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THROUGH FLOODS * _ --'j Areas in Ctv.'redby Missouri great strike bad vanished. The an- triORMOllS DAMAOE TO CROPS - . yi« l»re favored a iblc Authority of Groin strike were practically unanimous' In gregate Los* Will be 1 declaring it would have been unwise SQ*- From Reliable , ‘ Men Aggregate Four Million DolUirs. '' A special from Keokuk, Iowa, says Heavy rains In central Iowa Thursday and Friday are sending a flood down upon prosperous. Missouri farmers which will ruin many , of them and cause losses aggregating at a conserv ative estimate two and a half million dollars. There-seems to be at present for the country . Mississippi and the Missouri bluffs be tween Keokuk and Hannibal 800 square miles. The DeB Moines jlvef . began to rise 3 ijiches an hour at Its 'mouth at Keokuk'lriliay; continuing until hope of safety was abandoned late.in the day. A rise of 1 1-2 feet in a short time at Ottumwa and a further rl$e through 'out its length below the da'pltil *fclty was prevented from running out freely by a rise of a foot and a half at Eaven* port Thursday night; increasing and coming down rapidly.- The observer of the weather bureau at .Keokuk, sent telegraphic warning to all'points' south to prepare for danger. , . , The Egyptian levee, which stood- the flood Just receding’ after strenudua ef forts to hold It, is only slightly above the water now, and the coming flood In . Des Moines will top it certainly. This lets the water into hundreds of square miles, including the town, of Alexan dria, Mo. The Inhabitants there fire preparing for an oxyerfiow of the e&- - tire town to a depth of several feet. .TjTtiB is the town which Mark Twain in his “Life on the Mississippi*’' said: “Sometmes comes up to blow.” Loss Wilt Be Four Millions. The worst feature is the time Of-the year. The corn crisp is all made, and - Wheat la In the shock, entailing a total loss of the year’s work. Gralh men put the figures of the loss from the oyer- flWnearerfourinllllims ' between Keo kuk and Hannibal. It is believed the Illinois levees will hold, and the dam age there Is-likely to he 6nly $20,000 to $80,000 between Keokuk and -Quincy. Heavy rains were reported in south eastern Iowa.''- Lowland farmers, river men and the weather bureau observer alike predict the geate&t damage ever known from flood on,tbe upper river. . Late reports show half'the country for a distance of. 30 mitts between Le- grange and Hannibal was already un- 1- ■ jas_ie £«-siiA nstead, Enormous Sums 'Will be Forthcoming to Aid Miner* Already Out. No general strike of the coal miners of the United States will beordejejk^ declaring It would to order a general strike. At,the opening of the convention { Saturday morning. "Meiher" Jones whs given the floor. She made an address which was enthusiastically applauded by the delegates. She declared, that before coming to Indianapolis she had favored a general strike, but since coming to the convention she had be •no hope cached the- opinion that the conclu- between the 8l<m re actied by the. delegate® to avoid 7T, 7L such a movement was the wisest course. She urged the delegates to oppose at the congressional elections this fall every man who was favorable to “government by injunction.” 1 The last of .the miners who were on hand to make provision , for carrying on the strike la the anthracite field left the city Sunday for their homes. Only President Mitchell and one or t^ro members of the national executive board remained over. Tbe care of the natlonal organisation now will be to see to the collection of the.defenae fund with which to carry oh the strike'. Secretary Wilson, who Is.theflnancial head of.-the union, will be in charge of this work and will lose no time. In providing to handle the sums. It Is believed that all the volun tary contributions from the various districts, sub-districts and local organ isations will be turned into his hands within the next ten days. These con tributions are estimated at about $400,- 000. »rm According , to the estimate of Presi dent Mitchell, the strikers in the an thracite field number 150,000, while the, total pumber of dependents is 750,- 000 and the weekly expense 18*3500,000. In district No. 17, West Virginia (bi tuminous), he estimates that there are 25,000 strikers, with 76,000 dependents. He estimates the revenue for defray ing strike expenses at ^400,000 and the revenue from weekly assessments by districts as follows:. , - The two Pennsylvania districts, $60,- 000; Ohio, $40,000; Indiana (block), $4,000; Illinois, $50,000; Indiana (bi