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SWEPT BY FLOOD. Fully Three Thousand Persons, Most of Them Poor, DRIVEN FROM HOME. TIk> Whole of North Texas HcliiKcd lly Heavy llaitis.?livery Available Mail Is Priced Into Service by (he Kort Worth Railroad?TraJlie I'nrnly/.ed?Police Fiivd Pistols to W arn the People. Throughout north Texas the heaviest ruins in many years are reported, causing tremendous loss to farmers and stock growers flooding lowlands and rendering country roads impassable. hundreds of bridges having been washed away. At Fort Worth the Trinity river is receeding, but street car traffic between Fort Worth and North Fort Worth will not be restored before torn o now. By employing every available man in the city and dispatching them in special trains to the seat of the trouble, Fort Worth railroads Saturday actively began to repair the $250,000 damage inflicted by Friday night's storms. North Fort Worth is isolated and ive hundred houses are submerged. Mineral City, near Weatherford, is under water, and Clobourne. south of here on the Santa Fe, is surrounded by the flood. Engineer I/ong and Fireman Allstip were found dead under their engine. Their train left the track in a washout a mile north of Clobourne. The flood sufferers have been provided with shelter. Crops over a large area have been destroyed and the loss will reach over half a million dollars. All night the police Hied a continual volley of shots to warn residents In the flood district That the storm was the worst exjHjrleneed in north and west Texas in half a century Is indicate 1 by reIKirts. From Grayson county on the east to Potter county in the far northxttool n n/i 111 V? n' cur T to Trtllt fl ** ViOi *l v i* " v. w x/vm county, about one-third of the entire urea of the State, the country la literally covered with water, all modes of travel tiro demoralized and business is practically suspend *.1. In every direction railroad bridges aro down, hundreds of yards of track have been washed away entirely and other hundreds of yards so badly undermined that rebuilding will be necessary. If the weather sh >uld clear immediately railroad traffic cannot be restored to normal conditions in less than too days. The flood re u lied Fort Worth about noon Saturday. At that time city park and vicinity was inundated to a depth of about ton feet. The tracks of the street railway company leading to Arlington Heights wan washed away for a quarter of a mile, and communication with that section of the city was cut off. Fnlly three thousand persons, principally of the poorer classes, were driven from their homes, in the submerged district. Many of these arc being cared for by charitable organizations at the expense of the city. The reservoirs and mains of the water works system were overflowed with the muddy water of the river, and before thoy can bo cleared it Is feared considerable slcknens may result. While an accurate estimate of the monetary loss at this time is impossible, it is believed the loss will exceed a million dollars. DON'T WANT TAFT. Negro Bishop Creates a Groat Sensation in New York. Bishop Alexander Walters, head ol the African Methodist Episcopal Zlor church in New Yoik city, created something like a sensation amonp the colored worshipers of his denom ination Tuesday by delivering bimsei! of a bitter attack on Prodident Roose velt for the part he has played ir the Brownsville a air, and declar ing that Taft was unfit, to be the ne gro's candidate for the presidency be eause he was with Roosevelt, a part: to what the bishop termed "a delib orate plot to discredit the negro rac< lor political purposes." That the bishop's denunciation o the president, and Secretary Taft dii not fall on ears altogether apprecia five was evidenced before the las clause of his letter had been read Several of those present allowed then selves the privilege of groans of die approval, and at the end Rev. Dr Parks, chairman of the meeting, call ed attention as delicately as he couh to the fact that the meeting wa3 no to discuss politics, but to consider th education of the members of th< race. Mines Resume Work. The Ross Run Iron mines in Batl County, Ky., owned by Alabama am Mississippi capitalists, have resume* work, after a Rhut-down during th flnancia) stringency. This gives wor! to about two hundred men, many q whom had spent almost their last dol tar for food Mac* Mo laspeowfom. % SlilFFKHS TAKK NOTICE. Tlio Southern Hail way linvo Adopt "d Now Shipping Halt's. Afl a moans of batter providing tliomsolvos with methods to tint " lost 'rolglit shipments, as well as to ?'