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li THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, TUESDAY, JULY 2D, 1U02. RATES NEAR THE BOTTOM GERMAX SHIP CHARTERED FOR SEPTEMBER LOADING AT 255. Enormous Decline by Wbicn "Wheat growers Profit Wynford Clears Today for AIkor Bay. Ocean freights struck 25 shillings for new season loading yesterday, the lowest rate that has been paid for Fall loading since 17. The unfortunate victim of tho depression was the big German ship Peter Rlckmers, which has been hanging like a weight ovtfr the market for a long time She was first on the market for this port at about 30 shillings.1 and the ideas of her owners slnoe have not shrank fast enough to overtake the falling market. The big vessel sailed from Hiogo for Portland July 19, and 14 due in about three weeks.. The charter of the Peter Rlckmers at 25 shil lings affords a striking illustration of the wholesale decline that has taken place la less than IS months. This vessel was alspatohod from Portland by Balfour, Guthrie' & Co.. in March, 1901. -with 4142 tons of wheat, at a 40-shilling rate, her gross earnings on the voyage from Port land to Queenstown amounting to $12,643. If she carries the same cargo on her aomlns trip, her gross earnings at 25 shil ling will amount to but $26,652. or a loss oorapred with her last trip from Portland of $lo,"S91. While tills enormous loss will cause tome uneasiness among the foreign ship owners, the wheatgrowers are profiting by it, and wheat yesterday was quoted In this market 9 cents per bushel higher than It was -when the Rlckmers loaded here before. The fact that a large number of British ships have laid up at San Fran cisco In preference to accepting anything under 27s Cd would indicate that the bot tom may have been reached for the pres ent. The subsidized French shins will accept lower rates if they are forced to it, and some of the Germans may go under 26 shillings, but the amount of tonnage available exclusive of the British ships, is not sualeient to keep rates down to auch unremuneratlve figures as are now quoted. GLBXESSLIX THE CLIPPER. Well-Knovrn Vessel Sails a Thousand Miles in Four Days. The British ship Glenesslln. a clipper well known in this port, and at the pres ent time under charter to load salmon on the Fiaser River, has Just been adding to her laurels as a fast sailer. The Mel bourne (Australia) Argus has the follow ing regarding her latest trip: "The dipper-like qualities of the ship Glenesslln have credlt6d her with several smart sailing feats. Her latest achieve ment is a voyage of 77 days from Liver pool to Hobson's Bay. The Glenesslln earned great distinction last year by mak ing a fine voyage from San Francisco to the United Kinsdom. Six or seven other vessels left the American port at tho same time, but the Glenesslin beat them all, her nearest competitor being 17 days behind. A notable feature of her present trip from Liverpool is that she ran from there to the equator in 23 days. On the iSth day out she v(as off the Cape of Good Hope, whilst from May 3 toMay 21 she covered the distance between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin. finally arriving in Hobson's Bay late on Sunday nig Captain Barlow Prltchard. who has been In command since the vessel was launched. 17 years go, reports that during the present voyage the ship covered 1000 miles In four days, which is equal to the speed of an ordinary steamer." CARGO FOR THE CAPE. British Ship AVynford Clenrs Today for Alsron Bay and South Africa. The British ship Wynford. the first of the Portland fleet for South Africa for the season of 1902-03. finished loading yes tordav, and will clear today for Algoa Bay with 128,648 bushels of wheat. She was dispatched by Kerr, Gilford & Co., and the same firm has just cleared the British ship General Roberts from Ta coma tor South Africa, with 106,000 bush els of wheat. For the early part of the i-easou the South African trade promises to be heaIer than that to the United Kingdom. The British bark Eskasonl, which arrivdd In from the Orient on Sun day, will load a full cargo of flour for South Africa, and the steamship Elba, now on route to this port from the Orient, will load a mixed cargo, of which flour and wheat will form the greater portion. The British ship Brambletye, now about due at this port with coal from Australia, will also load at Portland for South Af rica. The Norwegian bark Queen of Scots, chartered a few days ago on Puget Sound, goes to the Cape, and there are several other vessels listed for the Dark Conti nent. The business in that direction for the 'calendar year will be by far the larg est on record. THE AS IE AT SEA. Hoodooed Ship Crossed Oat from As toria Yesterday Afternoon. 