tuminous), $10,000; Iowa, $15,000; Arkansas an Indian Territory, $7,000; Kentucky, $10,000; Missouri, $8,000. Total, $244,000. Estimated public con tributions (weekly), $250,000. Grand total weekly Income, $404,-000. A part of t^ie contribution ‘money has already been turned in, the Ohio men Laving handed Secretary Wilson a check for their $10,000. ... r .. . ~ A systematic method will be adopted ■der water long before the crest of the for canvassing for outside subscrlp- llood arrived. tions in the large cities. Their exact plan of raising the subscriptions has not .been determined upon. -; It is probable, however, the central labor unions in all cities where such organisations exist will be asked to take charge of the raising of subscrip tions, which will be forwarded at once to Secretary-Treasurer Wilson. In pome of the largest cities of the coun try. such as Chicago, New York, Phl'a- the flelphia and others, headquarters will be> established from which the work wilt be conducted and committees will be appointed to make the canvass. Some aid is expected to come from the national sbeiaiists* organization. The distribution of the funds will be left almost entirely to he offleers of the anthracite districts. Money will be sent to them to be usd in re lieving the dependents. woaux>> (ji»5ihkm)able act. Attacked 8y Drnohttt^ntbMd She Pills Him With t old Lead. The Jaubert brothers, who operate a small coal mine near Oraville, 111., were both shot to death'at their homo early Friday morning by the With of on« of the men. They bid returned about 11 o’clock Intoxicated a: husband demanded his dinner./, ,') - Mrs.'Jaubert began its preparation and her husband began -breaking the dishes and at last attacked her. Mrs. Jaubert and sisted fled to a back room •end locked the door. Her husband fol lowed, broke in tbe door anh renewed the assault, whereupon the infuriated <- '!• wife fired three shots Into his body, one passing through Us heart, causing almost Instant death. The brother, who was a witness to the tragedy, took up his brother’s quar rel and attempted to strike the woman, whereupon Mrs. Jaubert emptied the two remaining chambers of the revolv er Into his body, Inflicting. <a wound, from which he died shortly afterwards. Tbe woman gave the-alarm and sur rendered to the offleers. The coroner's jury exonerated the wife. *? > < WELLS I*aV«‘ PBSALTYy • - Hahgnd In Tower at Atlanta For Xnr« der of a Blind Han. In the Atlanta Jail Monday morning, W. R. Wells paid the death penalty on - the Tower gallows for the murder of Frederick Pearce. Wells made no statement on the gal lows, but declared that he had made bis peace with bis Maker. He appeared perfectly resigned and throughout the ’ , painful ordeal, while the preparations were being made for bis death, he re- mfined perfectly cool. FOUR DIE IX EXPLOSION. Mill Boilers Hire Way and Scatter Heath and Destruction. A special from Columbus, Miss., says tbe mill of Prldmore & Reese, at Mecrary, Miss., was destroyed by an explosion of boilers Saturday morning. Both proprietors and two employes of the mill were killed outright STORK KILLS ELEVEN. Frightful Tornado Swoops Down Upon City of Baltimore. A fierce tornado, characterized by a wind storm of extraordinary velocity, thunder, vivid lightning and a heavy rain, suddenly burst upon Baltimore at 1:30 p. m. Sunday, coming from the southwest, with the net result that eleven persons lost their lives, hun dreds of houses were unroofed, tree* In the public parks and strets torn up by tbe roots, many buildings dam aged and several people Injured. The storm exhausted Its fury in less tbar fifteen minutes. iri is/al Interesting symposiu In Tlie Young Man on the' subject of "How to Become a Novelist.’’ from which, however, thd aspiring romanc- 1st will npt derive-veryfmuch encour-, W«lHjWt»9ulUx%dJ off with the expression of oplplon thlfr%Nr*Unbd diffuse essentials Malet 1a believe that the novelist Is bqrn, not made, while Mrs. W. K. Clifford is pretty much of the earns opinion, and Ellen Thorney- croft Fowler eplgrammatlcally re marks that writing Is like flirting, it you can’t do it, nobody can teach you to do It Mr. Gtlbert Parker Is of- opinion that Action writing ett he learned but not taught.* antfXfr fe F. Benson thinks that there are only two indis pensable gifts for a novelist—an eye for dramatic situation, and the power of putting down In plain English what ho sees. Mr. W. W. Jacobs* contri bution is' charkfctefMtier“All - the ad- vice In the world wojild not make novelists of some people; a similarly large quantity of advice of another kind would also fail to prevent others from attaining success in that direc tion.”