Nebraska Newspapers

    WAKENINQ.
Thl, jn-oad whito curve of the beach,
1 lTiat lies like a bonded arm;
The amorous waves that seem ever a-reach
To kiss it and die a-calm. j
, ,1 ,till the hovering; sky,
tisl st ill the splendid day,
the far white sails, and the seagull's
cry,
jVud the sun-path ovor the bay.
Uovv many and many a time
Have 1 questioned the stranded shells,
If they knew, perchance, of the magical
dime,
Where the answer of dreaming dwells.
There s|>eed the out-bound ships,
Here lieth the sunshine warm,
With the spent waves pressing their curv
ing lips,
On tiie white shore’s bended arm.
Then for what is the day more fair?
Why bluer the deeps of space?
Oli, the sun on tho gold of a woman’s hair—
The love of her eyes—her face.
—Charles Washington Coleman, in Lippin
eott's.
EMBERS.
It was snowing, .and Dick Snlvers’s
old felt hat and meagre overcoat were
all white and soft looking; you
couldn’t see the holes in the crown of
tho one nor the threadbare edges of
the other. Ho shuffled slowly along
ths snowy path past tho university,
his chin buried under his coat collar,
his shoulders up about his ears, hi's
hands shoved deep into the breast
pockets of his overcoat. Already
there were a few lights in the windows
of Matthews, opposite, and a solitary
black figure with a cape flappnig
about its shoulders could bo seen
across the yard, marching head down
against the storm.
Snivors stopped in front of Wold.
In one of the rooms In the north wing
there was a red glow, telling of a
good fire. Snivers couldn’t help
thinking, then, of his own poor little
room in College House, with its white
walls and deal table supporting a pilo
of battered hooks and a brass lamp;
and its empty stove. It had been
three days since he had had a fire.
He couldn’t afford to buy any more
coal at present—he had figured on
that lialf-ton^asting longer. It wasn’t
so bad in the evening, because then he
could sit close up to tho lamp and
keep pretty warm, but in the after
noon. before it was dark enough to
light the lamp, it was very dreary;
Snivers had - rather shiver out of
doors then than in his room, so here
he was whitening all over like a
miserable Santa Claus.
That room in Weld with the red
glow in it looked very cosey. There
were curtains across the lower part
of the window, so that only a bit of
terra-cotta wall paper surrounding a
small etching, and a yellow circle
cast by a gas jet half turned down,
were .visible. Tho owner must have
but just gone out; probably to dinner,
for it was hardly dark yet; hardly 6.
Snivers turned up the short path to
the front of Weld, clumped through
the dark, brick vestibule, and, with a
croak and a thud of the door, entered
the hall. It was really very cold out
side. he would get warm here. It
must be so comfortable to live in a
place where the halls are warm,
thought he, shivering underneath the
gas jet, as he gazed at the sign pro
hibiting the building to "pedlers,
beggars and book agents." He won
dered if he would be taken for a bog
gar. Well, he was one, but a student
too—the • ‘Beggar Student ” ho said
aloud, with melancholy cheerfulness.
At the end of tho hall there was an
open door, through which, past the
little vestibule, he could see the room
with the terra-cotta wall paper. Over
the floor flickered an orange light
flinging queer, trembling shadows
about the room. ■ ‘A wood fire must
be burning there, I wonder if tho fel
ler’d mind if 1 went in,” said Snivers
to himself. "I guess ho won’t if ho
doesn't find me there. And such a
fire as that—a wood fire— oughtn’t to
be wasted. To think of the feller
wasting a wood fire!” With which
economical reflection Snivers timidly
entered the room. '
mere was an ouor of cigars in the
air that made the room seem all the
more cosey. In one dark corner
glowed the polished black iront of an
ebony piano, the keys gleaming like
white teeth on the grin; pictures, signs
and shingles were scattered here and
there on the walla and beside a large
desk in the middle of the room, lit
tered with books, papers, tobacco and
a couple of thin glasses, was a small,
open steamer trunk. Before the fire
there was a low arm chair covered
with a rug. W ith a final glance about
the room. Snivers sat down on the
edge of the chair, holding his hands
to the fire with a sigh of satisfaction,
while the snow from his hat and coat
trickled down in little streams,
spoiling the rug of his unknown host.
