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Strikes a popular chard. Sierjwhere
the enterprise of THE DISPATCH
is apvlaudid. J'ublie spirited people
should keep tip uith the expedition.
FORTY-FIFTH TEAE.
ALONG MIR! ROADS
Through Deep Sinkholes That
Threaten to Swallow the
Entire Outfit,
THE EXPEDITION ADVANCES
Beaver's Eye Completely Plastered
Up With Mud and Bu
cephalus' Sleek Coat
CHAKGED TO A DIRTY YELLOW.
Fayette County Furnishes the Explorers
an Experience CJosely Re
sembling THE PALL OP THE LATE ME. ITcGIKTI.
AEide cf Twenty Eibt Miles Orer Eonjh Gronnd
In Which Lnrr. ritfalls With-
cnt Ifnmber.
THE W02JDEE OF WAIXESBCEGEES EXCITED
Through much tribulation and mire of
unknown depth the wagon carrying The
Dispatch road explorers moves steadily
forward. Neither Fayette county sinkholes
nor Greene county clay has yet proven an
insurmountable barrier to its progress. The
day's journey from Uniontown to Waynes
burg furnished several exciting episodes.
rrnoM ock srEciAL commissioner.
The rrrrsBURG Dispatch ")
Cotwtry Road Expedition, 5-
Wayxesbukg, April 13. J
Cold and desolate was the break of day
Ot Uniontown when we took our departure
jesterday. The snow of the previous morn
ing still lay upon the heights of Chestnut
Bidge" and our hotel, lying in the shadow
of the mountain, reflected some of the chili.
There was no delay about starting, for as we
bad neither ban nor baggage, except a few
gross of Faber pencils, a ream of reporters'
paper and a photographic camera, the land
lord disposed of us quickly enough, and
wished us God speed through Greene county
ilay.
Our wagon rattled up street long before
any person was awake, as we supposed.
But just as we passed the corner of Morgan
town street a prominent politician of "old
3?iatt" called from his second story window:
"Why is yonr exploring .party like Stan
ley's?" Warned of Danger Ahead.
The West Virginia line is close to Fayetts
and Greene counties, and no doubt accounts
for the large African population here, but
Etill I didn't think a discreet politician
would crack a joke at the expense of the
aegrovote.
"Because a rescuing party will have to be
6ent out after you," answered the wire
puller. Confirming my opinion of his dis
cretion. ,
We had been warned that 'perils awaited
us on tbe mud roads between Uniontown
and Waynesburg, so we halted at the top of
the County Poor House hill and sounded
the tires and axles. Then we pulled off the
THE EASIEST HIDE YET CROSSING TOE MONONGAHELA.
turnpike and steered westward. Beaver's
dark gray hide was not yet spotted with a
Eingle splash of mud. His pretty main and
graceful tail were combed free of dried
earth. Bucephalus arched his neck with
nicer symmetry than the morning on which
ibe shied at Fifth avenue cable cars.
A Maelstrom of Mire.
Sunlight had now flashed across the vallev
from that historic mountain peak known as
General Dunbar's Camp, reckless Bu
cephalus, sniffing the air, which was still
Eharp and cold, distended his nostrils, as
though all his internal organs were inform
ing one another of the coming battle afar
off.
I pause, as a painter does before he wil
fully soils a picture. Our horses looked so
handsome as they trotted along tue foot-hills
of the Alleghenies that morning, that I dis
like to describe their appearance when we
entered this town at dusk. But so bravely
did they behave in the miry maelstrom; so
determined were they in a struggle of 12
hours lone, that we scraped the mud from
their sides that night with something of the
same feeling which a soldier experiences in
fondling his old war horse.
Beaver In a Sad Plight.
One of Beaver's eyes was completely
closed up, the mud forming a sort of a car
buncle around the lashes. A sad, sympa
thetic winking of the other gave him a
peculiar appearance. A front view of
both animals was enough to bring tears to
Matt Quay's afflicted optics. Both are roan
horses, but now they would have deceived
Eeddy McKelvy's horse knowledge. So
thick was the yellow clay upon them from
the tip of their hoofc, up the legs, over the
breast-straps, sticking to the necks like a
poultice, and covering the faces just as
though masks had been fitted on them with
eyeholes ahd breathing ilits already
punched this.artificial skin gave them an
amber shade entirely foreign to their dap
pled gray hides.
A side view, after the harness was off,
left the mud in bold relief, each separate
strap and belt having cut a groove up, down
or across the trunks of Bucephalus and
Beaver. Both nags were completely ex
hausted. The Wagon Badly Di0garcd.
The wagon was a picture in itself. It
was looked upon as a curiositv all that even
ing by crowds of Waynesburg people. After
a terribly rough winter voyage a brig often
puts into the New York bay with its masts
covered with ice. its yard-arms and jib
hanging with glittering ice pendants. Our
land schooner showed the marks of its'
frightful mud cruise amid the valleys of
Fayette and Greene. Its varnished sides
were plastered yellow; its white canvas
cover was splashed all over; the rubber
front bad turned from black to a light color.
The wheels were so thickly clogged with
mud that their size was greatly magnified.
We three, in our rubber coats and top
boots, scarcely looked human. I bad to
abandon spectacles early in the fray, be-
BADLY STUCK
cause I only had them wiped in time to get
them dimmed again with liquid earth
squirted obliquely up over the dashboard.
We were now coated thickly with dried clay
all over. Altogether, it was a weather
beaten exploring party that finished the 28
mile ride lrom Uniontown to Waynesburg.
To the Bottom of a Dole.
