ME KED CLOUD CHIEF.
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A. C. HOSMER, Publisher.
IRKD CLOUD.
KEItRASKA.
OUnRErTcOMMENT.
A woman nt the opera in New York
wore iv nccUluco of 3 anil 110 gold
pieces.
Miss CoxaTAMcn. LoupE enn rido ns
well us lu'r'ISjher, H6n. Henry Cnliot
lodge, but 'fV$ )l)ttle reckless In thu
saddle. WV.
Skxatoii CilArifcf.fcn'riv two nieces, Miss
Alice mill MHfKiUv Chandler, nfo two
lircttv glrln.wlAMea good deal tind
i.i ii Al i
rido well.
t i .
An EsqulnvuiJ.vningo, Inhabited by
from fifty to soVenly'-flve natives of thu
liwen regions, will bo ono of the sights
at the wbrl(TM exposition.
IN tho Australian forests nro mild to
lie trncfOlMiiiW i hundreds of miles
In extent whero no. other tree than tlie
Imnrl pM'tatfttlfouwI.
TiAif WKN HWif irontnlCliiM. Is tho only
American woman who has ever been
honored by tho queen of England with
tho Order of tho Crown of India.
Mm. Mkm:ii Nkwto.v has tho reputa
tion of being ono of the few women who
would never consent to havo a photo
graph taken or n portrait pnlnted.
Miss HoAitr., who spent an immense
fortune in tho cause of education in
Calcutta, and for fifteen years lived,
among tho villager, has Just died.
Mr.ntcAT. journals say tho youi
vclopcd physically than tho ynufcff(j6
women of 100, or even or wty, years a,
I t.nr, u',,rT tr.itn.iviiii. n ?uM
iilirta Vl.tni, ... w. ...... ...v, ., . f
proud of her skill ns a hunter. Some
time slnco sho shot fourteen email, four,
rabbits, and accidentally blew off .tho'!
end of her dog's tall. ,
C WiNTintoi', tho oldest ex-spCnkcr
cf congress, celebrated his 83rfi blrtK-
iluy tho other day. Ho enjowi tho dls-'
tlnctlon of having knowiiftiersonnlly
every president except WuaiilJIgton and
Jcflerson. g I
law in-
rnine for
TllK new Mexican ml
poses ft quota of $10 on:
title besides an annual'
of (00 for
every 1,000 square meters
ace. It
is oulculatcd that there
W 3,000
mines in operation.
Tiik French minister o
WjSTOcntly
r
issued an order that ev
every man in tho Frencl
;mu'cr tuici
should,
on his
when on actlvo service,!
person material for a 11
i;AWug in
cuso of his being wounde
r
llAimv Paul, nn In
ii young
Ocnnnn miner of Plymoi
worlc-
ing for ono dollar per da;
yecclved
news of tho doath of his
rin Po
pen, Germany, by which tl
ng man
falls heir to M0.O00. He
awuy from
linino to this countrv six V
ago, no
V 111 return to Germany nt opk
Tun mngniQzcnt gold tea sjjrvjca ifp
noiiUnl bv tho czar and czarina of Itus-
rift to Capt. John Findluy, master of tho
Atlantic transport .'Missouri, aosTfr or
relief supplies to Russia, hasbecri in
turn presented by Capt Findluy to thu
Atlantic Trnnsport Lino corporation.
Capt. Findlay holds ttetetha Uutifil
tea scrvlco was prcsenMTurhliu as tho
representative of thu (fijfiany. '
PnoK. AVii.i.iam McABjA5 mado a trip
up tho Illinois river ilftareh of relics
ior the world's fair giktrical exhibit
Ho reports having uiawfa valuable find.