—Pall Mall Gazette. NOT SCARED. >jr The gloomy man was endeavoring to make an Impression on the bustling enthusiast. “Remember," he said, "that riches have wings.” "Well,” was the response, "suppos ing they have. Wings never hurt anybody, that I am aware of.”—Wash ington Star. * A SAD DOG. He—Oh, you can talk, but I .sus pected from the first that you were only playing with me, and I hadn’t known you three days before my eyes were completely opened. She—That was rather remarkable, wasn't it? My father, who Is some thing of a dog fancier, says that nine days is the rule.—Boston Transcript. THE ••Fltiqco SYSTEM” PRAISED. A Pew nines From One of Its Patrons. Tbintoh, Ox , July 8, ISOS. Us. W.T. Saunders, 0. A. P. !>., t r'seo System. Atlanta, Ga.: My Dear Sir—Maying b d oxtsnslre travel over tbe Fr sea System through tbe courtesy of yroursolf and Mr. K. l . Heed, of -1 Lou s. 11 ,ke tbo lberty of addtess ng you to express my sin cere appi eclhUon aud thanks for y our kindness. 1 hare been unable to bear anytblng regatd- Ing your road but words of pralss and com mendation from those wb < patronize tbe Frisco. 1 Went to ssy that 1 regard tbs equipment-ele gant coaches lighted oy electric ilgbta and de lightfully cooled In summer by eiectr.c fane, together with laptd transiortatlon and eoee connection— aa second to none over which 1 hare tr .reled. Ae h is been my pol'cy lu the peat, I shall be glad to Continue do ng all In my power tj get business for the ever popn.er and generous Frieoo system. Tho g.lew.ye which 1 hare succeeded In wo'Ung for your toad baa been Dh mtngham and Memphis. , W llh be>t wishes for yourself and the great Frisco road. 1 hers the pleasure to bo Your friend. W. D. B. cbahixbs. . FRISCO SYSTKX. St. Louts and San Francisco H. B. Co. Kansas City, Memphis and B ham K. R. Co. W. T. eaundeia, Genera! 'Agent l’assonger Department; F. E. Clark, Traveling Paasangor Agent, Atlanta, Ga. rs, OWN PLACE, at a pretty mouth FITS permanent! nets after flrst da; DrflULKtn!* *Ltd.,931 ArohUt., Phlla., Pa. ■ The man who stick, to the truth™* content himself with catching small fifl Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold la bulk. Beware of the dealer who tiles to sell * “something jut u good." GA.-ALA. ’ .OOO deposit. It. R. Fare Paid. , l.ouo FREE Nchotarshlysoffered. All graduates at work; many earn a 1,000 to SS.OOO per year. Write Quick I LA. BUS. COLLEGE, Macon, Ga. I have bee i troubled with catarrh from my childhood, aud hare had many doctors and many differsnt mediolnes. At night when I went to bed I could fsel my nose dogging up, and then I had to breathe through my mouth, which mads me very dry and often earn'd m< sloe plots nights. I could not find any raliaf until a friend called my attention to Bipans Tabules. I bough: a box and took ono afte- each meal, ard gradually found rails: In my breathing and eleeplng. I alto had numerous pim ple* on my fees, which d sappaxred. At druggists. The Five-Cant paoket Is enongh for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, W cents, contains a supply for a year. HOME STUDY. 5“iff "S: PENMANSHIP, etc., auccestfnjly taaght by null (or no chargee) by W “ h ‘ ery. Fort Wc BM98Sffig&gg ^OnHAMLINS wizard oil SORE FEET all, dhuccists sell it E.B. Walthall k Co., Drug Ky., say: “Hall’s Catarrh ( i, Horse Cave, re cure# every one that lakes it.” Bold by Druggists, 75o. ' It’s one thing to invent hn airship, and another to raise the wind. Mrs.'Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, soften the gums, reduces Inflamma tion,allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle The London National Gallery was vis ited last year,by 478,340 peraons, Pieo't Cure cannot be too highly spoken ol ae a cough cure.—J. W. 0'Bbi*n, 322 Third Avenue, n., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 8; 1900 If talk is cheap any man make extravagant assertion*. TYBEE BY THE SEA. The Moat Delightful Seashore Resort On the Bouih Atlantic Coast. Low Bate Excursion Ticket' are now on sale at alb tloket offices on the Central of Georgia Ballway. For full particulars, rates, schedules, eto.ia-R tbe nearest agent. V. J. ltoblnson, Asst. Gen’l. Pass. Agent, t-aVannah, Ga.; J. C. Halle, Gen. Fuss. Agent, Savannah, Ga. i W Falls “I tried Ayer’s Hrir Vigor to stop my hair from falling. One- half s bottle cured me.” J. C. Baxter, Braidwood, 111. Aye?V Hiiir Vigor, $ certainly the , most eco nomical preparation of its kind oii the market. 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