Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 June 1889 — Page 1

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Greensburg, PA, says: A report has -just reached here that the greater portion of Johnstown has been flooded and hundreda of lives lost. Houses are floating about and the people who are free are panic strioken and are fleeing to the -mountains. At a point near New Florlence eigthy-five persons have been seen .ffloating down the river on driftwood. 4:One report comes that but two roofs of 1*

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.. The Covetown and New Florence bridges v*have been washed away and all the buildings along the Conemaugh between

THE

Weakly Established in 1823.

FifteenHundred or More Lives Lost.

AN, UNPARALLELLED FLOOD IN

PENNSYLVANIA.

Johnstown and Other Cities Swept Out of Existence.

Cloudburst th.at Rushed tbe Waterp Down the Mountain Side.

The Death List Not Yet Even Estimated, But It is More Than 1,500.

PITTSBDRO, May 31.—[Bulletin.]—The iflood at Johnstown has resulted in an awful catastrophe. It is said that the reservoir above the town broke about five o'clock this evening, and the immense volume of water rushed down to the city, carrying with it death and deBtruction. Houses with their occupants were swept away and scores, probably hundreds, of people were drowned. There is no communication with JohnBtown, but a telegraph operator on the Pennsylvania railroad, twelve miles this side of Johnstown, says at least seventy-five dead bodies have floated past. The wires are all down and no trains are running eaBt of Blairsville, which is about twenty-five miles west of Johnstown. There is no way to get to the scene of the disaster, and full particulars can hardly be ob--tained to-night, although every effort is t" '?being made to do so. There will be no trains through to the East before tomorrow.

PITTSBURG, May 31—9P.m—Thelatest reliable information received from Johnstown comes through Pennsylvania railroad offloials, who aver that over two hundred dead bodies have -been counted floating down stream at Johnstown alone, while along the line many additional lives have been lost. It is asserted that there are but two houses in Johnstown proper entirely above the water line. A special train bearing Pennsylvania railroad offloials and a large number of newspaper men has left this city for the scenQ^, Telegraphic communication is entirely cut off, arid p- until telegraph repairmen and operators, with necessary instruments, open up at the nearest point, but little reliable in.formation can be obtained. 5". PITTSBURG, May 31.—A special from

New Florenoe and Johnstown have been

carried away. The railroad towers have been abandoned by the operators. LIATKOBK, Pa., May 31.—[Bulletin.]— The Associated Press train, from present appearances, will not be able to run nearer than six to eight miles of that 3 part of Johnstown, where the flood was worst. Consequently dispatohee for the next hour will be in the form of concentrated bulletins.

PHILADELPHIA, May 31.—When Superintendent Pugh, of the Pennsylvania company, was shown a copy of the Asso1 ciated Press dispatch from Pittsburg announcing the breaking of the dam at

Johnstown, he said that this report confirmed a dispatch received from Wilmore to-night, which Btated that a man had reported to a Pennsylvania railroad operator there that the South Fork dam 'had broken and the water had carried .. away the "Coal Tipple" and tele~°'~fgraph tower at South Fork station, and also a portion of an east-bound trnim

The telegraph operator who was in the tower managed to escape, but several of the train hands are reported to have been drowned.

The reservoir or dam at South Fork, which is said to have burated with Buoh terrible results, is described by a gentleman acquainted with the locality in whioh it was situated, to be an immense body of water, formerly used as a water supply for the old Pennsylvania canal. It has been owned for several years by a number of Pittsburg gentlemen, who used it as a fishing ground. The gentleman who gave this information said that it the report of the bursting of the dam was true, he had no doubt that the damage and loss of lite was fully as great as indicated in the dispatches. r-,The conductor of the eastbound ft»* York limited express, who reported the eafety of his train, also said that a report had reached him of the breaking of the dam. He said nothing about the dam­

age caused thereby. General Manager Pugh was ont of town, early in the day, and he said to-night that he could not understand what was meant when he received dispatches announcing damage to the tracks at Lillys. "Such a thing had never bpen heard of before," said Mr. Pugh to-night. "And nothin short of a water-spout could have ca such damage. Lillys is a little mini town of about three or four hun inhabitants. For the water to rise hige enough to obstruct Jthe passage of trains is unprecedented. A dispatch just received by me says that the water is rushing over the tracks at a height of at least five feet above the road-bed, and this I say could be brought about by nothing short of a waterspout. I have no doubt that if our operator at Song Hollow said he saw the bodies from Johnstown floating down the river, ss reported in the Associated pre^sbulletin, that it is true, as his tower is located right on the bank of the river."

