Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 1, 1902, Page 2

REPUDIATE TILLMAN'S ACT| Direotors of Oharleston Fair Denounoé Let- ter to President Roosevelt. UBGE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND EXPOSITION Awdure Him of Cordial Respect and by the People Souih Caro- CHARLBSTON, 8. C., Feb. 28.—At the meeting of the board of directors of the exposition compatiy tonight Colonel fill- man's medsage to President Roosevelt was discussed and the ' following = resohitions adopted: Résolved, That the president oféthe ex- 154 Lo Coam, nlul:“:l Tonce ith his Sl b it b S e | Semt of ‘The ;United. Stasen; ‘An him the ura boa with assurances :‘:? tvulu wlm “!nh m‘tal'h:t e lon e est pleas- ure, and that he will Rc"i';le. from our the ‘wacmest ‘welcom tors, Sived, Tariher, That the president be fnformed that ll‘-um ard o lrtcln‘u (ll:v nlepany y, for the recent com- municafion made by Colonel J. H. Tl to President Roosevelt and expri utter lack of sympathy with his thet matter. A gommittes was appointed by the board of dipectors, to. convey the invitation to President Roosevelt.. The city councfl will B special, meeting tomorrow to take | action in this matter. Colonel Tillman was interviewed at his home in Edgefield today by & :orr‘-pondcnt of the News-Courler d sald: v I do_not prnpho be placed "in the ght, b ‘been the lslon mot exposition. 1 am ed with the expokition, COLOHE D MAN GETS FORTUNE tér Womém After She Had Been Forsaken by Relatives and Priends. NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—George W.| ‘Thurston,” cnl*pd. a former Pullman car porter, Wil t! r part of the estate of -‘5"& Jane Evans, white, valued at.from $75,000 to $100,000. Mrs. Evans will, which was contested by her divorced husband and relatives, has been admitied to probate by Surrogate Fitzge: _“Thurston,” the surrogate sald, ends to have been the only .one to whom éhe clung during the latter years of her life. ‘When she bad been forsaken by her relatives he cared for her and did what he codld to-admjnister to her com- fort and alleviate her condition. Mrs. Evans was only 47 years old when shé diéd on March 18, 1900. She made ahy: minor bequésts and left the bulk ot her estate to Thurston. KILL ~TTHEIR _ ASSAILANTS United ‘States Soldiers Shoot Down Eight WFilipino Insurgents Capture Arms. MANTEA, “The United States Phiifppie m-:lulu has ordered that medals' of (honor. be bestowed on Inspector Knauber and two other members of the Pilipino constabulary. The three men were ..afium. FM -Mu ‘« ‘soout-|| tBe natives and. & de- | first ‘infantry.” Eighty of led - and one of Hant Part in the Captore of Aguinaldo. 0y BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28~~Among the troops which arrived on the transport Han- egek from Manila were Captaln George: A. chemendy, Lieutedunt Parker Hitt and rty-four enlisted men of Company H, ‘fenty-second infantry, from Baler, Luzon, most remote tfon'in the Philippines. was this company of soldiers which, r many hardships, ran down the Fili- carrying messages from Aguinaldo. with Lieutenant James D. Taylor, ‘fwenty-fourth infantry, they discovered extend {0 | ngs and good wishes | Agiinaldo’s hiding place at Palanan, fur- nishing the necesséry information which was used by General Funston in the cap- {ture of Aguinaldo. After the capture of Aguinaido these officers and privates cap- tured all of the Filipino troops who were with Aguinaldo last. Captain Detchemendy and company were also recently highly praised by Secretary of the Navy Long for thelr work in searching for the remains of young Venville, who wae one of the Gil- more party and who was killed by natives. REDUCE -COAL MINERS’ PAY Operators Announce Ten Per Cent Cut, Which Prob y Wil Pro- voke a Strike. FORT SMITH, Ark., Feb. 28.—The Kan- sas and Texas Coal company, operating mines at Huntington, Ark., eighteen miles from here, today announced to its miners that & 10 per cent reductfon will take place in the price of mining coal, begin- ning Saturday. The - miners, who have been receiving 90 cents a ton, will receive 80 cents hereafter. This company opgrated two years on a non-union basis and then was ‘obliged to submit to the mine workers' unipn, which effected an organization -among the non- union men employed to take the places of tha strikers. Advices this afternoon state that there will be anotbar strike at the mifies the moment the reduction takes place. ' DEATH RECORD. Joseph M. Gr SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 28.