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STATE OF GHIO UNDER WATER Dreadful Loss of Life and Property in [nundated A Districts 'A despadach from Dayton, Ohio, says: All persons but a. few of those hundreds of persons who have been marooned- in the downtown section of flooded Dayton are safe. This was the news brought out on Thursday by an Associated Press staff man, the first to succeed in the perilous task of penetrating as far north as the Big Miami River, which runs through the cent-re of the town. Two hundred worn-on and babies “found refuge in a. paint factory in North DaytOn, where they found sufficient food to keep them from acute sufiering. An effort is to be made at once to rescue them. Victim’s Cheerful Spirit. One of the remarkable features was the cheerful spirit with which flood victims viewed their plight. This was Dayton’s first big flood in Immy yearns. Much of the sub- merged area. had been considered safe from high water, but as the majority of residents of these sec- tions looked out on all sides upon a, great- sweop of muddy, swiftlyâ€"movâ€" ing water they seemed undisturbed. In some of the poorer sections the attitude of the marooned was not so cheerful. As a. motor-boat passed beneath the second floor of one Chief of Police J. N. Allahack, himself maroo-ned, who has been directing the rescue work, gave the first information as to the situation in what has heretofore been the ‘w-a’terbound district. Except for possible loss of life on the north side of the river, there will not be more than 200 dead in Dayton, according to Allaback’s estimate after he had been given inâ€" formation as to the situation on the South side. The worst condition found near the centre of the flood was in the iworkhouise, where 60 prisoners have not had a, drop of water nor a bite of food for two days. The men re- volted and demanded their liberty and a chance to fight for their lives. Since then the workhouse has been a. mad-house, according to Super inctendenit, Johnson. The prisoners repeatedly fought with Johnson and threatened to kill both him and his family. ' The 300 guests of the Algonquin Hot-e1 have been kept comfortable except for the continuous dread of fire. The water reached to the seâ€" cond floor, but all supplies had .been moved to places of safety, and those in the hotel experienced little discomfort. to help handle the men. He de- clared that the men would have ‘00 be shot if they escaped from their callus. The progress of the first canoe into the waterboun-d (ii-strict was greeted with appeals for bread and water. In nearly every house left standing people were asked whether there had been any deaths, and with only a. few exceptions all r - plied that there had not. Beckel Hotel Not Burned. It was impossible to approach within several blocks of the fire zone in the canoe, but there appear- ed every indication that the Beckel House had not been burned, and that the fire had been confined to the blocks beyond Jefferson and 'Third Streets. Johnson asked that a detachment of the National Guard be assigned Beyond Fourth Street the water has receded to make it possible in many places to proceed on foo-t. From Fourth Street to the Big Mi- .ami River relief work was taken up by a. committee headed by Chief ‘Alla‘bayck. All grocery stores were commandeered, and although in most cases the goods were covered with water, yet sufficient supplies dwewfound’to prevent great suf- :{eri‘ng among those in the interior :dry strip. N0 Cases of Starvation. While there may be many deafghs 1in individual homes, which have been without food or drink, there was no place but the workhouse where any considerable number of :e-Ople were held without food. one had had enough, but) no case approaching actual starvation was found. North of Burns Avenue as far as Fourth Street the water was found to be from three to ‘six feet deep. Knowledge