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JB| Ifarttmigtov J^tanwi |J? •. Hxirutf, PublUhe* WORTHINQTON, MINI*. CURRENT TOPICS. There are ees in 37,543 postoflice employ London. The Boers are said to have 26,000 men in the field. There are 39 miles of books in the British museum. In China liquids are sold by weight and grain by measure. Outside the cities there is very lit tle organized labor in the south. J. M. Martin, of Laurens county, S. C., has whiskers six feet long. New Orleans has taken second rank as an exporting port having displaced Boston. The 1900 corn crop of Russia has been 'officially estimated at 34,250,000 bushels. The New Jersey supreme court lias decided that street railway franchises arc taxable. Attorney-General Knox has bought a handsome and expensive house in VVashiugtou. I'll The oldest Protestant church in the United States is St. Luke s, at Smithfield, Ya. The number of sheep in Australa sia decreased from 124,000,000 in 1S91 to 90,000,000 in 1900. It is reported in Washington that Senator Depew will be married this summer ty a widow who is now abroad. According to the fialveston News the area sown to rice in Texas this season exceeds lhat of last year by 300 per cent. Exports of cotton seed from Egypt for 1899-1900 are given officially at 19. 730,000 busliels, a slight increase over the preceding year. The tail of a cat which its feline owner waves with such serpentine grace is said to contain more aiuseles than the human hand. The United States is surpassed only by Great Britain in the matter of Japanese imports of machinerj", loco motives and other engines. A Pennsylvania grand jury has jfj recommended solitary confienment [§j with bread and water diet as a rein edy for the tramp nuisance. w| In ruling paper the worker, using quill and ruler, seventy years ago J.$ took 4,800 hours to do the work now |?j done by machine in hours, ifj The ocean, it is estimated, contains if! 7,000,000 cubic miles of salt, and if it i*j could be taken out at once the level of the water would drop an inch. It is said that 25 per cent of the young men who have applied for ad mission to West Point have been un able to meet the physical qualifica tions. Jean Coquelin, a son of the great uctor, is giving promise of high work as a dramatist and his version of "Quo Vadis" has just been most suc cessful in Paris. The Pope has from time to time in vested his surplus income in United States government bonds and the ex tent of his holding of this sort is now estimated at 30,000,000 lire. Dr. N. Seward Webb's country placo in Vermont, Shelbnrne farms, covers 4,000 acres of ground, and is the larg est estate owned by a single individ ual east of the Mississippi. Chinamen always show great re spect for the dead. In all parts of the empire funeral processions have the right of way in the streets and all traffic must give way to them. Foster's "Old Folks at Home" is the most popular song in existence. It has been translated into all the lan guages of Europe and also into some of Asia and the isles of the sea. James Outterson Pratt, who is said to have bought for £350 the site on which the town of Johannesburg now stands, died several weeks ago in the Guilford workhouse, near London. The Count and Countess de Castel lane were barred from entrance to the cathedral at Rouen a few (lays ago on account of their costumes. They were in bicycle raiment so loiul that the sexton in charge could not hear tlieir protests. Snow has visited unusual places this season. It has fallen in Mexico City, the first time in fifty years, and in Madrid, where it had not been seen for eight years. In Jeiusalem snow fell to the depth of 12 inches. The horses ridden by Lord Kiteh Sener's flying cavalry to chase the elu rsive Gen. De Wet across the South Hi African veldt are shod with shoes |!imade in Pennsylvania, the contract for their construction having been made through the instrumentality of the commercial museums in Philadcl phi a. The Atlantic pigeon post, which fwasfsuspended for the winter, will be "resumed this month. Passengers on board Atlantic steamers can avn'l themselves of the birds to let their friends hear of the progress of the v' voyage or of their impending arri if-val. Of the hundreds of pigeons sent .?• off to sea last year only two went ^'•astray. Some flew over 300 miles. veritable "quick luncheon," it is lid, is to be had at a restaurant in Kx 'aris, where a dinner of several ifl^ourses, composed of concentrated l^&jod in the form of tablets, can be H&nsumed in-a few minutes. The cu t-tire meal can be carried about in the llf.Vest pocket. fer Eugene Field's first poem—or the I'Voriginal of it—w«i^ recently ff/fliscovered in the possession of Ed lUgar White, a court stenographer of ff-Macon, Mo., who was a student with 'flfteld at the Mobile state university, ferhe title is "Bucephalus, a Tail," aud u-^the date 1871. X- It Leaves Death and De struction in Its Path in West Virginia. Heavy Downpour of Rain for Hours Inundates Entire Ccal Regions. Scores Are Known to Have Been Drowned and Estimates Vary from ioo to i,ooo. Disaster Seconi Only to Those at Johns tows, Pa., and Galveston, Tex. —Keystone Wipel Out. Wind nnl Rain Cnirno Much Damage at Lincoln. 