Onr hard work began that morning with
in an hour after our start. The mnd was
about a foot deep on an average. In Mano
lian township wallowing in water we ap
proached a certain spot. The water proved
deceptive, for where we thought it was only
a iooi aeep, nice the balance of the road, the
I hole proved at least "two and a half feet in
depth. Down went the wagon, up to the
hubs in mire. The wheels stopped and
wouldn't budge.
Joshua Wonart, the obliging farmer at
that point, permitted ns to tear down his
fence in order to have a good
assortment of rails to choose
from. I selected a good one
ana went to wort between the wheels. The
driver whipped np the horses, and although
both of us had sunk to onr boot tops in the
piiwe presently had the thing moving.
The photographer, instead of helping to pry
out the wheels, hopped over a fence and set
up his camera for the picture which ac
companies this article.
The Wont Experience Tel.
But by all odds the worst experience we
had was just before we left Fayette county.
We encountered one of those peculiar sink
holes of a quicksand character. Nothing
but a sogcy appearance of the surface warns
one of the existence of a trap. In this in
stance we only noticed that the road had a
heaped-np appearance in the middle. But
the moment the horses' hoofs touched it,
down they sank.
In quicker time than it takes to write this
Beaver was in up to his knees and couldn't
budge. Down went Bucephalus next It
was not the wagon that got stuck this time.
It was the horses. As soon as they found
they couldn't move they became frightened.
Beaver tried to leap forward. He failed to
move a limb. Then Bucephalus made a
vicious lunge, almost rolling out of the har
ness. Sinking Oat of Slcbr.
"Don't let them stand still," yelled John
Pmdlcy, a farmer who lives near, "or you
will have to dig them out,"
Sure enough, we saw thorn sinking stead
ily before our eyes. Beaver is the heaviest
horse and at last his body was within six
inches of the surface. In the meantime the
driver had jumped out upon the pole and
was whipping the horses furiously. They
racked, groaned, plunged and then sank
back. All hands pushed the wagon against
them tO Scare them urnrco Tlio irl,inn;,rr
increased in fury and at last the poor ani
mals succeeded in raiting their feet'to harder
ground and dashed away toward the west.
Rails as Danger Signals.
We passed through six more such sink
holes that afternoon. But we were always
prepared after the first experience, for
wherever we observed the tops offence rails
sticking out of the ground we found they
meant danger signals planted there by other
teamsters who had been stuck before us. In
such cases we lightened the wagon (we
carry ballast purposely for such occasions),
tightened the harness, and then laid on the
whip. Once that alternoon I was driving
my,first experience with the ribbons. Sud-
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dcnly, the regular driver arose excitedly
from the rear seat and cried:
"Whip up Beaver, for goodness sake.
We're caught again. We're in a "
And before he could finish, down we sank
toward the subterranean regions of Jefferson
township once more.
He leaped out and while I jerked and see
sawed the lines Le plyed the whip.
A Tedious Ronttne.
And thus the day's journey continued.
Seats inside were early rendered untenable
on account of the water we shipped. The
roughness was worse than anything wc ever
dreamed of. Our backs cot to aching. We
would take turns at resting by walking a
few miles. We walked until our limbs were
so tired that we could enjoy riding. Then
we rode until our backs were so tired that
we preferred walking. In this harmonious
routine the day passed. L. E. StOFIEL.
THEATRICAL TASK DISASTER.
A Reservoir Willi 1,00 0 Gallon ot Wilier
Smnshes Up Thine Generally.
re rrciAi. telegram to this DisrATcn.i
Philadelphia, April 13. The new
Park Theater was damaged to the extent of
810,000 to-day. Shortly alter 10 o'clock Mr.
Dennis, the treasurer, while sitting in his
office auditing the accounts was startled by
hearing a loud report which reverberated a
thousand times through the vast auditorium
and which seemed to come from the
rear of the theater. The large water tank
directly above the stage, a distance of more
IN THE MUD.
than 125 feet, had fallen. In its descent it
had crashed through what is known as the
point frame and bridge above the flies,
used in shifting the scenes. Passing
through them with a velocity that did not
impede its flight, one section of the stage
floor was crushed through and sank about
three feet in the earth of the cellar. The
hoops binding the reservoir, which con
tained over 1,000 gallons of water, did not
burst until the cellar was reached.
Then the sudden concussion sent the
staves flying to all points of the compas",
like so many matchsticks, and deluging the
basement Most of the scenery used by Wil
son were smashed beyond recognition, and a
large quantity of tne stock scenery of the
theater was badly damaged. There is a
serious break in the roof, and the lighting
plant of the house is injured.
A GIGANTIC STRIKE ORDERED.
Boston Building Trndrs Issuo nn Order
AflVcting 20,000 Workmen.
tsrnciAi. TELEGRAM TO TOE SISPATCIM
Boston, April 13. To-morrow there will
be inaugurated in this city a strike, which
will be felt in nearly all the large cities ot
thecountry. The firm of Norcross Brothers,
.which has contracts lor building big public
uuuumgs, ana notanie structures in all
parts of the Union, has fallen into a dispute
with the Amalgamated Building Trades
Union, whose headquarters are in this city,
and a general strike has been ordered to
take effect to-morrow. Under that order
20,000 workmen in various parts of the
country, including 1,500 in Boston, will re
fuse to so work, and the building of several
big structures will be seriouslv delayed
thereby.
In Boston the big buildings affected are
the 52,000.000 State House extension, the
Public Library, the Court House, the Stock
Exchange and Fred L. Ames' 14-story
block. It will be one of the biggest strikes
on record of men employed by a single firm.
