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Iii i J fi L b J < y t > i The Hickman Courier GEORGE WARREN Publisher > DICKMAN KENTUCKY CURRENT TOPICS r I 1 Australia has more than 1000 new papersGrade > crossings in Europe are nn luiown Belfast is Irelands richest and most p populous city The feminine surplus in Massachu ¬ 1 0 setts is 70J398 Europe will have to borrow heay 4 ily from the American granary The amount of money in this coun ¬ try lust year was 3066 per capita The carat is used in estimating the freight of gems is a grain of Indian wheat Only about 200000 people in this country buy novels as they run from the press t ¬ pel troleum occurs One of them is 123 miles long- Stokers in big steamships work In en average temperature of from 160 to ISO degree- sIt is estimated that the cost of the BainpsonSchlcy court of inquiry will be about 25000 Only 9 per cent of the soldiers ac ¬ tually engaged in war are killed on thejfiQldof battle + The graduating lists of the Amer 4 Scan colleges this year show an in ¬ crease of 25 per cent Austrian shoemakers talk of via i lence if American retail shoe stores are opened in that country Eleven thousand people are en ffnged in making lamp chimneys throughout the United States Owing the the scarcity of grain ears in the west the Kansas farmers are experiencing difficulty in moving their wheat Exports of horses and mules in Missqn i last year brought a return of 6000pd and a < great deal of mon ¬ ey name from foreign countries According to the London Telegraph t the first doctors degree ever bestow en upon a woman in Bohemia was ob ¬ tained by Fraulcin Dr Cabot nt the Prague University The worldfamed Prince Edward ol York diamond one of the most pre ¬ cious stones ever found in the South bei brought tbAmerica < The famous eagles which used to- t haunt the lakes of Killarney making f their home in the Eagles Nest Moun ¬ tains have been exterminated with- in ¬ the last three years The statue of Frances E Willard to be presented by the state of Illinois to the national capitol nt Washing ¬ ton will be modelled by Helen F Mear of Oshkosh Wis King Edxvard VH has accepted Scott Mantague M P a number of Amcrcian bronze turkeys taken to England in n wild state They will be housed at Sandringhnm The fortune of Krupp the Ger ¬ man ironmaster is estimated at Aso i 4000i steel works employ 80000 men The Russian emperor does not be ¬ lieve in the eighthour day so far as he is concerned He works many more hours and seldom retires be ¬ fore 1 or 2 oclock in the morning t tChinesee stated On the authority ora t tea merchant that the glaze oil the paper coverings of tea chests Is due to a preparation composed principally of the refuse of sharks fins tails and skins Rev John Spurgeon the father of i the famous Charles Spurgeon now dead recently celebrated his ninetj first birthday by laying the founds ¬ lion stone of the South Norwood Baptist Church in England The most marvelous instance on record of a man supposed to be dead who was brought back to life Js the I recCnt case of John Schaefer of Jlrooklyn who was resuscitated aft- er ¬ being under water 40 minutes The British admiralty have just or ¬ dered 54 sets of wireless telegraphy gear to be made according to their own speciicntions and system The circle which is perfectly round and drawn with a compass exhibits this peculiarity ns soon as the square is drawn inside of it One of the freaks of nature has ifcehtly been discovered close to the immense tunnel that is nearing com ¬ t portion on the line of the Southern boundnrJ1ine employedt i company an im- mense ¬ rock that isa perfect imago of a mans head- Y Curious markings are left upon the victims of lightning Often trees and shrubs to the mioutcst twig are bodyFormerly e was deto some natural photograph ¬ < ic process It is now known to be the vivid outlining of veins under ¬ C instautaC I The effect is indescribably weird The latest feat of the giant speedr 1 l or statute 1miles an hour for 24 hours is ex ¬ pected Jto set steamship designers apd builders to thinking as to steam ¬ ships of thee future A brandnew state intended fo be run as a republic is being formed in i the forest land that extends into Bra ¬ mert ti elected the first president by the 20 s DOO iBhabitaHtH most of whom ore N in h8 aploy The IMBM of ike new jtif ci < republic ii Are t 1 A GREAT TIDAL WAVE Loss of Life and Property at Port Eads La and Vicinity Logging Camps find Mill Mnnnfna turer Suffered Conniderabftr Loss By Breaking of Booms Schooner Deiuaated New Orleans Aug 16The storm which has been sweeping tie gijil coast from Pensacola and moving westward during the past two days has prostrated telegraph and tele- phone wires to such an extent that news from the outlying sections ia hard to get The greatest fears have been entertained for the