•Td better not turn the gas up. ” he
soliloquized, 'some of the feller’s
friends, or the feller himself, might
see the light and come in. I’ll sit in
the dark—it’s pleasanter anyhow with
such a fire."
Suddenly he caught sight of a little
piece of paper, folded once across the
middle, lying on the hearth. Mechan
ically he reached for it and examined
it. “Why, it’s a check!" he exclaimed,
as with trembling hands he held it in
the firelight. “Bay £o the order of
Charles K Graff ’’ he read. It
must be fine, thought ha to have $100
and to spend it on anything you wanted,
as Charles P. <;raflf would da Graff
must be one of those follows you see
sometimes on Sunday afternoon, in
long, loose overcoats and silk hats,
boarding the olectric cars to go into
Boston.15 Gne of those fellows who
think nothing of going to the theater
when they want to, that can spend a
whole hundred dollars on fun. Fel
lows that leave $loo-checks lying on
the hearth with the door open can’t
think much of $100. He, poor Salvers,
had not even enough to buy a little
coal. If he only had $100! and Sniv
ers fell .vplanniug what be would do
with so much money, staring into the
fire. He wouldn’t spend it all on him
self, as Charles P. Graff would proba
bly da He would buy Tom a good
fiddle, Tom who had such a genius for
music—you can buy very good fiddles
for $25 now. That would leave $75.
He’d send his father $">0—Salvors
would so like to help the dear old grisly
fellow, with his wrinkled, tired evos.
and cheerful mouth, who had denied
himself so much to send his boy to
college. Twenty-five dollars would
buy him coal and clothos and a new
hat. He really needed a new hat, his
prosent one was really too disreputa
ble; and perhaps he might—Snivel's
hung his head guiltily at the thought
—he might go once to the theater, or
maybe—twice—and a delighted, but
shamefaced, smile flitted over Sniver’s
face. Ah, yea there were so many
things he could do with the money.
But what was the use of dreamingP
The check wasn’t endorsed. If only
the check were endorsed, then he
could—Snivers suddenly straightened
up in his chair. Well, what would
he do? What good would that do
him—was he—was he at heart a
thief? What a mean man is a poor
man! thought Snivers, blushing guilti
ly at the fire. It seemed to hiss back
at him, forming many bright, grin
ning faces; it was no longor a com
forting lira
Snivers rose to ga "Hullo, Gus!
is that you?” said a voice behind him.
Ho turned hastily to the door. Be
fore him stood a rather tall follow,
wrapped m a light mackintosh, with a
felt hat pulled over his eyes, his
trousers tucked into a pair of high
arctica
With a start the newcomer bent
forward and peored into Snlvers’s
face. "Well what are you doing
hero?" he asked, quietly, as he Stopped
under the chandelier and turned up
tho gas.
"I—I just came in and sat down to
get warm,” stammered Snivel's, con
fusedly, and blinking in the light.
The man in the mackintosh stood
looking curiously at Snivers, slowly
drawing oil his gloves. "That was
cool in you," he said at length, with
tho faintest twinkle in his eye, "but
where did you get that?" catching
sight of the check trembling botween
Snivers’s fingers.
"Why, I—I saw it on the floor—I
was just looking at it—it's not en
dorsed." he added hurriedly; "it
wouldn’t have done me any good if I
had—er taken it."
"Won’Uyou sit down, Mr. -
"Snivers,” said Snivers.
"Mr. Snivers? My name is Graff,"
said the man in the. mackintosh,
doffing it and snapping the lock on
the door.
Snivers sat down, watching his host
uneasily ns ho pullod the heavy
curtains across tho windows, kicked
off his arctics, and drew a chair up
to the fire. Ho was a big fellow,
with a rather pale 'but pleasant face,
his hair parted squarely down the
middle, and with a solf possessed
glance in his eyes.
Snivers laid the check on the desk.
His host reached over and took it.
