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FRIDAY, APRIL 30. 1S97.
The Omaha Bee says "every day
hrinrS renewed encouragement to
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the promoters of the exposition and
'adds to the certainty of triumphant
financial and artistic success.
Last year the United States con
tributed 65,000.000 to foreign mis-
sinns and ex oended S22.000.000 for
chewing- um. This is not a very
irood showing-. Let us in the future
chew less gam and save more souls
from the unquenchable fire.
Many of the populist papers of
the state are demanding- that their
nartv shall cease to be the tail of
the popocratic kite. It has taken
the oooulist editors quite a while
to realize that the populists were
the tail, but the cold truth seems to
, have at last dawned upon them.
The dedication of the Grant mon
ument in JNew York Tuesday was
one ol the great events ol tins cen
tury. All civilized nations were re
presented, and the United States
A.
was there in force to make up a
splendid spectacle in honor of the
memory ot the ureal man or war
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who said "Let us have peace."
The long-drawn out senatorial
contest in Kentucky ended Wednes-
. day by the election of Deboe, upon
whom the republicans and g
democrats united. Senator Deboe
. will at once proceed to Washington
and assist the republicans in reor-
g-anizing- the senate and in the pas
sage of the tariff bill. The sena
torial contest lasted through two
session of the legislature and it re
ouired 112 ballots before the selec-
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tion was made.
CUBA PEACTICALLY CONSIDERED.
The latest dispatches are to the
effect that in Cuba famine has fol
lowed in the wake of war. Famine
nriorinnllv was held to be "the act
is j -
Ol UUU. JULICI1V micicssiicsa Jl
' misgovernment have been charged
with this awful calamity. We were
accustomed to regard want of rain
fall or the ravages of insects as
primarily changeable with the dis
aster. But in purely agricultural
regions war-is a predecessor of fa
mine. The ambitions of kings and
the aspirations of peoples eternally
have been causes of war.
It argues well in favor of the be
lief in God that, generally, and ulti
mately always, the people have
won. War often has been the cause
of famine; and almost always farm
ing regions that have been lot
liarried by invading- troops have
been reduced to a condition of fa
mine. Cuba is an agricultural
region that for three years has been
harried by an army of invaders.
For how much of this are the peo
ple of the United States responsible?
The question applies to the con
science, the interest, and the in
tellect of the United States. If
..President Cleveland a year ago had
recognized the belligerence of the
Cubans, would there now be a
Spauish army of occupation the
title of army of occupation is the
utmost that can be afforded in
Cuba? The question answers itself.
If Cuba had been free, if the United
States had been friendly to its free
dom, what would be the difference
in cash, not to mention the higher
glory of being a friend of freedom,
between the exports of flour from
the United States to Cuban planters
at a tariff duty fixed by Spain in
favor of Spain at $3.75 a barrel, and
flour admitted free by agreement
with the Cuban republic? The an
swer is, about $11, 000.000 a year;
all to the advantage of the United
States. And then there are the
items of exports of beef, machinery
and cotton goods to consider.
,Inter Ocean.
.FLOOD
AT BEATRICE SUBSIDES.
Property
Loss Much Greater Thnn Win
Anticipated.
Beatrice, April 27. Tho flood has
rapidly subsided during the past 24
hours, it being estimated that the Blue
river is fully seven feet lower than Sat
urday evening. As it becomes possible
to get aronnd over the submerged ter
ritory it becomes more evident that the
loss of property has been very much
heavier than was at first anticipated.
Of the railroads the Union Pacific suf
fered the worst, it being estimated that
.between Cortland and Mauhat tan over
50 miles of track has been under water.
Between Beatrice and Cortland the
track is "almost entirely washed out of
ine, a greafrdeal of it being swept off of
the right away- It will be several days
before either the Burlington, Rock
Inland or Union Pacific will get a-tram
east out of here, as all three bridges
over Bear creek are out.
A man by the name of Jenkins of
Falls City, Neb., one of the Rock Island
bridge crew, was drowned in Bear
creek. The body has uot yet been re
covered. The crew were on a raft,
which tipped up, -precipitating four of
them into the water. Jenkins was a
good swimmer, but was clinched Dy
another party, which caused him to
sink.
OE THE WEEK
The War at a Glance.
Turks seized large stores of provisions
ana ammunition at Tyrnavo.
The sultan has recalled Osman Pasha,
in order to avoid embarrassing Edhnm
Pasha.
An insurrection has broken out in
Albania'. The Turkish troops are said
to be participating in the revolt.
Tho Greek forces have penetrated
into Turkish territory, reaching the
rear of Elassonaou the Mt. Olympus side.
The inhabitants of Lakaand Samaria
have risen against the Greeks, and have
welcomed the Turks with enthusiasm.
The Greeks have abandoned Tyr
navos and LarLssa and have concen
trated on their second line of defense at
Pharsalos.