—Joseph M. Grout, one of the best known raiiroad attorneys in Ilinols, dled in his home in this clity of paralysis; with which he was attacked February 21 was 46 years old and was the son of Rév. Joseph M. one of the plopeer ministers in Illinols. Mr. Grout was for several years, up to the time of his death, corporation counsel for Sprin, fleld, was for many ydars counsel for Chicago & Alton raiiroad, and later fo the Peoria & Northern road, which he was instrumental in building, and at the time of his death was counsel for the Decatur & Springfield road, an extension of the In- dianapolls, Decatur & Western rallroad, fow bullding into this city from Decatur. He was a prominent Knight Templar and Knight of Pythias. Mrs, Matilda Witman, HURON, 8. D, Feb. 28—(Speciall)— Word reached here from Fairfield telling of the death of Mrs. Matilda Witman, at her home, at the advanced age of 70 years. Mrs. Witman was born at Gans, Orle county, N. Y., on September 14, 1823, ana, with her husband, came to South Dakota in 1883, settling on the homestead in Fair- fleld. House Near Gretua. PAPILLION, Neb., Feb. 28.—(Speclal.)— The home of D. Jordan, near Gretna, was burned tdday, together with all contents. Mr. Jordan, to eave his pocketbook, ran into the burning bullding and escaped just as the roof fell in. James A. Crawford. NEW CASTLE, Pa., Feb. 28.—James A Crawford, a ploneer in the iron business in the Shenandoah valley, died today of Bright's disease, aged 78. HYMENEAL. 1 i+, Speckmann-Passo. “YUTAN, " Nebi, - 'Feb. 28:(Special" Tple- m)"““ 8p ,and. Miss Emma were - teday-at .the home, of bridg, near. Mead, by Dr. G, A. Neoft of Yutan. Despite the bad weather, thirty ‘families: gathered . at the -beautiful new the | home of Mr, Pu-c fo witness the cere- ‘mony at 11 o'clock {hls ‘morning. Agree to Mal P © Rates. | DENVER, Wéb. 25.—The ftransmissouri committee of the Western Passenger asso- ‘clation, which has been in sessfon here, has adopted an agreement to abollsh rate cutting. Tt ia ironclad and modeléd upon that of the Western Passenger assoclation; in fact, imcorporates that ‘agreement, with an additién covering local conditions. The new features relate only to the lines not menibers of the Western Passenger associa- tlon, RIDWAY, Pa., l"'l an l.sd flma “’ilcox wnh lhei as. auite wall-ioido. andthe 'was quite well-to-do. an is that robbery was the Motive. whter II'derel. upposition Waste matters which the skin, -kidneys and - take care of, and cannot other organs were too.torpid (ln the cold days) to take care of now without hdp, there is such an adcumulation of them. ‘They litter the whole system. N Pimples, boils and other eruptions, loss of up- petite, that tired feeling, bilious turns, fits of indi- gestion, dull headaches, and many other troubles common in the spring are due to them. Hood’s Sarsaparilla removes all humors, overcomes all their effects, strengthens and fones th whole system. Don’t den,y Fourself ith benentl thh spring. THE OMAHA / DAILY :BEE: SATURDAY, FLOOD PREVAILS 1IN SOUTH Oontinues to Destroy Valuable Property and Menaoce Lives. SEVEN PERSONS ARE REPORTED KILLED Storm Leaves Shattered Bulldings, Darkened Town Crippled Trame s De Wake. n tive PITTSBURG, March 1.—At 3 o'clock this morning thirty-two feet is confidently pre- dicted by. old-time river men. The water in both the Allegheny and the Monongahela at thie hour is rising so rap« Jdly that 4t is only a:question of time un- til the manufacturing plants along both streamq_ will be forced to suspend opera- tions. From Braddock at 2 o'clock it was an- nounced that the rod mill of the American Steel and Wire company, employing hun- dreds of men, had been forced to close down, and it is expeoted that by daylight thousands of men in what is known as the Pittsburg district will be unable to start. PHILADELPHIA, March 1.—The Schuyl- kill river has risen two feet in the last two hours and is still rising. At th the water completely. covers the tracks of thé Baltimore & Oblo depot at Twenty- fourth and Chestnut streets, and the floor of the Jower waiting room is covered wifh water to the depth of two and a balf fee © Bridges Go Down. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 1.