. The Tariff and the American Farmer. | The Hazleton Opera House Barned. A Great Race. the youngster had an old head on his Ravages of the Great Flood.
Terms 2.00 A Year,in Advance
Bellefonte, Pa., May 20, 1892.
P. GRAY MEEK, Ep1ToR
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State Democratic Ticket.
EOR CONGRESSMAN AT LARGE,
GEORGE A. ALLEN, Erie,
THOMAS P. MERRITT, Berks.
YOR SUPREME JUDGE.
CHRISTOPHER HEYDRICK, Venango.
FOR ELECTORS AT LARGE,
FOR DISTRICT ELECTORS
Samuel G. Thompson, Clem’t R. Wainwright,
Adam 8. ona: Charles H. Lafferty,
W. Redwood Wright, George R. Guss,
John O. James, William Molan,
James Duffey, Charles D. Breck,
S. WwW. Danmer, Sons BL e9
Azur Lathro oe ple,
Thomas Chalfant, W. DL. Himmelright,
P. H. Strubinger, H. B. Piper,
Joseph D, Orr, Charles A. Fagan,
Andrew A. Payton, John D. Braden,
Michael Leikel, Thomas McDowell,
J. K P. Hall,
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An Educational Demonstration.
The public school interests of the
United States are to be represented at
the World's Fair, at Chicago, and to
further a movement of such great edu-
cational importance, a committee has
been formed, in Boston, to arrange for
the fitting representation of the schools
at the great exhibition of the products
of the world’s industry and intellect.
With this object a call has been issued
to public educationists all over the
United States, asking them to co-oper-
ate im a celebration to take place, at
Chicago, on the 12th of next October,
at which the preliminaries for the edu-
cational exhibit at the Fair will be ar-
ranged.
The date;fixedjwill be the four hun-
dreth anniversary of the landing of
Columbus upon American soil, the
Chicago Exposition being a year later
on account of the postponement which
was necessitated by delay in making
preparations for it. A very fitting date
has been selected for this advance
gathering of the educationists, as it
will not only mark the expiration of
the fourth century since the great dis-
covery was made, but it will also be the
day on which the Columbian Exposi-
tion grounds will be dedicated.
It is peculiarly becoming for the
schools of America to take a leading
part in celebrating the great achieve-
ment of Columbus. No other event
in history gave such an impetus to ed-
ucation as the discovery which added
a new world to ;that which had pre-
viously limited the range of human
thought and effort, und afforded a new
field for intellectual as well as physi-
cal endeavor. The minds of men were
enlarged by the enlargement of the
geographical limits of the world,
brought about, by the discovery of
America, and from that period they
went forward in a progressive direction
until they have reached the present
marvelous condition of intellectual de-
velopment.
The schools must take a prominent
part in commemorating an event that
has done so much for the progress of
human enlightenment. Those of Belle-
fonte should not be backward in the
movement. No other town of the
same population and recources is bless:
ed with greater educational advantages,
and it should contribute its share to
the demonstration in Chicago which is
intended to signalize the educational
achievements of the great Republic.
SC ——————
A School for Voters.
The Pittsburg Times, one of the most
energetic morning dailies in the State,
has taken upon itself the task of in-
structing the voters of this Common-
wealth how to use the Baker ballot
System, and as trials have been made,
in many other localities, affording most
timely instruction as to the operation
of the system, the paper has decided to
give the voters of Centre county a
chance to look into its intricacies.
Oa Friday, May 27th, a representa-
tive of the Times will be here, with all
the paraphernalia required by law,and,
through the courtesy of the county
commissioners, will set up booths, for
voting, in the Arbitration room, in the
Court house. Everyone should muke
it a point to drop in and study the
method of voting which is soon to be
put in practical use. A regular elec-
tion will be held and all information
given that will tend to facilitate the
work of election boards this fall.
Ifany of our country readers will have
business in town next week we advise
them to wait until Friday. The exhi-
bition will be given without any cost,
whatever, to the County or to the per-
son attending it and the Pittsburg
Times is deserving of the greatest
praise for its efforts to afford our citi.
Zens a means of acquaiating them-
selves with a system of voting which
they will soon be called upon to use.
——Subscribe for the Warcaman,
The Protectionist started with a tre-
mendous assumption, which he does
not attempt to prove, namely: That
the natural advantages of the United
States are not enough to sustain manu-
factures.