Popular feeling in Athens now points
to a revolution in lavor ot arepuuuc
Five hundred armed men paraded the
streets and made a demonstration at the
palace.
The Athens correspondent of the
London Times confirms the report of
the appointment of General Smolenski
as chief of staff of the Greek army in
Thessaly.
A Turkish force of 12,000 pushed its
way through the passes at Viodendros,
Analinsis. Nezeros and Rapsani, has de
scended on Derili. The Greeks have
retreated to Makrychori.
An additional force of dediffs, or army
reserves, has been called out to reinforce
the Turkish troops operating against the
Greeks. These men will total up 72
additional battalions of troops, nuniber-
50,400 men.
In Torelpn Land.
The Shah of Persia, Muzafer Ed Din,
is alarmingly ill.
Duchess of York was safely delivered
of a daughter at York cottage, Sand-
rin chain.
Ambassador Hay arrived at South
ampton and was cordially welcomed by
city omcials.
CzarNicholas has formally confirmed
the appomtuient of Count Muraviett,
as Russian minister of foreign affairs.
During debate on Transvaal affairs in
tho Capo parliament tho premier assert
ed there would be no war with England.
Smallpox has broken out in tho Cuban
fortress at Havana and is raging in the
cell occupied by the Competitor prison
ers.
Czar Nicholas n entertained Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary and
the royal party at a banquet m bt.
Petersburg.
At Leon, Mex., during a bull hgut, a
mad bull scaled the fence and charged
the audience, killing two men and
woundiusr several others.
Senor Rirrazaval, Chilean minister to
the United States, has arrived atNew
York from Colon. Ho was formerly
postmaster general of Chile.
Tho Irish syndicate including Gustav
M. Wolff, member of parliament for
Beuast, will build a yacht to compete
for the Queen and America s cup.
John Joseph Nburi, the deposed king
of the Syrian Chaldeans, lias agaiu been
crowned patriarch. He claimed to have
discovered tho remains of Noah's ark on
Mt. Ararat and was for some time an
inmate of the insane asylum at Napa,
Cal.
At Jtome, while iimg Humbert was
on his way to the races, Pietro Acciar
ato, a political fanatic, rushed into tho
royal carriage and tried to stab tho
monarch. Ho wus seized before ho
could carry out his purpose. The kin;
proceeded to the races, and met with an
ovation on his arrival.
Crimes and Casualties.
Navul Constructor Caper reports tho
injuries to the battleship Oregon as in
significant.
.a nreaK in tne levee, ieet wine, is
reported at Burton's sawmill, just below
Baton Kouge.
The town of Norwood, Ont., was near
ly destroyed by fire. Loss, S100.O00; in
surance, 10,000,
A. B. Cox, crazed by the preaching of
a nana ot traveling Mormons, com
mitted suicide in St. Louis.
R.Straub was hanged at Friday Harbor,
"Wash., for the murder of Leo Lander
man on Blakelee island in August, 1895.
The river fell 18 inches at Ottumwa,
relieving the situation greatly. The
Burlington has succeeded in re-estab
lishing tram service.
Tho people of Millington, Ills., be
came wrought up over tho local option
question and went in a body to a saloon
and burned it to the ground.
The levee on Promised Land planta
tion, atShipland.Isaquenacounty.Miss..
has broken. It was 18 feet high, and
back water was already against it.
A life buoy marked "Samaria" has
been washed ashore at Long Beach,
Wash. Tho Samaria is a British bark
long overdue from Puget Sound for San
Francisco.
H. M. Hinton, editor of the Prosress-
Defender, at Albia, la., was fatally as-
U.J 1 Tl T T - .
suiuiuu. j mm dumisou, a miner, wno
struck him over the head with a niece
of scantling.
Three men filled a bear with beer at a
San Francisco saloon and the drunken
animal attacked them furiously. Three
of them were injured and physicians
were in demand.
The president sent to congress the re-'
port of tho boundary commission ap
pointed to locate the boundary between
Mexico and tho United States west of
the Rio Grande river.
Five masked men broke into the resi
dence of John Quinlan at Niles. O.. and
after gagging and binding him, ran
sacked the house and secured Si. 200 in
currency besides valuable jewelry.
John H. Kapp was shot and killed in
his wholesale liquor house, 574 Mil
waukee avenue, Chicago, by his confi-
Oental clerk, Cx. W. Braunschmeier. Tho
murderer afterwards killed himself.
An army officer who has beeu onfc to
the Red river country of North Dakota
reports that 3,200 rations will be suffi
cient to alleviate the immediate wants
of the flood sufferers of that section.
Fire at the Newport News. Va..whnrf
destroyed two coastwise merchandise
piers with their contents, three vessels
and one tug boat, entailing a total Ins
of about $2,500,000. Captain Krnitnf the i
German ship J. D. Bischoff : Cnntnin
Bulman of the British steamship Clin-'
tonia; Captain Roper of the tug boat
Wanderer were badly burned in at
tempting to escape from their ships.
