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TEAU. PITTSBURG, MONDAY, JANUARY 26. 189L . THREE CENTS.
II I lllllVI 111 I Fir I Hu I I and boats are used in the streets to convey b-,'og in the western circuit, connecting at . gard this action as revolutionary. proved. 3
Snow, Sleet and Rain All Com
bine in the Work of
Destruction.
PLAYED HAVOC WITH WIRES
But Meager Details From the Prin
cipal Cities and Nolhin? From
Remote Points.
EUMOES OF EUIN ON THE COAST.
Anxious Persons Inqnire for the Safety of
Friends in Atlantic City, bnt
Get 'o Information.
ALARMIKG CONDITION OF THE RIVERS.
Tie Es!uefcisi and Kuj Strums in Her Terk tri
Knr Esglui Gorged With Ice ui Amy
Ortr Their Bub
ACODENTS REFORTID FEOM THE KETR0POLI3
"While Pittsburg was enjoying the bright
sunlight which yesterday struggled with the
cool but pleasant January air, the East was
in the throes of a widespread and terrific
storm snow, sleet and rain combining in
the work of havoc To add to the gravity
of the situation any number of rivers, in
cluding the Susquehanna in this State, the
Mohawk in 2few York, and the principal
Iew England streams are either over their
banks or blockaded by ice gorges, and disas
trous floods seem imminent The telegraph
facilities, as usual, suffered in the most
pronounced manner. The Dispatch sys
tem of special wires was rendered absolutely
useless so far as reaching the cities of .New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and "Wash
ington, with their intermediate points, and
there was only one wire working between
this city and Harrisburg. Early this morn
ing the Associated Press was able to secure
partial communication with New York.
The Limits of the Storm.
"The storm extended from the other side
of the mountains to the Atlantic coast," said
the night manager of the Postal. "It went
as far South as Baltimore and Washington,
and its Northern limit was not tar above
Kew York. Our worst break is about 30
miles this side of Harrisburg, and we have
men there at work repairing the damage
and will be all right by noon to-morrow.
The storm is now-ojl over. It was a rain
that froze as it caught the irires, until some
of them were as thick with ice as a man's
arm. The last storm of this kind occurred
'in 1884."
At the Western Union office the night
manager said that they could not get any
wires further than Harrisburg. "The storm
seemed to center around Philadelpnia,"
said he, "but it extended as far as the At
lantic coast."
The limited on the Pennsylvania road ar
rived about an hour late last evening, hav
ing been delayed by the storm. The rail
road telegraph operators said the wires" along
the road between Harrisburg and Philadel
phia were blown down, and that was all
they knew about it. The storm commenced
Saturday night and reached a climax earlv
Sunday morning. Kain and sleet pre
dominated. Humors of Kuin at Atlantic City.
When it was rumored aronnd that Atlan
tic City had been badly damaged by the
utorm a number of people gathered at the
Union station to get information, but they
did not receive it. The operators had not
been informed and the crowd left disap
pointed. The Pennsylvania telegraph men
say the effects of the storm were not felt west
of Harrisburg.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
made arrangements to send two squads of
men East this morning on the 3 o'clock
train to assist in repairing their wires,
which are in bad shape.
With the almost total absence ot tele
graphic facilities it is impossible to estimate
the extent of the damage in the district
affected. Such an extensive loss of com
munication by wire would argue that the
blizzard must have been unusually severe,
but whether the havoc extended to other in
terests in a similar degree only later details
can determine. The dispatches which fol
low, secured with great difficulty, account
for some of the principal points, but practi
cally nothing has been heard from the more
remote districts.
Fears of a Susquehanna Flood.
According to the last reports received
from the Susquehanna Valley before com
munication was interrupted, there is every
reason: to fear a disastrous flood. A tele
gram sent from Wilkesbarre late Saturday
night states that the greatest alarm existed
among the people residing in the lower part
of the city and on low lands on both sides of
the Susquehanna river. The water is stead
ily rising and a great flood is threatened
before daylight. Many people were moving
out of their houses. At Wilkesbarre the
water was 23 feet above high water mark.
At Forty Fort the people had vacated their
homes.
A telegram sent from Plymouth at about
the same hour announced that the immense
ice gorge in the Snsqnehanna practically
remained intact, despite the attempts made
toopen it The river continued to rise at
.the rate of four inches an hour, and was
over the banes' edge, and a flood is feared.
The water at 1 a. sl Sunday was the highest
known since 18C5.
An ice jam iu the Lackawaxen, opposite
Honesdale, is flooding all the cellars in the
lower part of the town. The borough Coun
cil has been using powder trying to break
the ice so that the water will find its way
through the main channel, but as yet it re
mains solid. Great damage is feared there.
Iii Now lork and New Enctand.
Pennsylvania rivers are not the only
noes in a dangerous condition. A dispatch
from Utica states that the recent thaw
caused an ice blockade in the Mohawk river
at Tribes Hill. It began to break Saturdav.
During the afternoon it started three times
and stopped. The hotel and several houses
at Fort Hunter are surrounded with wter,
and boats are used in the streets to convey
people. The ice is gorged opposite Tribes
Hill, and is within two feet of the suspen
sion bridge. The ice on Schoharie creek is
gorged at Mill Point, and all houses around
there are inundated. At Fonda the water
approaches within a few feet of the Snell
House. Another big ice gorge formed about
a mile below Amsterdam, and the water is
backing up rapidly. Much damage is
feared unless the gorge gives way soon.
The floods in the New England streams,
which have been causing trouble for several
days, according to the latest advices obtain
able, show no signs of abatement The loss
to the exposed property has already been
severe.
Details of the situation, from such points
as can be reached by wire, are appended.
NEW YORK KNOCKED OUT.
AS MUCH DAMAGE DONE AS ST
GKEAT BL1ZZAED OF 1888.
THE
Firo and Police Wires Down and a Patrol
System Established Street lllockedand
Tra el Impeded by the Nets of Twisted
Wires and Broken Poles.