This, therefore, is the protective sys-
tem on the showing of its own advo-
cates : American manufactures are
really losing enteprises. But the tariff
enables the manufacturers to cover the
losses and take out a profit by extort-
ing from the American consumers a
bonus over the natural price of the
goods. ;
Manufactures, say the Protectionist,
cannot live in this country without the
tariff. ‘We do not believe it. But it
is, nevertheless, the Protectionist’s
position. Manufactures cannot live
without the tariff. This is to say,
they are naturally unprofitable in this
country. “We could not sell our
goods in the competition of an open
market. But put a duty on foreign
importations so that we can raise our
prices and net 25 per cent. more than
we could in the open market, and we
shall flourish” But the duty paid on
imports goes to the Government, and
hence does not help the mannfacturer
directly. His “protection” consists in
a bonus, in the shape of an increase of
price on goods which are not import-
ed. But whence comes the 25 per cent.
bonus ?
This is a very simple question; but
the Protectionist is so dexterous in
eluding the point that we may venture
to be entirely explicit. There are but
three conceivable sources from whence
the protection bonus can be drawn :
1* The foreigner who pays duties.
2. The protected industries.
3. The unprotected industries.
Does the bonus come from the for-
eigner? No, the duties collected from
him are turned over to the ‘Govern-
ment!
Does it come from tbe protected
manufacturers? No; they get it.
Then it must come from the unprotect-
ed industries. The unprotected natur-
ally profitable, agricultural industries
are taxed to sustain protected indus-
tries—compelled to make up their
losses, and pay besides what the pro-
tected manufacturers are pleased to
call their profits.
The Protectionists dissents. Two
peasand two peas make four peas—
theoretically. “But if you rattle them
up in abox, and have your box big
enough to let them rattle a long way
around, you will presently find five
peas, and may be a few beans. As
thus: “Itis all very well for doctrin-
aires to theorize about who pays the
deficit. It won’t do for plain, practi-
cal business men. Why, don’t we
manufacturers pay our proportion
with the rest? The hatter pays his 25
per cent. to the shoemaker, the shoe-
maker pays his 25 per cent. to the hat-
ter, and out of the increased prices we
are all able to pay the farmer more ;
every body gets higher profits, and it
18 a good thing all around.”
Again let us be explicit. Suppose
we have a community consisting of
glass manufacturers, mine owners and
farmers. The farmers hoe their own
row, asking odds of nobody, but the
glass manufacturers and mine owners,
demand a bonus of $50 a year each
How on the protection plan, will they
getit? It would be too barefaced a
steal to levy a tax on the farmer alone.
They will not do that. They will
avoid the appearance of unjust dis- |
crimination by putting a tax on all
consumers of coal and glass; they will
make all purchasers of glass and coal
contribute alike $100 each—to the pro-
tection fund.
Very fair this lcoks. Every man
is taxed $100 a year | $50 to foster the
glass trade and $50 to foster the coal
trade. But mark the singular result :
The mine owner pays in $100 ; the
glass manufacturer pays in $100 ; the
farmer pays in $100. Every man is
taxed alike! Total revenue $300.
But now for the division. The
mine owner receives $150, the glass
manufacturer receives $150, the (arm-
er—nothing.
Marvellous financiering ? All are
tavedalike | Yetthe glass manufac-
turer and the mine owner are a head
$50 each, while the farmer—! His
industry is not fostered !| But who is
it that pays for protection ?
The distribution on the basis of the
division of the working population of
the country would be :
Agriculture, 44 per cent ..............
Other unprotected industries 33
330,000,000
230,000,000
TOL, 00 rierve crebnesesssare msec tsmsrseasonst $1,000,000,000
The farmer carries nearly half of
the whole load and gets nothing for it.
Take the relative amount of capital
invested as a measure of distribution,
which it would be if the profits of agri-
culture were as great as those of manu
facture. The census of 1880 reports :
Invested in agriculture... ........ $10,500,000,000
Invested in manufacture ........... 2,800,000,000
The shares on this would be (the
portion of other class remaining as be-
fore):
The manufacturers......... ....... <ve++..$140,000,000
The fatmers,.................. stesstursnsnes 529,000,000
For every dollar paid in by the mauu-
Jacturers the farmer pays.in four dollars.
And then the manufacturers take the
pool! This is protective system.
ET ———
The Height of Clouds.
