THE " PITTSBURG " DISPATCH) SATURDAY. MAY 21, 1892. 9 HE INMANS BLOCKED Johnny Bull liaises a Legal Snag Against Changing Flags. IISH FIGHTS HUfiT HOME RULE. ajlish Free Traders Still GrumWing at Salisbury's Speech. ETCS FBOM THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS orrmcnT. il ht " t. associated pbess.3 Iiosvost, May 20. The proposed transfer Inman Line steamers to American reg trr continues to be discnssed. It is nted that the Admiralty will raise a ques on which trill prevent the company's implying with the American law. It is ated that the Admiralty has an agreement reventing the Inman Line from entertain g oilers for the purchase or charter of its earners lor a period exceeding five weeks ithout first giving the Admiralty the right ! purchase or hire. English officials admit that the parties mcerned never contemplated the present ise, and so are not provided for it, but that is obvious that the transfer of the vessels a straDge flag is contrary to the spirit of le agreement. They argue that if the ves ls become the property of an American tmpany of the same name, the Admiralty ust, in justice, have the option of pre option, for which they have been paying nee the ships were built Meanwhile En list shipping circles are anxious about the iming American competition. Gloating Over Irish Dissensions. Little interest is taken in the debate on :e Irish local government bilL The 'nionist press is gloating over the Freeman's wntal meeting, which is held up as another istructive example of what to expect if the rish get their own Parliament The Glad onians are not pleased at the edifyin? ex ibition, which, on the eve of dissolution, icy ihink is not likely to assist the pros ects ot home rule. To-dav's meeting was quieter, chieflv wing to the withdrawal of many of the mreholders. After the election of Mr. exton as a director, Mr. Dillon, in closing le proceedings, said he hoped this would e the last of the extraordinary meetings, omplete accord with Mr. Healy is now stablisbed, and the 2-eeman's Journal will encetorth be the official organ of the Irish "jarliamentary party. Lord satUbarj's Protection TSomb. The sensation of the week is Lord Salis ury's protection speech, which has pro oked the created consternation among his wn followers and organs. That Lord Salis ury should have journeved to Hastings, ad to a watering-place audience to deliver ach an important manifesto, is a subject of onder on all sides. His speech, though ery guarded and so qualified by reserva lon that it really commits him to nothing, as produced a decidedly unfortunate effect n Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, .4aijow and other business centers the 'remier is most severely denounced. Bi-metallists are absorbed in a discussion n the location of the International Silver Vinference. The proposal that the con erence be held in Brussels does not meet "ith favor. The unanimous feeling in Incised is that the conference ought to be eld in London. The provincial chambers t commerce are already preparing to me lorialize Mr. Goschen on the subject, pecial stress will be laid on the fact that unericans are undivided in lavor of London. TWELVE HUNDRED DEAD. "he Calamity at Mauritius Worse Than at Tirst Keported Like a Solid "Wall or Green and Inky lllne the Storin Bursts Iteller Work. LoxDOy, "May 20. Baron de "Worms, arliamentary Secretary ot the Colonial IfSct, read a telegram in the House of Com aons this afternoon, fully confirming the errible disaster at Mauritius. One-third of he capital city, Port Louis was destroyed. mong the buildings wrecked were the oval College and 24 churches. Many sugar ..ills in the country were completely de nolished, and the valuable machinery em !oyed in the crinding of the cane arid in oiling the product, vacuum pans, centri orali, etc., were badly damaeed. It is known that in the city of Port Louis done GOO persons were killed. In the arions country districts thus far heard rem, 300 persons lost their lives, and these igures arc more than likely to be added to vhen news is received from remote districts n the mountains. It is believed that when he death roll is complete it will be found hat over f 1,200 persons were killed. The jester part of fatalities were among the boring classes, Alricans, Hindoos, Chinese ind Malagassys. The hospitals in Port Louis were filled to verflowing with the injured, and tents vere erected on the hospital grounds to ac ommodstc thoe whose injuries demanded tistant attention. Xearly every muse in me city liad one or none of its inmates under treatment n Port Louis alone 1,000 persons were in ured. The