—At mld- night the water in the rlvol' was thirty feet above low water mark and several bridges on the Delaware & Hudson rallrosd be- tween this city and Scranton were \ :shed out. Three livos were lost, BUGENE HOFFMAN, aged 10, residing near Plymouth. JOSEPH M'GUIRE and JOHN FISHER, two employes of the Lehigh Valley railroad. ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 28.—Not In many years have the southeastern gulf states ex- perienced damage so- widespread by a storm as that on which yesterday visited Georgla, Alabama, Tennessee, North Car- olina, South Carolina and Florida. As far as known, seven livek weré lost and sey- eral perwons injured. The damage is enor- mous. Four lives were lost in a wreck near Griffin, Ga., which was caused by a washout. The other dead were negroes, whose cabine were blown away by the storm. The rains raised the water to floor height in the Chattahooche, ' Alabama, Ocmulge, Savannah and the two Oconees, but late tonight the stage in all of them was statlonary, except at Columbus, Ga, where the Chattahooche was Fising slowly. Columbus suftered severely. One bridge was washed away and another is expected to go at any moment. The city of Athens, Ga., is In total dark- ness tonight, with theé two rivers sending volumes of water through some parts of the town. The north and middle Ocohee rivers passed the high-water mark there early this morning, but tonight were sta- tionary. Power Plant Submerged. _ The power plant of the Athens Blectric Street Railway company was sub- merged (o a depth of eix feet. At the Princeton factory the river rushed through the building, doing great damage to the machinery. “The water works was, Inundated and the ‘wmitcMinéry The' wi supply of the city was Both 'gas and eleotric plants were co-- pelled to close down. All the bridges— rclty, county and railroad—are in danger, but none have besn carried awa; .Washouts. are reported on all. railroads coming Into Atlanta tonight, excepting two. The loss to the rallroads is ‘enor- mous and, they are handling their passen- ger traffic only with the greatest difficuity. No train on the seaboard air line had reached this city since Tuesday morning until 5:25 this afternoon. All trains on this road are turned back at Athens,iGa. using the Southern’s tracks into Atlant: The first train over the Southern from Washington since 10 p. m. yesterday pulled into the Atlanta depot at 6 p. m. tonight. No train has arrived from New Orleans for twenty-four hours. A washout on the Atlanta & West Point, near Gabbottsville, to be held up The Southern system to Chattanooga and Birmingham 1s taining its usual sched- ules and all trains on the Nashville, Chat- tanooga & St. Louls, the Georgla Tallroad and the Central of Georgia are on time. A negro woman was killed, another fa- tally injured and several negro men badly hurt by a cyclone which passed over Daw- son, Ga., late last night. Heler's Roller mills and the Barpett saw mills were ‘washed away near Jackson, Miss. PENSACOLA, Fla., Feb. 28.—The entire south wald of the new south wing to the new state capitol at Tallahasse was le to the ground last night by a furious g ASHEVILLE, - N. C, Feb. 25—All rallway trafic in the mountains is completely paralyzed as a result of last night's storm. The French Broad river is the highest ever known and all manufecturing plants on the banks have been forced to close. A large number: of houses on the lowlands along the river were cut off by the water last night and the occupants were taken out in boats. The river rose over the thirteen-foot wall at Marshall, N. C, and flooded (ho town. Several small Ilh'. wrecks al ported. The water is reported ten feet l-n in one place on the Murphy-division of the Southern rallway. In ‘Asheville street car traffic was suspended last night and has not been resumed. t Trains Wrecked. Tenn., Feb. 28.—The storm which began last night is causing damage to railroads in this section. The ‘Tennessee river here is rising at the rate of thirteen Inches an hour. A freight traln was wrecked today near Redford, Va., on the Norfolk'& Western raflroad, in which Brakeman Floyd Preston, ored, was killed. The Virginla & South- western rallroad bridges at Blizabeth “Last spring my face was covered with pimples, which I | Butler and Carden’s Bluff, Tenn., were knéw were tokens of impure blood. 