DROWNED. A TEHniDLB FIOQT FOR LirB. Sixteen Men Meet a Horrible Death In a Caisson. Sixteen men working In a caisson used In the excavation of a found ition for a pier of tho new bridge across the Olilo river, be tween Louisville, Kentucky, ami Jefferson il!e, Indiana? wore cnuiht by a sudden burst of water, caused by a too rapiil exca vation. Engines nti'l workmen have been tt work nil night to pump out the witter, re pair break and eitrlctte the men, but id far without success, and those on the spot who know the construction of the caisson Kay It is impossible that any out) inside can be i alive. SIAMICS or Til IE VICTIM TIIOM AS JmHNsoV MoMii iK Hi HASH, J"MN KNOX. foreman J- KA.NK. M A Y Kit, MtKhSOAI'KIt, JOSEPH MiAliAMtf, TM AII. jiamiikiv Moitp.is W. K. I1AYSKS, l:KI l'.KN EY I. Kit, muis cm ii.ds, lllwMASSMIIIi, John iiii;iux, J.H H l ' i x , I K l'Ut NA 1 1.1 ill Tim caisson is luc itcd "() y.irds from the Kentucky bank, In aV.ut li" fovt of water. Twenty men were at work In it. Tho caison pro.-r I 1 J f.st under water, mi l is rev lit 1 by a manhole shaft which proj.v (S above the Water. This shaft is .'rci.flil by four trap doors from the interior of the caisson. Shortly before li o'clock, while the men were excavating the bottom of the cui'sou the water from the river burst iiii-U-r th edge of the huge machine, an. 1 the unfortii liale workmen weru cau,;ht liko rats In e. trap. Of tho J.) mvii in the caisson when the flooding was first initios, A tie lay lor, Frank llald.x, Louis Couch mil tames Morriil were the only ones who succeeded in reaching the traps to the manhole shaft. WILLIAM D. KELLEY DEAD, The Father of tho House Pusses Away at Washington. Judge William I. Kelly, the "1'ather of I'rotection ami of the Uou-c of llcprcsenta tives," breathed bis la-t at i Thursday evening in Washington, 1. ('. He was Mir' rounded by hi Immediate relatives, Mm. Horstmun, .Mr. and Mrs. Holines.md bis two dons, William I), Kclleyjr., und Albert It. Kelley. Judge Kclley was born at Philadelphia, April 1J, 1814. He received a thorough Eng ligh education and w hen iiitc yuntir, was proof-reader in a printing ollice. Subse quently be became an apprentice in a jew elry establishment. He then removed to ISoston, where lie worked fur live years as a journeyman jeweler. At the expiration of this term of years he returned to I 'hi hide), phia where be studied uud practiced law, devoting himself ulso to literary pursuits. He was twice Prosecuting Attorney for the city and county of 1'biladelphiu, and for ten years Judge of tho Court of comwton Pleas of . .'ntlaitejpma. In 1800 bo was a dcb-guto to the Itepubli can National Convention at Chicago, and was selected by the I'eniisylvitniii delation to represent that Statu in the committee of ono from each State and Territory to inform ilr. Lincoln T3onnl!y of his nomination to the Presidency. Ho was elected to the Thirty seventh Congress, and has served con tinuously since. He was entering upon his fifteenth, term when be died. THiriED UP. Charles UotlVo Trios Bigamy in Alabama and is in Jail. Charles Holl'eo left Carrolltou, Ohio, a couple of years ago, leaviua wife nnl two children behind. Itis eully bo dope I with Miss May Cheney, it l'iyear-old frirl at llreuuin, Ua., nnd is now in jail for ltigamy. l'revious to marrying Miss .May Cheney ho wrote to his wife asking a consent to a teni jxirary divorce, that ho would marry the daughter of Dr. Cheney, who was worth ubout J'M.non, and after bo had gotten Misessioii of her money be would desert her and procure a divorce, und return and remarry his first wife. This bis wife would Hot con-cut to, and he then wanted her to ks p quiet an( Jiot interfere in t use she heard of his mar riage to Miss Clicni-v until be had secured as much ca-h as possible; but instead of doing us be requested she sent word to the authori ties that bo ba I a wife living from whom he bad not been divorced, uud, upon receipt of the message, llollec was arrested and pluc il in jail. He lived high until his career led bim behind the bars, representing bimse f ns u Northern capitalist of great wealth, looking for investment in the South. CUICAOO'S FIHE RECORD. The Report For 18S9 8hows iferly $1,000,000 Groater Loss Than in 188t. The annual report of J). W. iillen, the re jsirter ol the lire insiiranco patrol nystem dhows that the total loss in Chicago hy lire during the year issti iinioiinte l to t.'