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VOL. VI—NO. 2!). CIIAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1891.

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XEJIKASKA CITY, Xeb.. Juue 27.—The heaviest rain here for twenty years fell Friday afternoon. Central avenue was in a few moments transferred into a madly rushiug river and nearly every cellar on that street was flooded. The damage to th«» Watson hotel alone will reach -5'J,0 )0. nr. 1« :her losses are heavy. Reports from the surrounding country say small grain is badly damaged.

STOP,MS I ONTIM'I IN loWA. WATKHLO... la., June •?.—The floods at Cherokee abated enough to enable many of the occupants of the houses in the flooded districts to gain entrance to thein. but the waters are now rising. The scenes of destruction are appalling. Fifty houses were wholly swept away. Borne of them were dashed together and mingled in a common wreck. In places substantial buildings were **rept awtr- while frail buildings on the same lots escaped. In the buildings which escaped the wreck the furniture was found destroyed audr everything covered with a black sediment of mud. The people who are sufferers by the flood are the poorer class and laborers, and many of them are left in destitute circumstances.

Three hundred people are now being fed by the relief committee and a large amount of clnthimr has also been furnished. Friday afternoon a telegram was received from Cherokee stating that outside aid will have to be furnished or many poor people will suffer. The damage at Cherokee is estimated at over CMUU.UOU.

An engineer living in this eitv. who has been at the scene of the trouble since last Wednesday, returned Friday morning. He left Fort Dodge Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock, reached Aurelia at lu o'clock, and it took from that time to (3 o'clock in the evening to run miles. The worst of the storm was between and 10:rt0. and during that time rain fell in torrents and the train had to be stopped several times until the storm slackened. During that time the rivet* at Cherokee rose nearly feet.

From Storm Lake to Cherokee the country had tlie appearance of one vast lake, and not a bridge on any of the country roads can be seen. Large numbers of houses have floated down the river at Cherokee and many animals have been seen floating past. Many of them were apparently alive and struggling to reach the shore, but the force of the current was too much. The main line of the* Illinois Central is in pretty fair shape as far west as Aurelia. At Cherokee Hill, however, there is a washout 200 feet long, and from Cherokee to Meriden. a distance of miles, the track is washed so badly that trains cannot be run over it. A gravel train was caught in the sandpit at Cherokee and two-third* of the train is entirely covered with sand, and only

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Kn.u:r». i'.i. .Inn.? :i7.—The ompany's breaker loa village miles was des* roved bv a nuion and the folere killed: .1. X. Hlos.1. IMMUIV pndsou,

Motr.vr /.KM :.. PattciV-uU (.II.I VJI cat«.*d at Xa.ul.i,1. nurth «jf this y. i.'\ cluno Krida 'r.i't lowing- {vrsons w. sum. Iiawl.'v, Pa.: Shii.-kNhinn v, Pa. Luzi rn«fburonyh. Luzerne burouyh. stranger^.

Pii-hafd Kuborts, Pa.: William I^»nl^e, i'a. two unknowu

Lodir»'. Huberts and the two unknown men were si iter^ ami were oti^aged iu roofing the -aJa-f at the time of tlie uucident. Th** other two killed were curpenters a:i met their death while ttt work on tlie interior of the breaker. Shortly after noon the sky in the north became bluck and the darkness, grew in intensity. The men perehed on their high tower guzed on the advancing .storm, expecting to descend in time to avoid the rain. Suddenly a terrible witiJ-gust gathered up the mighty structure as though it were a feather, and, whirling it around, dashed it to ruin. The men were mauglcd almost beyond recognition.

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OMAHA, .Neb., June -J7.-A perfect for aid and has asked th deluge of rasn has fallen throughout for tents in whi Nebraska, since midnight Thursday the flood has continued incessantly. Railroad traffic is entirely suspended in the state. There were no trains in or out of Omaha for the west Friday night. In many places in the state the tracks are under water for miles, rendering trafiic entirely impossible. The MLvtouri is a raging torrent. It la rising fast and is within a fewfeet of the danger line. Crop dainago is incalculable throughout the state. Considerable damage was done in Omaha by the storm. East Omaha was badly flooded and a thickly populated section of the northern part of the city was inundated. l'rom Clark street north on Twenty-fourth street the water is from -J to 0 feet deep in the street and street-oar traffic is abandoned. '1 he police and tire departments sent a force of men to the inundated district to rescue the distressed people and their etVects. Xo lives were lost but there were several narrow escapes from drowning, and an old lady who was contined to her bed was with difliculty taken from her house which was filled with water 5 feet deep.