The highest clouds, cirrus and eirro
stratus, rise, on an average, to a height
of nearly 80,000 feet: The middle
clouds keep at from about 10,000 to 23,-
000 feet above the surface of the earth }
the lower clouds seldom lower than
3,000 or higher than 7,000 feet. The
cumulous clouds float with their lower
surface at a height of from 4,000 to
5,000 feet, while their summits frequent-
ly extend upwards to a height of 16,000
feet. The tops of the Alps are often
completely hidden by clouds of third
class, while those of the other classes are
frequently seen shooting up the ravines
ixje sheets of smoke. Prof. Moller took
observattons on one cloud, the vertical
dimensions of which was over 8,700
feet.
Gt ad ba
Fire Broke Out Early Saturday Morning and
Destroyed Much Valuable Property Before the
Firemen succeeded in Extinguishing it, —
Waite’s Comedy Company's Loss.
HazLEToN, May 15.—This town
was visited yesterday by one of the
most destructive fires in the history of
the place. At four o'clock in the
morning the Grand opera house on
West Broad street was discovered to
be on firee .An alarm was sent out.
but when the engines arrived a few |
minutes later the building was a mass
of flames. The fire leaped across the
Lehigh Valley tracks in the rear ol
the theatre, licked up three freight
cars, loaded with goods and attacked
the Lehigh Valley freight station. It
made short work of the station and its
contents values at $35,000.
The next point the flames attacked
was Bohlander's livery stable and
Reichard & Co.'s beer vault. These
were quickly consumed and the flames
shot over to the Valley hotel, the rear
portion of which was gutted. On the
west side of the the opera house stood
the large fourstory brick building of
the Hazleton Machinery and Supply
company their stable, The stable was
destroyed and four horses perished in it
A half a dozen times the firemen were
compelled to give up trying to save
the building, but finally they succeed-
ed in subduing the flames, but not be-
fore considerable damage was done to
the structure and contents.
Waite’s Comedy company was play-
ing a week’s engagement at the thea-
tre and the company lost all their cos-
tumes. Last evening the citizens of
the city tendered the company a bene-
fit in Hazle hall, which was packed to
the doors. Last Sunday this com pany
gave a sacred concert at Allentown for
the benefit of the “Devil's Auction”
company, which was burned out in
Philadelphia, and realized a neat sum.
The losses are as follows : Valley
Hotel, $15,000 ; Lehigh Valley sta-
tion, $38,000 ; theatre, $14,000 ; livery
stable, $1,000 ; Reichard’s beer vault,
$1,000 ; Machinery company, $5,000 3
freight cars and contents, $2,000 :
Waite comedy company, $10,000 ; to-
tal, $86,000 ; insurance, $50,000.
CTA RANT.
Ohio Convicts Foiled.
Discovery of a Plot of Columbus Penitentiary
Prisoners to Eseape. ”
CoLumsus, 0., May 14.—Through
the assistance of two trusty prisoners
the warden of the state penitentiary dis-
covered a plan by which at least five,
but probably more, desperate prisoners
were to have escaped from that institu-
tion last night. Two were to walk out
by the aid of forged passes, relying up-
on the inability of the new guards, re-
cently put at the outer gates, to recog-
nize them, and the others were to cut
their way through the roofand lower
ground. They had a key that would
unlock a whole range of ceils.
In one of the shops an incendiary de-
vice was found, by which it is supposed
the buildings were to be fired last night
and in the excitement escape would be
effected. A candle was arranged so that
when it burned it would fire a lot of
waste. One of the prisoners had $113
in his possession, and the prison author-
ities are puzzed to know where he
got it.
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Russell Duane Appointed.
As Junior Counsel for the United States Before
the Behring Sea Arbitrators.
PHILADELPHIA, May 16.—It was an-
nounced here to-day that Secretary
Blaine has appointed ~ as junior counsel
for the United States before the Behring
sea arbitrators, Russel Duane, esq., of
this city, and has sent him a large re-
taining fee. Mr Duane was a member
of the class of 1891 in the law school of
the university of Pennsylvania and de-
livered thee law oration atthe com-
mencement last June. The subject
was “The Case of the Sayward’ and the
paper ably reviewed the whole contro-
versy over theseal fisheries. The ad-
dress was sent to Mr. Blaine and is said
to have made such an impression on
him that the appointment is the direct
result. Mr. Duane is a great grand son
of Benjamin Franklin.
