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ESTABLISHED 1887.
SHE KILLED THE MAN
And' Was Expected to Die Herself
Last Night
A FATAL FIGHT IN ANNISTON
Nora Tanner, Who Formerly
Lived in Rome, May Die
A COMBAT IN A HOUSE OF ILL-FAME
She and a Young Man Fought, and He Died
After Being Shot in Several Places—She is
Seriously Injured ahd May Also Die
It Was a Terrible Affair and Created a
Great Sensation.
Anniston, Ala., July 16.—Today at
noon, at the house of ill fame of Ida
Waters j Nora Tanner, the keeper of a
t similar resort, and Warren P. Rouse
a young white man well known about
’ tbwn, had a fierce fight as the result
of a row between them yesterday, for
which Rouse was arraigned in police
court this morning with the woman
as a witness against him.
In the fight the Tanner woman had
ifer arm broken in two places, and
was fearfully beatten over the head,
body and limbs with a stick of wood,
and was also badly cut in the head.
Rouse was shot by the woman in
left side to the hollow, and through
the leg, from which wounds he died
i .six hours later.
• The Tanner woman may die.
Rouse was the husband of an es
timable woman and the father of a
child.
The Tanner woman formerly lived
in Rome.
A FAMILY TERRORIZED.
Drinking Water Poisoned, Stock Killed
and Threats of Murder Made.
Indianapolis, July 16.—The family of
Dr. William Ebert, near Elwood, is in
l a constant state of terror. Repeated at
tempts have been made to poison the
drinking water, his barn has been
burned, his'stock poisoned and he has
* received letters threatening that mem
bers of his family will be killed.
So great is the terror of Mrs. Ebert
and her daughters that an officer has
been' employed to watch the premises
while the family sleep.
, A member of the family was poisoned
by drinking water from the well six
months ago, and her life was saved with
great difficulty. A horse and cow that
drank of the water died. Within a
month a white substance was discovered
on the pump, and when analyzed was
I found to be strychnine.
The matter was kept from the public
, in the hope of catching the would-be
murderer, but another member of the
family was poisoned and an officer had
to be employed. Since then three at
tempts have been made to poison the
family, one by placing poison in the cof
feepot in the night and another by
i putting arsenic in the flour, and the
third by poisoning the water.
The doctor received a letter saying
his barn would be burned that night.
1 The next day at noon it was burned.
Then he received letters threatening the
lives of his daughters.
I Dr. Elbert believes he knows the au
thor of his troubles, but, not being pos
itive, he is afraid to move against him.
Killed While Trying to Make an Arrest.
Mitchell, Ind., July 16.—While re
sisting arrest for attempted murder of
' his sweetheart at Tinsley Ridge, a small
inland town, near here, John White
shot and instantly killed Thomas Fields.
. White has been calling on Miss Nettie
| Atkinson for some time, and later she
f accepted the attentions of other young
men in her town. This so angered
White that he induced the girl to take
I a ride with him, and when but a short
' distance from her home he attempted
to murder her, stabbing her in the breast
| and neck and leaving her for dead. She
shortly after recovered consciousness
and Thomas Fields and others attempted
to arrest White, when he shot and in
stantly killed Fields. White is still at
large.
A Kentuckian Dies In New York.
New York, July 16.—John Cameron
1 Simonds, formerly of Chicago, and a
| member of the Illinois bar, died at the
Ward’s Island asylum. His business
| interests were largely in the west. He
1 was interested in mining and railroad
■ construction in California, but did much
V of hie business in New York and was
I well known to Wall street bankers
X His health broke down completely about
' two Weeks ago, due to overwork, and
his mind being affected, he was re
moved to Bellevue hospital and later to
b Ward’s island. Mr. Simonds was a na-
I tlve of Kentucky and was 48 years old.
h XWO •’’ion nuica <u a vrnscM.
