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FOREST RESERVES.
Tho ProBidont Isbuob Proclamationo
Sotting Asldo Tirabor Lands.
TIIE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
Tho Claune Directing Temporary ContrncU
for Sectarian Schools Agreed To Tho
General Deficiency lllll russed
Tho 1'errlno Grant.
Washington, Feb. 23. President
Cleveland celebrated tho 105th anni
versary of tho birth of George Wash
ington by signing and promulgating
13 proclamations, establishing as many
additional forestry reservations con
taining an aggregate area of 21,370,400
acres, two-fifths the area of tho stato
of Kansas. Secretary Francis' report
to tho president on the subject shows
that a commission visited most or .all
of the forest reservations and other
public forests of tho United States,
devoting three months of hard
travel and careful study, without
compensation, to the work assigned
them. Tho amount of land in
each reservation already entered under
the general land law is, tho secretary
points out, insignificant, and tho por
tions of the area described arc exempt
ed from tho proclamations. Some of
the sections are within the limits of
the railroad grants, and in such cases
an executive proclamation only re
berves the alternate sections. The sec
retary will submit to congress a bill
authorizing tho secretary of the inte
rior to idemnify the beneficiaries in any
of these railroad land grants included
within the limits of the forest reserva
tions established by proclamation of
tho president, by patenting to them
an equal quantity of other portions of
the public domain within specified
limits. The reservations aro bituuted
in South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana,
Idaho, Washington, California and
Utah.
CONGRESSIONAL PKOCKHDINas.
Washington, Feb. 23. Tho senate
spent its first hour yesterday in listen
ing to Washington's farewell address,
read by Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, and
then turned its attention to the Indian
appropriation bill. It involved a con
test oversectai'ian Indian schools. Tho
clauso directing temporary contracts
with these schools, when no govern
ment schools were available, was
ngrecd to 51 to 8. A provision was
added declaring it to be the settled
policy of tho government hereafter to
inako no appropriations whatever for
tho support of sectarian schools.
A veto from President Cleveland on a
private pension bill brought out sharp
criticism from Mr. Gallingcr against
tho president's course. Mr. Piatt, of
Connecticut, endeavored to pass tho
bill relating to judicial proceedings in
the territories, stating that the lives
of four men, under sentence of execu
tion, in the Indian territory, wore de
pendent largely on this bill. Mr. Vest,
of Missouri, said the bill could not
pass without debate, whereupon Mr.
Piatt did not press the measure. A
resolution by Mr. Allison was agreed
to, fixing the hour for assembling at 11
o'clock a. in. on and after next Wednes
day. Tho house yesterday passed the gen
eral deficiency niipropriation bill and
began tho consideration of the last of
the money bills, that providing for the
naval establishment. A long debate
occurred over the propriety of tho ap
propriation of 81,300,000 for the South
ern Pucific railroad under tho judg
ment of tho court of claims, but tho
house, by a vote of 102 to 138, refused
to strike it out. Tho members who
favored tho appropriation for tho re
payment to members of tho last con
press of salai'ies withheld from them
on account of absenco carried their
fight into the house, but they were
beaten, 00 to 122. Sixteen of tho 48
pages of tho naval bill were completed.
The attempt of Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio,
to secure an amendment to I'utuin ses
sion employes on the roll after March
4 to March 15, when tho extra session'
would begin, drew from him, when
pressed as to whether he was "author
ized" to proclaim an "extra session,"
the good-natured admission that he
was authorized to assume that there
would be an extra session.
TIIK I'WIKINE OltANT.
Washington, Feb. 23. Tho senate
committee on public lands yesterday
began its investigation of the action
of Secretary Francis and his associates,
who gave 23,000 acres of Florida lands
to President Cleveland's father-in-law.
TO PRISON AT SEVENTY-SIX.
Pennsylvania Hanker OotHn Light Sentence
for Committing; u nig Wrong.
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 23. E. K.
Smith, the ex-banker of Columbia, Pa.,
who made a long and hard fight to
keep out of jail, was surrendered to the
aheriff yesterday and taken to the
eastern penitentiary at Philadelphia.
Smith ran a private bank at Columbia
and attracted savings by paying in
tcrest on deposits. When tho institu
tion closed tho deposits amounted to
about $200,000, while the cash on hand
was practically nothing, und what real
estate he owned wns more than covered
by judgments. Tho depositors lost
everything, and Smith was prosecuted
for receiving deposits when ho knew
tho bank was insolvent. Upon con
viction ho was given 2K years in prison,
but ho fought the case to tho last court
of resort and lost. He is 70 yean old.
