have been received here by the IllinoisCentral officials of a
terrible wind andrainstorm which prevailed last nightalong the
conlpEftry's lines from StormLake to __emars, a distance of
fifty-sixmiles.
All the towns are considerably dam-aged, and four persons wore
drowned atISherokee and four at Correction ville.
Tho railroad depot at Calumet wasblown down and much damage to
prop-erty is reported.
Sutherland, O'Brien County, a smallstation on the Northwestern
road, fivemiles from Calumet, is reported to bewiped out, over
forty buildings beingblown down.
The wires are all down, and it is impos-sible to obtain accurate
information, ex-cept through the reports transmitted tothe railroad
officials, and these are not al-ways accessible.
BKPOBTS CONFIRMED.Watkhloo (la.), June 24. — Reports•ontinue to
be received confirmatory of
the disastrous storm aud Hood along thoQlinios Central.
Cherokee was visited by another stormthis morning fullyas
disastrous, thoughDot of as lung duration, as last night.
TheIllinois Central bridge, about 250 feetlong, across tlie little
Sioux at Cherokeewent down under the rush of the floodtins
afternoon, together with severalhouses in the lower part
oftown.
Tlie reports of the drowning of fourpersons at Cherokee and tour
at Correc-tionville are eontirmod by a dispatchfrom Superintendent
Gilleas of the lowadivision, who is at the scene of the
disas-ter.
Aun lia and Cherokee both reportedanother storm breaking at 4-30
p. _____
(>n the Central lowa branch 900 feet ofthe track was carried
out. On tho SiouxPalls branch seven bridges were washed>ff_ The
Chicago and North western tracksin the Sioux Valley are out for
over halfi mile at Sutherland. The same road isils>> washed
out at Carroll.
At Merrill, eight miles from this city,I loyd River rose fifteen
feet in three
tours tins afternoon, and to-night the Iis sweeping through the
Floyd
River Valley toward this city, and de- !rastating hundreds of
acres of crops. The !a.anufaeturing towns of Leeds. Lynn and
jLewiston are in its course, and "will besubmerged by morning,
causing thou- ;ands of dollars worth of damage.
To-night bandied of families on the !Floyd River fiats, in this
city, are mov-ing out on to higher grounds. Therailroad companies
have changed theyards and shops, and the engines, cars ]md all
kinds of material have been re-moved to high ground. The stock in
the iUnion and Central stock yards, packing-houses, railroad shops
and many houseswill be partially under water, and greatlamage
willbe done.
Tho wires cast and north of here are allclown.
Keports from South Dakota are that theVermillion River is out of
its banksmd flooding thousands of acres of grow-ing grain.
The storm at Sutherland last night at 7i*clockdestroyed fifteen
dwellings, fourwar'houses and several barns. The peo-ple took to
the caves and no one was in-•uerl. All county aud railroad
bridgesire washed out.
>f the Johnstown flood were in part re-peated In this place
to-day. Seventy-fivehouses were carried out of sight in
aNiagara-like torrent. How many liveswere lost is yet a matter of
uncertainty.A terrific cloudburst, thrice repeated,md the wind
almost a hurricane, are jwhat consummated the dread work.
The storm, which began last night, ap-pean to have swept in a
vast circle over |Northwestern lowa, fully UK) miles in jliameter,
withCherokee as the jUp to in:*;*' to-night, owing to tho
de-struction of wires and railroads, only thovaguest reports liave
reached here fromthe devastated territory to the west,south and
north. The damage here, tak-ing into account the relatively small
sizeOf the town, is enormous. Most of thedestruction in Cherokee
was wrought byan extraordinary downpour of waterfrom the sky. The
flood carried oil', ap-parently without effort, buttresses
ofthebridge on the Illinois Central, and with.he bridge went AW
feet of the trestle ap-proach.
