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VOL. VII—NO. 151. ORAWFORDSVILLE,INDIANA, WEDNESDAY

HIGH WATER MARKS

Thoy Are Obliterated by the Condition of Michigan Rivera

CONTINUED DEVASTATION BY FLOODS

Manufacturing l'lants In Numerous Towns Compelled to Stop Work 011 Account of the High Water—A

Woman Drowned.

ALL KECOKD8 UTCOKKN.

DETROIT, Mich., March 15.—Tlie high water iu somo of the rivers in Michigan lias subsided, while in others it is doing considerable damage. At Grand Rapids the water is pact the highest point in forty-two years and is still rapidly rising. One hundred houses on- the west side are surrounded by water. Children go to school in boats and fifty families or more have been taken out on rafts and have suffered intensely from the cold storm that has been prevailing. Monday night the city was in darkness because the electric light works were flooded. Fifty concerns are now idle. Several bridges above and below Grand Rapids have been carried away. The Gunneson swamp district, where many workingmen reside, js afloat.

The Voigt Milling company, the Snow & Daris Furniture compauy, the Priestly Wagon and Sleigh compauy, the Grand Rapids Cycle compauy, llartaian's foundry and several other concerns shut down Tuesday. Four inches more of water will stop the engines in the electric street railroad power house and the cars will have to stop running in consequence.

One Life Lost.

Above Marine City tho liclle river is rising rapidly and great damage is threatened. The river is 5 feet higher than usual and is blocked with heavy ice. Every factory in Midland is closed down. The city water works plant is flooded and cannot be operated. The body of Mrs. Sullvan, who was drowned Sunday, has not been found.

At Kalamazoo.

The Kalamazoo river lias risen at Kalamazoo and all the streams running into it are higher than for many years. Railroad tracks in that town are inundated and more than 100 dwellings are surrounded by water to such a depth as to render it necessary to use boats in getting baolc and forth. Several factories have been compelled to shut down.

At Saginaw.

At St. Louis Pine river is the highest in seventeen years, and the mills and electric light works are flooded out. One bridge was carried away, dass river is up 10 feet and is still rising aud roads and bridges have been carried away. In Saginaw basements are flooded and considerable damage has been done.

Driven from Tlicir Homes.

At Lowell a large number of stores and other business places are flooded, several mills have closed, and many small buildings along the river have been oarriod away. Telephone communication between the two sides of town has been cut oil. Fifteen families have been foroed to abandon their homes. Flat river above the dam is full of ice, and it is feared that when the gorge breaks loose the entire village will be flooded. The river in some places is 2 miles wide.

Farmnri Suffer Much.

At Ionia, Muir, Portland and a number of other places on the Grand river no further damage is feared, as the water has gone down considerably. Around Muir thousands of acres in the Grand river valley are still paved with jams of ice from 1 to 0 feet deep, which will stay until thawed out. This will delay putting in spring crops too long for them to mature, thus placing incidental damage very high for loss of one crop which cannot be put in, while the hundreds of acres of winter wheat will be practically ruined. In Ionia county the total loss to famers and others is estimated at $80,000.

A Levee Ilreaks.

KEOKUK, la., March 15.—The pressure of rising water in the Mississippiriver caused the levee which protects the lands of the Illinois bottom in Lima lake district, opposite Canton, Mo., to break Monday night and the lands are being overflowed. The break occurred near the flood gates, where Lima lake drains into the river. The damage will bo heavy. Men are at work trying to stop the break.

Hridges Washed Out.

Sioux CITV, la., March 15.—Floods on tho Nebraska side of the Missouri have done much damage to the Ponca division of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha road, washing out bridges and umbankinents. A sharp fall of the thermometer and a freezeup have averted further damage.

In the Despiaiiies Valley.

JOI.IET, 111., March 15.—The Desplaincs valley, between Lockport and the southern limits of Chicago, is afloat. In some places the river is a mile or more wide and the wind beats the yellow flood into waves. Scores of drainage cabins are surrounded by water, some dipping under the surface. Between Lockport and Romeo there is quite a break in the canal on both banks whore a heavy -flow comes apparently straight across the canal current.

Edison Company's Loss Exaggerated.

SciiENEOTADr, N. Y., March 15.—The general manager of the Edison company says the estimates of loss by the flood have been greatly exaggerated. The total loss will not foot up 575,000. The machinery already prepared for the world's fair is not seriously damaged, inasmuch as the largest pieces have already been shipped, and the smaller articles are located in the upper floors.

