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• GREENSBURG. Pa., July; 5.—A waterspout of immense proportions striking in the vicinity of Oakford Park this afternoon at 6 o'clockcreated a flood v that caused c great, loss of life and : property. It is known that at least twenty .persons lost their lives, and rumors Iplace the number of dead at more than 100,. but until ''a late hour tonight only three or four, bodies have been, recovered, having been washed to the ".;banks of the " little creek that runs parallel with the park. 'The names of those known and -believed to have been drowned are: - " MISS GERTRUDE : .KEEFER, aged nineteen^'of .Jeannette.-i' .. EDWARD. O'BRIEN; of Latrobe. an employe ' of ,—Brown-Ketcham company, here.-"..-:':-^.':.'7/.-."~-7-. . . • PAPAL MASS- \u0084::7- f' JOSEPH j OVERLY,., of ' Indianapolis, IN ...i Ind., '\u25baemployed :by.;Brown:Ketcham. >T.-PCTER'S\ :ROMC \u25a0 FROM :i.'LULU3TRA2IONB -LUCY CRCM. of Jeannette.'. - . ITAUANA- COUNCILMAN. JOHN LIGHT, WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, of; Greensburg. At 3 o'clock rain began to fall in torrents in .the vicinity/of the park SECOND EDITION arid. spread over a territory covering probably ten "miles.' A:half 'hour later the cloudburst'occurred, and the um- brellas carried by trie crowds of peo- ple were crushed like egg shells.' The AND WHITES waters."in the lake of Oakford park BLACKS swell, Manager began *to ' and James 'McGrath.: believing there was danger of'a', finalIbreak in jthe 'great walls of the dam, hurried among the crowds of IN OPEN RACE RIOT pleasure'seekers,' who had gathered under the "roofs of the eating stands, the r merry-go-round, the theater, the dancing'pavilion and other buildings In INEWLLE,!. line* of the, water. if the banks should break,' and warned them to run to the hills. .'On'both: sides of the : pleasure grounds there are high hills, the parK being-located in a ravine about a (the fourth of a mile wide and a mile long. Armed Mobs Patrol Streets The ;people, being protected from the rain, .were , loath to leave the cozy and Attack the Jail—State places, and not until Mr. McGrath arid his assistant, Charles Thomas, entered TiODps Ordered to the Scene each.building in turn and simply drove the crowds out into the rain did they of Trouble. : realize that the -park's ;managers were . : in earnest; that.earnestness being de- picted in their pale faces, for they, knew, after careful study of the dam, that a full flood meant probably the breaking vof the • wall that" held- five EVANSVILLE,-Ind., July 6.—At 3 acres of water, r A half hour after the o'clock this morning the crowds on buildings had been cleared of the peo- ple the waters mounted the walls of the streets are increasing, and firing the dam and within a few minutes wa- (low- can be heard in all directions. Disor- ters to the depth of five feet were i ing over the entire length of 400 feet der and deadly rioting are everywhere of wall. The park, studded with build- on ings, the merry-go-round, the laugh- and every one of the thousands ing gallery and other amusement Xj__sr- B9 \u25a0w£kr . ______..Ba . eg-/,... tea . y&jp in his places, were iSM-M -^wP7;I3. - -.. _^.. ,___^r \u0084 ,*& •'\u25a0•;\u25a0.- ... : \u25a0=\u25a0* ;*. . ,-.-•'-' the streets is carrying his life twisted about and all but the dancing pavilion and large lunch hands. . stand were wrenched from their foun- The police are being, cheered for dations. The rain continued to fall in torrents, and at 4 o'clock forty feet numerpus arrests of the negroes they of the wall of. the dam to the east are now making. Every time a negro gave, way with a crash. The flood beat down the ravine with a roar that is taken into custody the police are was heard for two miles. A half mile applauded and hundreds of people are down at the junction of the Greens- & wagon. patrol burg Jeannette and the park car following the A whole lines the car barns located. 