safety of the people living at Port Eads at the mouth of the Mississippi river and for the ships that started for sea just before the storm began The wires to Port Eads have been prostrated since Tuesday night at 8 oclock but the Picayune reached a man who left there at 2 oclock Wednesday He was at Burns which Is 60 miles down the river and the farthest point with which there Is wire communication at the present time This man de- scribes ¬ the storm which swept that section as a regular tidal wave sitn ¬ flay to the one which resulted in such awful loss of life in 1S93 He says nil the people living on the east bank of the river have moved up to the jumpwhich is 15 miles from the mouth of the river Xew Orleans La Aug 17The storm has passed and seems to have done no great damage anywhere ex ¬ cept along the river below the city six fatalities occurring near the tiers mouth In the city the only injury was to lakeside resorts and ta the section flooded by the break in a canal bank which was closed be fore morning Rice and orange farms on the lower coast were severe- ly ¬ injured The inhabitants there believe that they were struck by a tidal wave combined with a cy- clone ¬ The lives lost were half a mile above quarantine A large house was overturned with 15 in it and Mrs Rosa Walker her 10yenrold daughter Ida Walker Miss Birdie Cobden and Miss Ella Cobden were drownedMobile Ala Aug 17The tropical storm which came up out of the south Wednesday and increased in force during the day following is bey lievcd to have been the severest in the vicinity of Mobile The highest wind blew at the rate of 70 miles tin hour for some time Various reports of the drowning of men in the bay have reached here but it is impos sible to confirm them owing to the complete demolition of all means ol communication The pleasure yacht Ariel bound I for Fish river with a party of Mobile people on board is reported to have pounded to pieces on the wharf at j Tattles on the eastern shore of the bay Nothing has been heard of the crewNothing has been heard from Fort I Morgan Two companies of th coast artillery are stationed there The barracks undoubtedly received j the full force of the blow 3O communication can be had with any of the islands in Mississippi round just outside the bar 3 miles below here Any news concern fug the fate of the islanders must come by boat and this is anxiously awaited The fruit steamer Herald frou Porto Cortez arrived late Friday night She reports speaking a two masted schooner G5 miles southeast of this port totally dismantled The captain of the schooner declined as ¬ sistance Logging camps and mil manufacturers have suffered consid erable loss by the break of booms Saw logs and squared timber drifted Into Mobile all day much of it coining up on Royal street three blocks from the water front- Montgotpery Ala Aug 17Tl storm from the gulf did considerable damage in central Alabama Specials from Selma and Troy say that cotton and corn were prostrated nround those towns and the loss t tc the farmers will be heavy Trees were uprooted and houses unroofed but so far no loss of life has beer reportedAt a raft anchored in the Alabama river and supporting a tag pile driver was sunk carrying the ma chinery valued at 2000 to the Bot ¬ tons In Augusta county the estimated damage to the cotton crop vanes from 10 to 30 per cent Late corn is prostrated Business Part Almost Wiped Out Burlington Ia Aug 17TIlc bind i ¬ ness portion of Seaton Jllwn nl nest wiped out by fire The loss is estimated nt about 50000 with in ¬ surance about half The fire was started by the upsetting of a lamp- at a dance Among the burned build ¬ ings were Elricks opera souse the post ofliee the Independent news ¬ paper otVcc Connors hotel and eight ether business houses To Aid the Strikers St Louis Mo Aug IGThe nation- al ¬ socialist party Thursday sent out an appeal calling upon their socialist branches to do all in their power < r Aid the Amalgamated strikers The socialist organization numbers nearly 130000 throughout the country Bugs Destroy Wheat Dallas Tex Aug 6lugss have appeared in large numbers in lifeldc of volunteer wheat and threaten u destroy the second growth sit com plr4ely as they did the first tro early in the s ribg TRIEITWIAL CONCLAVE I Grand Mnrnlial Leathers issues a Cenernl Order Outlining the Formation of the Iltrude Louisville Ky Aug 19Maj John II Leathers who will be grand njjJi shal of the parade which inniigyrates the festivities of the triennial con- clave ¬ of the Knights Templars in Louisville Tuesday August 27 issued Sunday night his final general orders to every grand uncl subordinate com mandery of the United States out- lining the formation of the pageant Twelve grand divisions exclusive of the special escort of honor to the off- icers ¬ and members of the grand uu campment