GREENSBURG, Pa., May 31.—Superintendent Pitcairn promptly took charge of the railroad end of the work, and began the double duty of clearing tracks and sending all possible aid to those danger. His prompt work and intelligent comprehension of the danger, and his strenuous efforts to spread the alarm no doubt saved many lives. In order to understand the nature of this calamity it-is necessary to describe the respective locations of the reservoir at Johnstown. The course of the current from the broken dam at the foot of the lake to' Johnstown, is almost eighteen miles, and with the exception of at one point, the water passed through a narrow shaped valley. Four miles below the dam lay the town of South Fork, where the South Fork itself empties into the Conemaugh river. The town contained about two thousand inhabitants. It has not been heard from but it is said that four-fifths of it has been swept away. Four miles further down on the Conemaugh river, which runs parallel with the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad was the town of Mineral Point. It has 800 inhabitants, 90 per cent, of the houses being on a flat, close to the river. It seems impossible at this time to hope that any of them have escaped. Six milesfurther down was the town of Conemangh and there alone was there a topographical possibility. It contained 2,500 inhabitants and must be almost wholly devastated. Woodvale, with 2,000 people, lay a mile below Conemaugh in the flat, and one mile further down wers Johnstown and its cluster of sister towns—Cambria City and Consmaughborough, with a total. population of 30,000. On bad ground and stretched along right at the river verge were the immense iron wor° of me Cambria iron and steel company, who have 15.000,000 invested in their plant. Besides this, there are many other large industrial establishments on the bank of the river, the damage to whioh cannot be estimated.

At 11:30 p. m., a railroad man sayB the loss of life will reach hundreds and pas sibly over a thousand. The report of loss of these towns cannot yet be confirmed.

DERRY, Pe., May 31.—The disaster overtook Johnstown about six o'clock this evening. As the train bearing the special correspondents sped eastward the reports at each step grew more appalling. At Derry a groups of railway officials were gathered who had come from Bolivar, the end of the passable portion of the road westward. They had seen but a small portion of the awful flood. but enough to allow them to imagine the reet. Down through the pack-saddle came the rushing waters. The wooded heights of the Alleghenies looked down in solemn wonder at the scene of the most terrible destruction that ever struck the romantic valley of the Conemaugh. The water was rising when the men left at 6 o'clock at the rate of five feet an hour. Clinging to improvised rafts constructed in the death-battle from floating boards and timbers were agonized men, women and children, their heartrending shrieks for help striking horror to the breasts of the onlookers. Their cries were of no avail. Carried along at a railway speed on the breast of this rushing torrent, no human ingenuity could devise a means of rescue. With pallid cheek and hair clinging wet and damp to her cheek, a mother was seen grasping a floating timber, while with her other arm, she held her babe.

The special train pulled in at Bolivar at 11:30, and trainmen were there notified that further progress was impossible. The greatest excitement prevailed at this place and parties of citizens are out endeavoring to save the poor unfortunates that are being hurled to eternity on the rushing torrent. The tidal wave struck Bolivar just after dark, and in five minutes the Conemaugh rose from six to forty feet, and the watero spread out over the whole country. Soon, houses began floating down, and clinging to the debris were men, women and children shrieking for aid. A large number of citizens at once gathered on the county bridge, and they were reinforced by a number from Garfield, a town on the opposite side. They brought a number of ropes and these were thrown over into the boiling waters, as persona drifted by, in efforts to save some poor beings. For a half hour all efforts were fruitless, until at last, when rescuers were about giving up all hope, a boy astride a shingle roof managed to catch hold of one of the ropes. He caught it under his left arm and was thrown violently against an abutment, but managed to keep hold and was pulled on to the bridge amid the cheers of the on-lookere. His name is Edward Hessler, aged 16.