Fl Quincy, Ills., July 16.—An engine
I ! and freight train collided on the incline
I l on the Chicago, Burlington and Quinoy
L railroad main line, six miles from here.
■ Both engines were demolished, and the
|k engineer ar I fireman of the freight, 8.
■G. Hammer and Louis Athy, Fespeo-
Vtively, wer> killed. Fred Smith, nr»-
Bman on the other engine, w4s fatally
w injured, and his engineer, Vanstenberg,
X jumped and escaped with slight inju-
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
I AGREED UPON A DATE.
I Uncle Sam and John Bull Will Publish the
Venezuelan Correspondence Saturday.
I New York, July 16. —A special to
■ The Herald from Washington says: The
i United States and Great Britain have
I agreed upon July 18 as the date for the
simultaneous publication of the corres-
I pondenoe in regard to the recent nego
tions for an international arbitration
' treaty with particular reference to the
I Venezuelan controversy.
The preparation for this correspond
ence for publication is the immediate
' cause of Secretary Olney’s continued
S' esence here during this hot weather.
e is in daily conference with Sir Julian
Pauncefote, who has also been com
pelled to delay his departure for a cooler
climate on account of the negotiations
on this subject.
The correspondence will be laid be
fore the British parliament on the date
mentioned and proof sheets will be
fpxnished to the press by Secretary Ol
ney on the same d ite. While the cor
respondence will show that there are
s’till important points of difference be
! tween the two countries, it will also
; appear that there has been decided pro
gress toward an amicable settlement.
CHARGES AGAINST FLINT.
Assistant Superintendent of the Railway
Mail Service Said to Have Gone Wrong.
San Francisco, July 16.—John F.
Lewis, who was dismissed from the rail
way mail service on June 1, after serv
' ing six years as a stenographer in the
I superintendent’s office, has filed sensa
tional charges against Assistant Super
intendent Samuel Flint with the post
master general in Washington.
Lewis asserts that he was discharged
because he testified against Flint a year
ago, when Oierk Colver of Los Angeles
preferred charges of drunkenness and
favoritism against his chief. He charges
also that A. C. Mahone, E. 0. Murray,
J. E. Mandeville of Sacramento and
B. E. Spear, all the clerks who have
been dismissed in the p t ast few months,
were discharged for the same reason.
i The general charges of Lewis against
I Superintendent Flint allege drunken-
I ness, the use of vulgar language, direct
i and intentional violation of department
1 orders, allowing money lenders to trans
act business through the main office of
the eighth division, lack of discipline,
favoritism, religious and political gam
bling. '
MAY NOT WAIT UNTIL FALL.
The Senate Bond Investigating' Committee
Will Probably Report This Summer.
Washington, July 16. —Sena'tor Har
ris, chairman of the senate committee
to investigate recent bond issues, says
he has not yet determined whether the
committee will wait until fall before
going on with its investigation, or will
complete the work, frame the report
and make it public this summer.
The last meeting adjourned subject to
the call of the chairman, and the pres
ent purpose is to wait until fall before
continuing the inquiry, but Senator
Harris says that conditions may arise,
incident to the campaign, that will
make it desirable to present all the facts
and report to the public at once.
In doing this, he added, no political
motives will be involved, and the only
purpose will be to clear up doubts and
unfounded charges, growing out of the
excitement arising from a national con
test.
The chairman says that if public mis
apprehension should arise on the bond
questions it would be proper to give the
public the amplest information without
reference to whom it would benefit or
injure.
VANDERBILT IS SINKING.
Doctors In Attendance at the Millionaire’s
Bedside Issne a Bulletin.
New York, July 16.—Drs. Janeway}
Delafield, McLane and Draper, who
were in almost constant attendance dur}
ing the the night at the bedside of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Sr., issued the fol
lowing bulletin:
“Mr. Vanderbilt passed a restless
night. His condition is less favorable
than it has been.”
Among the callers at the Vanderbilt
mansion was ex-Secretary William O.
