Show el sister catherines sew enterprise BIG FLOOD homes of fourteen hundred people in yuma flooded games in the south philadelphia march 2 special work waa begun today to day on the now convent which sister catherine more irene rally as miss Chatherin eM drexal is to build at andalusia a village A few miles from thia city miss drexel is to be the bead of new catholic society to be known as tho bisters of the sacrament the work of tho sisters mill b mainly among the indians ant in abia convent they will hu trained for their mission alias bely fortu ap estimated by boine at was only left in trust to her during tier life and she will retain personal of the income which the executors af lier fathers estate aay they will pay m her alone miss drexel is the daughter of the late frncis A drexel of dresel co the well known bankers abndt two yeara ago atie entered the convent of the bisters of mercy at during the past year ahe lias founded a catholic school and orphanage for the colored catholic of phia Ari YUMA ariz feb 28 two hundred and fifty houang have fallen and the late occupants are homeless and penniless the flood reached 33 feet 2 inches as against 28 feet 6 inches in 1883 the highest water ever known every business house in town except the southern pacific horel is in ruins the river has fallen 4 feet 6 inches since morning but the copat rise is coming from miles from here by the biyer and will reach here to or early tomorrow to morrow the families let homo leBs are quartered iu the koern ment building bui ldina that it ve not been occupied for eara the of arzona drains into the colorado and possible was done to it ace the aher and and day the whole tov n worked but to no purpose the heavy riina for hundreds of width and length filled ayery stream a royo and canyon the people of yuma raised and at bouce loa anneira ent sent s san francisco and indianapolis came to the rescue the citizens whose homes are safe have twenty to fifty in each of thair houses scores are quartered on the hills and mesas in tents and in the open air warm and mild climate will s ive hundreds of fives if telegraphic reports are true the worst la to come tomorrow to morrow every dwelling in yuma is adobe which melted like snow in the flood alie water six feet deep still anna through the principal streets the railroad on both aides of town is washed away the katr still runs over tha gat trestle work west of the town no hopes are entertained that will run east or west before sunday sheriff nugent haa charge of the auf ferera and ia noble work for alie town and people atie convent fell agnns the last buildings the railroad company lost the railroad and steamboat and the ice houe with tons of ice the last building that fell was the A 0 U W hall a fine building and beautifully fur the rendezvous of the A 0 IT W indue tha G A B and the yami rifles the catholic church aboaf water at 10 SO gifts la the ST AUGUSTINE FLO march 2 special tennis which has alwawi been a social feature of the florida sea eon ha this year received prominence on account of the bourna meat at magnolia which beeam today to day and for which an imposing dia play of sterling silver is offered nes blondy the tournament for the nations tropical championship will begin in this city the st tournament ha been raised to an event of national interest by its promoters and this beai contests will ee a longer list ol 01 entries then ever before ane event is for the ant clubs championship trophy representing the tropical championship ol 01 the a massive sterling silver model ot the ancient city pates which becomes the winners property alter from victories sot necessarily consecutive the all camera firl prize is a pitcher of new and beautiful shape it is the winners property after one victory he then comp atoa with the last years champion for the the tournament will have an added dignity this vear by t e presence of the national champion olivar S campball who has already reached here from philadelphia big checler gist pa march 2 special the checker match for the champion hip of pennsylvania between W C bron ol 01 tin city who hold the title and W H tyson of big rein beban today to day at plucks mountain city theatre b building uil ding i vitic CHICAGO march 2 special the new Mc th Atre which will be opened this month by the jeffersen Jeffe raen florence combination is ampro aching completion it will bi as far as possible tire proof and oi o i the chule aa a theatre as there is in the country st chuh will ie defeated NEW YOKE march 2 special T P cornor member of the parliament for one of the divisions of liverpool arrived in the city today to day from the west he wednesday for england he tanka that there will be no compromise between mccarthy and parnell and that the latter will ultimately be defeated school f Jil naw nsw YORK march 2 special the fiftieth representation of the school for scandal will be given at alys t abight each present will receive a in the sape of a colv of mr dalya version of the play prettily bound in half morocco k J BROOKLYN M Y march 2 special the annual geographical exhibition obeird to day ther is a display of exhibits from all of th country and from europe opening the death of jia vly BOSTO narcho special various methodist bodied of the country are to the one hundredth of the death of their founder coln Begin nothing bealey died at the head of an tin numbering more than buleh members who ministered ered to by itinerant and many thousand ocal preachers today to day the united different branches of methodists in the united states far erched those of any other denomination and even the methodist Metho diat episcopal charch alone has no Pres rival in member though the baptists and other off ari not very far behind it i |