it Is n prolustorlo s
(ruin on tho
top of tho highest hll
lhoun coun-
ty. Tho hill Is 337 fci
nh Mia-
fdsslppl, and on tho su
U'aWm of
atona slabs. Tho sin'
k ' MBUVMWI
and disclosed n number oT kelekeas, all
of which werojulnus tho skulL" ' ''A tho
akull is tho lust part of tlto nlunan body
to decay it is evident thirt' thT pcrspns
whom these relics boar wUuum of Wcro
beheaded. Ilelow was UjMoOr of slabs,
which covered a vault In'thU was tho
skeleton of u man of largo stature, and
about wcro relics of coppetVpcarl and
atone
Paraguay has 4:10,000 people in her
01,070 square miles of territory. Largo
numbers of uncolonlzcd Indians nro not
counted. Tho country Is rich In vegeta
tion, but only 100,000 acres uro under
cultivation. Among tho notable prod
ucts nro algaroba aud quebracho for
tanning, and algorulHilla, Indigo and
snnotto for dying, lhero is an abund
ance of resins, copul, gum elastic, drug
plants, balsams. Resides cotton, Para
fruuy produces textllo and fibrous plants
like ramie, jntemnd'palm. Tho foreign
trade is about, W.OOO.OOO a year, but the
UnltedStato reUvcryllttlo of it Thc
principal .rpomknro tobacco, hides,
lumber and oranges, IJaraguuy ban no
BCft port Her nrmlvicts go out by the
Parugaay l&A Tirana fivers.
Woukh nowtWndYVonHtructlon will,
within tho next two years, udil over 2,
600,000 nci-cs to tho California lund ro
dnlnn,slfby irrigation. 1 Rankers and
capitalists in that state uro beginning
to bo Impressed, with.Utii nipld dovelop
snent of irrigation. In order to havo a
basis for tho oiitde)r4llon of irrigation
Kocurltics they'nro engaged In promot
ing what mlgkt-ba calkdan trvlaUon
urvey of Oulfornia. They havO em
ployed irrigation engineer aud .irriga
tion lawyers to mako n tltorough in
vestigation and report on tho physical,,-
engineering, icgai nmi uusiness teaiurea
of irrigation. These tpcrta uro'eom
xnisbioned to report, cold-bloodedly,
upon what irrigation accomplishes, upi
on tho possible water supply, upon tho
cost of work
water e
tructoTOfd
Bcntlment and Hh tendencies In tho
various dlstriots. Tho commission ian
bromlonWif) Illustrated tho growing
importance tfIU 'irVlgatlon questlon
as cll as the growing interest of capi-
41 In f lipiin auestion"
ibl
W .
anion tuo legal status of
VntMm P irrigation "eon
rlghti of wnj , and upon local
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Olonnod Dy Tolograph and Mai).
rCIMOXAL ANI 1'OtITICAf-
Gov. 1'ostkii, of Louisiana, was In
augurated with tho regular ceremonies.
Ills Imugural address was full of hopo
and promise and concludes ns follows:
"As governor of thu state, I plcdgo Its
people to do till In my power to Insure u
reign of pence, contentment und huppl
ness." IIajion I'ava, tho Itallnn minister,
called at tho state department recently.
Tliero wcro no formalities whatever,
llaron I-'ava merely informed tho secre
tary of tho resumption of his diplomatic
functions as though nothing had oc
curred to interrupt them, llaron Fnvn
also resumed his place as dean of tho
diplomatic corps.
Qr.s. .T. II. (loitnoN, president of tho
United Confederate veterans, has ap
pointed n committee of fifteen, one from
each of tho southern states, to present
a memorial and petition before tho leg
islature of thono stales, asking them to
voto n llfo pension to tho widow of
Jefferson Davis. Joseph W. Mercer, of
Kansas City, is tho Missouri representa
tive. TLTiik territorial democratic conven
tion, of Arizona, has elected the follow
ing delegates to Chicago: A. T. Jiuitcr,
l'hamlxi L. ft Hughes, Tucson; W. J.
Xugentr Yuma; A. O. Oliver, Prcscott;
Henry" T. Smith, Apache, and E. E.
EUIngw'ood; Flagstaff. Tho conven
tion recomrnended Mnreus A. Smith ns
doloirate to contrress and indorsed
(difecf Cleveland.
j'fTimn is a decided difference of opin-
K.?SB
wccb cMurrcssmcn us to tho time
of '6lomjiij tho' .present session of con
V ,4 ,V
.denWatlt to tho Chicago coriven-
tlon!,MIon.t,TJh6mns ,V. liayard, Hiram
K. Uftic.vOov. Keynolda, Illuhnrd R.
Xcnncy, John W. Cursey, und Willtum
; i.
K deatn is announced of Gen.
Oeojrg(s Klapka, a contemporary of Louis
Koasuth.