A Howling Hlizzard.

MILWAUKEE, March 15.—The biizzard reached Milwaukee Tuesday morning. There was a big drop in the temperature, but the snowfall was light According to reports received at the railroad offices here there was a

heavy fall of snow in the western and northern part of the state and in northern Michigan. In consequence of the big snow drifts trains were all behind time.

ISHPEMING, Mich., March 15.—Tho heaviest snowstorm of the season set in Saturday night and it has snowed constantly since. Railroads and highways are completely blocked.

M'ASON CITY, la., March 15.—On account of heavy snowstorms trains on all the roads running into this place have been delayed from five to twelve hours. Many trains are reported as abandoned.

IN THE TOILS.

Capture ill New Orleans of a Man Who Conspired to Heat Sovcral Insurance Companies.

MILWAUKEE, March 15.—An Oshlcosh special says Tlirun, the alleged insurance swindler of Romeo, this state, has been arrested in New Orleans, and will arrive there this evening in custody of Sheriff Kraby. lie will be given a preliminary hearing at once. Sensational developments are looked for in the case. It is said a number of other arrests will be made and that several prominent people were in league with Tlirun to defraud a number of insurance companies out of 800,000. Thrun lived at Romeo, north of Maislifield. Ilis life was insured for $55,000. One night in November last his house burned. It was claimed he perished in the flames. A body was found which was alleged to be his. The insurance companies believed Thrun had not perished and employed detectives to hunt him down.

ACCUSED OF MURDER.

Itlchard Ileatli Arrested on a Charge of Killing Lawyer MeWhirter iu I'resno, Cal., Last Summer.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 15.—Richard Heath, son of the late Qen. Ileath, of this city, was arrested Monday night for the murder of Louis H. MeWhirter in Fresno last August. MeWhirter was a prominent .democratic politician and had many enemies. Fearing he would meet with foul play he insured his life for 560,000. He was aroused by noises in his back yard one night, and going to investigate he was shot dead. The theory is that Heath went to, McWhirter's house believing an enemy of his he was in search of was there, and that he shot MeWhirter by mistake. The prisoner says he can prove an alibi.

TO MEET AT LOUISVILLE.

National Convention of the ilepubllcan l.eiiguo to Assemble May 10. NEW YORK, March 15.—Chaiiman

Clarkson has issued a call for a two days' session of the national convention of the Republican National league at Louisville, Ky._ beginning at 10 a. ra. on Wednesday, May 10 next The ratio of representation will be six delegates at large from each state and territory and four from each congressional district and one from each college republican club in the United States. The national convention of the American Republican College leagne willibe held at the same place Thursday afternoon. May 11.

Request lo an Illinois College. BLOOMINOTOX, 111., March 15. —When

George W. Lichtentlialer, of this city, died in San Francisco, Cal., it was an uonneed that his collection of shells and marine plants, valued at 530,000, had been left by him to the Leland Stanford university of California. Tuesday his will was probated here and it was found that he had left it to the Illinois Wesley an university of this city. Mr. Lichtentlialer left to relatives a fortune of about 5600,000.

Another Vol. of Confidence. PARIS, March 15.—After a debate in

the senate on the facts brought out in the Panama prosecution the senatt again voted confidence in the govern ment by 20!) to 56. At a cabinet meeting it was decided to ask M. Bourgeoise to resume his post as minister of justice. M. Soinoury has been dismissed from the directorship of the prison department and appointed to a provincial prefecture.

Hair ot a Town Hurried.

ST. LOUIS, March 15.—One-half of the town of Arkansas City, Ark., was burned at an early hour Tuesday morn ing. The elevator, warehouse and twelve loaded cars of the Valley route, a branch of" the Iron Mountain road, several stores and theTownsend hotel were destroyed. One fireman named C. A. King was burned to death. Loss about Slot,000.

Seven Bunted to Death.

SAUNA, Kan., March 15,—NE^vs has been received from Russell county that seven persons were caught between two prairie fires Tuesday and perished. Their names are: William Bailey, Dave Hutchinson, Mrs. LeFevre, Albert Moore and A. McDonald. Two other men who perished are unknown.

