(TK'K UV I'MOIMkMTlOX TO VUTK
M'Kl'IAI. TAX.
Tl;e ik'iUirs of the Counlv of I'as,
sVlira.ka, will take not let- I hut at R
special lUctiim tu lo liciJ :; l:v ktn
l.iy of April, A. I. 1S1S. ill t lie rt'Kulur
votinK plre.s In all tlu pricliuts nn.l
wards tliroiinliuut said I'uiintv, the f"l
lowing 'I ui'M U'li ami prupo.sil iuu will 1
rtiihmit led to a vote of the pioplf:
Shall the Hoard of County Commis
sioner Of Cass County. Nclnaska, or
other prsou or parsons iliarsvii by
iaw with the npproprhit urn of money
and levying of taxes tor mild county
for the time beintr, appropilalu the Mini
if JU.OOU and, In addition to the
regular annual taxes, cause to he levied
on all taxahle property of snld county,
a special tax Mitlicient to raie !aid
.mount for the purpose of building n
;ountv Jail on the Court House ktouiuIs
in the' Citv of l'lattsmouth, lass Coun
ty, Nebraska, taklnit such action as the
requirements of the law nnd the in
terests of the public may demand: pro
vided that said special tax be levied
at the lime of making the rcKUlur levy
of the general taxes for the year 11)13,
and be entered upon the tax list for
that yer anil collected in the same
manner ns other taxes, and that pro
ceedings shall be commenced for tiie
erection of said jail us noon as the
authority Is obtained from the electors
.is is possible under the law, and be
continued without unnecessary delay
until the same shall have been com
pleted and provided that said special
(.ax be levied and collected one year
and one year only. -
That the said question and proposition
above set forth shall lie submitted to
the lepral voters of said county In the
following form and manner; that Is to
say the form of the ballot to bo used nt
said election In favor of said question
and proposition shall be as follows:
"I vote for the appropriation of $12,
000 and for the levy and collection oC
a special tax sufficient to raise said
amount for the purpose of building a
County Jail."
And the form of the ballot to be
used at said election against said. ques
tion nnd proposition shall be us fol
lows: "I vote against the appropriation of
the sum of $1,000 and against the levy
ind collection of a special tax for the
purpose of building a County Jail."
Hated this 1st day of March, A. P.,
J91S. C. K. JOKDAN.
Chairman Board of County Commis
sioners. C. E. HEEBNEH.
JULIUS A. P1TZ,
Commissioners.
(Seal)
Mtest:
U C. MORGAN, County Clerk.
OHDDR TO SHOW CAISIC.
In the UiNtrlet Court la and for Can
Const', NeltruNka,
In the Matter of the Guardianship of
Anna C. Chllcott, Insane.
This cause came on for hearing upon
the petition of Wesley Chilcott,
iniardian of the estate of Anna C.
Chilcott, insane, praying for a license
'o sell the Interest of his said ward,
Anna C. Chilcott, in and to the follow
ing described real estate, to-wit:
The northwest iuarer (NSV'i) of
the northeast quarter (NEW) of Sec
tion twenty-four (24), Township ten
1 10), Uange thirteen (13), In Cass
County, Nebraska.
Said petitioner also alleging that the
wife of petitioner, Anna C. Chilcott,
was adjudged insane on the lath day
of April, 1902, and has ever since re
mained insane, and is now confined In
the insane asylum of the State of Ne
braska. That petitioner Is the owner
in fee simple title of the above de
scribed real estate, and the court Is
asked to ascertain the present value of
the interest of petitioner's said wife,
and to authorize petitioner to sell the
same at public or private sale.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that
all persons Interested In fhe estate and
interest of said Anna C. Chilcott, in
sane, in ami to the above described real
estate, appear before me at the office
of the Clerk of the District Court, at
i'lajtsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska,
on the 14th day of April, A. D., 1913, at
ten o'clock a. m., to show cause why
the court should not determine the
present value of the interest of said
Anna C. Chilcott, in and to the real
.sfate hereinbefore described, and why
license should not be granted to Wesley
Chilcott, guardian of Anna C. Chilcott,
insane, to sell the Interest of his said
ward in and to the above described real
state.
This order shall be served by pub
lishing the same In the Pluttsmouth
Journal for at least three successive
weeks prior to the 28th day of March,
A. IV 1913.
Dated this 1st day of March, A. D.,
1913.