111.—I'ittKliuruli Swept by a Storui. Bluefield. W. Ya., June S3.—This en tire section lias just been visited by a flood, the extent of which in all prob ability will equal or exceed that of Johns-town in 1S^0, so far as the loss of property is concerned. Early Sun day morning, shortly after midnight, a heavy downpour of rain began, ac companied by a severe electric storm, v.hich violently increased in volume and continuing for several hours. These continued throughout the en tire day and night, and while the storm has abated the lowering clouds would indicate another terrific down pour at any moment. Estimated Loan of Life 200. Manv miles of the Norfolk & West ern railroad track, bridges and tele graph lines are entirely destroyed and communication is entirely cut off west of Elkhorn, so that it is impossible to learn the full extent of the loss of life and property, hut officials of the coal operations, located in the strieken dis trict, have sent out messengers to Klk horn. the terminus of both telegraphic and railroad communications, and have received a report that a conser vative estimate as to the loss of life will easily reach 200. Some of the drowned are among the most promi nent citizens of the coal fields. Town Wanhetl Away, The Pocahontas coal field is located in a basin, with high mountain ranges on either side. Elkhorn creek flowing through the center of the basin, which ranges from one -fourth to, one mile in width. From Ennis, \V. Va., to Vivian yard, W. Va., a distance of ten miles, miners' cabins, coal com pany's commissaries and coke plants line this basin. Elkborn creek be ing fed by numerous small streams coming from the mountain side rises vcrv rapidly, and this waterspout came so suddenly that the entire basin between the two mountain ranges was flooded, and before the terror-strick en people realized what was upon them they were carried down by the flood, which swept everything in its path. The little town of Keystone, with a population of about 2,000. seems the greatest sufferer, practically the entire town being washed awav. This town is the principal one in the Poca hontas coal fields and is located near its center. It was to a great extent headquarters from which the mining population purchased supplies and was also the only place in the field where whisky could he purchased. At this place there were some 12 to l.'saloons, all of which were washed away. The report comes that the mining popula tion are now occupying the hanks of the streams below, catching the mer chandise and barrels of whisky and beer as they float down. A rough estimate places the number of bridges washed away between Blue field and Vivian yard, a distance of 2S miles, at from 15 to 20, and from pres ent indications it will be impossible to get trains through to ivian and points west of there under a week or ten days. This will render it impossi ble t» get relief into the stricken dis trict. and with those who escaped with their lives, homeless and without food, indescribable suffering is inevitable. Rlvaln Johnstown. From the meager reports describing the force of the storm at Keystone it would appear that the damage rivals that of .Johnstown and is equal to the Galveston horror in its intensity, so far as the percentage of population lost and property destroyed. It is stated that every building in the town of Keystone was demolished or carried away by the water, save one, and that a barroom which stands o\ a high hill. The normal population of Keystone is about 2,000 souls, and as it was Saturday night there is no telling how many miners had gone into the town to swell its population. It is es timated that 200 lives alone were lost at Keystone. from Seat of Storm. Roanoke, Va.. June 2".