides of the mountains u? til it was too late. Hundreds of ml nova tv?m i? Mono nml North Fork, a small place nhont a mile from tlie latter, when the Rood swept down upon the two places Saturday night. Saturday is pay day at the mines, and the miners go to the little town r>n Saturday night to purchase supplies-. Many of them take their wives anil children. Keystone was the only town in the Pocahontas district where liquor was sold, and It had lietween twelve and fifteen saloons, besides a great many supply stores. When the Hood came sc ?res of mii:started back for their cabins, miles away, up and down the basin. A great number of these and their wives and children were caught in the torrent and drowned. A pnthetle story is told of n Hungarian family at Keystone. The father was at work in the mines, and when the alarm was given did not reach the drift mouth until the town was partly inundated. He made his way to the eahin where his wife and newborn babe were lying helpless. lie tried to rescue both, and after a battle ?the .waters, logs and debris * / , F reached a place of safety with tliem, ouly to discover that both were (lead. It is certain that the total list of the dead from one end of the Klkhoru Valley to the other will exceed 200. Hundreds are missing, having taken refuge in the fountains to escape the fury of tlie'ireod. At least 300 mine mules were drowned. But little permanent (lamage is done to the mine proper, as the drift mouths were high up the mountain sides. Several mines, however, are flooded. On the North Fork branch of the Norfolk and Western, which is Ave and one-half miles long, hundreds were rendered homeless, and are camped in the mountains. The damage to property on this branch is heavy. Only one of the t<>n collerles escaped, the Ashland, at the head of the stream. The McDowell Coal Company lost two buildings. The Itoanoko Company lost its boiler house, and big boP rs were swept four miles down the stream. 'The Louisville Company's stnr<>lw*iKu? Io ?? *..?,??.i. * * 1 - .i-. u h H i H Ullll I III' STOOli :i total *? s?\ In ltnl'c innny minors' houses were swept away. Twenty-tlve houses were I jammed together in one large mass of broken timbers and debris. At the (Jilliain Company's Colliery tlie powder house and fourteen houses are demolished. At Indian It Id go the company store was considerably damaged and the stock lost. The North Fork track is nearly all washed away, all the trestles being gone except one. In the Klkhorn Valley it is estimated that the loss to the railroad and coal interests will exceed Jjt'J.OOO.OOd. Out of twelve miles of main line double track only one tulle remain, and all the bridges are gone. Some of the bridges were of the heaviest masonry and iron, but they could not resist the force of the llood. The Crozier Company, one of the largest corporations, lost a thousand iiiiin-iiimn fn'cinc plant niKI inaU.V buildings and coke ovens. Its loss is said to be $."<>,000. Tho Houston Company is damaged some $20,000. The Tierney interest, consisting of four colhvies, will lose $7o,000. There are over twenty colleries whose damage is great. Many miles of the tracks lending to coke ovens and mines are gone. In some Instances mine locomotives and cars have been swept for miles down the stream. Fifteen hundred laborers were rushed to the scene to work on repairs. TOllXADO IN ILLINOIS. Houses Wrerkcit, Stores Unroofe?l sml Thousands of Trees Torn Up. J III.?This city and vicinity fro pi '.Sited 1 ?y a tornado which did $100,000 damage. The storm came from the southwest, and Its path was a mile and a half wide by twelve miles long. The Lincoln Mattress Factory was destroyed, while severe damage was done to the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, Illinois Odd Fellows' Orphan Home, Lincoln College and tho County poor farm. Houses were wrecked, stores unroofed, and thousands of trees torn up. An elevator in Middletown was destroyed and several stores damaged. In Elkhart freight ears were blown from the track. Great damage was done to wheat, corn and oats. Two Heroic liny* Dnnvnril. Suffolk. Vn.?While seeking to save an eight-year-old brother who was being swept away in a stream two sons of John Ely. colored, of Exit, Vn., gave