Whitney. When he left the house he
said that he had not seen the patient.
He said that the rumbling noise caused
by vehicles passing through Fifth ave
nue and Fifty-seventh street, had
greatly disturbed the patient during the
early morning hours. During a storm
in the night the tan bark which had
been placed in the roadway near the
house was washed away.
The doctors are still in attendance
and the servants in the house have been
cautioned not to make the slightest
noise. Mr. Vanderbilt’s condition is
said to be critical.
An American Bark Goes Ashore.
London, July 16.—A dispatch from
Zanzibar reports that the American
bark John D. Brewer, Captain Sjogren,
went ashore at Pangawani (Panganilf).
The government has sent a vessel to the
assistance of the Brewer. The John D.
Brewer is a vessel of 926 tons burden
and hails from Boston. Her owner is
Charles Brewer. She sailed from New
York April 14 for Zanzibar.
Niue Children Fatally Folnoned.
St. Cloud, Minn., July 16.—E. Se
cord of Havana, Sherbourn county,
brings news of the fatal poisoning at
Santiago of a family of nine children,
caused -by drinking lemonade July 4.
The lemonade contained some poisonous
ingredients. The children died one after !
the other and the parents are still very
sick. The name of the family is Allen. '
No definite report is obtainable. f ’
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1886
IM. E.RUSSELLDEAD
Bay State’s Boy Governor Expired In
a Cab at Quebec.
A SHORT SKETCH OF HIS LIFE
A Later Account Says He Ex
pired at the Camp}
A LATER REPORT ABOUT THE DEATH
Began to Take an Active Intereat In Poli
tics at the Age of Twenty-Eight, Served
Three Teriua as Mayor of Cambridge,
and, In 1890, Was Elected Governor of
the State of Massachusetts.
Boston, July 16.—A report has just
reached here to the effect that ex-Gov
ernor William E. Russell died Thursday
morning in a cab at Quebec.
A later report says ex-Governor Wil
liam E. Russell died at the camp of
WILLIAM E. BUSSELL.
B. F. Dutton, located at Stadeclyde,
Pabos, Quebec. He was as well as ever
when he retired Wednesday night, but
was found in bed dead Thursday morn
ing. The cause is thought to have been
heart disease.
William Eustis Russell was born in
the university town of Cambridge Sept.
6, 1857. He entered Harvard at the
early age of 16, and immediately after
his graduation in 1877 he began the
study of law, taking a three years’
course at the Boston University Law
school.
He soon began to take an active in
terest in municipal politics, and in 1885
was elected mayor of Cambridge. Dur
ing his three terms in this office ho
gained the respect of the younger ele
ment of his party, and when in 1888 he
was nominated , for governor, though
not elected, he developed such oratorical
talents and such an aptitude for gener
alship that the next year he was again
chosen standardbearer. Fiercely and
hotly the contest was waged, the tariff
being the main issue. Mr. Russell made
hundreds of speeches, and when the
votes were counted it was seen that he
was steadily gaining, for, although
again defeated, it was by a very narrow
margin.
For a third time he was renominated,
and this time was triumphantly elected,
being the third Democratic governor of
Massachusetts since the war and the
youngest man who had ever occupied
the gubernatorial chair. Massachusetts
Democrats fondly referred to him as the
“boy governor,” and he was univesally
known as Billy Russell.
So successful was his first administra
tion that he was renominated in 1891,
and he was re-elected, although every
other Democratic candidate on the
ticket was defeated.
GEORGIA AT NASHVILLE.
Commissioners Appointed to Represent the
State at the Tennessee Centennial.
Atlanta, July 16.—Governor Atkin
son has appointed 15 prominent citizens
as commissioners for the state to look
after Georgia’s interests at the Tennes
see centennial. The centennial com
mences May 1, 1897, and continues six
months thereafter, being located at
Nashville.
Governor Atkinson recently received
a letter from Director General A. W.