.i'd, 471.'.'1. This amount exceeds tlio loss of the year previous by about fM,iM. The loss and insiiranco is divided us follows: On building, loss, f insurance, Jfti. oiuoulenls, loss, l,7'rs,!i insurance, t'l.ujsH. The total ligures, therefore, are; Lusa. IJ.J.'jI.'JU; Insurance, f ll.Ik'd.tki;!, Trichinosis, in the little (ierinaii neltlemeiit of WaS tbaui, Minn., there :j cases of trichinonis. A few days before Christ mus a man named 6i hicJt slaughtered four hogs. A dinner was given, to which 'M people were invited. lS'ow nil but four of the guests are prostrated and the local physician pronounces the disease trichinosis. A 10-year-old son of ! Mr. Schick has died and it is feared that ' several of tho guests will not recover. Muny Farms Under Wa'er. Pispan bes report that many farms in Southern Illinois are almost submerged with water, the result of the long continued tain full. Thousands of bushels of corn in that part of the State reinuin iihgnthered, owing to the fuel that farmers have been unuble to drive into their fields to muko the burvest. Much sicklies has been cuusod by tho dump weather uud tho stagnant water. BUSINE89. Prevailing Sickness .Responsible For a Dull Trade. H, O. Dun A Co.'i Wtrkly Rrrirw of Trrnh says: An easier money market and colder weather have helped bushiest some, but It cannot be denied that the ois.'niiig trade of the new year lias thus far been a little disappointing. Fortius the widely prev blent sickness is to some extent responsible, as it interrupts operations of buy ers and teller In every dire-tion and lessens retail trade except in drug's. In other branches, business lias been fairly active, but not up to expectations, though the prevailing belief Is that the luck is only tetniiorary, and that a lurge business is to be exiccted soon. The larire tiavmeiits bv tho Treasury liavo much relieved the nionov tnnrket, tlie excess of disbursements over re- Ccipts during the prist week having been no less than ..(,0"l. Imports ami exports have both fallen oll much since January 1, and while either change may be but tempo rary, there are some faets which point to a different conclusion. Cotton exports bavo been remarkably heavy for three months, and are now fulling behind la-t year's, a change which is natural an! must be ex Jsjcted to Continue. The movement of wheat has not been large in December, with prices comparatively low, mi l can hardly bo ex s ted to increase with hiber prici-s. In general the foreign demand br Ameri can product must have bis-n to some extent piitiftiivl for the present by the uiipns edent ed exports of the pat ipmrter. C'i the other band, speculative ili-sturhances at LoU'lon ii'id Jierlin remler it not iinpracticabie (but sonic rcalizim; on American investments may he forced, and the action of th ; iiead iiiif company is likely to cause distrust KejN.rts from other cities are n little less favorable. The comparative diillues in De cember was cxpcctc I to ba followel by lie. tivity after New Year's and there is Soma dinipM)ititinent. I.esiectin money and Collections 4.he sittiiitiett is about as last reported. Slow collections in dry kh1s, ciothini and ro-ct-riej at rhiladelphia, with money easier, prompt colhs tioiis in Icx.ts and shoes and averne in other trades at Chicago, with money firm; a good demand at T per cent, mid slow collections in at Detroit: some I STiiiL'eucv at Cleveland, with collections better than was expected considering liht Country trade; some improvement at Mil waukee, rates 7 to M per cent, at St. Louis ami some stringency at St. l'aul, are tho more prominent feature. The iron trade is still In doubt whether the heavy Increase in production lias been matched by tho increase in consumption, Biid while tho prevailing opinion favor higher prlc4s, it may be notice I that mod erate lots are occasionally ollered below cur rent quotations, while In bur iron the feel inn is less confident of late; in plato iron the inovein-nt is not very active, mid no sales of rails are reported. Undoubtedly the enormous building last year sustained tho iriKi trade, but construction at such a rate cannot be expected to continue. Tho coal trade remains dull. LATF NEWS CONDENSED. t Queen Victoria is s ilTerltig from rhcuma tism and lumbago. (eneral Greely of tho signal service does not believe the warm weather is caused by a shifting ol the gulf stream. Negotiations are well a Ivaneed by which English capitalists are to purchase thrc big cotton nulls in Eastern Status at u cost of tJn.iMl.ihM. It isstated that I'riuce liattenburg, the ad venturer wdio married I'rinc-ss I teat rice, Victoria's ilaiigbter, is s-ioii to return to Englan I, w here the fatto.1 calf will be killisl for bim. New York police bavo recovered part of thetwo bars nfsdver bullion stolen three weeks ugo, and arrested live men. Tho thieves sold the plunder lir.