1 therefore bought a bottle d“‘lmvwmhundlnourhllh for several years, and after I had taken-it, the pimples all blood wes h’l healthy condition l'llIL Hood's never- washed away. The Bast Tennessee & Western and North Carolina railroad suffer great dam- age. People of Elizabethton fled from the town last night, and had the water risen town would have been rged. . Beaver oreek at Bristol is known and is flooding parts of the ecity. The Soutbern rallway i unable to run traing beyond White Pine, Tenn., on the Ash- ville-Knoxville line. All telegraph and telephone wires slong the line are down. A freight train was wrecked on the At- lanta, Knoxville & Nasbville, raliroad near Hiawasbeet by & landsli caused by rains. Engineer A, J. Kimsel was proba- bly tatally scalded. News from Chilhowee, Va., states the south side of the town is under water and Little Fork river is higher than in twenty years. Marion, Va., is partially submerged. Low Barom at Chicago. * CHICAGO, Feb. 23.—Never in Chicago was barometer so low u‘tvu today. The tornado which overwhelnjed Galveston in September, 1000, signaled its coming by in the barometer to 20.36 Inches. at 2 p. m. in Chicago-the Audi tower barometer marked 25.70 inches, over half an inch below the Galveston figure. At Marquette, Wis., the Instrument read 28.72 inches; at Green Bay, 28.74 inches; at Philadel 20.24 inches; at Denver, 2968 inches; at St. Paul, 20.20 inches; at Vicksburg, 20.32 inches—each lower than the Galyeston tornado mark. PENNSYLVANIA UNDER WATER Large Sections Ave Flooded and Dam« nge to Property is Enor- m PITTSBURG, Feb. 38.—Pittsburg and vi- cinity are tonight threatened with disas- trous flood. The great ice gorge in the Al- legheney happily passed out today without doing any serious damage, but thé great volume of water behind it which is being augmented every moment by swollen creeks makes it apparent that much damage mus result before the waters eubside. At 10:30 p. m. Government Forecaster Ridgeway issued a bulletin stating that the rivers had reached the danger point and were rising fast, He sent out warnings to all rive men, railroad companies and others inter- ested to prepare for at least twenty-five feet by morning, and predicted a miximum of thirty feet. 'This stage, if reached, will compfetely submerge the lower parts of Al- leghenoy and this city and put out the fires in many mills and factories. All residents, of the down town districts have moyed to second floors. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28.—A thunder- storm, accompanied by an unusually heavy fall of raln, burst over this city at 1 o'clock this @fternoon. * Eyery section of the city suffered from floods, ~Steam railroads and |#he street raiiways were briefly interrupted while the water covered the tracks. The Schuylkill river, which had been unusually high for ral days past, was out of its basks tonight amd conulunbh damage was done to property. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Feb. 28.—The High watgr 48 playing havoc here, The two riv- ers, the Little Conemaugh and Steney creek, which are in confluence at the Great street bridge here, are althost bank full and still rising. Busineéss has practically been suspended and thousands of people are watching events. -The Great Cambria mills are completely paralyzed. The ice gorge above this ¢ity broke this mording and came tearing down the stream. It swept away two foot bridges here. At $:00 the rivers are still riding. A heay downpour of rain has been on since o o'clock. Telephone and telegraphic com munication to all points in the mountains, is paralyzed and reports of conditions there are unobtainable. CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 28—The highest stage of water known In, several years has made the Youghiogheny a raging torrent tonight. At § o’clock this morning the water was at flood stage and Msing at the rate of a foot an hour. By noon the water began to flood the lower portion of New Haven and people began to move from thelr houses, which Were rapidly surrounded by water. Tonlght all the lower portion of New Haven js submeérged. | Men are now tolling to save stock from the valuable luymber yards, people are mov- ing out into the darkness and the raging river makes it a night of terror. Traffic on the Baltimore & Ohlo raiiroad is sus- pended. The wind last night tore down telegraph wire ntl stépped the running of Feb. 28.—The heawy e m brld‘c Have béen washed awhy and the tracks in lower places cqvered for mil d, as &’ condeqence, no trains have been gotten through today sad “the fpdications are that all traffic between heré and Cum- berland will be suspended. for several days. READING, Pa., Feb. 28.