A severe earthquake was felt at Cairn. :
111., Sunday. It lasted about 20 seconds. I
Ihe largest structures were shaken
with a swaying motion and
.wit,u
people
rushed m terror out on the streets.
No
damage has been reported.
As a result of the warning giyen
to
all tho negroes in the town of Davis, I. :
T., by a mob of masked white men, not
a colored man remains in the town.
The murder of a white man by a negro
was the preliminary cause of the trouble
at Davis.
A scries of cloudbursts.heavy wind and
rain storms occurred in and around Ea-
iauia.J-.x., oaruraavmgncana exteuaea
over aoout luu square miles of territory.
The rain fell in torrents and was tho
heaviest for 50 years. Farm houses,
fences and crops were washed away to
an extent amounting to a calamity.
A mighty wave of water.six feet high .
and a mile wide, swept down Cotton-
woodralky-Jmcl struck GnthriOkla. A
deafening roar went up as the watsr
crushed houses and drove the people
from their homes. At the first rush
every boat and bridge were swept away.
Fifty people are known to be drowned,
while rumors of an appa'ling loss of
life are in circulation, .some placing tho
number of dead at from 100 to 200.
Scores of lives in .Nebraska were im
periled by Saturday night's fierce down
pour of rain. Beatrice experienced tho
worst flood in her history. The Blue
river was three-fourths of a mile wide,
with the water 12 feet above high water
mark, seven feet of which rose in one
hour. Hundreds of homes were sub
mersed to their roofs and another foot
rise would haye swept them from their
foundations. The reports received by
the weather bureau indicate a rainfall
of 2.12 inches at Lincoln, 2.30 at St.
Joseph. 1.45 at Plattsmouth and 1.44 at
Des Moines. At Clarinda, la., the ex
traordinary record of 3.U0 inches was
reported. The river broke over the
levees at Ottumwa, la., ana nooaea tne
bottoms, carrying several houses down
the stream.
Washington.
The senate passed Nelsoa's bankruptcy
bill. Provision is made in the measure
for securing creditors and the chances
for committing frauds by bankrupts aro
reduced to a minimum.
Gen. Miles, commander of the army,
has been authorized by the president to
co to Enropo to witness the war between
Greece and Turkey. He expects to sail
for Genoa in about two weeks.
President McKinley has nominated
William R. Day of Canton, O., to be
first assistant secretary of state, and
ex-Representative Bellamy Storer of
Cincinnati, to be minister to Belgium.
The Democratic members of the fin
ance committee will not accept tne
proposition made by their Republican
colleagues to allow the tanu bui to oe
reported direct -to the senate' without
passing throught the hands of the full
committee and they have so notified the
Republican members.
The attorney general at Washington,
D. C, rendered an opinion to the secre
tary of the treasury in which he holds
that, under the joint resolution of con
gress suspending the operation of cer
tain parts of the immigration Jaws so
as to admit fort igaers to be employed in
various capacities in connection with
the Nashville exposition, tho secretary
has a right to limit the number to be so
admitted.
Political Points.
William J. Bryan will open tho First
district con gression al campaign at Macon
Mo., May 15.
The" first ballot for United btates sen
ator at Tallahassee, Fla., resulted in no
election. Ex-Senator Call is in the lead.
Frank Moss, counsel for the Park-
hurst society, has been appointed a
police commissioner to succeed Roose
velt at New York.
Wednesday's ballot for United States
senator m the Kentucky legislature
resulted in the election of YV. J. Deboe,
the Republican caucus nominee.
The senate confirmed the nomination
of Harold M. Sewall of Maine to be
minister to Hawaii. Ho is a son of the
Democratic nominee for vice president
and gained prominence in the last cam
paign by reason of his advocacy of tho
Republican ticket.
Those Who Have Passed Away.
Prince Louis "William August, brother
of the Grand Duke of Baden, died at
Carlsruhe.
Theodore A. Havemeyer, vice presi
dent of the sugar trust, died at his home
in New York city.
Dewitt C. Taylor, said to bo the oldest
national guardsman in America, is dead
at Kansas City, aged 82.
Judge N. C. McFarland, ex-United
States land commissioner under Presi
dents Garfield and Arthur, died at To-
peka, aged 7o.
William Steele Holman, the veteran
Indiana Democrat, famed in congress as
the "Great Objector" and "Watchdog
of the Treasury," died at Washington
of spinal meningitis.
Samuel Colgate, who amassed a for
tune which runs into millions in the
manufacture of soap and perfumery,
died at his home in Orange, N. J., of
heart disease and dropsy.
Captain Fred Hansen is dead at his
home m Lyons, la., aged 75 years. He
enlisted m 1S61 m Captain Mott's fam
ous .New York battery or artillery.
serving with honor three years.