that the 019 h list is ’likely to prove ‘30 low in t- 6 down- town section gave rise to a. hope that even in North Dayton, about which nearly all hope had been abandoned, there might be compar- ‘rativcly few deaths. May Have to Shoot. partly submerged, house a, man leaned out and threatened to shoot unless they took off his wife and baby that had just been born. The woman. almost dying, was let down from the Wind‘owby a. rope and taken to a place of refuge. Further on members of a motor- boat; party were startled by shorts in the second {1001‘ of a. house about which five feet of water swirled. The boat was stopped, and a mam fired from the window. “Why are you shooting “I” he was asked. “Oh, just amusing myself shooting at rats that come upstairs; when are you going to take me out of here?” he replied. Situation is Brighter. According to city officials, it is impossible to estimate the number who perish-ed in the fire which swept the entire district on the north side of Third Street between Jefferson Street {ind the canal, a distance of more than a square and a half. All patron-B of the Be‘ckel House are safe. Police and volunteer-s constructed a, bridge over alleys and the tops of adjoining buildings to a, point of safety. The water receded rapidly. An occasional snow flurry and biting gusts of wind added to the discomâ€" fort of the rescue crews, but they rémainved steadily at work. Estimate of Conditions. The following is a, tabulated esti- mate of conditions: A deespat-eh from Columbus, Ohio, says: Coroner Benkert, after a trip through the west side on Friâ€" day afternoon, estimated the total death list in that section would reach two hundred. Of the fifty bodies recovered at that time twenty were at the temporary morgue, thirteen at the State Hosâ€" pital, eight at the Hilltop engine- house, and the balance in the proâ€" cess of di‘se'nvta‘nglemenit from debris in backwaters. The Dead at Chillicothc. A despatch from Chillicotho, Ohio, says: First authentic infor- mation regarding the loss of life shows that eighteen persons are dead. Already eleven bodies have been taken from the wreckage of homes in the east end, Where many railroad men live. With field glassâ€" es seven more bodies were discov- ered hanging from the Kilgore bridge, three miles south of here, but it has been impossible to re- cover them. Conditions are much improved, Ithe light plant having Damage to buildings in the busi- ness district were set at $2,500,000, and it was believed this amount would apply to stocks of stores. Figures available at manufacturing plants placed damage under this head at $1,000,000. The loss on automobiles was set at $500,000. It was believed the damage to household goods would amount into the millions, because in many see- tione of the submerged area the wa- ter reached to the second floor of hundreds of houses. 25 Victims at Columbus. A despat-ch from Columbus, Ohio, says: Twenty-five persons were drowned and great property dam- age was wrought by the Scioto River floods at Chillicothe, which had been cut ofi from communicaâ€" tion until late on Thursday, accord- ing to the statement- of G. W Per- ry, editor of the Chil‘licothe Ga- zette, over long-distance telephone. Mr. Perry said that while many persons were missing, the known death list will not exceed 25. A great part of Chillicothe is under water. These were tentative figures of damage that; placed Dayton’s pe- cuniary 10st at $25,000,000, esti- mated by persons who had explored parts of the flood area: Dead â€" Accurate estimates impossible, probably un- der . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Marooned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,000 Residences submerged ..15,000 Miles of streets inundated. 1310 Pensoms provided for in rescue stations . . . . . . . . . 5,000 Horses killed . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Automobiles damaged . . . . 