Plymouth Tribune, Volume 3, Number 17, Plymouth, Marshall County, 28 January 1904 — Page 3

1ATURAL GAS KILLS

Creeps into a Building and Send; Three Sleeping Persons to Etetnity. CUt MORE VICTIH CANNOT LIVE Entitling Is Wrecked -Name ofTbos Killed and Hurt Woman Found Drowned. Marlon. Ind., Jan. 22. While tbjfrty quests wer ca sleep in the Seitz bptel, near the soldiers home, natural ga& es caping from a pipe line quietly ,tWed the cellaT first and then the vVhoie house. Then when sufficiently iulxed -with air to make it most explosive it ignited at a ga Jet and the house was wrecked. Following are tbe casualties: Dead Charges Beitel, proprietor of hotel; Urs. Beitel and Jamei Develin. Fatally Injured Kdward Uaikell anJ iL II. Uobls. Dangerously Injured Thomas Twigs, Randall BIddle, Carrie Itlng, William East, John Daugherty, William Sbott, Krank Gaskell una Pearl Gaskell. ffiect of the- Ei plosion. All the injured lived In or near Marion. The property loss is $25.000. Thos. Twig? and Randall Biddle. two glass workers rooming at the hotel, weTe hurled to the ceiling and then dropped to tbe first floor. William East, a guest of the hotel, was pinioned to the floor by a mass of broken timber, and badly burned. L. II. Hobis had three rlba Lrokcn and suffered concussion of tbe brain: he was Injured internally and cannot live. Edward Gaskell received a scalp wound five inches long and his legs and arms were lxidly burned. He was injured Internally. 3 neat Uml m Lucky Rsrap. The building is a two-story, substantial brick, having five large business rooms on the first Boor, each 13J feet deep, the hotel occupying the second floor and having about thirty rooms. It is said there were thirty guests at the hotd at the time of the -explosion, and how any of them escaped from the pile of burning and twisted debiis is remarkable. C ' Outside VTallsBlown Oat. The four outside walls of the building were blown out, the second Hoof falling to tbe first and the roof falling on top of the victims. ,The wreckage was instantly Ignited and was soon a mass of roaring flames. The occupants of the house were all asleep and when they were awakened by the noise of the explosion they found themselves in the twisted mass of debris, with flames on all sides. FOUND HER tS THE CISTERN Either Committed Suicide or Fell is While Walk i dC In Her Sleep. Fort Wayne, Ind., Jan. 22. Mrs. Oeorge Schafer was found dead in the cistern at her home. It is not known whether she committed suicide or fell into the cistern while walking In her sleep. After putting her three children to bed she retired with her husband. . At , midnight . she arose and he supposed she was looking after the little ones. When- ?he failed to return he made an investigation and found the back door open. The cover of the cistern had been removed and. supposing that he had fallen In, Schäfer dragged tbe cistern with a rake. He succeeded In bringing her body to the surface of the wnter, but had to sviiimoi help to get It out. Mrs. Schafer was in jrood health and at no time were there indication of insanity. Pleads Guilty to a Grave Crime. Richmond. Ind., Jan. 22. William Townsend, 2T years old, went to the home of his uncle. James Townsend, and became involved in an argument over family affairs. The nephew drew a Tevolver and fired at his uncle, but his aim was poor and the shot went wild. He was arrested, pleaded guilty of shooting with intent to kill and was bound over in f 1,000. Waats $10.000 for His Son. Lawrenceburg. Ind., Jan. 22. William P. Squibb, of the Squibb Distltt4ng company, has brought suit In the Dearborn circuit court against the Big Four .Railway company for $10,000 damages growing out or the death of hi son Samuel, who was one of the students killed in the Purdue university train wreck. Bonanza la the Family Bible. Wabash. Ind., Jan. 22. John Shick, of Blackford county, while going through an old Bible a day or so ago, came upon two $10 bills which had been placed between the leaves for safe-keeping thirty years ago. Shick was then a prosperous business man w;th a deep prejudice against banks. Smallpox Epidemic Feared. , Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 22. The health authorities of Indiana fear a