GEORGE F. CORCORAN,
Jiulgo District Court.
HAWLS & ROBERTSON.
Attorneys.
NOTICE TO CHKMTOII.
In the County Court of f'mm 'until.,
NehraHkn,
In the Matter of the Estate of Chris
tian Stoehr, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given thnt the
creditors of said deceased will meet
with the executor of said estate before
me, the County Judge of Cass Comity,
Nebraska, nt my office in the City of
l'lattsmouth, In said Cbss County, on
the 26th dav of April, 19111, and on the
4th day of October, 1913, at ten u'clock
a. m., each of said days, for the pur
pose of presenting tUelr claims and
having the same examined, ud.iustcd,
allowed or refused. Six months are
allowed the creditors of said deceased
to present their claims, and which
period expires on October the Itli, IMS,
t ten o'clock a. m.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
County Court, at l'lattsmouth, Ne
braska,' this 8th dav of March, 19 13.
(Seal) ALLEN .1. CUE SON.
County Judge.
H. O. DWYER, Attorney.
NOTICE TO lir.lM TOMS.
In County Court.
STATE OF NEBRASKA.
Cass County, ss.
Tn the Matter of the Estate of William
J. O'Brien, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to the credit
ors of said deceased thut hearings will
he had upon claims (ileil against said
state, before me. County Judge of
Cas County, Nebrnskn, nt the County
Court room in l'luttsiiinutli, In Mild
County, on the 11th duy of April, 191;;,
and on the 13th day of October, 1913,
nt 10 o'clock a. ni., each day, for ex
amination, adjustment and ullowanre.
All claims must lie tiled In said court
on or before said last hour of hearing.
Witness my hand and seal of said
County Court, nt l'lattsmouth. Ne
braska, this 10th day of March. 1913.
(Seal) ALLEN J. BEESON.
County Judge.
NOTICE Ol'' J A I E.
In the DlNtrlrt Court of Cmmh County,
.riirskn.
In the Matter of the Estate of Nicholas
ITalnies, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given tlii.it in pur
suance of an order of Hon t.Seorgu F.
Corcoran, Acting Judge of the District
Court of Cass County, Nebrnskn, niHile
on the 20th day of March 1913 for the
fale of real estate hereinafter described,
there will be sold at the south door of
t he Court House, at rial Isniouth. Ne
tra.kii, on the 26th day or April, 1913,
f.t 10 o'clock u. 111., at public vendue
to the highest bidder for wish, under
the terms of nnrngrnph nine of the will
f Nicholas 1 1 n 1 mi oh. deceased, and the
order of above named Court, permitting
a member of the family of said de
ceased, to assume nnd take over the
MM of any outsider any time before the
losing of sale. Twenty per cent of
the bid to be paid In cash lit the c use
of the sale, anil the balance of the bid
to lie paid at the time or the continua
tion of the sale by said District Court
r Judge thereof. The land to be sold
i the following: NH of SI-:', Sec.
Twp. 12, Range 9; of SW' and
NW'4 of XY' of Sec. , Twp. 12.
Range 13: S', of SEVi nnd S'i of sV,
and NWV, of SW1, of See. 7, Twp. 12,
'iange 13; NEV of NV", of Sec. S.
Twp. 12, Range 13, nnd Lots Hi, II and
12. In Block 2, of the City ol Plaits
Mouth all in Cuss County, Nebraska.
Said Lots 11 and 12, Block 2. to be sold
Mih.lect to the Homestead right therein
of Henrietta Hulmes, widow. Said sale
vll remain open one hour.
Dated this 21th day of March. 1913.
NICHOLAS C. HALMES.
Exocutor of the Estate of Nicholas
H ilmes, Decensed.
D. O. DWYER, Attorney.
notice ok aiti.icatiox koii
i.iqi oh i h i:m:.
Notice it hereby given to ul! persons
int. 'rested and tn the public, ..iat the
:t.-!vr-i-zi. d. J. I.. Kui U. i.a tiV.l
h' petition and application in th oitice
of ti e iity cli ik i t t..e City o. I'latls
mo;iih. Couniv of Ca-s. and Stale of
Nel.i i!;a, as reiilied ; y iaw, signed
b the required number of resident
!'l ee-holdei s of the said city setting
forth that the applicant is a man of
res-pe tu1 '.v character mid standing and
a resided of the state of Nebraska and
piMviug that a license may be issued
to the said L. J. Kussell for the sale
of niait, spirituous and vinous liquor
for the period of one year from the
date of the hearing of said appliiation
In a building situated on lots eleven and
twelve (II and 12). in block twenty
seven (:7i. In the First ward of the
said Citv of l'lattsmouth, Nebraska.