7v.-/--7-,:v.,7: J7j -'-\u25a0 .-\u25a0 A- V are The -7 fM Ll::/LL.: ';\u25a0••\u25a0'-7 -..: : \u25a0"'.-.: IIP5! 7" wagon load of negroes was picked up barns were-lifted, and, with the force a pile on Water street a few minutes ago of driver, the huge posts from the dam were hurled by. the waters and about 200 shots were fired as they against the barn. Behind was the small passed up Main street. The mob is waiting rom, and on the track was still going through streets looking standing a car laden with people on the. their way from.Greensburg and Jean- for negroes. The Acme hotel had to nette. The electric ««£ storm had render- • close its doors tonight because all of ed the power house useless and the its colored servants became panic- motorman was unable to move the car. valet, Pioc'entra,, and the physician's I noble guards, in their glittering uni- The flood struck the waiting room, forms, knights and ran away. containing probably second-"assistarit,:iDe k.''Pastro,.lifted the the of the .cloak stricken and a dozen people. A frail form, and .changing the position, sword, in their picturesque medieval number of them struggled to a point of succeeded in-, giving tine patient some costume of- :black with white ruffs; U EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 6.—At one safety, but in the confusion that fol- | v • r' twenty-five cardinals, all the members lowed, not positive many relief. - V\...,-. J.%Z; - - < c morning city in It is how Though-- hovering on the brink- of of the sacred college who are present o'clock- this- this Is the were lost. The street car was caught LAST RITES OF CHURCH ADMINISTERED death- the life : of the -pontiff is- still in Rome." stately and venerable , figures hands of-a mob. Troops have been or- and swept into the creek and whirled by of strong' stimu- in their sweeping crimson robes, the A prolonged means dered out by the governor to protect the and tumbled about. number of peo- lants : and concentrated nourishment, j whole forming a scene of rich, yet ple in the car jumped off, and then. and while he 'is.ssll alive, his wonder- ; J subdued coloring, a fit subject for the jail, which is surrounded by two thousand are conflicting stories as to the num- passed away.'.. con-, pencil ;of Rembrandt. The whole of Two negroes have been in the of persons he shall have His holi- ful7vitalitycmay^agalnrresist and j \ family, men. killed ber who were carried with quer __ Late what is called the pontifical rampant. car. favors the succession of Cardinal the.attack of this . illness. Rampolla. race riot which is The crowd the Among those who were ness . evening, of headed by Cardinal and in- M. Pope \u25a0'\u25a0 last after the excitement chamberlains, washed into the flood was <"'. Mc- Brief Sleep the , , cluding ": ; private jail, at murder of After Gotti, arid 'expressed his desire the ceremony .ofi.the) last" sacraments all the | around the incensed the Lain, of Greensburg; Edward O'Brien * were there. * Nearest to the bed stood shouting that his \u25a0 favorite should ;become pope; :was over,. the pope '-seemed = less 1rest- j a patrol by a negro, is deatl and Joseph Overly and Misses Keefer by a of the | imposing, "\u25a0\u25a0 tall figure of .- the cardi- - less, partly soothed" . dose j negress been se: and Crum. Young McLain is an ex- when" Prof. Mazzoni intervened and chloral, was given to j nal grand--penitentiary. Serafino Van- to.all negroes.;-The has pert which him in pope's to swimmer w and has exceptional Awakens in Alarming State begged the pope not to wear himself considerable-' quantity.^'-' ' ..' '\u25a0" ; ''':•'. nutelli. with the confessor^ cretely removed to Vinnennos but the mob courage. 