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Show CLOUDBURST IN OREGON. Two Lives Lost and Many Homes Destroyed De-stroyed by Flood. Moagro particulars havo been received re-ceived of a cloudburst accompanied by loss of llfo nnd great damago to property which occurred near Mitchell, in Wheeler county, Oregon. Two Uvea woro lost, Mrs. Bcthuno, a woman aged 00 years, and Martin Smith, aged 91 years, being swept away in tho flood and drowned. Thoy wero too old to assist themselves to a placo of 6afety, and wcro beyond tho roscuo of stronger people In all twenty-eight houses in Mitchell wero destroyed, and in nddl- rAJL w w I tlon sovoral largo barns, ono containing contain-ing thirty horses, wcro swept away, Bridgo and Mill creeks unito sovoral sov-oral hundred yards above Mitchell, and tbo converging of the rushing watore created a wall of water twon-ty twon-ty feet high, which swept down toward to-ward tho town In a mad rush, sweeping sweep-ing everything boforo it. Fighting its way through tho residential pop tlon of tho town, It swept moro than a scoro of houses from Its path, and passed on to tho lowlands beyond. Though tho wnrnlng of tho flood's coming was brief, tho Inhabitants wero aroused to their dnngcr in sufficient suffi-cient tlmo for most ot them to joach high land out of harm's way from tho flood. Tho futuro may roveal tho loss of several lives, Tbo flood, fortunately, fortunate-ly, swept down on tho town at n tlmo whon many of tho peoplo wcro In tho business section, othcrwlso tho loss of llfo would havo been much greater. ;' mem KL77.f:mv Martin W. Littleton, who mnde tho spooeb at tho Domocratlc national convention In St. Ixula nominating Judgo Alton B. Parker, was elected prcsldont of tbo borough ot Brooklyn In 1903. Ho has been a power in poll-tics poll-tics in Now York for many years and has a Btrong following. His personality personal-ity Is striking and ho la an orator ol no mean ability. |