J. L. Rl'SSELL.
March IS. 1913. Applicant.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION lOH
I. KM OH 1,11 EASE.
Notice Is hereby given to all persons
h.teie.-ted nnd to the public, that the
undersigned. Win. Weber, lias tiled
his petition and application in the office
of the city clerk of the City of l'latts
mouth. County of Cuss, and State of
Nebraska, as required by law, signed
by the required number of resident
free-holders of the said city setting
forth Hint Hie applicant is u man of
respectable character and standing and
it resident of the state of Nebraska and
praying that a license may he issued
lo the said Win. Weber for the sale
of malt, spirituous, and vinous liquors
for the period of one year from the
date of the hearing of sain application
in n building situated on the west half
(w(i) of lot one (1), in Block thirty
four (34), Fourth ward of the said City
of l'lattsmouth, Nebraska.
WM. WEBER.
March 18, 1913. Applicant.
.NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOU
MOKllt LICENSE.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
Interested and to the public, that the
undersigned, Ed Donat, has filed
bis petition and application In tile office
of the city clerk of the City of l'latts
mouth. County of Cass, and State of
Nebraska, as required by law, signed
by the required number of resident
free-holders of the said city setting
forth that the applicant is a man of
respectable character and standing and
n resident of the state of Nebraska and
praying that n license may be issued
to the said Ed Donnt for the Kale
of malt, spirituous and vinous liquors
for the period of one year from the
date of the hearing of said application
in n building situated on the east half
(eVi of lot twelve (12), in block twenty-nine
(29) In the First ward of the
said City of l'lattsmouth, Nebraska.
El) DUN AT,
March IS, 1913. Applicant.
NOTICM OF APPLICATION FOR
I. Kll OK LICENSE.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested nnd to the public, that the
undersigned, Ed Egenberger, has died
his petition nnd application in the office
of the city clerk of the City of l'latts
mouth. County of Cass, and State of
Nebraska, ns required by law. signed
by the required number of resilient
free-holders of the said city setting
forth that tiie applicant is a man of
rcspectablo character and standing and
a resident of the state of Nebraska and
praying that a license may be Issued
to the said Ed Egenberger for the sale
of mult, spirituous and vinous liquors
for the period of one year from the
date of the hearing of said application
in a building situated on the east half
(eii) of lot twelve (12), In block twenty-eight
(28), in the First ward of the
said City of I'lnttsmout h, Nebraska.
ED EGENBERGER.
March 18, 1913. Applicant.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
I.IUIOH LICENSE.
Notice Is hereby given to all personn
interested and to the public, that the
undersigned, J. E. McDanlel, has filed
his petition and application in the office
of the city clerk of the City of I'latts
tnouth. County of Cass, and State of
Nebraska, as required by law. signed
by the required number of resident
free-holders of the said city setting
forth that the applicant is u man of
respectable character' and standing and
a resident of the state of Nebraska and
praying that a license may be issued
to the said J. E. McDuniel for the sale
of malt, spirituous ond vinous liquors
for the period of one year from the
date of the hearing of said application
tn a building situated on lot six oil, tn
block thirty-three (33), in the Fourth
ward of the said City of I'lattsmo.ith.
Nebraska. J. E. McDANIEL.
March 18, 1913. Applicant.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOU
I. till OB LICENSE.
Notice is hereby given to all persona
interested and to the 'uiblic, that the
undersigned, l'eter Goos, 1ms filed
his petition ami uppiieutiou in the. Oiitce
of the city clerk of the City of Platts
inouth. County of Cass, nnd State of
Nebraska, as required by law, signed
by the required number of resident
free-holders of the said city setting
forth that the npplicunt Is u nnin of
respectable churucter and standing and
u resident of the state of Nebraska and
praying that a license may be issued
to the said lYicr (loos for the sale
of inn II. spirituous and vinous liquors
for the period of one year from the
ilnte of the hearing of said application
in a building situated on lot twelve
(12). in block thirty (301, in the First
ward of the said Citv of l'liittsmoutli,
Nebraska. J'ETER GOOS.
March IS, 1913. Applicant.