up their own lives. The older heard from the bank of Scott's Creek an appeal for help, and turning they snw that their brother had got beyond his depth, and was being borne down by the current. With no thought of their own peril the boys jumped to the rescue. Tliev reached tin* drowning boy and struggled to drag him from the force of the current, but could not. The three brothers, their arms locked about each others' necks, went down together. \Vin<l mid ltnin In Ohio. Columbus. < >hlo.?A terrific storm prevailed in Columbus and vicinity. The chief damage was from water, which flooded the basements of many business houses. Tiie losses amount to many thousand dollars. Several buildings were unroofed. A tornado, the path of which was about thirty yards wide and four or five miles long, cut through the southern part of Mount Sterling. Everything in tiie path of the storm was leveled. The damage will amount to several thousand dollars. Flood* Around I'lttntiurg. Pittsburg. Penn. ? The Turtle Creek district was visited by a heavy rainstorm. The town and valley have suffered thousands of dollars' worth of damage. At Kast Pittsburg tiie Westingliouse plant, which extends for nearly a mile parallel with the hill, was submerged with six feet of water on the lower floor, which left three feet of mud when it receded. The loss to Westingliouse it is believed will reach $500,000. f Tfi unci orator tn In (Kwrijo, X. \ . Oswego, X. Y.? A terrific thunderstorm prevailed in Oswego and the surrounding country. The West Hap11st Church here was struck l?y lightning and slightly damaged, and barns and farm buildings suffered, ltuln and hail caused damage to the crops. T.lghttiins Kill* Man, Horse ami Hoc. Whitticr. Pla.?Tile bodies of All nor Thompson, son of a well-to-do stockman, his liorsc ami liis ?l??jr vero fnnml in the woods on the Thrvipson Ranch near hero, the yonns nicJt and liis horse having heon killed instantly hy lightning. Trnnm?re Itnrn Woman Lawftri, Tile Supreme Court of Tennessee has decided that a woman cannot I practice law in Tenueaaee. . i MIL OUT MILL, S. C., WEI SUltOR'S ARDENT WOOING Supplants Authorilv of Prospective Father-in-Law in His Own Heme, SAVED FROM FURY OF A MOB Voting Man Thn-nlfnod to KUt the Girl'* Fntlier ?. Chaaeil Front the Hott?c, Indignant Citizen*<10111 In the Fiiranit ? ICeartteil hy Ilia Flnttrre?Mob Wanted to Tar ami Feather llim?I'ndcr Arreat< Mnnnt TT,01~ X' T m ? - . luuiii nun,), 4>. ti.-~ i wcniy-iivo masked men assembled in the vicinity of former Judge It. I*. Willis's house bent on treating llarrv Allen Baxter, the fiance of Miss Willis, to a coat of tar and feathers. Entering the large yard they made an effort to enter the rear door. Then something happened. The Judge's ten-year-old son asked them very pointedly to retire, at the same time he leveled a shotgun at the gang, which heat a hasty retreat. "I'll shoot the first one to enter." he said, and immediately there was a slump in tar and a reaction in the feather market, which had been decidedly bullish. All the time young Allen was In an un-stnirs room armed with a revolver and a large amount of that discretion which at times outdoes any sort of valor. Allen is not the "star hoarder" of the Willis household by any manner of means. The Judge doesn't like him at all. but Mrs. Willis favors Ids suit, and so docs the young woman. lie came here from New York City some time ago, and. although the Judge opposes tlie marriage lie permitted the youth, up to Wednesday morning, to live in the house. On that morning, hard unon the heel of the exciting events of the previous night, the Judge and his prospective son-in-law had a row. Baxter drew a revolver and threatened to slinot. The Judge ran at lihn. and. seizing the weapon, thrashed hhu. Baxter rushed out of the house eoafless and lintless. ana run flown Mniu street to Grant, oloscl.v pursued by tlw? Judge and a largo and excited crowd. Arriving at Grnnt street station lie attempted to board a passing trolley car for Burlington. He was caught and again chastised by the Judge. Baxter once more pulled his revolver. William Jennett and Mleajah Matlock. who were In the crowd that had assembled, seized Baxter, and taking bis revolver away, ordered him