WORK OF CONGRESS.
What Our Senators unci Reprenentntlreft
Arc Doing at the National Capitol.
Senator Chandi.kr (N. H.) mtule a speech
In tho sennto ou tho 10th nalnst tho single
mnndard of cither roU or silver anil advocated
bimetallism. Uo also arraigned tho silver re
publicans who bolted tho St. Louis convention
nnd nrrnlxned Senator Palmer (111.) and tho
Indianapolis convention. Tho bankruptcy bill
wns then taken up. Scnntor llonr (Mass.)
Bpcnlring In favor of tho measure ...The house,
after routine business had been disposed of,
dovotcd tho day to tho consideration of prlvnto
ponslon bills nnd W were passed. Tho presi
dent's veto of tho bill to pension tho widow of
Peter II. Allabach, of tho Ono Hundred and
Thirty-First Pennsylvania volunteers, was sus
tained by a vote of 115 to 71). A bill was also
passed to dcllno tho Jurisdiction of tho United
States courts in cases for infringement of lot
tcrs patent.
Thk sennto on tho 17th agreed to tho confer
ence report on tho immigration bill. Senator
Allen (Neb.) spoke on his resolution ashing the
civil scrvlco commission for information relat
ing to tho dismissal of employes at South
Omaha, Neb. Tho resolution was agreed to.
A remonstrance was presented, signed by rep
resentatives of tho flvo civilised tribes of In
dlnns, against tho passage of legislation for re
forms in tho Indian territory as proposed in tho
Indian appropriation bill.... Tho house passed
tho bill for tho uso and occupation under the
right-of-way act of March 3, 11.91, of all tho
reservoir sites reserved by tho geological sur
vey. Tho measure Is of considerable impor
tance to tho arid regions of tho west.
THK senato on tho 18th spent six hours in
executive session, tho greater part of tho timo
being given to tho consideration of the nomina
tion of Hon. C. 1 Amldon to bo district Judgo
of North Dakota, who was llnally conllrmed.
It was 5.0 lato when that matter was settlco"
that Senator Sherman (O.) asked for the post,
poncment of tho debato on tho arbitration
treaty until tho following day, which was
agreed to. Only minor business was transacted
at tho open sesMlon....Tho house, by a vote of
10" to 01, reversed tho finding of a majority of
tho elections committee and decided tho con
tested oleetion caso of N. T. Hopkins vs. J. M.
Kendall, from tho Tenth Kentucky district, in
favor of tho republican contestant.
The senato on tho 10th agreed to tho confer
ence repdrt Using tho pension of Gen. Stone
man's widow nt $50 per month. Senator Hoar
(Mass.) introduced a resolution, which was
agreed to, that Senator Daniel (Va.) should
read to tho senato Washington's farewell ad
dress on tho 22d. A bill was passed sotting
aside a plot of ground in Washington for me
morial purposes under tho auspices of the
Daughters of tho American devolution. Tho
senato then went into executive session and
spent eight hours on tho arbitration treaty
without accomplishing any dcllnlto result....
Tho houso considered tho general deficiency
appropriation bill, n spirited debato occurring
over tho general subject of paying claims
against tho United States. Mr. Grow, (Pa.)
branched off nnd spoke for nn hour on tho f rco
homos bill, deprecating its fato by being smoth
ered in committee. Tho houso refused to con
cur In a conference report raising tho pension
of tho widow of Gen. Carr from $30 to S73.
In the senato on tho "0th tho Indian appro
priation bill was taken up. Tho provision en
abling Kansas merchants to go upon any reser
vation or agency to collect nccounts ngalnst In
dians to whom allotments had been made had
previously been stricken out by tho eoinmlttco
and tho senate sustained tho committee. Tho
sectarian schools provision causpd considerable
discussion but no llnal action was taken on It.
A resolution was passed expressing sympathy
with tho Greeks and Cretans In their struggle
against tho Turks. Tho senato also took up
tho bill passed by tho houso last session au
thorizing tho appointment of a non-partisan
committee to collate information and recom
mend legislation to meet problems presented
by labor, agriculture and capital.. ..Tho houso
discussed tho general deficiency bill, Mr. Hop
kins (111.) moving to strike out tho item of 9K,
000 to pay members of tho Fifty-Third congress
tho amount withheld from them on account of
absence. After a lively debato tho Item was
tricken out by a vote of 118 to 55.