serious epidemic of smallpox. The reports from fifteen counties show the cases of the disease this year are double the number for the corresponding time last year. Strike of Glass jFaatory Haass. Gas CItv. Ind, Jan. 22. Three hundred men have struck at the Diamond Class factory. Every glass factory in Grant county Is now Idle. The troubls is over wages. Business Block Barns. Mnncie Ind., Jan. 22. Tbe business blick of Joseph Clement, at Sbldeler, burned to the ground; loss, C2.0C3. Will Kot Lom a Cenü New York, Jan. 22. At the oQces of the United States Steel. Corporation here it is said that tte Shelby tel Tube company, a constituent company, whose stock house at Shelby, O., was destroyed by fire carried an Insurance fund of $1,000,000, which will cover the loss. Stage Lost In the 7ilzzardJ Menominee, Mich., Jan. 22. Moellsr Zi Anderson's stage from Sturgeon Bay, due hare at 4:30 p. m. has failed to arrive and it is feared to have been lest in the fierce blizzard. The rout?, T7hich Is marked vrith evergreen trc:3, anst tu s:n twenty-five feet atead.

ARCHITECT TESTIFIES

Man Who Designed the Iroquois Theater Declares the Work Was Good. HO LACS 0? SPACE TOR EXIT Nearly Twice as Much as Called for by Law- Contradicts Commissioner Williams. Chicago, Jan. . 22. Benjamin II. Marshall, architect of the Iroquois theater, was the principal witness of the day in the Inquest on the victims of the Iroquois theater fire. Attorney Hynes, dean of counsel representing Will J. Davis and Harry Towers, arose In Marshall's behalf at adjournment and announced that the architect requested permission to lead the jurors through the theater ruins, explaining every detail of construction and answering any and all questions on the scene. Marshall joined in presenting the advantages of the plan. While no answer Is given by the jury, it is probable they will make another tour of the ruins. Largest Entrance In, the World. Marshall said he was superintending the construction of a theater in Los Angeles two years ago when be revived a telegram from Messrs Davis and rowers to come to Chicago and prepare plans for the projected Iroquois theater. In the original plan a forty-foot foyer was designed for the Randolph street entrance. Objection was encountered from the building department because of the effect it would have on the east wall. Accordingly arrangements were made for sixty-foot frontage on Randolph street, giving the theater the largest entrance of any play house In the world in proportion to Its seating capacity. Plans Were Officially Approved. It was the aim. witness said, to make it the finest theater possible, and when his plans were completed they were taken east for the approval of theater experts. The plans were taken to the New York offices of Klaw & Erlanger, whose approbation had to be secured. Each feature as planned was submitted to Deputy Building Cfouimissioner Timothy O'Sbea, then In office. Finally the contract for construction was awarded the George A. Fuller Construction company. No figure was specified for the cost, the firm to receive a percentage of the amount necessarily expended. The estimate given the building department, witness said, was from $275,000 to $300,000. TU AT FATAL LOCKED DOOR Marshall Says It Was Not for the TabUe Inspected by Williams. Marshall accepted responsibility for placing the two gates across the stairways leading to the gallery. It was done; he asserted, to comply with the law and give the gallery a separate stairway. Concerning the blind stairway from the gallery, where a heavy locked door shut ofif escape for scores, wi:ue?s said it was not Intended for the use of the public. "Yet It invited them and they couldit turn back. Sixty were found dead there," commented the deputy. Architect Marshall was questioned closely concerning the Inspection by Commissioner Williams and said that with the owners of the theater and the head of the building department he had gene over the structure from basement to top loft. In the testimony of I uilding Commissioner Williams, given a couple of days ago, that official testified that his last visit to the theater was two weeks before the opening, while Marshall said it was three or four days before the