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Tlie Mississippi Bursts Its
Banks at Catfish Point.
GBEENYILLE SUBMERGED.
Enormous Destruction of Property
and Danger to Life.
OSE HUNDRED HOUSES WRECKED
The Mississippi river has got beyond con
trol and is breaking through the levees.
The city of Greenville is under water and
the surrounding country is flooded. The
destruction ol property is already enormous,
and It is feared that much loss of life will
result.
Greenville, Miss., April C. The
levee which has so long been in trreat dan
ger or breaking at Catfish Point, near
the Connelly plantation, in Bolivar
county, about 20 miles by land
above Greenville, gave way yesterday
morning, and Iroin the latest reports re
ceived the crevasse is from 1,700 to
1,800 feet wide and increasing. The levee
there is ery sandy and the wash will be
great.
Washington avenue, the main business
street, is now one sheet of water from the
corner of Poplar street to the race track
and water is making its way over the side
waits into the stores. The water is
coming up through the floor of Moore
& Archer's drugstore; Vormus Bros.,
Garrison, Jackson and Hennings' furni
ture establishments have got nearly half
a foot of water on the floors. A great many
people had to vacate their residences to
seek higher quarters on account ot the sud
den rise.
SECTJRIKG A REFUGE.
All the ditches and other channels lead
ing to the southern high portion of the town
are being dammed up to preserve the ridge
situated betweeu Washincton and Central
avenues from being flooded, as this spot will
perhaps in a few days be the only available
piece of land where the many horsei, mules,
cattle, etc, could be congregated and kept
out of the water until the flood falls.
Parties who arrived here to-day from
Greenwood the creater part of their jour
ney being made in a skiff describe the sit
uation in the Sunflower lowlands as a
terrible sight to be looked upon.
At an astonishing speed the water
is spreading over the vast improved
and cnluvated farms and forests of our
planters, many of whom are nearly through
with their planting. Tents are badly need
ed by the colored people. The levee presents
to a person with kindly leelings and sober
thought a terrible sight, which must grow
greater in the future.
EXPOSURE WILL CAUSE DEATH.
For shelter the people have nothing but
the canopy of Heaven, and the night dews
in pity must weep as they fall. If no as
sistance comes to these people, many will
die lrom exposure. Pood will soon
be needed, and if not provided
great suffering will be the consequence.
The Government officers have done a great
deal ot good in that section, but as there are
other localities which are now showing
signs of approaching distress, the contribu
tions must be divided.
At Mound Landing, seven miles below
Catfish Point, the river fell two feet to-day,
no doubt owing to the large break which is
said to discharge a volume of water in such
a vertical way as has rarely been witnessed
at any break of its nature. The Lake
"Washington country and its highest points
on the banks of the beautiful lake are also
rapidly disappearing out of sight, a thing
which has not been known since 1S34.
A GLOOMY PROSPECT.
The outlook is not hopeful for the plant
ing ot the overflowed region before May.
Just as soon as the water subsides sufficient
ly they will, we suppose, temporarily close
breaks so that the crop may be protected
against any tuture rise this season. Beturn
ing to 1682 for comparison, the high water
this year is nearly a month later. This is
discouraging, though the situation has its
hopetul leature, too.
The highest point has not yet been
touched at Cairo, but if the duration of the
flood is the true test, 1890 takes precedence
over all recent years; no year of which we
have full record but 1832 compares with it.
For illustration, water passed above 40 at
Cairo this year, March 3, and
will not, it is safe to say, go
below that stage before April 15. Forty
three days of such a stage at Cairo is un
precedented. In 1882 it was reached Cairo
February 20 and passed below March 21, or
lasted 29 days. The average of the Arkan
sas is about the same for the two years, but
there was a phenomenal flood this year.
SAVING LIVES AND PROPERTY.
As soon as news of the break at Catfish
Point reached Arkansas City the Govern
ment steamers Speed and Graham took
several barges to that point and
brought awav about 150 people
and their effects, also a lot of
stock. Captain Tollinger, of the Govern
ment service, is on the ground doing every
thing he can to save life and property.
Those who wish to come will be brougbt
here by the Government boats and placed
in quarters provided for them.
Parties who visited the scene of the
disaster to-day state that the torrent coming
out of the opening has about spent
its force. Although this is much the
largest break that has yet occurred on
the Mississippi side, the territory
affected by it will be comparatively small.
Outside of the Catfish Point peninsula, the
water from this crevasse will reach but little
territory that was not already inundated by
the crevasses at Mound, Huntington and
Offuts, but the destruction of property in
this little peninsula is fearful. The plant
ers who owned the plantations around Cat
fish Point are almost ruined.
HOUSES WASHED AWAY.
It is estimated that over 100 houses have
been washed away, and there is very little
bay, corn or planting seed left. The
planters will be so badly'crippled that they
will meet with considerable difficulty in
making a crop, even if the water recedes in
time. The flood his left almost nothing.
The whole bend was filled with water as
high as that in the river within a few hours
after the break occurred.
To-day the back-water broke through the
levee at Eutaw Landing at the lower end
of the bend and it is now running back into
the river. It is thought that several lives
were lost.
K0T USED TO FLOODS.
Seven Colored Men Drowned While Trying
to Escape.
Vicksbuhg, April 5. A raft containing
20 negroes who were trying to escape from
the flood, was capsized yesterday in the
mouth of Bogue Falaya, the rapid current
having carried the frail cralt against a tree.
Only 13 of the crew reached the shore
alive.
The survivors are due here to-night by
steamer. All were Alabama negroes and
not acquainted with such vicissitudes.
Patterson Pom's Impending Treat
At the Patterson Post commemoration of
Appomattox next Wednesday evening the
address of the evening will be made by Dr.
E. A- "Wood. A poem by Dr. Wood en
titled "The Starry Flag" will be recited by
Miss Edith Harris, who has just returned
from a course of elocutionary study in Kew
York City.
They Refuse to Take Up Forms and Work,
but Will Live on Government Ra
tions Celclirntlne Tbrir Removal
by o. Grand Dance.
Pierre, S. 1)., April 5. A great and
final Indian pow-wow and dance is being
held to-night about five miles lrom here,
over on the reservation. The Sioux have
been gathering at that point for two or three
days, and to-day they have been having a
big meeting, which to-night was changed to
a great dance. These dances have in
the past been held at regular inter
vals, but this is to be the last one
held on the reservation before the tribes
leave for their new headquarters. For that
reason the assembly is a monster oue, and it
is claimed that it is by far the largest
gathering of the Sioux that has been held
for many years. For that reason, the zest
with which the braves enter into their wild
and weird dance to-night is unequaled
since the time of the Sioux War.