Indian Soldiers Klllod In a Row. MOBILE, Ala., March 15.—At Mount

Vernon barracks, Mobile county, Sunday night the Indian and white soldiers while drinking hid a fight and two Indians of the Apache tribe wore found dead the next morning in the military road, both with their heads crushed in.

Sold on tho Itlock.

FAYETTE, MO., March lb.—George Winn, a vagrant negro, was sold on the block 011 Tuesday under the vagrant law of Missouri. His services for six months were bought by R. S. MeCampbell, of Glen Eden Springs, for $20.

Stock llrolcers Fall.

LONDON, March 15.—The failure is posted in Liverpool of Digland & Harvey, stock brokers, who operated largely in the American market The delicicney of assets is estimated at £25,000.

1-1 ri- at Ogdon, 1". T.

OGDKN, U. T., March 15.—The most disastrous fire that ever visited Ogden resulted in the almost complete destruction of the Utah Loan & Trust company's building estimated loss, §125,(100.

MARCH

15. 1893.

AMPLE ASSETS.

Kansas Trust Company Official Bay They Can Meet Liabilities

CONFIDENT OF ABILITY TO RESUME.

Manager Manley a t.oser to the Tune of 9250,000—Ex-Senator Ingulls VI 0,000 I'oorer Than lie Was--Otliers

Who May Lose.

LIABILITIES or 5800,000.

ATCHISON, Kan., March 15.—The failure of the Kansas Trust and Banking company of this city, which was announced Monday night, has caused a decided sensation in financial circles here. An application for the appointment of a receiver was filed in the United States district court at Topcka Monday by the. eastern creditors of the institution. Judge Foster named Freeland Tufts, of Kansas City, as receiver, and he at once came here and took charge of the affairs of tho concern.

Liabilities of 9800,000.

The liabilities of the bank are estimated at $800,000, and the assets, so the officers claim, will fall not far short of that union nL The company owns 30,000 acres of land in Kansas aud about $20,000 worth of real estate in this city.

Managers Lose Heavily.

Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls, the president of the concern, loses about $10,000. R. M. Manley, vice president and general manager, loses about $250,000 of his own aud property belonging to the estate of his father, George Manley. In the United States court Monday Manley confessed judgment to the estate of his father to the amount of $78,000. A confession of judgment was also made by him as manager to the company to the amount of $10,000. Every dollar that the Manleys possess has been lost in the crash. E. G. Armsby. cashier of the company, loses 520,000.

Hopes to Itesuine.

R. M. Manley said that there was a strong hope that the company would be reorganized, and he believed that every person interested would be paid in full. He said that unless a reorganization could be effected he would be ruined financially. The crash was produced by the depression of three years ago. The company then took on too heavy a load, but managed to carry it till the present time. The comjiany quit doing a general banking business over a year ago, and no money was therefore on deposit. Those who had placed money with the company for investment were of the-more prosperous classes, and they have as yet made no clamor. John J. Ingalls has nothing to say about the failure, but said that he got all his money out before the crash came.

Ingalls .Loaned His Name.

The Kansas Banking A Trust company was organized in I860 with a capital of 5100,000. Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls is president of tho concern, R. M. Manley is vice president and general manager and E. G. Armsby cashier. Mr. Ingalls loaned the use of his name. He refuses to say anything further than that his credit will not suffer from the failure.

The company was one of the few of the kind in the west which weathered the storm which followed the boom of 1887. It had ample funds to protect its bondholders, and when the mortgagers defaulted it would take up the coupons and afterwards foreclose. It thus accumulated many thousand acres of land in the western part of Kansas, especially in the Republican and Solomon valleys.

Furnished Farmers with Seed.

Two years ago the directors, with the double purpose of making a profit and advertising their laivls, made bargains with farmers by which they furnished the seed and the farmers the muscle, and 30,000 or 40,000 acres of land was put in wheat The result was an enormous yield and a great profit Last fall this was repeated and the prospects of a rich return are brilliant.

Liabilities Four Times the Assets. ST. PAUL, Minn., March 15.—Sched­

ules filed show that the liabilities of the J. H. Mahler Carriage company foot up $49,107, the assosts being scarcely a quarter of that amount.

Alabama National Hank Closed.

MoniLK, Ala., March 15.—The Alabama national bank closed its doors Tuesday morning by direction of Bank Examiner Campbell. Depositors will be paid in full, but the capital stock of the bank is impaired to the amount of $62,000, or about 42 per cent

Philadelphia nog Shipper* Fall. PHILADELPHIA, March 15. Henry

Glass & Co., dealers in and shippers of hogs, have made an assignment. The liabilities are estimated at $50,000 or more, with the total amount of assets unknown.