Snivers noticed that his hand trembled
as he read it. Snivers dropped his
eyes to his host’s yellow shoes. He
felt himself being scrutinized, and he
felt that he was blushing. Surely his
host would think him a thief if he
noticed this sign of guilt. Snivors
wished his host would say something,
instead of sitting over there and
digging his keen eyes cheerfully into
his (Snivers’s) soul. Only tho mirth
ful crackling of the fire broke the
stillness and Snivers could uot but
feel that it was laughing at him and
pointing him out to its mastur as a
thief.
me silence muse oe oroken. so.
still avoiding tho sharp scrutiny of the
eyes he felt fixed on him. and finger
ing his ragged hat Snivors began
hesitatingly. "I ought to—say to you.
Mr. Graff—that I—I didn't come hero
to steal. I just came in to sit down
and get warm. Your fire looked so
warm—so cheerful. I mean, that I
couldn't resist coming in. I happened
to see that chock.” ho glanced up half
haughtily, half guiltily, and was sur
prised to see that his host was not
looking at him. His face was hidden
by his hand and he seemed to be gaz
ing into the lire. The check still
trembled in his hand.
After another silence, with an
effort. Gratli began hesitatingly, "Mr.
Snivors. 1 suppose you are pretty
poor. Whether you’re honest or not
has nothing to do with the case now.
Now the Faculty—the Faculty—well,
they think I’m a hand-ball and they’ve
used me accordingly. I haven't made
a success of my college life—I don’t
believe my being here has done me
or any one else the slightest good—so
if you—er—you could accopt- -that
check—welL i’d be awfull; grateful.
I'd like to be able to say 1 have helped
somebody here, if not with my own
brains, with the old gentleman’s
money, so—so—won’t you please ac
cept it?"
Snivers thought of his own father
and Tom. • Why not acoept—what
was pride compared to making three
people happy? Tom should have his
fiddle, and Daddy—he would send him
the whole $75.
•Mr. Graff.” said Snivel's, blush
ing. "I will accept it. thank you sin
cerely.”
Graff endorsed the check and showed
Snivers to the door. wish I were
going to be here a little longer. ” he
said, smilingly, ‘so that I could see
you again. A warm.fire is good, but
a warm friend and a warm fire—well.
I won’t paint the good times you've
missed through the efforts of the
Faculty.” shaking Snivers merrily by
the hand.
"What a light-hearted fellow,” said
Snivors. as he plowed back to his
room: "he doesn't seem to care a bit
about being expelled.”
When Snivers hold the face of the
oheck under his little brass lamp that
night he was surprised to see how
blurred it was: don't believe I un
derstood that follow.” said Snivora
thoughtfully shaking his head.—llon
ry li. Eddy, in the Harvard Advocate.
HUNT LEVEE BREAKS.
WIDE CREVASSE FORMED AND
FARMS INUNDATED.
A District Twenty MUea Lou* Entirely
Submersed—Stock Drowned end Crop*
Ruined—Belief Thnt tbe Levee »>■
Gut.
Quincy, 111., Juno 7.—A crevasse oc
curred in the Hunt levee last nlfflit
and the district wli.jli it protected,
twenty miles long and four miles wide,
extending from Warsaw south, is now
under water. The break occurred at
a point about twenty-four miles above
this city, and a vast volume of water is
pouring through the crevasse,
which is now 200 feet wide and
rapidly widening. Much of the
district was under cultivation and
the crops ore utterly* runined. Wlint
was yesterday a fertile farming region
is now a vast sea of water from six to
fifteen feet deep. No loss of life has
occurred, so far as known, though
much live stock has been swept away.
The people had been expecting the
worst for a day or two and as soon as
the break was reported lied to the
bluffs.1 The Indian Grave levee is dan
gerously weak and a crevasse there is
momentarily feared. The water is still
slowly rising.
Warsaw, 111., June 7.—At 8 o'clock
yesterday word rea -lied here that the
levee of the Hunt Drainage district had
broken near the line of Adams and
Hancock counties and immediately a
relief party of citizens, numbering 100,
supplied with shovels, axes, lumber,
sacks and other material boarded the
ferry and hurried to the scene.