,ir'TKBAbody'of tho Into Senator Harbour,
of Virginia, was taken to Poplar mil,
Md., and buried t)csido that of his wife.
Camfoknia nnd Georgia democratic
conventions havo elected delegates
favorable to Clcvclund.
Da. D. II. Moom: 1ms been elected
editor of the Northwestern Christian
Advocate and Dr. Iiuckley of tho New
York Christian Advocate.
At tho queen's drawing room, held at
'Windsor, Mrs. Minister Lincoln presunt
cd Mrs. Orubb, wife of tho American
minister to .Spain; Mrs. Potter Palmer,
of tho world's fair, and Mrs. Warner
Miller, of New Yorlft
A. II. IIUMt'iiiiKT, secretary of the
National leaguo of republican clubs,
hus written State Scorctary Randolph,
of Pittsburgh, Pa., that tho place of
holding tho next annual convention
will probably bo changed from Ruffalo
to New York, and tho dato changed
from two weeks after. tho. Minneapolis
convention to tho last week of August
President Clarkson's idea in making
the change is to mako tho convention
tho opening gun of tho presidential
campaign. .
Joim T. Lkvv, of Norman, and
Joseph Hnsklns, of Kingfisher, are tho
delegates from Oklahoma to tho Chica
go convention. They are unlnstructcd,
Tiik Ocaln platform was adopted by
the houtn Carol lua democrats.
Tub North Carolina democratic con
vention nominated for lieutenant-governor,
R. A. Daughton, speaker of the
last assembly, and for secretary of
Btatc, Octftvlo Coke, tho incumbent
Ci.Evr.LAXD nnd anti-Cleveland dele
gates wore elected by tho Virginia
democrats.
It is learned nt the department of
state that tho American personnel of
tho Bearing sea arbitration has been
fully deckled on. As heretofore an
nounced, tho arbitrators on the part of
tho United States are Justice Harlan
and Senator John T. Morgan. Ex-Minister
John W. Foster is tho agent of tho
United States. The counsel of tho
United States consist of cx-Mlnlstcr
Phelps, James C. Carter, of New York,
and Judge Henry Rlodgett, of Chicago.
Ry the terms of tho treaty tho case of
each government is to bo submitted by
September 7, tho counter cose by De
cember 4 und the printed argument by
counsel by January 7, at which last date
tho board of arbitration will hold its
meetings in Paris.
MIBCKIXANEOUS.
Five persons are reported to havo
been killed by a cyclono in Turkey val
ley, (ireor county, Tex. Hardly a poi
son In the viilluy escaped without in
jury of some kind.
An Irish jury has decided that M ichael
Davitt'ri character has been damaged to
thu extent of '.!0.
A. R. Autiiky, hia wlfo und child,
wcro throw n from u buggy In a run
away ut Add, (la., aud instantly killed.
Tiik pope recommends tho formation
of a natlnnul uulpn by American bishops
in opposition to Ilerr Cuhensly'a project
to appoint bishops for different nation-
ulltletij '
Tar. Floyd river at Sioux City, la,,
roso four feet In nn hour tho other day
nnd overflowed one-third of tho city.
Twenty-flvo persons, it is reported, havo
lost thoir lives.
At llcnlson, Tox., botween U p. in.
nnd :t::i0 a. m. an unknown assassin stmt
nnd killed four women, two of them
lenders of local society nnd two of them
Inmates of disreputable houses.
A eTAir.ML.NT was published in Wall
street and continued by Atchison au
thorities in New York that tho Atchison
company contemplate tho issue of a pur
jinanent fund to provide for betterments
and improvements, and formal action
muy bo taken In this direction nt thu
ncxVllreetors,' mooting.
Hy" un earthquake' in Trans Caucasia,
Russju, twenty-seven persons lost their
lives 4 ,
A JtiNKit named Walker and a Mexi
can were tired upon from ambush nei.r
3illcr'H ranch, Arizoua. 'Die men es
caped, but found their cabin had been
looted by four Indians. Tho outrage- is
supposed to bo the work of the rene
gade Kid.
I - '
At Clnrksvillc, Gn., a mob of 200 men
broke into jail and took therefrom thrco
MCgroes charged with tho murder of
Night Policeman Carter nt Tcccayand
hanged them all. Tho negroes probat
ed Innoconee.