'The French bark Asle crossed out from Astoria at 5 o'clock last evening, and . strain peace reigns along the water front. It waa way last December when the Asle came into portfrom Hobart with a bill against the French Government for mile age reaching half way around the world and a fat charter for outward business. "While lying at Davldge's dock discharging ballast, soon after entering port, .the ship careened against the dock, knocking off her masts and making as sorry a looking wreck as is often seen in a peaceful har bor. There were the usual disagreements which attend an accident where repairs are Involved on a French ship, and for a time It appeared that her repairs were to cost about as much as the ship was -worth. The contract was finally awarded to the Willamette Boiler Works at a low figure, and in due season the ship was turned out as good as new. The loss to the owners, as well as the underwriters, has been heavy. The time lost In port was suf ficient, if the vessel had been calling, to enable her to pile up at least 520.000 worth of mileage bounty, and she also lost over $7OD0 by a decline in freights. The cap tain. It Is believed. lost! no money by the -accident. IXDRASAMHA'S GOOD RUX. Goes ThronRh to Astoria in O 1-4 Hours iind to Sen In 8 Hours. The big Oriental finer Indrasamha got away promptly on schedule time yester day, not only from Portland, but from the Columbia River, and eight hours after steaming out of the harbor limits of this city she was out on the ocean. She was delayed somewhat in getting under way yesterday morning, and it was nearly 10 o'clock when she steamed out of sight , below Swan Island. Pilot Archie Pease updk her through at a lively gait, how over, and at 4:30 she dropped anchor at Astoria. But little time was lost there, and after exchanging pilots she proceeded, orossing out at C o'clock. TOO MAXY VESSELS. Overproduction Has Checked Lake Shipbuilding:. NEW YORK. July 2S. A publication -juet issued gives the number of vessels built in United States ports during the year ended June 30 as 1657, of 473,981 gross tons. In the year preceding there were built 1709 vessels, of 4S9.616 gross tons. This year the sail tonnage aggregated MH.V72 tons; last year. 12S.099 tons. A sub stantial Increase is noted in steel steam ers, whloh aggregate 275.479 tons, as .-against 235,255 .tons .for last year. Canal- boats and barges have declined from 88,331 to 57,502 tons. No new orders of Importance are noted on the seaboard, and In this respect the outlook is not as favorable as It was a year ago. In the Great Lakes district there Is every indication of a volume of shipbuilding in 1303 fully equal to the record year now closing. The lake ship builders close their year about mid-Summer, as their most active period is the Fall and Winter. In the yea'r now closing they have built 43 vessels, costing about 510,250,000. They already have for the coming year orders for 2S vessels that are to cost about 57,250.000. This summary does not, of course, take into account any of the small vessels. It refers only to large steel ships. In this list of new lake vessels for the year closing, as well as the year to come, only two are tow barges. The lone steamer Is supplanting -the steamer and Its consort ' ' Xo Action on Ship Trust. LONDON, July 2S. Premier Balfour, In the House of Commons today. In reply to a question In reference to the Atlantic chipping trust, said it was improbable that the government will be in a position to formulate a statement of Its attitude toward the trust before the recess of Parliament, on August S. If any agree ment was to be made with the trusts in volving a financial agreement, such agree ment necessarily would be subject to the approval of the House. George Renwlck. Conservative member of the House of Commons, and who Is a shipowner, said today that he and other owners of tramp steamers would strong ly resist the payment of huge subsidies to capital syndicates or the large companies contemplated by the new Canadian serv ice. , LONDON, July 23. Referring to Mr. Balfour's remarks In the House of Com mons yesterday, with regard to the At lantic shipping combine, the Times this morning says the Premier's reply greatly