IT etc Yokk, Jan. 25. The storm which
set in at 11 o'clock last night and continued
until noon to-day was the severest of the
season thus far. About six inches of snow
fell, and it was of the wet, clinging kind
that fastened itself to everything it touched,
loading trees until they were shorn of their
branches or fell prostrate with their trunks
snapped off as though they had been mere
twigs, and clinging to the electric wires
until they gave way under the pressure and
broke in all directions, or until the poles on
which they were strung fell, crushed by the
imrcedse weight
The poles fell across streets and against
houses, blocking all traffic on the former,
and threatening death and destruction to
the latter and their inmates. At daylight
this morning the work of destruction had
commenced and it continued until the snow
fall ceased at noon, when the wrecks of
trees and telegraph poles were to be found
on every street, while irregular festoons of
wire were hanging on every hand and de
tached lengths of wire were strung on every
sidewalk.
Disastrous Effects of the Storm.
No such work of destruction has been
known since the great blizzard of March,
18S8, and it is a question if that memorable
storm was more serious in its effects upon
the telegraph poles and wires of the city.
Early in the morning telegraphic and tele
phone connections were broken, and while
the snow did not offer a bar to railroad
traffic, the prostrated poles and fallen wires
prevented the running of cars on many
streets, and even the elevated railroad trains
were compelled to move cautiously, and
were often brought to a stop by the wires
that had fallen across the tracks.
The police and fire departments were
especial sufferers. All wire connections be
tween, the various police.' stations and the
Cental office were broker!, and recourse was
had to messengers. The fire department cir
cuits were generally broken, and as no
alarm could be sent out excepting on a very
few circuits patrols of firemen were estab
lished throughout the city. Men were set
to repair damage at once, and these two
most important of the city departments will
soon have their telegraph service restored.
The same may be taid of the telegraph;, tele
phone and electric light companies, all of
which had their f nil effective lorce engaged
all day.
The Moon Comes to the Rescue.
Many quarter i of the city would be
wrapped in darkness this evening but for
the fortunate circumstance that the moou is
nearly full and supplies in part the lack of
the electric lights, none of which were
working in any portion of the city except
in some sections in the Harlem 'district
Early this evening Acting Superintendent
of Police Byrnes issued a general order
calling upon the police to use extraordinary
vigilance during the night, as the criminal
class might be disposed to take advantage
of the disastrous condition of affairs and
commit depredations against life and prop
erty. Up to this writing nd intelligence
has been received of any disastrous fires or
serious accidents.
At about 9 o'clock this morning seven
huge telegraph poles on Fourth avenue, be
tween One Hundred and Twenty-first street
and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street,
were broken off close to the ground, falling
with a great crash into the cut of the New
York Ceneral Bailroad, effectually blocking
the track. Fortunately no train waspass
ing at the time, but the train for Peekskill,
which left the Grand Central depot at 9
o'clock, had a narrow escape as it came
thundering out of the Yorkville tunnel jnst
as the accident occurred, and was stopped
by a signal at One Hundred and Tenth
street It was nearly two hours before the
wreckage was cleared away and traffic on
the road was resumed.
Trees and Poles Crash Down.
Earlv in the morning an Immense tree
that stood in front of No. 210 East Broad
wav fell into the street, narrowly escaping
a car loaded with passengers. In its descent
it struck the telegraph wires and carried
down a lot of poles. All the telegraph poles
on Seventh avenue from Forty-second street
to Fifty-ninth street are down, covering the
avenue with wires and the fragments of the
poles. The heavy poles on Fifty-ninth
street from Eighth avenue to Eleventh ave
nue suffered the same fate. One of the poles
would have crushed the entrance porch of
the Boosevelt Hospital but for the sustain
ing strength of the wires running to the
next pole, which fell in an opposite direc
tion. The pole at the corner of Fifty-ninth
street and Ninth avenue fell upon the
elevated station at that point and partially
crushed it, but hurt no one. At 7-30 o'clock
in the morninga line of Western Union 80
foot poles fell with a crash, carrying not less
than 150 single wires and two cables two
inches thick, with from 40 to 75 wires in
them, to the ground. The cross-bars scraped
the sides of the brown-stone flats on the
south side of the street as they fell, and
shook the buildings to their very founda
tions. The fall made a sound like thunder,
startling people for blocks away. Many of
the enormous poles were broken fn three
pieces and the cross-arms were shattered.
The houses were so blockaded by the wreck
that until near midday ingress or egress
were impossible.
Killed by Electric Wires.
At an early hour this morning a tele
grap wire broke in front of No. 115 Cham
bers street and fell across an electric light
wire and received its current The wire fell
on the horses of an Eighth avenue car and
the deadly current killed one of them in
stantly. Two or three fires were caused by
the broken electric light wires, but were ex
tinguished with trifling damage. The
whole story of destruction will not be
known until to-morrow, although it is be
lieved that providentially no human lives
have been lost
The local signal service is to-night igno
rant of the weather conditions out of New
York because of tne wreckage of the wires.
The highest velocity of the wind tc-day was
35 miles at 4 a. M. The storm opened in
the Gulf of Mexico on Fridav. It increased
fn severity until it reached Cape Hutteras.
The viiitition reached New fork city at
10:45 with a rain which changed to snow at
11:45 P. M. The blinding snow continued
till 10 A. v. to-day and nine inches fell. It
is thought that the young bliizard did not
extend more than iW mile iiland. The
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Western Union is badly crippled by the
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being in the western circuit, connecting at
Albany to Bochester, Buffalo1 and Chicago,
SCRANT0N STORM-BOUND.
HEAVY SHOW FALL SMASHES TELE
GEAPH AKD TELEPHONE WIBES.
Bailroad Trains Greatly Delayed and Not a
Street Car Able to Run Wilkesbarre
"Entirely Cnt Off From the Outside
World and Its Streets Blocked.
IEFECXU. TELEQKJLX TO TBI DISFJLTCH.1
Sckanton, Jan. 25. This city is storm
bound by the most destructive fall of snow of
the season. The principal streets were this
morning a mass of broken telegraph and tel
ephone wires. The damage to the telephone
service will foot up to thousands of dollars.
The service is entirely interrupted. The
snow clung to the wires, froze there,
and the strain snapped many of
them in two. Lackawanna avenue in one
or to places was for a time impassable on
account of the fallen wires. The telegraph
companies have also sustained a big loss.