—Dispatches from Tamaqua, Pa., say that the worst flood since 1850 visited that place today. The ection of the town s under water, ON, Px., Feb. 28.—This city today expertenced the worst flodd in its history and tonight the town is in darkness. The electric light plant and the gas works are flooded. The main streets are flooded and travel is suspended. Hundreds of famillies are held prisomers In thelr own houses. SCRANTON, Pa, Feb. 28.—Heavy rains and warm weather today changed the insig- nificant Lackawanna into a mighty river. A dozen wmall bridges on the Lackawanna ‘'were’ washed away and there was danger of 'the big Carbon strect bridge going at any time. " The water was up to the deck of the bridge at 3 o'clock and was still rising. The Delaware & Hudson, Ontarlo & Western and Jersey Central tracks a washed out at various points and traias are stalled all along the valle; NEW YORK NOT OVERLOOKED Empire City Gels Generous Share of the Rain and Wind- storm. NEW YORK, Fah ~The storm wlleh raged today over the emtir» ern half of the United States gave a generous share of its attention to Néew York city. During the aftermoon for a short time the rain fell in torrents and the wind blew & gale at the rate of sixty-eight miles an hour. The storm made the water on the bay very rough and Interfered with shipping con- 'siderably. The United States crulser San Francleco welghed anchor at noon under sealed or- ders for sea, but wheu it reached a point off Bwinburne Islabd the captais changed its course and returned to the anchorage grounds off Tompkinsville, on account of the storm. Olncionat! and Olympla were prepared to get under way should their anchors fall to hold fast. From New Jersey polats reports of flood and damage are coming in. Trains are de. layed or held up altogether on the Lehigh aud Penpsylvania raliroads. Bridges are belng washed away and farms are upder water. The Delaware river is out of its banks at Flemington and at Riverside the ralls: of the South Branch rallroad are elghteen inches under water. The Black Diamond express on the Lehigh Valley road went as far 3s Mauch Chunk apd from there was obliged to return to New York, Reports of a like nature come from Lam- bertyille and Belevidere, where the silk mills are flopded and many families were taken from their homes In boats. BRITISH STEAMSHIP AGROUND Runs Ashore Of Cape Hehry Daring » Dense Fog When Coal 1s Lew. ¢ BALTIMORE, - Feb. 28.—A dispatch to the Maratime Exchange from Cape Henry today says the British steamship Yeoman, trom Galveston for Liverpool, via N port News, is ashore at the peint of Cape Heory. PHILADELPHIA, Feéb. 3. — Yeoman picked up the Spanish steamabip Bresa at #ea, haipless, with a broken propellor, &nd towed her into the Delaware break~ water on Tuesday of this week. After performing this service the ecaptain of Yeoman found himself short of coal sud he decided to go to Norfolk to refill his bunkers before proceeding to Liverpool. It' was while earoute to the former port MARCH 1, (hll his ship grounded at Cape Henry. A dense fog Dr"tll.fl at the time. PLATTE AND - MISSOURI RISE Nebraska and South Daketa Visited by Snew and Migh wi 19 PLATTSMOUTH, Neb,, Feb. 28.—(Special Telegram.)—The Missour| river at this poiut 14 rising rapidly. The foe went out of the Platte river tonight. ONT, Neb,, Feb. 28.—(Special.)— ‘The Platte river is on its annual rise. The a full and in me plac the water has overflowed the lowlands. The fce 18 going out rapidly. There are ev- eral men employed to watch the wagon bridge leading into Saunders county, and | no danger to it is apprehended at present unless there should be a heavy rain. RUSHYILLE, Neb, Feb. 78.—(Special ‘Télegram.)—After two weeks of fine weather this country has been in the grip of a snowstorm since yesterday. Snow is drift- ing with a strong wind from the north. PIERCE, Neb., Feb. 28.—(Special.)—A spowstorm with high northwest wind b beent in progress all day. The temperature 18 moderate. PLATTSMOUTH, h-b. Feb. 28.—(Bpecial.) ~The rain of yesterday and last night turned to snow about noon today and prom- {8es to ocontinve during the night. The weather Is turning colder, and the wind blowying from the northwest. The moisture will bs of much benefit to the sofl. WYMORE, Neb, the past week valled, but yesterday a light rain all day, tollowed by sleet. Today the ground 1s cofered with snow and high, cold winds prevall. WEST POINT, Neb., Feb. 28.