1,000 Houses damaged to extent of $2,000 each . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 Houses claslsifisd under damage figures of $1,000 .................. 6,000 Cannot be repaired under $500 each .............. 7,000 Fifty Bodies Fouad. been able to resume service, and the water supply is also a/deuatâ€"e. The estimated damage to property is one million dollars. Clearing of the wreckage has begun. Half of City Submerged. A de-Spatch from Zanezsiville, Ohio, says: With communication being slowly restored rumors are rife of loss of life, but there are only four known deaths in this City as a reâ€" sult of the flood. However, practi- cally all} of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth W a‘rd‘s‘ and a large proportion In Rive‘rdnale and North Dayton, where the flood waters attained the greatest depth and degree of (le- st‘ructiv enes-s, several thousand persons waded knee-deep in slimy mud, rummaging their deeo‘lated homes for clothing. All this was soaked and plastered with mud, but it was dried on the hillsides, where the populace has taken re- fuge. In some places in these dis- tricts the water had so far receded as to render possible» the beginning of the work of cleaning the lower floors of mud and debris, so thaxb in a, few days fires can be built within the houses and the premises dried out. BuHc it will be a. long time before all Daytonianis again live. in.thleir own homes. It is believed that if the work of cleaning up can be done quickly the possibility of disease will be lessen-ed. So far there are no more than. a. normal number of cases of contagious disease. Cleaning Up. A despatph from Dayton says: The military authorities began on Sunday morning the cleaning up of Dayton and organizing it against the posedbility of epidemic. Acting under Secretary of War Garrison and Major-General Leonard Wood, Major Thomas L. Rh-oades divided the city into ten sanitary zones and placed a competent man in charge of the, work in each zone. of the First and Second Ward's are still under from ten ’00 thirty feet of water, and few boat-S have dared brave the waters. About half the entire city is still submerged. The property loss in Za-nersvixlle is esti- mated at between $6,000,000 and $8,000,000. A despatch from Troy, N..Y., says: Martial law has been practiâ€" cally declared in Troy, and mem- bers of two military companies are pat-rolling the streets and relieving the tired firemen and police, many of whom have been on continuous duty for 48 hours. Mayor Burns has not slept in two nights, having taken charge in person of the pub- lic- eafety depwntmenrt. Fires on Friday added to the seriousness of -the flood situation, and firemen were kept busy all day answering alarms in the flooded district. Damage estimated at thousands of dollars was done by fire on Friday. Heavy Loss of Life in Peru. A despatch from Lafayette, Indiâ€" ana, says : A special telephone mes- sage to friends here from C. D. Emmo-ns, General Manager of the Northern Indiana Traction Com- pany, who is stranded in the flood- stricken city of Peru, {said that twenty have been found dead among the refugees in the Court House there. Smallpox and diph- theria, broke out among the hunâ€" dreds of persons packed into the Court House and one entire corner of that building was quarantined and all the rescued persons suffer- ing from contagious diseases were removed to that additional 00n- fin‘ement. Main street, one of the great business thoroughfares, is here shown on one of its gala celebrations. Torrential sweeps of water rushed through this same avenue. Floods at Troy, NY. CIRCUS DAY IN DAYTON, OHIO: Toronto. April 1.â€"Flourâ€"90 per cent. patents. $3.90 to $3.95, Montreal, or To- l'outo heights. Manimbas~FirsL patents. in jute bags, 85 20; second patents, in jute gig? $4.80; strong bakem’, in jute bags, Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, April 1.