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Columbus, March 20—3. p. m.
— Word from Dayton just ro
t-usiness section is afire, and
the indications arc that it will
b< totally destroyed. The res
idents of the section, owing
to the flood are unable to es
cape from the burning build
ings except by jumping into
the water and drowning. Sev
eral instances are reported of
men killing their wives and lam
i! es and the ; suiciding to ea
cape death by turning. May
ors of the towns within reach
are rushing assistance to C"'
• ir.. ;,en disl'icl ns rapidly »■?
j.o-slblr, by l.ii'ioad, elec ' c
Irani, aulo nob ;c and tea i.
and‘everything within the i"\v
cr • >( man is >>c i g done.
Indianapolis, Ala . 20—Grag
mentary repoi >-» from the*
Hooded region toil of oyer two
hundred thousand people bp*
ing homeless last night. The
government is doing what it
ran to aid the sufferers, fifty
thousand tents ond f» million
army rations having bent or
dered issued from the United
Slates warehouse at Philadel
phia, and sent with the great
est dispatch to (lie homeless
folk who are helpless to help
themselves.
Columbus, aMrch 20—Gover
nor Fox is in receipt of word
from Private Secretary Burba
whom he dispatched to the
scene of the flood, telling that
the river is over four miles
vide at Dayton. amt that as
s stance cannot get anywhere
rear the city. The Russel a
partments are afire, and the
inmates, unable to escape, are
jumping from the windows in
tv; the water. The bugh rail
load bridge at. Zanesville, a
ceived states that the entire
gainst which rubbish was pil
ling up, backing up the water,
has been dynamited. At Fraz
crville the water is running
five feet over the tops of the
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telepraph poles, while at Nat-!
iotial, the water is completely
t.ver the great factory of the
National Cash Register comp
miy.
Cleveland, March 20—Reports
up to noon today, put the nuni
1 cr of flood victims at 2700
dead, and 500,000 homeless.
Chicago, March 20—'The af
termath of Sunday’s cyclone,
terrible though is was, is in
eo. ’parabiy worse Ilian the
•torn) itself—Ohio, Indiana,
ilti ) glli! Missouri have each
!Penn e#jl)d u^op to suffer, not
: Mm wind but from flood.
And the Grim Reaper h
gathered in close to three tho'i
and lives in the post forty-eight
i.i>urs. Dayton, Ohio, is ttie
greatest sufferer, it being esti
iv.ipd Unit between one thous
and and mglitffn hundred peo
ple were drowned in th.Qt pity
alone, one school building, con
laming four hundred children
and their teachers, being wiped
onf of existence in an instant,
none or »iu?ni bflog saved. The
water a raging torrent is fif
teen feet deep in the principal
streets of the city. House
many of them afire are drift
ing down the current, setting
lire io other buildings which
have thus tar withstood the
force of the current, and it
looks as .though the whole low
er part of the city is doomed.
Governor Cox has ordered out
the Ohio mililift and dispatch
ed them to the flooded region
to render what aid is possible
and prevent looting. Othei
towns reported as being unde”
water are Fort Wayne, Hamil
ton, Peru, Xenia and Zanes
ville, their dead exceeding four
hundred.
Dayton, March 27—Darkness
luridly lighted by the flames of
Dayton’s doomed buildings ad
oed to the terror of the flood j
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and fire situation here last
night, and the coming of daj
light this morning brought lit
tle or no relief. Dynamite has
I een secured and the attempt
i- now being made to blow up
buildings in the path of the
(lames and thus check the con
flagration. Except in the few
inadequate boats, it is impos
sible to approach closer than a
rule to the burning district
and thousands are standing
watching the tragedy of people
utterly helpless, falling bad;
into the flames and dying. \
luting blizzard is sweeping n
croii the waste of raging, tos
,-nig wgtprs, which are sweep
ing through the city street
idee millraees, swamping the
boats of the rescurers, and
in many cases drowning crew
gild passengers. The effort is
being made to rescue the
women and children first, the
men being left behind to take
their choice of death by cither
lire or water.
II is estimated and conserva
tively loo, that the total num
ber of deaths thus far in Ohio
mid Indiana number 3330 peo
ple a» follows: Ohio—Dayton,
£000; Piqua, 540; Delaware,
end Middleton each 100; Sid
ney, 50; Hamilton, 12; Tippe
i anoe, 3; Tiffin, 50; Fremont,
It; Troy, 50; scattering 200
Inditing—Ppm, 250; Newcastle,
3; Lafayette and Nohlesville,
each 2; Indianapolis !»; seat
ering 25. The property loss
will reach the enormous total
t<f flop hundred million dollars.