All the noted chiefs are there. A big
discussion was held as to whether the In
dians had best take up lands in severalty or
all go back to the lands which are left
them. John Grass, the noted Sioux orator,
made an earnest and touching speech, in
which be urged the Sioux to be men and
not squaws; to take laud and earn their
living, and not get their life and being from
the Government, like a papoose from a
squaw.
Sitting Bull and the rest of the chiefs
took the opposite side of the question. Bull
expressed his hatred of the Government and
of the whites, and said that only squaws
should work, and that he and his small band
would still take their provisions from the
Government The result of the meeting
was a decision not to take up lands, but to
go back on the new reservation and let the
Government continue issuing rations. Only
a few squaw men and half breeds will now
go to farming or take up their lands as al
lowed in the Sioux bill.
HISTAKE F0K A BDIiGLAE.
Mr. Chivvis Story of How lie Came lo be
Shot.
Mount Vernon. K. Y., April 5. F.
W. Chivvis who, as is generally supposed,
was shot in this village in mistake for a
burglar yesterday morning by Charles S.
Adams, is resting easily this morning. Mr.
Chivvis still insists that he was attacked by
highwaymen and makes a peculiar state
ment in reeard to the shooting.
When in the rear of Mr. Adams' house he
says he was stopped by two men who en
deavored to rob him of his watch and dia
monds. After a desperate struggle with his
assailants he escaped from them and started
for the nearest house, which was that of Mr.
Adams. Mr. Chivvis says he went there for
protection, and that when he arrived he was
almost exhausted. He made his way to the
sloop and finding the outside door open be
gan to rattle the inside vestibule door for the
purpose of arousing Mr. Adams' family.
While he was doing this he heard several
pistol shots on the inside and then felt a
stinging sensation in his right side. Two of
the bullets had come through the glass.
Notwithstanding Mr. Chivvis' statement
it is the teller ot many in .Mount Vernon
that he was not attacked by highwaymen at
all, but that he started to go home iu a
rather muddled condition and was endeavor
ing to get into Mr. Adams' house by mis
take. EYICTIMi COAL MISERS.
Victims of n Cast-iron Lease to be Ejected
From Their Home".
Wilkesbarre, April 5. The Union
Improvement Company (the Ebervale Coal
Company) to-day issued nine writs of eject
ment against tenants occupying their prop
erty at Ebervale. The wris are based upon
a cast-iron lease in which the tenant in each
case agrees to quit the premises whenever
requested to do so by the company without
further notice. In order to enforce this
agreement tenants have been compelled to
sign a warrant of attorney authorizing any
lawyer in Luzerne county to confess judg
ment in ejectment against them. The writs
were placed in the hands of the Sheriff
here to-day and by to-morrow it is likely
that nine families will be homeless.
This action is similar to that taken by
Wentze & Co , coal operators, two years ago,
which action aroused such a strong indigna
tion that the company was compelled to
recall their writs of ejectment.
VICTIMS OF THE TORNADO.
List of the Knights and Ladies of Honor
Killed at Louisville.
Louisville, April 5. Jewel Lodge,
Knights and Ladies of Honor, which was
caught in the tornado, at a meeting last
night reported the following of the order
killed by the storm: Members of Jewel
Lodge John M. Stephens, Patriarch of the
order; Peter Fuller, Faithful Sentinel;
Annie F. Niles, Guardian: Belle Peterson,
Acting Chaplain; Mary Hassen, Emma
Hoistttter, John Itenouf, Thomas H. Puff,
Bridget Horan, B. F. Bandolph, Mary
McLoughlin, Bridget Kelly, Sallie Bishop,
John It. Hamilton, Henry King, Carrie
Baker. Members of other lodges Christ
Miller, Pearl Lodge; Elmer F. Barnes, Im
perial Lidge; Mrs. Maggie Kyan, Hope
Lodge, and Charles Fleischer, Victory
Lodge.
Offers of assistance are freely made by
other lodges.
M'EELSPOKT FUTTIXG OS STIIiE.
Tbo Police to be Strengthened and Addi
tional City Offices Created.
ISrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.1
McKeesport, April 5. This place is
assuming city airs preparatory to becoming
a full-fledged city, with a population of
30,000 people. Its police force will be en
larged, a chief ordinance officer appointed,
more men will be added to the fire depart
ment, and the Burgess' salary will be in
creased to $1,000 per year.
The Water Superintendent will be given
an assistant, and an inspector will also be
added. Besides this a place will be pro?
vided for keeping the records of 5200,000
worth of street, sewer and water department
assessments.
BALLOT-BOX S'IDFFERS ARRESTED.
Eight Democrats nnd Four Republicans
Jailed in New Jrrsrj.
Jersey City, April 5. As a result or
disclosures made before the special commit
tee of the State Senate investigating the ballot-box
frauds in this city at the election
last November, CO warrants were issued to
day for persons alleged to be implicated in
the frauds. Twelve arrests were made. All
those arrested are election officers. Eight
are Democrats and tour Republicans.
It is charged that the election officers
were engaged in a conspiracy and that they
accepted ballots from persons not entitled
to vote. More arrests will be made on Mon
day. Braver Cnnnot Attend.
rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Johnstown, April 5. Governor Beaver
has telegraphed that he cannot be present at
the inauguration ceremonies on Monday.
Colonel W. D. Moore, of Pittsburg, who
has been appointed one of the speakers, has
wired that he will be here.
No Rebellion in Ilnyli.
New Yore, April 5. The steamer Sagi
naw, from Hayti, arrived here to-day. The
captain reports that the rumors of an up
rising in San Domingo are without founda
tion, and that there are no signs of a re
bellion. Not n Rrnddock Farmer, Either.
Huntingdon, Pa., April 5. Caleb
Wakefield, leading farmer of Brady town
ship, this county, made an assignment to
day for the benefit of his creditors. Liabili
ties, $16,000; assets, 11,000.
THROUGH THE HEART.
Continued from first Page.
down by the negroes, was'interviewed at
her home last night. She said: "I was
out in front of my house watching the pa
rade, when some negro pushed me over into
the street. The crowd closed in on me and
one of the negroes tramped on my arm, al
most breaking it While I was
lying there I saw a colored man
hit a boy in the face and knock
him down. There was a great deal of con
fusion, and I saw a big negro with full
whiskers reach for a razor or a revolver, but
before he could draw it the shots were fired.