-t for $t I, think ing it was solder. Tho ligures of the (.i riin (lurttr o Saturday, as to railroad buildiim in the United States in lss.i, bow that .'.;'. i inilet of main track were built in t he United States, N.7 miles in the I'.rit;li pos-eioiis und 4.(4 niilra in Mexico Although this is a smaller ninoiitit of new Mail than lias been built in any one year since lss.'), it Is larger than there was reason to expect from the pros jeots early in the year. Tho average new mileage built in the United States per annum for the five years, ls.s.'-lyt inclusive, bus Uhmi about 7,-Viil miles, and for the twelvo years, lS7 lsl, inclusive, about 7.U0J miles. The propsse I anicnilm-ut or extension ol the extradition treaty between (Jreat lirituin uud the United Slates, so as to cover the cmiiceof robbery, forgery, theft, embezzle ment, etc , meets with pretty g -Herat ap proval among financiers of all classes. The American Hankers' Association has long Us?n working for such it change, und hopes, now that it has been tukeu up for consid eration, it may toon be adopted und rigidly enforced. Thirteen men were on board the steamer Dover when she commenced to sink oil' tho coast of Newfoundland. They were ull res cued at the right moment by the Tancar ville. The Dominion Government will ask tho Dominion l'urliumeut for a subsidy of II, 000,000 for tho proposed railway from Win nipeg to Hudson lUy, there to connect w ith u line of steamers for I.iveroot. This is to i be the short cut to Europe for the grain and other products of tho Nor h west. DISTILLERY" BURNED. The Largest in tho World-Loss $144,000 ; Covered by Insurance. j Fire broke out in the tower of the Monarch Distillery, at reoriit, III., back of tho beer I ,,e,rt, il could bo brought under ""lrl several copper stills and uprten. ftneu" wure biirned.together with HK'OW gil- , . ... ' ions untaxed spirits, valued ut l0 0. be damage to the mill, etc,, is f l.'. M; to malt t-V'AJJ, und to engines and boilers, J,0ni, The distillery hud u capacity of lo.ouo bushels of corn per day. The mill cost kki.OOO to build, and was the largest ill tho world. It was running ut half capacity. U was a trust house. Loss is covered by in surance. Tlie ca iso of the lire Is a mystery, This is the busy season and the bouse will be idle three or four months. The loss of business will be several hundred thousand dollars. CYCLONE. CALAMITY C0ME8 UNANNOUNCED. Score of Houses and Churohee Blown Down or TTnroofod. About 4 o'ebs-k Punday afternoon a cy cione struck toe southwestern tec tion of St. Louis, and sweeping through to the northern limits mark ing a pathway nearly quarter of a mile wide, and leaving death and desola tion In its track. There was scarcely any warning of the approaching storm, owing to tlie fact tbut the sky had been overcast for several hours beforo the full force of the wind was felt, and it was all over In an In credibly brief jicrhxl of time, those residing In and near the path of the cy clone scarcely realizing what had happen ed until it was all over. In addition to dozens of dwellings and stores in the northern ccntr.il and southern sections of the city more or lees wrecked tho I following big buildings were damaged: The Anchor mills, Goodwin's cundlo factory, ! rullman shops, Vanllrock's furniture fac tory, King-Ian I Si Feguson's farm Imple ' micnt works, Missouri 1'acitio hospital, Hod- j pen German Evangelical church, Second l'resbyteriaii church ami others yet to be beard from. It was also reported that an ! other section of the academy of music, which collapsed a few days since, had been leveled by the storm, but this is now denied. Three fatalities are reortcd, but the Humes of the victims have not yet been ascertained. Tliev comprise an entire family, father, mother uud child, residing on Mound street, Hear Tenth, and they met their deaths by