will form for the parade The line will be as follows > First grand division templars front the grand and subordinate coininan deries of Massachusetts Ilhode Is nnd New York Virginia New Hamp- shire and Connecticut Second grand division Ohio and nineJ jv Third grand division Pennsylvania Fourth grand division Indiana- Fifth grand division Texas Missis ¬ JSixth Seventh grand division California Tennessee Wisconsin i New ersev and Georgia jt Eight grand division Missouri Ala ¬ bama and Louisiana Ninth grand division Iowa Jfihne sola Kansas Maryland Xebraskand Arkansas f Tenth grand division West Virutia j Colorado North Carolina South Da ¬ kota Oregon Washington Montana Wyoming North Dakota Arizona Florida and Indian Territory Eleventh grand division District of Columbia The Louisville Kqfphts Templars have assurances that ttr Adm Schley will come to Louisville long enough to participate thpn ade reports from Washington to the contrary notwithstanding and nipe cial place of honor in this division has been reserved for the Twmr officer Twelfth grand division will j include all the mounted commanderies The men will march in doibl < sec ¬ tions 12 files front and the carriages will be three abreast MANY LIVES LOST The Steamer Inlander Struck AnIce berg and Went non Oft UuiiRlaKH Island Victoria B C Aug 1rhc steam- er Islander of the Alaskan Ioufeor erated by the Canadian Pacific Navi ¬ gation Co of this city struck rill ice bergoff Douglass island at 2 oclock on the morning of Thursday last and went to the bottom carrying town from 65 to SO souls including passen- gers ¬ and members of the crew Seine IA the survivors arrived here rtuiiuiiy evening by the steamer Queen They report that as the vessel went down her boilers exploded causing the death of many who might have esv cnped Cnpt Foote was on the bridge when the vessel struck and fstayod there and went down with his steamer ahoarde the steamer 100000 of which was carried by passengers If II Hart who has spent 16 years in the Klon like lost 35000 in dust Some say that Capt Foolc reached a raft but when he saw the extent of the dir ¬ lance jumped overboard George McL lro rn executive agent of the Canadian Pacific rail load after interviewing the oflicor and passengers who returned said The purser is remaining in the north attending to the forwarding I of through passengers It is imjtos Bible to give an exact list of those lost but from the fact that 113 were saved the number lost must be very much below the figures mentioned In my opinion the loss of life will not exceed 20 THE RESISTENCIA STRIKERS Spanish Vice Consul nt Tampa Ankeit For the Names of Spaninli Sub- jects Deported f Tampa Fla Aug 10The Spanish minister nt Washington has asked Vicenta Guerra the Spanishtilt i consul here for the names of the Spanish subjects who were recently deported by the citizens vigilance committee as leaders of the resistan cia cigar makers strike and for an investigation of the whole affair so far as Spain i is concerned The vice i consul has begun an investigation and has called upon those who reported the matter to the Spanish minister to appear before him and give testi- mony ¬ He says so far as he can as < certain all of the deported Spaniards were naturalized citizens of the Unit ¬ ed States Will Hcturn the VlHlt Copenhagen Aug 70he Danish government having determined to re- turn tIlt visit of the United State training ship Hartford the cruiser Valkrien in command of Prince Waldemar the kings youngest ton will snit for Yew York in January and afterwards visit other American ports Contests HumoutK Invention > i St Louis Aug W1r FW Ab ken of this ellclaims to lw the cmploc4in 11Dumont hen secured a patent on his inventioi years ago On a Gun Carriage Chicago Aug 19aj R P David son next Tuesday will make n second Washingtou rj mfrom r IN A LIVING TOMB Two Victims of the Cleveland Water Crib Horror Rescued From Horrible Death IMPRISONED AT BOTTOM OF LAKE ERIE After Days of Terrible Anguish Their Faint Tapping on the Air Pipe Was Heard Above Stint Off From the Upper WorM the Dies knew othiiic of the Ter ribitt CataHtruplie That Im- I > rioutied Them Cleveland Aug 20 Adam Kest and Joseph Kuglnt two of a dozen or more workmen who were trapped in the water works tunnel 200 feet be ¬ low the surface of Lake Erie by the burning of crib Xo 2 last Wednesday morningwere rescued from their horrible position late Monday after ¬ noon and are now lying senli con- scious at Huron Street hospitalwhere with careful nursing the physicians say they will soon recover their former strength and probably be none the worse for their experience Shut off from the upper world the men knew nothing of the catastrophe that killed so many of their com ¬ rades and imprisoned them When their signal for help tap- ped ¬ on the air pipe was nt last answered