Government has taken meas ures to relieve the distress that prevails in very direction. Pecuniary assistance is teeded. Thousand of people have lost their noses, and there is much suffering. The oni Mayor of London will at once open a und for the benefit of the islanders. Before the storm burt the mercury fell 7.95-", and the shipping in the harbor made Jl the preparations that good seamanship ictated to weather the gale that was known o be coming. Suddenly, far out on be calm sea that was sending its ong ground swells shoreward, with Bcarce a ipple on their surf ace, could be seen threads f the gale. Long, ragged streamers of iouds shot up from the horizon. These eached up out of a mass of inky black douds, apparently lifting the water ip to them. Swiftly coursing land ward there came a solid mass looking like a wall of green. At its top sras a mass of froth, which, lighter' than the water, was lifted by the gale that was fol lowing close behind, and blown far in ad rance of the onrising sea. This was quickly followed bv another and another, and then the storm burst Those best calculated to judge, state that wind blew at the rate of 120 miles an hour. Many of those who lost their lives were billed by being lifted bodily from their feet and dashed against trees, walls and houses, the latest official estimates place the num ber killed at about 1,200. Many of the lighters and tugs in the harbor were blown high and dry on the bhore. WOMEN DYNAMITE AFACTOEY. Eight Fersnns Killed and tho Building; "Wrecked by the Explosion. Madrid, Mav 20. The papers here re port an explosion at a dynamite factory at Oaldnmes, near Bilbaoa, by which eight persons were killed and ten injured, and the factory was destroyed. "Warrants have been issued for the arrest of some women who were recentlv dismissed and who it is tapposcd caused the explosion. Spain Welcomes the American IIo. MADKID, May 20. Spain has cancelled the prohibition of the import of American pork, which has been in force for many years. .irllanent to DKsuIve Jane 20. London; May 20. It is stated that at the Cabinet council held to-diy the Ministers decided to dissolve Parliament on June 20. Fitful Flashes Trom Afar. cholera at Hurrar, Ejrypt, Is killing 100 people dally. eike river water In Pans Is afflicting the people with choloilne. Two new gunboats were launched and the keels wero laid of four Ironclads in Russia, Thursday. The Belgian Senate lias adopted tho bill for the revision of the Constitution. KrssiA w 111 spend 4,000,000 roubles building a strategic railioad on the Prussian frontier. Gkseral Booth is buying the famous Pelicah Club headquarters In London for tho Salvation Any. Two Anarchists at Liege have been sen tenced to four years' imprisonment each for attempting to wreck a train. The French Minister or Justice has pro a modification of the press laws directed against Anarchist newspapers. Ciieamer and Borkman, the Wall street bank robbers, were turned over to the New York police at Copenhagen yesterday. A st on of students created a riot at the St Pctersburc Zoological Garden Thursday night, and many persons were injured. The policeman who arrested Itavachol has found It impossible to rent a house, lie Is living at a hotel under an assumed name. Turkey has demanded from Kussla the ex tradition of the brothers Raoum and Nicho las Tufektchieir, the instigators of the mur der of Dr. Vuikovitch, the Bulgarian agent at Constantinople. Ax enormous meeting of workmen was held at Vienna, Thursday, to protest against the currencv reforms. There were 167 mem bers ot Parliament and all the municipal authorities on the platform. Kiko Humbert has given an audlenco to Hon. A. G. Porter, the American Minister. His Majesty expressed great satisfaction at the re-establishment of fuil diplomatic rela tions betn een Italy and the United States. The lllrsch Committee has agreed with the Russian Government to provide each destitute Hebrew emigrating from Russia under Its direction 500 roubles In cash, and lo deposit a similar sum In the Imperial Bank as a guarantee against any costs which may devolve on the "Government through tuc return oi sucn emigrant or oinerwise. HOW A ONE-AHMED MAN GOT A JOB. Torcod Cbler Jones' Voice Over the Tele phone for a Recommendation. Chief Jones, of the Allegheny Fire De partment, was annoyed yesterday by the calls of a number of prominent merchants, who wished to know why he had sent a one armed man to them for employment The Chief denied knowledge of the matter, but easily learned after a few calls had been re ceived where the complaints originated. The one-armed man s scheme nad been to secrre