—(8pecial.) ~The springlike weather of the past few days gave place last night to a driving snowstorm with a stromg northe: wind. Raln preceded the snow, soaking the ground thoroughly. The ground is in fine shape for spring work, nearly all the winter's snow befng soaked up, little having run into streams. ABERDEEN, 8. D., Feb. 28.—(Special Tel- egram,)—The fine spring weather which has prevalled recefitly met with a ‘sudden set- back this morning in the shape of a snow- storm with high northwest wind. Con- siderable snow is falling. The temperature 18 moderate. PIERRE, 8. D,, Feb. 28.—(Special Tele- gram.)—A heavy storm has prevailed since last night. Several inches of snow has fallen. The snow is drifting badly and travel la Impeded. BIOUX FALLS, S. D., Feb. 28.—(Special Telegram.)—The rain of the preceding twenty-four hours this morning turned to snow, which fell all day, with a strong northwest wind prevailing. A great deal of the snow melted as fast as it fell, but tonight the temperature is below the freez- ing ‘point. VIOLENT STORM RM _SWEEPS OHIO Telenraph und Telephone Wires Prok- trated and Service Serlo Aftected. —For pre- OLEVELAND, Feb. 28.—Oue of the most violent gales experienced in years pre. valled throughout northern Obio early to At the local Weather bureau office the wind, which was from: the southgpst, tegistered a velocity of sixty-four miles an hour. Telephone and telegraph polés and wifes were prostrated in many places, with the result that the service s serlously at< fected. It will probably require 1 days to fully repair the damage. ‘CLEVELAND, Feb. 28.-8cores of plate #labe swindows and ‘skylighits in the dowsm« town distriet were demolished, while, sigas; ¢himneys and trees were torn down in nu- fnerous |nstances. A portion.of the.roof of the Miles Park Methodist Episcopal church: wud carried away and the bullding of the Britton tinplate mill on Colt avenue | was completely demolished. No one was in the bullding when it fell. At one time the wind blew at the rate of eighty miles an hour. DAMAGE FROM CLOUDBURST by Eastern ylvania Visited Heavy Rat Schuylkill is Out of Bank, . READING, Pa., Feb. 28—This section was visited by a ocloudburst today which did great damage. A sixteen-foot flood is mow raging i the Schuylkill river. Water backed into some of the industries of the lower section and they ‘were obliged to close down. Hundreds of cellars filled with water and at a number of houses along the river the inmates bad to be taken out on the boats. Near Readihg several dams bumst and hundreds of acres were under wal Ia the country districts great dam- age s reported. Kansas Gets Snow. TOPEK4, Kan.,, Feb. 28.—Light snow fell in numerous Kansas counties today and more is looked for tomight. In Franklin county the ground is well covered. A The-| rein and smow have relieved the water famine at some points; It s the unanimous opinion that the wheat crop in Kansas was never in better condition than at present. Storm at St. Jos ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Feb. 28.—A storm set in here late today and snow has been falle ing several hours. A flerce wind is blowing and the temperature is falling. No great damage to fruit is expected, for the reason that the brief spell of warm weather was insufficlent to start the trees to budding. The: winter wheat is in excellent shape. No Danger of Fleod. CINCINNATI, Feéb. 28.—Although the river has ri rapldly here, there is no immediate danger of a flood. At 6 o'clock tonight’ the gauge here reached’ thirty- seven feot, a rise of 3.2 feet since 6 o'clock this morning. United States Forecaster Bas- éler eaid today that the river probably will not pass the forty-fobt stage. Al e Severe im Northwest. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 28.—Dispatches from Minnesota and the Dakotad tell of ome of the bardest snowstorms of the winter. At D., the snow is drifting badly c is impeded. North Dakots has bliszard, the rain’ having turned to ® and being driven by & high wind. BUFFALO, Feb. 28.—The Buffalo and Casenovia creeks went over their banks to- night and the ete of Bouth Buffalo are {nundsted under \two to ten feet of wa It is the worst flood in ten years. Iowa's Low Barometer. DAVENPORT, Ia., Feb. 28.