They were met by as many
more people from Canton, Mo.,
and the two parties immediately
arranged to work conjointly, lly this
time the break was 100 feet wide and
the waters were rushing madly through
the opening. Every effort was ex
pended to stay the broadening of the
breach and immense trees were felled
and floated into position to make a
bulwark, but there is little or no hope
of stopping the crevasse. Thousands
of acres of wheat are inundated, en
tailing a loss of thousands of dollars.
There are many who believe the
levee was cut, but others who were
familiar with the character of the fill
at the point broken are of a contrary
opinion. The misfortune tails with
great severity not only on those inter
ested in these extensive bottom lands
but on the adjacent communities,
which are deeply interested in the
prosperity of the district.
FOUR OF TUB FAMILY DROWNED.
An Accident by Which Father, Mother,
and Two Children Lose Their Lives.
St. Joseph, Mo., June 7.—A remarka
ble case of drowning occurred in a
small pond near Forest City, Mo., yes
terday morning. Stephen Schalcr, a
boy 10 years of age, was running
across a foot-bridge over the pond, when
he fell overboard. His mother
and sister, the latter a girl of
15, witnessed the accident and
jumped into the water to rescue
him. The water was over their heads
and, instead of saving the boy, they
found themselves struggling for their
own lives. The father, Stephen
Shaler, Sr., was summoned to the spot
bjr the cries of his drowning wife and
children, and, although unable to
swim, at once jumped in the water.
The fight for life only lasted a short
time, and when the neighbors finally
reached the spot it was only in time to
remove from the water the bodies of
father, mother and children. Five
other little children are left orphans by
the accident.
M’MILLAN GETS TWELVE YEARS
Long Sentence for a Desperate Man
Once Made Prominent by Suspicion.
Houston, Texas, June 7.'—Charles
McMillan, the man whom the officers
believe to be the one wanted for an
assault, in February last, on a lady of
much prominence at Sedalia, Mo., was
convicted of burglary of the store of
J. H. Kudin that took place some
months ago. He gets a term of twelve
years. The lady and her husband
came down from Sedalia, but the lady
would not positively identity the man
as her assailant. Since McMillan has
been in jail he has tried to hang him
self with his bedclothes and at another
time he set fire to his b. d and at
tempted to burn himself.
Granite Cotters Still Fighting.
New York, June 7.—This week is
likely to see important developments
in the strike which is being carried on
by the Granite Cutters’ National union
against the proposition of the New
England Contractors’ association to
change the date for signing the yearly
wage scale from May 1 to Jun. 1. The
union men, now recognizing that upon
the issue in New York depends that of
the entire country, have telegraphed
to Secretary Dwyer to come to the city
immediately.
Wreck on the Reading.
Shenandoah,Pa.,June 7.—This town
was completely cut off from all mil
road communication this morning as
the result of last night’s heavy rains,
which caused washouts on the Lehigh
▼alley and Reading roads. The Read
ing had a wreck south of here during
the night, caused by a coal train run
ning into a washout, completely
wrecking the engine and several cars.
The engine rolled down into the
creek and the fireman was badly
scalded. _
Drowned In South Dakota.
Huron, S. D., June 7.—Mrs. K. M.
Foote and three children living south
of Harold, were drowned last evening
in attempting to cross a ravine after
an immense downpour of rain yester
day afternoon. The storm is said to
havo been a cloudburst, deluging a
great stretch of country.
BURIED BY A FALLING WALL.
One llojr Killed end One Fatally Hurt—
Severe! Workmen In the Uebrli.
Chicago, June *1.—Tlio south wall of
a two-story building nt 319 West Four
teenth street collupsed instantly
killing one or two boys and fatally in
juring another. Several workmen
who wero engaged in tearing down the
building are missing and It is feared
they are buried beneath the ruins. A
boy who cannot be found is also sup
posed to have been erttshed beneath
the wall. As far as is known the
victims are:
Killed:
EDDIE CLANCY, of 181 Johnson street,
crushed to death.