At midnight your correspondent secured an interview with him. His story of the frightful calamity is as follows: "With my father I was spending the day at my grandfathers house in Cambria City. In the house at the time were Theodore, Edward and John Kintz, and John Kintz, jr., Miss Mary Kintz, Mra Mary Kintz, wife of John, jr. Miss Tracy Kintz, Mrs. Rica Smith, John Hirch and four children, my father and myself. Shortly after five o'clock there was a noise of roaring waters and BCreams of people. We looked out the door and saw persons running. My father told us to never mind, as the waters would not riBe further. But soon we saw houses being swept away and then ran up to th# floors IOOT®. The house was three-stories and we were at last forced to the top one. In my fright I jumped on the bed. It was an oldfashioned one with heavy posts. The water kept rising and my bed was soon afloat. Gradually it was lifted up. The air in the room grew close, and the house was moving. Still the bed kept rising and pressed the ceiling. At laat the posts pushed the plaster.

It yielded and -a section of the roof gave way. Then auddanly I found myself on the roof, and was being carried down stream. After little the roof oommenced to part and I was afraid I was going to be drowned, bat just then another house with a shingle root floated by, and I managed to crawl on it, and floated down until nearly dead with cold. I was saved. Afterl was treed from the bouse I did not see my father. My grandfather was in a tree, but he must have been drowned as the water waa rising fast. John Kinte, jr., was also in a tree. Miss Mary Kintz and Mis. Mary Kinta I ssw drown. Mi— Smith also drowned. John Hirsch wss in a tree, but the four children were drowned. The scenes were terrible, live bodies snd corpses were floating down with me and away from me. I would hear persons shriek and then they would disappear. AU along the line were people who were trying to save us, but they could do nothing, and only a few more yrere caught."

This boy's story is but one incident. It shows what happened to one family. God only knows what has happened to the hundreda who were in the path of the roahing waters.

BULLETIN.—A courier to Bolivar, Pa., from the scene of the flood at Johnstown reports 1,500 lives lostit is impossible to gst anything in the way ot nsws, save meager details. An eye-witness at Bolivar Block station tells story of unparalleled terrorism which occurred at the lower bridge, whioh, crossse the Conemaugh at this-point: A young man with two women were seen coming down the river on apart of a floor. At the upper bridge a rope waa thrown to them. This thsy failed to catch. Between the two bridgee he was noticed to point towsrd the elder woman, which it is supposed wss his mother. He wss then seen to instruct the woman how to catch the rope, which was being lowered from the bridge. Down oame the raft with a rush. The young man stood with his arms around the two women. AB they swept under the bridge he reached up and seized the rope. He was jerked violently away from the two women, who failed to get a hold of the rope. Seeing that they would not be rescued, he dropped the rope snd fell beckon the raft, which floated down the river. The current washed thsir frail craft in toward the bank. The young man was enabled to seize hold ef the 'branch of a tree. The man aided the two women to get up into the tree. He held on with his hands and rested his feet on a pile of driftwood. A piece of floating debris struck the drift, eweeping it away. The man hung with hia body immersed in the water. A pile of drift soon collected and he waa enabled to get another secure hold. Up the river there wss a sudden crash and a section of the bridge was swept away and floated down the stream, striking the tree and Washing it away. All three were thrown into the water and were drowned before the eyes of the hoarified spectators. Just opposite the town of JBolivar early in the evening a woman with her two children were seen to pass under the bridge at Bolivar clinging to the roof ef a coal house. A rope waa lowered to her, but she shook her head and refused to desert her children. It was rumored that all three were saved a few milee below Bolivar. A later report from Lockport says that the residente succeeded in .reecuing five people from the flood two women and three men. One man succeeded in getting out of the water unaided.

A little girl passed under the bridge just before dark. She waa kneelingon a part of a floor, and had her hands clasped as if in prayer. Every effort waa made to save her, but they all proved futile., A railroader who was standing by remarked that the piteoua appearance ot the little waif brought tears to his ejea.

All night long the crowd stood about the ruins of the bridge, which had been ewept away at Bolivar. The water rushed past with a roar, carrying with it parts of housee, furniture and trees. The flood evidently spent ite foroe up the valley. No more living persons were being carried peat. Watchers with lantern remained along the banks until daybrerk (this morning), when the first view of the swful devastation of the flood was witnessed. Along the bank lay the remnants of what had once been dwelling-houeee and stores. Here and there was an uprooted tree. Pilee of drift lay about, in eome of which bodies of the victims of the flood will be found. Rescuing partiee are being formed in all the towns along the railroad.

Hundreds of animate lost their lives. The bodies of'horses, dogs and chickens floated past. The little boy who was rescued at Bolivar, had two dogs as companions during his fearful ride. The dogs were drowned just before reaching the bridge. One old mule swam past, its shoulders were all torn, but it was alive when awept past the town.