A. Mora, whose property in Cuba was
confiscated 2o years ago and whose claim
against bpam was finally settled in 189i:
by the payment of nearly 1,000.000,
died at the Hotel Grenoble, New York.
aged 79 years.
uean jouu jttaymona trench, vice
chancellor of Syracuse university, New
York, died at his home in Syracuse. Ho
was 72 years old and regarded as one of
the best mathematicians m the world.
He had been connected with Syracuse
university since IS a.
In the Field of Sport.
Bill Richards of Des Moines whipped
Jack O'Donnel of Omaha in three
rounds near Des Moines.
Pugilist Billy Vernon was fatally in
jured in a boxing bout with Leslie
Pearce at the Olympic club at Athens,
Pa.
Minnesota wheelmen split from the
L. A. W., organizing with the proposed
United Wheelmen , and elected Frank
A. Williams of Minneapolis president.
Mrs. E. Francis Hyde and Mr. Eu
gene DeKeffer, who left New York on
horseback to beat their record, arrived
in Philadelphia in eight and one-half
hours. Ihe best previous time was six
hours and 62 minutes.. Mrs. Hyde is
the first woman ever to make the trip.
inve thousand people saw Jimmy Bar
ry and Jimmy Anthony fight 20 rounds
before the .National club at San Fran
cisco. Although Anthony was still
on his feet when the 20th round closed.
the referee decided that as the fight wa3
for points Barry was entitled to the de
cision and purse and was the champion
bantam weight of the world.
Railroads.
F. A. Nash has been appointed gen
eral western agent of the Milwaukeo
and St. Paul, with headquarters at
Omaha.
Rates on lumber from "Wisconsin to
southern and eastern points will be re
duced about May 1 by the Wisconsin
Central road about 2 cents per 100
pounds.
Mr. Gilnian, representing (e syndi
cate which bouirht tho Oniiicv. Omalm
. r J
, u 'V"13 vJity road, has announced
mat the hrst train would bo running
through to Omaha May 15.
Judge Showalter in-auted the iniunc-
t tlOU asked bv the fiit.ano' Stront: t-,?1-
way of Indianapolis aiiainstthe enforce-
menc ot the 3-ceut fare. The effect
will bo a return to 3-ceut fares.
The Chicago Great Western railway
has issued a tariff, naming a propor
tional rate on grain from Kansas City to
Chicago, when destined to the seaboard
for export, of cents
The flat rato
is iz cents.
Tho Northwestern has reduced rates
on ore from the Marquette Range mines
to Escauaba from 52 cents to 45 cents
per ton, cud to the docks at Marquetto
from 85 cents (o 25 cents a Ton. This
will save to Michitran orn shirmers. it is
estimated, 50,000 a year.
Worli of tho legislatures.
The Illinois house passed with the
emergency clause tho senate Torrens'
land title bill.
The Iowa senate concurred in the
house amendment to the liquor manu
facturing bill, and the governor's signa
ture only is needed to make it a law.
Senator Humphreys of Illinois has
set the people of Chicago wild in his
efforts to pass his famous bill providing
for the state management of municipal
rauroaas.
The Now York senate has passed tho
bill taxing inheritances. The assemblv
has already passed tho bill, and it is un
derstood that Governor Black will
sign it.
The Iowa senate passed the crimes
bill, including the provisions which pro
hibit ball playing on Sunday, selling
cigarettes, exhibiting kinetoscope pic
tures of prize fights and pool selling on
races.
Tne senate committee on appropria
tions of the Blinois legislature has
ordered reported favorably the bill ap
propriating $35,000 to enable the state
to participate in the Trausmississippi and
International exposition at Omaha in
1898.-
Miscellaneous.
Six widows wero given judgments in
a St. Louis court against railroads in
whose employ their husbands had been
killed. "
K. Foppe. a Rock Valley. Ia.. mer
chant, failed for $18,000, with O.
Schneckberg of Sioux City as the largest
creditor.
The apple orchards in the vicinity of
Columbia, Mo., are infected with worm3,
which threaten to entirely destroy this
year's crop.
The international Y. M. C. A. at Mo
bile elected Joseph Hardio of Birming
ham president and F. L. Wiliis of
Omaha secretary.
The new cold fields discovered on the
Londyke river, Alaska, aro said to be
much richer than at first supposed. Re
cent discoveries show as high as $335 to
the pan.
The Ohio medical law has been de
clared constitutional in tho lower
courts. It requires physicians to regis
ter and have certificates based on prac
ticol examination.
United States Labor Commissioner
Carroll D. Wright read a paper on "The
Relation of Art to Social Well-being"
before the Western Teachers' Drawing
association in St. Louis.
The treaty between Great Britain and
Mexico settling the boundary lino be
tween that country and Belize, or Brit
ish Honduran, has passed the Mexican
senate by a vote of 37 to 7.
The public meeting held by the min
isters of Mexico, Mo., in the interest of
the sufferers in India was a success and
two carloads of Audrin county corn will
be sent to the starving people.