Tun damage by tho flood nt' Sldux
City, In., Is placed at over I l.OOo'.too.
In previous years tho Quclwe govern
ment has given pn annual sum of .00,
000 to charities of tho province. Tho
DcRouchcrvillo administration has cut
tills item to 135(5,000 and notified tho in
stitutions that the subsidies will not bo
continued until such time as the reve
nue comes up to tho expenditure.
Infohmation from Guaymns, Mexico,
is to the effect that an unknown plnguo
has been killing off cattle along tho
border, especially on tho Ellas range.
Tho disease consisted of n swelling of
tho head of tho animals In nn extraor
dinary manner, which was succeeded
by general trembling or chill, nnd n
short time after by death. Tho snmo
complaint Is mado from Arizona cattle
men on this side of tho line.
Wir.MAM Knioiit, who murdered
Mike Shea, a section loss on tho- IjohIs
villo, New Orleans & Texas railroad, at
Anguillu, on December 0, suffered t,ho
death penalty at Rolling Furm, Miss.,
for his crimo tho other day.
Tiik Egyptian lovee, which protects a
vast area of Iwttom lands flvo miles be
low Keokuk, Iown, broke recently. Tho
waters of tho Des Moines river Hooded
tho entire district, Tito high wind pre
vailing did inestimable damage. Tho
whole town of Alexandria was com
pletely submerged All trains on tho
Keokuk & Western nnd St Louis, Keo
kuk & Northwestern railroads bouth of
that point were nbandoned,
A TOHNAno'bf llcrco vlolcnco nnsscd
over tho northwestern part of Hamilton
county, unio, plowing a nirrow 01 de
struction nearly thrco miles in length.
Thk flood iaiho Arkansas river was
n very disastrous ono nt Clnrksvillc,
Ark. Two Germans who resided on tho
opposite sldo oftho river were drowned
while attempting to cioss tho river, und
thrco children W re drowned nt a point
a few miles above Clnrksvillc.
Thousands of acres of wheat lands in
tho Mississippi bottoms of Union nnd
Alexander counties, "111., were flooded
by the overflow of the .river. Farmers
fled to tho hills and ttie merchants at
tho river landings removed merchandise
from their stores in sklffaWl'licro was
much suffering and tho loss of property
was great -
AnvicKS received from Mauritius stn to
that a hurricane, unprecedented in its
violence, passed over Hhat island on
April 2U, causing cnormdus-dnmage to
shipping. A majority of the 'vessels nt
the island were blown ashore. Tho
western half of Port Louis, tho capital,
was devastated. Houses vero blown
down, gigantic trees were uprooted and
that part of tho town was about wiped
out of existence. Tho' loss of life was
appalling. A largo number1 of persons
were caught in the falling houses and
crushed to death, while others lost their
lives by being struck by flying debris
wnuo inoy wcro aiicmpung to buck
places of safety. '
A sad accident, in which a man lost
his llfo in n vain uttempt to rescuo n
child from n moving train, occurred the '
other day nt Elyrlu, u suburb of Denver,
Little four-year-old'? Ania Sophafo at
tempted to cross before a rapidly-run'
nlng passenger train,' and V. O. Hum-
aApfc fc aA iaY h afeaB! 1 iwitiH aal '
iiuiu, luiuuiuuui vk bvvaia;., iiuiu, ci;ill
her danger sprang UV front of the cn
glno to rchcue her. "Ve hud just reached
out his bunds to grasp the child'when
tho englno struck them both, crushing I
them horribly. Tho little girl died In-
stantly, whilo Rurnhnm lingered for a
short timo after the accident
ADDITIONAL DISVAIOWCS.
Tiik president issued a proclamation
announcing tho reciprocity agreement
with Uuutemala.
Tiik president sent to tho senate tho
nomination of Nathan A. Morford, of
Arizoua, to Iw secretary of Arizona.
KmvAitn r.utKKn Ukacon, the Ameri
can charged with manslaughter for tho
Killing or ii. Abellle, whom no found
in his wife's rooms at midnight, was
convicted tho other day at Nice? France,
of manslaughter and;1 sentenced to ono
year's imprisonment
Ik tho senate on tho 20th tho river
and harbor bill, with some amendments
of small importance, was passed. In
tho house no business of general inter
est wus acted upon.