NOTICE tlF APPLICATION FOIl
I. Hi I (Ht LICEN SE.
Notice Is hereby given to all persons
interested and lo the public, thnt the
undersigned, Adolph Gelse, has filed
i.ls petition and application in the ollico
of the city clerk of the City of i'lalts
tuoutb, County of Cass, nnd Stato of
Nebraska, as required by law, signed
by the required number of resident
free-holders of the said city setting
forth that the applicant is a man of
respectable character und standing and
ii resilient of the stale of Nebraska and
praving that n license may be issued
to the said Adolph Gelse for the sale
of malt, spirituous and vinous liquors
for the period of one year from the
date of the hearing of said application
In a hiiliding situated on the we.-1 hail
twij) of lot six (ii). In block thirty
four (3 1), In the Fourth ward of the
said Citv of l'lattsmouth, Nebraska.
ADOLl'il GIESE,
March 18, 1913. Applicant. .
A Ihhisi'IiiiIiI reniPily in America
for -." cars Dr. Thomas' KcIpc
lic Oil. Tor nils, sprains, hums,
scalds, bruises. 25c and 50c. At
all (h'Utf stores.
ROBERT WILKINSON
DUNBAR
L.J. HALL
UNION
Wilkinson & Hall
-AUCTIONEERS-
The holding of successful sales is
our line. Our interests are with the
seller when it comes to (Jetting every
dollar your property is worth. For
open dates address or call either of
us at our expense by phone. Dates
can be made at the Journal office.
-WILKINSON & HALL-
JAMES M. BAKER.
He Has Been Chosen
Secretary of United States
Senate at $6,500 a Year.
0 1911, by American I'reia Aaioclatlon.
Mr. Baker, who la a Boutherner, won
vcr Joseph R. Wilson, the president'
brother, or this place.
DEPOSITS AND LOANS
INCREASE III NEBRASKA
Royse Issues Statement ot Con
dition ot State Banks.
Lincoln, March 27. Secretary Itoyse
of the state banking board has issued
a statement of the condition of the
tstatc banks at the close of bussiness
Feb. 15. 1913.
The report shows C98 banks, with
244,444 depositors. These depositors
have within the banks individual de
posits of $43,716,883.35, demand cer
tificates of $7,372,219.32 and time cer
tificates amounting to $33,297,824.92.
The resources of the banks amount
in full to $107,C8G,929.88, an Increase
since March 16 of $8,285,238.98. The
posltp have increased $G,232,959.C3 and
the loans and discounts $9,173,320.46.
The average reserve is 2G!i per cent.
RELIEF STATIONS CROWDED
Victims of Omaha Cyclone Found In
Need of Food and Clothing.
Omaha, March 27. Almost inde
scribable are the scenes at the relief
Motions scattered through the Omaha
cyclone zone. Tersons who Sunday
were boused in their own comfortable
homes, with nn abundance of food,
clothing and filled with the joys of
the season, are applying at the relief
stations for food, clothing of any de
scription and bedding.
Seven more of the Injured died in
hospitals. They were: Flora Cas
sell. J. D. Hogg, l.ee Nelson, Patrick
McEnro. A. C. Boyd, Omaha; J. Albert
Johnson and wife. Council Bluffs.
Nearly 100 men and one woman
took refuge :it the Auditorium last
night They were well provided with
food, clean bedding and comfortable
cots.
The Auditorium has been made a
relief base. Many donations have been
received nnd are steadily coming in.
Calls for medical aid were received
over the telephone there. Assistant
City Physician Langfcld with Drs
Golden, Inlid and Hill answered thesfl
calls. Every request for nid was
grantee! and every want satisfied.
Boy Accidentally Killed at Endicott.
Fairbury, Neb., March 27. While
four companions were examining a re
volver at Endicott the weapon was ac
cidentally discharged by Forest Davis
and the bullet entered the abdomen of
Harry Weskirchcn and inflicted an In
Jury from which be died a few hours
later. Prior to his death the unfor
tunate young man made a statement
exonerating his companion for the
shooting. Wesklrchen is nineteen
years or age and is the son of Mrs.
Ellis of Fairbury.
Norris Brown Joins Pullman Forces.
IJneolu, March 27. Former United
States Senator Norris Brown is state
attorney for the Pullman company.
Frank Ransom has resigned, but will
bo retained as consulting counsel. Mr.
