Show NATIVES they apprehend BO danger from a dam and thus fall victims BUENOS dec 23 special the beautiful town of cordova containing a opu laton of souls has nearly blotted out by the bursting of a large dam somo thirteen miles from the cily how large the list of the dead is baa not yet aften ascertained with certainty owing to the imperfect facilities for the transmission of news to alie capital of alie confederation but it will reach well into the hundreds larga sections of the city were swept hy the rushing waters every report received seems to point to the same condition of affairs which existed in alie valley of alie conemaugh Cono maugh previous to the johnstown disaster alie relation of cordova to this dike like the ill fated johnstown is peculiarly adopted for the calamity that has visited the city alie danger lias long been understood by the most intelligent foreigner re aiding there and futile attempts have been made from time to time to attract the attention of the authorities to alie peril but all to no purpose now as a result the fairest of argentine cities alie seat of learning the site of isumer able ecclesiastical is in mourning cordova is a city of somo inhabitants in population the second in the republic rosario w pushing it very strongly and already has doubled alie trade the city fas founded by the priests in the fifteenth century and they selected one of alie worst situations possible an unusual tiling with catholics of alie early period innumerable streams race from the elevated heights and unite to form a medium river called the rio primero A native the in mountains at alie the idea of building a dam across a narrow cut through which the flowed whilo vet an t by so doing lie argued large lake could be formed would supply abundance purposes getting consent of the local aud an lie a dike after his jovn primitive and lile ideas alie following rainy season the lake soon ailed and the yonn engineer received the congratulation nf liis friends the place became a pleas iio resort for the elite of the city and boat clubs were organized to take advantage advant ae of the only decent body of water ari iliin hundreds of uilys before long however rumors rife among the foreign residents eliat the dam was hanily constructed and unsafe bhavini been erected by poisons to whom alie vas an unknown quantity in alie due course of ame the foreign community was startled and horrified by wn disaster some ol 01 the timid for lanors moved to a small town oil alip beuna remarking that those who wanted to be washed to the foot of throne on dirty argentine could do so but iliev preferred another transportation A curious and amusing incident connected with the subject now occurred A high priest of ancient rites was in great state to san roque to exercise the evils in tiie dam this promised a comedy of unusual interest and the foreign population was present en caspe maspe on ar rignie at the lake i vast concourse of were seen attired in sombre garb and as silent as the winds of heaven out in tiie middle of the river close to alin dam and standing on a rude plit fonn built on piles was a we ird and uncanny forin eliat of an old aged indian a long white beard tossed and by the winds of many years II 11 is face was and yellow and bore the scratches of father times lauh to t alien followed a acene which almost beggars description for two loi hours the high priest poured forth an unceasing flow of words and with an eloquence and wealth of gesture anat would put to shame the moat modern of modern preachers Not liing waa done toward strengthening the dam and population had chaken hands with the danger so lone that they became apathetic on the subject finally a huge crack appeared across the whole face of the hail structure and it began to widen dangerously this was stupidly ois eg ardad shortly after midnight a wild yell was heard on the streets of cordova the waters were coming in rapidly and panic stricken men and women ran for their lives in many in stances abandoning their children to the floods the waters roared down upon the lomei portion of the cita and few of tiie houses escaped being swept away by the seething torrents of murky canal water witnesses who escaped say that 1 the horrors of alic confusion and panic mingled with the cries cf the drowning surpass anything that has been heard of the inferno abe morning revealed areat mountains of ruins and many stranded human corpses tiie work of collecting these are now going on details of the actual loss of life are meager but a conservative estimate places it at over american washington dec 26 the bureau of american has received information of the organization of a corporation in brazil under the name of the Con nania nova era rural de brazil with a capital of a large part of which has benn furnished by ban era and merchants of europe tho object I 1 is to establish twenty agricultural seti clements tle ments upon the public lands of brazil 1 which are gevea free of cost by the KOV eminent to aid tho enterprise to construct lines of railway for placing these settlements in communication with each other and U air markets to carry out corporations and the manufacturing of suar bricks tilea lime and other articles for as well as for local consumption the company oBes to select a thousand ol 01 the famille famil lw in europe con bitting of skilled agriculturists and mechanics chanice cs and transport them to brazil where houses wili in prepared for their occupancy and toi Is a id implements furnished for ahe ir aie H anese colonists will be divide 1 i to villages and scattered over the aa a nucleus for im to be there later alie federal anil state government officials of arnzil leave offered a sua of five per cent interest on ode third of the invested in alie en e an expedition as ome time ago sent by the aber thie government up the panama river to explode what is known as the gran a tract of country in the part of the argentine republic as unknown as the interior of africa the expedition has returned lii libin in traveled 40 H miles and reports eliat grin chace which was suppose to be a ort of swamp is on the d dmd of much promise alie climate being mild and healthy and the soil riah hii maize corn and sugar cane there asiain enormous size and there is valuable timber drowned ax midi dec 26 the sad nine of two students made this a gloomy christmas at college last two in eUcal students frank E dickinson of dubuque iowa and minnie brundage of long island left for the mill pond to skate they did not return and thia morning a searching party found their bodies under the ice cartres Cartr ds ables dec 26 A cartridge carti idge factory at alie western suburbs of the city exploded this afternoon injuring a number of employees indians escape N D dec 26 special band of indians which major carroll was after liace eluded him and aro making for the bad lands A YORK dec 26 special A blinding blizzard struck the city early this morning and the general traffic on the streets have had to be suspended A blinding snow storm proy ails making it necessary to keep the gas burning all day in alie hovels of the poor suffering prevails as the wind is very cold and penetrating many of the trains from alie interior are delayed and telegraphic communication in some directions are cut off the weather bureau predicted a cold wave from the northwest and it has come but more severe than was expected signal arrice snow storm predictions Predict ioas washington dec 26 A special bulletin issued by the signal service office the present storm which extends from indiana to virginia pro tho greatest amount of enow in any single storm far meyeral years warnings were sent to the railroads in pennsylvania and new york today to day and the sto m will reach new england by friday from three to seven inches of snow fell to day in the ohio balley ailt lake items correspondence j SALT LAKE CITY dec 26 special the festive burglar is again making his appearance last evening the residence of prof careless was burglarized while the were at the theatre A diamond ring a gold mounted baton and an umbrella were taken it is thought that the guilty patties are a set of hoo win daiv and made off with the boodle police in hot pursuit architect S S choso whoso residence is n southwest temple street is also a from the haht fingered gentry his residence was plundered by thieves who got away with about a 1000 worth of clothing and jewelry the police say they are confident they have located abe thieves A young man named graham was held up last night on the corner of and 2nd south and ast 1st west streets by unknown toughs alio kicked him in the stomach rendering him temporarily senseless and then rifled his pockets relieving him of a told watch and about 4 in silver his assailants escaped and graham made his way to the police quarters and said he lived on ard 3rd noth at ilia injuries were so severe as to necessitate his being taken home in a hack clara great emotional actress madi her second appearance appear arce in salt laie last evening before a tremendous audience and at prices 50 above the regular she played odett and in alie street vernacular she simply got there she is much stouter than before and looks to be in perfect health she klavs liero thu balance of abe week |