Nearly 300 Lost.
A Russian Ship and a British Bark Go Down in
Rough Seas.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 16.—It is re-
ported from Artrakhan ‘that the steam-
er Alexander Wolkow has foundered in
the Caspian sea, and that 250 passeng-
ers were drowned.
LoxNpon; May 16.—The British bark
Earl of Aberdeen, Captain Patrick,
from Barry dock for Montevideo, ran
on the coast off the county of Pembroke.
A heavy sea was running. It is sup-
posed that 16 ot the crew were drowned
by the capsizing of their boat after they
had got away from the wreck. Thir.
teen have landed at Milford Haven.
Seven more survivors from the wrecked
bark have arrived at Cardiff, making 22
in all that are known to have been
saved.
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A United States Deputy Shot,
GiLLerTE, Wyo, May 15.—Report
reaches here that deputy United States
Marshal Gibson was shot and severely
wounded yesterday on the the Powder
river, the ball passing through his
shoulders. No definite particulars can
be obtained. Gibson was one of the
men deputized for the serving of the
injunctions restraining the small stock
and ranchmen from holding a round
up of their own.
Ee ———
A Lockout at Westerly,
Provioexce, R. I. May 16.—The
whistles blew at the seventeen quarries
in Westerly and vicinity this morning,
but only the helpers and men employ-
ed about the yard respor.ded. The to-
tal number of men affected by the
lockout is about 1,200. The trouble
has not been felt in this city yet, but
builders are looking forward seriously
to the future, |
Longstreet, the Favorite in the Brooklyn Handi-
cap. Played out Early.—Judge Morrow was the
Winner.— Fairview. Made the Running With
Great Speed at the Start.—Russell died near
the Wire. .
Race TRACK, GRAVESEND, N. Vey
May 16—The opering day of the so-
called legitimate racing season in New
York State is always a red-letter day in
the racing calendar. Itison this day
that the Brooklyn Handicap is run, and
people of all descriptions pour into the
' vrounds of the Brooklyn jockey club’ in
| flocks and droves to witness the first
reat event of the season. The small
od is there, the plunger is there—in
fact everybody is there and seems to be
ready to back his opinion and to let his
enthusiasm overflow at the slightest
provocation. To-day was no exception
to the rule. Perfect summer weather
and a fairly good track packed between
30,000 and 85,000 le in and about
the grounds. Probably not one of this
85,000 people pulled the covers under
his chin last night without a case of
blues, for it was raining, and rain
meant a bad track, and a bad track
meant that some “mud larks” would
robably walk away with his dollars.
But Superintendent Brush had gangs of
men at work on the track at day break
and the track was fairly well dried out
when the horses were cantered to the
post to be sent oft for the firstrace. The
events that preceded the great handi-
cap did not interest the crowd to any
great extent. They had made the jour-
ney with the sole object of witnessing a
grand struggle for the $22,000 stakes.
To-day’s handicap was the fourth
event on the program. It was 1} miles
for Byatt and upward, $250 en-
trance, half of first, the club adding
enough to make the stakes $25,000, of
which $5,000 went to the second and
$2,000 to the third horse, There were
twelve starters,
At last the bugle blew to summon
the horses to the post and the mighty
multitudes of people sought advanta-
geous positions and waited, with eager
expectant eyes, tosee the horses come
out of the paddock, Pessara was the
first to appear. Then came Madstone,
also George W. Portchester, J udge
Morrow, Raceland, Banquet, Longstreet
and others. A mighty roar of applause
went up as the great son of Longfellow
went up to the stand. The parade was
formed in front of the stand, with Long-
street in front and Russell at the end.
They went as far as the betting ring,
broke and cantered to the post.
FAIRVIEW SET THE PACE.
After several attempts they got away
in fairly good order, with the favorite,
Longstreet the most prominent of the
bunch. The light weighted Fairview
was hurried out in front of Longstreet
to make the running. His rider's or-
ders were to take the lead and keep it as
long as possible. Master Doggett obey-
ed his instructions to the letter, and in
the opening furlong he gave the back-
ers a other candidates a bad scare by
opening up a gap of three lengths from
Longtreet.