7 help hear ,the last: confession of the depart- The cries for from the out, obey • pontiff lying:.on a small bed j two brought but the doctor's orders. His .. The is ing pontiff/ Then ; the • priest apostolic \u25a0refuses," to believe It and is trying to tear unknown women . the drawn to : a window overlooking the i viaticum, young man to their side as they were holiness replied:-' "If it 1 were only of of Peter's^r--,Tbe. only pic- approached; bearing the to down' the jail. Stone masons in the mob piazza SL ; give ; - and another struggling in the water, and grabbing any use, but T~ do not believe : it" would ture in the room is an antique Madon- the last communion are chiseling out the bars of the win- both about the, waist, he kept their extreme unction,- assisted by the grand a battering ram is being used. i Dis- ' my na and the sole ornament a great ivory dows and . heads above, water as the three were Leo Displays Remarkable Vitality and Insists on be. The brief Tremainder of life penitentiary.... Pope {Leo feebly' recited boy named Logan shot crucifix.-:- ..- -.*-.i-^->--'':^•"-" ' "'7 confession' faith, formulated :" A white has been carried In the direction, of' Jeannette must be given to. God's church, not to of during the of as by a negro. ?An unknown negro woman by rising The interior the Vatican"-•--" by the council of Trent, and finally the the tide. The brave lad held cussing Treatment With His Physicians—Strong my own poor comfort." , the early hours jofIthe morning testifies . has been killed.and several negroes have to the women for more than a mile, - - words of absolution and the ;formula severely injured. A company of ne- give Injunctions to the conviction' that the passing of been and then exhausted and ready to sink _He continued to .to court- ;of indulgence in articulo | mortis -were '•'Winchesters,' is march- Being Him There Is Pope-Leo is very near. - The pronounced by the grand pen- groes; armed to his death, he released his hold and Stimulants Are Given and No Cardinal Oreglia as to the future until with solemnly through streets • threatening tc yard of St. DarnasoAlsSfilled the • itentiary. The of the great re- ing the the women-sank. -It was with the carriages of heads white people." They, broken greatest he sank into unconsciousness from ab- , the cardinals. . Cardinal ligious orders who were present "grant- kill all . have difficulty that he managed to Hope, Matter of : " and secured get the End Being a of Hours—Streets exhaustion, r-. Cardinal.. Oregiia Satolli \ drove to Rome from Frascati 1 the pope the special ? indulgences into a hardware store all the to shore. He went back to the solute : this evening, beautiful carriage ed arms and ammunition. 7 Three business park, up formally charge gov- the which they have the privilege of con- but. to a late hour tonight has taken of the perspira- \u25a0 are Anxious Crowds. horses covered With; dust and ferring. Then came the touching pray- men Ihave just been fired upon -and j the names of the . women were not Rome Are Thronged by ":';:7L arming party to ernment of the church and staff and the tion.:^";C-'"--i*;-?.;'-^7;' '* -'. | >ers -for a . passing soul and' part of\u25a0. the now organizing and a known. It is believed that fully ten j>- In the Cortilet^re drawn ;up the car- gospel.the Lord's Passion. As the last exterminate the negroes. ' people who were in the car Xwere household of the Vatican are making riages of-. many . - of the cardinals .and , words jdied 7 away, 7: all "fell- on - their The militia has been ordered , out and drowned. , all preliminary arrangements foj^,the notables. .j,' Servants and messengers The pontiff, raising his almost within an hour will be at the Jail. A Standing on the platform near the hurry across with bundles of knees.;, \ demise of the pope and the summorffrig ; the court transparent fingers with a, feeble effort telegram has' been receiv< by Capt. Waiting room there was a man and • huge wax tapers, and"- with the robes in scarcely words Blum, of company E, to get men to- wife,' whose names have been of the conclave to choose a successor. dignitaries who pronounced audible the not R. of the • ecclesiastical •\u2666 his benediction on" the college gether] as quickly as possible, and. to pro- learned. When the flood came the Copyright 1903, by W. Hearst. ;.7.