After a long, weary ride of eight or nina milee over the worst of oountry roads, ths Associated Press correspondent arrived in New Florence, six miles nearer Johnstown, and along the sosne of the awful dieaater. The details at this hour are rather limited. Everybody seems dazed. The calamity seeming to overwhelm the natives. The bridge at Johnatown proved too staunch for ths fury of the water.

The story reached here a abort time ago that a family, consisting of father and mother and nine children, were washed away in a creek at Lockport. -The mother managed to reach the ahore, but thehuaband and children were carried out into the Conemaugh to drown. The woman is crazed over the terrible event. Along the roar of the water could be heard the piteous appeals from the unfortunate as they were carried by. To sdd also to the terror, a brilliant illumination lit up the sky. The illumination can be plainly seen from thie place. A message received from Song Hollow a few momenta ago states that the light comes, from a hundred burning wrecks ot houBee that are piled up oo the Johnatown bridge.

A supervieor from up the road brings the information that the wreckage at Johnatown is piled up forty feet above the bridge.

Latest—There ia absolutely no news from Johnatown. The little city is entirely cut off from communication with the outside world. The damage done is inestimable. No one can tell Its extent. It atanda near the river, and many fear that it has been swept away or greatly damaged. The loss ot the Cambria worka alone [will be in the millions.

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY MOKNlNO, JUNE 1, 1889.

6BOWIM WOSU.

It* Mtm Vp Mtfalgh* teflfaeae IN* Woree llMfc PHILADHXPHTA,

May

3L—Dapstehee

received up to midnight at the offloe of

railroad, indicate the eituetiottis hourly growing wore*. The effeeta of the storm sie now being felt oq, the middle division ot that raid, extending between Hariisbarg and

Landslides and washouts are

reported along the line between theee two plaoea. No train will be sent eat weet of Harriaburg uijtil thestorm abataa, and extent ofdaauge oan be aa* oartained. A telegram from Pittebnrg plaoea the location ot the various eeatbound through traine aa followa: The New York'limited, wbich waa previously spoken of as being safe, is at Wilmore the Atlantic exprees, which left Pitteburg at 3 ojclock thie morning, and the sea ahore expreas, which left Johnatown at an early hour thie morning, are both laid up at Portage. The day expreas from Chicsgo and the audi train leaving Pitteburg at 5:30 this morning are at Conemaugh, the foot of the weatern alopft of the Allegheny mountaina. The Philadelphia express, which started esst from Pittsburg at 4:30 a. m., ia at Bolivar junction. The same dispatch aaya: "We have had no wire eaat of Conemaugh sines noon. We understand that Conemaugh town and Johnatown are entirely waahed away and many livee lost. The water ia now falling." The New York limited express, east bound, .which is at Wilmore, had a narrow escape from deetructioit. The conductor reporte that immediately after hia train had paaaed over the bridge whioh apana the river at South Fork, that etructure waa awept away by the ruahing water. General Managft Pugh said at midnight that no traine would be allowed to proceed until the traoka were cleared away and rendered entirely safe for travel. Orders have been issued for oonetruotibn trains to be pat in readiness for work, The condition of affairs on the Philadelphia & Erie road is almost aa bad aa on the middle and Pittsburg divisions of-the Pennsylvania road. The telegraph lines on thst road between Harriaburg were loat ahortly before nine o'clock, and no information has been re-~ oeived from the latter plaoe since. Information received early in the evening indicates there are washouts and landslidee all alond the line, completely suspending travel.

THS DELAY Of TRAINS.

AB AnnonncemcniKTlwt HoaeWIlt be Pawed U%ill Sunday. PHILADELPHIA, May 3L—All the wires ot the Pennsylvania railroad weet of Wilmore, a station on the Pitteburg division, twenty-five miles west of Altoona, have been down since 9 a. m., and consequently the information in regard to the break weat of that place is very meager. Enough has been learned, however, to indicate that the rush of water is the worst ever known in that ssotion.

At Grosd street station the following bulletin, for the information of travelers, was posted about sight o'clock: "On account of the unprecedented storm, prevailing in the weetern part of thia atate, the lines weet of Altoona have been damaged, to what extent cannot be ascertained until the water aubeidee. The storm is still raging and it is thought no trains, will be passsd until Sunday.".

