Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1888 — WORDS BY WIRE. [ARTICLE]

WORDS BY WIRE.

The Latest News by Telegraph from Aril Parts of the World. Political Gossip, Railroad Notes, Persona! Mention, and Occurrences of Lesser Note. THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. MILLIONS SWEPT AWAY. The Great Mississippi Freshet Said to Have Caused a Lush of Nearly >54,000,000. The mighty flood in the Mississippi, which will be remembered as without a precedent in the destruction and suffering created, is slowly abating and it is thought that the worst of the high water is pasted, says a Q lincy (ILL) dispatch: Hundreds of families have been rendered homeless, and thousands of acrest(of growing crops ruined, to say nothing of the loss entailed by demolished dwellings, wrecked fences, and washouts. A trip through the submerged regions shows that the stories of loss and Buffering already published have net been exaggerated. Krom the northern end of Adams County to the southern end of Pike County the land on the Illinois side of the river was protected by a system of levees, the region embracing 250,001 acres, the soil being the richest in the State. All the region is now one vast lake from si < to ten feet in depth. Along the bluffs on the eastern edge of the submerged district hundreds of families are camped, living in tents, huts, and in the open air. Before the Hood most of these people were well-to-do, prosperous farmers, but Dow they have little or nothing. Much sickness prevails among the unfortunates, owing to want and exposure, but prompt measures have been taken to alleviate their sufferings. Owing to the great confusion it is imirossible to obtain detail losses, but the aggregate will reach fully #3,000,1X10 from ciops alone. The damage to the levees, houses, and railroa ls will approximate 8000,000.

BLAINE. He Is Again Interviewed by a Newspaper Currespondeii t. T. C. Crawford, the London correspondent of the Naw York World, has again interviewed Mr. Blaine in Paris. I have seen Mr. Blaine several times within the last three days, generally surrounded by his family, says Mi. Crawford. As regards the first question, whether he would accept, it can be said that Mr. Blaine adheres to his Florence letter, and does not withdraw one word of his interview last February in Florence. I have no authority to say more than that, as Mr. Blaine did not wish to be interviewed again on this subject. His Florence letter was so explicit ihat the fact that he has now nothing to ald to it by way of qualification should be tuough to satisfy the most doubtful of Mr. Blaine s enemies as to his future intentions. His declarations at Florence correctly represent fils present state of mind. Of his health the correspondent says: It needs no medical expert to pass upon the bright, clear look of his eyes, bis good color, and the vigor shotvn in every one of his movements. . Ho has to-day the health that comes to a man as a reward for a lite of simple habits and tastes. TWO BODIES CREMATED. Five Successful Incinerations at St. Louis. Iwo bodies have been cremated.at the St Louis Crematory lately, making five successful incinerations since the furnaces were put in operation. The body of Robert Martin was cremated with Masonic honors. The ritual was changed to conform with the retort where “the grave” is the common form. Otherwise the services did not differ from those at the grave. The body of Frederick Grafenst-ein was also cremated. The Sunday Law EnlorcecMn St. Louis. The Sunday law as applied to saloons went into effect at St. Louis, Mo., on Sunday last A few saloons keepers kept open until forced to close by the police, but the law was voluntarily observed for the most part, the Brewers’ Association having acquiesced iu the law. The same Jaw prohibits work on Sunday and amusements of all kinds, but no effort will be made to enforce these provisions or any except the one against the sale of intoxicating drinks. Telegraphic Brevities. Ihe steamship Umbria landed 007 immigrants at Castle Garden, New York, one day, the La Bretegne, 741 from Havre, and the Schiedham 6JL from Amsterdam. The attempt in New York to raise a Grant monument fund of $500,099 has completely failed. The project was begun in 1885, and now but $130,000 has been collected. Fred Marsden, the well-knowu play-writer, committed suicide at his residence in New York, by turning on the gas in his room. His wife says his death is due to his daughter’s cruel and shameless conduct.