I saw the boy fall, and then they carried me
back to my home. I did not see the man
who fired the shot."
A man named Wilson, who was also at
the scene of the murder, says he saw the
colored man fire the shot, but did not think
the boy had done anything to offend the
colored man. He said the boy was simply
an innocent spectator.
caught at his sweetheart's.
Lucien Weims, the man who it is now
assured did the shooting, was captured by
Officer Mite Hanley, at the home of his
sweetheart, No. 72 Logan street, at 1:10
o'clock this morning. Weims was sittingon
a chair, with tears coursing down
his face, and evidently had been
telling his sweetheart about the trouble.
The officer entered without ceremony, and
Weims started to his feet and looked wildly
about him for a moment, as it in search of
an escape. The officer closed in upon him,
and he docilely submitted to the darbies,
and offered no resistance from that time
until he entered the cell with the brand of
murderer affixed to his name on the police
blotter.
There were also arrested seven accessories,
as follows: Frank Seymour, of Rose alley,
aged 20 years; Edward Merriworth, of 249
Second avenue, aged 24 years; William
Johnson, of 70 Clark alley, aged 19 years;
George Kelsey, of Roberts street, aged 20
years; William Harris, of 9 Crawford street,
aged 23 years; Charles Ganz, of 43 Clark
street, aged 19 years, and Edward Powell,
of Knoxville, aged 23 years.
A WOMAN ARRESTED.
The sweetheart ol Weims was also ar
rested on account of what she knows, but
won't tell. The gang was all comfortably
full, and made Central station resound with
nondescript shouting and loud scraps of
colloquy, to all of which the greedy-eared
turnkey gave his undivided attention.
Kelsey gave the murdeier away, hoping
to thereby save his own saddle-colored skin.
He was bundled off in a patrol wagon,
while the front office force headed for Logan
street. The work in locating the men was
greatly facilitated by the way they "split"
on each other. Johnson squealed on Kelsey,
and the rest of the crowd was scooped in by
the activity of the detectives.
The murder occurred at 10 o'clock, and
within three hours and 20 minutes the whole
crowd was iu the lockup. Quick work that.
Inspector McAleese and Sol Coulson started
at 2 o'clock to locate the guns that had be
longed to the gang. They said they had
positive information as to the revolver with
which the fatal shot was fired.
Weims did not admit to the shooting, but
his companions all put the charge on him,
and his close companion and partner,
Johnston, declares positively it was he.
JOHNSTOWN REDIDIVDS.
The New City Official to bo Inaugurated
In Good Style.
ISnCIAX. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Johnstown, April C Extensive prep
arations are being made for a grand time
at tne inauguration of the city officers of
the new city of Johnstown on next Monday.
All the business honses and banks will be
closed, and the iron works will shut down
to give the men an opportunity to take
part in the parade. All the fire companies
and nearly every organization in the town
expect to turn out, and a grand display will
be made. Judge Johnston will deliver an
address, and administer the oath to the new
officials.
Invitations have been sent to prominent
Pittsburgers, and'it is expected that a num
ber of Pittsburg people who took an active
interest in affairs here last summer will be
present.
K0 TRUTH IN THE STORY.
Phillips Denies That lie Has Sold Oat to the
Standard Oil Company.
rtFECIAL TELEQRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
New Castle, April 5. Thomas W.
Phillips, the oil king, was interviewed this
evening as to the report that he had sold out
his oil interests to the Standard for $1,250,
000. Mr. Phillips said: "The reports in re
gard to my negotiations with the Standard
Oil Company for the purchase of my oil
property are incorrect and without my
authority. I am not in negotiation with
the Standard at the price named, nor at any
other price for that matter. I have not met
with any of the Standard people within two
or three months. Neither have I had any
communication with them for some months
past. I know not from what source the
rumor originated or for what purpose the
statement was made. Suffice it to say there
is no truth in the rumor."
APPROPRIATED THE FIRM'S FUNDS.
Grave Charges Made by One Partner
Against Another.
TEPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCF.l
Youngstown, April 5. A sensation
was caused in business circles this afternoon
by suit being entered in court for a dissolu
tion of the firm of Finch & Heuderson, con
tractors and masons, who have been doing
an immense business.
The application was made by Robert
Henderson, who makes grave charges
against Mr. Finch in regard to the appro
priation of funds belonging to the firm.
Henderson asks that a receiver be appointed
to take charge of the business of the firm,
which he claims has been grossly misman
aged. LAJGHORST HAS .TO GO.
District Attorney Johnston Will Not Re
appoint II I m Detective.
District Attorney Richard Johnston said
yesterday that he would not reappoint
County Detective William Langhorst, and
thought the latter's claims for being Chief
of Police of Allegheny were so good that
he need not worry about the office he now
holds.
Mr. Johnston was sure that Mr. Lang
horst would have an appointment in the
front office force of Allegheny, even if he
failed to gain the Chiefship.
A CLERICAL BIGAMIST.
Rov. John Dougherty Wood, of Fort Alio
gnny. Pa.. In Trouble.
Olean, N. Y., April 5. Rev. John
Dougherty Wood, who has for some time
acted as Methodist minister at Port Alle
gany, Pa., was arrested here last night on a
charge of bigamy preferred by Mrs. Alice
Wood, of Phillipsburg, N. J., wife No. 1,
who claims that Wood married Ida Bell
Mann at Buffalo last December and has been
living with her since.
Prison Board Sleeting.
The regular monthly meeting of the Coun
ty Prison Board was held yesterday. Bills
to the amount of $719 60 were aDproved, as
was also the bond of Warden Berlin in the
sum of $50,000. The old Board of Managers
of the Workhouse, Addison Lysle, Wm.
Hill, J. C. Donnell, W. A. Magee and J. C.
Hocks, were re-elected.
Fostofllco Appointment In Pennsylvania.
Washington, April 5. Among the
postoffice appointments to-day were the fol
lowing for Pennsylvania: Miss Kate M.
Scott,Brookville; A. S. Bonebrate, Waynes
borough; T. C. Manzer, Forest City.
PlTTSBTmG DISPATCH,
GERMANY'S NEW ERA.
Bismarck May be the Nominal, if Not
the Actual Leader of the
OPPOSITION IN THE PiEICHSTAG.
The Teople Still Clamor for the Iron
Chancellor's Return.
WILLIAM IS FRIENDLI TO ENGLAND
He Will Not Antagonize the Colonial Policy of
Gieat Britian.