FnoM all portions of tho country
como reports of n confident spirit in re
gard to trade, notwithstanding tho
floods in tho west. There are no uppre
henslons of deficient crops.
Sn.VAToit Hill delivered an oration at
Charlotte, N. C, on thu occasion of thu
117th anniversary of the signing of tho
Mecklenburg declaration of independ
ence.
O u ati:m ai.a l eports a terrible drought,
n scarcity of provisions, a small-pox epi
demic and a bad outlook for the crops.
Count Tki.kki, tho Hungarian refu
gee, who was prominently concerned In
revolutionary movements In Spain, Aus
tria nnd Italy, is dead.
Tiik State Medical society, of Penn
sylvania, has Indorsed tho movement to
orguniu n national board of health,
with a cabinet ofllccr at tho head. A
resolution was adopted providing for tho
appointment ot ten delegates from the
stutu and live each from thu county so
cieties to thu Pan-American congress.
It Is stated that at the HrRlsh cabinet
conncll the ministers decided to dissolve
parliament on Juno 'iO. ,
Tiik New Knglund tariff reform
league, ut its annual dinner, Indorsed
tlrovcr Cleveland.
Louis Numi-.i. Hahaonon, the well-
known advocate and member ot 'thu
French senate, is dead.
A viuk at Oswego, N. Y destroyed
property valued at several hundred
thousand dollars.
Pr.NTWATinx, Mich., Odd Fellows uro
trying to solvw the mystery of the. death
of llcnjamln Moore,
CiiAiitMAN DocKttar, of tho world's
fair investigation committee of thu com
mittee on upprlutions, has submitted to
the. full committee tlio report agreed
upon by himself und his associates. The
report recommends that tho depart
ment ot foreign affairs bo abolished and
itadutlcs dtsi'huri.'cd under the uusnlccs
f of tho director general.
NEJJRAJpyL STATE NEWS.
K)N tho 8th snow fell to tho 'depth of
aRlccu Inches at Rushvillc. ,
V' William Lkwib, of Eudcll, Custer
county, will plant fifty acres of sorghum
cane this season.
Tub pastor of tho Adventlst church
near Palisade whs recently killed by
being thrown out of his vehicle during
a rutin way.
Dtniisn tho late freshet tho flood at
Lincoln was pronounced by "tho oldest
inhabitant" to bo tho greatest that had
been witnessed for twenty-thrco years.
Tub entertainment committee of tho
Nebraska State Pharmaceutical associa
tion has completed tho programme for
tho entertainment of tho druggists and
visitors who will attend tho annual
meeting to bo hold" at Grand Island
June 7, 8 nnd 0.
Wai.tkii Hamilton was killed somo
fifteen miles south of Haynnls the other
day whilo digging for wolves. Hamil
ton had dug a trench ten feet under
ground In order to reach tho wolves,
when the earth caved in upon him. He
leaves a widowed motherat Hartley.
Hut twice in tho history of Lincoln
has tho water In the Salt creek bottoms
'reached so"hlgh n mark ns it did during
the Into freshet In 8i5 tho water rose
high enough to reach Eighth street,
cast of the It. it M. tracks. In that
year a boy was drowned in the street
Gov. Hoyi) lias extended exccutlvo
clemency to John N. Campion, who was
convicted of embezzlement at Omnhn
and sentenced to the penitentiary for
three yfnrs. Campion owcj his good
fortune to his wife's fidelity. Sho lias
spared no effort from tho time ho was
convicted until his release was secured.
The petition for purdsn was signed by
several federal ofllcors nnd recommend
ed by other prominent attorneys and
citizens.
Floua. AunnKV, a notorious Omaha
woman, shot herself tho other day hoon
after being arrested and died Immedi
ately. In her time she had dono many
daring nuts, und In her younger days in
tho west was one of tho smoothest ad
venturers known In criminal circles.
In the early days of Cheyenne sho went
there nnd in n saloon fight ono night
killed u man, for which crime she
served eight years in tho penitentiary.
After her timo was out sho returned to
Omaha and had been a terror to tho po
lice ever since.