Wills of Nashville, inviting him to ap
point a number of commissioners on be
half of Georgia and the list has just
been made out by the governor. It js as
follows:
R. T. Nesbitt of Marietta, W. J.
Northen of Atlanta, G. K. Glenn of
Macon, G. W. Truitt of LaGrange, M.
L. Everett of Lumpkin, J. M. Mcßride
of Tallapoosa, S. W. Coney of Coney,
G. W. Ryals of Savannah, J. L. Culver
of Oulverton, W. O. Waddell of Polk,
Charles E. Harmon of Atlanta, R. T.
Powell of Eatonton, Felix Corput of
Cave Springs, R. A. Forrester of Lees
burg, R. D. Cole, Jr., of Newnan.
The Storm In the Adirondacks.
Saratoga, July 16.—Reports from
the results of destructive storm in the
Adirondacks, show that the storm
swept north of this place and leaving
i here a cyclone developed. A funnel
shaped cloud struck the earth between
Fort Edward and Argyle, Washington
county, destroying small farm dwell
ings and barns. Near Durketown and
Moreau, li buildings were wrecked.
' Between Argyle and North Argyle
1 property valued at SIO,OOO was de
' stroyed. There were many miraculous
' escapes, but no loss of life is reported.
HE LEAVES SALEM
Democratic Presidential Nominee on the
lay to .Nebraska.
MADE A SPEECH AT IEAST ST. LOUIS
It Was Scarcely Sun Up When
the Party Left Salem
FLAGS WERE WAVEDIN HIS HONOR
I
Told the People to Study the Chicago
Platform Carefully—Lincoln lies Prepar
ing to Give Sliver’. Champion a Royal
Welcome—The Nominee of the National
Party Talk.—Vila. luiiei an Addre.s.
Salem, Ills., July 16.—1 t was scarcely
sun up when the Hon. W. J. Bryan,
the Democratic, presidential nominee,
accompanied by his wife and three chil
dren, left here for Lincoln, Neb., Mr.
Bryan’s present home. There were less
than a score of people at the depot to
bid the distinguished party goodby.
At each of the stations where the train
stopped, Mr. Bryan got off and shook
hands with the citizens who had come
to catch a glimpse of the free silver can
didate. The number of people at the
stations varied in number from a half
dozen to three score, and at several
places flags were brpught out and waved
in his honor.
There was a reception at East St.
Louis, for when the train stopped there
at 6:20 o’clock there were 200 railway
men on the platform who shouted and
scrambled to get near him. Each one
seemed determined to shake the hand
of the nominee. Then there were cries
for a speech. In response he said:
People have a curiosity to see the nomi
nee for the presidency and shake him by
the hand. I have been there myself and
crowded around a train to shake hands
with a presidential nominee, even if I did
not vote for him. Ido not know whether
it is all curiosity or not. You cannot tell
much about a man by looking at him. I
think it Is far better to take the platform
and study it and decide whether you like
it, and I can say'to you that Mr. Sewall
and myself stand on th£ platform, and if
we are elected we will carry it out to the
letter. It presents policies which are im
portant and will be good for the mass of
the people. I believe that when prosperity
is brought to the producing classes of this
country it will find its way to the other
classes. . There is no legislation which is
good if it does got reach the masses.
Prince Bismarck, speech made to the
farmers a little ever a year ago, said that
the farmers must stand together and pro
tect themselves from the drone, of so
ciety, which produce nothing but laws.
The producers of the foundry are just as
much entitled to the frtfits of industry
and to consideration as those who con
sume things produced.
The train only stopped three minutes
and Mr. Bryan’s speech was necessarily
short. There was loud cheering and
waving of hats when he finished and
the train pulled out for St. Louis.
A half hour later the train arrived at
the union station in this city, where
several thousand people had gathered
to catch a glimpse or shake the hand of
of the now famous apostle of silver and
the presidential nominee of a great
party.