disappointed shipping circles, and it Is feared matters may be carried so far dur ing the recess of Parliament that criti cism, delayed until next October, will not affect the Issue. Mr. Baifour, says the Times, will therefore be questioned further on the subject. City of Peking Disabled. SAN FRANCISCO. July 28. Tho Pa cific Mall Company's steamship City of Peking, which sailed July 20 from Hong Kong for this port, has broken her pro peller shaft and is now probably not far from, the end of Kurushma Straits In 'the Inland Sea, where the disaster oc curred. News of the accident was re ceived today in a cablegram from Kobe to the Merchants Exchange. The Pek ing was to have been laid up for an overhauling upon her arrival here, her place on the trans-Pacific run to be tak,en by the new steamship Korea. Captain Fremaine Smith is in command of the Peking. Won itl Injure Liverpool Lines. LONDON, July 2S-SIr Alfred Jones, president of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and head of the firm of Elder, Dempster & Co., said today that if the offer of the Canadian Pacific Company to build and operate a fast passenger steam ship service between Canada and England was accepted by the Government, Liver pool lines of steamers would bo exposed to competition which would render it im pobslblc for them to carry on a lucrative trade. Protest Agrninst Subsidy. MONTREAL. July 2S. The steamship Interests of Montreal will make a vigorous protest against the subsidizing of the Canadian Pacific Railroad to run a pas senger and freight fast line across the Atlantic Ocean. They claim that If this Is done It will kill all the other fast lines. Meetings of the Board of Trade and the Corn Exchange have been called to devise means to prevent any such, subsidy, which, it Is claimed, should go to a steam ship company. Tvro Sttnmers Inspected. ASTORIA, July 2S. (Special.) Inspect ors Edwards and Fuller were In Astoria today and made an inspection of the steamers Nachotta and Camby. Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA, July 2S. Arrived down at 4:30 P. M. and sailed at fl P. 'M. British steamer In drasamha. Sailed at 5 P. M. French bark Asle. Condition of the bar at 4 P. M., smooth; wind northwest; weather clear. Beachyhead. July 28. Patwtd July 25 Brit ish ship Museelcra?. for Portland. San Francisco, July 28. Arrived July 27 at 10:30 A. M?-Steamer Alliance, from Portland. Sailed at noon Steamer Geo. "W. Elder, for Portland. July 28 Arrived Schooner Webfoot, from Astoria. New York, July 2S. Arrived Trave, from Naples. Liverpool. July 28. Arrived Cymric, from New York. Hoqulam. July 27. Arrived Steamer New burg, from San Francisco for Aberdeen. New York, July 2S. Arrived Oscar III, from Copenhagen. San Francisco. July 2S. Arrived Steamer Wyefleld. from Nanalmo; brig V". G. Irwin, from Roche Harbor; schooner Jessie Minor, from Coos Bay. Tacoma. July 28. Arrived Steamer Charles Nelton. from San Francisco, steamer Ossar, from Lad smith. Sailed Schooner William Olson, for Nome; steamer Oregon, for Seattle. Seattle. July 2S Arrived Steamer Roanoke, from Nome; steamer City of Puebla, from San Francisco; steamer City of Topeka. from Skag way. Sailed Steamer Dolphin, for Skagwaj; steamer Umatilla, for San Francisco. Glasgow. July 2S. Arrived Laurcnthlan. from New York. New York. July 25 Arrived Southwark. from Southampton POPE PLAYED CARDS. He Wn Then Cardinal PeccI and Game Was in Monastery. Pall Mall Gazette. The following curious story is told in Rome: Years ago, when Leo XIII was Cardinal Peccl, the sixth or seventh cen tury of the foundation of the well-known monastery of the Vernla, high up In the Apennines, was celebrated with much sol emnity by a great concourse of priests, monks and pilgrims, among them Cardi nals Peccl and Parocchl. At first all went well, and there was great Jocundity o'f a chastened sort, until suddenly the weather changed, and the monastery from a hap py retreat became a prison. "Up there among the mountains, cut off from the rest of the world, perished with cold, while the heavens seemed determined to wash them away, ennui Increased as to be almost Insupportable. The most nervous and unquiet was Cardinal Peccl, whose frequent Journeys to the window and the Invariable tattoos on the glass came to be worse than everything else put to gether. At last, when patience was exhausted and the weather showed no signs of clear ing, some one said to be the eminent Car dinal Peccl himself proposed a game