Germany is now watching with great in
terest the result of Bismarck's removal from
office, and still refuses to believe that his
resignation is final. In the meantime the
Emperor is drawing up mess rules for the
officers of his army.
COPYRIGHT, 1S90, BTTHE NEW TORE ASSOCIATED
TRESS. J
Beklin, April 5. The events of the
week have accentuated even more than the
resignation of the Chancellor the new era
that is opening in German history. Until
his actual departure the public was
loth to believe that the Emperor
was in earnest in parting with Bismarck.
Doubt is no longer possible, and apathy has
yielded to an unwonted desire to do homage
to the departing statesman. Henceforth
attention will be divided between two the
aters Friedricbsruhe, representing the
grandeur of the edifice ot German unity,
and Berlin, the center of a new and untried
regime.
It is impossible that the Emperor could
have been an unaffected spectator of the un
ending tributes of admiration and respect
that poured in upon his discarded Minister.
8TILL CLAMORING FOE BISMARCK.
It is reported to-day that he has again re
fused to consent to the publication ot Bis
marck's letter of resignation. The public
still decline to believe that the retirement
of Bismarck is final, it being urged that he is
by five years the junior of Gladstone and
may still count upon a decade of activity.
The Cartellers have offered to resign two
seats in the Reichstag in favor of Prince
Bismarck and Count Herbert Bismarck,
but it is certain that the ex-Chancellor and
his son will not accept them at present
whatever they may do at a later time.
The Emperor, having declared that he
will recognize only two parties those lor
and against him will be likely to disregard
conventional party divisions and to seek the
assistance of a liberal clerical coalitions.
Thus, Prince Bismarck, in the event of his
re-entering the Reichstag, might seem to be
in the unusual position of the nominal, if
not actual leader of the Opposition.
INTERESTING SESSION EXPECTED.
The opening of the Reicbstag and the
Royal speech are awaited with the keenest
interest. In view of the certainty of a re
distribution of parties, the preparation of
military and colonial measures will proba
bly be delayed until the beginning of May.
Herr Richter is expected to resign from
the Liberal committee in tne Keichstag, as
he has already done from the Liberal com
mittee of the Diet, his personality blocking
a mutual approach of the Liberal groups.
Dr. Windthorst claims three indis
pensable concessions in return for
bis support of the Government:
The return of all religious orders, religious
teaching in the schools and the granting of
a discretionary.
According to the National Zeitung, the
new military bill provides for a permanent
increase of 18,000,000 marks in the annual
expenditures. For the moment Colonial
affairs
OVERSHADOW HOME POLITICS.
Herr Vonderheydt, the financial backer
of the East Africa Company, declared in the
Werchenblatt that Prince Bismarck's de
parture was the sign of a new and an ener
getic colonial policy. Herr Reichardt, the
explorer, in a lecture showed that it is of
the utmost importance to secure possession
of Tabora, which place is further inland
than Mowapwa, in the direction of Lake
Tanganyika and the Victoria Nyanza. This
and the strengthening of the treaty feeling
in the German Empire appear from in
quiry in the most reliable quarters to be the
sole object of the Emin Wissman expedi
tion. Emin has advised the conclusion of a
treaty with Bwava Heri in order that his
assistance may be secured in the advance of
the Germans. The talk of the recapture of
Wadelai is based upon mere surmise. The
exact scope of the expedition will not be
known until the bill of supplies is before
the Reichstag.
WILL NOT ANTAGONIZE ENGLAND.
What is certain, however, is that the
Emperor will decline to consent to an
adoption of any colonial policy antagonistic
to England. During the recent visit of the
Prince of Wales the Emoeror did every
thing possible to show the value he attached
to close friendship between the two nations.
Another guarantee in this direction is
found in the composition of the new Col
onial Department of tne Foreign Office un
der Dr. Krauel, who is well known through
his connection with theSamoan Conference,
and who has an efficient staff of officials, all
of whom are personally acquainted with
the extent and character of the colonies.
The Emperor's solicitude regarding the
army is further shown in an imperial order
published to-day, to the effect that,in view
of its incompleteness, the reserve infantry
military officers system hitherto pursued,
which provides that officers must come from
the ranks of the nobiiity, must be extended
to include those who are
NOBLE BY CHARACTER,
in order that the sons of honorable middle
class families may hold appointments in the
army. The same rule will also apply to the
civil service. The Emperor further dis
approves the holding of commissions being
dependent upon the private income of
aspirants. He therefore decrees that the
pay -of officers of rifles, foot artillery and
pioneers shall be increased by 45 marks
monthly, that of officers of field artillery by
75 marks, and that of officers of cavalry by
150 marks.
At much length he enjoins commanders
to set an example of self-sacrifice to officers
and to check indulgences in unnecessary
luxuries, the habit of making costly pres
ents and giving lrequent banquets, etc.
It is the Emperor's pleasure that only
commanding Generals shall be expected to
entertain. It must not occur that staff offi
cers who have done good service shall feel
any anxiety about facing sacrifices which
might seem incumbent upon them if t they
held regimental commands.
OPPOSED TO LUXURY.
In conclusion, the Emperor desires that
lists of aspirants shall be submitted to him,
together with the names of officers who do
not conform to the rule prescribing a sim
pler mode of life.
He declares that habits of luxury must be
seriously and firmly opposed, and intends,
to a large extent, to judge of the capacity ot
the officers by this standard.
Horn Fedro Is Better.
Cannes, April 5. Ex-Emperor Dom
Pedro revived to-day and is improving.
Prof. Charcot has left here for Paris.
Prepared for Anything.
Paris, April 5. The Government has
ordered the construction of SO torpedo boats
in private yards.
Hirer Mines Closing Down.
SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THIS DISPATCH.!
Monongahela City, March 6. Owing
to the light demand for coal the operators
along the Monongahela river in the Second
and Third pools have decided to close down
their mineuiext week. The movement will
likely spread to the other nools and become
general.
SUKDAT, APRIL 6,
M1LITAEY HONORS.
Another Man Named for llio Flnce Rumor
Assigned to Hastings Merit Con
sidered Iu Crcntlng a New
Brigadier General.
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, April 5. The question
of filling the new office of Assistant Secre
tary of War was settled to-day without the
aid of Adjutant General Hastings, of Penn
sylvania, to whom unwarranted rumor gave
the place a few days ago. The nomination
for the office of General Lewis A.
Grant, of Minnesota, was due to an
old acquaintance between Secretary
Proctor and hiin, Mr. Grant having
practiced law in Vermont years ago as a
member of one of the most prominent law
firms of the State. Another nomination of
general interest was that of Brigadier
General Miles to be a Major General, and
still another of local interest to Pittsburg,
was that of Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson to
be a Brigadier General.
