Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1890 — Page 1

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Clwlacj, Cincinnati, CMcago & St Lorn. BIG 4 JIAYENT TIME To write an ad. 13 e side a, it -would take too long to tell you Ten one-naif the good things the Big Four baa to offer, ao we will let it go this time by saying that there la not a railroad trip the Bis Four cannot send you. TIME CARD. CUTXU5D DIVISION. Derart 4.10 am, 7 am, 1L10 am, 3.05 pm, 6.20 pm, Arrive aza, 10.30 am, 6.15 pm, 6.25 pm, 10.50 pm. CHICAGO CEtCUWATI DITIS105-lLiST. Depart 3.53 am, 6.45 am. 10.50 am, 3.10 pm. 5 rm, 6.50 pm. Arrive 10.17 am. J 1:00 am, $12:10 pm, 4.65 pm, 10.55 pm. 11.33 pm. CHICAGO AK1 CIJfClIdATI DIVIS IOIf WEST. BeparWMO am, 11.10 am, 5.10 pm, 11.45 pm. Arrive 3.30 am, 10.35 am. "3.00 pm. 6.25 pin. BT. LOCI3 AND CAISO DXT1SIOIT. Depart 7.30 am, 11.05 am. 5.00 pm, 11.05 pm. Arrive 3.45 em. 10.35 am, 2.50 pm, 6.25 pm. Dally. Sunday only. J. EL MARTIN, D. P. A. Ckikli, Hamilton "4 Daytoa H 1 1 "Thtf rullmaa YcstiMo Line" BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS and CINCINNATI Acknowledged by the press and the traveling public to be the ilnest trains run on earth." The prtatent inducement oflVred to the public by this train service is the faet that danger haa been reduced to a minimum; there can be no danger from tire, since the trains are entirely heated by steam and lighted by electricity and the Pintsch gas system. KqulppMt throughout with Pullman's Perfected Baiety Vestibules. This veatibule system la so cona true ted as to prevent oscillating motion of the cars by the use of vertical buffers, being held in friction al contract with each other under the enormous pressure of fifteen thousand pound, allien renders tele 6Copin an impossibility. A trip over the C. it. & D., in one of its velvety palaces, means a Jonmey of ease and speed. Remember, we are the best line from Indianapolis to Dayton. Toledo and Detroit. Trams arrive and depart from Union Station as follows: - FOB CCTCIKXATI AITD DAYTOX. Depart 4:C5 am tl0-.35am 2:43rm 4:00pm Arrive 1: 10 am 10:30 am ll:05am t7:30pm 10:55 pm . FOB TOLEDO, DETROIT AXO THE NORTH. Depart 405 am fl0:35 am 4:00pm Arrive l:10am 1J:30Rm t":30pm Dally, t Daily eicept Sunday. TICKET-OFFICE Comer Illinois street and Kentucky avenue. II. J. ItHEIX, General Agent. THE FERTILE CHEROKEE STRIP. Settlers and Town-Siters Are Hungering for Its Possession, and Are Now Staking Claims. Topeica, Kan.. Feb. 25, Persons just in from tha southern border of Kansas state that hundreds of people are gathering there to enter the Cberokeo strip when President Harrison shall declare it lawful to do so. The strip comprises tho finest part of the Indian Territory, being well watered and timbered. The counties of Cowley and Sumner were the homes of tho Oklahoma boomers for years while awaiting the signal from Washington, ivhen thoy could rush across the strip to that one spot so long closed to settlement. The reaults of that signal are well known. The President's recent proclamation was so worded as to inspire the boomers with the belief that tho Cherokee strip may be open by June 1, in case the cattle cau be got out of there. The cities and Tillages are rapidly tilling up with peoplo. From these points excursions are made into tho Territory, ostensibly for the purposo of hunting cattle or came, but in reality to select sites for homes. The townsite speculator is also on hand, and already more than two score towns have been located in imagination. There is a disposition all along tho border to respect the rights, or the supposed rights, of those who thus prematurely locate their claims and town sites. This disposition has caused the belief that there is an organization formed for the purposo of invasion. This, however, is hardly the case. The purpose is to protect each other against tho later claimants. It is estimated that fully 1.000 claims have been examined and marked, the property rights to which will bo respected and even defended, if necessary. There are about 45,0u0 claims in tho Cherokee strip, and thero are 45,000 people now on the border waiting to go in. By May 17, 15,000 people will have gathered along the Kansas border to enter the strip. This is not the full extent of the preparations, however. In Oklahoma there am thousandsof negroes ready to cross the lino northward, and they, too, nave selected their claims. Many quarter sections in that territory havo as many as live families residing upon each one, four of which will cross the lino and be comfortably located long before tho head of tho column from tho north can come in sight. These negroes will be reinforced by thousands of negroes from Mississippi and Arkansas. Darin? Itobbery by Masked Men. St. Louis, Feb. 25. Two masked men entered the general store of W. C. Henderson, at llerwyn, I. T on Monday night. One of them covered the clerks with revolvers, while tho other dumped into sacks, brought for the occasion, a large amount of jewelry and dry goods, and took all the money in the safe, mounted their horses, with tneir booty behind them, and escaped. Cacfrs and cancerous tumors are cured by C-3 puiil yicg elect of Aid's Sampamia,

Colder; light snow Wednesday.