To-night the Little Sioux is at thehighest stage ever known. The
best in-formation Indicate-, that the Illinois ( Vn-l rai rails are
under water continuouslyfor many miles on the Omaha branch,md the
havoc, both to roadway and
bridges, i- something seldom paralleled.n railroad history.
l!-.STi..**TJON OH AM. SIDES.Mmm \roi.is, June 24.—A special
to
the Tribune from Sioux City, lowa, says:The terrible rains of
last night and thismorning hai c almost devastated this por-tion of
lowa. No roads are runningtrains from this city east The FloydRiver
Valley is inundated for thirty-fivemiles north of this city. Many
houses inLe Marco are Hooded over the first fioors,while the towns
of Merrill, Ilinton and 'James are in worse condition.
Thirty-live miles ulkele3- Recognlzod as Governor.Hartford
(Conn.), Juno 'IA.—Judge J.
M. Hall, in the Superior Court, to-dayhanded down a decision in
the suit ofAustin Brainard, Executive Secretary toGovernor
Rulkelcy, against ComptrollerStaub for the payment of his salary.
Thedecision is, in effect, a recognition ofGovernor Bulkeley's
right to oliice.
Ovor a Hundred Horses "Burned.Pirii-AnKi.iMii.Y,June 125.—A firo
broke
out in the large stable attached tothe City(ias Works, at
Twenty-fourth and Chest-nut streets, at 1:15 o'clock this
(Thursday)morning. Over 100 horses were in thebuilding, and these
are all believed tohave been burned to death. The tire wasunder
control at 2:15.
\u25a0 has a dispatch from San Francisco' saying that Sullivan
will fight Slavin forSlo.ooo a side aud purse of$25,000, either
' in the Olympic Club of New Orleans orthe Granite club of
Hoboken, any time
I between September and February.World's Fair Delegates.
Chicago, Juno 24.—Five World's Fairdelegates to Europe were
appointed to-day. They are ex-Governor Waller ofConnecticut,
Senator Eustis ofLouisiana,
I Fred W. Peck of Chicago, Secretary But-terworth and General
Handy. The com-mission willsail not later than July loth.
Embezzled City Funds.Toledo, Jnne 24.—William B. Cook.
late PollSe Clerk of this city, pleadedguilty this afternoon to
embezzlement of$50,000 ofthe city's funds, ami was sen-tenced to
live years in the penitentiary,
' j and to pay a line of §lo,UOO.
The Business Portion Burned.Misson.A (MottL), June '24.—The
bnsi-
-1 ness portion of Demersville was burnedi j last night, Loss,
$40,000.
Death of an Actress.Ni-.w York, June 24.—Keports from- England
announce the death of Liliian
Conway, the actress.
Boston is building the first Americanl steel bark.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
Serious Trouble Anticipated Overthe Strike at Gilmer.
STRIKERS PERSUADE NEW MENPROM GOING TO WORK.
Tho Bear Valley Irrigation SystemSaid to bo the Finost on the
Conti-
Angeles Restaurant Proprietor Ar-rested on a Charge ofArson.
Special to the Record-Uxiox.Seattle (Wash.), June 21.—Work
was
resumed at the Black Diamond minesthis morning, the miners
having come tothe terms of tho company.
A special to the Post-Intelligencer fromGilmer says that the
strike there hadtaken a serious turn. The Seattle Coaland Iron
Company has brought eject-ment suits against the strikers, and
hasbeen guilty of securing a number ofminers to go into the stopes.
Soveralmen were sent to Gilmer this morning ona special train
guarded by detectives.The men were met at Gilmer by thestriking
miners to the number of aboutsixty. By threats and persuasion
theincoming men were dissuaded fromworking. A special train with an
ad-ditional force of iruards left here to-nightfor the scene. The
feeling is very strongat Gilmer, and serious trouble is
antici-pated.