the falling of a building on their dwelling. The losses on property ore roughly estimated at tlou.OO ', but will likely prove more. The Harmony club, a Jewish organization, suf fered a loss of l-l.oxi on their club house on the corner of Olive und Kighteenth streets Tlie storm seemed to have entered the city in its full force at Twenty thir l street nn I Chouteau avenue, passed northwest until it resell el Seventeenth and Hive strops where it swerved taking a direct easterly course to Fourt'Tiith and then again turned to the northwest, leaving the city and striking the river Just north of Tyler street. Tho only announcement of the approach and pro gress of I ho storm was a dull, sullen roar, quickly followed by a torrent of ram, which In turn was sucwded by slett, and before the victims could realize what had bapened the storm had swept by and on, leaving wreck ad and mangled humanity in its pathway. Trees were torn op by the roots and broken oil', telegraph poles went down as though mere sticks, while the roofs of buildings were lifted from their moorings like feathers and tossed into tho streets. A messenger from the east side of the river ays that the storm In St. Clair county, Illi nois, was unusuully severe, and that the cry of "Good Lord, savo lis!" was heard fre quently outside of the church walls. Itrook lyn, a village of about 600 opte, seems to have fullered most of the damage at East St. Louis, and at Venice the injury wis Uirgely confined to railroad pro)erty and small dwellings and telegraph poles. Itr"' lyn is bout three roils north ot Vjufk Vi -nit. Its (Hipulution is lurgely composed of colored people. BRICE I3 CHOSEN. The National Democratic Chairman Mr. l'ayne's Successor. The Democratic Senatorial caucus of Ohio, met in tho ball of the House of Representa tives, Thursday night. Senator Herry Ad uins, of Seneca county, was made Chairman, and Representative John E. Monot, Secre tary in Chief. Of the Tt Dem icruts elected to the Legisla ture, 73 were present. Ibn. F. W. Knapp, of Defiance, had died, uud Hon. John 11. Law ler, of Columbia, is dying. The other four absent ones, prevented by sickness from attend lig, were Representatives Ixt L. Simth, of this city; Miiuson, of Licking; Counts, of Shelby; Drown, of Cim. Iniiuti, who sent word they would support the nom inee. Hence the caucus had 7J in it. After the nominations were all madtt in short r-eoclies, tlie voting began, with tho follow ing result: l'irt ballot llrice,-..; McMahon, 14; Thomas, II; Seney, ; Uaker, 0; Hunt, 2; McSwecney, 4; Geddes, 1.'; Neal, ii: Outh wuite, 1. Second ballot Drice, 53; MoMabon, 13; Thnuius, 3; liaker, 1; Seney, V!; Outbwaito, 1. Itricu w as declared unuiiiiuuusly nominated. PORTUGAL'S MINISinV OUT. Dissatisfaction With its Course Toward England. The I'ortnguse cab net has resigned be cause of the trouble with England in regard to Captain Serpit 1'iiito's uctioiis in Africa. Thecubinet fed obliged to accede to Englund's ultimatum touching the African situation. This uction aroused public sentiment to such a degree tbut the cabinet folt it could no longer remain in power. Sciibor Finish tal, the Kiberd Conservative leader, voted with the minority ut the meting of the council when the demand of England were uccced(s to. The minority was in favor of evacuating the Shire district, but opposed tlie other demands mailt) by Engluud unless that country submitted tho dispute to urbi '.ration forthwith, Elevator Burned. The r cent high wind that prevuilod al IWtiiuore funned it little tire in a grain ele vator into u raging contlagrotion. Tho gale carried tho flames on its wings and all ef forts against the two elements were unavail ing and a d ro cat ast ropho resulted. The flames started in elevutor No. 3, on the north side or tho I'utupsco river, belonging to tho llaltimore Elevutor Company. The entire elevutor was burned with all its con tents and tho total loss is between 700,0' 0 and $.S.),0iM. Tho British steamship Sacro bost'o, w hich was lying alongside, was also totally destroyed, involving a loss of II 0,000. Four of the steamer's employes were burned 'o death. Wreck on a Canadian Road. An express train for Quebec, over the In tercolonial, met with an accident near Jacqiet river. The snow-plow left the track and the engine followed it and turned over. Fireman 1'. Cuugct wus taken out in a dying condition. Engineer 8. McGotven, last accounts, win still in the wreck auti is probably dead. LABOR NEWS. Items of Interest to the Manufacturer and the Workingman. The Potlstown Iron Company have ad vanced the wages of their puddlcrs from 1 1 90 to t3 73. All four of the iron compan ies of that place art paying 13 75 per ton for. puddling. The Toledo and Ohio Central Is shipping out about .to ears of ore a day, but the pile on the dock at Toledo still looks large ami will furnish plenty of work for the winter season. 