WILL DEFY CHURCH RULES.
A Koman Catholic Girl to Uo Slurried by a
Protectant .Minister.
St. Louis, Feb. 22. Another Roman
Catholic girl is to wed outside her
faith, and the affair is likely to grieve
Archbishop Kain. It will be remem
bered that only the other day this prel
ate ox-communicated Miss Josephine
Ilowley, who married Dr. Whipple,
and also her bridemaid. Tho present
case is that of Miss Frances Homes,
who is to wed on Wednesday Max J.
Orthwein. Friends of tho bride to be,
feeling that an appeal to Archbishop
Kain to have the marriage- take
place at tho Homes residence would
bo futile, presented the matter
to Archbishop Martinclli, tho
apostolic delegate, who recommended
to tho archbishop hero that a dispensa
tion be granted. Of course, Archbishop
Kain at once made the necessary con
cession, but for some reason the father
of Miss Homes is not satisfied with tho
arrangement. Tho result will be that
the wedding will take place in tho
Homes parlor; that a Protestant min
ister will officiate, and that the Roman
Catholic church will likely lose another
communicant.
WHOLE FAMILY DROWNED.
I.OIB of T.Ifo and Property from FlooilH In
and Near Mlddlettlmro, Ky.
Minni.RSRORO, Ky., Feb. 22. A most
disastrous Hood visited this valley yes
terduy, Hooding two-thirds of tho
town. Sixty families were forced from
their homes. Cumberland avenue, the
principal street, is under water. Most
of the stores are Hooded. Several hun
dred people have to be fed by citizens.
At West Pinevillo the Cumberland
river broke over its banks, doing im
mense damage. Fifty families were
forced from their homes. James Chad
well, wife and children were drowned
in Powell's river. The fiood burst over
tho bank and caught them in their
homes, which wiu bwept away.
Wntnvn, I. T Train Itobbers.
MuscofiRic, I. T., Feb. 22. Saturday
night while the northbound local on
the Valley road had taken the siding at
Wutovu for the passenger, two masked
men entered the caboose and compelled
Conductor Matt Wallace and Unike
mnn Cotton to hand over $0.50 and a
revolver. The passenger train pulled
in at this moment, nnd tho men would
have attempted to rob it had not tho
citizens of tho town been aroused und
thev were comcelled to flee.
IT WILL BE HANNA.
Tho National Chairman to Succood.
Shormnn in tho Sonato.
Gov. JJuMmell Sets nt Kent All Gossip Re
garding tho AfTnlr McCook Will Uo
Secretary of tho Interior Merrluiu
for Minister to Austria.
Columrub, O., Feb. 22. Mnreus A.
Ilanna will bo tho next senator from
Ohio. Ho will bo appointed by
Gov. Hushncll to succeed John Sher
man when he shall resign to take his
position in tho cabinet as secretary of
state, when William MeKinley becomes
president by inauguration on March
4. Tho announcement was made last
evening by Gov. Hushncll himself and
MARCUS A. HANNA.
was thoroughly formal. It was given
to the public over the governor's signa
ture nnd was au follows:
It had been my intention to mnko no an
nouncement In relntion to tho action I would
take in tho matter of an appointment to 1111 tho
prospective vacancy in the Ohio representation
In tho United States senate until tho vacancy
nctunlly existed, but, on account of tho mani
fest interest of tho peoplo nnd their dcslro to
know what will bo done, I deem It best to mnko
tho following statement:
When Senator Sherman resigns. to enter tho
cabinet of President MeKinley. I will appoint
to succeed him Hon. Marcus A. Hanna, of Cuya
hoga county, to servo until his successor Is
chosen by tho Seventy-Third general assembly
of tho state. I trust this action will moot with
tho approval of tho people.
Asa S. Husiinixl.
Tho appointment of Mr. Hanna by
Gov. Hushncll is a victory for MeKinley
and McKinley's friends over the For-uker-Hushnell
faction of the party.
Till! SRCRRTAHY OP TIIK INTERIOR.
Washington, Feb. 22. Col. John J.
McCook, of New York, will be secre
tary of the interior. As recently
planned, he was to bo attorney-general,
and Judgo MeKenna, of California,
was to be secretary of the interior.