FREIGHT RATE ON RAISINS.Reason Why Producers Are so Anx-
ious for a Reduction.San Francisco, June 24.—Tho South-
ern Pacific's explanation of the reasonwhy raisin men are so
anxious for a re-duction in rates is this: Last year
Easterndried-fruit crops were short, and priceson this coast wore
raised accordingly.Large quantities of raisins were pur-chased
here, and high prices were de-manded and paid at lirst in the
East.Later in the year the crop estimates ofthe East were founu to
have been under-estimated and the price of Californiaraisins fell,
entailing "a loss to those whobought here at high figures.
Tiie rate on raisins was fl 41 ; -Thundied pound*, in carload
lots during thefall, and on January ___.
BEET SUGAR BOUNTY.
The Chlno Factory Files Papers Undertho New .Law.
San Francisco, June 24.—The ChinoBeet Sugar Factory to-day filed
withRevenue Collector Quinn the bond andapplication required under
the sugarbounty law.
Fully 4,000 acres have been planted tobeets in this State, and
the product forthe ensuing year is reported very large.The company
estimates that during thopresent year fully5,000,000 pounds
willboproduced. On this amount a bounty oftwo cants per pound will
be paid, so thatthe Chino factory will receive from thoGovernment
§100,000.
Collector Quinn forwarded the papersto Revenue Commissioner
Mason atWashington.
Thus lar four sugar factories have liledapplications for bounty.
Tho numberwill not be increased this year.
THE DONNER PARTY.One ol tho Members Demands tho Coin
Recently Found Near Truckee.Truck _:k, June 24.—William C.
Graves,
one ofthe Dormer party, visited Truckeeto-day to make a formal
demand for themoney recently found by Edward Rey-nolds and Amos
Lane. The coins arerecognized by him as being of the samocharacter
as those buried by his motherin March, 1840. He went to Dormer
Laketo-day and pointed out the spot where hismother and the second
relief partycamped on the night before she concealedthe coins. It
was very closo to the placewhere the money was found.
Mr. Graves starts to-nigut for SonomaCounty to consult with
other members ofhis family relative to the advisability ofcom
mencing suit for the recovery of thotreasure.
COAST BLAZES.A Religious Edlllco at Fresno De-
stroyed by Fire.Fresno, June 24.—A fire at 1 o'clock
to-day destroyed the residence of JohnChurch and communicated to
the AdventChurch, adjoining.
The department succeeded in extin-guishing the tiro after the
latter buildingBad been damaged to the extent of $4,000.The total
loss is *)Xi,ooo. So far as knownthere is no insurance.
The Advent Church was the finest re-ligious edifice in tlie
city.
TWO HUES AT LOtB ANGELES.LOS Angkles, June lib—The old Santa
Fe Hotel, a well-known hostelry on up-per Main street, was
burned this morn-ing. The loss is about ;• .
Tho line new house of i\ Cornwell, onBoyle Hights. was burned a
few hourslater. Loss, $.J,s*K>. No insurance.
Walla Walla Races.Walla Walla, Juno 24.—The spring
meeting of tho speed association openedto-day. The weather was
fino and thetrack fust.
Quarter mile dash, Jim Miller won,April tFool secoud, Fancy
third. Time,o:*_d3J.
Trotting, 2:58 class, Klamath won inthree straight heats, Maud
Patchen sec-ond, Re-elect third. Best time' Z.
Reform School Burned.Oguen, June 24.—The Territorial Re-
form School located here was burned thismorning. Loss, $50,000.
Tho inmatesescaped.
Finost Irrigation System.San Francisco, June 24.—R. J. Ilin-
ton, special agent in charge ofthe irriga-tion inquiry, arrived
horo to-day. lie
says that the groat Colorado plateau canpossibly be made arable
by means of irri-gation, thus adding 50,'K>0,000 acres tothe
arable area. He says tho Bear Valleysystem, in this Stato, is the
finest irriga-tion system on the eonjinent.
Opium Smuggler Arrested.Sa*n Francisco, June 24.—Customs In-
spector Chaloner this afternoon arrestedThomas Boulton,
quartermaster of thesteamer Gaelic, whil