a telephone, call up a prominent merchant and, using the name of Chief Jones state that as a personal favor he wished they would give employment to a man who would call on them in a short time. The impostor would then call on the merchant to whom he had telephoned, but his appearance was unprepossessing and the fact ot his having only one arm caused sev eral merchants to feel irritated at being re quested to give such a man work. Chief Jones explained and will endeavor to-day to find the man who impersonated him. It is understood the deception was successful in one case and that the man was given a position by a friend of the Chief. A CONFERENCE ON TAXES. An Interesting Meeting of the State Confer ence Called for June 1. A meeting of the. Pennsylvania Tar Con ference, composed of representatives from agricultural, commercial, manufacturing, labor, railway and transportation associa tions and County Commissioners, will meet on June L" The first meeting was held Feb ruary 4, when a commission was appointed from the delegates to ascertain value of the various classes of taxable property, the amount of property exempt from taxation not covered by the exemptions specified in the new Constitution, and the amount ef tax paid by each class of property, local and State. This commission is to report at the next meetinsr, and some interesting re ports will probably be turned in. Joseph 1). "Weeks, "William "Weihe and County Commissioner Mercer are the delegates from this city. FOUND AMONG THE WEEDS. The Ohio Klvor Gives Up the Body of an Unidentified Woman. T. II. Braden, a ferryman who lives at Shousetown, while out rowing in the Ohio river yesterday morning, found the body of a woman among the weeds on the Leetsdale side of the river. Later in the day the body was brought to the morgue, and an examination showed that it must have been in the water for at least three months, as it was very badly decomposed. The body is that of a woman about 30 years old, who wore a light steel colored coat, plaid dress, black and wbite under skirt and black stockings. In the pocket of her dress were found a pocketbook contain ing two rings, 11 cents in money and a card bearing the name of Millie Gibson, 158 Jtiver avenue, Allegheny. The book also contained a 5-cent bangle on which were the initials A. J. "W. The body is still at the morgue awaiting identification. BEADY FOE AN0THEE WAS. The Coys' II ri gad a Presented With a IJaupsome riag. Judge Slagle last night presented a stand of colors to the Boys' Brigade attached to the "Wylie Avenue United Presbyterian Church. The church was well filled and the brigade made a handsome appearance in their neat blue uniforms. Miss Nannie Mackrell received the flag on behalf of the little soldiers, and speeches were made by Controller Morrow, Mayor. Gourley and others. Captain J. A. A. Brown gave an exhibition drill of his pupils, who displayed great dexterity in the manual. Wntchorn Not a Candidate lor Congress. Itobert "Watchorn, Factory Inspector, re turned to Harrisburg last evening. He said be was not a candidate for Congress against E. F. Acheson. He doesn't know how the report originated about him. He was asked if he wouid accept were the nom ination offered to him. He replied that it was an unfair question. The man who would be afraid to run and make the fight in a Presidental year would not deserve the confidence of his party in coming years, and "the time may come when I would like to enter the field," he added. IlENItV CLEWS on the sllvr question In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. Died in the Workhouse. Jacob Hareft, 50 years old, committed to the workhouse from "Westmoreland county lor selling liquor without license, died in that institution early yesterday morning. Coroner McDowell investigated the case yesterday afternoon and found that Hareft haddiedfrom fatty degeneration of the heart An inquest will be held to-day. SNAP SHOIS AT LOCAL NEWS. Wrecks at Summerhill on the Pennsyl vania and at Collier station on the Pan handle delayed through trains forbeveral hours hours yesterday morning. The examination for teachers' certificates for this city will be held In tho Xormal school building, as follons: May 21, music, physiology, reading and drawing. Mav 28, grammar, orthography and arithmetic. June 4, geogiapby, histoiyand writing. The Master Horseshoers' Association has completed arrangements for an excursion to Cleveland and Put-In-Bay. Tliey villi leave July CS for a thicc-days trip, going by way o: tlie PIttbUnrg and Lake Erie Uall loud to Cleveland and taking a steamer there lor I'ut-in-B ly. Property owners on Herr's Island talk of taking legal steps to protect themselves fi-om the unhealthful influences of the two phosphate works, glue factory, stock yards and the Allegheny abbatolr, located on the Island. Residents of Upper Allegheny and Trov Hill will lend as3Utunce. I5ESS1E UKAMBLt: sizes Dp tho women who attended tho club convention at Chicago for TUB DISPATCH to-morrow. THE BUSINESS WORLD. What Bradstreet's and E. G. Dun Say of the Effects of the Floods. 