It grows out of the lockout "of free stone
cutters last winter. Norcross Bros, are at
present erecting buildings in New York,
St. Louis. Omaha, Chicago, Galveston, and
ia other smaller cities and towns. The firm
is the biggest concern of its kind in the
country. The strike is the ontcome.of the
recent lockout of free stone cutters, and is a
practical defiance to all builders.
HOT AFTER THE POLICE.
Tho Central Labor Union of New York
Opposed to Oulclnl Corruption.
New York, April 13. At a meeting of
the Central Labor Union to-day a copy of
resolutions passed by the Police Commis
sioners last week, stating that they were
always ready to examine into any charges
which the Central Labor Union might make
against the police department, was received.
In answer to this, a long preamble and
resolution were passed, stating that the
Police Commissioners were in possession
of sufficient evidence to close everv
I one of the hundreds of gambling houses.
uaucc nouses, etc, Dut tney preferred
to have that state of affairs exist so that
their subordinates could amass ill-gotten
wealth. The resolution instructed the
special committee on police investigation
to call for volunteers from the affiliated
unions to assist them in shadowing every
police captain in Kew York, and his tools,
who are known to be corrupt and lawless,
in order to publicly expose their misdeeds,
"and sweep from power the infamons system
which has fostered immorality and crime in
public places."
A HOTEL IN FLAMES. '
The Work of a Cnrelcsx Chambermaid Who
Overturned a Lamp.
Detroit, April 13. Fire this evening
cutted the fourth and fifth floors of the Hotel
Plankinton, and tho lower floors of the
hotel were seriously damaged by water. At
8 o'clock a chambermaid named Antoinette
Fabrein rushed from her room on the fourth
floor of the hotel, enveloped in Acmes. Tt U
supposed she overturned a lamp. She was
seriously, but not fatally, burned.
The flames auicklv soared to the fifth (inl
and through the halls of the fourth, com
pletely gutting that part of the building be
fore they were got under control. The flames
also descended the elevator shaft to the office
and lower floors, but they were extinguished
before doing great damage. The damage by
water, where the flames did not reach, is
heavy. The loss on tbe hotel furnishings is
put at $50,000; insurance $10,000. Loss on
building $75,000; insurance, $30,000.
The Argentine BllnUtry Resigns.
London, April 13. A dispatch from
Buenos, Ayres announces the resignation of
the Argentine Ministry.
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PITTSBURG, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1890.
TO BOOM HASTINGS.
A Monster Mass Meeting Will Soon he
Held in-Philadelphia.
MEMBERS OP THE UNION LEAGUE
Are Taking Quite a Prominent Part In the
New Movement.
LAWRENCE COUNTY FOE DELAMATER.
Considerable Tronble in the Democratic Ranis In
Dlstorlc Fayette.
A public demonstration is being arranged
in Philadelphia with the object of booming
General Hastings for Governor. Many
prominent members of the parly, including
a large number of tbe Union League, are
interested in the movement.
'Sr-ECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, April 13. The friends
of General Hastings in this city have put
on their war paint and propose to make a
lively fight against the nomination of Sena
tor Dels mater. The first step in this direc
tion will take definite shape at a meeting to
be held in the office of Alexander P. Coles
berry to-morrow afternoon. For several
days past a number ot the members of the
Union League and some prominent business1
men have affixed their signatures to a call
to be issued the present week for a public
meeting to be held in the Academy of
Music.
The object of the meeting is stated in the
call to be to present an emphatic indorse
ment of the candidacy of General Hastings
for Governor, believing it to be for the best
interests of the Republican party that he
should be nominated. This is about the
snbstance of the call.
A FORMIDABLE MOVEMENT.
Host of those who have signed the circu
lar are members of the Union League, but
the leagne, as an organization is not taking
any part in the movement. Agreat many
of the signers were also secured from busi
ness men on Market and Chestnut streets by
personal calls. At the meeting to be held
to-morrow alternoon arrangements will be
made for a general meeting of the signers
later in the week.
Committees will be appointed at this
meeting and then the call will be published
in the papers. Copies will bo printed and
circulated generally among the citizens.
At the meeting a number of prominent
speakers will be present and present to the
audience the reasons why it is to the best in
terests of the party to nominate General
Hastings. The papers for the call were
started on their rounds to-day.
It was the original intention to have only
the names of about 25 persons on tho call,
but others desiring to join in the call no
limit was placed upon tbe number. To-night
when about one hundred and fifty names
had been secured, it was thought a sufficient
number, and the meeting in Mr. Colesberry's
office was determined upon.
A HOST OF SIGNERS.
Among those who are in the list of signers
are a number who were on the old Committee
of One Hundred. This end of the matter
is being looked after by Rudolph Blanken
burgfcnd Joel J. Baily. Among" the sign
ers to the cull the most prominent are:, l..
. v. aousioo, president 01 tne
Union League, Colonel Wendell P. Bow
man, William B. Worne, John L. Lawson,
General L. L. Merritt, Prof. William H.
Pancoast, Joel J. Baily, John Lucas, John
Mundell, Alex Crowe, Rudolph Blanken
burg, Congressman Charles O'Neill. James
C. Kelsh, James J. Martin, John W.
Woochouse, J. Raymond Cleehorn. Theo.
E. Wiedersheim, James H. Lambert, Lewis
Blaylock, Harry Blynn, Henry Erven,
Frederick A. Lex, E. A. Hancock, Will
iam H. Hurley, Walter T. Bradley, Win
throp Smith, John M. Walton, J. B. Ag-
new, JacoD M. Donaldson, H. E. Garsed,
John E. Woolcot, Charles J. Field, F. W.
