THE RECORD-UNION.VOLUME LXXXI.--NO. 106. SACRAMENTO, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1891. WHOLE NO. 15,504.

TERRIBLE WIND AND RAIN.

Disastrous Storm and Flood Alongtbe Illinois Central.

EIGHT LIVES LOST AND MUCH PROP-ERTY DESTROYED.

Ono Village -Reported to Have Been

Wiped Out of Existence—Seventy-

Five Houses Carried Away at Cher-

okee, lowa, and Fully One Hundred

Miles of Hallway Under Water-

Terrible Havoc Along the Floj-d

River Valley—Towns Inundated and

Peoplo Forced to Seek Safety on

High Lands.

•Special to the Rkoord-Union*.Watet_t.i©o (Iowa), June 24.—Reports

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.

TKRKItTC CLOUDBURST.Chkbokkb (la.), Jnne 24.—The terrors

>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.

Sullivan's Terms.Nkw YOBK, Juno 24.—Tlie Police Ga-

\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-

Inent—The Territorial Reform Schoolat Ogdon, Utah, Dcstroyod by Fire—Another Opium Smuggler Cap-

tured at San Francisco — A Lost

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.

Trotting, 2:20 class, Bloudie won, Her-rendal second, Almiete third. Best time,2:25.

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