from the crib Kest and Engine were preparing to eat raw mule meat heisted Their Experience At the hospital Monday night En ¬ pine and Kest related some of their experiences theysaid that I they did not know that there had been a fire und they could not account for their plight unless sonic accident Laid happened which would soon be re ¬ paired As the time passed by how- ever ¬ und hours lengthened into days the men were beginning to fear that they were doomed to death either ly starvation suffocation or drowning Their tapping on the pipe to atirsift possible attention was done with lit tle hope of its being heard but fortune favored them and their prv ence was realized when a number of men who were at work repairing the burned crib heard the faint noise awny down underground and imme ¬ diately set out to rescue the un ¬ fortunatesAN Dark UI n DtiitKon We gave up more than once said Kest We lost track of time I did not know whether it won six days or three The gas must Iiave mad 7i t deepy We slept n lot I knoW We did not know whether it was tiny or night down there We tried to get out several times Each time the gas drove us back At last we decided that it was Vet out or die and we made a try tap ¬ ping on the pipe as we went clan According to the story of those men the first intimation Euarine and Kest had of the fatal Wednesday morning which saw the crib burned Vas the shutting off of the lights fihe two men were working far in ad ¬ vance of the gang and when the lat ¬ ter matte their rush for safety Kest and Engine were sitting down hey hind the nir lock waiting for the lights to be turned on main They lid not hear the shouts and cries of their fellow prisoners A HEAVY LOSS 1 The ImtiiciiNt Iiiiut of the American Cljyitr Co nt Richmond Va- Ilextroyeil 11 y Fire Richmond Va Aug ° OFir fie ptroyed what is locally known as the J Wright Co plant of the American Cigar Co here Monday There were about 400000 pounds of leaf tobacco in the building owned by the Amer ican Cigar Co and this with the machinery it is estimated was worth ilir000 The building an immense structure covering 19UOO square feet was own- ed ¬ by the Continental Tobacco Co It was live stories high built entirely of brick A conservative estimate ol its value is haven an 00000 It way completely destroyed The total dos is placed at about 200000 insurance 112000 JAPANESE SILKS A New Invoice of IS Cnne Seized at New York lly Collector George II itisi well New York Aug 20A new invoice of 18 cases of silk imported from Ja ¬ pan was reported to George H Bid well collector of the port by il p praiser Wnkeman for seizure Monday With the seizure Monday the got ¬ ernment will have taken charge n1 10 cases of silk weighing more that 10000 pounds and valued at more than SG4000 The dutyon the silks which have already been seized will amount to more thm tOt00 while under the methods carried on in tin division before the frauds were 1is covered the importers would prob ¬ ably have paid only 9001 on the tot One Mail IvIIIeil anil Kt Injured Junction Citj Kan ug200nE other injured some perhaps fatally while nt target practice a half mile nortl of here Monday by the premature explosion of u projectile being load- ed into a seveninch gun The titer were stationed at Fort Riley naj here The inca belonged to Siege Bat- tery 0amI were under command Of Capt Vandeusen 6 Arms anti the Leit hat it marvelous said the young man as they stood looking at the armless wonder He can feed himself without hands he aneedlethe The girl drew a long sigh and said astonishingSee the piano with his toes Why that man doesnt need arms Of what use would theX be to him if he had them Well she said rather low to that the crowd couldnt hear they might come in handy if he were out calling and it was along about nine or ten oclock and the lights were turned down andand But the master of ceremonies called out Now ladies and gentlemen if you will just step this way and there was a rush in sweptdown skin was beginning his interesting and in ¬ structive performance Chicago Record Herald Friendship Tribute The man at whose funeral they were as ¬ sembled hadnt drawn a sober breath dur ing the last 15 years of his life and had been noted for always being in trouble with his neighbors Vellaid one of his old aCt quaintances turning sadly away after the services were oerhhe was a man of mighty reglar habits Chicago Tribune p Do Your Feet Ache and Burnt Shake into your shoes Allens FootEare a powder for the feet It makes tight or New ItchingSwollen anSweating ShoeStores Address The Wrong Kflfect Do you think De Squealer is helping the songsIm sang last night four men who never drank in all their spreeSan I am sure Pisos Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ngoMn Thos Robbins Maple Street Norwich N Y Feb 17 1900 p- It is claimed that fortune