Brocke, James B. Kerr, William T. Don
aldson, James A. Freeman, R. A. Lewis,
J.E. Barr, William Tucker, Alfred Tierce,
Dr. F. Ernst Goodman, Charles H. Wood
ruff, C. F. Hewfon, George B. Howie, Dr.
Joseph Pettit, William H. Oakford, A. W.
Littlefield, Samuel Disston, Albert Wagner,
Colonel Lewis D. Baugh, M. E. McDowell,
Dr. C. Ellsworth Hewitt, J. Addison Wood
ruff, Thomas B. Lancaster, George A.
Bernard, II. Dale Benson, E. B. Tyson,
John H. Kennedy, Arthur Moore, William
B. Eiley, Daniel A. Wolbur, James G.
Croxton, Abram S. Patterson, Joseph
Culbert, Major J. S. Singer, H. E. Alte
mus, W. K. Jewell, John McCurdy, James
N. Bennett, W. E. Archambault, Jr.,
Charles Benjamin Wilkinson and J. W.
Campion.
THE OBJECT OF IT.
Thomas Cochran, who is a warm admirer
of General Hastings, in explaining the
movement to-night, said: "The meeting will
not be held to attack Senator Delamater.
It is not against him or any other candidate.
On the contrary it is an indorsement of Gen
eral Hastings. There is absolutely nothing
in the assertion that has been made that this
is an attack upon Senator Quav. It is onr
expression of preference for General Has
tings." LAWRENCE COUNTY PRIMARIES.
Defeat of the Candidates Who Were Op
posed to Delamater.
.gFKCTAI. TELKOBAM TO THB DISPATCn.1
New Castle. April 13. The Republi
can primaries were held in this county yes
terday, but so fiercely was each office con
tested for and so close that it is impossible
to tell the result, Hon. Oscar L. Jackson
had no opponent for Congress and received
the full party vote. George W. Johnstown
and George D. Brown easily defeated Will
iam D. Wallace and Eev. William Mehard,
who were opposed to Delamater. For mem
bers to tjie Assembly with two to elect.
Hon. William P. Morrison is considered
safe, and the second member will be either
A. M. Phillips or S. C. McCrearv. It. C.
G. AVhite defeated ex-Mayor Robert C. Mc
Cliesney for the office of County Treasurer.
Everything is now in but five precincts,
and Alexander Richardson leads by 17
votes more than Crawford, and the latter
has 40 more than Eckles for County Com
missioner, with two to nominate. The
primaries were the most exciting held in
Lawrence county for years.
TROUBLE IN FAYETTE COUNTY.
Democratic Lenders at Loggerheads Over
the Nomination for Treasurer.
rSriOIAt TStEGBAM TO TBK DISFATCH.1
Uniontown, April 13. It Is said that a
decided coolness has sprung up between
Democratic County Chairman John Thorn
dell and Colonel T. B. Searight. Chairman
Thorndell is ambitions to become Demo
cratic .nominee for County Treasurer, and
Colonel Searight, who considers himselt the
leader of the Democratic hosts in this county
since tbe death of Hon. C. E. Boyle, thinks
Mr. Thorndell is not the proper man for tbe
honors. Thorndell, however, refuses to
dance to the Colonel's fiddle, and it looks
as though there was trouble ahead for the
Democracy of old "Fiatt'
Colonel Searight, too, is anxious that the
delegates to the State Convention be in
structed to vote for Pattison, while Thorn
dell favors Wallace. This order of things
tends to widen the breach between the
Chairman and the Colonel. ChannceyF.
Black, being a citizen of Fayette county at
one time, has many supporters here, and
may be the compromise candidate.
A MINERS' MEETING
To Agree Upon a Scale of Wages for tbe
Ensiling Year Tho Indiana Field
OIny be Controlled by a
Gigantic Trasl.
tSPECIAL TRLEGIUM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Columbus, April 13. The miners of the
State will meet in delegate convention to
morrow to decide whether they will main
tain district organizations orhave one single
body for tbe State. The miners of Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
West Virginia will meet to revive the inter
state agreement and agree on a scale of wages,
there will be a contest on both points, as the
operators are not inclined to concede the de
mand. Patrick McBryde, of the United
Miner::, has just returned from Illinois and
Indiana, where he has been organizing the
miners and says they are all enthusiastic
over the prospectof a higher 'schedule.
The new organization is growing rapidly
In membership. It is expected by May 1
there wHl be 60,000 organized miners in the
competitive district, which may, to some
extent, affect the deliberations of the joint
convention.
This is a proDosed trnstembracine: Indiana.
A movement is on foot to control the nfines
of that Stale by one corporation. Mr.
Daniels, of the Brazilian black field, is
spoken of for tbe Presidency of the com
pany. The operators claim they can save
$50,000 a year by the combination. It will
be far-reaching and control millions of
capital.
BUILDING TRADES PARALYZED.
Two Iiobor Organizations Aro Straggling
for Supreinncy nt Baltimore.
fSPECIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Baltimore, April 13. A great fight is
in progress here between the Knights of
Labor and tbe Federation of Trades, which
must culminate in a short time in a com
plete disrnption of the two labor organiza
tions here, unless a comnromise is reached.
The Federation of Trades insists on the
adoption of the card system, and the Knights
of Labor as bitterly oppose this plan. Already
birmea uuve ueuu luuuuraieu uy lue wuriwerB
on bnildings where Knights ot" Labor men
are employed, and the remarkable spectacle
is presented of Knights of Labor men and
non-union men working in common against
tne trades, xne .federation has declared
that no one shall be employed on Any build
ing who is not a member of their union.