A. L L I We have Spring Overcoats. They are here. They are coming in constantly. We have Winter Overcoats which we are selling at 20 per cent off the price, which is in addition to all former reductions. We have Water-proof Coats. You are hard to suit if we can't catch you with one of the three. - Sole agents for the celebrated Macintosh. The only fine waterproof coat worth wearing. THE WHEN" TRUSSES and everything In Surgical Instruments and Appliances. WAI. II. AUMaTliONO fc CO.'S Surirical Instrument House, 9'J tiouth Illinois at. TRAGEDY IN A CEMETERY. Ghoul Killed and Prominent Physicians Captured in the Act of Robbing a Grave, New Albany, Ind., Feb, 25. A wierd tragedy occurred in the cemetery this morning, shortly after midnight, in which one ghoul lost his lifo and threo others were captured. The party of grave-robbers consisted of three Louisville physicians Dr. J. T. Blackburn and Dr. W. E. Grant, and another whose name is unknown, and threo colored assistants. They had come over to rob the graves of the corpses of Tom Johnson and Ed Pearce, which had been buried in the cemetery last Sunday. Dr, Blackburn came over to New Albany late yesterday afternoon. Ho had evidently heard of the two recent funerals, and went straight to the Northern Cemetery. As it happened, he could not locate the graves, and, calling a boy, William Peebles, who lived near there, he tried to obtain the desired inlormation from him. At hrst he o tiered the boy $2 to point out the grave of Johnson, and then increased the bid to 620. Peebles took the bribe and pointed out the graves. Dr. Blackburn then added a careless word or two, and, cautioning the boy to say nothing, drove back to Louisville. Peebles went at once to the sexton, Dan Shrader, and rolated to him every detail of the conversation with the Louisville doctor. Shrader, in turn, went to the office of Mayor McDonald and explained the matter to that otlicial. Mr. McDonald resolved to catch the ghouls in a trap, and, sending for Chief of Police , Stonecipher. thoy quickly arranged their plans. It was decided to station a guard in the cemetery and await the coming of the graverobbers. Officers Hennessy and Cannon were selected for this duty, and were given as assistants Jack and Jim Johnson, brothers of Tom Johnson, whose body was one of the objects of the proposed goulish raid. Elmer llopper, a lifth man, and a friend of Ed Pearce, the other dead man, was selected as the fifth. The guards concealed themselves near the new graves and waited until after midnight, when a wagon drove in and live men alighted, proceeding c-t once to the Johnson grave. Tho guards sprang out with the order "Throw up your hands!" Instead of obeying the ghouls ran, and one of the physicians made his escape. A volley fired by the guards brought down one ofthejjegro assistants, shot through the heart. His name is George Brown. Drs. Blackburn and Grant and the other assistant were placed in jail. The tragedy and arrest have caused an immense sensation both here and in Louisville. Doctors Grant and Blackburn were indicted by tho grand jury here this afternoon on two founts, robbing a grave and conspiring to commit a felony. The punishment in the first caso is three to ten years in the penitentiarv; in the second, two to fourteen years and" $200 to $5,000 ino. Dr. Grant is demonstrator of anatomy of the Kentucky School of Medicine, and Dr. Blackburn is assistant in surgery in the same school. The college will back them with all the money necessary. Hon. Chas. Jewett and other eminent counsel have already been employed. On the other side Prosecuting Attorney Anthony has engaged Hon. Alexander Dowling; a leading attorney, to help him. Owing to the high standing of the men whoso graves were to be desecrated there is great indignation nt New Albany. The two physicians wore tonight taken to tho Prison South at Jeffersonville. The negro boy killed, George Brown, was buried to-day, the college bearing the expenses. CATHOLIC CHILDREN EXPELLED. Unusnal Incident Growing Oat of the Refasal of Pupils to Study Certain Lessons. Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 25. Considerable feeling has resulted in educational circles from the action taken by Principal Walsh, of the High-school, who yesterday expelled six scholars, children of Roman Catholio residents of the town. About a week ago, in the regular course of the study of history, the class came to the subject of the reformation irMeyers's Medieval History, which is considered very liberal by the school committee. Six scholars refused to learn the prescribed lesson, on religious grounds. Principal Walsh told the pupils that they need not study the portion of the book if their parents would send him a notice giving them permission to skip obnoxious chapters. A few days later ho received a sort of "round-robin document signed by the parents of tho scholars declaring their opposition to the study of the reformation by the children. Mr. Walsh was not satisfied with thin, and demanded that he should have a personal notice from each parent. This was refused, and tho suspension of tho pnpils followed. Tho school committee and Superintendent Day sustain the principal in his action. It is feared that considerable trouble and hard feeling will result in consequence. Endowed a College with 8100,000. Baltimore:, Feb. 25. Miss Sussanna II. Warlield, a wealthy maiden lady, who died a fow days ago at her home. Groveland." Carroll county, Maryland, has left all her property to found an Episcopal college, which is to be named after her. The cndorr cicnt tuounts to about $100,000,

HASSAYAMPA'S BROKEN D AM

Details of the Terrible Disaster at the Walnut-Grove Water-Storage Works. A SolidBodyof Water Ninety FeetHigh Rushes through a Harrow Canyon and Destroys Everything and Everybody in Its Way. Fifty or Sixty Laborers and Mechanics Suddenly Engulfed in the Flood. Twenty-Five Bodies Recovered Force of the Water Exemplified in a Terrible Manner Names of the D ead and Rescued. Pkescott, A. T., Feb. 25. The failure of tho messenger to arrive yesterday with further particulars of the great disaster on the Hassayampa river had a tendency to engender the feeling of hope in the hearts of many that the news was exaggerated, and that the horrible catastrophe was not as bad as at first briefly reported. Such hopes, however, were dispelled last night about 7 o'clock, when J. J. Williams, mining superintendent, accompanied by his brother, Ben Williams, of Bisbce, and Prof. James Douglas, mining expert and capitalist, arrived from Copper basin and related the brief story told them by two prospectors direct from Walnut Grove dam. Not only was all hope dispelled, but their story went to show that half had not been told. A short time after the arrival of Professor Douglas and the Williams brothers, E. II. Beggs, State agent, who took Sheriff O'Neil and Dr. Miller to the scene of the disaster, returned and reported that a messenger with full particulars had been sent by Sheriff O'NeiL It was midnight, however, before this'incssonger arrived, giving a list of the lost' as far as known, and a partial list of the survivors. Sheriff O'Neil writes as follows: 1"Rouark's Ranch, Monday, Feb. 24. "The scene of desolation along the Hassayampa river below the sites of the dam is complete. A tornado could not have made such a complete wreck. For miles the waters turned free by the breaking of tho dams have filled the bed of the creek with bodies, and with enormous holders, trees, and every other kind of debris. The following thirty-eight names aro a partial list of the drowned: Hannah McCarty, maid to Miss nanlan and Miss Van Buren; Joe Reynolds, miner; Ueorge Ebbetts, laborer: N. E. Nickell, laborer; Alexander McMillen, coachman for Mr. Van Buren; E. G. Wheeler, laborer; one Mexican, name unknown; G. I Cook, N. L. Cook, and N. Lu White, laborers; John Silsbe, visitor; Charles King, blacksmith; Patrick Shay, Patrick Barry, Charles Bracken, Wm. Flanagan, Frederick Palmer and Casper Freester, laborers; John Brown, engineer; Alexander Brown, engineer; S. Burlogie, laborer; L. D. Haynes, laborer, and child; Geo. Rundell, laborer, and eight Chinamen. 