The Chioago limited exprsss, whioh left New York at 9 o'clock this morning, the fast line, leaving there at the same hour, and'the train leaving that city at 8 o'olook laat night are all laid up at Altoona. At 10:30 to-night, a dispatch waa received by General Manager Pugh, dated Wilmore, from the conductor of the eastbound New York and Chioago limited, which left Pitteburg at 7 o'olook thia moraing, aaying the train waa eafe and that all were well on board. Mr. Pugh4nfernd from thia that the limited waa laid up somewhere weet ot Lillys. The oonductor reported that the bridge at South Fork wss wsshsd sway, andexpreased the opinion that all the bridgee, between South Fork and Johnstown would be swept away. The Chicago and New York deyexpteee and all other eaatbound trains are supposed to be Isid up bstween Creeson and Pittsburg.

AtTjna*, rem.

PITTSBURG, May 31.—A epecial from Tyrone, Penn., aaya: The Juniata river hae overflowed ita.banke at this plaoe and flooded the entire southern portion of the city, oausiog great destruction to property and the etreete. PeopM living in the flooded districts had to be removed from their homee to places ot safsty. All the railroads centering in thia plaoe are greatly damaged by the flooda. The water wias newr known to be eo high at thie plaoe. At Curwenaville one man wss drowned, snd at Clearfield two young ladiee were drowned in trying to eeeepe the floodad dietrict The Susquehanna river has overflowed its banks at Clearfield, and the entire plaoe ie under water and all meanest eeeepe

cut

off. Manv people have gath­

ered in the Govert houw and Opera housa as a plaoe ot

eafety Thia evening

it is still reining hard and the waters rising rapidly. ^Special Weather Frcdietteafc

WtfBraoiw, May 3L—$lie probe&ilities are that, the etorm which new the Atlantic oowt and the

&

lake regkma will be followed Satardnr on the Atlantic coat, from New Yon eoathward to South Carolina, by much and generally fair weather. predicted lor Saturday morning in tho elites ot the Ohio valley, and thenee southward over eastern Tannssssa,Wast Virginia, northern Georgia and

North OaroHha. VsRiae

la Harylaad.

HAGKBSTOWIT, ML, May 3L—A terrific storm paMed over Washington oounty yestsrdsy aftsrnoon. Itsssmed to follow the oouree of the Fotomao river, blowing down buildings, treee andfenoee, and raining growing crops. Telegraph and telephone wires are down and it ia impoanUe to obtain partioalara.

Haavy needs JTear Charleston, W. Ta. CHARLESTON, W. Va., May 3L—-A

heavy rain began falling hen at noon yeeterday and continued until late leet night, cauaing a flood in the tributariee of the Kanawha river. The Cheaapeake & Ohio railroad bridge over Cabin creek was carried off, and million of doll era' worth ot timber, lumber and railroad tiee were swept away. It ia feared that a portion ot the city will be submerged. The rivers ere still rising.

Killed

by

UshtniaK.

CORTDON, IndL, Mey 31. While Ephraim Keesaer waa returning from Leavenworth to hie home in this county,

wagon, In which were aeatad five pereone beeides himeelf, instantly killing hia wife, and ao aeverely ehocking a lady named Clinethatahehaa become insane. All others were more or leea injured. The wagon waa ahattered, end one' of the horeee waa killed.

BarthquaJM In Fraaee and Hngland. LONDON, May 3L—Dispatches show

that earthquake shooke -were not only felt in the channel islands yesterday, but also in the Isle of Wight. Disturbances were also experienced in many towns in Portemouth, Havant, Cherbourg, Havre, Rouen, Granville and Caen. No damage waa cauaed.

A shock ot earthquake waa felt on the left bank of the Seine to-day. In Indiana. 'l'

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., May 31.—A nortbeaater, the fiercest storm known here for years, now prevaila. Snow fell here yeeterday to the depth of about an inch.

WINAMAC, Ind., May 3L—Rain hae fallen without ceasing for forty-eight hours, snd it changed to a snowstorm yesterday afternoon. There haa been nearly twenty-two inchee of rain fall, and much damage will be done by flooda

In Illlnol*.

GALENA, May 31.—A heavy white frost visited this section yeeterday morning. Corn in low ground was blasted to the sprouts, and all kinda of tender fruit killed. The damage ia very aerioue.