Colonel Grierson was born and spent the
early part of his life in Pittsburg, but when
still a young man moved to Trumbull
county, Ohio, and later located in the prod
uce business at Jacksonville, 111. When
the war broke out he became aid-de-camp to
General Prentiss. From 1868 to 1S73 he
commanded the district of the Indian Terri
tory and was engaged against the Kiowas,
Comanches, Cheyennes and other tribes, and
in removing intruders from the Indian
lands. From 1875 to 1881 he was actively
engaged in scouting and exploring the coun
try throughout Western Texas and New
Mexico. He is now Colonel of the Tenth
Cavalry. He became Major of the1 Sixth
Illinois Volunteer Cavalry in October, 18G1,
and the next April became Colonel of that
regiment. From that time on he received
promotions in the volunteer service, reach
ing the grade of Major General on May 27,
188G.
His service as a volunteer was a brilliant
one and at the close of the war earned for
him an appointment as Colonel of the Tenth
Cavalry in the regular army, which post he
has filled ever since. He has been acting
as Brigadier General ever since the death of
General Sheridan, in command of the De
partment of Arizona. He stood at the head
of the list of Colonels of the army. Colonel
Grierson, it is said, received his promotion
because of his standing above all other
Colonels. Great pressure was brought to
bear on the President to appoint Colonel
McCook, but he preferred to make his own
choice.
AKOTHEE ELECTION SCHEME.
The Repnblicnn Members Are Preparing a
Bill After Tbelr Ideas.
Washington, April G. A conference of
the Republican members of the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections was
held to-day, as a result of which Chairman
Hoar was requested to prepare a bill
to regulate elections of members of
Congress. It is understood that the measure
to be proposed will provide for the appoint
ment of National Supervisors in every
district in which a certain number
of voters shall petition therefor;
these supervisors shall watch and count
the vote, and make a certification
thereof to a Stale Board of Canvassers, who
shall thereupon issue a certificate ot election
to the candidate receiving the highest num
ber of votes, and these certificates shall be
used by the Clerk of the House making up
the roll of members-elect.
MADE A PAETI MEASURE.
The McComns Bill Will be Favorably Re
ported to the Ilonse.
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENTS
Washington, April 5. Notwithstand
ing all the objections to the McComas anti
gerrymandering bill, even among Ohio
members in Congress, that measure will be
reported favorably to the House in accord
ance with a vote of all the Republican
members of the Committee on Election of
President and Vice President to-day.
As has been stated the bill provides for
redistricting only after each decennial cen
sus; that members of the Fifty-second Con
gress shall be elected from the same districts
as members of the Fifty-first Congress, and
that election shall be certified by the regu
larly constituted returning board. It looks
now as though the party reins would be
tightly drawn to force the passage of the
bill.
113 BILLS IS AN H0UK.
The Senate Passes Private Measures at a
Record-Breaklsg Rate.
Washington, April 5. In the Senate
to-day, after a short executive session, pri
vate bills on the calendar were taken up,
and with Mr. Frye in the chair, and Mr.
Johnson, Chief Clerk, doing the reading,113
bills were passed in just one hour.
Among them was one giving a pension of
$50 a month to Mrs. Caroline B. Stevens,
daughter of Senator Baker, of Oregon, who
was killed at the battle of Balls Bluff; and
one giving 5100 a month to the widow of
John F. Hartranft.
Another Clinngo in the Bill.
Washington, April 5. The Ways and
Means Committee decided to increase the
duties proposed in the tarifl bill on the finer
grades of cotton and hosiery.
RECONCILED TO HIS FATE.
Mnrderor Andrews Views the Scaffold With
but Might Emotion.
I6PEC7AL TELEGRAM TO THE DI8PATCII.1
Bellefonte, April 5. Alfred James
Andrews, who will be hanged for the mur
der of Clara Price on Wednesday next, has
become thoroughly reconciled to his fate.de
voting his time mainly to praying and occa
sionally writing letters. He has written his
last letter to his father and step-mother in
England, and is now writing to all his
friends. He has gained weight during his
CUUUUC1UCUI. W m.c tUM iTttimug -m .uw
fail yard yesterday he examined the gallows
.-.:-. il : X il ..l,f It All
he did was to shudder a little.
This time the Sheriff has kept an account
of the passes asked for, and he says it rnns
to nearly 10,000.
EA1LK0AD EXTENSION.
Tbo Wheeling nnd Lake Erie Building
Brnnches to River Towns.
ISPECIAL TELEQRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Wheeling, April C. The Wheeling
and Lake Erie Railroad Company is mak
ing rapid progress in the building of its ex
tensions to Steubenville and to Wheeling,
Martin's Ferry and Bellaire. The work is
well under way a bove Portland station and
along toward Brilliant, and the taking of
right of way between Portland and Martin's
Ferry will soon be commenced.
President Woodtord and Chief Engineer
Wilson have just returned from Pittsbnrg.
While there they purchased the rails for the
river extensions, and ordered 17 new loco
motives, which makes the road's equipment
of locomotives number W.
NO STIKE AT IRWIN.
Miners Will Accept GO Cents Without Sign
ing the Pcnle.
ISPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TILE DISPATCH.1
Irwin, Pa., April 5. There will be no
strike at the coal mines in this district for
the present at least. The decision of the
miners to resume work at the old rate of 60
cents per ton, without signing the scale as
heretofore, has been accepted by the oper
ators, who have agreed to take the old men
back until May without signing the scale.
A Car Inspector Killed.
Lima, April 5. Patrick Foley, a car in
spector on the Lake Erie and Western road,
was thrown under the wheels to-day and
probably fatally injured.
1890.
A MISSING DABLING.
Mysterious Features of a Big New
York Drygoods Failure.
ONE OF THE PAETtfEES HAS GOHE,
N'obody Knows Whither, With Several
Matters to be Explained.
A SURPLUS OP 0TEK A HALF MILLION,
Reported About a Tear Ago, Seems to Hare Entirely
Disappeared.
W. S. Darling, of John F. Plummer &
Co., the defunct New York drygoods firm,
is missing. It is reported that his presence
is much desired to make some necessary ex
planations. rSPECUL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCn.l
New Yoek, April S. Reports that have
been current for a number of days in the
drygoods trade that John F. Plnmmer had
suffered severely at the hands of
his partner, W. S. Darling, and that
he himself was struck aghast at the
discovery of the true condition of
his firm after its failure on March 19, took a
more definite turn to-day. It was said that
Partner Darling, who was Mr. Plummer'a
confidential man, could not be fonnd, and
that for that reason much that the accounts
of the firm revealed could not be explained
satisfactorily.