favors the brave but wed all be brave if we really be ¬ lieved itPuck p Iloxilea Croup Cure Checks a cold in one hour 50 cents The poet is born but the mere verse writer is apt to be selfmade Puck sere Cs- ie tta t IASHJ t taryThe and 350 shoes tor style comfort and wear has all ether makes sold at price This excellent reputation has DouglMsboes other S30O and 350 shoes because lilia 350ahoeamuat has always been placed ao high that the moneyin ° elsewhereWL and 350 ahoea manufacturersw Wcannot be equalled at any price r T W L Dougam 3OO aria 93 SO ha ara utmdm of thm m mm high Kai Immthmrm used In 95 ass 99 ahes and arm Just as 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The Hickman CourierGEORGE WARREN Publisher
>DICKMAN KENTUCKY
CURRENT TOPICSrI1 Australia has more than 1000 newpapersGrade
> crossings in Europe are nnluiown
Belfast is Irelands richest and mostp populous city
The feminine surplus in Massachu ¬
1 0 setts is 70J398
Europe will have to borrow heay4
ily from the American granaryThe amount of money in this coun ¬
try lust year was 3066 per capitaThe carat is used in estimating the
freight of gems is a grain of Indianwheat
Only about 200000 people in thiscountry buy novels as they run fromthe press
t ¬peltroleum occurs One of them is 123miles long-
Stokers in big steamships work Inen average temperature of from 160to ISO degree-
sIt is estimated that the cost of theBainpsonSchlcy court of inquiry willbe about 25000
Only 9 per cent of the soldiers ac ¬
tually engaged in war are killed onthejfiQldof battle
+ The graduating lists of the Amer4 Scan colleges this year show an in¬
crease of 25 per centAustrian shoemakers talk of via
i lence if American retail shoe storesare opened in that country
Eleven thousand people are enffnged in making lamp chimneysthroughout the United States
Owing the the scarcity of grainears in the west the Kansas farmersare experiencing difficulty in movingtheir wheat
Exports of horses and mules inMissqn i last year brought a returnof 6000pd and a
<great deal of mon ¬
ey name from foreign countriesAccording to the London Telegraph
t the first doctors degree ever bestowen upon a woman in Bohemia was ob¬
tained by Fraulcin Dr Cabot nt thePrague University
The worldfamed Prince Edward olYork diamond one of the most pre ¬
cious stones ever found in the Southbeibrought tbAmerica <
The famous eagles which used to-t haunt the lakes of Killarney makingf their home in the Eagles Nest Moun ¬
tains have been exterminated with-in
¬
the last three yearsThe statue of Frances E Willard to
be presented by the state of Illinoisto the national capitol nt Washing ¬
ton will be modelled by Helen FMear of Oshkosh Wis
King Edxvard VH has acceptedScott Mantague M P a number ofAmcrcian bronze turkeys taken toEngland in n wild state They willbe housed at Sandringhnm
The fortune of Krupp the Ger ¬
man ironmaster is estimated at Aso
i4000isteel works employ 80000 menThe Russian emperor does not be¬
lieve in the eighthour day so far ashe is concerned He works manymore hours and seldom retires be ¬
fore 1 or 2 oclock in the morningttChineseestated On the authority ora
ttea merchant that the glaze
oil the paper coverings of tea chestsIs due to a preparation composedprincipally of the refuse of sharksfins tails and skins
Rev John Spurgeon the father ofi the famous Charles Spurgeon now
dead recently celebrated his ninetjfirst birthday by laying the founds ¬
lion stone of the South NorwoodBaptist Church in England
The most marvelous instance onrecord of a man supposed to be deadwho was brought back to life Js the
I recCnt case of John Schaefer ofJlrooklyn who was resuscitated aft-er
¬
being under water 40 minutesThe British admiralty have just or¬
dered 54 sets of wireless telegraphygear to be made according to theirown speciicntions and system Thecircle which is perfectly round anddrawn with a compass exhibits thispeculiarity ns soon as the square isdrawn inside of it
One of the freaks of nature hasifcehtly been discovered close to theimmense tunnel that is nearing com ¬
t portion on the line of the Southern
boundnrJ1ineemployedti
company an im-mense
¬
rock that isa perfect imagoof a mans head-
YCurious markings are left upon the
victims of lightning Often treesand shrubs to the mioutcst twig are
bodyFormerlye was deto some natural photograph ¬
< ic process It is now known to bethe vivid outlining of veins under ¬
CinstautaCI The effect is indescribably weirdThe latest feat of the giantspeedr1 l or statute1miles an hour for 24 hours is ex¬
pected Jto set steamship designersapd builders to thinking as to steam ¬
ships of thee futureA brandnew state intended fo be
run as a republic is being formed ini the forest land that extends into Bra ¬mertti elected the first president by the 20
s DOO iBhabitaHtH most of whom oreN in h8 aploy The IMBM of ike new