36,000 GRANITE MEN ON STRIKE. Tie Country Imports Less Manufactures and More of the Luxuries. FIRES, FAILURES AKD RAILWAY NEWS IfrrcrAL TELEGRAM TO TnK DISPATCB.I If ew York, May 20. Special telegrams to Bradstreet's from leading trade centers make it plain that continued and excessive rains, as well as an almost total stoppage of interior transportation by wagon, and in part by rail, west of the Mississippi river in that and the Missouri river valley, have exercised a depressing influence on business generally. Hew crders for staple goods in all instances are for current wants, with an exception in favor of shots. Our advices by wire as to the effect on general trade of "Western and Southwestern floods, point to a serious outlook in the lower Mississippi valley, with evidences of exaggeration in earlier press reports as to the consequences to trade in Western Mis souri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Bail way traffic has been greatly retarded in Nebraska and at St Louis, but more par ticularly in Western Louisiana and Arkan cas. Orders Are Delayed by High Water. Merchant! at trade centers to which the flooded region is tributary, report delayed orders for all varieties of staples, due to bad road, overflows, washouts, or expectations of floods, and Jobbers at those points are shipping less to districts south, where there is a likelihood of submersion in tho near future. Cattle supplies have been retarded by high water so that prices at Omaha have ad vanced, while at Kansas City no such In fluence was feltandauotations were shaded. Leather has been stiffened bv the shutdown of tanneries at the EaBt, as shoe manufact urers are buying more treely. Telegrams trom California indicate that if the grain crops escape hot, dry winds for the next fow weeks the harvest .will be large. Ltimner Is in better demand East and West There is a growing Interest In pig iron at Western centers, and several large ordors are pending. Prices, however, are not im proved. Tin ha advanced in price, while copper remains firm, Instead of declining, as anticipated at till season. Wheat has ad vanced 3 cents, Indian corn i cents and oats 2i cents. The improvement in tha character ot busi ness failuies of late is shown by only 1 out ot the 150 for the week being o'f concerns with a capital In excess of $20,000; there were only IS with capital between $5,000 and $20, 000, and IS with $5,000 or less capital each. Last week tho total number was ISO, and a year ago it was 200. The Ontlook in tho Labor World. Speoial telegrams to Bradstreet's from all points at which industrial disturbances have been noticeable indicate that there are only 45.000 men on strike or locked out this week, against 14,000 one year ago, of which 36,000 will cover the number of granite quarry- men, cutters or handlers, stiiking or locked out in New England and elsewhere, as op posed to rumors of 75,000 men on striko or locked out, as published of late. Total bank clearings this week, as wired from 68 cities exclusively to Bradstreet's, ? mount to $1,234,114,000, apparently 8 per cent n excess of t lie week's total n year ago, and nominally about the same as last week, dealing House operations at tho New York Stock Exchange lor four days, covering four stocks, are calculated to reduce the total volume of New Yoik Cltv's bank clearings by about $27,000,000 or $2a000,000, which, on previous bases of comparison, wouid Indi cate an increase over Inst week of 2.4 per cent, and over the week lastyear of nearly 11 tier cent Exports of wheat, and flour as wheat, from both coasts of the United States this week, as telegraphed to Bradstreet's, equal 3,603,000 bushels, contrasted with 3,621,000 bushels last week and with 2.500,000 bushels in the third week of May. 1891. Sixty per cent of the total went from tho port of New York. Ex ports of Indian corn this week were 1,414,000 bushels; last week they were 1,735,000 bushels, and one weok a year ago they amounted to 357,030 bushels. The Timid Pulse or Wall Street Bearish tendencies have governed the speculative share market, the chief influence being the damage to railroad and other property from floods and alleged