'Among th3 survivors are Miss Mary Han Ion, niece of if. S. Van Buren, president of the Walnut Grove Water Storage Company; James Reddington, hydraulio engineer; Paul Ransing, book-keeper; Robert Brown, merchant, and all his1 assistants: Edmund Silsbee. H. S. Van Buren and daughter, with Lieut. A. N. Brodie, superintendent, were in Phccnix, having left for there on the Tuesday preceding. "Besides these hero mentioned, some twelve or fifteen miners, who were in the placer mines, between the upper and lower dams, with a number of ranchers along the stream, are missing, and when all the casualties are ascertained, the entire loss will probably be between fifty and sixty lives. The bodies thus far discovered are about a dozen, many of which were found twenty or thirty miles from the place where the flood overtook them all. Tho remains are more or less mutilated, while in several cases only fragments have been recovered, as the force of the flood was terrific. Many bodies have doubtless been buried in the sand and others torn to pieces and carried far south. "The impetus of tho stream of water when turned loose can hardly be appreciated without going over the ground covered by it. Those who saw it say that it came down in an almost perpendicular wall, ninety or one hundred feet high, and apparently crushed down, instead of sweeping away everything before it. Immense bowlders, weighing tons, were thrown ardund as a child might toss a balk Enormous trees were broken in two or torn into shreds. Iron bars wero broken and twisted out of 6hape, and ordinary flat iron was picked up and carried five miles, and then imbedded in the walls of the canyon, eighty feet above tho present level of the stream. A large safe belonging to Robert Brown, containing in the neighborhood of 7,000, was swept away, and not a trace has been found of it. Whatever the water struck went down. "The flood struck tho lower dam at 1:50, and five minutes later the headquarters, fivo miles below, were swept away. Several persons wero at both points watching, but notwithstanding this the number of men drowned at the first point was over thirty, and those who did escape did so with only what they had on their backs, many only in their night-clothes. "Early on the evening of the 21st a courier was sent from the npper to tho lower dam to warn the residents at the latter point that the former structure was in danger of breaking, but owing to the storm and darkness tho messenger could not keep ahead of the flood, and lost his lifo in trying to cross the Hassayam river, within view of the survivors of the 'camp he had tried to save. "Charles Thompson, a courier who arrived here this afternoon from below Wickenberg, and who lost his ranch abovo the lower dam, reports that nine bodies have been discovered at Wickenberg and three above, in addition to those already discovered. Old Histor's Brill ranch, with all the other ranches along the river, have been entirely swept away." Not even a remnant of the dam exists. The immense body of water, one-and-a-half mile square and sixty feet deep, was emptied in an hour. Up to Saturday evening twenty-live bodies ;bad been recovered. Thosurvivors were in the greatest destitution, having neither provisions nor clothing. Coarso grain sacks were being used in lieu of clothing. The camp or workmen engaged in building a flume has not been heard from at all. Condition of Winter Wheat. Chicago, Feb. 25. The Farmers' Review for Feb. 20 will say: Thus far tho reports of our correspondents indicate that, with tho exception of a lew counties, tho condi

tion of winter wheat averages high in all the State covered bj our report. The only . discouraging reports thus far have come from Michigan and Wisconsin. A large proportion of our correspondents in those States complain of damage to wheat by the changeable weather during the last month. Similar complaints reach us from scattering counties in northern Illinois, while in the southern counties many wheat-fields have been damaged by excessivo wet weather. Cass. Christian, Fnlton, Menard and Scott connties report slight damage from the Hessian liy but tho general averago of condition the State over is good. In Indiana, Ohio and Missouri the average of condition is high, although a few correspondents report some damage from alternate freezing an thawing.