IIENltY OROSSMAN. of ITT Johnson street,
thought to have been burled la the tvrock.
Fatally Injured:
Frank Schkcta, 100 Brown street.
All wero boys about twolve years of
age who wero gathering wood under
the sidewalk near the building. Sev
eral of the workmen on the building
cannot bo found, and it is feared their
bodies lie under the mass of debris
marking the scene of the accident The
names of the missing could not be
learned, _
HOUSE BLOWN UP.
Two People Instantly Killed In a Dyna
mite Explosion Near Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa., June (I.—About 1
o'clock Saturday an explosion of
dynamite occurred at Kensington, Pa.,
in the house of J. K. Turner, a jeweler.
Two persons were killed instantly.
They are:
J. K. TURNER, Jeweler.
MISS EMMA SCHEFFER, of Emlanton,Pa.
The wtfo and two children of Turner
were badly Injured.
That the house was blown up delib
erately seems certain, as Mr. Turner
was never known to have dynamite in
bis dwelling or store. The explosion
was of great force, breaking windows
and doors at some distanco. A posse
bas been organized and is now endeav
oring to find some clew to the fiend
who caused the explosion.
MRS. FRIEND ACQUITTED.
Tile Jury In the Kleotrlo Sugar Cute Re
turn a Verdict for the Defendant.
Anm Arbor, Mich., June 0.—C.
Knowlton, Jr., and R. J. Sawyer, Mtb.
Friend’s attorneys, made the argu
ment for the defense In the case of the
Electric company vs. Olive E. Friend
yesterday. They presented a strong
defense, the main points being that
Cotterill, the president of the company,
was cognizant of the frauds and car
ried them on from the beginning. The
closing speech was made by A. P.
Wheeler of New York, who made an
argument in behalf of the claims of the
company. After being out ouly three
hours the jury rendered a verdict of no
cause of action.
Chicago Hoard of Trade.
Chicaoo, Juno C.—During the first half hour
wheat sold 54 c lower thun Saturday, eorn 1)4c
lowor, oats lo lower. Pork opened I5c lowor
with the easier corn market and a groat run of
hogs at lower prices at tho yards. For the
first hour July wheat sold 80c to 8554c to 80>4o
to 851|o. July corn sold 5114c to Olftc to 505(c to
51c. Oats for July sold ns low us 33)40. July
pork*!0.45 to *10.4214 to >10.50 to 110.45. Ribs
and lard 214 c to 714c lower.
Closing quotations wero:
Closlfag.'
ARTICLES.
High.
Low.
Wheat—8
June.
July.
Sept.
Dec.
Corn—2
Juno.
July.
August....
Sept.
Oats—
June.
July.
Sept.
Pork—
June .
July .
Sept.
June.
July.
Sept.
Short ribs
June .
July.
Sept.
* .8544
.8014
.8554
.8744
.5314
• 5114
.505,
.5014
.3344
.3354
*254
10.50
10.50
10.0714
0.30
0.3714
0.5214
6.2714
6.2414
o.ao
« .84
.8414
.84
.80)4
.6014
.49
.4854
.4814
■ 3244
• 335.
.315,
10.4214
10.4214
10.00
6.2714
0.35
0.50
6.20
0.27
0.2714
10.45
10 45
10.00
0.2714
6.35
6.50
6.22
6.25
0.32
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago, June 8.—The following quotations
are for large lots only. Smaller quantities hr*
usually gold at adranoed rates:
Butter—Fancy Elgin stock, 17@18c per lb:
fancy creameries, 15©l6c; faucy Imitations. 14
®17c; Western goods. 18317c: fancy dairies, 18c;
No. 1, 14@15; No. 2. 12©l3c; selects, 16©l7o; fine
ladles, 10®12c; fresh packing stooli 10c; grease
4©7o.
Potatoes — Burbanks. Mo; Hebrons, 48®
47c; rose. 40®46j: belL 35® 38c; peerless 38®
40c; mixed. 35®40j; Empire state, 45®48c;
new potatoes, $1.60®8.00per sack.