to get out as-soon as possible. Baxter ran nlong the trolley track toward Burlington. Judge Willis then went before Squire Krayer and swore out a warrant for the arrest of Baxter. Giving this to Detective Bills 11. Parker, lie stopped a passing team and drove rapidly off In pursuit. Miss Willis bad learned of the row. and she immediately drove to the rescue, overtaking Baxter in his flight toward Burlington. She hurried off with him in the carriage. Later Baxter was found in the home of Mrs. M. It. Sooy, in Mount Holly, and arrested. Miss Willis met Baxter last season at Bay View. L. I., while she was visiting a former schoolmate. He made rapid progress in his suit for Mabel's band and in the good graces of her mother, but the Judge made investigations and refused bis consent to the wedding. A few weeks later Baxter came to the house ns a guest of Mrs. Willis. bUMUUL CHILDREN TORTURED. Torrrtl to Kut Soup For ('IipwIiir Gum In Study Hour*. Chicago.?Charges have been placed before Superintendent I.ano by Hugh Brady that children in the summer school have been punished repeatedly for chewing gum during school hours by having soap forced Into their mouths, being compelled to let it remain until it dissolved and ran down their throats. Children subjected to the soap treatment returned home with burning throats and raw mouths. Lester Brady, one of the sufferers, was unable to eat his supper, and after repeated questionings the story came out. Three other hoys also assert that they were compelled to undergo the saute treatment. UMBRELLA LAW IN INDIANA. Ilruvy I'unlfthmcnt For Young Mini Who "ISorroired" Without l*erinl?ni?ii. "Bloomiugton, Iud.?Ohe Frye, a well known young man. borrowed I>r. -Rogers's umbrella during a severe thunderstorm without asking permission. He was arraigned in court and admitted tlie "borrowing." Judge Martin assessed his punishment at from one to three years in the Southern Reformatory, lined him .SI. and disfranchised him for live years. This is the first time in the history of Indiana courts that a person has I i? -? TI lt'C'lllv 1 ill 11 i < )i i >i 1 f/?r l*.i iiTfitV i 11 it sin umbrella. The sentence is considcrad by many to be excessive. and an effort will be made to have Fry? pardoned. TWO LYNCHED AT SHRLVEPORT. Trophft" Smith and Another Xfgro Victims of Mol> l.oiv in L.oiil*innii. Sbreveport, La.?Two negroes, "Propliet" Smith and F. D. McGnud, have been lynched. "Prophet" Smith was held accountable tor the race feeling which led to the killing over a week ago of John Gray Foster, brother-lu-law of Governor McMilhu, ot Tennessee. / ' 3& VfY JNESDAY, .J L\-\H 26, 1! iitkiis. Tho St. Elisabeth dnvornment A^. lum for Insane, near Washington. will bo extended at a cost of $1,000,000. Tho President's yacht. the Sylnh, was ordered into ?lock at Norfolk, Ya. to undergo repairs. A Hod Hook, reviewing foreign rolafions in tho war with Spain, was isRtiod by tho Stato Department. In furthor retaliation for Amorioan Imposition of duties Russia raisod hor tariff rate1- on Amorioan products of rosin and nloyolos. Tho TTiitcd Statos Civil Service Commission will hold an examination July '2.1 for farmers in tho Indian service. President MeKInley disapproved a resolution of the Cherokee Tndian Council for a new agreement with tho Dawes Commission. j A petition bigger than an unabridged | ciirrumnry wns sent President McKinle.v. asking 1 li?' appointment of Tolin Allms as postmaster of St. Joseph. Mo. Jul Ian Phelps. T'nltcd States Consul at Crefeld. ("Jerinany. resigned. Secretary Root raised the standards of admission to the West Point Military Academy. The Industrial Commission adjourned until September, after hearing over 700 witnesses. ' OT'l: ADOPTED IST ANDS. A series of special revenue stamps will he made for Porto Ilico. The Philippines Commission will permit proceedings in tiie courts to lie conducted in English and native dialects. I Washington was asked for S10.000 I to defray the expenses of fifty Filipino ! tp.lr'llnl'i! n-lin " '? - - ...... itiit ii. mii<i\ mi" a year Iti normal schools of America. The election of at least eight mayors will lie reversed, as ninny frauds in the recent munleinal elections in Cuba were brought to light. Surveys made of