â€"Wheatâ€"May, 351-4 to 86 5-80; July, 881-2 to 88 5-80; September, 690. Closing cashâ€"No. 1 hard, 87 7-80; No. 1 Northern, 85 7-8 to 87 5-80; No. 2 North- ern, 855-8 to 8525-80. Flourâ€"No change. Corgi-No.33 yellogr! _4B t0_481-29_. Ogts:Np. leo stock Market; MC"‘.real, April 1.-Choica butcher caule went from $6.50 to $6.85, medium butchera from $5.75 to $6.25, and common from $4 to $5. Good but/char cows. $4.75 to $5.50. and inferior stock down to $5 per cwt. Bulls ranged from $3 to $5.25, canners from $2 to $2.50, and cutters from $2.50 to $3.50. Milkers and syringe” sold from Yfigniwba Wheatâ€"No, 1 Northern. 971-20, on track, Bay ports; No. 2 at 95c; No. 0 at 921-Zc. Bay ports; Montreal, April 1.â€"â€"Oats-â€"Canadian West,- ern, No. 2, 411-2 to 420; do., No. 3, 59123; extra No. 1 feed. 591-20; No. 2 local white, 38c; No. 5, (10., 57c; No. 4, do.. 560. Barleyâ€" Maniwba feed, 51 to 530; malting. 75 no 750. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2, 56 to 580. FlourAMani- toba spring wheat patents. firsts, $5.40; do.. seconde, $4 90; strong bakers’, $4.70; Winter patents. choice, $5.25; straight 1‘01- lers, $4.85 to $4.90; (10., in bags, $2.20 to $2.25. Rolled oats~Barrels, $4.35; bag of 90 lbs., $2.05. Millfeedâ€"Bra‘n, $20; shorts. $22; middlings, $25; mouillie, $30 to $55. Hayâ€"No. 2, per ton, car 10w, $11.50 to $12.50. Cheeseâ€"Finest west-ems, 130; do., easterns, 121.4 to 12 5-442. Butterâ€"-Choiceat creamery, 291-2 to 300; seconds, 25 to 27¢. Eggsâ€"Fresh, 24 to 260. Potatoes â€" Per bag, car lots. 60 to 70¢. REPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES OF AMERICA. S'Qv'iut'e; so "us so '1-2c. Ryeâ€"No. 2. 55 m 551-20. Branâ€"$16.50 to $18. PREEES 0F FARM PRODUCTS Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and other Produce at Home and Abroad. Winnipeg, April 1.-Cash prices: Wheat. No. 1 northern, 861-20; No. 2 northern, §§1-2c; No. Srwnortrherrrn, 801â€"29; No. 4 775-40; rejected seeds, 783-40; No. 2 do., 763-443; No. 3 do., 75 $40; No. 1 tough, 791-40; No, 3 do., 741-20; No. 4, do., 701â€"20; No. 5 do., 651-Zc; No. 6 do., 591-20; feed, tough, 509; No. 1 red winter, 88c; No. 2 do., 850; No. 5 do., 820; No. 4 do., 791-40. Oats, N0. 2 0. W., 52 3-80; No. 5 G. W. 291-20; extra N0. 1 feed, 30 5-80; No. 1 feed, 29 5-80; N0. 2 feed, 261-40. Barley, No. 3, 471-40; N0. 4, 451-40; rejected, 40ci feed, 59c. F1ax. No. 1 N. W. 0., $1.091-4; No. 2 C. W., $1.06 3-4; No. 3 C. W. 980. "binâ€"Lam WheaR;â€"‘No. 2 white and red wheat, 93 to 94-0, outside, and sprouted. 75 to 880. No. 5; 72¢; No. 9950'; figed,l571-20;VNO.V i “bagâ€"Ontario cats, 53 to 54c, outside, and at 370. on track, Toronto. Western Can- ada oats. 401-2c for No. 2, and 590 for No. Provisions. _ Baconâ€"Jmng clear, 141-2 to 14 54¢ per 1k. 111 case lots. Porkahort out, $26 to $27; (10., mass, $21.50 to $22. Hamstodium to light, 18 to 181-40; heavy, 161-2 to 17c; rolls. 151-20; breakfast bacon, 19 to 191-20; backs, 220. , ,_ B'aled ‘Straw»$8 50 to $9; on track. To- ronto. 3, Bay ports. Peasâ€"$1Fbo $1.05,houtside. 1 Barleye ort «gig t-lb. bar ey of good qualify, 52% 56, (Wit-side. Feed, 40 to 500. Qiyrnâ€"No. 5 American corn, 571-20, a11- ral . Ryeâ€"No. 2 at 60 to 620, outside. Buckwheatho. 2 at 52 to 530, outside. Branâ€"Manitoba bunkâ€"$20 to $20.50, in bags, Toronto freight. Shorts, $22.50, To- ronto. Poultryâ€"Well-fatted, dean, dry-picked stock: Chickens. 18 to 200 per 1b; fowl. 13 to 140; ducks, 17 to 190 per 11).; geese. 17 to 18¢; turkeys, 20 to 210. Live poultry, about 20 lower than the above. Baled Hayâ€"No. 1 at $11.75 Lo $12. on track, Toronto; No. 2, $10.50 to $11. Mixed hay _is_ qgoted a}, $9.50 tqr$10. Eggsâ€"20 to 224: per dozen for new-laid, in case lots. Cheeseâ€"14120 for large, and 143-4c’for twins. Beansâ€"Hand-picked. $2.60 per bushel; pr‘me‘s, $2.25, in a jabbing way. oileS'â€"Extracted, in tins, 121-2 to 130 per 11). for No. 1, wholesale; combs. $2.50 90 $3 per dozen for No. 1 and $2.40 for No. Potatoesâ€"Good Ontario stock, 650 per bag, on track, and Delawares at 75 to 771-20 per bag, on track. irflarrdâ€"Triérces, 141-40; tubs, 141-20; pails. 