Fruits—Apples, choice, (2.7$©4 per brl; or
dinary, 1203.50; oranges. Florida, 42®4.00 per
box: California, *3@4.M;' lemons, 42.50®3.00;
bananas, tl.50@l.7& per bunch; pineapples, 11.50
©2.60 per doz.
Poultry—Hens, ' 1214c; roosters 8o; hen
turkeys, 14c; mixed, ll®12c; old gobblers, 8®
10c; ducks H®l2c; geese, 43®S per doz.
Cheese—Full cream Young Americas, 10J4
®1lc; do twins. 8<K®10l4c; Cheddars, OMc;
brick, 9®10o; limburger. B@10c; Swiss HIM
©12c.
Strawberries—Centrallas, S1.25®1.60; Ten
nessees, 41462 per 2l-qt case: Illinois, 5oi&ll.2*
per 24-qt case: Indlanas, *1 25@1.7S.
Hides—No. 1 light and heavy, 4J4c; No. 2 do,
3!4c; No. 1 calf, 7c; No. 2. 3<4c; tallow. No. 1,
4c; No.2, 314c.
Veal—Fancy calves. 7®7Kcper lb; grassera
5®0c; small and thin, 3®4c.
Eocn—Strictly fresh stock. 16®lBMo.
Destruction from Army Worms.
Columbus, Ind., Jnne e.—In the
eastern part of this country the army
worms in great numbers have made
their appearance and are doing great
damage to hayfields. So numerous ar&
these worms that in some instances as
many as ten acres of growing hay is
destroyed in a day. They conje from
the ground, it appears. It is twenty
four years ago this season when these
pests last appeared hear.
Will Have Only Union Men.
New York, June 7.—A report pre
vails among the union printers of this
city that the Tribune, which has for so
long a time besn a “rat” office, is about
to drive out the non-union printers and
fill their places with union men. The
matter is the source of much congratu
lation among the union printers, but
| they can assign no cause for Whitelaw
1 Reid's sadden change of front.
EXCURSION TRAIN COLLISION.
Four Mm Killed and Twenty-Six Colored
Kxouralonlete Injured.
Evansville, Inti., Juno 0.— News was
received here of a terrible accident
which occurred on the Oweneboro A
Nashville railway about I) o'clock yes
terday morning' near South Carroll,
Ky., in which four persons wero killed
and a number injured. A colored ex
cursion train consisting of three
coaches and a baggage car which left
Owensboro, Ky.t at 7:30 o'clook col
lided with the regular north-bound
passenger train.
The dead are: ,
BARCLAY, HUGH, of Russellville, fireman
of tho excursion train.
KALY, HENRY, colored, of Owensboro. 1
FIELD, HENRY, colored, of Owensboro.
GREENWOOD, BUDGE, colored, of Owons
boro.
Twenty-six persons, mostly colored
excursionists, sustained Injuries.
As near as could bo learnod tho acci
dent wns caused by Engineer Fahey
disobeying orders in going beyond
Stroud station, where tho excursion
was to ■ sidetrack for the passengor
train.
Roth engines wero completely de
molished. The negroes of Owensboro
are wild with excitement because of
the exaggerated reports of the number
of the killed.
TOWN OF CORRY DELUGED.
Streets llecsme Streams and Railroads
Are Uadljr Washed—No Lives Lost.
Cobby, Pn., Juno 7.—The most de
structive rainstorm that lias ever vis
ited tills locality began yesterday after
noon at 3 o'clock. It was a heavy
cloudburst, and by 1) o'clock tho busi
ness and eastern portion of the town
was under water witli the rain still
falling in perfect torrents. There was
no loss of life and few were injured.
Tho southern side presents a sad ap
pearance, but the eastern portion is
still worse. Sidewalks are carried
away and tho roads in peaces gullied
from four to six feet deep. Nearly
evory basement in the business portion
of the city was flooded and ulso inauy
of the stores. The loss on stock to
merchants is heavy. It is safe to say
that the loss throughout the city will
reach $30,000.
JIMTOWN IN ASHES.
A Colorado Minins Town Wiped Oul
by Flamca.