opening, but he said that this was only from memory, as he made no note of it. He declared that the audience ought to have got out of the theater In two and a half or three minutes. He said the exit area from the upper balcony was 100 per cent, greater than the law required, while from the first floor the exit area was 150 per cent, great er than necessary. He defended the stairway plan of the theater by saying that the two iron gates were the very thlEgs that made the. stairways conform to the law, Instead of being in violation of the building ordinances. In other words, he said the gates made two separate stairways, one leading from the upper balcony and the other from the first balcony. The west stairway was Intended for the gallery only, while the dress-circle audience was expected to use the east stairs. The architect praised the stairway system, saying that while the law required the stairs to be four feet six Inches wide, the Iroquois stairs were eight feet six Inches. The flue over the stage was not built In accordance with the law, and aisles In front of the boxes on the main floor had been closed, but he argued that both changes were for the better. The Iroquois gallery, in the opinion of the architect. Is one of the shallowest in the country. There are only ten rows In it, and the average gallery runs from fifteen to eighteen. Because Messrs. Davis and Powers thought it would be a little congested' ten seats were left out in the northeast corner. Witness told of the advantages of seats Instead of benches In the gallery, and that with rails the gallery, could-be emptied quicker than without them. He admitted that the flue over the stage was not constructed according to law, but excused this because there was six times more vent area over the stage than the law requires. Thomas J. Noonan, business manager of tia defter, cald that Uu crating capacity of the theater was 1,CC2; that tl the eeata were occvizd tad that there wer 103 spectator? standing, of whom' eighty were admitted on passes. educators to Meet Earlier. Winona, Minn., Jan. .22. Definite announcement has been made by Irwin Ghepard, secretary, that the executive committee of the National Educational association has changed the date of the opening of; the annual convention in St. Louis from July 5 to June 23, co as to not conflict with tho nstlcnaJ Democratic convention,

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IT So the Two Managers of the IrO' quois Theater Tell the Coroner's Jury. 0EDEÄED THE BEST TO BE HAD And Hired Men to See That the Order Was Filled Summary of Their Testimony. Chicago, Jan. 23. Will J. Davis and Harry J. Towers, managers of the Iroquois theater. m:ide their appearance before tbe coroner's Jury. Neither of the gentlemen was disposed -to accept any responsibility in connection with defective construction, faults of managament, or neglect to provide proper fire protection. Powers placed' the blame for the fire and the cor i'ient loss of life upen the employes who did not perform their full duty, and said also that Davis was the active manager of the enterprise, while he (Powers) was only passive and consultative In the management. , Davis Named No Culprit. When it came the turn for Davis to testify he refused to. place the blame upon any particular person, but said he had confidence that the employes of the theater would attend to their business properly, and he also believed that the Fuller company would erect the building in compliance with the city ordinances. Personally, he said, he knew nothing of what the laws demanded in the construction of a theater, although he had been managing theaters In Chicago for twenty years. He had a general knowledge of what was necessaryt but he had never read the city laws covering the construction and operation of theaters. Powers Contradicts Williams. Building Commisisoner Williams was still further involved by the evidence of Manager Powers, who corroborated the testimony of Architect Marshall In regard to the personal inspection of the theater by Williams a few days prior to the opening, while Williams says it was two weeks. Powers declared that tho t whole scheme for the construction and operation of the Iroquois theater had