A most enthusiastic greeting was
given the distinguished gentleman as
he stepped from the train, and as he and
his family moved across the midway of
the station to the diningroom, where a
hasty breakfast was to be taken, cheer
after cheer was gived by the great
crowd and repeated cries were made for
a speech. Finally Mr. Bryan yielded to
the wishes of the throng, and, mount
ing a chair which was already at hand,
he spoke a few words.
The party then went to breakfast,
thence to the Missouri Pacific train, and
at 9 o’clock departed for Kansas Oity.
At Vandeventer station, in the western
part of the city, Hon. Richard P. Bland
boarded the train and will accompany
the party as far as Jefferson Oity.
Rev. Bentley on the Situation.
Lincoln, Neb., July 16. —Rev. Charles
E. Bentley, the presidential nominee of 1
the new National party, which first ■
flung its banner to the breeze at Pitts
burg, resides with his family in a mod
est house at the northeast corner of
Twenty-eighth and M streets. When
informed that a report had been sent
out from Ohio to the effect that the ex
ecutive committee of the National party
had come out flatfooted against Mr.
Bryan, Mr. Bentley said:
“I hardly understand the tenor of
such a report. The National party is
out flatfooted against all candidates ex
cept its own, and is certainly not op
posed to Mr. Bryan any more than to
Mr. McKinley. In fact, the National
party is more in favor of the Chicago
platform than the St. Louis platform.
We are unalterably opposed to the gold
standard, but our financial plank does
not go to the length, breadth and scope
of the Democratic declaration. Here is
what the National party says on the
money question:
All money should be issued by the gen
eral government only and without the in
tervention of any private citizen, corpor
ation or banking institution. It should
be based upon the wealth, stability and
integrity of the nation. It should be a
full legal tender for all debts, public and
private, and should be of sufficient volume
to meet the demands of the legitimate
business interests of the country. For the
purpose of honestly liquidating our out
standing coin obligations we favor the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 to 1 without consulting any
other nation.
••Any one can readily interpret this
declaration because it means exactly
what it says and is so plain that he who
runs may read.”.
"Arter yourseii, whom does the Na
tional party favor for president?”
“If the National party had no othei
distinctive principle except free silvei
we would go over to Bryan bag and bag
gage,” promptly responded Mr. Bent
ley, “but we have been contending foi
other principles for years as Prohibi
tionists, the chief of which is prohibi
tion and woman suffrage. ”
“Who do you think will be elected
president, Mr. Bentley,” asked the re
porter?
“I will answer that question by sim
ply saying that if all the anti-monopoly
elements—mind you, I do not say free
silver—can be united, Ido not think it
will be very difficult to defeat McKin
ley. At present, however, this is rather
doubtful,” answered Mr. Bentley,
guardedly. •
“Who do you think will carry Ne
braska?”
“That is a matter upon which I do
not care to say anything,” responded
the reverend gentleman, with a twinkle
in his eye, and the interview came to
an end.
Platform to Be Presented by California.
San Francisco, July 16.—E. D. War-
I dell, chairman of the Populist state cen
; tral committee of California, and J.
i Taylor Rodgers, Mayor Ross’ secretary,
i have projected a platform which it is
I proposed to present to the national Pop
j ulist convention to be held in St. Louis
■ next week. The financial plank is as
' follows:
I We demand a national money, issued
I by the general government only, as a full
I legal tender for debts and issued without
j the agency of any private corporation or
| bank and in circulating volume subject
.to law and responsive to our needs, and
speedily to be increased to SSO per capita
i of the entire people.
Such money shall consist of gold, silver
' and paper, and each dollar thereof en
i dowed with the same function imparted
solely from the stamp thereon and not de-
■ pendent for its money value of the mate
rial used. Each dollar shall be inter
changeable with, but not redeemable in
the other and shall be denominated re
spectively gold, silver or paper money—
all national debts being payable in either
at the option of the government.