—The pas senger train from the west over the Norfolk iK- Western railroad, which is due here at 11 p. in., did not reach Roanoke until half-past five o'clock Monday morning. When the train came in there were many people at the station who had waited anxiously nil night for the belated news carrier from the devastated coal fields of "West Virginia. Among those who came in on this train, and who had been in the storm, was a prominent business man of Roanoke, several railroad men and a .woman and two children. They came direct to Roan oke from Vivian, and were compelled to walk a distance of 11 miles from that place to the small town of En nis, where they were enabled to get a train for this city. These passen gers declare that the number of deaths has been exaggerated, in their opinions, and feel confident that not more than 100 people have lost their lives, though they cannot say with any certainty as to the number. The mountain districts lying back from the railroads probably have suffered heavily, and tlie exact loss of life will not be known for several days. Peril of PuaMensera. A railroad man who has been working at Vivian told a correspond ent that the rain started last Friday night and continued for some time in moderation, but shortly after mid night the heavens seemed to open and poured forth great volumes of water. When the cloud burst over the town of Vivian there was a pas senger train standing in the railroad yards. About 40 pasengers, of whom three were women, were in the cars. The water rose rapidly and soon was over the trucks of the cars. Houses and cars were being washed about before the eyes of the frightened passengers. Ropes were thrown to the cars and the male passengers caught them and waded through the water, which was now waist deep, to places of safety around the coke ovens or. the adjoining hill. The ladies were too much frightened to get into the water and were placed on the tender of the engine, where they were safe. Other portions of the railroad yards were washed out and 100 box cars were wrecked. The house in which the section master at Vivian lived was washed away. A young son of the section master rode on driftwood for four miles and was then lodged in a tree, from which he was rescued. A colored section hand who was in the section master's when the flood waters struck the building was drowned. Streamx Gradually Falling. The rain ceased faiiing about nine o'clock Saturday morning. There has been no rain since that hour and the streams are gradually falling. A big furniture store and a large cloth ing house were washed away at Vivian, as also were about a dozen small dwellings which were situated in the lower portion of the village. Two dead bodies, both colored men, were seen at Eckman. and one white and three colored corpses at Em pire. Two iron bridges were washed away at Vivian and another at North Fork Junction, and three persons are reported to have been drowned near the latter place. All the bridges and trestle work have been washed away on the Simmons river branch of the Norfolk Sr Western system. All tele graph lines are down and tracks are badly washed out on this division. The people who came from Vivian did not come through the town of Keystone, but only around it. They state, however, that the damage done there is nothing like as great as was at first reported. They think that not more than a dozen houses were washed away. They cannot say how many, if any, lives were lost at Key stone. Of the ten miles of railroad between the towns of Vivian and En nis it is stated there is not 100 yards of track in one place, and it is thought this division will not be re paired for a fortnight. Fifty people walked over this washed-out terri tory Sunday to get from Vivian to Ennis. Immense Damaire In Coal Fields. The damage done all over the coal fields is immense, but everyone seems to have been toogreatlyexeitedandtoo anxious to get away to take time to inquire into the affairs of their neigh bors. It is certain, however, that much valuable machinery has been washed away. Many of the wrecked cars along the Elkhorn valley have been washed down the river and prob ably will be a total loss. East of En nis the train had little trouble get ting through to Bluefieid. Two bridges are gone between Vivian and Welch. At Shawnee the Shawnee Coal company lo.»t all their mine mules, which were in the stable when the storm swept down on thein. A re port from Keystone has it that a mob of negroes the.re refuse to work for two dollars a day, but are loafing around and watching their chance to steal from the debris. Another re port says that the number of dead there is 17. and that of this number ten have been buried. Newspaper men have gone to the coal fields to get re liable information, and it is expected that something definite will be known within the next 24 hours. Telejsram from Mayor Land. New York. June 25.—Mayor Land, of Minefields, YV. Va.. wires as follows: "It is estimated that 200 lives were lost In the Elkhorn flood. The damage to the Norfolk & Western Railroad company is estimated at $500,000. and to the coal com panies and individuals at $2,00i,000. "There is no communication with any point further down the valley than Klk horn. I am unable to tell whether outside assistance will be needed until further in formation comes in." Gov. 'ash Offer* Assistance. Columbus, O.. June 25.