Auou8TU9 KouNTzn, who recently
died in New York, in Ills will left to his
brother Hermann, as trustee, tho
"Kountze addition to tho city of Omaha,
reserve block," containing thirty lots,
nnd (30,000 in cash, which is to be given
to tho general synod of tho Lutheran
church of tho United States for the pur
pose of founding n theological seminary
on the ground. Thu synod is required
to have collected nnd deposited In tho
National bank of Omaha by July 1,
1802, eii'.0,000, of which not loss than
171,000 nor mora than 930,000 shall be
Bet apart for the erection of a seminary.
Tiik arrangements for tho coming sil
ver celebration nt Lincoln of tho twenty
fifth anniversary of Nebraska's admis
sion into the union are nearly perfected
One of the features will be an industrial
P"rudc, which will be tlio llnest ever
witnessed in tuo state, u no organi-sa
tlon and representation of the sons and
daughters of Nebraska that were born
in tho statu will bo one of the special
features of tho celebration. Tho re
union of tho members of tho special ses
sion of tlio legislature of 18(17 will also
boa feature. Tho silver anniversary
oration will bo delivered by Hon. O. 31.
mmuortson on tnu morningoi inonuui
Myhon Piiatt, engineer ut the post
olllcc building in Lincoln, n man of 53
years, shot and instantly killed Mrs.
Margaret II. Perry, tv comely matron of
A'i, tlio other night. Tho shooting took
plnco in thu heart of tlio residence part
of tho city aud almost on tho doorstep
of tho woman's home. Tlio only known
motive for the affair was found in the
storv of Pratt, who claimed that for
two years his victim had been extorting
money from him by n system of black
mailing. Tho two are known to havo
been vory friendly at ono time and the
intimacy caused n sopavation of Pratt
and his wife. Mrs. Porry leaves two
grown daughters nnd a son of 14.
C. H. Tonckay was arrested at Fre
mont the other evening, on complaint
of Ira Nlckerson, charged with obtain
ing money under false pretenses. This
is tho outcome of n series of alleged de
falcations nnd crookedness of Toncray,
who for suver.il years was ono of Fre
mont's most respected business men and
who more than a year ago was accused
of nsslstlng to wreck tho Nebraska
Mortgage &. Investment Co., which had
a capital of fJ.'iO.OOO, ami of which ho
was manager. Tho charge in this caso
was that Toncray had collected monoy
from Nlckerson on a mortgage, given a
warrantee deed and failed to pay the
monuy over to the parties holding the
claim. Hu was arrested in Chicago.
Tin: people's party national exccutlvo
committcu met nt Omaha on tho l'-Hh
wltn tho local exccutlvo committee to
discuss In detail somo of tho arrange
ments to bu mado for tho convention to
bo hold July 4. Ignxtlus Donnelly, of
Minnesota; II. 13 Taubaneck, of Illi
nois; Robert Schilling, ot Wisconsin,
and .Mr. Washburn, of Massachusetts,
wcro present. Thu question of admis
sion to tho convention hall was dis-
cussod, and it wus decided to Issue
tickets. Mr. Schilling thought that
would raise a terrlblo howl against the
committee nnd lie didn't want it that
way, but it was stated that 20,000 peo
ple would bo there clamoring for ad
mission,1 und only 1,000 could get in.
Hammik Edokkton is tho name of a
twelve-year-old Teketnnh terror who
has just been brought to grief. Samtnlo
formed tho habit of carrying a revolver,
and when ho wanted to scare anybody
ho usually "nulled Ills gun." Ho tried
it the other day on tlio wrong po.V and
was arrested, tried and sentenced to tho
Kearney reform school '
Moxiiok expects to Imom with a now
bank, n lumber yard, an elevator and a
pontoon bridge across tho Loup river.
William WALKKiinnd Hen Jones were
recently urretrted nt Crawford on u. tele
gram from Wyoming. They are impor
tant witnesses in tho cuttle cases and
wcro attempting to leuvo tho country.
WOEFUL WATERS.
Foarful Destruction By a Suddon
Flood at Sioux City.
d
At T.rant Twrntyllvo People Reported
Ilrcwnml Uy n Huildcti Itlm In Floyd
ItWcr-tlrcnt Lou of Stock und
Other Property.
I s
Sioux Citv, In., May 10. A great Howl
disaster lias overtaken Sioux City. Yes
terday morning n great wave camo down
the Floyd river which Hows through tho
center of tho city und which was already
swollen bank full.