CHICAGO, May 31.—A cold drizzling rain began falling here yeeterday morning, and contfnuee to-day. A fieroe gale blew laat night. It ia ao cold that urnace firee have been generally relighted.

Tha Wabash Booming.

The river haa been on a boom for the past forty-eight hours. Up to yesterday morning it had risen eight feet. The row-boats that had been fastened to low water etakee were found etsnding on snd yestsrdsy morning. Persons who bsd timbsr up ths rivsr and wanted it delivered below were rafting it down stream. A large number of persona looked admirably upon the classic and muddy watsrs of the Wabash during the day.

"A Chicago Double Suicide. CHICAGO, May 31.—In

a ramshackle

two-etoiy houae on Fifty-first street live two families, named Sullivan and Bell. Laat night Nellie Sullivan, a girl of 19 years, and John Bell, 21 years old, together took enough morphine to kill a dozen men. The other members of the fsmiliss discovered this fact some houra later, but it did not seem to sgitate them, until they discovered that the girl was dying. Thsy were lovers, and there was no opposition to their marriage. The police nave arrested Frank Gardner, who ia believed to be the boy who procured ths drug for ths Sullivan girl. They have also looked up James Bell, a brother of Frank Bell, and Annie Korker, who livfs in the neighborhood, who will be held aa witnesses. Both ths Sullivsn snd Bell families have a very unsavory reputatidn. Their neglect to eummon a witneee at once is attributed to etupor or indifference, auperinduoed by drink.

Wind-Bound and Aahora.

CHICAGO, May 31.—Yesterday and laat night a fieroe gale raged over. Lakes Ontario and Brie and portions of Lakes Huron and Michigan. All wound the lilim veessls are reported wind-bound and driven ashore. At Chicago ths wind reached a velocity of 40 milee an hour," end a number ot veeeela were forced to anchor outeide. The velocity ot the wind is reported ss follows: Chicago, 40 miles sn hour Milwaukee, 42 milee Qrssn Bay, 38 miles Port Huron, 48 miles Detroit, 35 miles Toledo, 35 mUss Sandueky, 36 miles.

The Public Debt Decrease.

WASHINGTON, May 31.—It is sstimated at the treasury department that there has been a decrease of eight million dollars in the public debt during the month of Mey, notwithstanding the diebursement of nearly twelve million dollare during the month on account of pensions. The treasury surplus is now stated at *54,000,00a

Weather Notes.

A tornado did great damage at Marttmbarg, W.Ta. Bnow was four Inches despfat sons plaoea In Jdehlgan Thursday night. the rainfall taffndlaaa onTTbarsdaj was grsater ian In all the month ol April.

CSptsin Hilton Brown was the onlg person killed outright In a ejekme which iwept Lumbermen at wunasuport Fa., ate prepuggter a flood or ovsr twenty fast, great** than In

There was a great stena absst Hsrrlaonbaig. n. The wind blew a pertset hurricane. Wheat

ahsssr ef bricks and a piece _of eoplpg were

a* VAMB «MUSSSI aluk rnsna

bteqghtdowawith it. Four chllilran who wage wosd In Inntet the MldliigwtnjCnMk —adsaOssandbaSy hnrt, onseCthsaa setnred *ull sad the other asevtre scalp

Si. fate-

.IN TUB CROWIN m§

The Latest- Developments Show the Finding' of ths Doctor's Clothing.

A REQUISITION FOR THE MAN STARKEY. •K It Is Thooght That He Had an

Active Part in the Murder on May 4th.

CHICAGO, May 3L—An evening paper eaya that eome valuable information in the Cronin oaqe haa been gathered from the men "Mack," alias Williams, sliee MoWilliama, who wee arrceted in ache«p lodging houae. Maok olsims to bS~a carpenter. He told the following etory: On the 2d of May he wee working for a Mra. Wilaon, on north Ashland avenue, scarcely a block from the Carleon cottsgs. Msck putting in stgeeik-Windows at the time. While at work a isdy, whose name he understood to bs Mrs. Dudley, oame in end began to talk with Mra. Wilson. Maok waa in the eame room, and he word. Mrs. Dudley, who is a atout, fleehy womafa, wa^'UUK-" ing very bitterly against a physician who had attended her husband. Mack says he heard the name *'Dr. Cronin" mentioned, but he did not know whether the phyeioian complained of was the Cronin referred to or not. Mrs. Dudley seemed very much excited, snd frequently made the remark in great spirit: "I will get even with him." Mra. Dudley said that she was working in an orphan asylum on Burling street, but that ahe waa going to leave the aeylum, and that she daily expected to go to live with her two brothers in a cottage near by. Mrs. Dudley pointed in the direction of the Carlson cottage, in referring to the place ahe was going to move into. At the Chicsgo nursery and half-orphan asylum, on Burling street, it wss found that a Mra. Dudley had been there, but had ainoe gone away. It is believed that Willisms is one of ths msn who rented the Carlson cottage that he ia a carpet-layer by trade, and that he laid the carpet in the cottage.