jtif ci < republic ii Aret
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A GREAT TIDAL WAVE
Loss of Life and Property at PortEads La and Vicinity
Logging Camps find Mill Mnnnfnaturer Suffered Conniderabftr
Loss By Breaking of BoomsSchooner Deiuaated
New Orleans Aug 16The stormwhich has been sweeping tie gijilcoast from Pensacola and movingwestward during the past two dayshas prostrated telegraph and tele-phone wires to such an extent thatnews from the outlying sections iahard to get The greatest fears havebeen entertained for the safety ofthe people living at Port Eads at themouth of the Mississippi river andfor the ships that started for sea justbefore the storm began The wiresto Port Eads have been prostratedsince Tuesday night at 8 oclock butthe Picayune reached a man who leftthere at 2 oclock Wednesday He wasat Burns which Is 60 miles downthe river and the farthest point withwhich there Is wire communicationat the present time This man de-
scribes¬
the storm which swept thatsection as a regular tidal wave sitn ¬
flay to the one which resulted in suchawful loss of life in 1S93 He says nilthe people living on the east bankof the river have moved up to thejumpwhich is 15 miles from the
mouth of the riverXew Orleans La Aug 17The
storm has passed and seems to havedone no great damage anywhere ex¬
cept along the river below the citysix fatalities occurring near thetiers mouth In the city the onlyinjury was to lakeside resorts and tathe section flooded by the break ina canal bank which was closed before morning Rice and orangefarms on the lower coast were severe-ly
¬
injured The inhabitants therebelieve that they were struck bya tidal wave combined with a cy-
clone¬
The lives lost were half a mileabove quarantine A large housewas overturned with 15 in it andMrs Rosa Walker her 10yenrolddaughter Ida Walker Miss BirdieCobden and Miss Ella Cobden were
drownedMobileAla Aug 17The tropical
storm which came up out of thesouth Wednesday and increased inforce during the day following is bey
lievcd to have been the severest inthe vicinity of Mobile The highestwind blew at the rate of 70 miles tinhour for some time Various reportsof the drowning of men in the bayhave reached here but it is impossible to confirm them owing to thecomplete demolition of all means olcommunication
The pleasure yacht Ariel boundI
for Fish river with a party of Mobilepeople on board is reported to havepounded to pieces on the wharf atjTattles on the eastern shore of thebay Nothing has been heard of the
crewNothing has been heard from FortIMorgan Two companies of thcoast artillery are stationed thereThe barracks undoubtedly receivedj
the full force of the blow3O communication can be had with
any of the islands in Mississippiround just outside the bar 3
miles below here Any news concernfug the fate of the islanders mustcome by boat and this is anxiouslyawaited
The fruit steamer Herald frouPorto Cortez arrived late Fridaynight She reports speaking a twomasted schooner G5 miles southeastof this port totally dismantled Thecaptain of the schooner declined as¬
sistance Logging camps and milmanufacturers have suffered considerable loss by the break of boomsSaw logs and squared timber driftedInto Mobile all day much of it coiningup on Royal street three blocks fromthe water front-
Montgotpery Ala Aug 17Tlstorm from the gulf did considerabledamage in central Alabama
Specials from Selma and Troy saythat cotton and corn were prostratednround those towns and the loss ttcthe farmers will be heavy Treeswere uprooted and houses unroofedbut so far no loss of life has beerreportedAt
a raft anchored in theAlabama river and supporting a tagpile driver was sunk carrying the machinery valued at 2000 to the Bot ¬
tonsIn Augusta county the estimated
damage to the cotton crop vanesfrom 10 to 30 per cent Late corn isprostrated
Business Part Almost Wiped OutBurlington Ia Aug 17TIlc bindi ¬
ness portion of Seaton Jllwn nlnest wiped out by fire The loss isestimated nt about 50000 with in ¬
surance about half The fire wasstarted by the upsetting of a lamp-at a dance Among the burned build ¬
ings were Elricks opera souse thepost ofliee the Independent news ¬
paper otVcc Connors hotel and eightether business houses
To Aid the StrikersSt Louis Mo Aug IGThe nation-
al¬
socialist party Thursday sent outan appeal calling upon their socialistbranches to do all in their power < rAid the Amalgamated strikers Thesocialist organization numbers nearly130000 throughout the country
Bugs Destroy WheatDallas Tex Aug 6lugss have
appeared in large numbers in lifeldcof volunteer wheat and threaten udestroy the second growth sit complr4ely as they did the first troearly in the s ribg
TRIEITWIAL CONCLAVE I
Grand Mnrnlial Leathers issues aCenernl Order Outlining the
Formation of the Iltrude