The attorney general of Indiana has
notified tho auditor of state that it is
illegal for stalo officials to travel on
passes and at tho same time collect
mileage. Offenders will be prosecuted.
One million people gathered in Now
York to see the Grant tomb dedicated.
Military oomp and civic splender
marked the ceremonies. President Mc
Kinley and Gen. Horaco Porter deliv
ered dedicatory addresses.
The agricultural experiment station
at the University of Illinois has issued
a valuable circular on sugar beet cul
ture, in which it is urged that the beet
has superseded tho cane as the world's
chief source of sugar, and that the Unit
ed States should act accordingly.
The inauguration ceremonies and cor
ner stone laying of the Trausmississippi
exposition in Omaha Thursday were at
tended by great crowds. The program
at tho grounds was ushered in by a bril
liant street pageant. The Masonic grand
lodge of Nebraska had charge of the ex
ercises. WHEAT CLOSES AT A DECLINE.
Corn and Oat., on tho Contrary, "Were
Strongest at the Close.
CniCAGO. April 28.-An active, irregular,
feverish wheat market today came to a close
after an early i ise of lc per bushel had been
converted into a net decline of lJ4c. Corn and
oats, on the contrary, were strongest at tho
close. Provisions were heavy at moderately
lower prices. Ihe only apparent reason for
the collapse was an attempt to realize on
wheat bought on tho advance.
WHEAT May. 71o; July, 7lc
CORK May, :UHo : July. lajAi.
OATS May. 17c: July. 1717Mc.
PORK May. ?3.J7: July, $i.i7&
LAPD May. S 4.4.071 ; July. $4.lo.
RIBS May, 54.57$; July, S1.G
Cash quotations: No. 2 red. wheat, 8792c;
No. s red. fcOSSSc; No. spring. 73&74c; No.
i corn, 24Jc: No. 2 cats. 17WsKc.
Kansas City Live Stock.
Kaxeas Citt, April 3. CATTLE Receipts,
9.000; ieJ5c lower: Texas steers, S3.O.'4.50:
Texas cows. .51.503.4 ) :native steers.3.201.9j;
native cows and heifers, 1.251.15; stockers
and feeders. S i.log4.lo: bulls, 52.75sa.e0.
HOG&-Receipts, lo.urj:510c lower: bulk of
sales, So703.7o: heavy, J3.4U3.77: packcra,
$3.aud.7-'.6: mixed, S3.C53.75; light, S3.55&
3.70: yorkers, S3.65&3.7J; pigs, $2.8333.05.
SHEKP-Receipts, 15.VM; steady; lambs, 54.00
04.75: mufions, S3.0J4.2.
Chicago Live Stock.
CniCAGO, April i. HOGS Receipts. 30.000:
fairly active and fully 5c lower; light, J3.90
4.07: mixed, $3.854.50; heavy. 5i.5a'34.0i;
rough, J3.5533.6o.
CATTLE Receipts. 18,500; weak and lower:
beeves, 3X05.2o: cows and heifers. Sl.ixxm
4.4 J; Texas steers, S3.25S4.35; stockers and
feeders. J3.404.4O.
SHkKP Receipts,15,000;steady : natives 3.00
3 80; westerns, S3.5034. 80; lambs, S..GJB5.60.
Baby Choked to Death With lllilk.
Tekamatt, Neb., April 24. The 18-
mouths-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Akins was buried yesterday. Its death
was peculiar. The baby awoke in the
night and wanted a drink, and the
father gave it a drink of milk, where
upon the little one choked to death, dy
ing m a very lew moments.
Horses Die of Kidney Disease.
Wixside, Neb., April 27. An alarm
ing disease has developed among horses
in this vicinity. It affects tho kidneys
and causes the horses to appear to be
lame on one hind foot. Soon after this
symptom is noticed the horso generally
falls prone on the ground and is unable
to rise. No effectual remedy has yet
been found for this equine disease.
Gathering In Ux-l'ostmasters.
Greeley Center, Neb., April 27. A
deputy United States marshal arrived
in Greeley Center last night and ar
rested ex-Postmaster Connell and took
him to Hastings. They went by way of
Scotia and it is said the marshal took
ex-Postmaster Christie of Scotia with
him. They were taken to Hastings for
preliminary examination before the
United States commissioner.
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corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box.
For sale by A. F. Streitz
Maccaline will cure any case of itching
piles. It has never failed. It affords
instant relief, and a cure in due time.
Price 25 and 50 cents. Made by Foste
Manufacturing Co. and sold by A. F.
Streitz.
OWNED,
West Guffirie Swept by
Destructive Flood.
NO TIME GIYE1T TO ESCAPE.
Wall of Water Several Feet
High Carries All Before It.
VICTIMS ARE MOSTLY C0L0BED.
Estimates of Lives Lost From Fifty to Two
Uandred Property toss Pluccd at
About $1,000,000 Men, Women
and Children Struggle Side by
Side With Horses and Cnttle.