Civil Service Examinations Canceled. WASHINGTON, March 15.—The civil

service commission has taken the necessary action to cancel all examinations scheduled to be held between March 21, 1803, and June 80, 1893, in the states of Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, New York, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho and Wyoming, owing to the failure of congress at its last session to appropriate suflicient money to pay the traveling expenses of the examiners.

Single Tax System Unconstitutional. ANNAPOLIS, Md.*, March 15.—The

Bingle tax system has been declared unconstitutional by the Maryland court of appeals as it conflicts with the bill of rights, which says that all kinds of property shall be taxed. The suit was brought by the land owners of Hyattville, a town near Washington, and the only place in the United States where the system has been enforced.

Fire in Haltiinorc.

BALTIMORE, Md., March 15.—The fivestory building, corner of Wells and Light streets, occupied by Matthai, Ingram & Co., for tho manufacture of tin and japanned ware, was almost entirely destroyed by fire with its contents. Loss, about 9100,000.

Terrible Disaster at a Bin Fire in ....... Chicago.

WALLS OF A BURNING FACTORY FALL.

A Cottage Adjoining Crushed and rive I'crsous Hurled In the ltuliiH—One Escapes wltli a llroken I.rjT -The

Rest Probably Head.

umc/.no, niarcu 15.—Five persons wore buried in the ruins of a frame cottage adjoining the picture frame factory of Stephen Carter at 12-1 and 126 North May street as the result of a fire that broke out shortly after 2 o'clock this morning. The wall of the factory building next the cottage toppled over onto it, burying the inhabitants in a mass of brick and timbers. The cottage was occupied by Stephen Carter, his uncle and aunt and two little nieces. Carter crawled from the ruins with a broken leg and internal injuries.

Probably Dead.

At 4 o'clock this morning the other inmates of the cottage had not been rescued, the heat from tho burning factory making it impossible for the firemen to approach the ruin. If any of them are taken out alive their escape will be miraculous. They are S. J. Chartier, Eliennc Chartier, his wife, and their two girls, Rose and Lillian, aged respectively 10 anil 12 years.

Carter's Chances Slight.

When Mr. Carter dragged himself from the wreelr of his house he was carried across the street to a saloon, from whence he was taken to the county hospital. He will probably die.

James E. Cook, of engine company No. 3, was hit in the head with flying debris when the wall fell and taken to his home unconscious. Patrick O'Connor was injured about the shoulders and limbs by a falling wall.

Origin of the Tire.

The fire broke out in the molding and picture-frame factory of S. J. Carter at 124 and 120 May street shortly after 2 o'clock this morning, it spread rapidly, and the first firemen on the sceno sounded a secoud alarm, calling for more help. Within thirty minutes after the fire was discovered the five-,story factory building was a mass of flames. The firemen were obliged to devote their entire attention to the protection of buildings surrounding the factory. Across the street at 123 the stables of the Lincoln Ice company caught fire and at 125 the Larsen bedstead factory building was fired. By hard work the firemen succeeded in saving the Lincoln and Larsen establishments.

The Loss.

The cause of the fire is unknown, though it is thought to have been due to the combustion of varnishes Btored in the fourth story. The building, a new brick, cost about 130,000, and with the loss of machinery and stock the total loss is estimated at 575,000. The machinerj was placed in the basement and is supposed to have been injured beyond repair.

Explosion and Fire.

An explosion in the third floor of the Borden block, Randolph and Dearborn streets, blew out the windows of an office and set fire to the building at 3:30 o'clock this morning. The cause of the explosion was not discovered. A 2-11 alarm was sent in, but the fire was put out with little damage resulting. There was a rumor that nowder stored in the building exploded, as the office of the iKtna Powder company is on the sccond floor, but there was no fire in that company's office.

BUSINESS MEN FOR CONSULS.