Denver, Col., June 7—The bustling
camp of Jim town, which is separated
from the -famous mining town of
Creede by a mile and a half, was al
most totally destroyed by fire which
started at 5:30 o'clock this morn
ing. The Uames were started
by an explosion of coal oil with
which a family living in the
Kinneavy block were starting a fire to
prepare breakfast. As there was no
fire department the flames were un
checked and in a short time they
burned through the rows of frame
buildings for a distance of a mile in the
narrow gulch in which the town is sit
uated. The total loss is estimated at a
$1,000,000. It is rumored that four per
sons perished in the fire. This cannot
be substantiated at present, although a
searching party has been at work for
several hours.
Thirty Houses Swept Away.
Eiuk. Pa., June 7.—Last evening
Clark’s mill dam at Union City burst
and a wall of water swept through
the town carrying thirty houses from
their foundations, and while many
persons were badly hurt none
lost their lives. Deamore’s three-story
brick building fell demolishing frame
buildings adjoining. The Keystone
block was undermined and fell. Good
enough’s jewelry store and the i^ar
of the Postoffice ' buildipg and
Cooper’s planing mill were all
wrecked. Hundreds of horses and
cattle were drowned. The damage
will reach not less than $100,000. The
towns of Garland, Pittsfield, Columbus
and many other places are under water.
At Pittsfield the operator, J. E. Mead,
stood at his post and worked at his in
struments with the water three feet
deep in the office and the building sur
rounded by debris aqd roari ng flood.
Omaha merchant Missing.
Omaha, Neb., June 7.—George Heyn,
a wealthy merchant of this city, is
mysteriously missing. He started for
Europe nearly a month ago and, by
reason of illness, stopped at Milwau
kee. Recovering, he went to Buffalo
where he register^ at the Arlington
hotel, May 25, as George Hendricks.
There all trace of him was lost. He is
35 years old, of slight build and light
complexion, wears side whiskers and a
mustache, and has dark hair.
Mrs. Harrison Improved.
Washington, Jnef 7.—Mrs. Harrison
slept unusually well last night and
feels better to-day. She is able to sit
up for a few moments at a time, and
her appetite is improved. A corre
spondent was assured at the White
House that the family no longer felt
> any alarm about her and that they are
confident of her recovering sufficient
strength to permit of her removal to
the mountains (probably Deer park) in
a fortnight
Decrease In Dry Goods Imports.
New York, June 7 —As shown by
"tKe"manifest just given out from the
custom house this week’s import move
ment of dry goods at the port of New
York was cdbsiderably below that of
last week, the money value of the
total entries having fallen to $1,593,618
from $1,770,994. The amount thrown
on the market likewise exhibits a de
crease of similar proportions, having
declined to $1,576,435 from $1,743,113
lie Is Wanted in Chicago.
St. Louis, June 7.—Frank Brady, a
negro, was arrested here last nignt and
is being held for the Chicago authori
ties. Over a year ago Brady stabbed
and killed Charles Harris in a quarrel
over the affections of a woman.
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD.
TERRIBLE FLOOD IN NORTH
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
Oil City and Tltoavllle Deraetated—OU
Tanka Taka Fire and the Horning
Fluid Rnah'ea Through the Valley—
Outalde Help Appealed for. '
Oil City, Pa., Juno 7.—The most ap*
palling calamity in tho history of Oil
City caine yesterday, resulting in de
struction of llfo and property which ns
yet can only bo approximated. Thus
far sixty-nine lives are known to be
lost, hundreds of people aro known to
bo missing, and it is believed the loss
of life will reach 200 or more.
At 11:30 o’clock In the forenoon a
largo proportion of the population of
the city was distributed along the
banks and bridges of tho Allegheny
river and Oil creek watching tho rise
of tho flood in both streams, the chief
cause of the rise of the latter being
duo to a cloudburst above Titusvlllo
which rosulted in tho loss of many
lives at that point. At tho time men
tioned an ominous covering of oil
made its appearance on the crest
of tho flood pouring down
tho Cil Creek valley, and tho danger
ous foreboding waves of gas from dis
tillate and benzine could bo seen above
the surface of tho stream. People be
gan slowly to fall back from the bridge
and the creek, but they hardly begun
to do so when an explosion was heard
up Hie stream which was rapidly fol
lowed by two others, and, quick as a
flash of lightning, the creek for a dis
tance of two miles was filled with an
awful mass of roaring flames and bil
lows of smoke that rolled high above
tho crook and river hills. No pen can
picttiro tho scene then witnessed.