More than one-half ot the bricklayers be
long to tbe union, about one-third of the
carpenters are also members and the hod
carriers, 1,200 strong, are solidly with the
trades.
The union has achieved temporary suc
cess at the large sugar refinery being built
at Curtis Bay, the builder promising to per
suade bis workmen to join the Federation.
Work has been stopped at the Bryn Mawr
school. Central Savings Bank building and
the new Associated Beform Church. Every
union man has notified the contractors that
the card system will be enforced by May 1,
when the two great organizations will lock
horns. The Federation is much the stronger
numerically now, but the Knights of Labor
claim to have the best discipline. Just now
all bnilding trade is paralyzed.
ELOPING RDKS IX THE FAMILY.
Highly Educated Yoathfal Bride Goes
Away Wltb aa Old I.ovrr.
JUFSCtAI. TEUORAM TO TIIK DISV4T0II.I t
Bushviltte, Pa., April 13. Susie'Crow-
nell, aged 18, daughter of Captain Leo
Crownell, an old lake skipper, was to have
married Dr. George Bouse, at this place one
year ago. A week before the wedding was
to come off tbe doctor went away on a busi
ness trip and did not return. What became
of him nobody knew. Six months ago Miss
Crownell began to receive the attentions of
Lester Stout, a well-to-do young man
living in a neighboring village, and two
weeks ago they were married. Last week
Dr. Bouse returned to Bushvilfe as sud
denly as he had disappeared. No one knew
where he had been or what kept him away,
but his reasons forgoing and staying so long
must have been satisfactory to the young
woman he was to have married, for on Fri
day she eloped with him.
The runaway pair were heard of in Dun
kirk, but since then all trace of them has
been lost The parties are prominent
socially and wealthy. The eloping bride
was educated abroad. She is a handsome
brunette. She speaks six languages fluently1.
Her mother was a Cnban, and eloped with
Captain Crownell from New Orleans and
married him 2D years ago, jilting a wealthy
Cuban lover. ,
SAWTELLE CONFESSES.
no
Says Tie Lured Ills nrother Into tho
Woods Bat Did Not Kill Iilm.
Boston, April 13. A local paper to-day
prints a confession made to his counsel by 1
Isaac B. Sawtelle, of Boston, now in jail at
Dover, N. H., awaiting trial for the murder
of his brother, Hiram, whose mntilated body
was found buried in the woods in Lebanon,
Me., last February.
In this alleged confession Isaac says that
he and Hiram's wife were parties to a con
spiracy to lure Hiram to an abandoned camp
in Lebanon, Mc., where he was to be held
captive by the notorious Dr. Blood and ex
Convict Jack (who have been suspected of
having guilty knowledge, at least, of the
murder), until he should relinquish in writ
ing all claim to the estate left by his father.
Isaac decoyed Hiram to Rochester, N. H.,
and drove him to a point, near the camp
where he was turned over to Jack." Isaac
claims that his connection with the case
ended at this point and that he did not know
of Hiram's death until he received a letter
while in Portland, telling him that it was
necessary to put Hiram out of the way and
that each of the trio must look out for him
self. CLOSING DENVER SPEAK-EASIES.
The Sheriff Makes a Raid and Flaces tho
Proprietors In Jail.
Denveb, April 13. For several days a
great many saloons and restaurant keepers
have been selling liquor on the sly contrary
to law.
To-day the Sheriff made a raid on these
places and arrested 70 proprietors, some of
whom are the most prominent in the city.
They , are locked np in jail, bail being re
fused them.
IDLE ITALIANS AGITATING.
Police
Dlsporso tbe Leaders for
Using
Anarchlstlcal Language.
Rome, April 13. A large meeting of un
employed workmen was held here to-day.
Some of the speakers indulged in such vio
lent and anarchistical language that the po
lice finally dispersed the crowd.
Know When They Have a Good Thing.
New York, Annl 13. A State Assem
blyman of this city, who has been pushing
a bill reducjng pawnbrokers' rates, to-day
made the statement that the pawnbrokers
had sent $45,000 to Albany to defeat the
measure.
Portugal Will AttackMpandn.
London, April 13. Advices from Mo
zambique are that Portugal has dispatched
a large armed force np the Shire river with
the, intention of attacking Mpands, The
expedition is supplied with artillery.
Mgmtm
BANKS OF KICH GOLD.
Untold Millions of Mineral Wealth
Discovered by Explorers in
THE GRAND CANON OP COLORADO.
A River Lined With Glittering: Masses of
Yirgin Ore.
GRAND STAMPEDE OP PROSPECTORS
For the Territory Wliere Fortunes Are to be Had for
the Dlsslnj.
Colonel Stanton, who commanded the-
party which explored the Grand Canon of
the Colorado river, says tbe walls or tho
canon contain mineral wealth beyond the
dream of avarice. Prospectors are already
rushing to the spot where fortunes may be
so easily wrcsled from the earth's bosom.
Denver, April 13. Colonel Stanton,
commander of the recent exploring expedi
tion in the Grand Canon of the Colorado
river, to-day makes public some interesting
precious mineral discoveries which his party
made in that far-famed canon.
It now appears that the sole reason why
Harry McDonald deserted the expedition
was on account of these rich discoveries.
He quit the party in the canon and made
his way to Knaub, Utah, where he made
known the new finds, organized a company
of prospectors, and they are now in the
canon in force, the news having leaked out
and a general stampede being the result.
A WEALTH OF MINERALS.
