FlRErAlNU FLOOD thlPl A ngh* and Day of Terror For the People of Bound £11901, N. J. ” THE L083 01‘ LIFE REPORTED “’hile Imprisonedlnhabitants were Help; less a Big Conflagration Occurred. News or’t'ne Stormi‘m‘ 0th’er ' Towns and 'v11111g'ie‘s.~ SOMERVILLE, N. 'J., ' Feb. 8. ‘—‘ Bound Brook has experienced the most- dreadful calamity ’in its existence. It was swept by ...-both fire and flOod. The water from the . Baritan river ran (through. the streets of , the village, and early today the Vvater was _ nearly 10 feet high in the main street of 1 the town. The flood was caused by the heavy 1ain- ‘ fall overflowing the Baritan river. The water in Meadow brook, about a quar- ter of a mile from the heart of Bound ‘ Brook, overflowed its banks. It swept on beth sides of the Central railroad bridge at. the place. The water rose higher than the bridge - - and rushed along the tracks. The sur- rounding country for a quarter of a mile on each side of the heart of the Village was flooded. The three main blocks in the village, were flooded with water. and while the citizens were trying to rescue men, women and children from heuses that were in dan- ger of being swept away by the flood a fire was discovered. Th}. fire was first seen in the lumber yard of L. L. Cook & Co. A11 alarm was turned in, but the volunteer firemen of Bound Brook thought more of human life than property. and they sent word to Somervllle and Plainfield fer assistance. Engines started from the two places for2 - Bound Brook but they had not get far outside the limits of their respective towns. when they were forced to return On 110— , count of the roads being made impassable by the floods. N 0 attention was paid to fighting the fire by the residents of this village and all Of them directed their efforts tow'a1d res cuing those who were imprisoned in tl‘. c-ii houses by the flood. Rowboats were seemed and attempts made to take persons from the second story windows of their houses, but thoyccnld not be got out. Bound Brook Cut Ofi‘. All . communication between Bound Brook and outside places was cut 011’, and ’ the last report received frOm the town was. early this morning. Then it was stated that the fire was still raging and that the Presbyterian Church, the Annex hotel, J.- G. Ferris’ house and store. and other resi- dences and business places had been de- stroyed. Efforts Were making at that hour to rescue the residents who were in the upper parts Of their houses. One man was known then to have been drowned. His name was Miller. He se- cured a rowboat and rowed along the street to a house situated about 100 feet from the banks of the Raritan river in order to res-- cue a family who were in the upper part of _ their house. On the way the boat was up- set and he was not seen afterward.- The family remained at the window all night and were still there at daylight today. The flood spread three blocks wide, and the residents dared not go out, but re- ""‘mained in the upper part of their build- ings. The tracks 01 the Jersey. Central and the Lehigh Valley railroads wero un- der water for5 about 100 feet. Pistol shot after shot rang out on the air to attract attention, with the hope that those who fired them would be rescued from their perilous position, but their neighbors Were just as badly off as them~ selves, and they were compelled to remain on the top floors of their houses. Instead of Main street being the princi- pal thoroughfare of‘Bound Brook, it seem- ed like a part of a big river. Some men, braver than others, went out in rowboats. but they were all forced hither and thither by the current. Many outhouses and barns belonging to farmers on the outskirts of Bound Brook were carried away by the flood and were swept along the course of the Raritan river. Loss of Life Reported. There were reports received here and in Plainfield today that there had been a big loss of life in Bound Brook, and the resi- dents prepared to organize a relief party and go to the rescue of the unfortunate residents of Bound Brook. , Many of the residents of Bound Brook who work in New York were unable to reach their homes. The-last train that ‘ reached Bound Brook. was the. 5 o’clock from Jersey City. Other residents of the town working' in New York could not get home later than that on account of the floods. They were compelled to stop at Elizabeth and other towns this side of Bound Brook. Much live stock belonging to farmers on the outskirts of Bound Brook was car- ried away by the flood, and their dead car- casses floated down with, the stream. The telephone wiresin Manning’s drug store were deserted by the operator at 