destruction of and delay in planting crops. The passing of the dividend on Northern Pacific pre ferred and a sharp drop In that stock, re ports of a large bond issue by tho Atchison company and allegations of unfavorable earnings by the Union Pacific system, sup Siementea Dy uearisu manipulation oy tne ould Interest, all contributed to tho I overish and depressed condition of the gen eral maiket The bond market shares in the depression. Foreign exchange is dull and fractionally lower, and gold shipments have been ar rested. Silver is slightly higher on rumors of increased European buying. Net earnings of 124 of the more important railway companies reported to Bradstreet's. gained 11.5 per cent In March over that month or laui, inwnicn montu tne increase was less than 1 percent over Jlaicli, 1890. Granger railroad gains wero heaviest, nota bly St. Paul, Burlington and Reading. For three months 15-2 roads report aggregate net earnings or $55,622,000, S per cent more than in the fiist quarter of 1S9I, when the quait cr's Increase over 1890 was 4 per cent. For three months the trunk lines show a decrease in net earnings, as contrasted with last year. Drygoods, Imports and Exports. Staple cotton goods are In decreased ex port demand. Print cloths stocks aro re duced and prices higher. The demand for blankets and cheviots' is increasing, and mills aro well supplied with orders. Manu facturers are waiting for better grades, of new clip to arrive befoie stocking. Prices aro linn. Raw cotton is c hiiher on stronger Liverpool cables, based npparentlv on fears of damago bv floods to stocks held South, and to the effect or reducing cotton aci enge. Oflicial returns of values of imports for nino months show practically the same totals this year and last, with increases in receipts of sugar, coffee and silk offsetting decreases of imports of manufactures of wool, silk, flax, iron and tin plates. The ln orease In value of exports was $119,764,000. or 17 per cent due exclusively to an increase of $152,665,000 in the value of breads tuffs shipped in this, a year of unprecedented movement of grain abroad. The only other noteworthy gains in exports were fruits and nuts and copper manufactures, each less than $4,000, 000. ' K. G, Dnn's Report Is Optimistic R. G. Dun & Co. say: The great floods at the West, unprecedented at some points, and long rains extending over the wholo Mississippi Valley, interrupt trade. Yet there is nothing to warrant apprehension that the year's crop will be deficient, or that trade for the year will fall below expecta tions. In all quarters a confident spirit nrevalls. and evon at the South business seems to be relatlvelyless embarrassed than of late. Money is everywheie in large supply and light demand. Ii on is weaker in Pittsburg, but there is fnir demand for finished products.especially for hardware, and an improving trade in glass. Tho great industries are fully as active, as usual, at this season. Cotton, perhaps, fares best. New wool begins to come forward and is promptly taken with slight advances. The iron business Is distinctly more active with large transactions in all grades, though prices do not improve at all. There is still some pressure to sell inferior grades of pig, but the bettor brands are strong, consump tion gaining upon the supply, and stocks di minishing. No Improvement is seen in bar or plate Iron, but mere is more life in struct ural iron, and many considerable orders have been placed. Pittsburg Eighth In Rank RnOness. Tne following table gives the clearing house returns for tho week ending May 19. 1891, and the percentage of increase or de crease as compared with the corresponding week last yean Inc. 10.3 7.5 11.3 4.2 3.4 17.'i 8.0 10.2 "j'S 4.1 9.0 5.5 6.7 12.0 1.9 23.1 Deo. New York $ 748,351,437 Boston 100.519,396 Clilcaeo.. 98.531.769 71.780,338 21.413.4H9 16,682,28 Philadelphia.., fct l.ouls , San Francisco.. 3.4 llaltlmore.. 1.1. BUS. ML l'litsburg jo.iuu.-rw Cincinnati 14,693,530 New Orleans, Kansas City. lluffalo X.oui6Tllle.... Minneapolis., Detroit Milwaukee.. Omaha Providence. . 7.B3U,.'HO 8.46S.UM 8.0M.335 7,831,716 0,701,942 6,906,949 6,931,783 4.875.65 5,867,200 8.0 Denver 5.050.M1 8.2 Cleveland 5.226,391 11.2 .... St. raol 4,546,430 1.0 .... Houston 2.779,812 .... 1.7 Indianapolis 3,814,144 .... 15.4 Memphis 2.292.6S3 2-1 Columbus 3.854,800 9.3 .... Richmond 2.485,133 3.8 .... Dalla 1.803,699 5.5 .... Hartford 2.463.510 40.1 .... Duluth 1,691,392 .... 16. Nashville 1.034,634 .... 33.4 Washington 2,099,048 15.5 St. Joseph 1.617.558 29.1 Peoria 2,000,817 9.4 .... Fortland. Ore - 1.986,495 3 7 .... Rochester 1.817.301 19.6 SaltLakeCltv 1.930.489 C2.1 .... New Haven 1.800.208 13.8 Portland. Me 1.083.501 .... 