The pace was killing, and at the quar-
ter pole the timers marked down 23 sec- 1
onds with Fairview now five lengths in
front of Russell. Longstreet succumkb-
ed to the hot pace and dropped back
along side of Raceland and Pessara,
who were running easily at Russell's
heels. The jockeys on all of the horses
behind Fairview were taking matters
easy, they being satisfied that the leader
was making his run too soon to be a
contestant at the finish.
Around the lower turn, or at the end
of three furlong, Fairview had turther
increased his advantage to 10 lengths.
Doggett was taking no chances of the
others catching him in the first part of
the race and he depended upon good
luck to hold his position to the end if
his horse had the necessary speed and
gameness.
When well into the homestretch Lit-
tlefield, on Russell, became worried at
Fairview’s great advantage, and cutting
loose from his eompanions, Raceland,
Pessara, Longstreet and Judge Morrow,
he set out to catch the fiying Fairview.
This move on his part so early in the
race proved fatal, as subsequent devel-
opements will show.
CLOSING THE GAP.
At the end of the back stretch he had
Just reached the leader’s shoulder, but
Pessara, Raceland, Judge Morrow were
also coming up fast. Longstreet, hayv-
ing been killing off by his futile endeav-
or to catch Fairview in the opening fur-
long, dropped back hopelessly and thor-
oughly beaten. It was a disgraceful
position for a 4 to 5 favorite to hold so
early in the race, but the idol of public
had been tried and found wanting, and
the race was soon to lay between Rus-
sell, Judge Morrow, Pessara and Race-
land. In the upper turn, or at the end
of seven furlongs, Russell held first
place by an open length from J udge
Morrow. Indeed the Morris candidate
swung into the home stretch a good
length and a half in froat of his compet-
itors.
Major Covington on Judge Morrow
saved considerable ground by hugging
the inner rail while making the turn in-
to the homestretch, and when he breast-
ed Russell shortly before reaching the
last furlong post, which marked the end
of a mile and a furlong, Russell threw
back his ears in a cowardly fashion and
refused to run further. Covington see-
ing that he had the race at his mercy,
became overconfident and began easing
up on the Judge: This performance of
the clever little light=sizht nearly cost
Green B. Morris the race, as Tarsl, who
had been unable to get through the bunch
before, came up with a tremedous burst
of speed under the most vigorous kind
of riding,
Yoox
Fortunately for Morrow’s backers,
Covington turned in his saddle and dis-
covered his danger justin time to pre.
vent Taral from stealing the race and
the $25,000 stake from him. A six-
teenth from the finishing point he sat
down and began to ride the Judge with
his hands. Pessara was slowly but
surely gaining on him, simply because
he was being more strongly ridden, bad
not Covington drawn his whip and be-
gan to flog Morrow. In reality he was
hitting Pessara on the nose and each
time the lash came down Pessara would
draw back his head to escape the pun-
ishment,
Taral shouted to the lad to stop, but
FOR TIME.
shoulders, and he kept right lashing
Passara over the nose with his whip.
The finish saw Judge Morrow victor by
a head. Three lengths away, a bad
third, came Russell, who was the same
distance in front of Raceland. Then
came Clarendon, Banquet, George W.
Kingmaker, Fairview, Madstone, Port-
chester, and the 4 to 5 favorite, Long-
street, a disgraced last.
The fractional time was : First fur-
long, 23 seconds, the half in 47% (phe-
nominally fast time ); three-quarters in
1;14 the mile in 1:42% and the mile and
a quarter in 2:08. The track was dry
on the surface and damp underneath.
It was what is known as a dead track,
that is, totally devoid of elasticity or
springiness.
TO BE DEPENDED ON.
Judge Morrow, the apple of Green B.
Morris’s eye, is a five-year-old bay horse
by Vagabond-Moonlight. He took
part in 28 races last year and was first
ast 8 times. His best record for the
andicap distance is 2:08 4-5.
ee ————
- A Terrible Collision.
The Passenger aud Freight Train Crashed Into
Each Other.—The Passenger Was Running
Forty and the Freight Twenty Miles an Hour
When they Came Together. It is not Known
How Many Were Killed.
CLEVELAND, O., May 15.—A special
to the Plain Dealer from Cleveland, 0.,
says: In the midst of a terrific storm of
wind and rain two big four trains crash-
ed into each other near Cleves, O. this
morning, with awful effect, the full hor-
rors of which are not known.
This morning the summer schedule
went into effect and orders had been is-
sued accordingly. Freight No. 43, a
through train north bound, had orders
to stop at North Bend to allow express
No. 80, a cannon ball special to pass.