1 lie Missouri Secretary of State has tevok ed the cbart-r of the "Quickmeal" Stove Company, of St. Iouis. .This action was taken in accordance with the provisions of the Anti-Trust Law. During the yur Ik) the Pullman Com pany employed on an average 11. tsj men, the average pay being t'8 a month. Tho Pullman Loan and Savings Hank has shout 1-V)0 depositors, most of whom are ia the employ of the company. The employes In the casting department of the furnace of the I-ehigh Iron Company at Aineyville. 1'a., u-ked lor an increnso of wages of 11 per cent, anil, being refused, went out. They numbered l-". The strike ditl not affect work in other departments of the plant. The Everett Furnaces at Dedford, Pb em ploying over l'sj men, have Imsjii started. J be fires were lighted by .Mrs TliMpp, wit's of the owner of the furnaces. These furna ces have been idle for over three years. All th-furnaces in tiie county nro running full blast. The Graphic Process Company was com 'lled to.closo its shops ut I'leasuntville, (I'll.) tin Saturday, for the want of sullicleiit capi tal. A meeting of th i stockholders will bo held in a few days to decide what will be done with the type- setting iiiu'.hine How be ing built. In the Alpena region there aro now skid- deil between 7.'i.o l and lO','-J,iM fe -t of logs. At date there is no snow, no Ice, I swamps unfrozen. I.uinliertneii aro beginning to feel anxi ms in regard to get ting the logs they bavo now skidded hauled to the vurious landings. A company has been organized nnder the stylo of tho Iroutoii Rolling Mill Company, to lease and oM-rute the works of the New- York and Ohio Iron and Steel Company, of Iroiiton. The ollicers of the company are: J. 11. Moulton, President; C. M. Itucliaunoii, Secretary and Treasurer, and the product will consist of sheet uud tank Iron. A syndicate of MinneajNilis capitalists are securing options on all tho luster mills, quarries and properties in the country .with the view of purchasing and consolidating them uuiler one management. They pro pose to organize a company with a capital of fl,.VM),0Alor J,0i,uu), and if successful in buying the works as they desire, will carry on the plaster business in all its branches for the United States as a single industry. INFLUENZA'S QRIM, MARCH. New York's Physicians Become Alarmod at the Plague. The returns to the New York Bureau of Vital Statistics show that 2.VJ deaths occurred ill the city for tho 21 hours ending at noon Wednesday. Tho like of this 1ms never been known In ho history of tho department since tlie time of cholera. During the four days of this week ';: i co pie have died in the city of New Y'ork. 'I no morgue is crowded to its utmost capacity. I he rcHrtj from Hcllevuo Hoqiital to the Central Olll.-e sho v that !W bodies, the great est n umber in the history ot that institution, weru there awaiting removal. When the figures came in the doctor of the Health Hoard acknowledged that tbsy were alarmed. Tho Di.ieasc in Now England. In Atbol, Massachusetts, there are over 3 K) cases or la grippe. 1 lie leading physi ciuns uni ill, several schools are closed uud tho factor! s an; running short bitiicled. In Great Falls, New Hauip-hire, over lno per sons are ill with the discus.'