| Show AT HOME AND ABROAD ST LOUIS april 28 A brief dla dis patch from guthrie 0 T says ata at 6 0 this thib morning a mighty wave of water six alx feet ablith and a mile wide swept down cottonwood valley and struck this city A deafening roar wont went up as a the water crushed the house bouw and drove the people from their homes at the first fired rush every boat and bridge was swept AWRY away all weal guthrie 14 submerged twenty business houses have ton ten feet of water in them the river to la thirty feet fact above the ordinary level hand rede of 61 people R are in id the trees but cannot be helped several men in trying to wim swim the current to reach four women and a baby in a tree were carried away A woman wading from her home with a baby on her bar head bead was wae wept away and lost it Is ie believed teore mauro than a score of negroes were drowned persons who escaped the rood flood estimate that fully fifty pers were drowned KANSAS CITY april 28 A special to toe the star from guthrie oklahoma Okla hama mays ye the terrible flood of cottonwood Coit onwood river suddenly aud denly engulfed west guthrie dortly after sunrise thin morning morn lug there in IB reason to believe that lully a core deore ol of persons were drowned hun dreda were driven fromm from their homes bom OB find and many houses swept away it la Is the moat appalling disaster that ever befell guthrie Gut brie I 1 the river burst bunt from the banks banka and a raging men bait a mile wide swept boro aarow the valley failey carrying houses farne and fen COB with it to siad aud sorow gaw to the situation the main supply pipe of the waterworks water works system buret burat where it crossed cottonwood Cutt onwood in the southern ou thern part and all the water in the reservoirs poured into the river oaring we the night the bridge loading leading aarow the river to the city be baa been wept swept away people were absorbed abe orbed watching wa the riling matere when the abe flood from the me reservoirs canals came down in a 8 wall and out the arm of land near the main land cutting off peopled peoples ps they red fled to higher pelts part ot of the newly formed island rho river at 9 wa w a 0 0 feet then than the usual level leve it la is believed that chrs 18 much 1010 of lite life in that mat part of the city but people are so BO bewildered as aa to it to boure houie HOUI alter DAItOr huse was wa swept away the debris eam against the strong birong bridge near too ice plant the bridge was waa torn farn from its if moorings and carriou away horne home cowe ohio kena AIDIs etc oon non dotted the river la in all directions men and women could be soon aaen in the houses beckoning for help there were no boats boata and the he men met et about constructing ting rait the guthrie club quickly organized A rescuing party and began toe me construction of boate three daring raf famen sought to fescue ru an old man from a tree the rait as ai it ruesta down the river was witched watched breathless breath jer excitement jt Is struck the overhanging limbo aud ad the meb were knocked from their feet they managed to stay atay with the he raft fait how ever and it went whirling toward marron nothing has ban since been heard board of wem them v two meo men secured a sma eman tern stern wheeled pleasure boat and heroically went to rescue men and women lodged in ia the trees many persons persona were rescued amul amid the cheers of the tort ton the cable which hold held the boat the boat was drawn loto into the current and whirled away fortunately it landed further down the stream many overturned houses can be seen far out in the flood it will be hours before the fate oi of their occupants can ban be learned many persons persona claim to have seen other drowned it irwill will be impossible to 90 find the bodies for weeks as everything Is in wept swept into marron river two away the marron river is in from one to two miles wide A dagou bridge has gone out it Is IB feared the newly completed steel bridge ot of the santa fe railway Is if weakened ered the tracks are submerged and tro ano abandoned small railway bridges in all directions have been washed out the lou lose in guthrie Is ie many thousands of dollars too toe disaster ter equals the chandler tornado for terrible suddenness GuT HRiz 0 T april 28 the heaviest rain in years year fell throughout the territory yesterday and last jant night a continuous downpour keeping up for seven hours hour southwest of waterloo this county a 11 waterspout occurred and half a dozen farms farm were inundated near clifton lincon county scores score of farms have jeen been swept of everything and many i attle and ana horses were drowned near gushing cushing payne con county nty cozete 01 people have been birly driven on from their homes by the high water in the western part of logan county several large jorge bridges on the maren maran and cottonwood rivers have been abandoned and trains in every direction are delayed by washouts was wa houie shouts at el reno benu lightning struck the presbyterian church spite spire and a negro house hudee knocking tho the children right and left but killing none no fatalities have been report ed from any point the total rain fall since saturday noon amounts 1198 inches it Is in raining hard kansas april 28 A special