9 o’clock last night.» The telegraph oper- ators in the Lehigh Valley and Central railroad depots for a time scnt .messages vhilc standing in water up to their knees, but finally, when the water began to get higher, they were compelled to leave their posts. - The water got so high that it put out the fires in the Baritan waterworks, and this leaves Raritan and Somerville with- out water. ' feet higher~ thanl‘its normal level. The river and thocaua‘l,-which were 200 yards apart before the Water began to rise, were all one. The woolen mills in SomerVille v. cre flooded and work had to be suspend- (‘Ll Colds _ _ _ . Coughs and _ ' . Bronchitis ’ (lured by Taking AYERS Cherry Pectoral Awarded Medal and Dipl0n1a At Worldis Fair. Use Ayer’s Hai’r Vigor for Color. , 2: 2 ~ 3?“ 2 ¢ . g a: /|:: g makammu mmmmnzsucussna /_E_ MWYOR . pond empties. ; very bad. -Callfornia, Captain Mitchell, The Raritan‘ river was over 25 ' mmxuvnuunhz. 2. Wm Do not be deceived by infringe-2 merits of name, package or cigar- “ta-THE ONLY GENUINE Will flfllllllfll changes Bear theicc simlle signature“ on the pnekcgeond on each cigarette. . ' TAKE NONE WITHOUT. ' ‘ :Da'm's on the Raritan river some distance from the town Of Bound Brook broke, and this is belieVed to have been the beginning of the flood. At the time the fire in Bound Brook spread to the church it was filled with men, women and Children. They thought it a safe place to go, and when the fire reached the church, they all fled terror stricken. They were, however, all got out safely ’ Most Of the inhabitants in Bound Brook have had nothing to eat since yesterday afternoon, not being able to get into the lower portions of their homes. The Bound Brook hall was flooded by the water, and parts of it were washed away. The Jersey Central tracks were undermined. People could walk across the tracks, but a train would not dare to go over them. The Bristol Bridge Disaster. BRISTOL, Conn, Feb. 8. ——Today thou- sands of people passed through this town to the scene of thefrightful bridge disaster in which a gang of engineers and work- ingme-n at 9 .0 ’clock last evening were pre- cipitated into a flood and swept to death. _rF rem the time of the accident last night until this morning the scene was a busy one. Lame gangs of railroad men had been Sent from Hartford and Waterbury to repair the damage done to the railroad. Bristol; New Britain, Southington, Hart- ford, Forcstvllle and other towns in the neighborhood contributed to the crowd of people who hastened t0 the scene, from motiycs of curiosity or toassist in the work of rescuing any of the unfortunate workmen Who might be found alive and in finding the bodies of the dead who had been carried down with the flood to the into which the. Pequ'abuck river .‘It is now known that there were 13 men on the bridge when the disaster occurred. Not a moment of warning was given the men, who were trying to rai’. large der- rick for the purpose Of lifting some wreck- age resulting from the first crash of the bridge. The survivors say that the cries of the men who wore thrown. into the river could-be heard-E'above the roar of the we. ters, but practically nothing could be done to} save the : unfortunates, as they were fairly tprn away ‘by the waters- Searchers worked all night, but at dis- advantage, and it was not until daylight this morning that the Work could be con- tinued with any satisfactory results. A dead body was found in Plainville‘ pond this morning. It has been unidentified. As the morning broke, the searchers were re-onforced by _the townspeople, and the work was carried on rapidly alLday. The Lamington’s Crew Rescued. 13111211011112, N. Y., Feb. 8.—-It is blow— ing a gale along the coast still. The men 'who remained on the stranded steamship Lamington wore taken off today by the breeches buoy: The position Of the ship is The sea. is continually rushing over her, and she pounds heavily on the bar. The opinion seems to be general here that the Lamington will be a total loss. Schooner Edna B Overturned. NORFOLK. 'Va., Feb. 8.—-A dispatch from Sufiolk says ’that Captain Swift of the Old Dominion steamship Enola reports that his crew saw the ”Schooner Edna B overturned and drifting in the Nansamond river, near Pig Point lighthouse. Captain ,GeorgoW. Dean and Hersy W. Barnes of this city are supposed to haVé been aboard, and it is fea1ed that they were drowned lVashouts on New England Railroads. HARTFORD. Feb. 8. —The Philadelphia. Reading and N cw England road was closed owing to fiVc washouts. One is at Pine Meadow, in this state, and the other across the line in New York. A washout on the Valley division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford road at Rocky Hill has cut that line in two. California’s Shaft Broken. 