been to make It the best that man could build. It was a matter of pride with the owners, he said, to make it a playhouse that would excite the favwable comment of the whole country. He declared they still believed they had done that, sofar as construction went. Il had a boy lu the theater In the afternoon of the fire. Tt was some time before I learned that he was safe," said he. "That was the most horrible hour in my life." MAXAGEK DATIS ON TOE STAND Some of the Things lie Said to the Coo oner's Jury. When Davis went on the stand, as had been thj case with Powers, dozens of questions were asked about the corporation that built the theater. Then the examination proceeded: "When the. theater was opened Nor. 23 was it completed V" "For tbe -purposes of giving a presentation, 1 should say yes." When asked whose duty it was to see that fire extinguishers were installed he replied: "We had a fireman there who was sent to us by the city fire depanent." This fireman ho said upon one occasion spoke to him about the necessity of getting some hose, but he never knew whether or not he got it. He considered it the fireman's duty to make requisition for all things needed, ar.d when no requisition was made he took it for granted that nothing was required. Coroner Traeger asked; "Previous to the fire you were satisfied, were you not, that there were ample facilities for taking care of the fire?" "I had every confidence in the world if the theater." "But since the fire you have found differently, have you no.?" "Since the fire most anybody could druw conclusions." "I sk you whether or not it was your business to see that those things .ere there?" I engaged-people to perform their duties and supposed they would do, so." "When you opened the Iroquois theater for the first performance did you consider the building absolutely Üreproof?" "I did. It was the safest building of the character - ever constructed. "Did you take any precautions to find out whether the theater was safe or not?" T don't remember that I did. We had given orders for the best building of that character that could be put up and having done so and dealingwith reputable firms we coacluded we were getting what we paid for." v Davis declared that a few days before the theater opened he had talked with Building Commissioner . Williams after the latter had Inspected the theater, and that Williams declared It was the safest and most complete theater building he had ever seen. Staff Got In All Right. Marinette, Wis., Jan. 23. The Sturgeon bay stage which left for Marinette and Menominee late Thursday has arrived here. Beyond considerable rtelay caused by the storm - the trip was without incident. We Xteeog-Blses Morales - San Domingo, Jan. 23. United States Minister Powell has recognized the provisional government of General Morales as the de facto government of Santo Domingo. Sherman Parker Arrested Again. Denver, Jan. 22. Sherman Parker, the union miner who is ikw under bonds amounting to $20,500 to answer to several criminal charges, was arrested in this city and taken to police headquarters, where he wad soon afterward given his liberty. Xlonnments to Hamilton and IXcKinley. Washington, Jan. 22. Representative Spalding, of North Dakota, has introduced bills appropriating $100,000 each for monuments to William McKinley and Alexander Hamilton, in tts District cf CcJuia.

DEED OF A MISCREANT

Young Woman Outraged and Murdered by an Unknown Spawn of Satan. BLOODHOUNDS HISS TH2 TEAII One Clue to the Fient, a WUp oi Mustache Overcome by Sewer Gas State miscellany. Bedford, Ind.. Jan. The body of Miss Sarah Schäfer, teacher of Latin in the Bedford high school, was found in a carriage house. She had been raped and robbed and the body was badly mutilated. The appearances of the shed indicated a terrific struggle with her assailant. Miss Schäfer came here from Elkhart. Ind., a year ago, and was much admired. Rewards Out for the Drstard. The city council has offered a reward of $500 and the county a Ilka amount for the arrest of the murderer of Miss Sarah Schäfer. A post-mortem shows that she must have been attacked shortly after supper, as her food had not yet beguu to digest when killed. She had left the house of Mrs. Martha