. Natick, Mass., reports from ' to 3o per cent, of tho people In tho shops are ulllicted ami the doctors are sick. At Manchester, New Hampshire, three deaths have occurred from h. gripm. At Windsor, Vermont there ure nearly 100 cuse-s. About Suo iM'nons have been prost rated in Lowell. Many t-achers uud scholars aro sick in New Bedford and A arbl-Uieal. In Marlboro Father McKciina Is dangerously 111 with la grippe. Norwalk, Couiiecticut.cs. ti mutes tbut 10 per cent, of tho population aro urtbcUd. inSlem 5 jier cent, of the school children ure out and tho Superior Court has suspended its sittings. Two schools in Middleboro and Hollystono aro closed. In IO well Dr. Arthur l'helaii died of capillary bronchitis, superinduced by la grippe. There uro hundreds of absentees from the mills and schools. In Providence Mr. Howard, Democratic candidate for the Mayoralty, was delirious with grip. The di.seu-e is suvurly felt along the valley of the Dluckstone tud l'awtuxet rivers. M. Pasteur, the celebrated French physi cian, when askel what be considered the best remedy for the grip, remarked: "Let men ami womsn both quit smoking tobacco and smoke comphor instead, and they will probubly eseap. tho t." HURRICANE AT ROCHESTER. buildings Demolished and a Number of Persons Injured. A hurricane prevailed at Rochester, N. Y. The wind is said to have reached a velocity of 7.1 miles un hour. Many buildings have been partially demolished, und several per sons have been injured by tlie falling dele ris. One futility has occurred and others ure rumored. George Waller, tho man kill ed, was struck on the head by a fulling cbimmey. George Seward, an express, wagon driver, wus kicked in the head by his horse, which bud been blown down by the force of the wind He fell and his horse rolled on bun, causing internal injuries from which he will die. The south wall was blown out of the Joslyn block on State street, fulling on uud crushing a frame building next door. No one wus injured. The roof of tho Genesee Urowory mult-house, part of the roof of Curtis llros.' canning factory und partof the spire of St. John's church were blown off. There were muny narrow escapes. 7.'lie wlud died awuy ut ubout 2 o'clock. AN AWFUL CRASH. M03T TBIOHTFTJI, DISASTER 1J BROOKLYN. A. Church Wall rails and Crushes a Dwelling. HART RKRCVKM AT WORK IB TTIB BCIKS. An appnlllng disaster occurred In Brook lyn Thursday morning. The heavy winds of Wednesday night shook the new Presbyterian Church at ) Throop avenue, to its foundation, and at 4:3u next morning one of the walls Ml with crash on a three-story frame building ad joining, and brought with it death and de struction. The ruined building was tenanted by the Mott and l'urdy families. They numbered nine arsons, all the victims have been tak jn from tlie ruins. Following ia a corrected I list of the casualties: Killed Mary l'urdy, aged 19. David l'ur dy, aged 15, Wounded Mrs. Caroline Mott, aped 7', boulder hurt; Miss Sarah Mott, her daugh ter, cut about the head. Mrs. Emma I'ur dy. a widow, and mother of the two killed, bruised and cut and suffering much from the shock; Carrie, her daughter, aged 17 tin kle and left shoulder hurt; Eichsrd 1'oole, cousin of Mrs. l'urdy, back sprained, bead and shoulders inju-ed. The tenants in the little frame house were alarmed Wednesday night by the manner in which the church walls shook. Their on r. dwelling was considerably shaken, ami it was w.th fear ami trembling that they re tired. Tw ice during the night some of tho Inmates were unused by the roaring w ind, but every ono was in bed and alcep when tho disaster occurred. The heavy brick wall of the church, of which Dr. Lewis 11. Foote is pastor, .fell suddenly with a crash anil in a heap that broke through thecm kle-shell s'ructuro adjoining like a battering ram. The dwelling seemed to part in twain, nnd Instantly the shrieks and groans of the in jured startled the ridcnti for blocks about. Tho noise of the fulling wall attracted tho Attention of a policeman, and he sent in a fire alarm and summoned the reserve from a police edition near at bund, A great crowd gathered gazing blankly at the ruined dwel ling and the shattered church. The bouse bad been torn in such a manner that a bed room wus exposed, and in the bed, within plain view of tho-e in tlie street, lay the dead body of Miss May l'urdy, borne down beneath a mass of debris. The spectacle seem ed to stun those who witnessed it, and for a few moments nothing was done to render assistance to those within. Then the police and firemen arrived and started in to the rescue. They lirst found Mrs. Emma l'urdy lying in her bed, crushed beneath a muss of timber and bricks, and so seriously injured that she could not speak or move even w lien they had carried her out of the cbarncl house into the street. Robert Poole was the next one found alive. He is also so seriously injured Hint no hoe is entertained of his recovery. So fur as known ut this writing none of the In mates In the house escaped death or injury, i