Louisville Ky Aug 19Maj JohnII Leathers who will be grand njjJishal of the parade which inniigyratesthe festivities of the triennial con-
clave¬
of the Knights Templars inLouisville Tuesday August 27 issuedSunday night his final general ordersto every grand uncl subordinate commandery of the United States out-lining the formation of the pageant
Twelve grand divisions exclusive ofthe special escort of honor to the off-
icers
¬
and members of the grand uucampment will form for the paradeThe line will be as follows >
First grand division templars frontthe grand and subordinate coininanderies of Massachusetts Ilhode Isnnd New York Virginia New Hamp-shire and Connecticut
Second grand division Ohio andnineJjv
Third grand division PennsylvaniaFourth grand division Indiana-Fifth grand division Texas Missis ¬JSixthSeventh grand division California
Tennessee Wisconsini New ersev andGeorgia jt
Eight grand division Missouri Ala ¬
bama and LouisianaNinth grand division Iowa Jfihne
sola Kansas Maryland XebraskandArkansas f
Tenth grand division West Virutiaj
Colorado North Carolina South Da ¬
kota Oregon Washington MontanaWyoming North Dakota ArizonaFlorida and Indian Territory
Eleventh grand division District ofColumbia The Louisville KqfphtsTemplars have assurances that ttrAdm Schley will come to Louisvillelong enough to participate thpnade reports from Washington to the
contrary notwithstanding and nipecial place of honor in this divisionhas been reserved for the Twmrofficer
Twelfth grand division will jincludeall the mounted commanderies
The men will march in doibl < sec ¬
tions 12 files front and the carriageswill be three abreast
MANY LIVES LOST
The Steamer Inlander Struck AnIceberg and Went non Oft
UuiiRlaKH Island
Victoria B C Aug 1rhc steam-er Islander of the Alaskan Ioufeorerated by the Canadian Pacific Navi ¬
gation Co of this city struck rill icebergoff Douglass island at 2 oclockon the morning of Thursday last andwent to the bottom carrying townfrom 65 to SO souls including passen-gers
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and members of the crew SeineIA the survivors arrived here rtuiiuiiyevening by the steamer Queen Theyreport that as the vessel went downher boilers exploded causing thedeath of many who might have esvcnped Cnpt Foote was on the bridgewhen the vessel struck and fstayodthere and went down with hissteamerahoardethe steamer 100000 of which wascarried by passengers If II Hartwho has spent 16 years in the Klonlike lost 35000 in dust Some saythat Capt Foolc reached a raft butwhen he saw the extent of the dir¬
lance jumped overboardGeorge McL lro rn executive
agent of the Canadian Pacific railload after interviewing the oflicorand passengers who returned said
The purser is remaining in thenorth attending to the forwarding I
of through passengers It is imjtosBible to give an exact list of thoselost but from the fact that 113 weresaved the number lost must be verymuch below the figures mentionedIn my opinion the loss of life will notexceed 20
THE RESISTENCIA STRIKERS
Spanish Vice Consul nt Tampa AnkeitFor the Names of Spaninli Sub-
jects Deported fTampa Fla Aug 10The Spanish
minister nt Washington has askedVicenta Guerra the Spanishtilti
consul here for the names of theSpanish subjects who were recentlydeported by the citizens vigilancecommittee as leaders of the resistancia cigar makers strike and for aninvestigation of the whole affair sofar as Spain iis concerned The vicei
consul has begun an investigation andhas called upon those who reportedthe matter to the Spanish ministerto appear before him and give testi-mony
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He says so far as he can as<
certain all of the deported Spaniardswere naturalized citizens of the Unit ¬
ed StatesWill Hcturn the VlHlt
Copenhagen Aug 70he Danishgovernment having determined to re-
turn tIlt visit of the United Statetraining ship Hartford the cruiserValkrien in command of PrinceWaldemar the kings youngest tonwill snit for Yew York in Januaryand afterwards visit other Americanports
Contests HumoutK Invention >i
St Louis Aug W1r FW Abken of this ellclaims to lw thecmploc4in11Dumonthen secured a patent on his inventioi
years ago
On a Gun CarriageChicago Aug 19aj R P David
son next Tuesday will make n secondWashingtou rj
mfromr
IN A LIVING TOMB
Two Victims of the ClevelandWater Crib Horror Rescued
From Horrible Death
IMPRISONED AT BOTTOM OF LAKE ERIE
After Days of Terrible Anguish TheirFaint Tapping on the Air Pipe
Was Heard Above
Stint Off From the Upper WorM theDies knew othiiic of the Ter
ribitt CataHtruplie That Im-
I > rioutied Them
Cleveland Aug 20 Adam Kest andJoseph Kuglnt two of a dozen ormore workmen who were trapped inthe water works tunnel 200 feet be¬
low the surface of Lake Erie by theburning of crib Xo 2 last Wednesdaymorningwere rescued from theirhorrible position late Monday after¬