Mr. Stanton has a fine selection of speci
mens, consisting of all the well-known
precious minerals, as well as coal, marble,
etc. He says that 400 miles of the canon
shows a. wealth of precious mineral. The
steep walls of the canon show quartz veins
in places, and assays from specimens ob
tained on the trip down the river demon
strate that these veins are of remarkable
richness.
The action of the water has worn smooth
the sides of the canon, and the vein matter
is clearly discernable to the naked eye.
Placer gold ia found nearly the entire length
of the river. Every point panned produced
color, and in places the bars were found to
contain coarse gold in surprising quantities.
DEVELOPED BY THE AZTECS.
In one place south of Lee's Ferry veins
were found which had evidently been de
veloped in a crude way by the Indians, per
haps by the now extinct race of Aztecs.
Mr. Stanton says the placers could be easily
worked because there is no lack of water
facilities.
A short distance below Lee's Ferry the
expedition ran across Old Jack Sumner, a
member of Major Powell's original expedi
tion in 1869, washing out gold in a primi
tive way, and taking out from $5 to $10 per
day. Sumner, aged with the 20 odd years
he has spent in the canon, is still looking
for the immense mineral outcroppings which
were discovered by Major Powell's ex
pedition. Colonel Stanton is of the belief
that he has relocated the bonanza so much
talked about by Powell's men.
AN OLD MAN'S JEALOUSY
Leads Him to Kill His Young Wife and
Then Hang Hrnnelf.
- - Detroit,- April-13. A-fotnie cottage at
22G Third street, this city, was the scene of a
horriblemnrder and suicide some time during
last night, Alexander Cuddy, aged 62, and
his wife, aged 30, resided there. It has been
known for some time that Cuddy and his
wife lived unhappily together. Last night
people who passed the house heard lond and
angry words, but as such occurrences were
common in that neighborhood, nothing was
tbonght of the matter.
Thiq mnrntnp Herbert dnrldv a enn nf
'Alexander by a former wife, went to the
house, but could not gain admittance. He
then proceeded to break open the back door
and when his efforts were crowned with
success a horrible sight met his gaze. His
father was hanging lrom a rafter quite dead
and at his feet lay the disfigured body of
his wife, and near at hand was found an axe
besmeared with blood. A deep gash on the
woman's left forehead showed how she had
met her horrible fate. Cuddy left a ramb
ling letter addressed: "To the press," the
gist of which was that he was jealous of his
wife; that they lived unhappily together
and he thought it best they should both be
dead.
MURDERED AN OLD SLAYE.
Ono of Senator Vance's Former Chattels
Killed for Her Money.
AsheviLle, N. C, April 13. A
hnr.
rible murder has been committed
three
miles west of this city. Harriet Williams,
a colored woman and former slave of Sena
tor Vance's family, was found lying upon
the floor of her house at 7 o'clock this
morning unconscious and died in about two
hours without uttering a word.
Seven terrible wounds were discovered on
her body and three on her forehead and the
top of ber head showing the full length of
the blade of an ax which lay beside tbe
body. The murder was evidently the work
of a would-be robber.
GONE UP IN YALUE.
KlngLeopoId KoIanlC4, 000,000 In Cash
for the Gringo Stnte.
London, April 13. A dispatch from
Brussels says it is stated that Belgium
guarantees a loan of tbe Congo State of
6,000,000. It is rumored that King Leo
pold refused Germany's offer of 4,000,000
for the Congo State.
The Paris correspondent confirms the re
port that King Leopold was desirous of
selling the Congo State, but the French
right of refusal, and Stanley's reports of
rubber on the Aruwhemi, led to indecision.
THE CHARGES MAGNIFIED.
A Partial Denial of tbo Reports of Turkish
Outrages nt Rethymo.
Candia, Crete, April 13. A Turkish
councilor has been making inquiries at
Bethymo into the charges of Turkish cruel
ties and outrages. '
As a result of the investigation tbe coun
cilor admits that the Turks have been
guilty of excesses, but declares that the
facts have been greatly magnified. Two of
tbe chief oflenders have been arrested.
GERMANY USES THREATS
To Compel the Snllan of Zanzibar to Cancel
Concessloas.
Zanzibar, April 13. It is ascertained
that the Germans, by threats, have com
pelled the Sultan to cancel the concessions
of Manda and Patti to the British East
Africa Company. It is generally believed,
however, that tne matter is still the subject
of negotiations.
An Imposing Funeral.
Eome, April 13. The late Signor Sam
was bnried to-day with imposing ceremonies.
The funeral procession occupied two hours
in passing.
Chief Mourner and Corpse.
-Berlin, April 13. Prince Bismarck is
credited with describing- his last days in
Berlin as a first-class funeral.
A
Or next
A STEAMER WRECKED.
Six Persona Perish A Passenger Boat Col
lldes Wltb a Bridge and Its Liv
ing Freight Is Swept
-Into the Wnter.
ISFICIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCTM
East Saginaw, April 13. The Handy
Boy, a little steamer carrying about 75
passengers, plying between this city and
Bay City.on the Saginaw river.left her dock
in this city to-day on a regular trip with
about 35 passengers. It was necessary for her
to pass through the draw of the Flint and
Pere Marquette Bailroad bridge, and at her
signal the draw was opened for her passage
Just at this moment Captain Dolsen left the
wheel and began collecting fares, giving the
wheel in charge of some one, nobody seems
to know whom. At any rate tbe boat shied
off, and struck a pier with a terrific crash
60 feet from the middle of the draw passage.