Along conference ended this, evening between W. J. Hynee, Luther Laflin Mills, States Attorney Iongeneoker snd Superintendent Hubbard. At the oloss of the meeting Msyor Creigier also wss pressnt, and went sway with Hubbard and Liongenecker. The atatee attorney aaid no arreets were in immediste contemplation. The private papers of Dr. Cronin have been in possession of Mr. Mills, who is engaged in the task of looking thrbugh them for clues. His tank ig not completed, but report wss msde by him on the work up to date. The Daily News saya: It cannot bs truthfully said that the polios sppeared to be on the eve of great discoveries at ths conclusion ot the conference.

Dr. Cronin's clothes have been found, and snother link forged in the chsin of svidsnce that surrounds the murder. The first clue wss obtained by the finding of the drawers by Sol Hamburger and Eddie "Breech, two little boys of Lake View. Louis Hamburger, the 18-years-old brother of the first-named lad, then notified the polios and conducting Lieutenant Sohuettler to the mouth of .the Fifty-ninth street sswer, instituted a search which resulted in the unearthing of the murdered physician's pants, coat and undershirt. They were buried over a foot under ground, and were only diaoovsred by probing in the sand with shsrp sticks. The ehirt bore the name of the unfortunate doctor, and the other articfa were readily recognized as portions of his apparel. The pants in places were deeply atained with blood. Strange to say, however, the physician's veet waa missing and in its place was a vest of much coarser msterisl, containing in the pockets five pennies and a cigar. This garment preaumably belonged to one of the murderers or accomplices. For this resson the police are making every effort to suppress the discovery, .hoping that Cronin's vest may be discovered in the possession of one of ths murderers. Considerable importance is attached to the fact that when the drawers were first discoversd by the little boyB, a couple of strangsra appeared on the spot snd ordered them to destroy the gsrmsnts and throw away the pieces. This mandate was obsysd. snd no more wss thought of the matter until the older brother was cssually informed of the circumstance. Both theee men were strangers in that locality.

The residence of the Carlsons Wss carefully aearched by the police to-day, but nothing of a suspicious nsturewss discovered. The people of Lake View are demanding that the sewer in which Cronin's body wss found be searched from the catch basin to the lake. They think it possible his tools and hat and ovsrooat might be dioovered in it, but ss the sewer ie only Z% feet in diameter, the police are afraid about facing the danger ot eewer gas. It is probab'.e, however, that the aewer will be to-mor-row thoroughly flushed at least.

The extrsdition ot Wm. J. Starkey has been determined upon. Aside from the ciroumstanos which have been regarded as tending to show his connect,on with Cronin's death, there is said to be some new matter, implicating him in actusl guilt Ths state's attorney has, it is said, been reluctant to accept the extradition, because the clear relief into which it throws his refusal to ssk for Starkey's return whsn Inspector Byrnes had ths fugitive under arrest in Nsw fork ton days ago. The extradition papers must go through much red tape here, passing forward subsequently through the hands of the secretary of the secretary of atate of Illinoie and then through the department of state at Washington. In a recent Chicago case it took eight days before servioe could be obtained in Canada It Starkey ehould be disposed to flee, the chsnoss of his arrest are not by any mosns promising.

The Iadletod Man Arraigned CHIOAGO, May 3L—P. O. Sullivsn, the

ice men, Frank Wocdruff and ex-Detect-ive Ooughlin were arraigned before Judge Williamson this afternoon, charged with the murder of Dr. Cronin. Thsy wers brought into court from the jail through the iron peaeege-way, snd

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immediately sfter pleading not guilty were taken back again. Very flew epectatora were present snd only one of the men—Sullivan—had an attorney in court Lawyers David and Donahue, who are attending to the ice man'a caee, hsppensd to be in oourt at the time trying another caee. Mr. David entered the atereotyped motion to quaeh the indictment but no date was eet for arguments. Esch of the three prieoneis wss furnished with a obpy ot the indictment againat him.