GuTHRffi, O. T., April 2!). For miles
the Canadian valley is a dreary waste
and her pcoplo overcast with gloom
At sunrise Wednesday morning a
mighty wTali of water, from six to eight
feet high and a milo wide, broke upon
West Guthrie without warning, crush
ing houses, sweeping away property
and drowning people by the score
Every movable thing was swept before
the wave which passed ou into the val
ley with resistless force, wreaking terri
ble destruction to life and property
wherever it touched. Dozens of human
lives are known to bo sacrificed how
many may not be known for weeks
hundreds of houses wero wrecked in
the twinkling of an eye, for miles farms
were completely ruined, bridges and
tracks wero washed out and railway
traffic in every direction is left at a
standstill. Tho efforts of rescuing par
ties have in many cases proven in vain.
Many people floated down stream before
they could be reached and their fate is
unknown; others passed the night in
trees in midstream or perched on house
tops. It is impossible to estimate the
dead. The property loss is placed at
something near 1,000,000.
Fully two-thirds of tho victims were
colored people. .Business was sus
pended all day yesterday in Guthrie,tho
stores and banks being closed. As
thorough organization for relief as is
possible has been made, but all aid has
been necessarily retarded by the con
fused condition of things. It will be
impossible to explore the houses until
the water shall subside, as many of
them are submerged. As darkness
gathered over the scene many over
turned houses could be seen far out in
the flood, but it could not be learned
whether their occupants escaped. The
river is 30 feet above its ordinary level.
A heavy rain began falling in tho
afternoon. A threatening bank of
clouds came up from the northwest and
many persons fled to their tornado cel
lars, fearing that another wind disaster
was upon them. Luckily, however,the
damage was slight. The flood is sup
posed to have been caused by a cloud
burst, supplemented by heavy rains.
Last night 40 or 50 people conld bo
seen clinging to trees and roofs of build
ings, but could not be" reached and had
to spend tho night where thoy were.
The strength of many failed before
morning.
It is impossible even to approximately
estimate the loss of life. When dark
ness settled over the city last night the
wildest stories were afloat. Many
wero claiming that all of 50 lives had
been lost, aud not infrequently men
were heard claiming that 200 Jiad per
ished. These wilder estimates are un
questionable exaggerated, but the ex
aggerations arc not to be wondered at if
the frightful incidents of the disaster
are but considered. Lives were lost in
the flood in every direction, in plain
view of the few who were heroically
carrying on tho work of rescue, and of
the many who stood helpless at the edge
of the raging waters. Men, women
and children struggled in the torrent
side by side with horses, cattle and
swine, ouo perishing here and another
there, aud in places several disappeared
together beneath the flood. But two
bodies have been recovered. The bodies
recovered arc those of tho following:
Axxa Kaiser, a school teacher.
Fraxk Mayeks.
Others known to have been drowned
are:
George Owexs.
J. H. Caliioux, wife axd child.
Charley Rufxeu axd wife.
Rastus M'Gill.
LEXA BlfRK.
Mrs. Jasies Watt.
AIRS. WESLEY Al'UILL AXD FIVE CHIL
DREN.
Jonx Metz.
Mrs. J. W. Montgomery.
Mrs. Dummins.
Jim Lilly.
Mrs. Ella Dumas.
H. H. Bockfinger.
It is believed that loss of life has oc
curred of Guthrie along the Cottonwood
river. Many farmhouses in that dis
met are reported to have been swept
away. Seven miles south of here Sew
ard Hunt's store and postolfice were
swept away. Four thousand dollars
was raised in Guthrie yesterday after
noon for the relief of tho sufferers.
Leveo Break Causes Much Damase.
Keokuk, April 29. The levee at Mc-
Uregory, Mo., broke today and the
water has been running through the
town like a mill race. Thousands of
bushels of corn belonging to Keokuk
and Missouri parties aro in danger of
nemg swept away. The Egyptian leveo
at Alexandria is practically useless. Tho
water has come upon the rear of tho
levee and tho town is under water.
beveral miles of tho St. Louis, Keokuk
and Western tracks are submerged. All
irams are aDanaonea above Quincy.
Two Destructive Prairie Fires.
Tilden, Neb., April 29. A prairie fire
swept over tho Converse Cattle com
pany's horse ranch, 12 miles northeast
of Tilden. Another bad fire has started
on the Willow creek, doing great dam
age. Tho wind is blowing a gale.
Alleged Hustler Shot.
Stuart, Neb., April 25. A posse of
seven farmers in pursuit of a couple of
alleged rustlers who had stolen some
saddles and harness in the vicinity of
Lutes, Keya Paha county, overtook the
latter three miles west -of this place,
where they had gone into camp, and de
manded that the culprits surrender. A
fusillade followed, which resulted in the
death of one of the socalled rustlers and
the capture of the other. The prisoner,
Everett Robinson,said the man who was
killed was Frank Cole of Greeley Cen
ter, Neb.