Mr. Darling, it appears, has not been
near the firm's place of business for a week
or more. Mr. Plummer says he has not
seen him or heard from him in two weeks,
thougu the failure is only 17 days old. All
last week inquiries were made there for him
by messengers from the assignee, Jeremiah
P. Murphy, and the word invariably re
turned was that Mr. Darling was not at
home.
ME LAST MESSAGE.
It appears that on Saturday morning,
March 29, Mr. Darling wrote to the as
signee that he would be at the store on Mon
day, he thought, and surely on Tuesday.
That seems to have been the last that was
heard of him. He was a high-flyer and not
a man to behave in this way unless for very
important reasons.
The firm of John F. Plummer & Co. was
made up of John F. Plummer, Albert T.
Plummer and William S. Darling. The
liabilities were put down at the time at a
million, 95300,000 being for borrowed money
and the rest due to manufacturers and for
trust money deposited with the firm
by relatives and friends. The nom
inal assets, made up of stock and
outstanding accounts, with valuable real
estate owned by Mr. Plummer, were esti
mated at $1,200,000. On the day of the fail
ure mortgages on reil estate from John F.
Plnmmer to various parties, aggregating
$95,000, were received in the Register's
office.
The failure was attributed at the time in
the trade to over advances, chiefly on their
satinet account, and complications arising
from the old firmof Stovey&Darling.whose
business John F. Plummer took. The firm
of Pomery & Plummer became John F.
Plummer & Co. on January 1,
1885, at which time Darling be
came a member, the firm of Stovey
& Darling going into liquidation, John F.
Plummer & Co. presumably making the
necessary advances. At that time the firm
claimed a capital of $300,000, and claim to
have done a business of $3,000,000 in its first
year's existenje.
A HEALTHY STATEMENT.
On January 1, 1S89, their statements
showed assets of $830,978, and liabilities of
$385,862. Where the money has gone has
been a conundrum in the trade ever since
the failure. One of the creditors said
that soon alter the failure it looked
as if there was a shortage of $100,
000, with nothing to account for
it. The accountants had not yet reached a
definite result as to this. Assignee Murphy
said that the account that Darling was
wanted for to explain was the satinet ac
count, which was Darling's specialty. He
would not say what the apparent shortage
was.
The Drygoods Economist say3: "While
accurate details are yet wanting, the fail
ure of John F. Plummer & Co. seems likely
to develop some sensational features. Care
lessness and recklessness in the conduct of
the business are already evident, but
confidence in Mr. Plummer's personal in
tegrity is still strong. In the general
uncertainty the subject most pointedly dis
cussed in the continued absence of Mr. W.
S. Darling, the junior member of the firm,
who is badly wanted, and who at this
writing cannot be found, as an entirely in
dependent item of news, it may be stated
that the extradition treaty between the
United States and Canada went into effect
on Friday, April 4.
ON A RUNAWAY TRAIN.
A Youne Railrond Man Loses Ills Life In a
Peculiar Way.
tFPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 3
EniE, April 5. A most distressing acci
dent happened this evening at Ripley, on
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad, whereby Assistant Roadmaster
W. B. Courtney, of Erie, lost his life.
Mr. Courtney was superintending a
steam shovel and to expedite matters cut off
a dozen work cars which he rode in. Con
ductor Schmidt seeing that the cars were
going too fast for the roadmaster jumped on
to the "cut" and worked heroically to stop
their mad flight.
Seeing a collision inevitable he jumped,
but Courtney stuck to the car, and in an in
stant the work cars struck and shot in under
a car of lumber. Courtney was mangled and
mingled with the debris. When the body
was taken from the wreck it was discovered
that a plank had disemboweled him. De
ceased was a son of Roadmaster W. H.
Courtney, and was but 24 years of age. He
was a member of the Masons,and had exten
sive real estate interests.
THEY MISSED THEIR HAIL
Ann Arbor Students Fool With a Belligerent
Postmaster.
Ank Arbor, April C. Several hundred
students missed their regular Saturday
night letters from home to-night. While
the mail was being distributed the
boys in the lobby began indulging
in a little rush. Postmaster Dufiy
went outside to quiet them, when they
rushed him outside the building. He was
mad all through, and calling to his assist
ants, the crowd was forced outside and the
doors locked, no more mail being given ont.
The crowd hung around outside, bowling
and making considerable noise, until
Marshal Walsh marched one of the Doys to
the jail, followed by the crowd. The pris
oner was let off and the students, after march
ing through the streets, went home.
Mrs. Sullivan Sent Home.
Mrs. Julia Sullivan and her four chil
dren were escorted again to the Lake Erie
depot last night under the assurance from
Inspector McAleese that she was starting
for Ireland. She was under charge of De
tective McTighe, who will accompany her
to her home at New Castle, and boarded the
train peaceably in expectation of an ocean
voyage.
A Farmer Leaves Family and Debts.
fSFECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATUIt.l
Massilloit, April C. George Bretz, a
prominent farmer living near this city, has
been mysteriously missing for over a week.
He left his family one evening without say
ing anything and has not been- seen since.
Numerous creditors are left behind.
HEWS FEOM BOSTON.
Charles Foley Writes a Very Interestlnc
Letter Aa Amaslnc Storr Wblcb
Favors tbo Brotherhood An
son's Tenin Overrated.
ICOREESPOSDENCE OF THE DISPATCH.1
Boston, April 4. The two Boston clubs
have been In practice for some time, and
in two weeks time the battle royal will
begin in earnest. One hears so many
conflicting stories that it is almost an impossi
bility to tell how the clnbs-nill be patronized.
One thinsr is certain all unprejudiced people
acknowledge that the Brotherhood team is a
much stronger aggregation than the one col
lected together by the Triumvirs. The'e is a
vast difference In the size of the men who are
now with the League club and the ones
who wore Boston's colors last season.
Tbo Brotherhood men are much larger
and stronger, and the addition of Stovey makes
the Brotherhood club all the more like giants.