—Gov. Nash Monday sent the following telegram to Gov. White of West Virginia: "The people of Ohio sympathize with your people in the great calamity that has come upon them. Do they need help, and if so how much can we assist them?" Fear* Heavy Death Lint. Huntington, W. Va., June 25.—Gov. White is here making arrangements to get tents and provisions for the flood-stricken district along the Nor folk & Western railroad, lie says he fear.s the dtath list will exceed 1.000. In Otber Districts, Parkersburg, W. Va., June 25.—One of the most destructive rain and wind storms ever known in this section passed over this county Saturday night, and Sunday morning. Thor oughfares were flooded and traffic on the Ohio River railroad was suspend ed until five o'clock Sunday afternoon by the washing away of trestles be ~x tween this city and Ravenswaod, YV. Va. The Kanawha is a rushing tor rent. Timber men were unprepared for the flood, and much timber was carried away. Withers & Vandevend e.r, Parkersburg Mill company, Wil son & Sons, and the Old Hickory com pany are the great losers. In Calhoun and YVirt counties much damage was done to crops. Lee creek, Mill creek, Pond creek and Cove run are raging torrents. Along these creeks houses and stores were flooded and crops washed away. Williamson, YV. Va., June 25.—It is estimated that the damage from the cloudburst over McDowell and Mingo counties in West Virginia and Pike county, Ky., is more than half a mil lion dollars. The greatest losers are the YY\ M. and C. L. Hitter Lumber companies and R. E. YVoods' Sandy Huff mills. The Norfolk & Western railroad is also a heavy loser, and nearly 3,000 men are now at work re pairing the tracks. Loss of life is feared in the interior of these coun ties, from which no report has been had. Tuig river rose 13 feet in three hours during the flood. Montgomery, YYr. Va., June 25.—It is estimated that the storm and washout:* of Sunday did $75,000 dam ages to property in this vicinity. The greatest damage was to the coal tipples, which were partly de molished, but no lives are known to have been lost. Reports Conflicting. Rich mond, Y'a., June 25.—Conflicting reports received here place the loss of life in the Flat Top region from the flood at from 200 to ."500. It is pretty certain that Keystone has been virtually washed' out, but the loss of life there probably is overestimated. The Norfolk & YY'estern people here know nothing except that they have suffered heavy damages to tracks. The track of the C. & O'. near Hinton also is heavily damaged and trains are tied up. There has been a tremendous flood at Charlestown, YV. Va. Several KENTUCKY children were drowned near Taze well. Unable to Estimate Damage. Itoailoke, Va., June 25.—Norfolk & YY'estern officials here say that owing to wires being down and no direct com munication, they are unable to esti mate the damage caused by the flood in the coal fields. They do not believe the damage to property will amountto $500,000, as at first reported. Esti mates of 200 lives lost are now thought to be too great. IN OTHER STATES. SCENE OF DISASTER. WEST Damage by 'Wind and Rain In III I— nois and Ohio. Lincoln, 111., June 25.—This city and vicinity was visited Saturday night by a destructive tornado which did $100, 000 damage. The storm came from the southwest and its path was l'/ miles wide by 12 miles long. The Lincoln mattress factory was almost totally destroyed, while severe damage was done to the Illinois asylum for feeble minded children, Illinois odd fellows' orphans' home, Lincoln college, the roller flour mills and the county poor farm. Several stores were unroofed, houses wrecked and thousands of trees torn up. An elevator at Middle town was destroyed and stores were damaged. Reports of damage by the storm came from rural districts. At Elkhart freight cars were blown from tracks, and great damage was done to wheat, corn and oats. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 25.—One of the fiercest wind and rainstorms known since the United States weath er bureau has been established swept Pittsburgh and vicinity Saturday. Three lives are reported lost. YY'ithin 40 minutes 1.19 inches of rain fell, and during that time the lightning and thunder was almost continuous. In Pittsburgh the Soho district was completely blocked with the great masses of dirt and stones washed from the hill, and all street car serv ice to and from the East end was sus pended for about two hours. Columbus, O., June '.'5.—There were severe storms in many sections of Ohio Saturday and Saturday night, and con siderable damage was done to property and crops. No fatalities have been re ported, but a number of people were injured. Ohio Republicans Meet. Columbus, O., June 25.—The repub lican state convention convened here at four p. m. Monday to nominiate a state ticket and organize for the elec tion of state officers and members of the legislature which will select the successor of Senator J. 13. Foraker. The indications are that the old tick et, headed by Gov. Nash, will be re nominated with the exceptions of candidates for supreme judge. Announces Callles' Surrender. Washington, June 25.