\pedite the handling of freight, the railroads traversing this seotlon will, after June I, refuse to act-opt hvight in loss than carload lots, which is not plainly marked, showing the consignee, destination, etc. The roads anticipate that this now rule will cause complaint front shippers and therefore, they are gving 00 days notice in order that they may become thoroughly acquainted with it and pre pare themselves to conform to same. The following circular lias been issued by the Southern Hallway and tin* rules set forth will be adopted by all the lines traversing the Southeastern States. "Each package, piece or bundle of less than carload freight must be I plainly marked by brush, stencil, pasted tag, showing the name of tin? consingeo and the name of the station. town or city and the State in wheh destined. Fasted labels or securely fastened tags should be used only when the character of the freight.'1 prevents marking by brush or sten oil. "The marks on packages, bundles or pieces must be compared with the shipping order and bill of lading and j corrections, if necessary, made by the consignor or bis representative before receipt is signed; old marks must be removed or effaced before the packages, bundles or pieces will be accepted for transportation. "Freigh t consigned to a place of which there are two or more of the same name in the same State must have the name of the county marked on each package, bundle or piece, and also shown in the shipping receipt. "When freight is consigned to a place not located on the line of a railroad each package, bundle or piece must be marked with name of stations at which ^he consignee will accept delivery or, if destined to a place reached by a water line, the name of the railroad station at which delivery is to be made to such water, line must be marked on each package, bundlo or piece. "Freight not marked in accordance with the foregoing rules will not be accepted for transportation. TERRIBLE KXFLOHCOY. Towns Within a Radius of Eighteen Miles Darn Aged. Many men were reported killed, several fatally Injured, and a number in inning in an explosion early Tuesday morning at the Aetna millh of the Dupont Powder company, near, Millers, Ind. The shock of the explosion was heard 18 miles away. The wrecked plant employed from 1 HO to 200 men in the day time, hut the full force was not at work when ! the disaster occurred. The night shift had just completed s its task when the death-dealing blast startled the town. Houses wore ilsi mantled and windows broken hun, dreds of yards away from the scene. At Chesterton, Ind., harbor, Gary .nd Dane Park, a dozen or more miles , distant, citizens thought an earthi qunke was upon them. Physicians and nurses were taur! ried to the scene. A number of the injured were removed to the new hospital at Gary on trains over the Hake > Shore, and Baltimore and Ohio, and i Wabash. 1 MYSTKKIOUS MlJllDHB. A New York Woman Found Stabbed in Her Bed. Mrs. Isaac Hieberman, described by her neighbors as the most beautiful woman In the Bronx, was murdered In bed at her home, No. 7 06 Courtlandt avenue, New York, Tuea. day. Her husband, who conducts a shirtwaist store at No. 7C>9 Melrose avenue, a block away, is under ar, rest on supicion. Mrs. Lieborman was stabbed twice 1 as she slept, with a long dagger I wielded by a powerful arm. One of I the wounds is through her throat. . The other is through her breast, pouetrating both lungs. The knife was driven in from the left side of her " body as she lay on her right side in 1 slumber. Lieberman and his wife occupied " a flat on the second floor of an apart" ment house at the Courtlandt avenue f address. They were childless and kept no servant. Acordlng to otner e tenants in the house thoy appeared to he as happy as the overage man ' ? * d wife. I INHALED 1'OISONOLS FUMES t * Three Employes of Guano Company 3 i- Dead and Four III. Three colored employes of the Royj ster Guano Company at Macon, Ga. t came to their death last week from e inhaling poisonous gases while al ' work in the acid chamber of the company's factory and four more are 11 from the same cauRe, one probablj fatally. The coroner empaneled t jury and held an inquest on one ol ^ the negroes for all of the victims II The verdict of the jury is that Johr (i Gilmore came to his death while ir e the discharge of his duty in emploj k of the Royster Guano company, du< to the incompetency of Snperlnten dent Stamp* and Foreman Goneal * ? BOOZE WINS