3 NAPLES, Fob. 8.——The British steamer from this port and other Mediterranean ports for New York, was spoken on Feb. 5 18 miles from Cape Spartivcnto, southof the island ’of Sardinia. with her main shaft bicken. She was repaiiing damages and intended to return here. Fishing Schooner “freaked. ROCKLAND, Me. Feb. 8.-—.—The fishing schooner Alice Raymond, Captain John Doudelle, owned by James Donahue of Rockland, was totally wrecked on South ledges, Ragged island, off Martinicut, On Wednesday night. The crew got ashore with great difficulty. . To Protect the marital State. NEW YORK, __Feb. . 8.—The National Christian League for the Promotion of So— cial Purity is about to present, for the fourth time, to the legislature the bill for the protection of the. marital state: The bill places-011 infidelitya maximum penal- ty of $5,000 fine and five years’. imprison- ment. The Question of Local Option. ALBANY, Feb. 8.——-’Scnator Higgins said todaythat the ,joint committee having in charge the excise question would give a hearing some time next week on the peti- tion from the citizens of New York city asking for local option for that city . Republican Party's Anniversary. \V ASH“ 1.22 3“ 121 ob. 8.—The'.Union Ro- publican 12:13: 1. 12 asmngton is arranging for a cclel :1:- ..1‘ 1 n 2.11 be held here the 22d inst. , of the 2".2L'Licth anniVersary of the birth of the national Bepuhlicanpartv. ' cent. .NcrthweSte12n . . .. L. 1:11 scalars tourmaline. Pugiiistic .2 .ituation. J EL PASO, Feb. Dan Stuart. that the fighters and the residents of the town also place in him is something amaz- i”If the United States govrnment should , ‘ send dOwn a regiment and cOrral all the fighters and fight managers so as to .pre- =vent any contests, Dan Stuart would not be at all disturbed. He would coolly remark, will take place on the dates advertised,” and the people of El Paso wOuld believe him. Stuart says there can be no further Ob- stacles thrown iii his way. According to various presidents,s senates, houses of rep- resentatives and governors, his pugilists cannot fight in Mexico, Texas or New Mexico without violating laws. _Yet he says that the fights will take place and that he has no intention of breaking any ‘ laws. That the‘ fights are to be public is evi- denoed by the fact that a new agreement has been reached between Stuart Maher and Fitz regarding the division of the gate- receipts. Things have settled down now, and the . flurry occasioned by the actiOn Of congress . has disappeared. President Cleveland is expected to sign the bill prohibiting fights " ‘ in New Mexico, and the news of his actual signing will not excite any one. Stuart says he does not see how any other obstacle can arise during the next seven? days. all in town with the apparatus for taking the photographs. kinetoscopists are also in town. 2‘ The location of the fight cannot yet be learned, and the report that the fights are to take place on an island which is not in the jurisdiction of either Mexico or the United States is denied by Stuart, who says the battles will not be fought on debatable grOund It is known, however, that Stuart has a circus tent with all the: equipments, such as seats, etc. , in readiness. This leads people to believe that the ring will__ .. be pitched somewhere out on the broad cattle lands near El Peso. A visit to the various quarters of the pugilists showed that the fighters are still. hard at work getting down to weight and fitting themselves for the battles scheduled ' Fitz IS said to be in fine form; and he Weighs 175 pounds with his clothes on. Those who saw him at Hot Springs say he is in vastly better condition now. The fact that Governor Ahhumada of Chihuahua has not yet raised his voice in Opposition to the fight leads many persons to believe that Stuart has secured a con- cession from that personage and may pull Oil the fights there. It is pure guess work, however, this 10- cating the seat of battle, and until Dan Stuart finally discloses the place no one will know. HAMMOND ears BAIL. He Was Released on Feb. 5 After Being Taken to Pretoria. LONDON, Feb. 8. —A dispatch received frOm Pretoria says that John Hays Ham- mond, the American mining engineer who was arrested at Johannesburg, together with a number of other reformers, and taken to Pretoria for trial, was released on‘ bail on Feb. 5. PBETORIA, Feb. 8. —The release of John ' Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer who was set at liberty on Wednes; J day, was due to his illness, which was. caused and aggravated by his incarcera-' tion. The amount of bail required was £10, 000 and his release was assented to upon the condition that he remain under constant police surveillance, and that he should not be permitted to see any visitors except with the permission of the authori- ties. . Death of General Keyes. , LONDON, Fob. 8.