-7- , : night: waiting ; palace. sacred•.. Prof. Mazzoni said last \ ?'-..' -7. 7j- are within the The and on " all • present and then sank back tect' the prisoners at: the jail at all haz- husband escaped, but the wife was { palace » were all scarcely away.- ROME, July 6, 7a. m.—lt Is reported the pope is in- : forty- hours, if not sooner, ante chambers of the > j on the -pillows, g There was a ards. After the mob has been "dispersed carried It Is said that the "In ) night {thronged the I • through the ; with tearless, eye in the .whole, assemblage; they begin run down the riotous couple resided at-Jeannette.' It was 6 all will be over.; ; The body of the dying of the church, high noblemen : i will to' sensible. Dr. Lapponi has administered fresh injection with- princes _the vsobs -of the pope's relatives "were negroes. every in o'clock wher. the first messenger bear- pontiff and enfeebled to re- and members |of the "diplomatic corps. Deep ' only 7 Almost hardware store. ing is too frail } "plainly heard.'7 ', silence j fell, the city been broken" into by the citi- the news of the. terrible catas- out result. ' Telegrams inquiry have "been"; re- ; again by murmured has : spond to any efforts by the physicians rof broken now and a' zens-, and' not a ;man can be seen on":the trophe reached Greensburg. - ceived from ; several of the monarchs | prayer ,or- a * pious \u25a0: ejaculation. L—J '-'LrL - reported that the pneumonia Is spreading the strength." V v - streets; who not armed. of • the It is to to restore its ;; 7,77 ,7 -Europe." .-., : '• : i% Those;, •' of -.-.-'- :*-fe? "v.-*\u25a0 |, :In the- portion of the ; loggia "of Ra- - 'duty at pope's .The pope received the last sacra- the '-i papal apartments, police officers.who are 'not on the left lung. Dr. Lapponi is still'at the bedside. : His r phael, •; adjoining jail or". houses are patrolling 9 o'clock last night,with great EXTREME UNCTION . Count Riccardo the .^station. ments at : were the families of with ;rifles, 'i streets]pre-'- FLOOD DEVASTATES holiness pulse is almost imperceptible. and Count i Moroni, the " pope's the streets he serenity.quoting a verse on mor- y-C IS ADMINISTERED PecciJ sent a scene of-wild Frightened Latin' r I nephews.7 . 7,-v, . :"; '.- ,7^.'. "disorder. - tality. 7;;: '\u25a0' --\u25a0 .'; :;>:. ;.; v":"7 7-: '"7- -"?t|- r - women are hurrying to their homes, afraid THE ENTIRE VALLEY '\u25a0\u25a0 ' .: During\u25a0*• the afternoon the ? strength * The cardinals now in Rome Vheld J a ; SPECULATION BEGINS , to;venture * on the side lstreets..* Negroes July - -of the pontiff;-begap'ito fail him rap- reported gathering IRWIN. Pa., s.—The sudden ris- secret meeting today, "it is said,'; under idly ' became, are at several,' points. ing of Brush creek this evening caused ! and his condition so critic AS SUCCESSOR The police are powerless to preserve: order. Rampolla, "to decide upon the candi- . cal that ~it appeared I that only a vfew TO by the cloudburst and the breaking of but re- ; _ The entire \force is not jsufficient to cope the Oakford dam, caused damage In this Special Cable to The Globe. dates for the . succession, the hours of his ". life remained -to 7 him. It :of ; speculation are already with '] around the jail. '-'^j; 1 was, to advise All kinds the crowds: •-. .-:'- neighborhood of { -several .hundred |ult-is unknown. therefore, deemed • wise . | circulation"; as ito.: the probable suc- race tonight was : him t- of :-,- his >\u25a0 grave condition and this: | in The riot the im- thousand dollars arid probable loss of ROME—S o'clock Monday morning—The pope passed; precaution. Pope' i cessor to .the throne of St. Peter. Opin- mediate 'outcome of. the shooting, of Pa- !was done with tender - ,7 divided, owingito the life. .