6.2 Worcester 1.262,915 .... 7.1 Springfield 1,270.998 19.8 .... Vaco. 69.G63 .... 42.0 Sioux City 976,847 .... 4.4 Fort Worth 1.225.415 .... 1.9 Norfolk 947,249 .... 48.0 Wilmington. Del 991.574 24.2 .... Lowell 871.673 4.8 Grand Rapids 1,039.956 40.9 .... Seattle 913,271 .... 8.9 Syracuse 1.045.200 14.8 Dcs Moines 926,257 .... 7.8 Tacoma 704,265 ....'18.6 Los Angeles 70J.801 9.8 Lincoln 553,647 B.3 .... Wichita 515.467 22.9 .... Lexington 473,180 24.8 .... lllrmlneham. 668.286 28.4 New Bedford 408.706 .... 89.8 Topeka 350.644 .... 2.5 -Galveston .' 3,274.991 .... 23.0 Savannah 1,558.861 Atlanta 1.8M.5S7 Tllnghamton 321,300 Helena 707,212 Total United States $1,232. 691,737 8.4 .... Ontslde New York S 484.515,230 5.8 Dominion of Canada Montreal lO.SW.SM 14.7 Halifax 1,041,300 .... 13.7 Toronto 6,898,272 .. Hamilton 805,050 Total I 18,305,461 Two Iron Companies in Trouble. New York, May 20. Judgment for $536,815 was entered to-day against the New Birm ingham Iron and Land Company, and the New Birmingham Iron and Improvement Company, or Texas, in favor of James A. Mahony, William R. Utley and Leopold Wallack. BUSINESS BREVITIES. The Journeymen Horse Shoers' Union has made Its organization international. Nkalt & Co., drygoods dealers at Haver hill. Mass., have assigned. Liabilities, about $30,000; assets, stock and some accounts. Th Standard and Remington typewriter companies have consolidated under the title of Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, of New iork; capital, $3,twi,ouo. C. F. Applktos, Boston shoe dealer, has gone into insolvency. Debts, about $30,000, and the assets consist or stock, fixtures and accounts. It is thought a satisfactory set tlement will be made. Fiftt lever men on tho steam holst3 of the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio and the Cleveland and Pittsburg ore docks at Cleveland struck Wednesday for an increase in wages of $10 a month. Meanwhile vessels are unloading at Ashtabula. Charters were issued to-day as follows: The Brownsville, Fayette county. Electric Light Company, capital stock, $7,000: the Conneaut Lake Exposition Company, of Meadville, capital stook, $25,000; the Salem Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Salem township, Morcor county. RonEitT & Foster, Boston watch case makers, have filed a petition in insolvency against E. F. Wilson, the wholesale jeweler, -who has left that? city owing in the neigh borhood of $40,000, including $2,000 to this firm. The petition alleges that he has loft the State with intent to defraud his cred itors. Secretabt Hester's weekly Now Orleans Cotton Exchange crop statement shows a small falling off in the movement compared with last season, the deficit being 2.556 bales under tho week ending Mar 20 last year. This makes a decrease of 15,5S3 in the quan tity marketed during the first 20 days of May as compared with last season. The Cleveland Iron Trade Review says: There has been an attempt among vessel owners the past week, with indifferent suc cess, to bring the coal rato out of Cleveland up to 50 cents and to get oie rates on an 60i-cent basi from Escunabn. The Escanaba rate is still 75 cents, and there seems no im mediate prospect of anything better. RAILWAY INTERESTS. Iktjictments were returned by the Chicago grand Jury yesterday against 11 Chicago ticket brokers, charged with selling tickets without autnority. Bail was fixed at $500 in each case. The Soo line has made a further cut of 5 cents per 100 pounds on wool from St. Paul to Boston. Tho reduction will bo promptly met by the Northwestern lines by way of Chicago and the Grand Trunk Railroad. At the annnal meeting of Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad Company, of Texas, H. C. Rouse, of New York, was elected Presi dent. All of the old directors were re-elected except H. C. Cross, in whoso place J. N. Simpson, of Dallas, was chosen. The Salem Railroad, which extends from Salem to Washlngtonvllle, 1 miles, and connects with a branch of the Now York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad at that roint, was finished a few days ago, and the first train came over it Thursday afternoon. A cokferece of the bondholders of tho San Antonio and Arkansas Passenger Rail way Company was held at New Iork yester day. A number of the bondholders were dissatisfied with tho plan of reorganization, but all differences wero satisfactorily set tled. The Columbus, Lima and Milwaukee Rail road was sold yesterday to a New York syn dicate, in which F. C. Freeman is the chief capitalist Tho road