FIGHT. DISI'KNSAH Y HAS CLOSK CALL IX AIKKN COt XTY. With Tiller Small Moves Yet to ho Heard Kfom tho Yolo Stands s77 to S21L A dispatch from A ikon to Tho State says I ho election there Wednesday as to dispensary or prohibition resulted in a victory for tho county dsponsary i>v a very small majority. With till but throe small boxes hoard from the dispensary has a load of 55, and it is probable tho other three boxes will tun the majority up to 100 or more.' Great interest was taken in the election all over tho county. Although the weather was threatening a large crowd was around the polls in Aiken all day. among whom were many Indies. About the time the returns began to come in it began to rstin but notwithstanding this large crowds assembled around the bulletin hoards and waited for the returns which came in rapidly. It was a close election. The following is the total vote: For dispensary, 877; against dispensary. 822 LOST MOTH LHGS. The Very Sad Fate of An Augusta Georgia, Hoy. I ho Augusta Herald says Tracy Owens, an 1 1-year-old white hoy. was run over the other morning in the lpper Harrisonville yards of the Georgia railroad, at the north end. Both legs were severed from his body, lie was at once carried to the city hosi pital, where an operation was performed, and ho may recover although it is considered quite doubtful. The Georgia railroad officials state that engine five was In the act of taking the cab from the engine in order to leave It on a seperate track, when Owens, who is said to hang around the place often endeavored to swing aboard the cab. His footing slipped and legs were severed. The cab was at once connected up and t heboy sent to the hospital. It is stated that young Owens had been reqquently warned to stay away from the place. KILIAOD 1IIMSKLF. An Old Man Follows Advice of l)r. | Osier. When a man uftcr an active life nuns nimsen wnnoui an opportunity to continue bis activity and through reverse fortune is without means of livelihood to retain honor and prevent himself from becoming a burden on his fellowmen, it is desirable that | he follow the proposition attributed to Osier. I, therefore, deem it expedient to do so." The above abstract from a letter found on the body of Joseph Child, who committed suicide Tuesday at his boarding house in 117th street, in Chicago., by inhaling illuminating gas explains his reason for his deed. Sixty-five years old without friends or relatives, out of employment and with no prospect of finding work and with his little savings rapidly dwinding away, Child chose to go to a suicide's grave rather than become a burden on tho community. YOUNG MAN DROWNED. Boat Upsets on Pacolot Mill Pond Neav Spartanburg. A. dispatch from Spantanburg to Tho News and Courier says while shooting didappers from a boat on the pond at Pacolet Mills Saturday after noon, P. Kirby, aged 18 years, was drowned. The body was recovered Saturday night and the inquest held Sunday. The Jury returned. a verdict of accidental drowning. Klrby, William French and a vonng man named Bryant got in the boat and started up the river on a fishing trip, Klrby carried a shot gun and commenced to shoot didappers. Bryant took the gun to try his luck. Klrby, in turning the boat, caused it to dip and the three men tumbled into the stream. Kirby went down immediately, but Bryant and French reached shore. The water was drawn from the pond and Kirby's body was found In the mud. COMMITTED 8UICIDK. Suitor in .Jealous lingo Kills Himself r at Telephone. In n (It of jealous rage Edward U. Taylor, a bookkeeper, aged 25 years, committed suicide at Washington . Sunday by shooting himself in the i temple'at 101 H Street. He hnd t gone to the telephone and called up Miss "Reggie" Gargas, at 1,919 PennI sylvania avenue, only to find that ' she had gono for a walk with a rival i suitor. To his message Taylor ref pronded in passionate language, and a young man, who was at the girl's i home, tried to pacify him but to no ? purpose. Taylor hung up the ref celver, drew a pistol and shot hims self. It's a poor tool that caa't ha work* ed both ways. ARTIFICIAL HONRY. Inverted Sugar?Hotter Than Some Kinds of I Joes Honey. Prof. HerzfloUl of Germany re eentlv brought out some Interesting points regarding the manufacture ef Rrtifiola hovev lu ICuro*?o. Tt Is no } ti. ^ ; vc 'rit g a * ? it tb? i inxorsion of refined sugar in an *1most complete manner and under well-determlnd conditions, this sugar Kolldlfys In the same way as natural * honey, after standing for a long ' time and it can