of cards, but the good monks had none, at least they would confess to none. After some bother a pack was procured, and the two cardinals and some of those pres ent sit down to a game, which lasted well Into the night, and resulted, much to his satisfaction. In a ..victory for the future pope. Qannot one see the scene, the two cardinals, one of them delicate looking, thin and severe, the other tall, stout and benevolent, their more or less embarrassed companions in the game, and tho circle of humble and admiring monks? Cardinal Peccl Is now pope and Cardi nal Parocchi stands high In the sacred college. Do they ever recall this singular scene? Teetotalers Assemble. NEW YORK, July 28. Teetotalers from all parts of the country have attended annlver&a'ry services, at Ocean Grove, N. J., under the auspices of the National Temperance Society. Bishop Jameo N. FitzGerald, of St. Louis, presided. DEWINDTOUTFROMNORTH EASTERX-WESTERX HEMISPHERE RAILWAY FEASIBLE PROJECT. J Explorer's Hardships Since Leavinter Siberian Railway on His Paris- Xevr Yorlc Overland Trip. SEATTLE, July 28. After traveling for Six long months across the bleak steppes and frozen mountains of Siberia; Harry De Windt, of the London Daily ' Express, is ready to report that a railway practically connecting the Eastern and Western hemispheres Is a feasible project. Mr. De Windt left Paris December 16 last, and arrived in Seattle by way of Behrlng Straits, the Yukon, Dawson and Skagway this afternoon on the steamer City of Topeka. His party encountered great perils from hunger and cold, and attrib ute to the presence of Americans In northern waters the fact that they are again safe in a civilized country. The party consists of Mr. De Windt, Viscount De CUnchamp Bellegarde, George Hard ing', who has been with the leader of the expedition on many Journeys In the last 16 years, and Stepan Rastorguyeff, a Cossack. The Cossack sails at daybreak tomorrow for his nallve land. The expedition from which the party Is returning was undertaken at the in stance of Alfred J. Pearson, owner of the London Express, Pearson's Magazine and two-score of other publications, who wished to have a representative make the trip by land from Paris to New York, a feat which had not before been ac complished. Mr. De Windt asserts that the overland Journey was much more hazardous and difficult than he had ex pected, and freely states he would de cline to make the trip again. "Party Leaves the Railroad. Mr. De Windt left the trins-Siberian Railway at Irkutsk. From there a course almost directly north wis followed to the borders of the Arctic Ocean. The trail was along the Lena River, which Is one of the great rivers of the conti nent of Asia. On the Lena a great find of gold has been made, but none but Russians are permitted to mine it. Much of this part of the trip was made be hind reindeer. Near the mouth of the river dogs were procured and they hauled the four men the remainder of the way to Cane East. The country traversed was covered to a depth of several feet with snow, the roa5 was untravclcd and rough, and dangers lurked at almost every turn. The members of the expedition were treated with kindness, but in many places the natives were suffering from famine and disease, and could do little. If anything, for their visitors. Many prosperous cities exist on the map, along the route which the leader of the party had selected. When these points were reached a few scattered huts and half a dozen wretched natives were all that romilned of their great ness. The people of all the northern part of the continent have been attract ed to the coast nearest America, as there they can trade with the American whal ers and subsist more easily than In their Inland towns and villages. Rescue Dae to Americans. For several hundred miles directly east of Behrlng Straits Mr. De Windt found many settlements of the natives, and here he found food and assistance. Had he not met the Siberians here he believes he could never have reached Behrlng Straits, and .so his rescue Is due to American traders. Discussing the trip this evening he said regarding his per sonal experiences: "Because of tho famine the reindeer were thin and hardly able to travel, but they were far superior In bodily condi tion to the dogs which we procured later. We traveled by post stations lo cated at Intervals, and usually long In tervals, along the road. We passed penal colonies and little villages of destitute natives whose condition was