COLLECTED "FAITH MONEY A Colored Woman Enriches Herself by Promising Situations ct the White House. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 25. A few da aro a wom,n passing under the name oi Caroling Clement went about Washington among the colored people and represented to them that there, would be an immense entertainment at the White House by President and Mrs. Harrison on the night of St Patrick's day. She represented to the colored women that waitresses and servants were being employed; that their salaries would be liberal, and the duties (leasing and elevating. She employed a argo number of colored women and demanded from each some "faith money' or an advance in cash, as an earnest of a dopire to appear at tho White House on St. Patrick's night, ready for duty. It is believed that she collected quite a sum of money in this way before one colored woman, who had advanced several dollars, becoming suspicious, went to the White House, where she learned that her employer was a fraud. The solicitor is now in the station-house, being unable to give $300 bond to appear for trial. The police officers say that Mrs. Harrison will be summoned as a witness in the case. A PEACEFUL "CRUSADE." The Women of Odon, Ind., Kid the Town of Saloons Without Trouble or Violence. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Odox, Ind., Feb. 25. This village is rejoicing in the fact that it has gotten rid of its only saloon and its only pool-room. Tho movement against those institutions culminated in a peaceful and successful "crusade" last Saturday. About sixty women assembled at the M. . Church and marched in a body through a blinding snow-storm to the saloon kept by David Simkins, a man who had seen better days. He recoipd them in a gentlemanly manner, and several hours were passed in arguments, songs and prayers. Finally Simkins gave in, and a wagon was backed up, the goods were loaded in it and taken to the depot, and from there were shipped to Elnora. The band then visited the pool-room, where tho same course was pursued. At last the proprietor, N. Dangherty, agreed to leave town if $10 were given him to pay for moving expenses. The amount was immediately raised and handed to him and the room was closed. The druggists were next visited, and readily agreed to sell only on prescription. During the whole affair no ill-feeling whatever was engendered. ROBBED BI THEIR FOREMAN. Boo' ?nd Shoe Manufacturers Compelled to .fclgn ty the Thievery of an Employe. Chicago, Feb. 25. Surprising developments accompanied an assignment made this afternoon by A. G. Leonard & Co., boot and shoe manufacturers, No. 207 Monroe street. The immediate cause of tho assignment was failure to meet $0,400, due on a new factory at Dekalb, 111. The liabilities are placed at 100,000, with assets the same. The real trouble, according to a report which quickly spread, was the embezzlement of large sums of money by the firm's factory foreman., S. M. Cutter. The foreman, it was reported, had not been seen since Feb. 5, and is thought to be in Canada. Foreman Cotter is a married man. He resided with his family in one of tho suburbs. Mr. Leonard stated this evening that Cutter had been systematically robbing the firm for eighteen months. They were unable to say how much he embezzled until they investigated further, but the amount is large, and the proof sufficient to warrant them in beginning proceedings before the grand jury, which will be done tomorrow. Most of the liabilities are held by , Boston and New England firms. Other Business Troubles. Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 25. Henry R. Mosser, lumber-dealer, of New Cumberland, this connty, failed to-day, Judgments to the amount of 45,000 wero entered against him. Toronto. Feb. 25. McCraney & Wilson, wholesale lrimber-dealers, havo assigned. Liabilktes, direct, $50,000; indirect, $40,000. Assets $90,000. New York, Feb. 25. The establishment of Charles C. Carpenter, manufacturer of rubber goods, etc., was seized on executions to-day. Liabilities 100,000; assets about the same. UNABLE TO RESCUE THEM. Four Sailors Left to Their Fate on a WaterLogged andtJHsmasted Vessel. New York, Feb. 25; Captain Turner, of the American schooner Harry Prcscott, reports that on Feb. 8, latitude 34, longitude 75, he hove-to near the wreck of a threemasted schooner, dismasted and waterlogged, with her boats and forward house gone, and the sea making a clean breach over her. Four men were clinging to the after-house. Owing to the dangerous sea, Captain Turner says he was unable to render them anv assistance, and when last seen the wreck was drifting toward Hatteras shoals. Washed Overboard and Drowned. Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 25. The schooner Marion Grimes, from Georges Bay, today, reports that on Feb. 21, while at anchor during a heavy gale, Timothy O'Connell, of Shelburne, N. S., Abram Frazier and Abram Gerry, of Arichat, while furling the jib, were washed overboard by a heavy sea and drowned. The men were unmarried. Movements of Steamers. Hamburg, Feb. 25. Arrived: Gellert, from New York. New York, Feb. 25. Arrived: La Champagne, from Havre. Browiiead, Feb. 25. Passed: City of Paris, for Liverpool. London, Feb. 25. The La Bretagne, at navro.from New York, reports that on Feb. 20 she spoke tho British steamer Ardangorm, Captain Cameron, from New Orleans, Jan. 3, for Glasgow aud Hull, before reported spoken, with her shaft broken, and furnished her with provisions. The steamer Eider, from New ork, arrived at Bremerhaven this morning. A "VagM Loaded Down with Wealth. Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 25. EwaldOstermau, an Englishman, twenty-six years old, was arrested in Hoboken this morning as a vagrant. Upon arriving at the prison, Osterman was ordered to strip for a bath. He refused, and his clothing was forcibly removed. Hidden beneath his undershirt was found a chamois belt which contained five Bank of England notes of 100 each and diamonds worth fully $1,800. Warden Grimes took charge of the property. Osterman is apparently unable to give any lucid account of himself. The bathe wore was purchased at San Francisco, Cal., whether by himself or another is not known. It is believed that Osterman was on his way to England. An effort will be made to dis cover hla friends,

A TBAIN'S FBIGHTFUL LEAP

Remarkable and Fatal Accident on the E. & T. II. Railroad Near Yincennes. An Engine Plunges Into a Swollen Creek While Running Forty Miles an Hour, but the Cars Leap the Fifty-Foot Chasm in Safety. Engineer andFireraan Pinioned Beneath the Wreck, and Several Persons Hurt. Body of One Victim Recovered The Accident Hue to the Carrying Away of a TrestleDamage by Floods in Southern Indiana. rHJNOED INTO AN ABYSS. Engineer and Fireman Killed and Several Passengers II art oa the E. II. I load. . Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Vincenxes, Feb. 25. An Evansvillo & Terre Haute railroad passenger train met a bad accident near here this morning. The Chicago and Nashville express, northbound, No. 6, due here at 3:25, left tho union station about three-quarters of an hour late, and when it had reached a speed of fully forty miles an hour the engine went into an abyss at Snapp's creek, about a mile and a half north of the city. Snapp's creek at this point is about fifty feet wido and spanned by a trestle. This trestle was washed away between midnight and 4 o'clock, leaving a frightful chasm for the train to plungo into. A wagon bridge just above had washed away and carried tho railroad trestle with it, The night was dark and the rain fell in torrents. The engine disappeared in tfe water and engineer Lyons and fireman Louis Bowden with it. They were pinioned underneath the wreck at the bottom of the swollen creek, and were hurled into eternity almost before they had time to realize the awful calamity that was upon them. The baggage car, smoking car and passenger car followed with the volocity of tho wind. Two of them jumped clear of the fifty-foot chasm and landed at the side of the track beyond, right side up and against a barbed-wire fence. The ladies' coach was not so fortunate, as the front end went down,' struck the stone abutment and stopped. The sleeper remained on the south side of the creek and was not damaged, and the eight or ten passengers within wero not injured beyond a few bruises and a bad fright. There were about thirty people on board, as near as conductor Cooley could tell, but all escaped with small injuries. A. T. Pedigo, of Glasgow, Ky., en routo to Max ton, Ind., was internally injured and bruised about the legs and breast. Mr. J. Wiseman, of Danville, I1L, was injured about the arm and wrist from broken glass. A lady, whose namo is unknown, was cut in the head. Baggage-master W. R. Cole was injured about the legs and face and bruised. H. H. Putnam, of Minneapolis, Minn., was cut in one eye and in tho Jjace. T. J. Lavelle, of Washington, Ind., had his back sprained, ami Peter ClarK, of Washington. Ind,, was badly cut and skinned. The dead are: ENGINEER AL LYONS, Evansville. killed instantly. FIREMANLOUIS BOWDEN, Evansville, killed Instantly. If such a thing as a miracle is possible, this should go down in railroad history as one. Snapp's creek is a treacherous little stream. The terrific storms of last night had flooded the country in that region and filled the creek until it Overflowed the railroad, washing away both road-bridges and the railroad trestle-work. This washout must havo occurred after 12 o'clock, as train No. 5, due here at 11:85, passed south in safety. When the crash came it was as if the earth had opened to swallow them up. The locomotive went hissing from the cars, snapping asunder with a loud report, and the coaches were thrown with a mighty power over and beyond the dangerous pit. Thousands of spectators rushed to the scene, and themarvel among them all was how the people escaped. The weight of tho engine carried it down, and the unlucky engineer and fireman had no chance to save themselves. The body of the fireman was not found till 2 o'clock this afternoon, beneath the water. He was a young man who was to have been married in a few days. A. T. Pedigo. of Glasgow. Ky., perhaps