—The barome- | &8 ter here registered 28.57 today, only two degrees lower than in the center of the Galveston cyelone, and the lowest on rec- ord in this part of the country. EBesema, No Cure, No Pay. “ Your druggist will refund your money it PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Risgworm, Tetter, 014 Ulcers and Sores, Pimples & Blackheads on the face, and all ekin dis- eases; 50 cents. JEALOUSY LEADS T0 MURDER Buspicious Husband Kills Wife, Rival and Oommits Buicide. IN CRIME BY HIS OWN SON DIRECTED Boy Keeps Silent Mother Wateh Over Hin Other Vietim Gives Father the Clue. and and WOODSTOGK, Iil, Feb, '28.—Murderous Jealousy filled the heart of Benjamin F. Ellsworth today and after slaying his wife and Amos ,W. Anderson with a- revolver he turned the weapon on himselt - and ended his life. His son, Earl A. Ells worth, was a witness of the tragedy and Is a prisofier in the county jall. The triple tragedy was brought about appars ently by a pre-arranged plan formed be- tween the father, now dead, and the som, now a prisomer. The son set himselt to wWatch the sus- pected actions of his own mother and at a certaln ‘'moment . ran steaithily to & win. dow, whence he signalled to his father across the street. The father came and the killing followed.- While no doubt ex- ists as to the miotive which prompted the killing, the exact detalls of ‘the affair are known only to the young man. Boy Tells Hin Story. Young' Ellsworth sald he had concealed himself in the garret early in the morn- ing, reaching there by a short stairway. He had previously bored a small hole in the celling, through which he could see into Mr Anderson's room. He eaw his mother enter the room soon after his father hud gone to his shop, and then, descending the stairway in his stockihg feet, he, went to a room facing the shop and waved his hand at his father, The elder EHsworth at once left the shop, armed with a revolver and a heavy ma- chinist’s chisel. ‘He wore a pair of thick felt boots and his entrace to the house and ascent of ‘the sjaire was noiseless. = As ho reached the landing he was joined by his son, and a moment later began his murder- ous assault: Shot Five Times. Mr. Anderson was fully dressed and had his hat on when.the attack began. Ander- son was shot five times and lived thirty minutes. .Mrs. Elleworth and Ellsworth were-shot through the head and died in- stantly. Bllsworth was 46 years of age and a pros- perous mechanic who conducted a general repair shop near his -residdpce. His wite was 42 years of age and prepossessing in appearance. Mr. Anderson was 77 years of age, of fine physique for one of his years, and for nearly four years had made his home with the Ellsworths. He was a re- tired farmer, owning froperty estimated to be worth over $20,000. The prisoner's grandfather. five years ago killed his hired man and blew out his own brains. BOYD COUNTY HOMESTEADS Déeds of Relinquishment to Lands Are Signed by All Board Members but Two. (Fronr a* Staft_Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Feb. 28:—(Special Telegram.) —The - deeds - of relinquishments to the Boyd county homestead lands were signed this atterncon: by:-all .members. of. the Board - of’Edwoational Lands and Funds, excdpting Secretary- of State ,Marsh and Land Commissioner Follmer. ;The.- latter decliped to sign the deeds, claiming that thie #ct’ @8 recommendeéd by ‘the board s contrary to law. Mr.’ Marsh was out of the oity. The board last week voted in favor of the relinquishment. Sanford Parker of Spencer in Lincoln this aft- ernoon’ urging action in the matter. . SIS Ry 1 Judge Dupin Stricke: SEWARD, Neb., Feb. 28.—(Special)— Judge J. W. Dupin stricken with apop- lexy while on his way home at noon to- day. He was carried home and at last ac- counts was improving and will probably be able ‘to =attend to his duties in the county judge's office in’two or three days. Heavy Real Estate Transfers. GENEVA, Neb., Feb. 28.—(Special.)— The reml estate transfers in Fillmore county, amointing to $78,000, were re- corded here last Wednesday. T0 CURE GRIP IN TWO DAYS. Laxative Bromo-Quinine removes * the cause, E. W. Grove's signature on every box. Price, 25 cent: puny. WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. ‘The B, L Dupont . DeNemours compnn) for the manufacture of gunpowder and other ex- plosives, capjtal $20,000,000, has been 1 corpanha at Dover. The new corj tion is expected to take in gl of Dupont powder mills, Made Her Beautiful Every Lady in the Land Can Now Have a Beautiful Skin. ra- the A TRIAL BOX FREE. It has remained for a Cincinnat! woman [ FANNIE B. RALSTON, (8howing her wonderful tmprovement.) for it 1 within the means of every lady, Joung or middle aged, to have the clear- d most refined complexion so dear o o woman's heart. B. Ralston, 628 Lexington nv. Ky u)r i Vhen 1 be 6 . .