The most serious was the fall of a monster
pole directly in front of the Western Union
office. It bore 40 wires. Early in the day
it snapped short off and the wires fell with
a great crash, twisting about each other and
resulting in great confusion.
Bailroad trains are greatly delayed and
not a street car has moved to-day. The
WesternTJnion Company has been able to
open communication with but two outside
cities, Binghamton and Buffalo, and the
office here has been trying to Teach news
paper offices in important centers by means
of these points. The Postal Telegraph Com
pany has not a single wire in operation.
Word brought from the city of Wilkes
barre states that that city bas no telegraph
communication with the outside world. Its
streets are filled with fallen telegraph and
telephone poles, while hundreds of wires
are down. Its street car system is also
blocked.
Pittston is similarly situated, while the
city ot Carbondale, 20 miles north of Scran
ton, cannot be reached at all. The Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western road got one
train through to this city from New York,
reaching here after great delays at 9 o'clock
to-night
The entire fire alarm system of Scranton
has been destroyed. When the telephone
wires dropped this morning they fell on
electric light wires. The telephones con
nected with these wires immediately burned
out, and slight fires were reported in 40
different houses and offices.
JERSEY CITY IN A BAD WAY.
All Wires Down and the Town In Almost
Complete Darkness.
JKKSET Cixt, Jan. 25. The storm has
made of Jersey City a buried town. There
is not an effective wire to be found, either
telegraph, telephone, fire alarm or electric
light save submarine cables to New York
and Brooklyn. The isolation is complete.
The same is true of Hoboken. Fallen poles
and tangled wires cumber the streets in
many places. The Western Union wires
are dead on the West Shore Bailway, and
the only hope south is said to be by the Jer
sey Central Bailway lines.
All the poles on the vast Hackensacc
Meadows are wrecked. The entire police
and fire force in Jersey City and Hoboken
is on duty to quell any fire, there being no
alarm service. At one point 100 telephone
wires .are down xand meshed with ruined
electric light wires. "IChe city is dark save
for gas lamps in a limited area never light
ed by electricity. The district messenger'
service is dead. By much-delayed trains
come reports of utter prostration of all
means of communication in and from out
lying towns through Jersey.
HO MORE GAMES OF CHANCE.
Archbishop Ireland Prohibits Their "Run
ning at All Church Fairs.
St.-Patjl, Jan. 25. The Catholic Church,
which up to the present time has permitted
lotteries at fairs for the raising of money for
church purposes, is to shut down on all such
practices, at least in the section of Minne
sota and North and South Dakota. Arch
bishop Ireland has issued the following
order:
"Public sentiment has become so pro
nounced, and rightly so, against lotteries
and chance games that we deem it our duty
to prohibit altogether, as we now do, the
raising of money for religious or charitable
purposes by the sale of chances, the use of
wheels of fortune, or by any means savoring
of lottery gambling. This rule which we
now make admits oi no exception. It applies
to counties as well as towns and parishes."
ALLEGED COTrNTEEFEITEHS ACQUITTED.
The Jury Finds That They Made Spurious
Money, but Not Blegally.
Ttleb, Tex., Jan. 25. The jury in the
Wards county counterfeiting case, which
has been on trial here for the past week, yes
terday brought in a verdict of "not guilty,"
There were seven defendants on trial, and
before the case was given to the jury four of
them were discharged under the order of the
Court
Specimens of the spurious money was sub
mitted in evidence and to the jury, which
decided that, though the specimens were
counterfeit, they were not made for the pur
pose ot being used as such, and that, there
foro, the defendants were innocent
NEXT Sunday THE DISPATCH -will be
gin publication of a series of South Sea Let
ters by Itobert Eonls Stevenson, the novelist.
Watch for this great feature.
MICA IN NEW JERSEY.
A Discovery That May Mean a Vast Source
of Wealth.
Doyeb, N. J., Jan. 25. A valuable dis
covery of mica has been made on the farm
lands of Mrs. Henry Day, near Mendham.
The find is reported to be worth thousands
of dollars.
Capitalists who were informed of the ex
istence of the mica hastened to the spot,and,
after examining the land, offered a great
sum for it Mrs. Day has refused all these
offers, and announces her intention of work
ing the mine herself.
NEARLY KILLED BY A DREAM.
A Husband Murderously Attacks His Wife
Under a Hallucination.
Beading, Jan. 25. A woman in the
northwestern section of the city is reported
to be dying to-night from internal hemor
rhages. She alleges that her husband dreamed be
was fighting and struck and kicked her in
his sleep, causing injuries which will prob
ably prove fatal.
GETTING BEADY FOB SEA.
The Bevenne Cutter Bear to Have Two Ad
dltional JlLfles.
San Feancisco, Jan. 25. The revenue
cntter Bear is being fitted for sea here, and
work on ber is progressing rapidly.
The most significant change that is being
made in the strengthening of her is the spar
deck, cutting port holes inside, and Rutting
down gun carriages for tiro long four-inch
Jiuwr,
REDUCING HIS 70TE.
RfinTTf.TNA TITS VOW StfSsr .-- .?i5!.5J?E THE GRANGERS' RUT. E.H,-!Jft,. AFTERAVINmflATTOtf. I
Two Ingalls Men Unseated by Kansas'
Alliance Legislature.
CHANCE
SENATOR,
V
The Alliance Leaders Say He Cannot Possi
bly Be Re-Elected.
CONFIDENT
HIS FUIENDS, H0WTEB,
Topeka, Jan. 25. Senator Ingalls was
right when he remarked in his speech last
night that the battle was on. It was on,
and no truce was declared over Sunday.
The Farmers' Alliance was busy all day.
None of the members went home to take ad
vantage of the Sunday vacation. They were
all needed at the caucuses, and they wereall
on hand. Most important action was de
cided upon to-day. That was the unseating of
two Bepublican Bepresentatives, reducing
Mr. Ingalls' force by that number.
The Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions met early this morning to consider the
two contested election cases which still re
main to be disposed of. They were the
cases of Beedy (Alliance) against Boyer
(Bepublican), from Lyons countv; and
Maxwell. (Alliance) against Bood (Bepub
lican), from Marion county, Boyer was
declared elected by seven majority, and
Bood and Maxwell were tied. The commit
tee remained in session until noon, when it
agreed upon a report
Against the Sitting Members.
The committee is composed of four Al
liance, -two Bepublicans and one Democrat
The majority reported that the sitting memj
bers were elected by fraud and the corrupt
tion of votes, and recommends that the con
testants be given their seats. Speaker Elder,
ot the House, was informed of the commit
tee's decision. He immediately called a
caucus of the Alliance members. The caucus
was, as usual, secret. It was brief, however.
From one of the members it was learned
that it had unanimously decided to adopt
the majority report of the committee the
first thing at to-morrow's session, and seat
the contestants in time to give them a vote
on the Senatorial question the following
day. This action will increase the vote of
the Alliance in joint ballot to 94, and will
reduce the Bepublican vote to 64. The
Alliance will then have 30 plurality over
the Bepublicans, and a majority of 21 over
all. It will require 83 votes on joint ballot
to elect
Dnmb as an Oyster.
The Alliance members are garrulous
enough when they are approached on con
templated legislation, but when it comes to
the Senatorial question they are as dumb as
the sphinx. They decline to sayjmything
definite regarding the caucus of 'last night
They do say, however, that no agreement
was reached.
Speaker Elder denies the report that a
ballot was taken last night and that W. A.
Harris, the stock raiser of Leavenworth
county, received 61 votes. He says no bal
lot was taken, and that the claims 'of the va
rious candidates only were considered.
Therewill be no further caucus until to-morrow
night, wbeu it is expected an agreement
will be reached: The Alliance men are all
confident they will elect an Alliance man on
the first ballot to succeed Mr. Ingalls. No
one dares predict who he may be.
No Chance for Ingalls.
Speaker Elder said to-day that by no pos
sible means could Mr-Xngalls be re-elected.
Ninety-errs mcinVert,"1isaId, cre in-honor
ijound to vote againstTllr. IngaTle and he
had no doubt that the two new members to
be seated in the place of Bepublican incum
bents would also give their pledges to the
same effect.
It was at last night's caucus that these
pledges were given. After the various can
didates had pressed their claims, it was de
cided to defer balloting until Monday, but
a resolution was adopted, and signed by all
the members, declaring that the subscribers
to the doenment would vote to the last
against Mr. Ingalls. It seems to be the
general opinion that W. A. Harris and John
Willets now have the lead over the other
Alliance candidates. Mr. Harris is an ex
Confederate and served through the war on
General Lee's staff.
Prejudiced Against a Confederate.
This fact that has prejudiced some 18 or 20
old soldiers against him, and were it not for
that it is generally believed he could win
the prize, hands down. John Willet's stock
was looking up to-day. He is making no
canvass for the place," and his boom is a Bort
of an under-current affair. The other can
didates have about held their opponents.
All was activity at Ingalls' headquarters
to-day. His lriends from all over the State
are here, volunteer recruits in his service.
He held numerous conferences with them to
day. They sav Iugalls will succeed him
self. The Alliance, they say, will be una
ble to agree upon a candidate, and enonch
votes finally will go to Ingalls to elect him.
The Senator was visible to-day to all callers.
He would have nothing to say, however,
about the Senatoriafquestion tq reporters.
THE TATJBENECK ESQUTBY.
The Illinois Legislative Committee
Will
Exonerate Him.
Springfield, Jan 25. The Tanbeneck
investigating committee is preparing its re
port and will submit the same to the House
early in the week, probably on Tuesday.
The committee examined every witness.
The evidence obtained was, however, in
every instance nearly the same. Somebody
had heard that some' one else had told a
third party that "they had heard that
Tanbeneck had served a term in the Colum
bus. O., penitentiary for counterfeiting;
they had afterwards beards that the story
was simply one put in circulation bv his
uncle, years ago, and that there wasnothing
in it"
The report of the committee will not be
much ot a vindication of the charges Mr.
Taubeneck claims were made against him.
It will recite that "upon examination of
witnesses by this committee, no evidence
was produced showing that the rumors
against Taubeneck are true." In brief, that
is all the report will contain. But Mr.
Taubeneck bas declared to the committee
that he is satisfied with the evidence pro
duced before them. Therefore he will
probably be satisfied with the report, and
the same will be adopted by the House, and
Mr. Taubeneck be thus publlclv vindicated.
MOODY HAS NO SHOW.
The South Dakota FoslonlsU Seem to Hold
Winning Cards.
Pieere, S. D., Jan. 25. Considerable
speculation has been indulged in to-day re
garding a new turn in the Senatorial situa
tion; The fusionists are strongly talking of
fixing on either J. W. Harden or. Speaker
Seward as their choice and let one ballot
determine the strongest to-morrow without a
caucus. It is said nearly if not all the Demo
cratic and Independent members have agreed
to vote for one of these two who cast the
greatest vote on joint ballot Harden is of
Democratic pedigree, while Seward has al
ways figured in politics as a free lance.
Moody takes his evident defeat caused by
the unseating of the Linrence county mem
bers coolly, aud deires to remain the'eauens
nominee of the Bepublicans until he or
some other one is named. Senator Petti
grew, who has been here laboring earnestly
in Moody's behalf, is said to feel worse over
the situation than Moodv. There is still
"8UjtWBtJkjrf;toejr OJ
the House seceding and organizing a sepa
rate body, though the more conservative re
gard this action as revolutionary.
THE ILLINOIS SITUATION.
LEGISLATORS URGED TO BE PRESENT AT
THE SESSION TO-DAY.
The Alliance Men Affirm Their Determina
tion to Stand by Strecter EepuMIcans
and Democrats Just as Stubborn in Their
Fight for the Senatorshlp.
Speingfield, Jan. 25. Fully three
fourths of the members of the Thirty-seventh
General Assembly eft the city last
night to spend Sunday at home and it was
not thought that all would get back in time
for the joint session to-morrow. But to-day
the leaders of both parties express them
selves as confident that their full member
ship will be present Both the Democratic
and Bepublican steering committees have
sent telegrams to-day to every absent mem
ber, urging him to use his utmost efforts to
reach the city to-morrow morning; to even
sacrifice his personal comfort and his busi
ness interests if necessary, in order that
he-nfay be present when the joint assembly
is called to order at noon.