noon and are now lying senli con-scious at Huron Street hospitalwherewith careful nursing the physicianssay they will soon recover theirformer strength and probably benone the worse for their experience
Shut off from the upper world themen knew nothing of the catastrophethat killed so many of their com ¬
rades and imprisoned themWhen their signal for help tap-
ped¬
on the air pipe was nt lastanswered from the crib Kest andEngine were preparing to eat rawmule meat
heisted Their ExperienceAt the hospital Monday night En¬
pine and Kest related some of theirexperiences theysaid that Itheydid not know that there had been afire und they could not account fortheir plight unless sonic accident Laidhappened which would soon be re¬
paired As the time passed by how-ever
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und hours lengthened into daysthe men were beginning to fear thatthey were doomed to death either lystarvation suffocation or drowningTheir tapping on the pipe to atirsiftpossible attention was done with little hope of its being heard butfortune favored them and their prvence was realized when a number ofmen who were at work repairingthe burned crib heard the faint noiseawny down underground and imme ¬
diately set out to rescue the un¬
fortunatesANDark UI n DtiitKon
We gave up more than once saidKest We lost track of time Idid not know whether it won six daysor three The gas must Iiave mad7it deepy We slept n lot I knoWWe did not know whether it was tinyor night down there
We tried to get out several timesEach time the gas drove us backAt last we decided that it was Vetout or die and we made a try tap¬
ping on the pipe as we went clanAccording to the story of those
men the first intimation Euarine andKest had of the fatal Wednesdaymorning which saw the crib burnedVas the shutting off of the lightsfihe two men were working far in ad ¬
vance of the gang and when the lat ¬
ter matte their rush for safety Kestand Engine were sitting down hey
hind the nir lock waiting for thelights to be turned on main Theylid not hear the shouts and cries oftheir fellow prisoners
A HEAVY LOSS1
The ImtiiciiNt Iiiiut of the AmericanCljyitr Co nt Richmond Va-
Ilextroyeil 11 y Fire
Richmond Va Aug °OFir fieptroyed what is locally known as theJ Wright Co plant of the AmericanCigar Co here Monday There wereabout 400000 pounds of leaf tobaccoin the building owned by the American Cigar Co and this with themachinery it is estimated was worthilir000
The building an immense structurecovering 19UOO square feet was own-ed
¬
by the Continental Tobacco CoIt was live stories high built entirelyof brick A conservative estimate olits value is haven an 00000 It way
completely destroyed The total dosis placed at about 200000 insurance
112000
JAPANESE SILKS
A New Invoice of IS Cnne Seized atNew York lly Collector George
II itisi well
New York Aug 20A new invoiceof 18 cases of silk imported from Ja ¬
pan was reported to George H Bidwell collector of the port by ilppraiser Wnkeman for seizure Monday
With the seizure Monday the got¬
ernment will have taken charge n1
10 cases of silk weighing more that10000 pounds and valued at morethan SG4000 The dutyon the silkswhich have already been seized willamount to more thm tOt00 whileunder the methods carried on in tindivision before the frauds were 1iscovered the importers would prob ¬
ably have paid only 9001 on the totOne Mail IvIIIeil anil Kt InjuredJunction Citj Kan ug200nEotherinjured some perhaps fatally while
nt target practice a half mile nortlof here Monday by the prematureexplosion of u projectile being load-ed into a seveninch gun The titerwere stationed at Fort Riley najhere The inca belonged to Siege Bat-tery 0amI were under command Of
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Arms anti the Leithat it marvelous said the young manas they stood looking at the armless wonderHe can feed himself without hands he
aneedletheThe girl drew a long sigh and saidastonishingSee the piano with
his toes Why that man doesnt needarms Of what use would theX be to himif he had them
Well she said rather low to that thecrowd couldnt hear they might come inhandy if he were out calling and it wasalong about nine or ten oclock and thelights were turned down andand
But the master of ceremonies called outNow ladies and gentlemen if you will
just step this way and there was a rush insweptdownskin was beginning his interesting and in¬
structive performance Chicago RecordHerald
Friendship TributeThe man at whose funeral they were as ¬
sembled hadnt drawn a sober breath during the last 15 years of his life and had beennoted for always being in trouble with hisneighbors Vellaid one of his old aCtquaintances turning sadly away after theservices were oerhhe was a man of mightyreglar habits Chicago Tribune
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