will be completed be tween Lima and Defiance in 90 days, and between Columbus and Lake Michigan as speedily as possible It is said bymembeisof tho Reorganiza tion Committee or ' tho Poughkecpsie Bridge Company that tho efforts to induco holders of the $25,000 outstanding bonds of the Central New England and Western Rail road Company to como in undor the reor ganization plan had failed and that proba bly foreclosure proceedings will bo neces sary. A secret message received at Denver ex pressed a belief that Jay Gould and C. P. Huntington have como to an agreement which will give them a monopoly ot tho en tiro business to and from the Pacific coast. Tho plan is to take up tho Atlantic and Pacific stock. Then Gould will extend the Missouri Pacific Irom Pueblo to Albuquer que, and they will thus have control ot the coast trade to Omaha. St. Louis and tho gulf via the Union Pacific in the north, from tho Southern Pacific connection and via the Atlantic and Pacific and the Missouri Pacific Southern route to St Louis and New Or leans. This would shut out the Santa Fe. THE FIRE RECORD. Tehuantepec, Mexico A fire has left 100 families homeless. . Albert Lea, Minn. The large flQnring mill of the Albert Lea Mill and Elevator Com pany. Loss, $69,000; insurance, $40,000. Blnghamton, N. Y. The three-story brick building occupied by the Blnghamton- Wool en Manufacturing Company. Loss, $50,000, partly Insured. Webb City. Mo. The Troupe Reduction Works, consisting of pumps, elevators and engines. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $10,000. The plant is within a few feet or where tho great cave-in occurred Wednesday. Penn avenue Shortly after midnight Are broke out in a shed adjoining the wash house at the roar of Dr. Frank's house, 433 Penn avenue. The origin of the fire Is pre sumed to be incendiary, as there was no stove or gas in the shed irom which the fire could start. The loss is about $75. About two months ago theie wasa fire in the bath rooms that were at the rear of the same house. The County Poor Board Can't Eo Found. Examiner Hoflman is having more trouble with the county poor officials. This time it is over two women who ke2p speak-casies in McKeesport They get out of the jail or workhouse and then have to be sent home from Pittsburg. They do not have any money, and Mr. Hoffman says he can't find the county people, and so has to send them back. Yesterday the city gave a ticket to Mrs. Mary Hickey, and the day before one was given to Mrs. Griffith. A Monument for Honest Old Abe. The American Monumental Association of the city are preparing to have erected a f 10,000 life-size marblt figure of Abraham Lincoln mounted on a pedestal. J. JC Itzel, of Allegheny, is engaged on a draw ing of a monument, and the association in vites public subscriptions for their undertaking. AFTER FLOODS, SNOW. Western Kivers Beginning to Recede During a Real. Blizzard. RELIEF COMES TO SIOUX CITI, IA. A Large.Kansas City Suburb Left Without a Single Inhabitant. ALL CAUPIN'G OS AN ISLAND BRIDGE rprEciAi, telegram to the dispatch, j Chicago, May 20. Reports from the submerged country to the west show that the deluge is either at a standstill or sub siding. As the waters recede the ruin wrought by the flood becomes apparent, and it is feared that in the tangled mass of wreckage many human bodies are still covered and crushed. The weather was clear and cold through out the "West to-day. In many places the snowfall was unprecedented in the history of the Weather Bureau at this time of the year. Flood news comes from all parts of the Northwest to-day, mixed in with spe cials telling of snow and ice. Correspond ents in "Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa re port a regular blizzard this morning, turn ing into a rainstorm this afternoon. A big snow is now prevailing at Bird Island, where two inches are on the ground, and farmers are out with their sleighs, A fierce wind has been blowing all day and heavy seas in the submerged districts crumbled many houses and sent their in mates to the bluffs. On the lake the storm was so violent that vessels had to pnt to port as best they could. A Better Feeling at Sioux City. The situation in Iowa and Nebraska is more encouraging. The Floyd river at Sioux City, which wiped out 30 lives in ten minutes, is back in its banks. The total number of bodies found to-day is four. The Relief Association is actively at work re lieving distress and providing food and clothing. The citizens of Sioux City have raised 510,000 to provide for immediate necessities. Offers ofaid from other cities have been received. It is now reported that a flood