Judge MeKenna being a Catholic, and
as the secretary of tho interior handles
tho sectarian school questions, tho
judgo concluded that he would en
counter unusual embarrassments in
that position. For this reason a re
casting of tho cabinet to this extent
has resulted. Col. McCook is a mem
ber of the law firm of Alexander &
Green, New York city, and is a director
and the general counsel of the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Co.
The great economic questions of tho
day have received his closest attention.
In national politics ho has ever taken it
great interest, and has been prominent
in discussions of national issues.
M'KINLRY'S AUSTRIAN MINIS II2R.
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 22. It seemed
to partially verify the report that ex
Gov. William R. Merriam, of this city,
is to bo minister to Austria when Sat
urday ho resigned the presidency of
the Merchants' national bank, which
position he has held many years. Mr.
Merriam is one of five who went to Mr.
McKinley's rescue when ho was threat
ened with financial ruin.
UNION PACIFIC LAND TITLES.
They Will Uo Issued Shortly on Radically
Different i:irionee.
Washington, Feb. 22. The secretary
of tho interior has been furnished with
a clear list of all tho bona fide entries
on Union Pacific lands, and titles will
bo issued in short order on evidence
very much modified from that required
by the orders issued by Secretary
Francis in December and January.
Pacific road and the owner of tho land.
Under tho rule to be followed hereaft
er, the testimony of the railway com
pany's land agents and the present
owner of tho land will be held suffi
cient to prove tho bona iides of a sale.
This annuls, without further formality,
all tho entries recently accepted by tho
Topeka land office under an erroneous
idea of tho law. The new order ex
tends to lands in Wyoming and other
states, as well as to lands in Kansas.
RURAL DELIVERY INDORSED.
Tho Sentiment for Its Adoption Is Unani
mous KvcryMhere.
Washington, Feb. 22. Tho post
masters and the patrons at every one of
tho 41 post offices where rural free de
livery has been in operation declare in
favor of the plan. The test has been
going on only for a limited period, but
the offices were so distributed
as to inako the experiment com
plete and it was developed at points
in 3!5 or 1 states. This re
ports are all in and the data gathered
will be transmitted by Postmaster
General Wilson in a special report to
congress probably this week. Tho
sentiment favorable to the adoption of
the comprehensive scheme is unani
mous, representing opinions given
both by the head of each post office
und the patrons.
GARY IN THE CABINET.
Tho Maryland Man Slated for I'ostmimter
Geuenil A l'lneo for Met'ook.
Canton, 0., Feb. 20. At l:o o'clock
yesterday afternoon Hon. J tunes A.
Gary, of Hultimorc, left tho private
room at the MeKinley house, where- ho
had been in consultation wifli the president-elect
for several hours, and gave
tho following statement to tho Asso
ciated press: "Gov. MeKinley has ten
dered me a portfolio In his cabinet.
While It Is not definitely settled which
one, I am assured that it will be ono
which 1 can accept."
Published reports that Col. J. .7. Mc
Cook, of New York, had been tendered
tho portfolio of attornoy-general can
not bo verified. Ills name Is believed
to have been presented by friends in
connection with a cabinet position for
several weeks. It is thought, how
ever, that Judgo MeKenna may bo attorney-general
and that McCook's
name in that event may bo under con
sideration for secretary of the interior,
which, with Long, of Massachusetts,
for the navy and Gary for postmaster
general, would complete tho cabinet.
There is reason for tho growing belief
that McCook may bo tendered a port
folio. AN ENORMOUS DEFICIT.
Nebraska's T.nst Treasurer Tied Up lUueh
Money In Aiding ltanks.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 20 A statement
of tho financial condition of the stato
treasury of Nebraska shows that ox
Stato Treasurer J. S. Hartley has a
deficit staring him in tho face of over
$500,000. Coupled with this Is a Uttlo
item of 27,000, which ex-State Auditor
Eugeno V. Moore, also republican,
needs to account for in order to
balance his books. Mr. Hartley is
unquestionably tho victim of a
too lenient policy in assisting his
friends in a financial way. When tho
panic of 18011 struck Nebraska ho de
posited large sums in various stato
banks to help them through tho crisis.
Several of these subsequently failed
and others were so closely pressed that
it was impossiblo to discharge their
obligations. Hartley says that in tho
course of timo every cent will bo paid.
WOLCOTT IS ENCOURAGED.
Iloisays tho Purpose of Ills Knropean Tour
Has Iteeu Misstated.