—General Sir Charles Patton Keyes, G. C. B., is dead. He had been in military service in India for many years. Killed by a Live \Vire. PROVIDENCE Feb. 8. —Willlam ‘Hough-I ton, aged 50, was killed by a live electric. Wire at the Corliss Steam Engine works. More Gold ,Deposited. NEW YORK, Feb. 9. —J. P. Morgan 8; CO. have deposited $1, 000, 000 in gold at the assay Office. The “’eather. - Fair; colder; northwesterly winds. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. New YORK. Feb.’.' 2 .—Money on call firm at 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 6.608 per Sterling exchange steady,- with actual business In bankers‘ bills at $1.. 88234. 88% for de- mand and $4. 87 @.48751i for 60 days. Posted rates, 34. 8756 @4. 885$ and $1.. 89@4. 89%. Commer- cial bills, 84. 86. Silver certificates. sales 810.- 000at 6756. Bar silve13675é. Mexican dollars. 53%. Government bonds irregular. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds firm. ClOslng prices: ‘ Atchison..“ ........ 16% New England..... 51% Bur. dc Quincy. .80 V. J. Central.. ....1075fi C..C., C. &; St. L.. 33% NorthAmerican.. 5% Chesapeake &()..17}§: \orthern Pacific... 4% Chicago Gas ..... 65 DO. pref ...... 15%, Cordage... ... ..... 654 N. Y. Central ..... 97% Cotton Oil ........ 187 fi Omaha ...... .405fi De1.& Hudson. ”129% Ontario &. West. .1516 ‘Distillers‘ Trust.. 18% Pacific Mail.. ... 30 Erie... ............ 1656‘ 'Reading........... 13% General Electric.. 29% Rock Island .... .. 72% Hocking Valley... 1753’; Silver Bullion..... 67% Lackawannr... l..62 St. Paul.. 75% Lake Shore ........ 146% Sugar Refining" 112 Lead .. ...... 275/ Texas Pacific. .... 8% Louisville & Nash 4855 Missouri Pacific. 23% 10356.. General Markets. '- UnlonPaciiic...” 7% Wabash pref ...... 18% Western Union... 85% ' N 11w YORK. Feb. 7. ~FLOUR—State and West-_ ‘ on quiet and easier to sell,‘ city mills‘. patents. $4. Elm-1.55: winter patents. $3. 85@4: city mills clears, $4. ]5@4. 20: winter straights. 88:60@3. 75. WHEAT—No.2 red was quiet and weaker on bearish European news and large spring wheat receipts. foreign houses sold: May, 72 13-16@ 73%.“ July. 7:. ’%@725fic. CORN—No.o .. quiet and easier with wheat: May. 3856@36 ll-ch; July. 37%@377/§c. OATS—V3.2. 280. .. track. white, western. 5®..28c. PORK—Quiet: mess. (213.11." ..5; family. 311. LARD—Quiet: prime western steam. s5. 87. nominal. a BUTTER—Steady: state dairy. 9®18c.; west- ern creamed-.5; 1: demo. CHEESE—Quiet: slate l.1.1we.0Z1‘.lO/¢c..gmall - 6©10%c. EGGS- Steadier: IMO: “1331121 11 1;... - . . SUGAR—item quiet and steady; fair retin- ing. 35cc; 12cm) .1111:1'1.. 2.21; test 37/50.: refined neglected: crushed. 14.13.. pondered. 545C. TURPENTI\l€.-—D:ll.4.1"9‘229!v§c. - MOLASS‘ES—Fiim. Ker. Once. 1s. 29@37c. . RICE—Steady. Iium «1.11 :zyfiguc: Japan. ‘l5é city, . 3 13-1611. .. state and Pennsylvania. 4c. TA LLOW—Quie .. counti ) . 3 11- Um. ll AY—Dull: shipping. £8011..ng tochOice. Snflflil'. I2. '-2— Adverbse, 1n theruweiic . aé—Thc most remark-"l ' able feature of the ofistic carnival here is The amount of cOnfidencef 2151.. fights-i The kinetoscope people are Half a dozen expert , enthusiasm. 22111111 -,track white, state. m It Is the Only Sin-flung Thing ‘A-rbOIlt the. ,- ,. ‘3 I .1. Is your plate glass or safe insured? ance Company. \ ' If ...,".’.11*..4 meand V _ ~ _ 5 71 will write you a policy in the Mutual Plate Glass and Safe Insur Glass will break and burglars nee dynamite. ., . x , ‘ ‘ _V . J - You should be 1nsured A pelicy in the Reliance 01 Phlladelphm- Phoenix of Hartford Scotland Union of SCotland; New Hampshire of Manchester; Rochester German of Rochester; United States and Pacific of New York; Security of New Hampshire or Granite State of Ports- ”i , . ‘ ' ‘mouth will protect you against the fire fiend._ Real- Estate. and». Genefal InsuranGe. W... is. armament, ROOM 1. GAZETTE. nu‘rnnnuge l 3 LOANS NEGOTIATED AND, INVESTMENTS MADE: __CORRESPONDENCE SOL/CITED. W. H. ENGLISH DEAD. He “'85 the Candidate For Mice President on the Hancock Ticket. — INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 8.