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Mir fanner who managed to )ic«'e tliis morning reported had been drown»»d in his

pasture ami that he and his family mly escaped from their house by wading in the water up to their waists.

Of the house* that were washed into the river at Cherokee only two can be found. These are lodged in the brush aboutmiles below town. A ."(-miles' walk down the river failed to discover any of the others. The wagon bridges on country roads from Storm Lake to herokee are all gone and Cherokee is accessible only by boat.

The Sioux river is subsiding, but it is still 4U feet deep and covers a quarter of a mile of country. The average depth of the river when in its channel is about 1 feet. The work of clearing away the debris is now in progress, and aid is being rendered the unfortunate inhabitants. The. town of Moville i.s stiH flooded, and not one of the -J00 inhabitants is able to occupy his hous*\ and all are camping out. l'ive hundred people were rendered homeless and destitute in Cherokee by the tlood. and the resources of tlie town have been taxed to meet the present requirements of these people. Mayor 0. II. P.loom has issued

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have not found accommodations. Contributions may be sent to Mayor Bloom, who will acknowledge their receipt and place them in the hands of

responsible executive couiaiittee which has been appointed to distribute aid.

ISOLATKL) HY HIGH WATKK. Sioux CITY, la., .Itine 27.—It is impossible yet to get satisfactory information from the inundated valleys east of here. It is known that the worst floods were in the valley of the Little Sioux river and its tributaries, which cover the counties of Clay.OMrien, Uuena Vista, Cherokee, Plymouth, Woodbury, Ida aud Monona. Telegraph communication is still cut off. Hetween here and the Little Sioux river are half a dozen streams which run parallel with it, and these are still raging torrents, n-ith all the bridges washed out. The officers ot the various railroad companies have not been able to get information from the flooded district.

The first reliable news of the loss in the Little Sioux valley south of Cherokee was seeurcd Friday night via courier from Correetionville to Kingsley, to which place the telephone line was working. 1'he story is that at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning a terrible rush of water came down through the valley above the mill dam ju*»t above Correetionville. The dam gave way and the waters deluged the city. Many houses in the lower portion of the town were soon swept from their foundations. In one house, a large two-story frame building, were two children who were drowned. The bridges of the Illinois Central and Chicago Xorthwestern were destroyed as well as several line country roads. Many families are quartered in the schoolhou»c and in high brick buildings. Stocks of goods were badly damaged. The railroads in all directions from Correetionville are washed out: but it is impossible to guess the loss, as he water is still high. Hundreds of acres of corn above and below the town are submerged and a great many cattle, horses aud hogs are drowned. In Correetionville the water rose 25 feet above its normal stage.

From Kiugsley it was learned that not a building in Moville escaped damage from the Hood in West Fork, a tributary of the Little Sioux. All were moved from their foundation and are now standing in the streets or carried faraway. Xot a word can be learned from Oto. Smithland and points down the Little Sioux river.

A special from Moville, ou West Fork,which was completely inundated, says that there are only 2"»0 pounds of flour in the town. The town is almost completely cut oil' from succor. Hundreds of horses and other live stock out in the fields in the valley were fearfully lacerated by the barbed wires carried down by the swollen torrent in which the beasts became entanirlcd. ri.OMNRKSTS i.v JUT.OPK. liKKI.lN, June'27.—»reat destruction of life ami property by cloudbursts and thunderstorms is reported from all quarters. At Coblentz on the Upper Rhine whole districts are fearfully devastated. At Khren the lower parts of the town and of the fortress were flooded Thursday night. The people were driven to the housetops for safety and the garrison was called out and dispatched to the assistance of the inhabitants of Pfaffendorf and Ilorehein, who were in great peril and distress. All along the Rhine and Moselle the vineyards have suffered severely, and great fears are entertained for the future vintage. Near Wineheringen. on the Moselle, some peasants, going along the road in a cart, were overwhelmed by a cloudburst and swept down the embankment into the river. One of them was drowned, but the others saved themselves. All the railways between Treves and Met/, are impassable owing to the floods. Many local lines are similarly obstructed. Kariv Fridav morninir a