—Gen. MacAr thur has cabled the war department announcing the surrender of Gen. Cailles in northern* Luzon with 3S6 rifles, 4,000 rounds of ammunition and 600 officers and men. Cailles has taken the oath of allegiance. Gen. MacArthur also announces the ar rival of the Lawton at Manila, with companies and L, of the Eleventh infantry. MAC. Tragic Death of Adelbert S. Hay, Eldest Son of the Secre tary of State. TRA6EDY OCCURS AT NEW HAYEK, COM. Waa Attending Commencement Ex ercises of Yale University, of Which He Wm a Graduate—Suc ceeded Macruiu as Consul to Pre toria. New Ilaven, Conn., June 25.—Adel bert Stone Hay, former consul of the United States at Pretoria, South Af rica and eldest son of Secretary of State John Hay, fell from a window in the third story of the New Haven house in this city shortly before 2:30 o'clock Sunday morning and was in stantly killed. The dead man was a graduate of Yale, of the class of '98, and his death occurred on the eve of the university commencement, which brought him here Saturday, and in which, by virtue of his class office, the young man would have been one of the leaders. The terrible tragedy has cast a gloom over the whole city and will undoubtedly be felt throughout the day which heretofore has been so brilliant and full of happiness for Yale and her sons. The full details of the terrible acci dent will never be known. Mr. Hay had rooms at the New Haven house for commencement week. It is generally supposed, however, that after going tc. his room he went to the window for air, and, sitting on the sill, he dozed off, and, overbalancing, fell to the pave ment below, a fall of fully 60 feet. The fall resulted in instant death, and within 15 minutes the body had been identified'as that of young Hay. How VIRGINIA is*si Tntf: i\ MB Shaded Portion of Map Shows Pocahontas Valley, Affected by Flood and Cloudburst, with Towns Partially or Entirely Destroyed. IV it all happened became a matter of speculation on the part of the throng of curious spectators who gathered, and a subject of mournful inquiry for the class mates and friends of the young man. Haif a dozen physicians who "were hastily summoned were un able to do anything and the body awaited its disposition at the orders of the coroner's deputy, Medical Exam iner Bartlett. That official pronounced it a case of accidental death and re ported to his superior. Coroner Mix. 'Witnessed the Fall. There was a solitary spectator to the terrible tragedy, a laborer on the city streets. At the hour mentioned the workman saw the form of a man fall ing through space. An instant later there was a sickening thud and the body lay directly in front of the main hotel entrance. The horrified laborer rushed to the spot and his shouts brought others. Theusual crowd gath ered. In it were several belated Yale graduates. They bent over the body. One of them, Julian Mason, a son of the late Ldiw.'trd G. Mason, of Chicago, and a classmate of young Hay, drew back, and, horrc r-stricken, cried: "My God! it's Del Hay!" lly this time the hotel clerk had readied the scene and made the identification complete. The body was clad in pajamas. On the window sill of the room occupied by young Haj' Avas found a partly consumed ciga rette. On the floor near the window was a ring worn by the victim. His clothing had been neatly arranged and the bedclothes were drawn back. The bed, however, ac' not been occupied. Here (he mystery becomes intangible. The popular theory seems to have it that, the ycung man, having prepared for bed, thought to indulge in a "good night smoke," that he chose the cool of the window, possibly dozed, lost his balance and fell from the window. The presence of the ring on the flodr, how ever, gave rise to the fancy that pos sibly while toying with the ring it dropped, and that in an effort to re cover it the fall resulted. However it happened, the known facts seem to make it conclusive that it was all a frightful accident. An examination of the remains dis closed a discoloration on the right forehead, a cont usion on the right arm and abrasion of the right leg. A plain ring worn on the right hand was bent and cut. No bones were broken and there was no exU rmil fracture of the skull. In the CO feet flight downward the body escaped striking a balcony one story !iel and crashed'upon the pavement with all the force of a mo mentum increased by the weight of a man of such large physique as young Hay. Those members of,the class of '98 who are in tow n. after the examina tion by the coroner's physician, escort ed the body from the undertaking es tablishment to the private residence of