the Cuban roast, tinder direction of the Navy Department. developed many desirable sites for naval stations. (Honor.nl failles, head of the insurgents in Luzon. P. I., signed terms of surrender by proxy. The l'nlt< <1 States Philippine Commission appointed seven Supreme Court Judges, Arellano being named Chief Justice. < nOMKRTIC. All hut $11 of the $.10,000 stolen from ih<> First National Rank of Mineral Point. Wis., was recovered. A plot to kill game out of season in Colorado was unearthed at Denver, and many valuable skins seized. Kentucky oil producers are considering tlie formation of a protective cornbine. The $2,000,000 endowment fund being raised for Brown University, Providence, 1*. I., was completed. The explanation of the double lyncb-i ing of negroes at Shrevcport, La., is that a conspiracy against whites had been discovered. The Massachusetts House sustained the Governor's veto of the Boston subway by a vote of 98 to 13f?. During a performance of Berwick's circus at Staples, Minn., the brother of the proprietor, who was acting as a clown, dropped dead. Heart failure was the cause. Free street gas lights are now furnlclwxl I'l.i I-- - ? * . - viik-?ku iu lu-ji oi inroe mm a | half per cent. of the company's gros* earnings. All trace of Dr. Edward It. Evans, of Fargo, X. D., was lost since three weeks ago when lie went to visit a patient. D. TT. Fletcher was elected Mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., l?v a large major it.v. The postodlce at Chickamauga. Tenii., was rohlied. John I). Rockefeller made his first address to faculty and students of University of Chicago. Ilorses are again being bought at New Orleans, La., by the British. Steps were taken at Kansas City, Mo,, to form a new party by Populists and Silver Republicans, who hope to make \V. J. I'.rynn its candidate. Joe Harris, a negro, was hanged by a 1110b at Athens. Ala., 011 suspicion :>f burning a barn. A tornado passed'over Beadle County, S. I>., injuring ten people and destroying property. Lightning killed three men at Scott Lake, .Micli. The City Council of Omaha, Neb., ousted Fife Chief John Ucdcll, charged with brutality toward his men. lOKKKi.V. A Tiolciit storm btirsi over n large area ot Southern Kiissia, Hooding several towns aiul greatly damaging crops. A monument to Frederick William I. was unveiled at Kiel, Germany. Two Czechs named Orsuvle and Zuroa were arrested at Prague, Bolimyii, on a charge of being Implicated tn a plot against Emperor Frauds Joseph of Austria. Yellow fever appeared at San Salvador. Four men were killed by soldiers who quelled a riot at ltio Janeiro. A torp. do engine, in the torpedo works at Frieurichport, near Kiel. Germany, exploded, Killing an engineer and wouudiug u number of other I persons. I Sentenced to' banishment, a Paris thiel stabbed In a Judge's room the I ' woman whom lie uceused of tempting ' him to u career of crime. < , / 4 ^ )0U |ARP~~ON SUICIDES I Bartow Philosopher Finds Unhealthy Condition of Minds. Cr CHOPPING WOOD IS A SURE CURE' Relations Between Physical and Men- J tal Labor Are Discussed By the Well Known Writer. The increasing prevalence) of sulfides indicates an unhealthy condition of mind and bodv nn<) i that if the man would quit thinking about his troubles and go to chopping wood or digging in the garden, or even go hunting and get up a good erieu ation he would feel better and con ludo to live on a while longer. The houyj affects the min.l and when the blood in) the veins gets thick and sluggish and1, the secretions become stagnant, the j mind gets diseased and morbid, the emotions are out of tune and the man actually believes he would tind res: and peace In death. It is strange that any :u,an of education or refinement would entertain such an ttnreas .liable hope. What did the schoolteacher of Do than accomplish by killing Dr. McN 'il and himself? Where is the schoolteacher now? When two enemies fight a duel and both are kilted, how do their spirits meet in the other world? Do they shake hands or renew the fight, for. of j course, they are not in heaven? What i does the young man accomplish by I killing his sweetheart and then himself? Are they not then forever separated? What does anybody gain by sui[ tide? As Hamlet