The prospects are that next Saturday will
find the Senatorial situation unchanged.
At every joint session each party will be
present with its full strength. The F. M.
B. A. men have expressed their determina
tion to remain firm for Streeter, and a break
in either the Democratic or Bepublican
ranks is entirely unexpected. Each party
seems full of confidence as to the outcome
ot the fight, and General Palmer to-day ex
pressed himself as "certain that a Senator
will be elected before the end pt the week."
The three F. M. B. A. representatives are
to-day as firm as ever in their decision to
stand by Streeter, and their agreement with
party leaders, not to allow their votes to
make a quorum. One Of them, Mr. Cock
rell, expressed himself to-day as "that sooner
or later a man of your choice would secure
the United States Senatorship." Each one
of them still asserts that the ex-Senator is
"this man of their choice." When asked if
they wonld support Streeter throughout the
coming week, Representative Cockrell as
serted: "Yes, and throughout the coming
month if necessary. He is the only man, in
my estimation, who will receive our support
if my efforts are worth anything."
Bepresentative Moore expressed the same
sentiments, saying:
"Streeter is our choice from first to last"
"Yc; I am still tor Streeter," said Her
man Taubeneck, "and will make the same
answer whenever I am asked about it Al
though we have but three votes for him
now, we hope ere long to have the other 100
necessary to secure his election."
Bepresentative Adams, whose condition
yesterday cansed his party friends much un
easiness, is much improved to-day. It now
turns out that the suffering caused, it was
supposed, by bis eye, was simply an
acute attack of neuralgia, and thelnjnred
organ had little, if anything, to do with it
Mr. Adams was able to attend church this
morning, accompanied by his wife, who is
here with him, and took a long walk this
afternoon. He talked quite freely regard
ing bis condition, and also in regard to the
supposed difficulty that existed -between
himself and another member.
TO BE LEGALLY SEPARATED.
A Well-Known Peoria Woman Sncs Her
Husband for Divorce.
Peoria, Jan. 25. Among the prominent
and sensational divorce cases to be heard at
the. April term of the Circuit Court "will be
that of Mary Dowdall against Colonel W.
T. Dowdall. Papers have been sent to
Morgan county for service on the defendant
The attorneys in the case are not prone to
give any information other than that cruelty
is charged in the bill. ,
Colpnel Dowdall, two years ago, was one
of the best known Peorians in the State. He
was editor of the National Democrat for
years, and was appointed postmaster under
Grover Cleveland. During that time he
was married to Mrs. Mary McClure, an
estimable widow with considerable property,
aud after he had served his term as post
master he moved to Quincv, where he pur
chased Boscobel, the county seat of General
Singleton. Last fall Boscobel was burned
to the ground, and Mrs. Dowdall returned
to this city. They have not been living to
gether for several months.
A CASE OF SKIN GRAFTING.
Young Men of Altoona Submit to the Knife
for Humanity's Sake.
.FrKCIAt, TELEQItAM TO THE DISPATCIt.1
Altoona, Jan. 25. A case of skin graft
ing took place in this city to-day. 'Lewis
Casey, a young man employed in the Penn
sylvania Bailroad shops, fell some time ago
and injured his right leg below the knee.
In time his flesh there became dead, and his
case seemed a hopeless one.
Dr. J. M. Sheedy, a prominent physician
of Altoona, secured about 30 young and
healthy men who were willing to give up
some of their skin to save their friend's life.
This afternoon they met at the sick man's
home, and the physician operated on every
one of them. Over 100 pieces of skin were
, applied to the injured limb. It is now
thought the operation was successful in
every wav. Dr. Sheedy is a brother of the
Eev. Father Sheedy, of Pittsburg.
A SHERIFF WITH PLUCK
Single-Handed Ho Prevents an Attempt at
Jail Delivery.
Cleveland, Tenn., Jan. 25. A des
perate attempt at jail delivery occurred at
this place last night When Sheriff Dnff
unlocked the door of a cage he was seized by
two of the eight men confined therein, and a
pistol taken from him. A lamp was knocked
out of his hand and a desperate fight en
sued, one man against eight.
The plucky officer drew another pistol and
firing began. The prisoner who had Duffs
pistol, put it full in the officer's face and
fired it, but the bullet missed its mark, al
though the sheriff was badly powder-burned.
Duff wrenched the weapon away and was
master of the, situation and locked up the
unruly inmates in their cells. Scores of citi
zens armed with guns and pistols flocked to
the jail, but their aid was not needed.
BE4ES ON A RAMPAGE,
They Furnish Koyal Sport for the Hunters
of New Jersey.
Belvideee, N. J., Jan. 23. The hun-
vters in and about Peters Valley, N. J. (near
Dingman's ferry), are having great sport
hunting bears. Four of these animals were
seen on the highway near a farm house a day
or two ago.
Several farmers with their dogs started irr
pursuit of them, and the-bears took refuge
in a pine swamp. The dogs succeeded in
separating the bears, and the .hunters shot
and killed one of them. The others went
further into the woods and the dogs were
afraid to go in search of them, Thii farmers
In the vicinity have to guard their sheep and
cattle during the night
Special To Let Lists to-day.
BRIGHAM YOUNG'S WIVES.
Lacy Decker, His Eighth Spouse, Goes
to
Her ller.
Salt Lake, Jan. 25. Lucy Decker
Young, eighth wife of Brigliam Young, is
dead. There are- only seven left Includins
.Amelia Xolsosvihe favorite---'
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To Equalize State Taxes Looked On as
Too Eadical a Measure. '
EAELI HEARING
On the Proposition to Levy an Extra Tax
Upon Railroads.
UETO0D OF RAISING THIS EETESUE
trnOK X STAFr COBSSSrOXDEI-T.l
Habbisburg, Jan. 25. The railroad'
companies have already filed their applica
tions .with the Committee on Ways and
Means, to be heard on the new revenue bill.