he easily redissohcd 1 by heating it. Owing to the in- ' creased reproduetion of artificial honey, the bee cultivators have been ' agitating the question so as to protect themselves, and it Is proposed t ! secure legislation to this effect, one point being to oblige the manufac turers t( add some hind of product. ' which will indicate tlu* artlllcial prod- 1 ttct. On the other hand, it is found ' that the addition of inverted sugar ' t nn'ural honey tends to improve its quality, and especially to render it > more easily digested. Seeing that sugar is about the only alimentary matter which 's produced in an nhso < lutely pure state, its addition t< honey car.not i>e strictly considere d as an adulteration. Bees often take products front flowers which have a < had taste, and the chemist Keller found that honey coming from the chestnut tree sometimes has a disagreeable flavor. i Kfoni wheat flowers we find a honey which lias n caste whlrli resemblos blttei almonds. and honey , from as| nragus flowers is most unpal stable. Honey taken from tho col/a plant is of an oily nature, and that taken from onions has the taste o tin* latter. In such eases the hon?\\ is in ifli improved by the addition ??' inverted su?;ir. l'rof. Mer/feld gives a iiraetieal metliod of preparing this form of sugar: We take l kilogram ('J.L' poundst of high quallH reilned aiigr.r in a clean onainpl-ware vessel, and add 30n cubic centimetres4 (Hi fluid ounces) of water and 1.1 grannies (17 grains) tartaric acid This is heated rt 1 10 deg. C. over an open fire, stirring all the while, and | is kept at this heat until the liquid takes on a fine golden yellow color, such operation lasting for about three-quarters of an hour. My this very simple process we can easilv produce artificial honey. Numerous extracts are now on the market for giving the aroma of honey. However, if we take the artificial product made as above and add to it a natural honey having a strong aroma, such as that which is produced from heath, we can obtain an excellent semi-honey.- Scientific American. FIik! Kcvere's Well. The old well from which Paul Re* vere used to quench his thirst has been located since the work of restoration on the old house in Boston heRan. In strengthening the walls of tin old house workmen ditR up uiul.u a corner of the ell and came upon some old hand-hewn oak planks. Proceeding with great care they, found these to he the planking o' what appeared at first to he a large water tank or cistern. Kurt her v. vestigation showed that they ha ) struck upon the old well. It wa.? seen that the well must have hoe lined with plank all the way dowi It Is about four feet in diameter a e , is square. It was filled up long ag < and the planking alone remains. In connection with the work in other parts of the building other 'n teresting finds have been made Many of the articles being unearthed will be placed in the museum, which it is proposed to establish in the house. There are two pieces of old Lowestoft china, parts of a cup and saucer, bottles of curious shape having glass uboiu half an inch thick, hits of china and earthenware in white and colors, in the cellar was found an old half dollar and an old fashioned cent, hearing the date of 1S4 4. Possibly the most Interesting article found so far la th#? nPl holt ing to a soldier's dress uniform. It Is white and is intact, save for th6 loss of the bitckle. it is not known whether this belt is a part of the uniform worn by Paul Revere himself The belt was found bidden In tho wall of the house. There was a large collection of mis ce.mucous articles found, such hatchets, curious nails, old tools, an i bits of iron.?Boston Post. The Condor's Individuality. W< had the best chance of study ing the colors of the condor head The bill was horn color and the red skin of the head extended down, cov. erlng it about half way. The legi were tan, hut on each knee was a pr.tc'i of red. On the breast of each bird the skin was blood red. and coula be seen occasionally when tli ? bresv feathers were spread and thu birds wore preening. Both had light* colored wing bars, and the primaries were well worn. The skin on thd throat hung loose, and the lower hiertllKlii flt a/I A! 11 ?