MOB STONES THE PALACE.
Excitement Is Dourly Increasing: at tho
Hellenic CapU.il.
Athens, April 29. Public excitement
is increasing every hour. The foreign
ers aro hoisting their national flags over
the buildings in habited by them. A pop
ular outbreak is feared.
Crowds last evening stoned tho
palace, broke its windows and cried:
"Down with the king; down with Prince
Constautine; give us a republic." Some
pistols wero fired among tho rioters.and
many officers were mobbed.
London, April 29. A dispatch to tho
Daily Mail from Paris says that M.
Hanoteaux, the French foreign minister,
had a five hours' interview today with
the Turkish foreign ambassador. It is
understood thnt the subject under dis
cussion was the terms upon which tho
powers aro to base their intervention
between Greece and Turkey.
The Daily News correspondent at
Paris says that M. Hanoteaux, in tho
courso of tho conference, urged the
Turkish ambassador to adviso the sul
tan to hold out the olive branch to
Greece, adding that if the Turkish
troops went further Franco would bo
compelled to como forward as tho de
fender of tho Christian world.
In that event, said M. Hanoteaux,
Turkey would have the most reason to
regret the intervention of the powers,
which would not servo as a prop for the
Ottoman empire.
It is understood that M. Hanoteaux
expressed the earnest hope that the
Turkish government would not make
the serious mistake of increasing the
difficulties of tho task of Europe.
London, April 25. Special dispatches
from Athens say that after a desperate
battle at Mati the Greeks were outnum
bered, retreated, with heavy loss, aban
doned Tyinavos and Larissa and re
moved their headquarters to Pharasalos,
a small town on the right bank of the
Phersalitis, and at the north foot of a
spur of the Chassidiari mountains.
Pharasalos is about 20 miles due south
of Larissa.
Turks Driven Bark.
London, April 29. A special dispatch
from Volo, the port of Thessaly, an
nounces that tho Turkish advance forces
have attacked tho Greeks atYelestino,
about eight miles west of Volo, and on
the railroad connecting tho latter place
with Larissa and Pharsala. The Turks,
however, the dispatch say3, were re
pulsed with heavy losses and driven
back. General Smolenski, on hearing
of the attack upon Velestino, made a
sortie from Pharsala in order to support
the Greek forces at Yelestino.
Four Hundred Greeks Slain.
Constantinople, April 29. An offi
cial dispatch received here from Salon-
ica says that in an engagement at Losa-
fakia, tho Greeks were compelled to re
treat, with a loss of 400 killed and many
wounded. The report of the bombard
ment of Karaburnn is denied in thist
dispatch.
The people of Salonica have becomo
salmer and the apprehension of an at-
ack upon tho part of tho Greek fleet is
dying away.
Powers Troposo to 3Iedhttc.
Paris, April 29. The following semi-
official announcement of this dispatch
was made: "Pour paries between Paris,
London, Rome and St. Petersburg, with
he view of attempting mediation be
tween Turkey and Greece, have been
very active, and are now assuming more
precise form. It is hoped that the op
portunity to mediate will arise before
ong. Germany and Austria aro kept
informed of the progress of the negotia
tions, and do not disapprove of them."
May Assassinate the Kinp;.
London, April 28. A dispatch re
ceived at one of the embassies -hero
from Athens says that King George of
Greece may at any moment be deposed
or assassinated, and that tho mob is
likely to take possession of the city.
The dispatch adds that the worst is
feared.
FREEDOM IS THEIR GOAL.
Complete Independence the Only Terms
Gomez "Will Accept.
New York, April 24. A special to
The World from Havana says: General
Weyler has put down his last card here
and lost. His commission has reported
to him that General Gomez will not re
ceive it. Its members sought to carry
to the rebel chieftain a message that if
he would end the war Spain would
grant the most perfect autonomy to
Cuba under the safest guarantees. Gen
eral Gomez sent word that they could
not enter his camp; his sole exchange of
peaco-was liberty and independence.
These are moves in tho desperate game
Spain is now forced to play. It must
have money and to raise a loan is im
possible as long as the war in Cuba con
tinues.
General Weyler, therefore, is getting
ready to declare the island pacified. As
proof, it will be announced that there is
no longer use for so large an army and
it consequently is being reduced. The
rebels aro active in every province.
They never were more powerful.
Starving of tho Cubans.
New York, April 27. A special to
The World from Havana says: Private
letters from the interior report whole
sale starvation. Some of the cases are
heartrending. Children are dying in the
streets of Matanzas and babies have been
found dead in the arms of their ex
hausted mothers. Your correspondent
has been through the province of Pinar
del Rio and has seen whole villages of
living skeletons, in bark huts, praying
for death to release them from their suf
fering. Hartley Arrested ut Lincoln.