Johnson, two and onehalf squares from her room, after eating her meal, and had started to her rooms to meet a class of pupils there to give a course of Latin. This was the last seen of her alive. One Clue to the Murderwr. It has developed that a wisp of mustache hair was found in the clutches of the victim, and upon this clue the police' and a number of private detectives are lasing their investigation. Miss Schir-T s umbrella was found open in a barn !. t rear the shed. A brick with whicu ie wounds were inflicted has also I - found covered with blood. Negro Is Si.sected. A negro was said to have been seen near the alley where the assault was committed about the time that Miss Schäfer left her boarding house. Bloodhounds have been given the scent, but could follow it not more than fifty yards from the place where the body was found. A whisky bottle coming from a saloon hi the city was found about about fifty feet from the shed. Prepared to Prevent a Lynching-. Bloomington, Ind., Jan. 23. Judge Wilson sajs VJt in the event of the murderer belnr caught an attempt vili no doubt be made to lynch him. Company H, under Captain Louden, is being held In readiness to leave for Bedford, should the occasion require. IN FEBIL. FROM SEWER GAS Gets Into a Building During a Polo Game and a Score of Persons Is Overcome. Muncie, Ind., Jan. 23. Twenty or more people in the audience of about 900 that attended the polo game between Muncie and Anderson, in. the Auditorium, were overcome by sewer gas ihat escaped into the room from a sewer into which the water had backed. . The victims, include six players Frank Wodtke, Jack Mercer and David Tarrant, of the Anderson team; Charles Farrel, captain of the Muncie team, and Ote Johnson and William Dowden, amateurs. Alonzo Petty, one of the owners of tbe building, was overcome wbile in vestigating the source of the gas. Dr. John Halton, while trying to revive Dowden, who was in a serious condition, was rendered unconscious from the gas which came from Dowden's nostrils, and he had to be carried from the building. Sydney Ilurless and Arthur Johnson were the other victims. A number of women were among those prostrated. Nearly evry one in the room was made sick. Drunkenness Increases in Indiana Indianapolis, Jan. 23. Drunkenness in Indiana was greater in 1903 than In 1902, according to reports of county sheriffs made to the board of state charities. The total number of Intoxicated persons harbored in the jails Jn 1903 was 12,304, and In 1902 11.S66. Of the total number admitted In 1903 11,804 were whites and 090 colored. There were thirty-two boys apd seven girls under the age of 16 years. - Caught in tbe Shafting. Alexandria, Ind., Jan. 23. Orin E. Davis, engineer at the Penn-Ameri-can Plate Glass works, was caught ln the shafting and whirled about until all his clothing was stripped off, after which he was thrown to the floor. One .arm was broken and he suffered Internal Injuries of a serious character. They Failed to Hake Good. Aurora, Ind., Jan. 23. The city council has exonerated Frank M. Cox, councilman from the First ward, who was accused of sending a letter to the president of the Ohio Valley Buggy company asking for a buggy, the complainants falling to appear and make good. Fatal Collision In a Fog. Alexandria, Ind., Jan. 23. In a head-on collision on the Indiana Union Traction line three miles south of here, Joseph Mahoney of Anderson, was killed. The collision, which was due to a fog, was between an engin and a freight car. Explosion of Stove Polish. Upland, Ind., Jan. .23. Mrs. Richard Lacey had a narrow escape from burning to death, at her home, the result of an explosion of stove polish, which she was using in blackening a stove. Her clothing was ignited. Cltlsen Train Buried. New York, Jan. 22. After a rausical service held in an undertaking establishment here the remains of "Citizen" George Francis Train were buried in Greenwood cemetery. The funeral services were private and only the most intimate frleads of Trainwere admitted. lira, Crocker's Liberal Gift. University of California, Cal., Jan. 22. President Wheeler has announced that Mrs." William II. Crocker, of San Francisco, has given 25i000 for archaeological work la Old Mexico.