Brown was appointed before leaving
Washington. Mr. Ransom has been
state attorney for the company for
liany years
Carbineers KIM Officers.
Mexico City, March 27. Great ex
citement was caused at San Angelo, a
residential town six miles southwest
of here, when carbineers In the gar
rislon revolted. In an engagement
which ensued a few mounted police
men were killed and an officer and a
number of police were wounded. On
the approach of cavalry sent from
Mexico City the rebels took to the
hills.
Cheated in Game; Boy Loses Mind.
Spokane, Wash., March 27. Be
cause he says ho was being cheated by
another boy in a game of marbles,
John P.ozlnski, aged fourteen, clinched
with his opponent, tore his own shirt
Into shreds, ripped off his undar gar
ments and when the police officer ar
rived was frothing at the mouth and
fighting desperately, a regular maniac,
io nnllro nv
FLOOD AIJD
TOLL II!
Death List in Ohio
Valley 0ver3,000.
LOSS IS 3100,000,000
People Perch on Housetops
REVISED LIST OF DEAD.
X Following are revised figures of)
Tthe dead:
Z OHIO
Dayton 2,000
Piqua 540'
T Delaware -00
Middletown 100 !
JSidney 50
f Hamilton 12
J Tippecanoe 3
Tiffin 5C,
I Fremont y
Scattering 20!.,
I
Total 3,06o$
! I ki r I A hi A urn
X INDIANA
150
Peru
X Newcastle
Lafayette
I InHlanannlia 1J
A hl-LI mi M
flUOICBVIIIg
Scattering
Tl inr
X Uldl I90
f Grand total : 3,262
Dayton, O., March 27. Flames that
destroyed eight buildings in Dayton's
submerged section last night cast a
red, weird glow over the stricken city
that added to the fears of thousands
of refugees and marooned persons and
led to apprehension that there may
have been many ot the water's prison
trs in burned buildings.
The fire in the business section Is
again burning fiedcely this morning. It
is impossible to approach closer than
a mile to the blaze.
Soon afterward notice was posted In
headquarters of the emergency com
mittee announcing that the city was
under "martial law" and several com
panies of soldiers arrived from neigh
boring Ohio cities. The soldiers were
employed to patrol edges of the burned
district and prevent further looting of
homes freed from the flood's grasp.
Rescuers worked desperately to
throw back the veil that hides the
true story of the Dayton disaster the
number of dead. The arrival of motor
boats gave hope that the northern sec
tion of the city, now cut off by the big
Miami's impassable barrier, may be
penetrated, ond then may be learned
the fate of hundreds Imprisoned by
the torrent thnt poured down from the
broken reservoir.
Find Sufferers Thought Dead.
It was reported that, a number of
dead had been found in houses at Fifth
and Eagle streets, but when rescuers
worked their way into the partially
submerged dwellings they found a
number of the flood's prisoners weak
frm fright and hunger. Already over
burdened victims of the water's wrath
were compelled to suffer again in the
smarting rain.
The fire that appeared to threaten
the business Fectlon was confined to
the block bounded by Second nnd
Third streets and Jefferson and St.
Clair streets. In the block are the
Fourth National bank, Lattimnn Drug
company, Evans Wholesale Drug com
pany nnd several commission houses.
It was impossible to get within two
I miles of the fire.
The flood came so suddenly that
food supplies were whisked away on
the torrent in almost the flash of an
eye. Skiffs skirted the edge of the
flooded district attempting to furnish
food to thope whom It was impossible
to rescue, but the fierce current re
tarded the work.
Fifteen Feet Deep In Hotel. '
The two oarsmen who braved the
current which swirled through the
business section reported that the
water at the Algonquin hotel, at the
southwest corner of Third and Ludlow
street was fifteen feet deep. From
windows in the hotels and business
buildings hundreds of the marooned
begged plteously for rescue and food.
The oarsmen said they siw no bodies
floating on the flood-tide, but that
many persons must have perished In
Ihe water's sudden rush through the
streets.
Oarsmen who worked In the out
skirts of the business section reported
that 250 persons marooned In the Ar
cade building and 200 Imprisoned In
the Young Men's Christian association
building were begging for water.
A shortage of provisions was threat
ened when It was reported many relief
trains bound to Dayton from neighbor
city el'les had been stopped by high
water. Every grocer In the city had
been "sold out." It was believed that
the relief (rains might creep In during
tho day.