-\u25a0'.-{\u25a0 \u25a0.{-V-'i -r<' -,{" .-'-..: very bad night. The congestion has spread to the left :Leo was thus prepared J-for.; his last j ions are much' < trolman .Massey; Friday night by Lee 77 So sudden was the rise of the stream a ! many? interests which will be ? affected Brown,' a and "GOD'S WILL BE DONE," communion, which was "{administered by negro../ Brown another negro that people living along the banks had lung. Life only by oxygen and stimulants* \! according to the Ichoice vmade ; the a quarrel and to is now sustained • tonight '. with the 7 participation tof? all j college. question the had-engaged in Brown had barely time run to the hills. Many i sacred" The first sworn kill antagonist.^ houses buildings swept Meyer, guard, just pope's MURMURS DYING POPE the 7cardinals ? now «rirT. Rome r and the ' have solve will be i - to;: his \ He {ran and other were Baron commander of the said the pontifical court.,7 jcardinals |will Ito \% his home to secure a; away.7: water Is still rising, and ' : 6.—(3 : whole of the 7: ; the conclave shall ibe :,held ;toward;. revolver and The expected hourly. ROME, July 7a. m.)—-"God's The solemn yet gorgeous ceremony |I whether 2 \ \in Patrolman Massey, Hearing of the trouble," at 9 o'clock the freight station at this death is be 7. Rome or r outside-of,- Italy. Ittis*be- will done. Who would have be- "administering theja_st sacrament took lay in for Brown. the negro place was washed : from its foundations days ago I of i' that the supporters ofi, the idea wait As came lieved it: when only ten was " place the bedside 4of Pope Leo. The | lieved armed, hunting enemy. Massey and carried, down the stream, taking presiding :over :"*consistory?", at: ' of abandoning Rome will be even fewer back his 'ia jpublic central *? figure was. the dying:*pontiff,rli stepped from a doorway and hand with .It;7 the 7 Irwin bridge, the steel murmured; feebly-Pope Leo as, he felt; in the conclave held after the death laid .his ': r his"-7 long life's journey nearly:? over, jl on r-;shoulder.-'. Brown ':"- bridge on the Youghiogheny branch himself • late v last evening sinking, into: lofIPius; IX when : thirty-two out of Brown's turned freight Special Cable to The Globe. hours. Despite ; the "physicians': orders calmly preparing to enter the '\u25a0 dark val- "quickly and shot the policeman in the ab- and the iron bridge to the a sleep which lasted; about three hours ley. :pale SSgmaciated'vface," al- ' :thirty-seven cardinals voted;in;.favor yards. 'Five coal cars on the His and question will be domen. The Iofficer,. as '{ he ; lay (on :\u25a0 the loaded ROME, July 6.—The. life of Pope Leo that he should remain In perfect quiet until i excruciating 7pain -^;brought:- the as : \the; pillows ; which |of Rome. The second bridge.were swept stream. most whiteras on pope must be an sidewalk, fired at Brown jand {wounded down the ebbing aged yesterday dying pontiff back ™to consciousness. jit rested, signs of life, ' whether :,Ithe^~next~ a big of water Is fast away. . The pontiff, he talked for two hours with -" showed little I foreigner. _ ;generally dangerously. '\u25a0\u25a0 fell and the •„ There is still volume He f groaned ; and complained;: of pains except the ";keen, glittering eyes,: al- Italian :or a It is him .'• He : two stricken with senile pneumonia, real- Cardinal Oreglia". of the arrangements fired at ;• each. other \u25a0; as they, lay-on .-. the on both sides :of the thorax. ~ Tenderly ways ; his' most striking feature. i Daveßientrremntvine their revolvers. Continued on Sixth Page. izes that death is only a question of for the conclave that willbe held when Dr. Lapponi. -assisted': by Pope:; Leo* Around the " h»V«;-*wero 7irrounert 7. th« I -V-;Continued on Sixth Pace.