says: "Is It not better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know net of?" Why n:?t| run away from yourself? Hun to the woods?keep on running?jump the brances. swim the rivers, get wet, get tired?work in the garden, dig, hoe, j c hop wood, mount a horse and ride fa-! riously?anything to divert the ills-. j eased mind from its train of thought, j | My good old father was afflicted with i rheumatism and whfcn he felt the acute, agonizing pains coming on lie would rouse up and limp away and mike for the farm, and would walk faster and faster as the pains increased, and would actually make them ashamed I and they would leave him for a day or two. To keep the mind in a good, normal condition the body must bo "fexeri cised. Sedentary occupations are not1 healthy for men, and even vyomer, should fly around the house with i?| broom or wash the windows otefnilon-1 ally, or Jig among the flowers. It will | not do for them to sit and sow all the time. I am sorry for these unmarried I girls who have to run the machine all the day long and Ret no healthy exercise except for the ankle bones. When they get married and the babies come along they are pretty safe, for little children give a mother division enough. A mother with a bibe in bet arms never thinks of suicide. Even i! her husband is cruel to her or is a drunkard, she will I've on and on for the sake of the child. We note that most of the suicides occur among the young men and are caused from intemperance or disappointed love or failure to make money fast, or being caught in embezzlement (alias stealing). Othello killed himself because he found out that be had wrongfully killed his wife and Shakespeare says "lie was great ol heart." I reckon lie was. considering that he was a Moor and did not believe in a heareafter. It was the best thing and the most heroic thing that he could do. It was tiio ve:y Intensity of grief and repentance and has no parallel in modern suicides, for most all of them are selfish or revengeful. It was like the Hariklrl of Raul, or of the ani lent generals when defeated In battle. The most alarming feature about these suicides of our young men is the indication that they are not believer* in the Christian religion. No s ine man will take his own life if he b?lieve.s In heaven and hell and a future, state of rewards and punishments. He will he afraid to. The influence of mode-* fiction on the youthful mind lias much to do with it. for a great d<al of it U tainted with atheism and inldelity. Kven some of the standard writers such as Hume and Disra'li had left tiieir had impression. The latter threw a dark shallow over life and gays thai "youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle and old age a regret. Is it not far better to take a more hopeful view of life and say like th poet, Horace Smith: "The world is very lovely! Oh, my Qo:l, 1 thank thee that I live." Or to say like Ixmgfeliow? "Life is real?life is earnest, And the grave is not its goal." It is easy to diagnose a poet's temperament of a philosopher's by bis i writings?some are gloomy and s;nu' are bright and cheerfful. I was rfcm'.natlng about thpse young men who have just graduated at rny alma mater end the other home collegos. and wondering how many of them would pr.Wg a success in life and twenty year* hence exclaim with the poet, "Oh, my* V thank years ago and living there are them made no trouble some and bo repels. the the my trees th along n BBMBBB^nj^^H and the trees China, the Celr were called the dark night the and girdled tli went to heave? rarne from. For Lu ^ am onilngo who was cros; he was an oh ashes. He wo; Howard play hours at nigh Dick Farmer annoyed hin> (not I) got 8 the armory { of night, wh a man or a pounder ah right by M midway, another b?vk lin h h t 1 bo. anoth due t' sent stopp he F ^oo it with h dropped that wa his rot tit?d up was a much ed .,to ru ' va ;oy 3xp. anyl Wies en<l to * scat my Ik And h that w. when wi So we pla. aware oLit flute out of his , nlong behind me lege sweetheart for a Bird (lev him off to Bab yet. But we r lt.it l to recall tb '47, tand I a lonely in A It is a pro; changes b veterans cession v method? colles' naw ; from their nnome tions. i in cbll' hu*' Joh mjfr'ei e A t' I