So has the State Grange. The committee
will fix an early date, and both sides will be
given full opportunity to state their views
regarding State taxation. The Bepublican
leaders ot the Legislature have served notice
upon the Grangers that they believe the
provisions of the new revenue act to be en
tirely too radical, and hope that there will
be some modification. This sentiment is
strongest in the Senate, and it is believed
that unless there is a compromise it will fail
to pass this year.
The bill presented in the House last week
by Mr. Taggart is the one prepared by the
State Bevenue Commission, and, having the
indorsement of the State Grange, is gener
ally known as the "Grangers bill." Senator
Jack Bobinson, of Delaware, made these re
marks about the bill:
"The Bepublican party is willing and
anxious to equalize taxation, but it must be
done in some other manner than suggested
by the Bevenue Commission. They would
make a heavy tax lor local purposes on the
cost and equipment of railroads, in addition
to the tax. now being paid by the corpora
tions for State purposes on capital and
bonds. ,
The Proper Belief Measure.
"The proper way to relieve real estate
from its burden of taxation would be to re
imburse. the county treasuries from the State
funds raised by general taxation. This
course is contemplated in some of the bills
already offered in the Legislature."
Mr. Taggart, of the House, who is a
member of the Bevenue Commission, and
also one of the officers of the State Grange,
when asked about the matter, said that he
supposed many of the Bepublican leaders
regarded the proposition for a four-mill tax
on the property ot railroad corporations as
too radical. But as to whether there would
be a compromise he could not say.
"We have the power to pass the bill in
the Honse of Bepresentatives," said Mr.
Taggart "There is no question about that
Thefeeling here is strong in favor of re
lieving real estate and personal property of
the heavy burdens of taxation which have
held them down. Whether to pass the bill
in the House and let the Senate kill it, if it
is so disposed, is a matter to be decided
hereafter. There will be a full hearing of
both sides before the Committee on Ways
and Means. And, as the matter is one of
vast importance, careful consideration
should be given it in all its phases.
More Taxes for Corporations.
"Some bills have also been'introduced in
the House diverting one-half instead of one
quarter of the money raisd by the State
from taxation back to the county treasuries;
and also throwing into the county treasuries
nearly nil, if not all,.of the money from
liqnor licenses." ' -
"Would tnejrrangers accept those meas
ures instead oTthe 4-mills tax for county
purpose: on ttutfeost and equipment of rail
roads?" I askeK
"But that would not be nearly enough,"
replied Mr. Tageart, "to relieve agricultural
property of taxation to any appreciable ex
tent. The tfnly course that I can see would
be to tax corporations more."
Sections 16, 17, 18 and 19 of the proposed
law, propose to levy a tax for county pur
poses of four mills on the dollar on the prop
erty of transportation companies and trans
mission companies, in addition to the three
mill tax now paid by such corporations to
the State. As much interest centers in this
feature, that section of the act describing
how this shall be done is here given:
Method of liaising the Tax.
It shall be the duty of the President, Chair
man, or Secretary of each and every "transpor
tation company" or "transmission company" in
this Commonwealth to make a report, verified
by the oath of the officer making such report,
in form and substance as the Auditor General
may prescribe, to Inform the Auditor General,
State Treasurer ana Secretary of Internal Af
fairs of all matters and things pertaining to its
property or its business, necessary to give a
fall and complete knowledge of the total ag
gregate value of all lands, bmldings, super
structures, bridges, tunnels, viadncts. aque
ducts, tracts, embankments, cuts, turntables,
tools, implements, instrnments, fnrnltnic. bat
teries, rolling stock and all other property
lying and being within this Commonwealth,
owned, used or leased by such "transportation
company" or "transmission company" and
necessary for carrying on the business for
which such corporation or company was char
tered; and if too Auditor General, State Treas
urer and Secretary of Internal Affairs snail be
satisfied of the correctness ot such return, they
Shall Fix a Value
on alt property of such company or corpora
tion, having due regard to the gross receipts,
the gross expenditures, the net earnings, the
cost of construction and the market value of
the capital stock of each snch "transportation
cenpauy" and "transmission company." but
all property taxable for "local purposes" shall
be excluded from any estimate so made; and
they shall ascertain the average value per mile
ot the line or works ot each "transportation
company' or "transmission company," includ
ing "moneys and credits" owned or held in
trust by ir, and suall certify the same to each
Board of Revision of Taxes or Board of County
Commissioners in the Commonwealth.
In ascertaining the average value per mile of
the line ot railroad companies, the total valua
tion ascertained by the Auditor General, State
Treasurer and Secretary of Internal Affairs
shall be divided by the total number or miles of
track In each line of railroad, including the
second, third and fourth track in the main line,
and also sidings and switches.
L. E. Stotisl.
HO ALIEHS HEED APPLY.
A BUI to Shut Them Ont as Check Welsh
men In Coal Districts.
tVEOM A STATS' COBaXSFOlTOZKT.l
Habrisbttrg, Jan. 25. A bill to be in
troduced in the House will amend the
bituminous coal law of 1883 by requiring
that no alien be employed as check weigh
man. They must be native born.
It also repeals the old law of 1849, in re
gard to the size of a bushel of coal.
HEW JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
A Bill to Make Jefferson County a Separate
One.
thoia stajt coEitisroinjxjrr.
HAREisnuBG, Jan. 25. A bill to make
Jefferson county a judicial district by itself
will be introduced iu the House this week
by Bepresentative Smith, of Jefferson
county.
At present Clarion county and Jefferson
are united in the same judicial district.
SHAKING FATTISON'S HAND.
The Governor Attends Divine Service and
Meets tho Congregation.
in:o a BTAvr coitnxsrofcDxVr.i
Habbisburg, Jan. 25. Governor Patti
son and family attended divine services to
day at Grace M. E. Church, on State street
Dr. Yocnm, the pastor, at the close of the
wrricea toldjthe people Hit Excellency wm J
MEXICAN MINING SCHEME. Ex-Minister Mizner Will Explain to
the State Department
AN AHEHICAH INVESTMENT COMPANY 1
TO BE CilYEN to be sued joe wages. ABOUT THE BAEEUNDIA AFFAIB.