Kelly and his men have been sojourning in the
South for some time, and judging from the
way they are hitting the ball some of the
pitchers will suffer next season. The only
Mike gave his men a spin on the railroad ties
the other dav, as the college grounds at Char
lotteville, Va., were flooded. This exercise
brought back many a reminiscence, and made
some of the boys think of days gone by when
tbey were beat out of their salaries in some
jay town and had to hoof it home via railroad
ties. The Bostons (P. L.) got square with the
New Yorks at Richmond, by beating them 12
to L
Boston people thinkthat New York will walk
away with the Leizoe pennant again next
year, but I think Bostonians will have con
siderable respect for Brooklyn and Cincinnati
when they see these two cfnbs play. Most of
the men in these two teamB are almost entire
strangers to Boston, and both the teams are
stronger than ever before. Brooklyn got a bad
dose of it in the South from Anson's men, but
it must be borne in mind that Byrne's men went
on the field without an hour's practice. The
pitchers were all ont of shape, but they are
now recovering and will show up in good shape
at the opening of the championship season.
A rather funny incident happened ont at the
South End grounds the other day while the
.League players were at practice. John Hag
gerty, who superintends the grounds, invited a
Hibernian baseball crank of Eifel tower pro
portions over to see the League men practice.
The Hibernian, who is a big six-footer and
quite a politician, bad been told byHaggerty
that the new men were wonders. 'Most size
them up," said Hacgerty to his friend,
Haggerty's friend with his '"shove 'em In
hock whiskers," sized the players up; then
when the players got through practicing and
were about to enter the dressing room the
Hibernian shouted ont: '"Say, boys, I likes ye
party well; but on me sowl yeernot in it with
the Brotherhood bovsP' Haggerty has been
instrncted to keep bis friend away from the
grounds when the men are practicing.
As I write Bick Johnston is the talk of the
town in base ball circles on account of the ru
mors floating aronnd abont his being ready to
jump back into the League. Dick didn't go
South with Kelly's men, although the boys ex
pected to meet him in New York. When he
didn't show up in New York it was given out
thathe would meet the boys in the South, and
when he didn't show up at all it wa9 given ont
that he was sick at his home in Kingston. M.
Y. He has been In Boston for nearly a week,
and be has been painting the town with some
of bis old comrades. Tbey say that Ginzel is
the man who wants him to jump the Brother
hood, and be (Qanzei) has been doing his best
to work Director Billings, who was very much
dissatisfied with Johnston's work last season.
People are becoming tired of this fight, and
the sooner it is decided upon its merits why the
better for all concerned. The League people
think tbey can crush the Brotherhood,
but they may have a bigger contract to
carry ont than they ever bargained for. The
courts have decided in favor of the players,
and that has strengthened the Brotherhood
cause. It was given out that the League vt nuld
blacklist all players who were held in reserve
and who would not show up on the first of
April. Ah. but tbey won't do it. you knowl
They simply say: "Wo will blacklist all men
who have signed League contracts,"
which simnly means Beckley, Mulvey
and Delehanty, who have jumped back into the
Brotherhood. Tony Muliann once had the
proud distinction of being the champion con
tract jumper, but McKean. Tucker and Fore
man can give Tony ten yards start and then
beat him out by a nose at the finish.
Dick Conway, formerly with the Bostons, has
signed with the Buffalo club of the Interna
tional Association. Mr. Bacon, of Buffalo, is
on here in search of players, and it is said that
he has almost completed arrangements with
big Jim Whitney, who played with Buffalo last
season after being released from Indianapolis.
Frank Bancroft, who changes bis mind every
few days without consulting bis family physi
cian, has made arrangements to hare the Bos
ton and Brooklyn teams (P. L.) play in Spring
field April 9.
AnsonN world beaters (they'll be wind beat
ers after a while) have had pretty hard sled
ding in Texas, and only for a bad decision of
Umpire Lauer's (Anson's Pittsbnrg catcher),
they would have been beaten in Houston. They
won by 8 to 6, and only won the second game
with the same club in the ninth inning. But
Adrian's gang of fiery untamed colU had to
bite the dust in Galveston, where they were
beaten 10 to 6. Anson's club is overrated, and
to-day there are four stronger clubs in the
League Brooklyn, New York. Cincinnati and
Boston. Just tie your socks to this prediction!
Charles J. Foley.
AT LEAST $200,000 SHORT.
The Bold Manner la Which the Maryland
Stnio Treasurer Operated.
ISPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
Baltimore, April 5. The Legislative
Committee appointed to investigate the
Archer defalcation began work to-day. Sev
eral bankers were summoned, who testified
to the fact that Mr. Archer had hypothe
cated State bonds, while three brokers
swore that the State Treasurer
had sold bonds outright. He went
abont it all so openly that none
of these financiers had any idea of crooked
ness. It was shown that Archer began his
peculations in 1887. soon after he assumed
the office, the method of procedure then
being to borrow money from the banks,
leaving as collateral State bonds. The in
terest was paid with the coupons as the note
matured, and was then renewed. That he
should have been able to continue borrow
ing in this way and selling stocks without
arousing suspicion is a remarkable feature
of this very much mixed case.
Archer was shrewd enough to deposit with
nearly all of the banks, and they were under
the impression that he did a very large busi
ness. As far as they have gone the commit
tee find that he had sold over $100,000 worth
of stock outright and hypothecated as much
more. Archer will be removed next week,
and it is thought that Secretary of State
Lecompte will be his successor.
LEFT A HAPPY HOME.
Mysterious Act of a Donchter of Council
men Binder.
About 5 P. ai. yesterday Mrs. Weitzel,
the daughter of Andrew Binder, Select
Councilman of the Thirty-first ward, left her
home in her father's house, and totally
disappeared. Her husband and father were
last night scouring the city, and having
the depots watched to find her. She left
three children in the house, the youngest
being about 10 weeks old, and no canse is
known for so strange a freak. She left a
pathetic letter to her husband, bidding him
"goodby forever," but assigning no cause
for her leaving, and it is feared her mind is
affected.
Mrs. Weitzel is about 26 years of age and
has been married for about five years. Mr.
Binder, her father, said that she had lived
happily with her husband ever since their
marriage, and he knew of no cause why
she should leave her home. The father was
very much affected over the disappearance
of Mrs. Weitzel, as he said that but for the
letter he would have thought she had met
with some accident. The letter, however,
made her disappearance a willful act, and
made him doubly anxious.
SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT.
The Death by Drowning; of a Well. Known
Market Gardener.
The drowning of Hutchinson Hamilton, a
well-known market gardener of Neville
Island, which took place yesterday, gave
rise to a good many contradictory reports,
among which it was regarded as possibly a
case of suicide. He had been out in a skiff
with a man who worked for him, and
landed the workman at his market garden.
A few minutes later the skiff was seen float
ing down the river tenantless.