Washington, March 27—Pres
ident Wilson has instructed
Secretary of War Garrison to
go to the flooded region in
Oliip and use every means at
the government’s command h
alleviate the suffering there
end unless the conditions im
t
procp at once, the President
"himself will gu and take char
ge of all relief work.
Columbus, March 27—Gover
nor Cox has declared a ten
days legal holiday to enable the
people of the State of Ohio to
do all they can to aid their
suffering brothers at Dayton
and vicinity. Today the gover
nor sent out a statement by
wire to the governors of all
the states telling of the con
ditions and asking them to
wire funds.
Washington, March 27—The
government is rushing nurses
and supplies into the stricken
Ohio as fast as the railroads
can handle them. Ordinary
traffic is practically suspended
to enable the relief trains to
make the host possible time.
Indianapolis, March 27—Thous
ands of homeless people who
have lost their all in the flood
of the past two days, are now
actually facing starvation. All
transportation Hups pntprjng
(he flooded district are oi
course oul of commission and
tie problem of getting food
and tents in is a serious one.
The state militia are in the
l':eld to take charge pf the dis
tribution. A severe sleel storm
raged last night, and it is feared
that pneumonia will carry a
way the homeless ones by the
hundreds as I he result of the
exposure,
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RECONSTRUCTION
BEGINS IN OMAHA
Omaha, March 27—The more
than two hundred funerals
held in this city yesterday of
the cyclone victims exhausted
the supply of coffins, and a
now supply had lo be wired for
from S(, Lous. So energptb
(sdly has tlie army of search
ers worked that it is thought
that all the bodies have been
recovered in this city, and fhe
work of placing them in their
last resting places will be fin
ished today. The owners of
Many of the buildings destroy
ed have cleared up their prop
erties and reconstructed is un
der way. Concrete and brick
will take the place of wood,
the principal malem. is most
of the destroyed building.
Omaha, March 20—Order is
slowly being evolved out of the
chaos of Sunday’s cyclone.
The dead are being buried, the
wounded cared for and places
of shelter furnished for the
homeless. This latter is very
important, as a heavy fall of
aiiow has fallen during the
past twenty four hours adding
cold to the pain already exist
ing.
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SKOOKUM JIM’S STORY
REPORTED CONFIRMED
According to a dispatch from
Skagway, it looks as though
I here is no longer any reason
able grounds for doubting the
authenticity of Skookum Jim’s
gold strike south of Cake Tes
iin. J. E. Owens had arrived
in the Lyon Canal town from
fhe Teslln country with •1'800
worth of gold dost he had tak
en out of the ground, lie pur
chased an outfit at Skagway.
and returned to the interior
without delay. The story con
tinues that the Cannack-Skoo
kum Jim party had been in
camp at Caribou Crossing for
several days, awaiting the com
ing of several Dawsonites who
were friends of Carmack, and
whom he wanted to be in on
the new strike.
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Forest Supervisor Weigle in
forms the Miner that the two
cruisers being built for forest
rangers in Alaska are nearing
completion, their planking all
on by this time. The boats will
be equipped with twelve horse
power engines^one man con
trol—and will be complete in ■
every respect.
I HER first trip
ON NEW ROUTE
The steamer Curacao will ar
rive tomorrow evening on her
first trip on her new route,
which is from Seattle to Ketch
ikan, thence along the west
coast of Prince of Wales island
culling in at outlying points,
l'rom there she will call in at
Ihe outlying canneries and
camps, after which she will
proceed on to Juneau, her
northern terminus. The route
is largely a matter of an ex
periment, as the Pacific Coast
Steamship company lias so
much business, both pas
senger and freight, off the or
dinary routes, that it is practi
cally impossible for the regu
lar steamers to take care of
the business and maintain any
kind of a decent schedule. To
remedy Ihis, the Curacao is
being put on, and will make
two trips a month to these out
lying ports. She Is peculiarly
adapted for this business, and
will no doubt prove a money
maker for the company.
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MEAT INSPECTOR ON
DUTY IN SEATTLE
A government meat inspect
or has been stationed on the
wharves in Seattle to see to
il that meat being loaded on
board vessels is properly hand
led and stowed. In the past
il has frequently happened that
meats consigned north has
been unloaded out of the dc
1’very wagons and piled up on
the wharf decking awaiting
Ihe convenience of the steam
ship people. The new order
:-i things requires that the
meat he taken on hoard direct
IVom the wagons and hung up.
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Springfield, March 27—R. Y.
Sherman, one of the promi
lent Republicans of this slate
vas elected to the short term
it the Senate last night.
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