The wave camo a few minutes after 7
o'clock. Warning had been given but
a short time before to the Inhabitants
Of tho low lands, but only a few of them
had been notified. The first Intimation
was a volume of water spreading over
the bank to tho depth of three feet and
throwing n mist of foam boioro It In
a few minutes the water had risen uDovo
tho first floors nnd several thousand
people fled In terror to tho higher
ground. At least twenty-flvo peoplo
drowned.
The water rose four feet in tin hour
and u half, and from t) o'clock continued
to rise steadily, but not so rapidly.
Probably one-third of thu inhabitants
of tho city live on thu low ground which
is overflowed. So rapid was the rise of
thu tide that great numbers were un
ublo to escape ami tho wofk of rescuo
engaged every energy of the peoplo.
Tho only names of the dead so far
asccrtilncd nro: Nelliu West, child;
Mrs. Louise Horner and two children;
Frank Henderson, wifunud child; two
boatmen, unknown; A. P. McClearat;
an unknown Scandinavian Mrs. Peter
Rasmtssen and two children; two un
known men near Fourth stivot, near
Fairmont bridge; unknown man at
Sioux City & Northern yards.
At 10 o'clock thu flro alarm was
sounded to call out more workers. All
the boats from tho boat houses on the ;
W 4 w Mft a KM thM. 1iUj4,..a1. A lMlBaal
Sioux river wcro brought in nnd used
to save life und property.
The Missouri river Is lilgh nnd when
tho flood in tho Floyd river struck it
the water dntnmed up and rushed over
tho ndjacent low grounds. The stock
yards and packing houses are situated
ut the confluence of tho two rivers and
they were instantly inundated. About
2,000 head of live stock were drowned.
Many hundreds of dead stock liavo also
been floating down tho Floyd river.
The round houses of tho Chicago, St
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha uro dam
aged to tho extent of $40,000. That
road, tho Illinois Central and Sioux City
t Northern enter tho city by tho Floyd
vnllcy und nil are stopped. Not u train
left Sioux City yesterday.
It is estimated that 8,000 people havo
been driven from their homes. All bus
iness is suspended.
The water is slowly receding. A citi
zens' meeting ut the courthouse organ
ized to provide several tliousund people
with shelter. The damage to property
will reach ei.500,000. 'Tho loss of tho
Sioux City &. Northern railroad will ex
ceed $200,000. M lies of cedar block pav
ing hnvo been washed out
The Urst warning of the approach of
the flood given the stockyards company
was a telephone message warning thein
to prepare for high water and' suiting
that the Seventh street bridge hnd
gono out Tho whole available force of
tho yards, nnd also bystanders' who
could be induced to assist, were nt ouco
put to work In un endeavor to get nil
stock out of thu yards.
A long train of empties wcro sent
down to tho chutes, but beforu tho cars
could bo loaded and pulled, tho rush of
water came and put out tlio llros in tho
engines, und they wero compelled to
stay. The attendant!) und yardmen
who had not time toesenpe were perched
on tho roofs of cars waiting to bo
rescued or for tlio subsidence of the
flood. .
Tlio rush of water was so great that n
number of commission men nnd their
employes could not escape. Tliey took
refuge in tho third story of the Ex
change baildlng, while tho water had
risen to within an inch ot tlie.flrst
floor. '
The scene nt the yards is almost inde
scribable. Tho i rush of water came
down across tlio bottoms ns tlio over
flow of the river nt first flowed out on
the east banks. At 10:110 solid blocks of
hoc nens were seen swavlnir with tho
motion of tlio wind and waVcs'and infa'
short tiaio thov bejnin 'moving down
stream. The new division started' Jlrsi
and almost the whole bjocu stnrtM onT
down streot, and tho report otthu rend;,
inir und! brenkinir of ) timbers Rounded'
nlmost like Uie.Bharnici-uek.of WuniSk,,
At 11 o'clock there was not a sign of 5"
hog yard left Tlio large corn cribs con
taining several thousand bushels of
corn wcro also carried awuy. Sculo
houses and nil , buildings were taken
with tho flood. Tho cattlo yards uttho
timo mentioned ubovo wero mostly in
tnct, but tho south portion wits flouting
with tho evident possibility that It
would soon follow the hog pens ,aud
sheds.