arom guthrie to tile he beacon say nine people were seen to drown two women mad and a child were carried away on a bridge one man ants and two wo women were OD the house hiame roof when ebeo it is went to pieces and perished an A there Is no communication it was absolutely impossible to go gel he ehg names name scores are missing many buildings are still going down A girl in a peach tree or hours just gave up and fell fall in the be water hundreds of men are building boats boat at the lumber yards gus platt and george wells wella swam the main current out cut a flat boat from its moorings and saved seven people it is believed that many were caught t in bed lu lap the small houses rau anu drowned the big marron bridge Is gone immense damage has baa been done to the country skeleton creek has baa washed away scores of farmhouses and several people are drow drowned nod KINO 0 T april 28 hardly bad the streams aud and crooks of this vicinity returned to the normal conditions condition from saturday torr ifie bairs before they were again flooded higher than ever by a cloud burnt baft which washed the bridges bridge out carried great trees auses fences and everything portable down the stream several persons persona are retorted reported drowned large numbers of stock perished per lebed ST louis april 28 A special pedal from san luis luia potosi mexico to the globe democrat says ay the rio blo verde valley has been visited by a terrific hailstorm which rained the growing crops and caused great lose of life reports have teen tean received here bore of the killing of forty one persons by 0 j 1 one bas ha Blenda lends twelve faro farm hands band were killed some of abor hailstones weighed over three dounan YORK april 27 this thib day of days in manhattan history or of pageants page anta dawned clear and cool the wind briskly tossed the flags algi and bunting hung bung from every point of advantage in greater now new york long before sunrise the streeta were thronged thron ged the ceremonies proper began at sunrise ua when from a tall flagpole near the bo tomb was wai flung an immense american Amer loaa rag flag furnished by the daughters daughter of the revolution there anere it will fly night and day in fair weather and foul antl the winds have worn it away and the sun bun faded its ito colors colon at the same ame time the marines marine un on the warships were piped to their quarters quarter and landed to stand baand and receive the bead of tho the column babue were playing and youth youichi shouting in joyousness of spir pir lt for it was waa agreed that the prevailing note should be joy over the memory ot of the great man honored not orrow morrow over the death of the hero bero loua shouts pronounced the arrival of the president Pre aident at he rode in ft a carriage with general porter and mayor strong kilo hii reception wao waa flattering in the be extreme and he bowed repeatedly hl file usually a rave face was waa wreathed in milea vice president Pre aident hobart joined the president Pre aident the open baroo barouche oh lit la which they hey were seated took its ito place at the head bead of the line general butterfield la in the uniform ot a retired general of the army nd at the right of the barouche baro nohe wahab was waa preceded by a pickets picked force of mounted policemen the military ememrt included one sergeant ler geant aad ten son men alson of A troop the grants granta left the hotel by the fifth avenue entrance a few ahead of the presidents Preal denta party mrs mr grant leaned on the arm aria of her son on col frets D grant altogether ebey occupied eight carriages carriage the initial stop inep in me parade was wa made mad almost almoas on schedule Rohe dule time and at 9 40 the a procession was wa on the move the visitors got a chance to ee a million people the unbroken humanity six ix miles long jong was an inspire ing eight tile the arrival of the official section lection of the procession eion at the tomb was waa the bignal of the stupendous out burat of patriotic cheering from people in the grum grand standa on lawns around the monument and on the president and other gueste gu sate alighted from the carriage sat at the monument stands and took the places assigned them in readiness for the oratorical and musical ceremonies YORK april 27 the exer cisom at the monument commenced with the singing of america A solemn clemn silence then fell on the dense crowd as the venerable bishop jonn john P newman invoked a blessing ble slag on the ceremonies many people joined in the lords prayer which concluded the prayer A hymn ot 01 thanks old Nether laud folk was sung by the choristers cho and another mighty beer arose as president mckinley moved to the railing of the speak speakers erle stand he was introduced by mayor tBt As too the president removed his hat orlen cries come came from all slues alues put pot ou on your hat WOW well excuse you the preal deu however stood with bared head in spite of the nipping wind that wept across the stand and delivered his hin address ad dreis at the conclusion on ot of the presidents address col fred grant shook him warmly by tile the hand baud the spectators applauded the star spangled banner was played by the band after which gen horace porter perter was introduced by the mayor too orator