AH AHEHICAH INVESTMENT COMPANY
TO BE SUED FOR WAGES.
It Is Claimed That the Company Has Not
Kept Its Agreement With the Mexican
Government Some Heavy Concessions
That Were Granted.
Chicago, Jan. 25. A morning- paper
says: Another gigantic scheme in which
C. B. Holmes was the prime mover is shak
ing. A ycarand a half ago, Carlos Zarem
ba came here from the City of Mexico and in
company with Mr. Hofmes organized the
American and Mexican Investment Com
pany under the laws of the State with a
capital stock of 53,500,000. The following
directors were selected: W. P. Williams,
W. B. Williams, C. B. Holmes, Matt
Finkerton and William Armstrong. W.
B. Williams was elected President; C. B.
Holmes, Vice President and W. B. Wil
liams, Secretary and Treasurer.
The company then proceeded to issu35,
000 shares of stock at ?100 a sh-""" Tust
how much of this stock was X . Chi
cago capitalists. Engineer J a "pf
the
State of Guanajato, Mexicl J2o s
to learn. Mr. Parks is now in t. "i, i
the object of his visit is to collect "o.
J1.228, against the company. Thi q
is due him for salary as enginv J
Guanajato Zone or mining district "
money which he paid from his own V-
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wages iu me t men empiovea &.V.
Carlos Zaremba bought five miners. rC
from the Mexican Government glvin
y 'A
on each as securitv. Each one covers'
ritory of 400 square miles. Thev are
nated by the names of Guanajato. Zacati
San Luis Potosi, San Fihpe and Victoria.
They are all located within 200 miles of the
City of Mexico.
The conditions under which the con
cessions were made by (he Mexican Govern
ment were that 250,000 should be expended
on each zone within five years, and that a
certain number of men should be employed.
This gave the American and Mexican In
vestment Company the first right to explore
the section ot country and collect 30 claims.
The Company was supposed to raise the
money in Chicago, but Mr. Parks says he
has seen none of it He called upon Mr.
Holmes, but that gentleman denied having
been connected with the company in any
way. His next recourse was to bring suit
against the company, and he has already
taken steps in t bat direction. Mr. Parks
says if the Mexican Government becomes
aware of the fact that the men are not paid the
concessions granted to the company will be
revoked.
TNTEEESTING MARINE POINT.
Damage Suit Growing Ont of a Collision Be
tween Two Steamers.
Cleteland, Jan. 25. Judge Bicks, of
the United States District Court, gave judg
ment in favor of libellaut in the case of the
collision between the steamers J. H. Dev
ereaux and(AlexanderFolsom,in St Mary's
river, in August. The Devereaux was held
blameless. The decision was based upon
the testimony of Captains Kelly and Mal
Iory, summoned as experts. It admits such
a thing as suction in the channel described,
caused by two steamers passing each other,
and asserts that the violent sheer of the
Devereaux was due to suction.
This suction, under such circumstances,
the Judge hold?,, is so well known to navi
gators' that the master ot the schooner
MifcKell, in towof the Folsom, should have
anticipated and guarded against the danger
of collision from that canse. He also ex
presses the opinion that, with the wind
blowing from the quarter stated, it was
gross negligence on the part of the master
of the Folsom to have towed his consorts
through the channel of Lake George in St.
Mary's river with sails set and drawing,
and that the speed of the Folsom and tow
was too great, increasing the suction. The
Devereaux was managed with skill and
prudence, and is exculpSted. H. F. Carle
ton is named as commissioner to report the
amount of damage to the Devereaux. The
amount claimed is 518.000.
PRESERVE THE FORESTS.
Ex-President Cleveland Participates in an
Important Convention.
Netv Yobk, Jan. 25. The first meeting
of the New York State Forestry Association
yesterday wan attended with a great deal of
enthusiasm.
Hon. Warren Higley believed that for
ests could be preserved and perpetuated in
the midst of a teeming civilization, but only
through a scientific system of administra
tion where thorough protection should be af
forded, aud the present condition of affairs,
he said, warns the Americans against con
tinual apathy and urges them to prompt ac
tion. A set of resolutions were adopted, re
citing the great need of giving the Adiron
dack system immediate protection. They
further urge the State Legislature to pass
such measures as may tend to stop the far
ther destruction of this district Ex-President
Cleveland seconded the resolution amid
great applause. The ex-President spoke of
the importance of the matter. He wished to
see the forests of the State preserved, and,
while Governor, he had worked to that end.
A BILL AGAINST PUGILISTS.
The Texas Legislature Will Also Consider a
Telegraph Act.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 25. A bill passed
in the Senate yesterday making it a felony
punishable by imprisonment in the State
Penitentiary not less than two or more than
five years to fight a prize fight in this State,
either with or without gloves. The bill also
passed the House.
A bill has been introduced into th'e Legis
lature, which telegraph men say will prac
tically abolish every small office in the State,
and Mr. L C. Baker, Superintendent of the
Western divisions of the Western'Union
Telegraph Company, is here to look after it
The "bill classifies telegraph companies as
common carriers.
AGAINST SECRET SOCIETIES.
A Lutheran Minister Forbids His Flock to
Belong to Them.
Galena, Jan. 25. Bev. G. Klined
worth, pastor of the Lutheran Church at
Schappville, one of the largest religious
organizations in Jo Daviess county, has for
bidden communicants of his parish from
becoming members of the Grand Army of
the Bepublic or of the Farmers' Mutual
Benefit Association on the ground thaVthey
are secret societies,- to which orthodox
LutherismIs strictly opposed.
The edict was made public this forenoon
and is said to have created no little excite
ment among the members of the church.
KILLED AT THE ICE CARNIVAL,
r
Herman Fldler Crushed to Death While
Sailing His Boat,
rsrxciu. txlcobaic to rem sisrATCn.i
Ebte, Jan. 25. The iceboat carnival this
evening came to a sudden and tragic term
ination. Herman Fidler had a party of
friends out on the whiz, and a half gale
drove the craft at a terrific speed onto a log,
which was partially visible above the ice.
Fidler. who was minding the tiller, bad
his head crushed and his legs broken.