London, Feb. 20. Senator 10. O. Wol
cott, of Colorado, who has been visit
ing London, Paris and Herlin In tho
interest of bimetallism, roturned yes
terday from tho latter cit'. In an In
terview, ho said:
I wish you to say to thoso Interested In
tho United States that I return entirely
encouraged with tho result of my mission.
I hnvo good rorson to bcllovo that it will
havo homo of tho results hoped for. Tho
exact objects for which I camo over hero
havo been largely misstated by the press of all
countries nnd tholr very naturo nindo Impossi
blo any premature discussion, which could only
havo thwarted tho whole object of tho trip. I
am, therefore, unablo to contradict them or Is
sue a statement on tho subject. I am satlslled
to abide by the result when all will bo known.
BIG ELEVATOR BURNED.
Toledo, O., Vbilted by a Conflagration Loss
Nearly Half u Million.
Toledo, O., Fob. 20. One of tho most
expensive fires that has visited Toledo
in the past two years was tho burning
of tho Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern railway elevator "A." Tho llro
broke out at 10:!!0 o'clock last night,
and as the building was located on tho
river front, the firn department could
do nothing but let It burn and en
deavor to save surrounding prop
erty. According to tho best figures
obtainable, thero was 280,000 bush
els of wheat stored in tho
elevator, and about 00 carloads
which were unloaded, making 1525,000
bushels. Tho loss on elevator and
grain will aggregate 8!555,000.
LOST IN A MINE.
Pennsylvania T,al KeHetied After AVumlcr
Ing Around Pour Days.
Shamokin, Pa., Feb, 20. After wan
dering around in tho dark underground
chambers of tho Reliance mine sineo
last Monday, Willie Majori.sk, aged 11
years, was rescued yesterday, in an ex
hausted condition, by a party of
miners. Tho boy had been without
food, drink or light. Ho entered tho
mine wiUi two companions by way of
an old drift, but ho got separated from
them while stopping to light his lamp.
Uo failed to get a light and wandered
about seeking an exit until he dropped
in exhaustion.
(lot Hold of tho Wrung Can.
Cleveland, O., Feb. 20. Tho family
of Jacob Ciclelez, of 0(5!5 Canal Ntroet,
was almost oomplutolj' wiped out of
existence yesterday morning by u horri
ble holocaust of Haines. Eight peoplo
were burned in the flumes. Of these it
is believed five will die. Tho injured
aro at the Cleveland hospital. Jacob
Ciclelez, his wife nnd his three children
were in bed. John Ciclelez, a brother
of Jacob, arose about five o'clock to
light tho fire. Ho took what ho
thought was tho kerosene can. In
btoad he got hold of the gasoline can.
A Nebraska Mayor Pound (Jultty.
Ni:iniAbKA Citv, Feb. 20. After six
hours of deliberation tho city council,
by a vote of 7 to 1, found Mayor
Charles W. Stahlhut guilty of official
misconduct and of obstructing tho
business of tho city and of the council.
The verdict, signed by soven members,
bays in part: "That C. H. Stahlhut be,
and is hereby excluded from, ousted
and removed and put out of his said
office as mayor of Nebraska City, Neb.,
and from all the privileges, franchise,
und muolumentfa thereof."
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FEAR HYDROPHOBIA.
Nino Poreono Bltton by n Rabisl
Dog at a Lumbor Oamp.
WOMAN LEADS A BAND OF ROBBERS.
A Montana (hiiuhlnr Hliootn IIU Mlttremv
Cuts Ills Throat and Then Jmnpi Into
tho Itlver Mrn. Ileeclter Dying
Circus Beat Collapse.
Muscoar.K, I. T., Fob. 23. Nine per
sons wero bitten by a rabid dog at Val
ley Dale, a lumber camp, f0 miles
northwest of Muscogee, Sunday, anil
as tho day approaches for tho symp
toms of hydrophobia to appear tho
alarm and anxiety of tho victims and
their friends Increases. Dr. Apploton,
of Tulsa, who owns two mudstonos, ia
treating tho patients. Tho stones, it
Is Mild, adhere to the wounds from four
to five hours, when they aro placed in
a bowl of fresh milk, which cleanses
them of tho virus. A citizen from
Tulsa slates that a great many ques
tion tho wisdom of Dr. Apploton in re
lying wholly upon this antiquated
method of preventing hydrophobia.
"Tho dog was known to havo had n
bad cane of tho rabies," said tho Tulsa
gentleman, "and thu delusion of a
madstoiio will not save ilia victims. "
WOMAN LEADS A HAND OP UOllllKIIS.