he crowd about the scene numbered sever tl thousand and tho seurch for bodies is bo ldg burned on. Miss May Purdy's b-xly, crushed ami mangled In a fearful way, was brought out ami laid on the sidewalk under the blank kets in w hich she slept. The church itself Is rendered useless, an 1 Will have to bo replaced by a new one, A "LIQIITNINO SLirB." Details of the Oreat AvalauoL at Bierra City. The first full details or the great avalanche which swept away half a dozen houses in Sierra City, buried seven ersoiis und nar rowly misses! destroying the town buvo been received. Tim disaster took place last Friday, but all telegraph communication was broken until Monday, and even yet the town is wholly isolated from the outside world, as the snow lies too heavy for tho stagerunners to reach the near.wt town, 1J miles away. Sierra City is a little mining town which lit in a raviue by tho side of the Yuba river. Above it tower the mountains, 7.0UO feet high. Snow drifts in the raviuvs of these mountains are sometimes 100 foet deep, and it was one of these drifts, l.bX) feet above the town, ?on the sid of the mountain which caused the fatal snow slide. The slide started in a ravine w here (be snow wus about 3d feet deep; then dashing down the side of tho mountain, it gaiuod enormous Volume. It was what mountaineers terra a ''light nlug slide"; that is, the snow moves bodify dowu the mountain side, as distinguished from a "hill slide," in w hich the snow takes aglobulur form ami bounds dowu ward, as a bull would do. The slide lollowed thecourse of the ravine to tin flat, leap ng 4 Mi feet at a bound over a country roud, at wbiuh point the accumulated snow of the flut turned It, and it then mu le straight for the upper end of the town. A small hollow caused it to turn nearly at a right angle, uud tako a course accross the upper end of the Hat. The houses of T. T. Moouey. Mrs. John Rich ami A. Lewis were instantly and completely razed. Not a timber was left standing, ami all the occupants of the Mooucy uud Rich houses were crushed to death. Heveu persons In their housus were killed. Those unacquainted with the action of snow on mountain sides can hardly realiz s the awful switnoss uud the force of tho snow sliiles. This slide travelled a mile and a quarter In leas th in a minute. No warn ing was given and there was no chance of escae. Apparently, all the victims were killed without time to move band or foot. There were several miracu lous escapes, the most remarkable being that of Mrs, Lewis and her four children. Her bouse was smashed into matchwood and ev ery one supposed all the Inmate were kill ed. Soon, however, the mother came from under the house currying a baby in ber arms slowly and painfully struggling througa the snow, and followed by three little boys. In some unaccountable manner she bud managed to lift up a beam, burrowed through the snow and thus saved th lives of herself and children, Pi luce liiiuiaick.' it il said hsa a ichcuio to ubiurb Austria iut j 0 rmaoy. JAIL BIRDS L00B3L Ho w Seven Desperadoes Eicnj , Kentuckvj.ii '"-a Peven prisoners confined n th. ' Jail at FinevUIe, Kentucky. mad '4 , v. was a h .1.1 and uroved nniie.rrvv r. . v,i' on J ...... v- . . - - iin. f.w , , , Newman Johnson were le, tin charce dor,'..'., .i tni Jailer Johnson. The ' place,! the key in the J ul lock L J " to admitting the "tr.wiy- wnen' ( ''r: seized him, and disarming hjln ... ' ,!t' the door, bid hilar bis on. I"-.-.., to 6jn,( Thejoll contained nine prino . eseAiin.1 ,,A,,t -nail '. nun wera n r... . . ofren.si n,1 MA ... . I0' "111... Among the escaped were two ofthiT' Tumor - . . '"ll'V: - sine iiijh rnra .. IUIIOW Ir.s.lr - Wltll sbootli.B Crnwfs.r. I . . ' U1,r' on Christ,.,., do. A ' ' The Turners are des,K-rat.j , ' , thought if they once get ,, lh they will not be recapturcsl wuh,,,..'. ' fight. "Ufcv Eight prisoners, all coiuii1P the County Jail nt Sprii1(rtield They cut a bole in the Iron ,,r 0'f .'',,''! ami Knock.st.uit a part or t.e w escj.i.n.1 nr ii.s :,.i.. ... 