The train usually passed at another
point some miles further on. Instead of
stopping the freight engineer pulled
ahead and approached Cleves, running
about twenty miles an hour, Why he
did not stop at North Bend will never
be known, but it is thought that in his
anxiety over the storm, which might
have washed out bridges, forgot the new
schedule and hurried on. A: the train
approached Cleves, Charles Smith the
telegraph operator, was shocked, for he
knew it should have side tracked at
North Bend and that the express,
a few minutes overdue, was but a
short distance away, running forty-
five miles an hour to make up lost
time. Smith rushed to the signal wires
and dashed out the danger signal. Eith-
er it was notseen in the blinding rain
or the engineer could not control his
engine, for it sped on without checking
speed.
At that moment the express came in
sight at the speed of the wind. If any
eifort was made on either engine to slack-
en speed, it was not appreciable and the
engines crashed into each other with a
crash above the storm like a clap of
thunder. Both engines were battered
into shapeless masses and rolled off the
track. The cars behind were smashed
into kindling and the track for one hun-
dred feet was torn up. ‘The telegraph
poles were thrown down and it was two
or three hours after the wreck before
word reached this place, and a special
train was sent to the scene from Cincin-
nati. Long before the people from the
little village and from the surrounding
country had gathered, and in the fright-
ful storm, were doing all they could.
Many of the wounded have been taken
away and the number killed cannot to-
night be [definitely made known. It is
claimed that some of those thus provid-
ed for are in a dying condition. Not a
person on either train escaped un-
injured.
memes
The Gypsy Creavasse Breaks.
Continuing to Widen at the Rate of Ten Feet
an Hour.
NEw ORLEANS, May 17.--The latest
advices received from the Gypsy cre-
vasse is to the effect that the break con-
tinues to widen at the rate of about ten
feet an hour. United States and State
engineers and railway officials will
make a concentrated effort to close the
break. Materials and men have been
sent from this place. Neihter labor nor
expense will be spared to repair the
break.
A message received at 2 ». m., yester-
day morning from Mr. John C. Chaffee,
at La-place, near the Gypsy break, says:
“The break is now from 150 to 175 feet
wide.”
A Greenville, Miss., special says:
Nothing new from the Panther Forest
break on the Arkansas side to-day, ex-
cept that the ends of the crevasse had
not been tied and the water was inun-
dating almost’ the entire country. A
considerable amount of cattle, stock and
hogs have been drowned. A complete
system of levee-guarding is now main-
tained on this side of the river and all
levees were reported in good condition
last evening. "The heavy rise in the
Arkansas and Mississippi at St, Louis
and Cairo has given some uneasiness
here for the future, but the engineers of
the Mississippi Levee Board are of the
opion that our levee are in good condi-
tion and will stand all the water in
sight.
A special from Lake Providence says:
State Engineer H. B. Thompson left
here in a skiff at 5 p. m., yesterday. An
interview with him developed strong
fears of a deluge in this levee district.
Many valuable promising crops will be
destroyed beyond reparation in this par-
ish from the floods in Arkansas. Infor-
mation from Shreveport says the Red
river is rising rapidly.
Fava Resumes His Diplomatic Func-
tions.
Wasnixeron, May 16.—Baron Fava,
the Italian minister, called at the state
department this afternoon and in the
absence of Secretary Blaine had an in-
terview with Assistant Secretary Adee.
He informed Mr. Adee of his return to
Washington after a prolonged leave of
absence and of the resumption of his
diplomatic functions as though noth-
ing had occurred to interrupt them.
Baron Fava also resumes his place as
dean of the diplomatic corps.
——Boys knee pants from 25 cents to
$1. Lyon & Co.
Steamboat Chartered to Rescue Families From
the Tops of Their Floating Houses, Railroad
Traffic Badly Crippled. Thousands of Acres.
of Rich Farm Land Under Water.