cloudburst iliti l_rrr tt ihunape to the Soden medicinal springs, and the villages of llolzenduHV, Werntidorflf and Murk are re port oil to have bean destroyed. 11 OMM'S, roads, bridges, walls, cattle and crops have been.swept away, and the inhabitants of those districts are terror-stricken and in despair.

LONDON, .lune -T.v—Heavy thunderstorms are reported throughout Kngland and Ireland. Much damage was caused by floods, and several houses ivere burned or shattered by lightning.

THE SILVER"DOLLAR.

The Cabinet Deride* AffaiiiHt Its Con* tinned Coinage. WASHINGTON, June '.27.—Silver speculators are not pleased with Friday's cabinet meeting. They had counted on a decision to continue the coinage of silver dollars after July 1. and this they l?olie\'ed would send the white metal upward. Hut .Secretary Foster fcjund that additonal circulation could be secured for a while at least in a better way, and this way will be followed. The act of March 3, lSlll, requires that the secretary of the treasury shall, as soon as practicable, coin the trude dollar bars into silver dollars. Secretary Foster also finds that SI50 'JOO has been appropriated for the recoin&ge of the subsidiary silver coin into such denominations as will best serve to give it circulation. There is constant demand for small coins, principally dimes, I which the mints have not been able to supply. The secretary lias decided that his first duty in this matter is to obey the direction of congress. Coinage of trade dollar bars will transform into standard dollars S5,148,-J8l. It will require perhaps four months to perform the work of coining trade dollar bars and recoining the subsidiary silver.

Therefore the question of the continued coinage of silver dollars is not deemed a practical one at present. The cabinet was helped to this decision by the iigurys prepared by Directot Leach, wliich showtd that the act oi July, 18110, was practically taking care of the whole silver product of the United States and was adding steadily to the circulation. l!y the time the trade dollars and the subsidiary coins are recoiued the meeting of congress will be close at hand, and with the possibility of legislation ahead the treasury department is apt to continue the coinage of silver dollars unless directed by the lawmaking power. So this proposition may be looked upon as settled adversely.

The question of refunding the-P-i's is still undetermined and the indications are against any detinite action for a while yet.

VICTORY FOR HARVARD!

The Great I'ltivcrsity llojit Kneo Kestiltri in it Hud Defeat Tor the Yale Crew. NKW LONDON. June 27.—The sixteenth annual 4-mile eight-oared straight-away-raee between the Yale and Harvard university crews was rowed Friday over the Thames course from AVinthrop I'oiut to (Jutes' ferry, and was won by Harvard by lengths. Time, 'J 1 Vale's time, 21:'27. The record now stands: Vale, nine victories anil seven defeats Harvard, leven victories anil nine defeats. Yale holds the time record.

At ll::iO the crews took their positions and nine minutes later the signal to start was given. Harvard took the water first and immediately shot ahead to a lead of three lengths. At the end of the first mile this had been increased to four and shortly afterward to six. It then became evident to ail that the Yale crew was bi.dly beaten, The Harvard men continued to slioot through the water, and when the 'Jmile point was reached had put fifteen lengths beiween 1 liemselves and their opponents. 1 he crews finished in this position.

The Calmii'iiren Iti'voliitimi. I LONDON. June 27. Advices from Bnenos Ay res regarding the revolution in Catamaica say several persons were killed and wounded in the fighting, which ended in the establishment of a provisional government.

linage)! for .11 unit-ring HN MiHtrc*«i. SiiKKEVKfoitT. La., June 27.—Thomas IIarris (colored) was hanged inside the parish jail here Friday for the murder of Blla Franklin, his mistress, whowajs killed on Texas avenue Friday night, Mav

Convicted of a Fearful Crime. WILKKSIIAHKK, Fa., June 27.—Edwin MoMillen was convicted of murder in the first degree Thursday for the murder of his wife. The crime was a most •brutal one. it being charged that McMill en murdered the woman by burning her about certain parts with redbot irons and afterwards pouring live coals into the wounds thus made.