The whole upper deck, with about 18 pas
sengers, was swept off into the water, part
of the debris crashing down on the deck be
low. Boatmen on the shore saw the dis
aster, and at once put off to the rescue
of tbe people struggling in the
water or clinging to the wreck
and the piers. The Handy Boy did not
sink, but lay a wreck against the pier, thus
averting greater loss of life. Most of the
passengers were easily rescued but those iu
the water were saved with much difficulty.
In the confusion it is difficult to tell
just how many were drowned,
bat it is certain that six were
lost. Miss Mary Haight and Mrs. Catherine
Navit, of East Saginaw, are amomg them.
Two other ladies and a man are also miss
ing. No bodies have yet been recovered.
Captain Dolsen, as soon as he reached tbe
shore, disappeared and cannot be found. It
is supposed he has fled.
The injured are: David Bliss, hurt by
flying timber; Fish, scalded; D. T
Packer, scalded; Miss Delia Bock, taken
out of water unconscious; J. W. Thompson,
severely scalded; Randolph Wrege, scalded.
George Little, engineer, and Edward
Trump, who had charge of the steamer's
wheel, were arrested.
FATHER JAEN'S TROUBLES ENDED.
The PlnlntlflT In tbo Famous Suit Against
Bishop Hennessy Maccumbs to Grip.
Lyons, Ia., April 13. Father F. C.
Jaen, the plaintiff in the famous suit for
$100,000 against Bishop Hennessy, of
Dubuque, died here very suddenly yester
day from tbo effects of the grip. Father
Jaen was aged 64, and was a native of
France, where most of his relatives re
side. ,
His troubles commenced in 1S72 when
Bishop Hennessy. on a charge of disobedi
ence, removed him. He was then castor
of St. Irxneus' Church at Lyons,
and became involved in a quar
rel with some members of his
congregation. Bishop Hennesy sided
with the latter, and because the Reverend
Father would not obey tbe Bishop's orders
in the matter he was nnfrocked. He then
began his suit for $100,000 damages. After
meeting with numerous set backs he at last
got the case before a Dubuque court. A
demurrer was entered against his suit on the
ground that it was barred by tbe statute of
limitations, and that a civil court could not
review the acts of a Bishop in a purely
ecclesiastic matter. The case was heard
January 9 last, and the decision was ad
verse to Father Jaen.
COMMITTED SUICIDE
Bccnuso Ho Was Accused of Trying
to
Abdact n Senator.
rSnCCIAL TKtEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.I
Denver, April 13. Some months ago a
local newspaper published an account here
that two young men had concocted a plot to
kidnap Senator Tabor and hold him for a
ransom. It was afterward learned that tbe
boys had been wrongly accused. The fact
that the boys gained considerable unfavor
able notoriety caused Oscar M. Eoberts to
commit suicide, while his companion is re
ported to be going mad. The following let
ter, addressed to his companion, was found
on the dead boy:
Dear Friend Forgivo me for this, my last
act on earth, and believe you now lose your best
friend. Oh, that God in his goodness may also
forgive this, my first, last and only crime. 'Tis
horrible to sit here and know you have seen
yonr last day and leavo this earth bv vonr own
will, and soon bo before your Maker with a
crime upon yonr head. This act Is forced on me
by Loar and the Times. If you are asKed about
those letters tell tho trutb. I have, as joa
know, told all to Mr. Tabor. God knows we
had no criminal tbonght abont them. Tell my
sister to forget she had a brotber. I have not
tbe heart to bid hereoodbye. Oh my darling,
sister, and you, my fiiend, farewell.
O. M. Roberts.
TRIED TO BURN A TENEMENT.
Scores of Lives Risked for tho Snko of n
Small Innarnnce.
New Xobk, April 13. A deliberate tut
vain attempt was made this afternoon to
burn a tenement house in Ludlow street.
The house is a five-story structure with two
families 'living in each floor. For two
months Samuel Schwartz and his wife have
occupied the apartments on the second
story. A fire broke out in their rooms five
weeks ago, but nothing was thought of that.
This afternoon, after they left the house,
fire was discovered in the kitchen, and when
the door was burst in it was found the bed
ding and bed clothes had been piled against
the stove and the whole place saturated
with kerosene. A closet, the clothes in
which had also been soaked in kerosene,
was found to be on fire. Schwartz and hii
wife were arrested. They denied all knowl
edge of the affair. The police say their
household goods were insured.
A NEW BRIDGE FALLS,
Carrying; Two Workmen Into the River and
Killing Them.
rSFSCIAI. TElEaRAM TO TUX DISPATCH.J
Poplar Bluffs, Mo., April 13. The
mfddle span of the new iron bridge, which
is being built across Black river, fell this
afternoon, carrying two men down. Both
were killed, and their bodies are still be
neath the wreck: at the bottom of the river.
Their names are Thomas Brown and James
Boss, and they came from St. Louis.
The .accident was caused by the washouts
of the past month.
GONE DOWN WITH ALL HANDS.
A Ship's Boat Drifting Ashoro Discloses tho
Fate of tho Nellie May.
Victoria, B. C, April 13. A .report
comes from the west coast that part of a
ship's boat, bearing the name Nellie May,
which vessel . left Port Madison, lumber
laden for San Francisco, January 23, has
drifted ashore at Clayoquot Sound, together
with other wreckage. The-supposition is
that the vessel was lost in a storm, together
with all hands.
STANLEY WAS DISDAINFUL,
A French Savnnt'a Objection to the Great
Africna Explorer.
Paris, April 13. The President of the
French Geographical Society is opposed to
a public reception to Henry M. Stanley, be
cause his enterprise had a commercial ob
ject and because he treated Brazra with
disdain.