St. Lous, May 17.—The rise in the
Mississippi continues, but more slowly,
being scarcely more than halt an inch
per hour. The damage to crops, &e.,
in the bottom lands grows daily in the
immense districts, up and down the
stream from here, now under water,
Many small bridges are reported as
carried away, and other similar dam-
age:
In Madison,
is little change
that previously
St. Louis,
water, the
Ills., above here, there.
in the situation from.
reported, while in Feat
though there 1s very much.
y town proper is now well out
of it, only such buildings as are below:
grade, being in danger. Tle surround-
ing bottom land is thoroughly flooded,
and the danger to crops, &e., large,
Every point of danger along the river
is carefully guarded, and ample warn.
ing will be given where breaks, &o.,
occur,
The steamer Idle returned from a
trip down the river and reports the re-
scue of thirty-six families, 200 persons
from various islands below here, now
covered with water. No loss of lite
has yet been reported in this county,
The breaking of the Madison dyke at
East St. Louis yesterday threatens to
bring on a coal famine, which may
send the price of coal to twice its pre-
sent figure,
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES.
Arrow, Ill, ‘May 17.~Numerous
families have been rescued from the
tops of their floating houses by steam.
boats specially chartered for the ‘pur-
pose, and the work is being still con.
tinued. So far no lives have been lost,
but the suffering of those driven from
their homes is intense.
To add to the misfortune, 1,200 men
will be thrown cat of work by the com-
pulsory suspension of the Illinois glass
works, which reports state cannot re-
sume business for six months, and al}
the flour mills have also been compell-
ed to close. Railroad traffic between
St. Louis and here has temporarily
ceased, the only means of conveyance
now being by water. Fully 50,000
acres of rich farm lands haye been
flooded and the crops destroyed. The
river has now reached thirty feet above
low water mark, the highest point at-
tained since 1844,
MILES OF RUINED CROPS.
GAINESVILLE, Texas, May 17.—The
rains of Saturday night have proved a
perfect deluge. For miles crops are
ruined. More than 100 feet of Santa,
Fe track has been washed away be-
tween this city and Purcellit, while
nearly every bridge is gone. No trains
have arrived from the North since Sat.
urday. :
HOPE OF RAISING A CROP ABANDONED.
CrixtoN, Mo., May 17.—Grand riv-
er reached its highest point yesterday,
and is now at a stand, owing to the
overflow from the stream. All hope of
raising a crop this season has been
abandoned.
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Dill’s Trial Postponed.
—
PirTsBURG, Pa., May 17.—The case
of the bankrupt Clearfield county bank-
er, Dill, for embezzlement, which was
to have come up for trial in the United
States district court to-day was post-
poned until to-morrow. The case of the
Eureka Mower company of New York
vs. the Eureka Mower company of
Pennsylvania is on trial to-day, and
bence the postponementof Mr. Dill’s
case. Mr. Dill with his wife, children,
lawyers and witnesses, are registered at.
the Monongahela house. He said that
under the advice of couusel he would
not say anything about the bank failure
and then he added with a smile, “But
come around after the trial, I will have a
statement to make.” John B. McGrath,
the cashier of the Houtzdale bank
which was wrecked by the failure ot the
Clearfield bank and who was ruined fi-
nancially thereby, has not yet arrived.
W, I. Shaw and W. H. Patterson, at-
torneys for the Houtzdale bank; are
here representing the bank. J udge Or-
vis, who represents Mr. Dill, is also pre-
sent.
a
Was Close Upon a War.
May 17.—The Star's
London correspondent says : Sir George:
Baden Powell made his first publi
speech yesterday since his return from
MONTREAL,
Behring sea. It was ata meeting of
the mission to keep sea fishermen. He
assured the audience that Great Britain
at one time was close upon a war with
the United States but that they had
now agreed to settle the matter in dig. -
pute by means of arbitration.
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
GRANGE MEETING :—Centre county
Pomona Grarge will meet in the hall
of Victor Grange No. 159, near Oak
Hall station, Friday, May 27, at 9:30 a.
m. All fourth degree members are cor
dially invited to attend.—Jas C. Gir-
LILAND. Sec’y.
——Mr. J. N. Tillard, an influential
resident of the Mountain City, is spend
ing the week in this place with a view
to organizing a conclave of Heptosophs,,
a fraternal insurance society. Mr. Til-
lard carries with him letters of introdue-
tion frcm Altoona's best citizens, all of
whom testify. to the excellence of the.
organization he represents.
——We are in receipt of a very in-
teresting communication from a Phila.
delphian, whose name we, do not know,
and in consequence cannot publish it.
The article would undoubtedly be of
interest to our readers, but as we have a
very strict rule regarding anonymous
communications it will have to wait
until we hear to whom we are indebted.
for it.