Mr. Seth Moseley, of the New Ilaven house. Here it awaited the arrival of the relatives. The triennial class of "9S, of which Adelbert Hay was a member, has gone into mourning. New arrivals of the class, many of whom heard the news for the first time on reaching the col lege town, ar? shocked, and it has been practically decided to make no formal arrangements for a class recognition of its Io#s until after a fuller contin gent is present. There is a disposition on the part of many of the class to abandon entirely the elaborate fea tures of the triennial reunion and wait upon the pleasure of Secretary Hay and the members of the bereaved fam ily. Mr. Hay was appointed consul to Pretoria to succeed Consul Macrum December 4, 1899. It was charged that Macrum had shown undue favors to the Boers. As the representative of the United States Consul Hay had charge of the interests of British sub jects in the Transvaal and was several times the medium of communication between the contending forces. Secretary Hay Reported Better. New Haven, Conn., June 25.—After passing a fairly restful night Secre tary Hay, who, arriving late Sunday afternoon at the residence of Seth H. ADELBERT 8. HAY. Moseley, where the body of his son lay, was stricken with physical col lapse, was very much improved Mon day morning. At nine o'clock he re ceived a call from Dr. Gilbert, his physician. The doctor found Col. Hay so much better that he permitted him to sit lip, and, while directing that he remain quietly in his room for the day, expressed his belief that he would be able to leave the city Monday evening, if necessarj*. Immediately after the departure of the physician, Secretary Hay arose and had breakfast brought to his room. It is stated that no definite plans for the funeral will be fixed uponi until the arrival of Mrs. Hay and her daughter, who are expected soon from Nevv.bury, N. H., their summer home. Meanwhile, however, arrange ments are being made tentatively for departure with the body later in the day. Telegrams of condolence from President McKinley, members of his cabinet and many others reached Sec retary Hay at the Moseley residence Monday. Class Pasaea Resolutions. New Haven, Conn., June 25.—The class of '98 of Yale university, of which Adelbert S. Hay was a mem ber, took action Monday by passing a resolution deploring his untimely death and expressing "appreciation of his qoble character and admirable qualities." Two hundred members of the class who are here to attend their triennial reunion—the largest class reunion known in Yale's his tory—were present at the meeting, Frank E. Simmons, of St. Louis, pre siding. The ball game which was to have been played by members of the class with a team representing the class of '95, and which was to have been a notable feature of commencement week festivities, has been given up. A committee consisting of Robert Raynolds Hitt, son of Congressman Hitt, of Illinois, Payne YVhitney, son of ex-Secretary of the Navy YVilliam C. Whitney, of New York, James T. Wadsworth, son of Congressman YY'adsworth, of Genesee, N. Y., Robert Garrison, of New York, and Julian Starkweather Mason, of Chicago, will represent the class at the funeral. Mr. Hitt was a roommate of Adelbert Hay in college. The Sewi in I/ondon. New York, June 25.—People in Lon don, says the Tribune's London cor respondent, are not unmindful of the fact that during the early days of the Boer war Adelbert Hay discharged his honorable duties on behalf of the British prisoners in Peoria with the utmost tact and discretion. It is felt in London that his tragic death closes one of the most promising ca rers in the American diplomatic serv ice. All the papers refer with em phasis to the debt Great Britain owed the late Mr. Hay for his many kindly offi#es. Presidential Appointments. YY'ashington, June 25.—The presi dent Monday made the following ap pointments: State department— Chandler Hale, Maiw, secretary lega tion at YTienna, Austria James J. Bailey, Kentucky, secretary lega tion Guatemala and Honduras. Treasury department YVilliam L. Gerrish, collector of customs district of Saco, Me. Interior department— Charles F. Nesler,, New Jersey, Indi an inspector (reappointed). Fightlngr In Cape Colony. Cradock, Cape Colony, .Tune 25.— The detachment of the colonial mounted rifles which was attacked by the Boers at YY'aterkloof, .Tune 20, was pursuing Commandant Malan, when Gen. Kritzinger surprised the rifles' camp at YY'aterkloof while the colonial troopers were saddling up. The fight lasted two and a half hours. Investigates Trusts. YY'ashington, June 25.—The depart ment of justice is making a secret investigation to ascertain if the great industrial combinations are operating in contraventioti of the Sherman anti-trust law. If so the government will take action to vitiate the combinations. j,