GREAT FEATURE
Sunday's issue of TUB DIS- 9
j. 14 wj win us a nigmy sensuiionat
narrative which will throw new light
upon Lincoln's assassiit.
THREE CENTS
WIHG BUI WATER
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GROWN Iv AN INLAND SEA;
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Thousands Are Homeless and Speedy
belief is Imperative.
TOE FUTURE DECIDEDLY GLOOMY.
Little Prospects That Any Crop3Will be
Eaised TI1I3 Year.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPES FROM DEATH
p?he first authentic details of the great
Mississipni flood have been received from a
boat expedition now proceeding down the
river. The colored population has suffered
the most, and nnless speedy aid is provided
actual starvation is probable. The financial
loss is enormous.
rfirZCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCn.1
Laconia Circle, Ark., April 13. The
only dry spot of land in an area of perhaps
S00 square miles is the top of the levee
within sight of the room in which this is
being written. It is about 20x300 feet in
size, and is crowded so thickly with cattle
rescued from the flood that the miserable
brutes are constantly pushing each other
into the surrounding water. Twenty rods
away to the south is a large gin house,
60x80 feet in size, with the main floor eight
feet above water.
It is swarming with negroes of all ages
and shades of complexion, clad in the most
picturesque and nondescript garbs imagin
able. There are 150 of them and they have
been housed here for a week. Their cabins
have been swept away and this is their only
refnge.
not exactly a palace.
The walls and rafters of the gin house are
covered with masses of lint cotton and tbe
negroes are prohibited from having either
light or fire. Three flat bottomed boats, an
chored in a patch of willows 200 feet distant,
and which are reached by skiffs or "dug
outs," are utilized as kitchens. These mis
erable refugees have not food enough to last
them five days. They are wholly dependent
npon the generosity of tbe planters and
other white people residing in the little ham
let. It is only a question of a few days until
these resources are exhausted. With plant
ing time yet four or five weeks distant the
question of support for these people is an
exceedingly serious one. There are ten other
gin houses in the Circle crowded to their
utmost capacity with people eqnally 33 des
titute as those I have described. For the
most part they are absolutely without bed
clothing and are compelled to use sacks of
cotton seed for mattresses.
ALONG TnE VALLEY.
After leaving Helena no stop was made
nntil darkness compelled a halt at the
Molloy's landing, 35 miles below. It was
a chance shelter, for The Dispatch boat
had started with the intention ot making
Laconia Circle the same night. A strong
wind that broke th'e surface of the broad
river into fierce white caps interfered seri
ously with its progress, and the lonely
light from the negro's cabin, an hour after
night had settled over the water, shone oat
like a beacon for a harbor of safety.
Molloy's log cabin con sists of two rooms.
His own prosperity has made him careless
or, perhaps, forgetfal of the needs of other
colored people.
"Ders a lot ob lazy cnllud folks just
waitin forh d'Gov'ment to issha rations, "
he says. "Ef dey ken get grub for noffin'
dey done shuah not gwine t'wohk."
A CHARGE OF FAVORITISM.
Molloy also charged, and with a great
deal of truth, as was subsequently learned,
that relief that had been forwarded to cer
tain points in previous inundations had
been given only to a favored few. Sunday
morning revealed stranger sights than any
that had yet been witnessed. At the head ,
of Island 66, as the boat shot round a point, '
it ran over the truck patch surrounding a
cabin on the Oliver plantation.
A negro was perched on the roof of tfie
cabin. It was the only place in his home
where he could stand "upright. The water
was within four feet of the eaves. A false
floor ot fence rails had been constructed in
the dwelling. In answer to the boatman's
hail two women and a man emerged, walk
ing in a stooping position. They said that.
they had enough meal and pork to last them
a week.
At Anderson's Landing, Miss., 20 miles
below, behind a huge levee which was
washed by the current to within two feet of
its top, lay a plantation of 800 acres dotted
with white cabins and fat cattle. It was as
free from water as though the Mississippi
were 100 miles distant.
NO FLOOD THERE.
Negro girls dressed in their best gowns
sunned themselves in tbe cabin doors. The
men lounged on the levee or gossipped in
the barnyard. It was an ideal Southern
plantation scene. The place is owned by
Dr. Anderson, of Memphis. The water
from the break at Austin, 86 miles above,
had not affected it, for the sloughs and
bayous had carried the great volume out to
tne lazoo basin. But there had been a ter
rible figbt for days to save the embankment
in front of the plantation, and hundreds of
coffee sacks filled with dirt had been used
to fill in the ruts made by the river.
At Knowlton's Landing, on the Arkansas
side, the current was running ten miles an
hour through the abandoned negro quarters
on the Lee place. It poured over the old
levee with a loud hissing noise. Over half
the negroes here had removed to Memphis.
Mr. E. H. Beith, who leases the Lee planta
tion and who owns the one adjoining, rowed
out and greeted the newspaper boat. He
was cheerful despite the fact that the river
was higher than it had ever been before
known on his property.
ATTACKING THE GOVERNMENT.
He bitterly condemned the policy of the
Government, which he said encouraged the
construction of levees in Mississippi and
neglected to aid in the erection of dykes on
the Arkansas side. The result,, he believed,
would be the ultimate abandonment of all
the river plantations ofthe west side of the
river in Arkansas and Louisiana- The
Mississippi embankments forced the water
to the opposite s.hore and the level raised to a
point that it would not otherwise reach.
Laconia presented a dreary, forlorn ap
pearance even under the influence of an
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