is rushing down the Sioux Valley and is only two hours distant from Sioux City. The river is now two miles wide. The rise of the Big Sioux is said to be from 12 to 15 feet. It has risen eight inches at riverside, the western boundary of Sioux City, and the inhabitants of the quarter are making pre parations for a flood. The Des Moines, which at one time threatened the demolition of Keokuk, Alexandria, and a score of other towns, is at a standstill. One thousand houses have been abandoned in Des Moines. Streams in Illinois and "Wisconsin are still high, but unless there is a further rainfall within the next 43 hours there is little danger of further loss of property. The Missouri and Mississippi are roaring, angry rivers. The pent-up floods of all tributary streams have made the great rivers vast seas, which threaten to burst their banks at every point The flood in the Illinois is subsiding, and people who have been living on bluffs for weeks are returning to their homes: Down tho Raging Missouri River. At Omaha, where it has been snowing at intervals all day, the Missouri river nas fallen six inches, and all fears of a flood coming down from Sioux City are over. The worst seems to be over at Kansas City. Har 'lem, across the river, is all under water, and that town now has not a single inhabitant The Burlincrton bridge, which connects Harlem with Kansas City, looks like Noah's ark. It is crowded with animals of all descriptions, men, women and children, horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, all driven there by the flood. Many of the people of Harlem have taken up their abode on the bridge's approach, and will remain until the water in their homes subsides. One pathetic incident of the flood at Brooklyn, III., a suburb ot St Louis, is that the house of Thomas Moore was burned this forenoon, and Mrs. Moore and her child were drowned while attempting to escape. The ends of the levee at the Bonnet Carre crevasse, on the lower Mississippi, have finally been secured and that break will grow no larger. The Illinois Central Rail raod is raising all its trestle between New Orleans aud Manchaie, in order to prevent overflow. The tracks of the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railroad are being tied to trees to prevent their being washed away. Crevasses are threatened at Taylor and Berten, in Pointe Coupee parish, whore the levee is sloughing badly. A storm is dreaded now, as it would cause several breaks. BLAZE AT WILKINSBTjao. The Blectrio Co.'s Office ISurned and Two Residences Damaged. Wilkinsburg had an f 8,000 fire last night The blaze originated in the large framo office building of the "Wilkinsburg Electric Company at about 11 o'clock, and quickly spread to the residences of Drs. Steven's and R. "W. Allison near by. The fire de partment from Brushton was sent for to assist the home company, and with several good plug streams did effective work in pre venting a further spread of the flames. The loss will fall heaviest on the Electric Company, their figures being about ?G,000. Dr. Stevens' loss will probably reach $1,500, but Dr. Allison escaped with about 5500 damages. CAUGHT FBOI TIE CLEF, A WONDERFUL Instru E3r ment is the iEolian. ECAUSE you need not be a musician to play upon it. 0 rg - OME and enjoy delightful fa f- melody of your own mak- mg. k ON'T fail to try the Eolian. It is a marvel, musically m considered. VJERY lover of music caifc not play. But all can '. play the JEolian and produce the most enjoyable music. m t-. 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Lorraine Stamped Cushions, worth iac 5c Silk Head Rests, worth 50c, the same kind that we have had such a "run" on at 25c 19c Mummy Cloth Tray Covers, stamped, fringed and open work, worth 38c 19c Hemstitched Linen Tray Cov- ' ers, v"ry fine, worth 50c... 25c Mummy Cloth Splashers, fringed and open work, worth 40c 19c Tinsel for Embroidery, worth 3c aball lc Stamped Hemstitched Table Covers and Bureau Scarfs, worth $1.25 75c BRING THIS PAPER WITH YOU. : :& LAST DAY 19c 10c 19c HZ"3rOTT. LADIES' & CHILDREN'S GLOVES. Ladies' Suede Mousquetaire Kid Gloves, worth $ 1.25... 65c Ladies' 4-Button Kid Gloves, all colors, worth $1 58c Misses' 4-Button Kid Gloves, worth 75c 58c Ladies' Black Lace Mitts, worth 20c 9c Ladies' Black Silk Mitts,extra quality, worth 35c... 18c Misses' Silk Mitts, black and colors, worth 25c 9c Ladies' Colored Lisle Berlin Gloves, worth 25c 12jc BRING THIS PAPER WITH YOU. LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SPRING UNDERWEAR. Ladies' Swiss Ribbed Vests, v worth 20c. 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