Lincoln, April 29. Sheriff McDonald
of Douglas county yesterday afternoon
arrested ex-State Treasurer J. S. Bartley
on a complaint filed in Douglas county
by the attorney general charging Bart
ley with the embezzlement of the pro
ceeds of the 180,000 sinking fund war
rant. The amount Of the warrant at
the date of the expiration of Bartley's
term of oflico was $201,5iOO and the
charge is that this warrant was cashed
by Bartley and the proceeds applied to
his own un in Douglas county.
MECCA CATAKKH REMEDY.
For colds in tho head and treatment
of catarrhal troubles this DreDaration
has afforded prompt relief; with its con
tinued use the most stubborn cases of
catarrh have yielded to its healing
power, it is mace from concenstrated
Mecca Compound and possesses all of its
soothing and healing properties and by
absorbtion reaches ali tho infln marl
parts effected by that disease. Pri xn
cts. Prepared by Tha Forter Mfn- rv
Council Bluffs, Iowa. For sale by A. F
Streitz.
NEWS OF IfEBRASKA.
ForUelief of Homesteaders.
Washington, April 22. Tho senate
passed a bill for tho relief of homestead
settlers on that part of the great Sioux
reservation in Nebraska.
Funeral ot Dr. G. W. Johnson.
Fairaiont, Neb.. April 27. The re
mains of Dr. G. W. Johnson were laid
at rest at the Fairmont cemetery with
impressive Masonic ceremonies.
Declrlun Goes Against Daris.
Lincoln, April 24. George-Washington
Davis will have to remain in prison
for life for murder if not pardoned. His
case has been finally passed on by tho
supreme court, and it is decided against
him.
Lincoln yews Sold.
Lincoln, April 28. Tho plant of tho
Lincoln Evening News were sold under
mortgage and purchased by Hector H.
Tyndale, the representative of . tho
holder of the mortgage. Tho purchase
price was $6,100
Omaha Inlet For the Gulf Boad.
Omaha', April 28. General Manager
Sherwood of the northern division of
the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf
road has practically completed arrange
ments for bringing the line into Omaha
over the East Omaha bridge.
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Heavy Loss From Host Cholera.
David City, Neb., April 24. Tho
owners of herds of hogs in this vicinity
report largo losses during the past
week by cholera. One person reports
60, another 100, and tho loss of smaller
numbers are reported by farmers in all
directions from town.
Ten TFIfes and Two Dozen Children.
Decatur. Neb., April 23. Jim Dick,
an Omaha Indian, is one of the hying
curiosities of this place. Dick has 23
children in existence and has had 10
wives. The old fellow is 78 years old, "
lives five miles from town and walks in
and back almost every day. -
Exposition Corner Stone Laid.
Omaha, April 24. The corner stone
of the magnificent arch which is to
mark tho main entrance to the grounds
of the Transmississippi and Interna
tional exposition was laid yesterday by
Grand Master Phelps of the Masonic
grand lodge of Nebraska, attended aud
assisted by 1,000 members of the craft
from all parts of the state, and in the
presence of thousands of citizens.
OJd Man Steals Four Teams In a Week.
Nebraska City, Neb., April 22.
Sheriff Huberle returned from Hoyt,
Kan., having in custody ' Wilhelm
Fischer, who is charged with horso
stealing. He confesses to having stolon
a team from Fred Schroedor of Berlin,
one at Lincoln and two in Kansas in
the last seven days. He is 74 years of
age, white haired and infirm. He
waived examination and was- bound
over to the district court.
Friendships aro
not uncommon De-
tween the cat and
dog; and have been
known between a tlog and a wplf, but
the mutual attitude of tho weasel and
rat is invariably war war that is
waged to the death.
Legal Equality.
The women are again moving in tho
state of minoi3 in tho interest of equal
ity before the law. God bless them and
God speed them in their righteous quest 1
The shame is that it is left for tho women
to lead. Let the men inaugurate tho
movement that will make for justice.
This cause has lost its newness. It has
had to pay full price for tho crudities
ana extravagances that gather around
every reform, but at tho core the de
mand is a righteous one, and it must bo
heard, and ultimately it must triumph.
Let no one lose heart and let no one de
lay any legitimate effort. Wyoming,
Colorado, Utah and Idaho have fully
enfranchised their women. "Eastward
the star of (this) empire takes its way."
Chicago New Unitv.
Slineral Wool.
She What is this mineral wool ouo
reads so much about?
He Mineral wool? Why, that's tlje
wool they shear from hydraulic rams.
New York Times.
Caps of linen, wcol, straw, bark of
trees and leather were extensively worn
in Egypt and Arabia in early times and
were usually of a pointed or peaked
shape. The variety of headdresses used
by the Egyptian ladies was very creak
Few nations have raised shaving to
the dignity of a religious ceremony. In
tho Koran there is no mention of shav
ing at all, yet the Mohammedans shave
their heads in the same manner as tho
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of husband's love, the loss of children's
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