Indeed pit iable. I once thought the treatment of. the Siberians by the Russian Government was not severe, but now that I have seen I change my opinion. Along the shores of the Arctic we ate frozen fish and walrus meat. Our Joy was great at getting a little flour and molasses near the end of our journey. The cold was terrific The Viscount's feet were frozen. "I should say that the railway project Is feasible, though no railway will follow tho route which we took. It would go several hundred miles to the southward and ftirough a rich (mineral country. Privately, I received the Information that the Russians are surveying such a line, but I am not at liberty to say what course It will take. The only difficulty which Is In the way Is In transferring at Behrlng Straits. The great distance makes a tunnel Impracticable and the miles of ice floe, constantly moving, ren der navigation almost impossible. How over, this problem may be solved and then the project will be assailable and un doubtedly such a road will be built." BOOK 350 YEARS OLD. Only First Edition Copy In America of "Breeches" Bible. Chicago Record-Herald. Mrs. Kate Galloway-IIoIcomb. of Ellis, Vernon County, Mo., Is the owner of a copy of the first edition of the Geneva Bible, often called the Breeches Bible. It is a rare and valuable book, dating from 1SG0. This Geneva version of the Scrip tures went through more than 130 edi tions, many of them printed In London, but copies of the first edition, printed by the English exiles In the Swiss city, are precious. The Missouri copy was brought to America from Dungannon. Ireland, by James K. Leech, and Its present owner knows of no other on this side of the At lantic. During the persecutions of Bloody Mary a colony of about S00 Englishmen fled to Geneva to secure religious liberty. Among them were a number of highly educated men. and they undertook the translation of the Bible for the use of the refugees. They used the works, of Calvin, Tindale, Beza and others, but made a version nota bly different from any other. The New Testament was published In 1557. Queen Elizabeth mounted the throne of England in 156S. and one of the exiles quaintly wrote: "The Lord has showed mercy un to England by the removal of Queen Mary by deathe and palclng the Queen's maj esty that now is in the seate." The refu gees were now free to return to England, and the Bible was nearly all translated( but "Whlttlngham-and one or two more did tarry at Geneva a year and a half after Queen Elizabeth came to the crown, being resolved to go through with the work." These men are supposed to havo been William Whlttlngham, Anthony Gll by and Thomas Sampson, though others are believed to have helped them In the early part of the work. . This version got Its name of the "Breeches" Bible from the following translation of Genesis 111:7, "They sewed fig leaves together and made themselves breeches." The division of the Bible story Into par agraphs and the use of Italics were fea tures of the Geneva version. Its varia tions and annotations were especially prized by the Puritans. Its spelling, use of capitals and grammatical forms had many things which now appear quaint, and some of the words would not be rec ognized by the average person today. Here are a few examples: Stale for stole, plght for pitched, wanne for the past of win, brast for burst, fet for fetched, roume for room, kowe for cow, gheste for guest, eie for eye, anle for any. The Lord's Prayer ran as follows: "Our father which art In heaven, hal lowed by thy Name; thy Kingdom come; thy -will be dene even In the earth as it is In heaven Give vs this day our dally bread and forgive vs our dettes as we also fbrgivp our detters, and lead vs not into tentatlon. but deliver vs fro. evil, for thine Is the klngdome and the power and tho glorie forever. Amen." THE GLUE ON STAMP. Claimed to Be the Best Made Xews paper Wrapper. Washington Star. "I noticed a protest from some New York man reprinted In the Star a few days ago,sald a Postofflce Department official this morning, "complaining of the alleged poor sticking quality of the muci lage on the one-cent postage stamps. "New Yorkers are proverbial kickers, and are withal the most tamely sub missive people on earth to local faults and peccadillos. The quality of the glue on all of the lo&ues of our postage stamps is the result of many years' "careful study and experiment at the bureau of print ing and engraving. When the Govern ment first began the