As the United States is a free and pow
erful nation and the financial and indus
trial affairs of its citizens shall be inde
pendent of the action of any other gov
ernment we demand the free and unlim
ited coinage of gold and silver by the
United States at the permanent legal ratio
of 16 to 1 without reference to the course
of any foreign nation.
We demand that all national banks be
abolished, and in lieu of them that the
government establish a postal bank in
each city, town and village in the United
States containing a population of 1,000
! and more.
i The platform also declares for the
recognition of Cuba and against the
funding of Pacific railroad debts.
Liucolnites Preparing to Receive Bryan.
■ Lincoln, Neb., July 16.—Plans for
the reception to William J. Bryan are
maturing rapidly. It is now more fully
realized that there is destined to be an
Immense throng in Lincoln on that date,
and the prospect is bright for a demon
stration of mammoth proportions. At
the postoffice there are thousands of let
ters awaiting the arrival of Mr. Bryan.
There is also a rabbit’s foot attached to
a postal card.
Within a radius of 100 miles of Lin
coln tickets will be sold Friday, July
17, with the return limit Saturday, July
18. Beyond this limit tickets will be
sold Friday with return limit Saturday.
The Burlington, Rock Island and Elk
horn roads expect to do a large business
from Omaha, trains running to suit
almost any hour. The managers of 25
bauds have .been heard from, all of
which will take part in the demonstra
tion. The Bryan enthusiasm has ap
parently obscured the fact that another
distinguished citizen of Nebraska has
been similarly honored, Rev. Charles
Bentley.
Robots Is Against Bryan and Sewall.
Washington, July 16.—Mr. Echols,
the comptroller of the currency, has re
turned to Washington from the Chicago
convention. He is an earnest believer
in the wisdom of putting a gold stand
ard Democratic national ticket in the
field as a means of accomplishing the
defeat of the silver candidates, and he
believes this will be dona Mr. Echols
said:
“I believe the nominees of the Chi
cago convention ought to be defeated
because of the principles enunciated in
the platform upon which they stand and
are unqualifiedly indorsed. These prin
ciples, if crystallized into law, would,
to my mind, work irrevocable loss to
every person and cause great distress on
every hand. They are not in accord
wit a either the history, the teachings
or the traditions of the Democratic party,
and therefore cannot demand the sup
port of Democrats.”
Vilas and Bragg: Want Another Ticket.
Fon Du Lac, Wis., July 16. —Senator
Vilas has prepared an address to the
Democrats of Wiscodsin, advising them
to denounce the action of the Chicago
convention and co-operate for another
convention. General Bragg of this city
has also prepared an address which he
will submit to the delegates at large to
the convention. The general declares
it his conviction that the preservation
of the Democratic party organization
is dependent upon the nomination of
candidates on a Democratic gold stand
ard platform.
Debs Is Not a Candidate.
San Francisco, July 16. —Eugene Vj
Debs has written a letter to a Populist
in this city in which he says he is not a
candidate for the Populist nomination
for the presidency.
The American Horse Failed to Win.
London, July 16 —Mr. E. Wishard s
American horse, Ramapo, was among
the 12 that started in the derby handi
cap at Newmarket, but was not placed.
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PBICE FIVE CENTS.
; NO RACE WAR THERE
T
r a
> Palma Says tbe Report Was Started by
■ Spaniards.
? DOESN’T BELIEVE MACEO IS DEAD ’
- Says He Has No News What
[ ever Concerning the Matter
t
■ DOES NOT BELIEVE THE .NEWSMRUE
Declares That It Is Absurd to Think Cu
bans Would Marder Their Own Leader,
j Havana Merchants Threaten to Leave
1 the Island Unless Weyler Speedily Puts
3 Down the Revolution.
’ New York, July 16.—Thomas Estrada
Palma, the Cuban delegate, when seen
at the junta headquarters regarding
Jose Maceo’s reported death, said:
‘ ‘I have no advices whatever regarding
the matter, but I do not believe the
1 news to be true. It is absurd,” said
Senor Palma, with emphasis, “to think
for one moment that Maoeo, who is be-
i loved by all Cubans, could be murdered
by his own people.