of the day was accorded a warm reception gen cien porter kept his hat on anile speaking he read his address from a typewritten manu script the biting wind forced many ladle ardies of the presidential party to seek th the shelter belter fl of the tomb among these theme were mrs mckillop Mo Mc Kirley KiLloy gen porter was wan followed by mayor strong the hallelujah Hall eujah chorus from handels handel messiah was sung this the ceremonies at the speakers stand CHICAGO april 28 the record today says saye another movement similar to that which general coxey organ izoa iced a low lew years ago and which to is designed to take make an army of baem unemployed men on a long trip across the country to Is being quietly organized and is 11 to is said that la in june will 12 having its starting point in this city it differs differ from the that which was proa tic ITO five of the he tanio amoun uio keep off the me grass by torn term in that it does not have the rational national capital as 88 too the objective point and to Is not designed 0 ask we be national I 1 government fox for aid for anyone it if the present plans plan are carri carried e d out when the army reaches the ind end ot 01 its if destination it will at once go to work as a co cooperative commonwealth and the leaders will attempt to prove that tho he working people can provide for themselves out of the abundance of the earth without dividing the pro ducts ot of their labor jabor it is said bald that with the adjournment of the convention of the american Amer lOAD railway unions union which will most meet in this city early in june jaue the time will have arrived for the order to march aej it to Is further said laid that president eugene V dots and other men prominent in tile he railroad organization are among the he prime movers in the scheme utah into Is to be thel tae haven of at rest and once there every man will be on an equal tooting footing with bis big neighbor othero there will be no BO city councils to do business with when public improvements are needed and the people decide to make maket them bom the people will do thle this themselves it is said bald that figures have bare been gathered which show that there are men and women out of employ ment meat in chicago it is oot not expected that anywhere near this number will make the trip to utah on the first call but bat it Is ie beli believe ovel 1 by many men man prominent la in the movement that the army will move with several thousand men in line and that it will pick ul many more on the way to toe the western country DALLAS tex april 29 the con federate fedei ate monument erected through the efforts of the Dough daughters of the confederacy at dallas was unveiled this mornin ir it to la texas granite the abaft being fifty feet high at the top of the colt ak i stands a private at the bass bale on ion pedestals are life sized statues of jefferson davie B R E lee stonewall jackson and sidney johnston jefferson davis davia pulled the cord that unveiled the form of his grandfather lucy hays did the be same fur robert E lee A little granddaughter of stone wail jackson completed the u unveiling og by pulling the cords which removed the veils from the statues of jackson and johnston after the young ladlee ladle representing the southern states had decorated the monn moun ment with flowers john H regan began the only surviving member of the Confer deate cabinet delivered a 8 on oa president davis da vis BARCELONA may 1 twenty six in addition to those already sento have been condemned to death for complicity in the bomb out rage on june ath last at the feast of corpus christi Chr iati when a bomb was thrown into the ml jet of a on the way to lo the church of santa maria del mar killing a dozen persons outright and wounding about fifty others who since have died of their injuries NASHVILLE tenn tenni may 1 the tha tennessee Tean essee centennial exposition was opened at nuan noon today with appropriate lo 10 the presence of many thousands thousand ot of people the weather war wail bright and cold the inclement 0 mont weather yesterday interfered with the he arrangements arrangement for a parade in honor oi of the visiting supreme officers of the ancient bessone order yet let it was a most creditable affair governor taylor and taff staff in open carriages carriage swoot to tho the grounds ground later slater public buildings and hundreds 01 ol businow busl nea houses and private residences along the line qt of match march and every other portion of tho he city are to hand bomely adorned arriving at the exposition grounds the procession waa joined by thousands of citizens inspecting the be splendid buildings and attractive grounds washington may L 1 in adue ibe 1130 request of the be tive committee ot of the nashville cea can tonu tennial laJ the president opened the ex position idy dy wire from the waite house at today the circuit wa mao made a up by the western un union ion OM of BolaJi by way of Ric timond va V and asbe ville N C repeaters repeat era being used uaea at the former place montgomery ala may 2 one night last week some religious par bisans in jackson county carried into the woods et ripped and severely whipped two mormon elders eldera this the elders eldera subsequently appealed gogov to gov johnson for protection |