manufacture of post age stamps at the bureau the quality of glue used had not "been brought up to tho present satisfactory standard, and I recall considerable general complaint re garding its nonadheslvenes-s. But the complaints were general. Now they are very rare and Isolated and prove to our minds that "the cause is produced by some local reason. You. see, our postage stamps are sold to Postmasters in ehoets. If the glue were of poor quality the com plaints would be general from the com munities where the poorly gummed sheets were sold and the stamps distributed. The fact that none are received supports the reason I advance. Before each of the tens of thousands of sheets leaves the bureau it is critically inspected by ex perts whose business It Is to find flaws from imperfect coloring to" the quality of the layers of gum on the back, the inspection being along lines Elmllar to that given to each sheet of treasury notes af ter It leaves the plate printer's hands, and before it goes to the treasury for the affixing of the Government's final seal. "As to the other complaint of the New Yorker as to the insufficient size of the newspaper wrappers when utilized for the wrapping of magazines' and the Sunday editions of newspapers, steps have been taken to meet public demand for a larger wrapper. These will ehortly be Issued In the two and four-cent denominations and will no doubt prove a convenlnce as the present wrappers are perhaps a trifle short for this extraordinary purpose, but of am ple size for a single newspaper of the usual dally edition. "Speaking about postage stamps re minds me that letter postage has remained at the uniform rate of two cents since 1SS1. In that year the sale of postage stamps amounted to 67 cents per capita, taking the whole country together. In ISM the sales had Increased to 95 cents per capita, and in ISO to 51 33. I have not seen these figures commented upon and they are not generally known. They In dicate the prosperity of the country In a very clear and concise manner. The In crease of the postal revenues may be popularly taken to constitute h. correct indication of the prosperity of the coun try and the business activity of the peo ple. Measured by this simple standard the expansion of our commerce nnd In dustry has made stupendous progress within the past 0 years. "Again, the tdtal revenues of the postal service last year were $111,000,000. and of this enormous sum 5102,000.000 was ob tained by the sale of hundreds of mil lions of postage stamps, pieces of stamped paper and postal carda. The fact that out of this almost countless annual output of the little gummed, perforated colored squares which carry" our mall matter from point to point the number of complaints received at the departmnt has been in conscquental, both-In number and tenor, is sufficient testimonial of the general very excellent efficiency of the postal service and of postal material sold to the public by the department presided over by Postmaster-General Payne." FOLDING RANGE-FINDER. A Device Which Will Probably Be Adopted in England. Scientific American. The officers of the British "Army have been experimenting with a new range finder, the invention of Professor G. Forbes, fellow of the Royal Society. The official range-finder at present In use by the Infantry is the mekometer, but so Inaccurate Is this Instrument, and so ex posed are the two men necessary for Its working, that It has never been used in action. Professor Forbes in his Invention has overcome thl3 great drawback, and has devised a folding range-finder, which only requires one man to operate it. The Forbes range-finder consists of a six-foot folding base, and a pair of binoculars, magnifying 12 diameters. The whole In strument weighs three and a half pounds. On looking through the binoculars, the Image of a balloon fitted with a trail of rope Is shown projected on the landscape. By moving a graduated wheel, the bal loon appears to advance or recede, so that the trail rope can be brought over any part or point desired. This done, the range Is read direct oft the graduation. The great point about the Forbes range finder Is that the man who takes the range need not expose himself, as he can do his work hidden behind a tree or cover of any kind. Professor Forbes demon strated the portability, practicability and the accuracy of his instrument while In South Africa, for he took part In several engagements, and the officers expressed a high opinion of its