Mlnnruiinllit Convvntlnn Hull.
MiNNKAi'OLis, Minn., May ltr. It has
been dellnltely decided tl;ut,aoy. Mc-
Klnloy will deliver the formal opening
address at tho dedication of tho big
convention hall on tho night before, tlio
opening of the republican national con
vention. Chauncey M. Dcpow, or H-mo
other prominent person will alsodellver
an address. Tho rest 6t tho programmo
will bo muslcnL There will bo u great
chorus, of 1.BO0 voices In patriotic songs
uud somo soloists of noto.
Tlin Heooncl Day's tieulon.
Kanhab Citv, Knn., May 10. The at
tendance of the second day ot the Kan
sas Pharmaceutical nssociutjon was
much larger than, that of yesterday.
This morning's sesslou was duvoted
largely to the discussion of tho sale pf
patent medicines, but no action was
taken In tho matter, it being referred
to tho committee on publication. Tho
placo for holding tho next convention
will probably bo decldea upon this
afternoon. Tho principal part ot tho
morning session was tho election of otil
cers.
For Mtnnenpolls
Tnhe tlo UURLIKQTON ROUTU from ,
fit. Loiil, Kniiins City, 8t. Joseph, Hnnnl
lal. KcokulQ Peoria, Chicago and all UUlt
LlNOTpK KOUTR points.
. SpocUI trains will he run from nil Inipor.
tnnl points for the occotnmodntlon of nil
who desire to attend tho National Repub
lican Convontlon st MltuienpolK Juno 7th.
ONHKARE FOR TIIE'ROUXD TRIP.
Ticket 6n salo Juno !M to 0th, good to ro
turn until .Tuna Mtti.
Thkr will nfTq-'l an exccllont opportunity
o visit Minneapolis, St. Paul, and to spend
some timo nnildst tlio fatnou sutuuiur re
sort in MlunoscU.
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Tint crooltcdar a tuna can tnalto other peo
ple look the Btrulghtcr ho tulnlss ho Is tilui
self.
Wrecked Amla tho rtreakcrs.
Mnny n pod ship by bad seamanship -strikes,
sinks nnd goes ilow 11. So ninny a .
strong constitution nnd lino physique are
wrooitcd nau bccoino a total loss tin ougli
ncpleot of tho proinnnltlous of Kldnov
trouble easily t emwliiibU at tho ontsot with.
Iiostottcr's Stomach Dltteis. Tlio iiniiottis.
given to hioctlvo UIuiiojb nnd bladder by
tlio Hitters, never prudiu cs li 1 It itlon ns nn
medicated stitnulatits do, nnd pruventa dis
ease Tuko tho Hitters in rlioumntlsm, dys
pepsia, cuiisticailou, uialurlj, la grippe.
.'
What Is dono cannot bo undone cno
clnlly ir it Is a hard-boiled egg. Texas 81ft-liigs.
QJTlOPYftlwiriBM Jl
Can bo counted on..
to cure Catarrh Dr. Sago's Catarrh
Remedy. It's nothing new. For"
123 years it has been doing that very
tiling. It gives prompt nnd com
plete relief but you want moro
than that. And vou gut it, with
this Komcdy thero'n a euro that
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is pcrleet nntl permanent. Tho
worst chronio case?, no matter of
how long standing, yield to its--mild,
soothing, cleansing nnd heal
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U'cuh but n few applications. Ca
anhal Headache, nnd all tho
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arc nt ouco relieved and cured.
You can count on something clse
too $500 in cash.
You can count on it, but it's,
moro than doubtful whether you
earn it.
Tho proprietors of Dr. Sago's
Rcmody, in good faith, offer that
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Catarrh. Don't think that you
liavo one, thoucli.
They'll
pay you, if they can't
That'a certain.
euro you.
But they can euro you. That's-
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Can you ask moro? v
August
Flower"
Eight doctors treated mc for Heart
Disease aud one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. I could not
speak aloud. Everything that I took
into the Stomrcli distressed me. I
could not sleep. I had taken alt
kinds of medicines. ' Through a
neighbor I got one of your books.
I procured a bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower nnd took it. I am to-day-stout,
hearty and strong nnd enjoy
thebest of health. August Flower
saved my life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sarah J Cox, Defiance, O.
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