Fifty thousand people are jammed
In the upper floors of their homes,
with no gas, no drinking water, no
lights, no heat and no food.
John If. Patterson of the National
25$
FLAfffi TAKI
WM CENTER
?asa Register company has 1G0 car
penters at work building boats. He,
Jimself, has saved numbers of lives.
Springfield Needs Food.
Encouragement was received in a
nessage from the- mayor of Spring
leld, who said he was sending six big
;rucks loaded with provisions thut
fhould reach I ayton today. With the
rrlval of motorboats It waa hoped
:o begin at daylight distributing pro
visions. Messages from the flood's prisoners
;n the business section said children
ere crying for milk, while their eld
ers suffered from thirst that grew
hourly. Vo'unteers were called for
ro man boats that will brave the dan
gerous currents in an attempt to get
food to the suffering.
A report that the dam above Day
ton threatened to break added to the
city's terror. If the dam breaks it
wlli pour in a volume of water that
will retard rescue work for days.
Death List it Three Thousand.
Chicago. March 27. Three thousand
perished in the deluge-swept northern
half of Ohio river valley. Probably
lialf a million people were made home
less by the floods in Indiana and Ohio
and property damage in both Btates
will be nt least JIOO.000,000.
These figures were compiled from
reports received here from various
points In the stricken district. Further
reports may increase the number of
dead and it is unlikely that any de
crease in financial loss will be . ex
pected. Fourteen Lost at Fremont.
Reports unconfirmed said that four
teen persons had lost their lives in
Fremont and fifty at Tiffin, O. It was
rumored in Indianapolis that 200 per
slons were drowned In West Indianap
olis, but this number was later re
duced to fourteen. South of Indianap
olis the flood is said to have caused
death in a number of small towns and
villages.
Fire at Dayton added to the loss
caused by the flood. Early estimates
which pluced the damage in Ohio and
Indiana at $50,000,000 were revised to
show double that amount.
Railroads are authority for the
statement that lines verging from In
dianapolis would have to stand a loss
of $25,000,000 in that city alone.
Railroads Chief Sufferers,
Railroads were the chief sufferers
from property damage. It was said
by engineers and construction bosses
preparing repair trains for the flood
districts that strips of railroad more
than half a mile long had been washed
away In several places through Indi
ana. Concrete and iron bridges, their
supports undermined, crumbled before
the strength of the torrents hurled
against them.
The loss through cessation of traffic
cannot bo estimated.
TRAIN SERVICERS CRIPPLED
Big Four, Monon, Erie and Chesapeake
and Ohio Annul Service.
Chicaeo, March 27. Train commu
nication between the east and the west
practically was severed when many
railroads annulled schedules as trains
hours late, tried In vain to force their
way through tbo flood zone in Ohio
and Indiana. The chaotic condition
caused by the high water means, It is
said, that rail trafllc will be crippled
for weeks.
The Dig Four, Monon, the Erie and
tho Chesapeake and Ohio annulled
their schedules early in the lay.
TK Pennsylvania and Ttaltiniore
and Ohio roads will endeavor to run
two trains dally between Chicago nnd
New York, using the Lake Shore nnd
Michigan Southern tracks In Ohio.
Other roads In Indiana and Ohl:
made no effort to run trains.
Hundred Fifty Dead at Columbus.
Columbus, O., March 27 At least
150 persons were drowned in Colum
bus as a result of the flooded Selotl
river, netiiding to reports from the
flooded west side of tho city. These
reports came as a result of a partial
restoration of phone communications
with tho west side. Numerous per
sons, who are considered conservative,
assert that they saw scores of bodies
float down stream and dozens of per
sons carried away In houses.
The dead: William A Sexton, pro
nation officer; Edwin D. Lanlel, Albert
Gore, mnll cnrrler; Mr. and Mrs. E. M
Hayes, Mrs. George Cook nnd baby,
Mrs. L. II. Mack and three children,
Mr. and Mrs. George Eckert and seven
children.
Tells of Torture In Prison.
Sacramento, Cal., March 27. "The
straitjacket never Is Idle at San Quen
tin," E. E. Dnncanson said to the as
sembly on prisons and reformatories
Dnncanson was released last August,
after having served two years of a lift
sentence, from which he was pardoned
by Governor Johnson. He also said
he had seen two prisoners with wrists
cut to the bone come from the mill
one of whom told him that ho had
been hung up by his handcuffed wrists
from morning until night for sixty twe
consecutive days.