qualities, so that' Its adoption by the War Office appears im minent. Pistol and Lantern. Chicago Chronicle. v A recent novelty In Invention is a com bination revolver and dark lantern. Its distinguishing feature lies In the small In candescent lamp situated In a reflector tube placed Immediately below the revolver barrel. A battery In the handle of the re volver may be electrically connected with the lamp by a slight pressure of the trig ger. Thus; should a man surpect a burg lar In the house, he can use his revolver as a dark lantern to find his man and In sure good aim before firing. Repairing; a Levee. SPRINGFIELD. III., July 2S. Lacy levee, near" Havana, will be repaired. It la hoped, In time to eave In part some of the crops that It protected before tho rising waters of the Illinois River broke through. The damage In the -neighborhood of Havana Is estimated at 5250.000. RepairsHaJr Nature always tries to repair damaged hair. Some times she succeeds, very often she doesn't. "She needs a little help Ayer's Hair Vigor. It repairs the hair, touches it up, gives it new life, brings back the old dark color, and makes it soft and glossy. Cures dandruff, too. "I used only one bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor and it completely stopped ray hair from falling out." Mrs. C. Leasenfeld, New York City. $U0C AIKrcxzbU. J.C.AYERCO.,LweU,H. FATAL ELECTRIC STORM THREE DEATHS AXD MUCH PROP ERTY LOSS. Thunder and Lightning: "With Heavy " Rain Visit the Plttsbnrjr Sec tion Storms Elsewhere. PITTSBURG, July 2S. Terrific thunder and lightning storms, with a heavy rain, visited this section this evening, causing three deaths and much property damage. The dead are: MRS. KATE WALSH, of Eureka street, died from shock. FRANCISCO IMPERIATO. CONSTELLO MATTEO. ' The two Italians were of a gang of 90 I working at Unity. When the stQtm broke t in Its fierceness, the men sought shelter under tome trees near by. Lightning Struck one of the hip- o.-ik nrul th two men were Instantly killed. Five others of i tneir lenow-worKmen were severely in jured, but will recover. Throughout the city and suburbs the storm Inflicted much damage by overflowing sewers, flooding cellars, etc In Hazelwcod the Presbyterian Qhurch was struck by lightning, and the steeple thrown down. At Hayes Station. Streets Run overflowed its bank and flooded the village. Twenty-five buildings were struck by lightning in this district during the ?3 minutes the storm prevailed.' RAINS HAVE CEASED. Aspect of the Flood Situation in Texas Grows Brighter. DALLAS, Tex., July 2S. During the last ; 2t hours the aspect of the flood situation In Texns has grown brighter. The heavy ' rains have cased throughout the greater portion of the state, and the water has begun to recede In all the rivers and creeks. The Cotton Belt tracks are washed out for 260 feet Just west of Brandon. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas bridge at Hills- I boro has been repaired, and trains were run over It yesterday, although tho track Is still In bad condition. The Interna- I tlonal & Great Northern has resjumed traf fic north of Palestine. The damage done to the property of that road Is said to be very great. Nearly 1000 feet of the track is washed out at Richland Creek, and as much more at White Rock Creek, besides many smaller washouts. Dallas was visited by another heavy downpour yesterday. Trinity River Is i considerably over It? banks In many I places, but little damage Is reported. I Texas & Pacific Railroad officials state that the situation at Big Springs Is much Improved, and unless there is much more rain they expect to resume operations tomorrow. m t A Mr. Hardy, who attempted to cross a swollen stream at Elms Springs, was drowned. This makes five drownings which have been reported as a result of floods. New York Clondharst. HORNEIiLSVILLE, N. Y., July 2S. Re ports from the surrounding country show that the cloudburst of Saturday night af fected nearly SO square miles of terri tory. A broad estimate of the damage Is ?250,000. The crop loss Is enormous. Much stock has been drowned and many buildings have been washed oft their foun dations. It will be some days before all the damage to railroads Is repaired. Storm in Kcntnclcy. MOUNT STERLING, Ky., July 2S. A severe wind and electric storm In the northwestern section of Montgomery County last evening caused heavy dam age to fences, outbuildings, trees and crops. 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