Lcwibvillk, Ky., Feb. 2!5. A band of
robbers, under tho leadership of a
woman, was rovenled hero yesterday
when Mrs. Mattlo Carter, Patrick
O'Hrlen, a junkshop dealer; "Dad"
Hngcrty, a teamster; John and Joel
Hloom and John Danvorn, wero locked
in jail on warrants sworn out by De
tective 1). F. llarbaugh, of St. Louis, in
tho employ of tho Southern railway.
Tho detectlvo has been working on tho
case, and he has collected ovidonoo to
show that during that timo tho gang
has stolen goods from tho railroad earn
to the value of at least 12,000. It Is
alleged that a railroad clerk is impli
cated in the plot, and more arrests aro
expected to follow. Tho gang has con
fined itself mostly to breaking seals
and robbing wheat cars.
DOU11LK MONTANA TIUCIKDV.
Missoula, Mont., Feb. 2!1. Soon after
midnight Sunday morning William
Morley, a gambler, shot and killed
Hlanch Itcnnud, with whom ho had
been living; shot but only slightly
wounded her friend, Hess McCunleu,
and after falling to shoot himself,,
jumped into tho river, where his frozon
body was found with his throat cut
from ear to car. Morley had lived in
Colorado, and claimed to to havo es
caped from tho penHentiary of cither
North or South Carolina, coming from
thoro to this stato last year, llu was
an intlmaie friend of Frank Dresser,
who murdered his wife at Huttolast
week.
MItS. IIKNItV WAItn IIKKOIIKK DYING
Stami'OIU), Conn., Fob. 215. Mrs.
Henry Ward Heechcr had another re
lapse lato yesterday afternoon and at
no timo since sho was confined to her
room, about tho middle of December,
has her condition been considered so
hopeless by members of her family.
There Is a general weakness of all tho
vital organs, which xn'esages a speedy
dissolution, and it is thought tho und
will come within 21 hours.
CI110U8 HI5ATS COI.LAl'SH.
UitowNsviLLi:, Tex., Fob. 215. At a
circus hero last night a section of tho
elevated seats collapsed, precipitating
!S00 persons to tho ground. Six may
die. Many were more or less bruised.
The seats wero of heavy six-inch bcamo
tied to upright beams with ropes. It
is claimed by the circus managers that
ono of tho ropes was cat.
OHIO VALLEY FLOODS.
itlver nt Cincinnati DniiKerou.nly Illjjh
hlreanm ut llltfli Ilood Tide.
Cincinnati, Feb. 2!5. For 73 hours n.
steady rain has fallen over tho entire
area of the immense watershed of the,
Ohio valley, with tho exception of tho"
mountainous portions of western New
York and western Pennsylvania, whero
the telegraph reports rain. Hero it is.
still drizzling from a black bky that
threatens heavy rainfall, in which caso
conditions for a great ilood would bo
present. On both bides of tho Ohio
from the Hlg Sandy, tho boundary be
tween West "Virginia and Kentucky,
tho tributaries aro at high fiood tide.
Mountain streams at tho headwaters of
tho Kentucky, Cumberland and Ten
nessee rivers aro delivering into these
great tributaries with great rapidity
fioods of melted snow and rain and fill
ing tho lower Ohio. All tho tributaries
of the left bank of tho Ohio in Pennsyl
vania rise in the mountains, nnd there,
too, tho delivery of rainfall and melted
snow is very rapid. Should tho rain
now falling cease before night tho
fiood at this point will probably stop
within tho C5-foot mark, which would
cause no great inconvenience. Should
heavy rainfall occur over a consider
able area of the Ohio valley, however,,
there is no predicting what stage tln
water would reach at Cincinnati.
CAUSED BY A ROCK.
Had Wreck on the Kanta Fo Near Kconho
ItajiIdH, Kan.
Emi-oiua, Kan., Feb. 23. Westbound
freight train No. .'53 on tho Santa Va,
ran into a rock, which had fallen one
tho track, near Neosho Kapids early
yesterday morning and was badly
wrecked. The engine and six cars
wero piled in a heap. An unknown
tramp was crushed almost out of re-
c,ilt 1 n twin 4 r 1... ... ,. X i .. A l......A...h.
uvmiiiiiivu u luiiuiimiy, j in ilHUHJiUJ.
uumud Uankhead was budly injured.
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