Woodruff Under Arrest.

LITTI.E BOCK. Ark., June 27.—The prand jury of Pulaski county has returned an indictment ag-ainst ex-Stato Treasurer Woodruff for the embezzlement of stale funds. Woodruff was immediately placed undur arrest.

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PARSELL'S PLANS.

Ho Talks Upon His Future PolitN cal Hopes.

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TO VISIT AMKIill'A SOON.

LONDON, June 27. l'arnell will disappoint those who predicted that lie was either going to spend a long honeymoon on the continent or "in a cottage by the sea" at lirighlon. Me is going to Ireland to be in the thick of the tight iu Callow. That statement came from his own lips to a correspondent who had an interview with him at Hrightou Friday. Mr. l'arnell said that he found it impossible to procure a license for marriage in any country church, aud in order to prevent delay he thought it best to marry in the registry otlice. The church ceremony would be performed in London as soon as he was able to put in a fortnight's residence there—probably after the Carlow election. He would do his best to prevent outsiders,and especially reporters, from being present- He would certainly go to Carlow, and was confident that he would win the only election since the divorce suit which he has had a chance of winning.

Mr. l'arnell in the future intends to devote special attention to the Irish industrial question, in which he is more interested than any other question at present. Uecently Mr. l'arnell has given general support to Mr. ltalfour's Irish land bill, believing that it is a well-conceived measure and that it will be well carried out. Mr. l'arnell believes that the bill will greatly benefit Irish tenants and Irish land-owners.

Mr. j'arncll says that l»i" intends, if possible, to visit the United States dur-' ing the coming autumn, being of the opinion that the sentiment of the lrijjli and Irish-Americans ou the other side of the Atlantic is in his favor. Consequently Mr. l'arnell will try to atteud the Irish national convention to be held in lialtimore, Md., during the fall.

When Mr. l'arnell was asked what he thought would he the political effect of his marriage to Mrs. O'.Shea ho said that he had not given the question a thought and that he did not intend to think of what the effect of his marriage would be. He and his wife, Mr. l'arnell explained, were perfectly happy, and he was now experiencing greater happiness than ever previously during the entire course of his life. I The newspapers take little notice of the marriage of Mr. l'arnell and Mrs.

O'Shea. The St. James's (ia/.ette congratulates l'arnell on a right proper ending of the situation, although lie surrounded it with mystery and silenee. The llazette believes the marriage was largely calculated for political effect. The (Jlobe says Mrs. O'.Shea caused the rupture of a political faction. It is not impossible that Mrs. l'arnell will heal the rupture. It commends the marriage oil all accounts.

Mr. l'arnell has sent greetings'to a number of adherents in the house of commons expressing pleasure that the prolonged period of suspense is over and thanking them for their steadfast friendship during his troubles. He writes under an apparent conviction that his marriage will rapidly enable him to be reinstated as Irish leader in parliament. A strong impression in the same direction prevails in the house of commons, in spite of the knowledge of the fact that the Catholic clergy will not accept the marriage as condoning his offense., Kngfisii liberals are ready to hail him as a man doing his best to atone for his fault. Friends in thehouse of .commons have sent to Urighton an invitation to Mr. l'arnell to make an early appearance in the house

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of commons, when his entree is likely to be greeted with cheers. If the feeling in parliament reflects the sentiment of the country it will become a big political event. No immediate restoration of confidence between l'arnell and the liberal leaders is possible, nor is it possible that the faction feud will end without long opposition from some of his now irreconcilable enemies, but the marriage has deprived his foes of one of their most potent weapons of attack. Ilis moral position assured, political restoration, it is generally believed, becomos a matter of time.

The Treaty with 8p»lu Signed. MADRID, June 27.—The oommcrcial treaty with America was signed Friday. It will be published August 1 and will go into operation September 1.

A fire in the government arsenal afc Pola, Austria, caused two workmen to lose their lives. The flames were ex-i tinguished before the building was U»itroyed.