Hartigan Goes to Prison.
New York, March 27. Patrolman
John J. Hurtigan, the first member ol
the New York police force convicted
in the police graft prosecutions, wus
sent to prison for two and a hall
o three and a half venrs.
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SCORES ARE
DEADJN PERU
Flood Makes Homeless Hall Pop
ulation ol Indiana City.
1 50 PERSONS MAY BE DROWNED
C'tizens Finding Lawlessness in Every
Block Above Water Organize Vigi
lance Committee, With Orders to
Shoot-7.500 Homeless.
Peru, Ind., March 27. Vivid detail!
of tho flood which devastated Peru,
killing scores of its inhabitants and
making homeless more than half of
its population were received when res.
cner8 succeeded in propelling boats
through the Inundated streets. Tho
facts established were;
Number of persons drowned esti
mated from fifty up to as high as 150,
It being Impossible to learn exactly
because many bodies are hidden In
houses still submerged; number of
persons homeless, 7,500; 250 injured
or sick survivors rescued nnd taken
to temporary hospital at Plymouth.
Winter quarters of a big circus
menagerie destroyed, about 500 valua
ble animals being drowned, Including
Hons, bears, camels, elephants, ponies,
monkeys and a rara collection of birds.
Citizens, finding lawlessness in ev
ery block of the city above water, or
ganized a vigilance committee, with
orders to shoot looters.
Several thousand persons are still
marooned in the court house, hos
pitals, factory buildings, and othe
structures because the various relief
parties sent from South Rend and oth
er places had not sufficient boats to
carry them to the nearest dry land,
three miles away; snow Is falling
heavily nnd suffering is Intense be
cause of the lack of heatine facilities.
The city had no electric light power
and no drinking water supply. The
only communication froin Peru wa
maintained over a feeble telephone
line. Much food, clothing and blank
ets already have arrived on the scene,
hut more help is needed.
The difficulty of beginning anything
like a list of dead was explained bj
the fact thnt the rescue parties de
voted the day to carrying away the
survivors who had climbed to peri!ou
positions on icy roofs, Ten men who
had remained for two days on top of
the tank nt the waterworks bernme
panic stricken at tho sight of tho first
rescue boat. Most of these men fell
into the water in attempting to jump
Into tho boat, and several rf them
were carried away by tho turbid water
rushing through the street.
Saw Twelve Bodies Floating.
Ouo man who came from the West
Peru district said he saw twelve bod
ies floating in one house.
The only person who hns been along.
Canal street, -vhcre the great loss ot
life is bellovet to have occurred, has
not returned. It Is not known whether
or not lie crossed the river, which has
Increased In width from 400 yards to
four miles.
The Identified dead are: Mrs. Rose
Whittle, Mr?. Opie Smith.
An infant is known to have drowned
and : boatman reported seeing the
bodies of a man nnd a woman, In em
brace, floating down Second street.
Clings to Ledge Nine Hours.
A boat, carrying a man from his in
undated house to safety, sprung 8
leak and the man took refuge on the
ledge of a building, where he remained
for nine hours before relief enme.
Three women who climbed down
fire escape capsized a boat and fell In
to four fct of water. Again they werfl
rescued and tirken to tho court house
A man was taken half frozen front
a tree, where ho had been perched
most of the night.
Carl Chapman rescued two women
from the second story of a cottage,
where they had stood in water up to
their knees for hours. A woman and
her daughter were taken from the
front of their home on Third street,
where they had been for thirty-six
hours. The child had the mumps nnd
may die from exposure.
The property damage in Peru will
total $3,000,000. Five bridges torn out
cost half that sum.
V. J. Pnrkhurst, road master of the
Lake Erie and Western, and family
ore believed to have floated down the
river In their residence, which was on
River street.
INVESTIGATES SALE OF STOCK
Grand Jury Probes Complaints Agalnn
Independent Harvester Company.
Chicago, March 27. The federal
grand Jury resumed un investigation
of tho Independent Harvester com
pany of Piano, 111., a $10,000,000 cor
poration manufacturing harvesting lm
plements The Inquiry follows com
plaints charging a stock swindle by
tho use ot the malls. A number of
witnesses have been subpoenaed be
fore the grand jury. Stock to the ex
tent of $'1,000,000 has been sold
throughout the country, although It is
charged that tho assets of the corpor
ttlon do not exceed $500,000.
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