The body was not recovered up to a late
hour last night, and to-day posters will be
distributed offering a reward for its discov
ery. The relatives of the deceased say that
there was no suicide possible. Mr. Hamil
ton had been suffering from swimming of
the head, and it was possibly in one of these
attacks that he fell overboard. The boat
being found floating right side up rather
disproves this theory. The Coroner will in
vestigate the matter to-morrow.
WEIRD TALE OF WOE.
A Charitable Family Took in a Young
Girl as a Servant, Who
PROMPTLY POISONED THE FOOD.
Two Persons Die Soon After PartaMnjr of
Her First Meal.
BELIEVED TO BE A CASH Of KTSAHITI.
Tne Murderess Fltd From the House and ffu Ar
rested at a Theater.
The Newland family, of Chicago, took a
young girl from a charitable institution as
a servant. She procured a quantity of rat
poison and used it in preparing the first
meal. Mr. and Mrs. Newland are dead and
others are sick. The girl was arrested, but
even denies having been in the house. Sha
is believed to be insane.
IBrECIALTELEQEAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Chicago, April 5. Late on Thursday
night, a slender girl with a pallid face and
brown curly hair, came to the Anchorage
Mission on Third aveuue, and asked that
she might remain there until she could find
work. She was accompanied by Charles
Wallace, a member of the editorial stafl of
the Arlunsaio Traveler, who told Matron
Snyder that he bad found the
girl wandering aimlessly about the
streets. The homeless stranger remained at
the mission one night. She said her name
was Emma Stark, and that her home was in
Lafayette, Ind., where her father, mother,
brother and nncle had died suddenly of
quick consumption. She seemed so intelli
gent and sincere that Matron Snyder gladly,
accepted the girl as a charge.
It was evident, howeverfthat the stranger
was bewildered or laboring under sup
pressed excitement. She talked coherently
but queerly about a mysterious woman who
had been watching her, and trying to get
her to enter one of the disreputable honses
in the south division.
A PLACE SrCUKED FOR HER.
When morning came a nickel was given
to the girl for tranportation on a cable train,
and also a note to Mrs. George Kewland,
who was the wife of a wealthy retired real
estate dealer, and who had apolied at the
mission for a good servant. Emma reached
the home of the Newlands about noon. She
did not prepare the dinner. While she was
cooking the supper she comptained of a ter
rible toothache, and borrowed some money
from Miss Grace Kewland to get a bottle of
oil of cloves. Sbethrewashawloverherhsad,
ran across the street to a drugstore, and
bought a package of rat poison. Then she
returned to the kitchen and resumed her
cooking. It is probable that the girl
dumped the poison into the canned corn
which was to be served, for within an hour
after the dishes were removed from the table
the entire family was seized with excruciat
ing pains.
Dr. Crutcher. who was summoned, said
the sufferers had been poisoned. Mr. New
land died in awful acony at 3 o'clock this
morning. His wife died a few hours later.
Miss Newland and her brother will proba
bly recover. When Mr. Newland fell upon
the floor in his first paroxysm of pain the
new servant girl fled in the tennis cap and
dingy ulster she bad worn to the house.
She could not be found until 4 o'clock this
afternoon, when detectives MeDonald and
Tichorn saw her staring blankly at the stage
in the Park Theater.
One of the officers walked down the center
aisle and escorted tbe girl out of the play
house. She made no resistance. She de
nied that her name was Emma Stark or that
she had ever visited the Anchorage Mission.
THE SAME STRANGE STOET.
Then speaking rapidly, with a musical
voice, she rattled off her story about the
mysterious woman who had been following
her and the sudden death of her relatives.
When she reached the steps of the
Anchorage Mission she asked the
officers why she should enter a
strange house. Matron Snyder came to the
door and extended her hand, exclaiming as
she did so: "Poor Emma, you remember
me, don't you?" The girl stared at the
woman with blank amazement. Then she
extended her hand in a mechanical way,
and asked if there was any work for her to
do in the house.
Mrs. Snyder and three other women in
the mission identified the prisoner as Emma
Stark. Curing this ordeal the girl smiled
pleasantly and obeyed all the commands.
Four women searched her clothing, but no
poison was found. The prisoner is in a cell
at the Central station. She is 18 years old.
It is believed that she is insane. Tbe most
skillful questioning could not refresh her
mind as to the events of yesterday. The
girl even denies that she ever saw Mr. New
laud's house.
THE WEATHER,
For Western Pen
tyhania and West
Virginia, fair.warm
er, southerly Kinds.
For Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, fair,
warmer, southeaster
ly winds.
Prrrsauito. April 5, I8S0.
Tbe United States Signal Service offlceria
this city fumisnes the following:
Time. Tiler. I
TtiO.
SlOOA. V.... 3R
JtMlmum temp.... 51
Mlnlmnm temp...... 35
Mean temp IS
Kan&re 44
32:00 H.
.47
l.-oor. m
2.-00P. V
E.-0OF. x
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Rainfall Q
S.-C0P. U 43
Hirer st 5:2) F. H.. 14.3 teet. a rise tr J t rut
In 34 nours.
Frosi the furniture center of the world.
Ton will find on examination that we have
the finest and best lines of household furni
ture in the city. Call and examine our
stock. Michigan Furniture Co.,
437 Smithfield st.
Ribbons! Ribbons t
Special values in all silk ribbons, gros
grain (satin edge), moires and velvets, black
and colors. Litest spring shades.
A. G. Campbell & Sons. 27 Fifth ave.
Lucerne awnings at Mamaux & Son's,
639 Penn ave., Pittsbnrg, Pa.
Many New nnd Exclusive Things In Infants'
Department.
Come and see these beautiful goods; you,
cannot see them elsewhere. Prices the low
est. A. G. Campbell & Sons,
27 Fifth ave.
Lucerne awnings at M3msux & Son's,
539 Penn ave., Pittsbnrg, Pa-
We have a fine stock of sideboards and
ex. tables which we are selling at incom
parable low prices.
Michigan Furniture Company,
437 Smithfield st
DIED-
CAMPBELtr-At his residence, 21 Monterey
street. Allegheny, on Saturday, April 5, 1890 at
1130 P. M., H. D. CAMPBELL.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
WENZEL Suddenly at the parents' reslf
dence, ISIS Carson street, S. S.. on Saturday,
April 5.1890, at S50 P. if-, ALPHED I, son c
G. feter and the late Magdalena WenMl, aged
15 years. 1 month and 21 days.
Notice of funeral hereatter.
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