Almost all the town was on fire
within three minutes of the time of
explosion, and no one knows ns yet
how many of tho inhabitants are dead
in the ruins of their home.
A correspondent stood at the time,
of the first explosion at the east end of
the creek bridge mentioned. Almost
as quickly as the words can be written
fully 5,000 pcoplo in that portion of
the town were on the streets, wild with
terror, rushing to the hill. Men forgot
that they were man, and scores of men,
women, and children were knocked
down and tramblcd upon by both
horses and people in the mad flight for
places of safety.
Hundreds of people thought tho day
of judgment had come, and many
praycro were heard mingling with the
moans and lamentations of the fleeing
multitude. The heat was Intense, and
the weird and awful spectacle pre
sented to the panic-stricken people
was that a cloud-burst of fire, bordered
and overcapped by a great canopy of
dense black smoke, was falling upon
the city.
The flood in the Oil Creek valley has
inundated tho upper portion of the
town, flooding from fifty to seventy
five houses along North Seneca street.
The most of their inmates reached
places of safety by the use of boats or
by swimming or wading, but a number
of them were yet in tho upper stories
or in the water when the fire came and
their fate was quickly sealed. Some of
them were seen to jump into the water
to escape death in the flames.
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The distillate and benzine on the
creek came from a tank lifted by the
llotod and is supposed to have been
ignited by a spark from an engine on.
the Lake Shore road, just above the
tunnel at the northern part of the aity.
The fire shot up the creek as woli aa
down and several tanks are on threat*,
number of the refineries above. But it
is believed that their burning content*
can be kept within the tanks and that
a second baptism of fire may be
averted. *
It is almost Impossible to find werda
to describe this awful calamity and at
this time no one has any idea of tfc*
number of lives that have been lonk
For miles up the creek on both admt
everything is in ruins, and hundredsOt
families have been rendered hoMtf*t '<£
The fire came so suddenly and so was*
pectedly that little if any property ha* f
been saved along this stream, and the,''
sky for miles around is still black WHIrS
the smoke trom burning dwellings arti 4^
oil tanks. 1 ' S
The water in Oil creek Is fkTHag -
slowly at this time and it is hoped ;
worst is over and no more lives will P*. ^
lost. The creek is fifteen feet deep apd ’ .
100 yards wide now and in tbe n
of the oldest inhabitant has nevi
so high before.
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Call for Outride Hein. . t J
As the devastation is so great it M* l 3
been decided to call upon the outdide?
world to furnish financial means to ff* .?
lieve the distressed. Such contribn-' 3
tions should be sent by telegraph to
Roger Sherman, president of the relief
committee, *£s no mails will be received
or dispatched for several days, owing
to three railroads entering the city t'.
having their tracks washed out almost
entirely for many miles :'p
The following appeal iB issued:
Crar suffering and destitution are terrible.
There is a great loss of life and manufacturing
interests are wiped out by flood and Are, hun
dreds of families are homeless and destitute.
In the absence of our mayor we appeal to a -
generous public for help in this, our time of dis
tress. William McNadghton, . * '
President Select Council.
, W. B. Benedict,
President Common Council,
H. C. Bloks.
Editor of tbe Herald, .V,
Joseph Ztsr,
John L. McKinnet, -v,.’r
J. A. CadwalladeS,
J. E. McKinney,
J. J. McOnuM.
Titusville gave 81.1,000 to Chicago,
85.000 to Johnstown sufferers, and
82.000 to the Soutli at the time of the
yellow fever epidemic, also 81,300 to.
Russian relief, and has always re- :
sponded to all demands upon the pub
lic sympathy when oil towns have been
in distress.