‘i‘.u com| ‘:?xltin b‘lluli g" 1¥ala "not “think it possible to clear e was in & horrible condi- [ my friend qkylrkly Baa the chan now perfectly 's, 4123 Elsa e will mail in & plain sealed wrapper of her 'onds’!ul beautifiers always bless the day you il to write today. THE GRIP AGAIN THIS DANGEROUS EPIDEMIC HAS MADE ANOTHER APPEARANCE. . Vietims Added to Tts List—A Suggestion as to How to Gidapd Amalnst It apd Its AfteryEffects. o Every year upon the approach of sprinR the grip makes its appearance. Once every fow years it @preads and sdsomes. Alarm- Ing proportioms, Krom: all .cappearances this is.one “of the gears in “which it wilk seize upon a great number of victims, for Hundreds of {every day new cases are reperted. As In scanjet and . typhold: fever, ~ the after-offects of grip are-often worse than the disease itself.-The sufferer is left with R debiiltated system; ehort of breath kpon the slightest . exertion,. affected by evety change of the- weatheriand in-a physieal condition to invite the attack of the muny diseases induced by- the inclement weather of early spring. A (imely suggestion-mé.to how to enable the ‘system to 'resist the inromds of grip and its after effects s given by Mrs, Mary E. Chase, an_operator 4n. a shoe factory living at No. 2775 Washington - street, Roxbyry dist., Boston, Mass, She says: . I bad an aftack.ofs the grip-in.1898.which left me in such -a weal conditlon that. I became -afflicted with -a- comphication ; of other troubles. ‘1 suffered from - nervous dyspepsia and a disease-peculiar to my sex. There w bad-feeling. fu-my head, yet it was not headache. I.took 0old- easily ‘and had periodical spells of nausea. 1. would faint frequently and was completely run down In every way.' T tried hevaral doc- tors and took Varlous rermédies, but ‘With- out favorable reaiflts. “Finally a ‘friend. who Haa’ taken * herself, advisel me to try DF. Willlams' Rink Pills for Pale People. Y did so, and was foeling Bétter whén I hdad taken one box ‘of the 'pfils.";1 cohtinuéd in the use of the pills until 1 had takeh X boxes and they made meiwell and strong. “I bave ‘recommendéd DF. Wilfams' Plok Pills te‘quite a Number of people as a cure for ‘constipution ‘ahd ‘to’ help them get good' dlood: & kow; by personal experience that .they Will give ‘Wondertul reaults. 3 It is of the utMost' importanice to your health 1 you have suffered:from the ‘grip that you should cleanse the- system of the lingering germs and. put i« in_ condition to resist and ward off digease. Dr. W{llame' Pink Pills for Pale People are valuable in cases like {he above be- cause of the double action—on the merves and on the blood, a feature in which they are unlike any other medicije. For this rensoni they' cafindt be. successfully fmi- tated, so do pot let any dealer palm off an inferfor drticle on you. The genulne pills are never sold 1o loodé bulk, hut always in packages and the well kngwn tredemark on ‘the wrapper fs your gugr- antee that the'contents ite genuine. There are few @iseakes’ due to impoy- erished bloSd of “weakened ‘nérves that Dr. Williams* Pink Pil’ wiif “not ‘benefit, Some of the cures effected are almost miraculous. ~ If iyou are suffering and ordinary tréattient fails ‘to relieve 'you, send your namé and address, together with & brief descriplion of your case, to ° the Dr. Willlams. Medicine company, Schene tady, N. Y.uIf the rempdy.has not cured cases likeé yours it will not be recommanded to you. The pills will 'be sent by mall it desired, postpald, 'on feceint of price, 50 thom \ THE TABHURS" r POCO 000U ...' RESULTS TELL THE BEE WANT ADs & PRODUCE RESULTS. 200000C 0080 ABRS D06 ° H 3 , AMUSEMENTS, xx BOYD'S 22X This Afternoon .| The Eminent “Forget Me Not” Actress Tonight NSE Cofman “Lady “Barter” nm 25, 10- $1.00, Sunday Mat. son's Co., In “FAUST” Prices—Mat., ¢, 0e—-Night: %e¢ to Te. and Night—Lewis Morri- BOYD'S THEATRE .ATURDAY EVE. 8 MARCH WIIINEI, I’;Alfl l'lED Reservéd Seuts all sold—Gallery Tickets at $1.00 will be placed on sale & jox Office Friday Feb. 28, oA M GALL ‘EARLY and ayoid the Rush CRRIGHTON ’l‘-lophonu 1681 t. and l\h.“lu Every HIGH CLASS ‘{IAUDE\"LIE Louls Simon, Gra ley and Kent, ‘the, nd Ki Hnll, D‘l‘&m Kinodrome. Matinees, W Prlul. lk Ic an L