Death occurred a few hours later. Henry
Bchafer, who was alio in "the .party, was
Udlyhurt vrs
Prospects of Another War Yery Soon in
Centra America.
THE DEAD SAN A COMMON CRIMINAL
San Francisco, Jan. 25. Ex-Minister
to Gnatamala, L. B. Mizner, arrived in this
city from Mazatlan yesterday ou the Pacific
Mail steamer San Jose. He had, he stated,
written out a full account of the facts sur
rounding the death of General Barrundia,
but as yet he was not certain
that it would not be a breach of diplomatic
ethics to make it public until he had seen
the authorities at Washington. He said he
thought Mr. Blaine was not the author of
the letter he received from the State Depart
ment censuring his conduct in the matter,
but that it had been written bv a subaltern
and signed by the Secretary of State with
out careful perusal. Prior to the death of
General Barrundia Minister Mizner had
procured his safe conduct out of Guatemala.
"It was impossible fjr me to think of
giving all my personal attention to the
Barrundia matter," said the ex-Minister,
"as the interests of the United States and
tpeace of five republics seemed to demand
alL my time and attention just at that
foment On August 28 the basis of peace
ras finally agreed upon and I could see
3at my .aoors were aoont to De rewaraeu.
he dav before that General Barrnndia
tered Guatemala on the Acapulco. In
finally advising Captain Pitts to surrender
the rebel I believe I acted in strict accord
with all the precedents and with interna
tional law."
Dr. Mizner described Barrundia as a com
mon criminal, who was wanted for other
crimes than those of a political nature. The
reports that Mizner's life was in danger
after the killing of the rebel General were
characterized as utter falsehoods. He said
last night that he had never gone armed.
He had no escort and had never asked for
one. He says he hopes to explain his course
in the matter to the satislaction of all, and
to his own vindication. He will remain in
this city for the present and then proceed to
Washington to state his case to the Secre
tary. Mr. Mizner is not oversanguine that
the treaty between the five republics will
last long. Both Gnatamala and Salvador
are now bnying arms and ammunition in
Europe and in other ways preparing for war
that he thinks will not be ioug delayed.
BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS.
Mysterious Suicide of a Well-Known Pur
ser at San Francisco.
San Francisco, Jan. 25. Frank Cur
tin, purser of the steamer Umatilla, which
runs between San Francisco and Puget
Sound ports, shot himself through the head
in bis stateroom last night. He was ttken
to the receiving hospital, but died in a short
time. Curtin arrived in a coupe at Uma
tilla's docks soon after 10 o'clock last night
He was accompanied by a woman, and they
went aboard the steamer together and en
tered Curtiu's stateroom, where they
remained about 20 minutes. The woman
then left in the coupe, and Curtin, alter
talking pleasantly for a few moments with
an officer of the 'steamer Santa Cruz, went
bark to his stateroom. ,
Three minutes later--3 pistol shot was
heard in his room and Curtin was found on
thefloor with a bullet wound in his bead.
The woman who accompanied him to the
steamer h'as disappeared. It has been
learned that Curtin has been very attentive
to a woman who came here from Victoria.B.
C, on the last voyage of the Umatilla, and
from information furnished by the clerk of
the Lick House, it is believed the woman's
name was Mrs. A. Baymond. There was
nothing found among Cnrtin's effects to in
dicate the cause of his suicide.
PROF. HATFIELD'S NEW HONOR.
Chosen a Member of the International
Oriental Congress.
Chicago, Jan. 25. Prof. James T. Hat
field, of the Northwestern University,
Evanston, has received the announcement of
his election as a member of the Organizing
Committee of the Ninth International Con
gress of Orientalists, to be held in London
next September.
This is an hdnor that has been conferred
on but one other professor in the United
States, Dr. S. B. Planter.'who occupies .the
chair of Latin in Adelbert College. Prof.
Hatfield's claim to recognition among phil
ologists rests upon the publication of his
Sanscrit grammar in 1884, and articles con
tributed to the Journal oi American Orient
alists' Society. In 1889 he attended the
Eighth International Congress, held at
Stockholm-Cbristiania, of which tne King
of Sweden was patron and host
DIED FROM THS EXPOSURE.
The
Mayor of Bock Springs Goes Upon St
Fatal Hunting Trip.
Bock Springs, Wto., Jan. 25. William
Mosgrove, Mayor of Bock Springs, went 30
miles upon the mountains last Thursday
with Charles Williams on a deer hunt
They returned Saturday morning at U
o'clock, and at 4 o'clock Mosjrove was a
corpse.
The camping out in the severe climate np
on the mountains was tco ninch for him, and
the sufferincr he endured on the way and
alter be got home is said by those present to
have been terrible beyond description.
Mr. Mosgrove for many years kept the
American House, the pioneer hotel of this
place.
CAPTURED IN A CAVE.
A Supposed Murderer Arrested Near Green
brier White Sulpher Springs.
nrxcuii.TJti.iaziAi to tbx dispatch;!
Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 25. A man
calling himself John Stevans, but wh is
believed to be S. A. Shaw, who is wanted
for the murder of James Eodgers in Jersey
county, III., last summer, bas been found in
a cave near Greenbrier White Sulpher
Springs, and locked up.
He has been living in the cave since Sep
tember, going out at night when food ran
Ion. With him was captured a set of burg
lars tools, a Winchester, atrevojver, four
knives and other arms and a quantity of fine
drygoods. He claimed to nave killed a
negro at Hinton, this State.
BIG DISTILLERY BURNED.
Over a Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth
of Property Destroyed.
Peoria, Jan. 25. At 4 o'clock this morn
ing the Hamburg distillery at Pekin burned
and is a total loss. The plant was valued at
85,000 and the warehouse contained spirits
worth (20,000. The cause of the fire Is not
known. Lou fully covered by insurance.
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
OneMan Killed and Another Seriously In
jured While Driving.
Stevensville, Ont., Jan. 25. A Michi
gan Central train this afternoon" struck a ;
carriage containing Irvin Teal and Ezra '
Moore, two well-known citizens of Fort'
Erie. Ont Moore was killed and Teal tari. ,
4,ously laiured.
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