143-40. Raled Hay and Straw. Wlnnlpeg Market. Montreal Markets. Country Produce. Broadsiufis. to 265; to 210; 290 for breeders from $5 to $5.50, heavy feeding bulls from $2.75 to $4.25, atockem from $4 to $5.2”. and yearlings from $5 to $3.503 Calves went at. from $8 to $9.25 for gond} veal, and poorer stock down to $3.50. Lightl ewes brought $6 to $7.25. heavy ewes fromf $5 to $6, and lambs from $8 50 to $9.75 for the best. Hogs. $9.85 for fed and watered stock, $9.50 f.o.b.. and $10 for hogs weighed of? cars. Toronto, April 1.â€"»Cattleâ€"Choice butcher. $6.50 to $6.85; good medium. $5.75 to $6.25:common, $5 to $5.25; cows, $4.75 to $5 50;; bulls. $3 to $5.25; cannens, $2 to $2.50, $3.- 25 to $3.75. Calves-rGood veal. $8 to $9.50; common. $3 to $3.25. Shockers and Feed- ersâ€"Steers. 700 to 1,000 pounds, $2.75 to $4» 25; year]ings,-$3.10 to $5.50 Milkora and! Springers»AFrom $50 to $72. Sheep and‘ LambsiLizht ewes. $6 to $7.25; heavy, $5 to $6: lambs, $8.25 to $10; bucks, $4.50 to $6. Hogsâ€"$9.85 to $9.95 fed and watered, $9.50 to $9.60 f.o.b. ayd $1010 off cars. $40 to $75 each, aoqqrging to qpalityp The Cataract, Power Company has reduced its commercial lighting rates 25 per cent‘ “My physician told me I must not eat any heavy or strong food and ordered a. diet, giving me some medicine. I followed directions carefully, but kept on using coffee and did not get any better. A despatch from London says: Adrianople has fallen to the comâ€" bined Bulgarian and Servian armies, after one of the most stub-i born defences in the history of war~ fare, and Tchatal'a. according to a telegram receive by the Bulgari.f an Legation at London, has sufferâ€" ed a like fate. Shukri Pasha, the defender of Adrianople, who held the town for 153 days against great odds, which included, besides the investing armies, disease and fam- ine, handed his sword on Wednesâ€"l day afternoon to General Savoff, the Bulgarian Generalissimoâ€"not, however, before carrying out his stern threat to destroy the- town rather than let it fall into the hands of the Bulgarians. From all ac- counts the arsenals and all the stores and a great part of the town are in flames. Gen. Savoff has been made commandant of the city. “Last winter my husband, who was away on business, had Postum served him in the family where he boarded. He liked it so well that when he came home he brought. some with him. We began using 1"- and I found it most excellent. Arsonals and Stores Destroyed by Defenders. Tea is just as injurious, because It contams caffeme, the same drug found 1n coffee. “While I drank it my stomach never bothered me in the least, and I got over my nervous troubles. When the Postum was gone we re- turned to coffee, then my stomach began to hurt me as before and the nervous conditions came on again. “That; showed me exactly what was the cause of the whole trouble, so I quit drinking coffee altogether and kept on using Postum. The old troubles left; again and have never returned.” N “There’s a' reason,” and it. is exâ€" plained in the little book, “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs: The Effect ' of Tea and Coffee on Highly Organized People. "I have been a coffee user for years, and about two years ago got into a, very serious condition of dyspepsia, and indigestion. It seem- ed to me I would fly to pieces. I was so nervous that at the least noise I was distressed, and many times could not straighten myself up because of the pain.” Ever readitha above letter? A new one appears from "me to time. They an gonulne. true. and hgll of human Interest. ADRIAXOPLE TAKEN. FLY T0 PIECES.