1 ini'i nir inai on cliar-i , ,. lanvny. The other two were tba- l ' murder. FOREION NEWS. Annlhn. rttln... f: . ... -. ....... nu J-onnmor-l'igt J9J tho King of Cores. In addition to the net i lent U tlie C! Jieatre. which n suite 1 in t. j,, nJf" .nc, inesicau'cri'iiy .nVking.f-.,m,-liT reports several other disasters, a., f ,i The German steimer Du!itiru-. rinciiMiic nciooer with 'ot ,.. st iigers for Amoy, via Hon K, doubtedly foundered in the great ty.l".,," November. Floating bundles of rj.b. which formed purl of ber cur-.), ly L only truces seen of her. The volcano of Shiraneaii, near X. Japan, broke out November 5 v in... i i.. r. wiuinii;, i.iiuu ,roill tlie IIIOMij'a;!! the hot springs, t the foot oftle KM Jetsol limtldy water were thrown up r. ...... n..., n,v ,,,, nu oui atnj nn, over many miles, but no one u k ;; The volcano hail been quiet for lv"i"i,' llie exjsirt tra.lo in Japanes,. America has grown immensely. Ij.; t, it was estimated at $'-',' Oti.m.io ai.J ;b;i i, tttld.i Oi.onO The Japanese will soon distance th-Jn;. leans in divorces. In r, urban ,l:e-j,a T..L I.. I., it. .!..,.. i . , nages and IKiS divorces. Another plot has been delicto! t j,.,. nate the King of Corca and the ru i:n; The chief conspirator was le tray l br i , i ..... . ..'. . ' sue, nun i.u iocs two voun ol:!-uj. i were hisacconipllccs, arc to be UtiiuJal. A PAIR .F RA3CAL3. How Two Black Men Swindled S0-J Carolina Negroes. Some weeks ago the negroes of F- J county, North Carolina, sent wi'.'o'ud number, Gray Tyson, to ArkaiiM... to , how suitable that country was forcailp-j They had mtichcontldeuce in li"a, bm: latter nas situiy aouseii it. un tin rotui i Informed the credulous ne ;Mes thit tij was a demand for lab ir in Arki:eii,i: that the farmers of the State '.li J special trains to North negroes, and would traii'p rt ti free of charge. Ho also i 1 t.i those who wished to go must give ti.iitH names, with a registration fee of iix: Many negroes are said to have rf-it.-fj.i paid the money. Gray was aiaea in ins rascal y s:iw his uncle, John Tyson. Tliev u.l rraM. negroes that trains would arriva:U-i on January 1. No trains tain a:il they became suspicious they f.i inJ tit I Tysons bud fled. The matter is c.ti:i. ..; great stir, and tlie del titled newes nu. ' the swindlers if they I'm I tlum. M the negroes sold their pr ijierty a-.l it ready for departure. Some of tiica ' to Governor Eagle, of Arkansas. !i tf' hnu: Coin Ull, the I P'l that illlK bsu dour th, mn eau of th tin it is rhiM defen this r him ron ii theL yearn that the Tysons had lied to an! them. Capital Notva. Senator Vest has introduced s bill ,' priutingti'jO.OiRi, to bo iliuunliatd ble, for clearing snags and ther ob-tn out of the Missouri river bet ecu j an and Kansas City. Sir Julian I'aiinepfote. till llr t'sh SM ter. mid I'osliuaster-tiLiierai Wxji- bavebeen in colil'erentx-on the q im the cslublisliment of postutlias ot ; itcamers plying between Gnat Driuai' the United Suites. onum litem l'e tlie , rifliu isys: Douiii Illoel, UiuUit per,. l'l then, thfy , scrili Tlie lull authorizing tiie po.atst: an assistunt secrtitarv ol war at t been reports! by Senator CociJlf.t ..(t.mititl.iM fin (itiht irv u'.!a:fS V-1 ameudmeiit and with a uiiuiumjJ lueudatioii that it fta.ss. NEOROE3 IN OKLAHOSlt A Movement to Colonize Thefl Proving Fairly HuccomttA W. L. Kgglestou, the TojHkam-a'l endcavoriuu to induce the negrmsi, or Ji,i r A l As(M of ut tlie tu il th, ')illi Of mw tian ,, , inn I ( i-, they w t nn twill it '-.i;,,.. 1. r. n ., I ILI ilill'Ul. vui viiiih ,u a. sa i aj t u v " ' ready succeeded in kcttlin,! v H't'70 They have established a col"y ;' fisher, ami are oieiiin, furau an- houses. Ivgieston seems to lie f'-l his own responsibility. Intluf ritts- i men here think that lie will g" w uu j himself and there endeavor to tvJil political leader of the negroes. Ninety live time out of I00!, theater starts on the staee or o--. if""' w,,rh n asbti ''nth hum bo.tllit srtha tUitiua the draft Is upward 3 pop!e ' ortil plenty of time to go out in an l.fnre the miditorilllU Will I .-iin n..,V. Trull t, reserve Ht;r ' of mind there Isn't the uliybteat aavoue to set hurt. ir. mi ihtDiH ,1 III. 1 UOUlttbSOU two men o( 1'ioe jioiiutsiii-, u'' j . In.lu.th.i r nil Uit .1 ' tUU'h that Hi i chiia t l-vn tl content 'Jbomasaou wus kided uud i- atbOugb 10 leimued 1'Un b.at h.s wife a wt-st ttctM The reason why so many Cj -uiaii, bis tu Hnw t'-lna irnviilf r"iiiu vo" . west ia iia to bo the. pourc"!' I of tu mey. f ti if si U f tr s th st at f ii is Sll . 1 th. Ill th, h-i mi To nu trr Bin P rut tr, til ts, ten but int the cl.a flt!r plsi T ject netsi. she thin Wnu V
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