\ d /??i li ? .. <v iiiuiiuiuic it v tru v tiinr uuuiri uir The chin was orange-red, and below this on the neck was a strip of greenish yellow, merging Into the orange about the sides and back of the neck. The top and front of the heu.l wore red. but between the eyes was a small patch of black feathers, and these extended down In front of the I ey* Into the orange-red of the cheek, i The pupil of th. eye was black, but ? the ItIl was deep and red and conspicuous. The bald and wrinkle 1 pate, flabby Jowls, with the cavedi in expression of a toothless old woman?these helped to make ?p the con. , dor iodviduaMtT'?Csaturj, I CRUSHKD TO DKATH. Hr. Murray lleaton Sustained Injuries From Which Oeutli (hrurml. , Mr. Murray Healon, aged 21 ionrs, who was employed as brakenun on extra freight No. 2040, which una between Hrauchville and Colum>Ia, was accidentally knocked off the dde of a box car upon which he whs limbing by the stand pipe, at division switch, jnst below tlie passenger de[jot at Hrauchville Monday morning. Several of the wheels of the freight nrs passed over the limbs of Mr. I baton before the freight could bo I signalled to stop, and Mr. lleaton I was horribly mangled, the tight arm i md right leg being so badly crashed ( that amputation was necessary, hi.-, left leg was also broken and various ! jthor bruises were inflicted on bis ( body. 1 Mr. Healon was given all medical mention that could be given to any one. The freight train that ran over Mr. Healon was in charge of Conductor Passailaigue and Kngineer William llowcy. .lust one year ago Monday Kngi- 1 neer llowcy was pulling the throttle J [?f the engine that pulled the freight that ran over the body of Mr. J. L. Hoover, who died soon after. Mr. lleaton was a son of Mr. John r. Healon. car inspector for the Southern railway at Itranchville. Mr. lleaton died at 12 o'clock on the ' operating table. MOIil'l ltOIHFS KOI Nil. Dcntli Inst ol' Chelsea F'ire Now Number Thirteen. Two more bodies wore found in (lie ruins of the Chelsea fire, of last Sunday, making the total number recovered II. and the known victims 1which includes two who died in hospitals. The bodies found were both males. The first found was recovered at 2 9 Marlboro street, wnere search was made through tne efforts of a sister of a man who liJcd at that number and who has been'missing. The body was identified by means of a watch and teeth as that of Harry JLewis, aged 4 2 years, employed as a messenger in Hoston. The second t>ody recovered wu,s found at Poplar street and was that of a male adult. The list of missing persons is still large and it is fearinl many of them perished- * DA KING I1ANK ROBUKRY. Two Men Dock Officers in Vault and Remove Cash. The Citizens' State Hank at Chatauqua, Kansas, was robbed Friday of about $11,000 by two men who en tered the bank ami forced Cashier C. C. Wnlterhouse and "Del" Easley, business manager, to gcA into the vault. The bandits locked them in. securing all currency in sight and escaped across the line into Oklahoma. Four posses are in pursuit and it is believed that the robbers will be captured. The robbery is one of the most daring ever executed in this part of the State. The robbers were both well dressed, one being well known around town. SHVKKK BATTIxE Between the French Troops and the Berbers. A French column on Talzaza Hill, Algeria, which commands the plain of Tanilet, was fiercely attacked Friday by a number of Berbers. Although the surprised French force fought desperately and not only beat off the adversaries but pursued them for a distance of six miles, this French victory was costly. Twentyeight men, including an officer, were killed and Olio hlindrpd mnn inohul. ing ton officers, wore woumlcd. The losses were greatest in the foreign legion. The Berber losses wore much heavier, no less than 12 5 dead bodies being found by French troops. * HELD I I* BY TWO MEN. Northern Pacific Flyer Boarded and Passengers lioblved. A dispatch from Minneapolis says the west-bound Pacific train Thursday night was held up by two men just outside the city limits and $41 and two watches were taken from passengers The men who boarded tne train here entered one of the sleepers, and at the point of the pistol commanded the passengers to hold up their hands. One of the robbers stood guard while his companion searched his victims. When the train slowed down at Northtown Junction the men made their escape. Screen the House. ! There is only one method of presenting the flies entering the house land that is to have all the doors and | windows securely screened. The Board of Health urges that every resident in the city, if it is possible, shall secure these screens and use them. A wre screen 16 mesh to the inch is more satisfactory than one 14 mesh to the inch as mosquitoes can get through the latter and while the house is being screened