A RAGE Cyclone Strikes an Alabama Town and Does - Havoc That Is Frightful. THIRTY-SEVEN PERSONS KILLED Many Othera Wounded, and the Flace Nearly Blown Away. Startling Instances of the Force of the Storm- Cotton Bales Blown to Pieces Ituin Wrought by Floods. Tuscaloosa, Ala., Jan. 23. A disastrous tornado swept over Moundvllle, Ala., a town of 300 Inhabitants, fifteen miles south of Tuscaloosa, and as a result thirty-seven persons were killed and more than 100 Injured. Every business house with the exception of a small drug store was completely destroyed. The tornado struck the city from the southwest and mowed a path a quarter of a mile wide through tbe town. Complete List of the Dead. The following is a list of the white persons killed: E. P. Seymour, of Nashville. Tenn., operator at the railroad station; A. II. Warren, of Birmingham: J. R. Redmond, superintendent of the pumping station; Robert S. Powers, of Tuscaloosa; Miss Nettie Farley. The negro dead are: W. N. Miles, wife and six children; Albert Ilolston, wife and three children; Ike Ilolston, wife and three children; fourteen other negroes Onidentified. Partial List of Those Injured. The following is a partial list of the seriously Injured whites: Mrs. W. A. Grubbs. of Kentucky, dislocated hip: R. L. Griffin, sprained ankle; Mrs. It. L. Griffin, arm broken; Lee Griffin, badly bruised; A. B. Griffin eyes torn out; Mrs. Farley, face cut and ankle broken; Mr. Gailey, badly cut; Mrs. Galley, badly cut; Mrs. F. T. Galley, badly lacerate; Mrs. Farley, blinded; A. B. Taylor, leg broken; Mrs. McCaney chest crushed. BLOWN OUT OP THEIR BEDS And Carried Hundreds of Feet-Terribli force of the Storm. By the force of the storm persons were blowu hundreds of feet from their beds in the blackness of night. Through terror a father, mother and three children fled from their hofeie to seek refuge, and in their excitement left a 5-year-old boy in bed. He was pulled from beneath some timber, and thus far it is impossible to find any other member of the family. Bedding, carpets and wearing apparel aTe scattered for a distance for ten miles through what was a forest, but which is now as clear as if though cut by the woodman's axe. Freight cars were tcin to splinters, the trucks from thw.. 1 eing thrown hundreds of feet fro::: i lie truck. The railway station, the Licl. warehouses, gins, thirty homes, the store houses occupied by U. L. l.riffin. A. W. Wigwins & Son. J. Wl ):o:iicnick, A. D. Griffin and W. P. Phifer, together with their stocks, were completely destroyed. Where they stood-it is impossible to find even the pillars upon which these structures rested. Tales of cotton which were stored in warehouses were torn to atoms, the fragments of lint lodging in trees, making it appear as though that section had beer visited by a snow storm. Heavy iron safes, the doors of which in some instances were torn from their hinges, were carried away by the force of the wind. A young clerk employed by W. P. Phifer, hearing the terrible roaring ofthe storm, let hiuself inta a well in the center of the store.y lie had no sooner found bis place of safety when the store was completely demolished, lie was drawn out uninjured. The town of Hull, four miles north of Moundvllle, suffered from the tornado. The Bates Lumber company's plaring department was completely wrecked, and the negro fireman crushed. Four residence and one church were demolished. THREE BIG STEAMERS LOOSE Gorge Breaks and Carries Them Down ( - Against a Cleveland Bridge. Cleveland, Jan. 23. A gorge broke above the city and a flood swept down the Cuyahoga river, tearing three large steamers from their moorings. The vessels were carried down the stream and crashed into the drawbridge of the Superior street viaduct The boats were badly damaged by the collision. The vessels were the John W. Moore, the William E. Reis and the James Eads, all iarge steamers owned by the United States Steel Corporatioa The William E. Reis is badly wrecked, with a large hole smashed in her bow and another about amidships. The Reis is loaded with iron ore. The other two vessels are also badly damaged. - When the steamers broke away from their moorings and started swiftly down the river the watchmen and their families aboard became frantic. None of the vessels had steam up, and there was absolutely no way to check their speed. The women on board ran screaming from one end to the other of the boats crying and praying for help. All were safely rescued without injury after the boats struck the bridge. The entire loss by the flead in Cleveland is estimated at $500,000. Aahtabula. O.. Jan. 23. -Three men with a horse and cutter, while driving across a stream near Pierpont, this county, were swept away by the flood. Dexter Smith was drowned and his body has not yet been recovered. Lorain, O., Jan. 23. The loss to property In the flood district in this city is placed at fully half a million dollars with the probability of the amount being above rather than below that sum. LOSING FIGHT FOR LIFE Struggln with tire Flood at IndianapolisTwo Are Drowned. Indianapolis, Jan. 23.-The Ice in the White river carried off a house boat