had the most thrilling experience. He was in the ladies' coach when the disaster occurred, and rnshed to the end of the coach to get out. . The door refused to open, and he dashed out a window-glass and jumped through into the creek below, which was fifteen feet deep, lie kept his preeencs of mind and swam for his life, and, catching hold of an object in the dark, swung himself upon the embankment, wet through. He afterward made his way to the sleeper, which was unharmed, and was cared for. No trains have been run on this line all day. Engineer Lyons's body cannot be found in spite of efforts made to-day in that direction. Fireman Bowden's body was found at S o'clock this afternoon. A similar disaster was this morning averted on the Indianapolis & Vinccnnes railroad by a small hoy, who flagged a north-bonnd passenger train at 6 o'clock at a bad washout, two miles north of this city. Engineer Lyons had been on the road for twenty-eight years, and was about fiftyeight years old. Louis Bowden was a son of the late superintendent, M. Bowden, who died two years ago. Lafayette Men Killed and Injured. Peoria, HL, Feb. 25. Two Lake Erie & Western trains collided at Hilton, this morning; and both engines and about forty cars are completely wrecked. Tho engineers and firemen jumped and saved their lives, but the head brakeman, Benjamin, on the incoming tram, was thrown under the debris and killed. Brakeman J. G. Hall on the outgoing train was also caught and had his left leg cut off. Bothmen live at Lafayette, Ind. The accident is due to tho carelessness of a train-dispatcher at Lafayette. . storm: and flood. Great Damage Throughout Southern Indiana Railway Traffic Suspended. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Ind., Feb., 15. The rain pnd wind-storm of Monday night and tot'iay seems to have been general in this section, judging from reports received today and to-night. All creeks and small streams have filled and overflowed their banks and all low land is submerged. Green river is bank full and pouring into the Ohio with great velocity, and is doing much towards swelling tho latter. Farmers who failed to prepare for the rise will suffer great loss. Telegraph and telephone lines nre down in every direction, and it is with difficulty that particulars can bo obtained. All the railroads entering here havo suffered, the Mackey lines especially being nut out, and train service has becu unsatisfactory. The track of the Evansville fc Terre Haute road at Ingles is under water, end a tr&in in Iron Yincennes tha evenini:

barely passed over a place where the bed was washing away. Trainmen were left there to flag other trains. Tho north-bound passenger, leaving here at 4 P. M., could not cross the break at Ingles, and returned tonight. The south-bound passenger, du here at 7:20 this evening, had not arrived at midnight. All other trains on this road

have been abandoned lor tno present. j t-i ;r.lrii1 nf m on vena dpnt, tfl InffleS tonight to endoavor to save the track from washing away. Wnat success tnoy met with could not be learned to-night. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Marion. Ind., Feb. 25. This evening White river is the highest it is known to have been for years, and is steadily raising nt tho rate of two inches per hour. Much damage has beon done to fences, while tho many hot-beds of Mr. Walling, east of tho city, are under two feet of water, making him a heavy looser. At the water-works pump-houso tho water is two feet deep in the engine-room, and it will only require a foot more to reach the gas fires, which will likely cut off the water supply from the city. Columbus, Ind.. Feb. 25. A heavy rain last night in this county caused a sadden and unprecedented riso of all the streams in this county, doing great damage to railroads and highways. Five large wagon bridges were swept away from over Haw creek and Duck creek. It will require $50,000 to repair tho damage done in this county. White river, at this point, is tho highest known for years, and still rising. Hartford City, Ind., Feb. 25. Keports from the Mississinnawa river on the south, and the Salamanica on the north, stato that they are tho highest ever known. Both the first and second bottom lands aio covered with a raging torrent. The damage to stock is small, but to buildings, fences and bridges is great. Franklin and vicinity are suffering from flooded roads and washed-out bridges. Floods in Ohio. Cleveland, O., Feb. 25. Dispatches to this city from Mt. Vernon, Lima, Findlay, Springfield and othev points in Ohio report great damage by high water and the floods constan tly ir creasing. The railroads about Springfield are badly embarrassed by washouts, the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio and the Ohio, Indiana & Western suffering the most. At Tadmor, a small station on the Cincinnati, IlamiUon & Dayton railroad, the south-bound Cincinnati express was saved from running into a washout by the vigilance of a farmer who discovered that tno bridge had been carried away. At Findlay cellars of prominent manufacturing establishments are flooded and