--William- H. English died at his rooms in the Hotel English today. Mr. English had been ill with the grip for three weeks. Several days ago rheumatism set in, and the heart action became bad. While his naturally strong constitution gave Mr. English’ s friends strong hopes for his recovery, his condition has throughout been considered grave. For the past three days the patient had lapses of unconsciousness and since last night he has been able only at long intervals to recognize those about his bed- side. Those present when death came were Mrs. Walling, Mr. English’s daughter, and her husband; Dr. Franklin Hays, the family physician; Mr. English’s private secretary, and Will E.' English, his son. While no details for the funeral have yet been arranged, the statement has been given out that the interment will be at Crown Hill cemetery, this city, on next Sunday afternoon. Mr. English was the Democratic candidate for vice president in 1880 on the ticket with W. S. Hancocki The Pioneer Wants a Receiver. .. MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 8.——An application for a receiver for the Pioneer Savings and Loan association has _ been made by Ras- mus - E. Angel of Fargo, N. D. 1t was signed byJudgeBelden with the usual re- straining order till the matter be heard in special term. Similar petitions have been 'filed in the case of the American, the Northwestern and the Home, the two lat- ter of which are pending. Bat Shea Must Die. ALBANY, Fob. 8.—Mr. Galen R. Hitt, counsel for But Shea, who has been at Schoharie, returned today. He said. “We have not decided as to whether we shall move before the United States court, but we are considering the matter. Judge Mayhem s opinion decides against us on the ground that the cumulative evidence does not uphold our case.’ ' Acuuitted or Killing a Seducer. BOOV‘E, 1.3., Feb. 8. —In the trial of Stanhope Roystcr for the murder of E. W. McFarland. the jury brought in a verdict of acquittah This was received with great McFarland seduced Anna Royster, ahd they lived as‘ man and V2. ife. ‘ Boyster came here and shot McE‘::r;.-;nd dead. The woman went to Omaha, V-.‘i'11-::.-e she committed suicide. A good strike is reported at the Thorpe mine at a depth of 300 feet. T1- e ore is said to av e1 age $60 free gold, while the sulphm ets are V ery rich. bThe mine is in Calaveras county, C.al, about one mile south of the Calaveras mine. . Australia’s Meat Supply. The flocks and herds of Australia are numbered by many millions, and dur- ing the last 15 years the carcasses of some 21, 000, 000 of sheep alone have found their way into this country from Australia and New Zealand. This does. not include over 1,,000 000 hundred weight of beef imported from the same. sources within the last seven years. For the commencement of this trade was in 1880, when the total shipmentg. amounted to 400 carcasses. f. f Gun=Shot WOunds. ' Major E. A. Gatlington was 'shot through the arm at the battle of “ Wounded Knee," December 29, 1890, the last fight .between the Indians and our troops. It is not often that a regular army officer certifies to the value of a. proprietary remedy, but this is what Major Garlingtdn says about Slump“: “WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21, 1895. "I have used SALVA-CEA for soreness or rheumatic pains in the muscles of my arm, which is dis- abled from a gun-shot wound involv- ing the elbow joint ;rclief was quick and complete. E. A. GARLINGTON, Major and Inspector General, U. S. A.” Not many people suffer frOm gun-shot wounds, to be sure, but lots of us do suffer from piles, local skin irrita- tion, chafings, colds and nasal catarrh, and SALVA-CEA is just as cfiicacious in all‘of these as in gun-shot wounds. Two sizes :5 and so cents per box. Atclruggists. or by mail. for dead-retried air: and rheumatism 0f the joint: use Saam-cea,“E1tra Strong." Sold in tin: at 75 cent: each. - THE Bananas-1211 Co., 274 Canal Street, N. Y. 01ml HATHBRN sums WATER , FOR m Stomach, -. 3 , \ .“Bo wels, , _ Liver and Kidneys. _FOr. SALE'BY The Holmes, '?§?Keslér ' 81 Select to. Prof. Longhair— Well, my young. friend, you. wished to know what the- osophy was, and I wrote you a. full and cgmplete explanation. Did you receive 1 Truth Seeker—Yes, sir; I have it in my pocket. I was just looking for you. Prof. Longhair—Ah! Truth Seeker—Yes. I wished to ask if you would not kindly explain the explanation. —N. Y. Weekly. The pure white population_ is less than three per cent. The vast majority of the people are negroes, Indians, mu— lattoes and zambos. . . Elementary education, is we vided for under the law . There arefwo universities, 19 federal colleges andva- rious other public and private institu< tions for higher education. 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