Mr. Cleveland's Idea of Extending Trade with Neighbor Republics. WASHINGTON, March 15.—President

Cleveland has decided upon a line of policy to be pursued in the appointment of consuls which is expected to materially expand the trade of the United States with foreign countries, especially with South and Central American republics. His policy is to select men for appointment to consulships who have exceptional business qualifica tions and possess suflicient trado instinct to recognize BD outlet for American merchandise and the ability to aid in working up a market for the products of American manufactories and farms. The president said that of course political reasons cannot be entirely ignored in the selection of con suls, but that particular stress will be laid upon th« business abilities of the men whose names are presented to him. President Cleveland has indicated his adoption of this policy to several congressmen lately, and especially to one New York member whose constituents are interested in the increase of the volume of foreign trade. It is understood, therefore, that for the principal commercial ports and centers of trade the selection of consuls will be based largely upon their commercial fitness and "political reasons" will apply in other cases.

Twelve Degrees flelow Zero. ST. PAUL, March 15.—The danger

from a flood in the Mississippi, Minnesota, Zumbro, Straight and St. Croix rivers is past for the present, as the storm of Monday is followed by a cold wave. A bulletin at 9 p. m. shows that the temperature at Moorbead Is 10 below zero, at St Vincent 12 below and at zero or lower at all points north of St Cloud.

PRICE 2 CENTS

Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov't Report

ABSOLUTE!^ PURE

TO INVESTIGATE HAWAII.

Clereland Decldcs to Scud a Commission to the Island*. WASHINGTON, March 15. —Hawaiian

matters took up the time of the cabinet Tuesday. It seems to be understood that a commission is to be sent and that it will be headed by ex-Represen-tative Blount, of Georgia. The names of Gen Seholicld and Admiral Brown continue to be the only ones spoken of in connection with the commission. Neither the state department nor the officers themselves will acknowledge their appointments.

Assuming that the gentlemen named will form the commission the gossips are speculating upon what their conclusions are likely to be. The annexationists appear to be quite well satisfied. They know that, Admiral Brown and Gen. Schofield are in favor of annexation and that Mr. Blount, although he did uot approve of the Harrison annexation treaty, believes in maintaining American supremacy iu Hawaii.

The commission .will be a board of inquiry, the expenses of the army and navy members thereof being boruo as those of officers detailed to special duty and the expenses of tho civilian member being borne out of the secret fund of the stato department. President Cleveland believes a commission such at that named would not only be able to arrive at. the true inwardness of the revolution in Hawaii, but its report would command the confidence of the people ami of congress. It is expected this commission will sail from San Fraueisco in about two weeks and, of course, there is unusual pressure for appointment as assistants to the board. The commission will take with it an executive officer, probably a paymaster of the army or navy, and one or two secretaries and stenographers.

The proposition to send a commission to the island and to take a vote of thepeople is looked upon with favor by Mr. Davies, guardian of Princess Kaiulani, who said Tuesday morning: "Of the 14,000 voters on the islands 10,000" aro averse to annexation, and I don't see under these circumstances how the United States can take such a step." NINE KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION.

Terrible Accident, at llie Chocliiw Company's Collieries at Mc.lleftler, I. T. MCAI.KSTEU, I. T.. March 15.— MMO

No. 1. owned by the Choctaw Coal company at Anderson, I. T., 0 miles east of here, exploded at 11:30 Monday, and was causcd by a shot,fired by some person unknown. There were only eighteen men in the mine at the time, all of whom were firing shots. Of the.-.o nine were killed outright and eight so badly burned that they will probably die. Hie dead and injured are mostly Italians.

Illinois Itoynl Arcanum.

CHICAGO, March 15.—The grand council of the Royal Arcanum began its annual meeting at tiriuul Army hiill Tuesday with 115 delegates present. The annual report of the officers-, showed eighty-five councils iu Illinois, with an aggregate membership of 10,800, a gain for the year of BOO. Bradley Dean, of Chicago, was elected grand regent.

To fl^nirul the l.U|tior Trnfllc. •JKKFERSON CITY, MO., March in.—

The house has passed the senate bill for the appointment by the governor of an excise commission to have absolute control of the issuance of dramshop licenses.

Cotton WarehouHcs Iturnctf. LOUDON, March 15.—A destructive

fire occurred at Bootle near Liverpool. Two cotton warehouses belonging tc tho Deeue company were burned, the loss involved being about £100,000. Tho cotton in the warehouses belonged to Townscnd. Wooley & Co.

Kobbed a Sale. ...c

MONTGOMERY CITY, MO., March 15.— The Farmers and Traders bank wrs entered by burglars at 4 a. m. Tuesday. They bicw open the safe with dynamite and secured about $1,000.

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