it is Just as well to be protected against the mosquitoes ot the same time. Worry for worry's sake mom to be the work Wag motto of moaf 9*+1 BUSH WAR WAGED. * i rKKA(TIKH Y AM) crWIXCi USKI> OX BOTH SIDKS. ji V ^ It Is |{c|m)1'(<m| Thai Sixty Whiles and ..Indians llavc Been Killed in the Itlnodly Warfare. A report that about 60 whites and Indians have been kined in Nicaragua in bloody bush warfare waged l?y Mosquito Indians was brought to New Orleans by \\\ Itv CotTinan if Bloomington, 1)1., who was a passenger on the steamer Dictator from DentraI American Purrs. The death list of whites numbers about 20 The fighting started over a month igo on the Caribbean coast, where (he Indians live. I.ate in February nbout 100 Indians attcked Prinzapol Her. a small town They hid behind bushes, trees and other shelter, pouring into the village a lire which killed two men. A long hard light resulted, soldiers ind citizens volunteers dually driving i ho assailants back, about a doz en of the Indians being killed or mortally wounded. The other Indians fled toil many <>f them were raptured and sifter being severely beaten with raw hides, chains were placed about their legs and they were imprisoned in an improvised stockade. Another engagement took place at Cape (Jracas. near tho border of Nicaragua stud Spanish Honduras. Here the casualties among the troops were five, but the .Nlosquitos were no more successful than before and lied in retreats to the mountain. Since then, Mr. Coffman said, many troops have been sent into the Mosquito district and several skirmishes have occurred. It is reported that treachery and cunning have been used on both sides. Whereever a party of white men get a chance they generally kill the Indians without, mercy, and the Indians huvo slain several solders whom they caught In the forests. * BKIJKVEH BRYAN IS THK MAN. Cnpt. Thrower of Choraw is WraniMC a Campaign Button. The State says Capt. W. T. Thrower of Cheraw, a prominent html>er manufacturer of the Pee Dee section of the State, was in Columbia Wed- * nesday. He was proudly wearing a Bryan button and expressed himself most emphatically as favoring the Nebraska!! for president. "Not only will South Carolina give Bryan her solid support, but raauy Republicans of the North kiI liast will rally to the support of th j Dem ocratic standard bearer. I just, learned the other day of a prominent Washington man who had decived his intention to support Bryan this year, notwithstanding the face that he has voted the Republican national ticket all his life. Roosevelt Is too spasmodic and the American people do not want another Administration such as his present one. Bryan honest, he is big enough to occupy the i>osition of chief executive of the United States, and even Republicans regard him highly for his intedrity? and this year thousands will vote for him who have Heretofore voted the Republican ticket." Capt. Thrower believes that South Carolina should send a delegation to Denver Instructed for Bryan, because he firmly believes that Bryan is the choice of the overwhelming majority of the Democrats of the Statue. * MISTAKEN FOR BURGLARS. Owners of Ohio Grocery Store Knlcd by Patrolmen, At Columbus, Ohio, John and Wni. D. Frank, sons of R. O. Frank, grocer, were shot and instantly killed ow Hnnrlnv OH" I >.. f 1 " - ' iv vnj i unuiiiifji iiPinfP and Casey. Shortly before the shooting burglars were discovered by neighbors in Frank's grocery, 1,22J Parsons avenue. Tht owner of the store and the police were inform "J about the same time of the burglary. The two young men and another brother, Albert Frank and William Yoerger, hastily armed themselves and ran to the grocery. Patrolmen Heinzo and Casey were watching in the shadow of the building when the four young men arrived, and each party mistook the other for the burglars. According to Yoerger W. D. Frank fired a rifle four times at Pat.ro man Heinze, who drew a revolver and fatally wounded the young man. Patrolman Casey ordered the other three young men to throw up their hands, and they did so. the nnrvtv ors say. Patrolman Casey declare*, however, that John Frank did not throw up his hands hut aimed a revolver at the patrolman. Case.\Xheu shot John Frank. ^ Lynched by Negroes. At Fort Worth, Texas, Jasper Douglas, a negro was charged in a warrant sworn to Saturday with having criminally assaulted his stepsister, a girl of 12 years. Sunday morning his body was found hanging to the limb of a tree near that place. A good cause make a uteut heart ttuft a stroag arm. i