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occupied by John Schowe and wife. which had been anchored on the overflowed lowlands. The boat was battered to pieces and Mrs. Sehowe was drowned. When the boat went to pieces Schowe managed to get hold of

some bushes and held on until Kollo i Morrison reached him in a skiff, but Schowe was crazed by the cold and fought him off. Morrison overpowered fcim, tied him in the skiff with ropej and started for shore. The crushing ice and struggles of the man threw Morrison out and the skiff went down the river with Schowe tied to It. Morrison caught some bushes and was rescued. As the skiff disappeared around a bend of the river Sehowe was seen to raise himself up, wave. his hands and fall back. Sullivan, Ind., Jan. 23. A man and wife and two children, living in a houseboat moored at the foot of an island near Mefoni, were thrown into the water when a mass of ice struck the boat, tearing it to pieces. The man and woman, each carrying a child, succeeded in making their way over the ice floes to a sandbar, where thej built a shelter and appear to be none the worse for tbe!r experience. Reports from Peru state that the new Indianapolis Northern Traction company's bridge has been loosened and is now hanging on the edge of the piers. At Fort Wayne the exodus of the residents from Spy Run still continues. Sweeney park is a lake and the water supply has been completely shut off. Three fire engines are at work pumping water from the cellars of the Fort Wayne cotton mills; where $75,000 worth of cotton yarns is stored. Kokomo. Ind., Jan. 23. An Ice gorge has formed in a bend of the Wild Cat creek a mile above the corporation line that threatens great destruction if broken. The waterworks pumping station is submerged and partly crippled. PITTSBLUG FLOOD STRICKEN Situation Bears Ileavilr on All C laste and Damage Is Very Great. ' Pittsburg. Jan. 23. Lulled into a sense of security In the early evening by the rapidity with which the Alleg heny was carrying the ice and water from the upper stream Into the Ohio, Pittsburg went to sleep with the belief that the warnings of danger from the rivers bad been exaggerated, but now a new danger has arisen. The Mouonjrahela has broken loose. Huge masses of ice are choking the harbor. . Both rivers are steadily rls ing. the Allegheny already three feet higher than her consort stream. Business men. mill owners, residents and river men are included in the l'&t of sufferers. The poor In some of the low-lying sections of the two cities may be hemmed in their homes until Sunday night. The worst fears of the manufacturers along the IMttsburgside Df the Allegheny river from the Sharpsburg bridge down are realized, for the waters swept over the banks in many places and inundated the sunoundiLg districts. 'Hie upper union mill of the United States Steel Corporation was about the first plant to go out of business temporarily, throwing about 1.500 men out of work until next Monday or Tufsday. The lower union mill, with Its 1.40U employes, fared likewise, as did the Black Diamond works of the Crucible Steel company. At the latter pkee about 1,200 men ..re now idle. The foregoing is only an illustration It would take columns to describe the results of the flood, which is bearing on its crest past the city all sorts of wreckage, including many" loaded coal barges broken loose from their moor ings. New York Kiver Out of Hank. Buffalo, X. Y., Jan. 23. Nearly twenty-four hours of continuous rain with from two to five feet of snow on the ground has sent every river in western New York over its banks. mm The walking- sick, what a crowd of thenv there are Persons who are thin and weak but not sick enough to go to bed. "Chronic cases" that's what the doctors call them which in common English means long sickness. To stop the continued loss of flesh they need Scott's Emulsion. For the feeling of weakness they uccu oluu jcuiuibiun. It makes new flesh and gives new life to the weak system. Scott's Emulsion gets thin and weak persons out of the rut. It makes new, rich blood, strengthens the nerves and gives appetite ior ordinary iooa. Scott's Emulsion can be taken as long as sickness lasts and do good all the time. There's new strength and flesh in every dose. We will be glad to send you a few doses free. Be sore that this picture in the form of a label is on the wrapDer of every bottle of Emulsion you bar. SCOTT Cl BOWNE, Chemists, Pearl St., N. Y. IZc and $1 1 til insists. Trts Tr.iuuNE best newspaper.

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