tho contents mined. Damage has been dono to the natural-gas snpply of both Findlay and Fostoria by the carrying away of pipes. All pikes and highroads in tho localities named are in an impassable condition owing to the carrying away of culverts and bridges. At latest reports tho water was still rising, with prospects of greatly increased losses. Communication Cut Oflk Louisville, Ky., Feb. 25. The storm of Monday night worked great destruction with the telegraph service, and not a word of direct communication can be had with the South. Until 11 o'clock to-night all connection with the Southern States was cut off, but at that time the Western Union succeeded in getting a wire to Chatty nooga. It is impossible to ascertain anything about the damage done to either wires, houses or people, or even to find out the area covered by the storm. Power of Natural Gas Exemplified. Dayton, O., Feb. 25. A terrific electrio storm with heavy rain flooded tho rivcra here yesterday, liip-raps and levees were washed out, and a ten-inch natural gas main was torn away. The water of the creeks shot into the air like a geyser, and a column of gas, resembling black smoke, ascended two hundred feet, terrifying tho peA-ple. Tho iiy-nry to tht gav mains shiUj out the West Side from fuel for heating and cooking puposes. '

CYCLOXE IN TENNESSEE. Damage to Property at Memphis and llroTTxitville One Person Killed. M.KMrnis, Tenn., Feb. 25. A cyclone visited this placo to-day. It began its mischievous work with tho new cotton compress, near the depot. Tho stack was blown down and several thousand dollars injury done. Proceeding across the railroad track tho wind lifted the roof, off a now brick mill and a fow yards beyond annihilated a framo church, known as the Northern Methodist Church. Several trees were picked up and tossed about like straw as the storm rapidly traversed toward the business portion of the city. A severe wind and rain-storm visited Memphis at 11 o'clock this morning, but beyond a general prostration of tho wires no damage was done. Brownsville, Tenn., six miles northeast of Memphis, on the Louisville &. Nashvillo roailroad. was struck by the eye'one at 4 o'clock this morning. Half of the business houses of the town were unroofed, and many materially damaged, while several buildings are in a total 6tato of destruction. After reaching this portion the first structure of any importance that stood in the cyclone's course was the handsome building of the Brownsvillo Savings Bank. The roof was picked off and fell to the street with a tremendous crash. Three squares of buildings across the street just north of the bank were unroofed, with the exception of tho house of J. B. Phillips & Co, Only one residence is reported as having been damaged, that of Mr. S. A. Baynson, Washington street. Just following tho cycloue came a great flood of rain that completely drenched the goods in the various unroofed houses, causing almost complete destruction in roost cases. Loss about $00.000. The only loss of liforeportedisthatofa woman about three milesfrom Brownsville, who was struck lv a falling tree and instantly killed. Ifcr two children were severely injured. Severe Storm on Lake Tahoe. Carson, Nev., Feb. 25. Thero was a terrible storm at Lake Tahoe yesterday. Small craft were smashed to pieces. The wharves were severely shaken and are almost unsafe. The force of the wind was such that trees, houses and wood-piles were blown to pieces. The snow is drifting along the road here, covering the station-houses and burying logging camps Twenty Buildings Blown Down. St. Louis, Feb. 25. A special telegram says a terrible hurricane swept over a part of northern Texas early this morning. Tha Masonic Hall in Gainesville was torn to ucces, the court-house unroofed, the Santa re railroad depot wrecked and some twenty juildings blown down. Nobody was killed, jut several persons wero more or less injured. The damage will aggregate over $."0,000. ' m CoL W. "V. Dudley Application Denied. Nnw York, Feb. 25. Judge Patterson, of the Supreme Court, to-day denied the application of Col. W. XV. t Dudley to vacate the order for his examination before trial in the suit brought by him against the Press Publishing Company to recover $50.-' 000 for alleged libel in the publication of tho "blocks-of-five" letter." Colonel Dudley's counsel claimed that he had been in the State since the order was granted, but Judge Patterson held that Mr. Dudley has avoided tho service of the order, and cannot expect consideration from the court when ho refuses to submit himself to its jurisdiction. m m A Jealous Lover's Triple Crime. Montgomery. Minn. Feb. 25. Thomas Jandra, in a fit of jealousy, instantly Killed Christina, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Frauk Wasba. by snooting her about 1 o'clock this morning at her home, about five miles south of this village. He also fired one shot at John Macke. which passed through his richt lung, but not fatally wounding him. He then, after trying to kill others, but failing, fired two bullets through his own heart, whilo lying down besido tho dead Girl . .