1 “As to the alleged race war reported
■ to have broken out in the insurgent
ranks, that is all nonsense. The Span
iards have often tried to spread the
• same report, hoping to injure our
. cause.”
Gomez Burns as He Goes.
Havana, July 16.—General Maximo
• Gomez recently passed Puerto Padre
’ and Gibara destroying the villages,
farms and dairies, and everything that
• came in his way.
The insurgent band commanded by
Irene has burned the village of Vegas
\ de Mangos. Irene ordered the inhabi
. tants of Besjuque to vacate their houses,
saying that they would be burned within
five days, and burned the plantations of
1 Santa Clara and Chappara.
' Insurgents burned the fine plantation
' near San Antonio ‘belonging to Vicente
, Abreu, besides partially destroying the
, Central Homiguerro and the Parque
Alto plantations, in the province of
Santa Clara.
The insurgent leader Jesus Rodriguez
was executed at Sagua la Grande.
The editor of La Discusion has been
' fined $125 for publishing an account of
the dynamiting of a railway train.
Colonel Fuentes, reconnoitering in
the vicinity of Oayojabos, captured an
insurgent camp defended by 1,000 men,
, and destroyed the corn and banana
fields in the vicinity.
It is said that Zayas, with a small
band of insurgents, is retreating in the
direction of San Antonio de las Vegas,
in the mountains.
The steamer Alfonso Trece of the
Campania Transatlantic has been armed
and equipped as a war vessel and will
be an efficient recruit for the Spanish
squadron in these waters.
The Havana chamber of commerce
has made preparations to receive the
Catalenes battalion of volunteers, which
is expected to arrive soon from Barce
lona.
General Bernal, in command of the
Wadras battalion, has had a brisk en
gagement with a force of 800 insur
gents at Guayabales, province of Pinar
del Rio. The insurgents had 40 killed.
The Spanish loss was two killed and ten
wounded.
Havana Merchants Threaten to Leave.
Tampa, Fla., July 16.—Private advices
from Cuba state that the merchants of
Havana have refused to accept the last
issue of paper money. They also
threaten that if within two months
Weyler makes no progress in suppress
ing the revolution they will leave the
island.
SEVERAL LIVES LOST.
The Hardest Wind and Rain Storm Ever
Known In the Ohio Valley.
Cincinnati, July 16. —Specials from
southern Ohio, eastern Kentucky and
West Virginia report the hardest wind
and rain storm ever known in the Ohio
valley. Several lives are reported lost
and much property destroyed by light
ning. The Kanawha and other rivers
are raging. All of the northeastern
tributaries to the Ohio are high.
A cloudburst caused a washout at
Fyiendly and Willow islands. A cloud
burst near Grantsville, Calhoun county,
Va., carried away several houses and
destroyed crops. At Marietta, the light
ning destroyed 600 barrels of oil and.
derricks at the Racer and Rock Oil com
panies’ wells. The oil properties in the
Sistersville district also suffered dam
age. Many buildings were damaged by
wind throughout the Ohio valley.
Much Damage Done to Property.
Cheyenne, Wy., July 16. The
heaviest rainstorm in the history of the
city visited Cheyenne, 4% inches of
rain falling in about three hours. The
city’s streets are torn up, sidewalks car
ried away and much damagd done to
private property. Cellars and basement
stores of business blocks are generally
filled with water and much damage to
goods and stocks reported. The electric
light works are flooded, the 'machinery
being under 6 feet of water. The city
will be in total darkness for a week or
ten days. The loss is roughly estimated
at $25,000.
The Steamer Colorado Floated.
New York, July 16.—The steamer
Colorado, from Brunswick, Ga., which
was beached Tuesday last, after collid
ing with a scow, was floated Thursday.