THC STORM IN NORTHERN WATER8.

Vessels on the Lak* la Trimble—Good Work of tha life Satoro. SAND BEA Mich., May 31.—Yeeter­

day's storm waa the moet severe since the December storm in 1885. The Csnadian ateamer Chamberlain came in aboufcf '"^-ii»kwk with her gangways stove fires out. She wss pier by hsrbor tugs. Her consort, the Viotory, ran ashore aouth of here. The life saving crew procured a team and took the surf boat and Lyle gun apparatus down and rescued five men, one women and a little girl. The crews ot ths Josephine and fingene Were taken aahore in the surf boat Both schooners dragged aahore last night

The tamou Conference.

BERLIN, May 31.—The Samoan conference will not meet again for several days. The commissioners have agreed to the "qussunwiB air iimuc, drawn up a protocol. This has been telegraphed to the governments interested, and it is expected that replies will be received by wire. On their arrival a final formal sitting will be held.

WASHINGTON, Msy 31.—State department officials absolutely decline to discuss the Samoan conferenoe. They admit that matters are in such

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to warrant the expectation of a speedy conclusion of the conference, the comparatively unimportant details only remaining to be adjusted.

Producing League Book*.

LONDON, May 31.—Mr. Reid, of counsel for the Parnellites, stated to the judges ot ths Parnell commission to-day that thirty of the league books would be produced before the court. Mr. Lockwood, also counsel for the Parnellites, produced what is alleged to have been Mr. Justin McCarthy's- pass-book. -The records covered the period extending from November, 1880, to May, 1887. Among the entries was one mentioning a check for £100 paid to Byrne. Mr. McCarthy took the stand, and informed the oourt that the book had never been in his possession, and that he never knew of its existence.

Where ie the E. 8. Pease?

NEW YORK, May 31.—The Herald'a Port Huron (Mich.) special says: The steamer E. S. Pease, owned by E. S. Pease, of East Saginaw, is reported ss having foundered to-day in Saginaw bay. The E. S. Pease waa commanded by John Sterling, of Saginaw City. The crew, consisting of the captain, Samuel Jamison, chief engineer Martin Donahue, mate Wm. tiaineo,

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eight or ten are lost. The steamer had the bargee, Urana and Planet, in tow, loaded with iron from Eicanabafor Ohio ports,

The Reporter Wants Satisfaction. LONDON, Msy 31—The msgistrste to

whom Reporter SimmB applied for a summons for the duke of Cambridge and Police Inspector Robinson, whom he charges with having assaulted him during the review of the fire brigade at Whitehall on Saturday, refused to grant an order for their appearance. Mr. Simms has therefore applied to the court of queen's bench for a mandamus to compel ths magistrate to issue the order.

The Lake Ontario Canard.

MONTREAL, May 31.—There ia no truth in the report that the steamer Lake Ontario was wrecked off Anticosti island, and that all hands were loat. Inquiries at various points along the coast of Anticosti elicit the same answer—that nothing has been heard from the steamer aince she passed out to sea on Wednesday. .''

Hjppolite on Top.

LONDON, May 31.—A cable dispatch has been received in this city from General Hyppolite, the. insurgent leader of Hayti, saying that he haa defeated Presidsnt Legitime, captured Port-au-Prince, the capital of that country, and proclaimed himself provisional president.

Ferepangh'a Show.

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Forepaugh's great show will be

in town exhibiting at the usual place. It is the one big circus and menagerie that will visit Terre Haute during the season, Barnum and Forepaugh having divided the country the latter alone coming West

Decided in Favor of the Cltjri NEJV ORLEANS, May 31.—J udgee.

Hardee snd Billings, of the circuit oourt, to-day decided the drainage warrant case, involving $1,200,000, in favor of the city.

A Gal Trust Dividend.

NEW YORK, May 31.—The Chicago gas trust haa declared a dividend of 2 per cent., payable June 20. The tranaFer books close June 10.

Washington Notes.

Secreta'7 Tracr is vigorously pursuing bU policy declared at the beginning ot his administration, ot pushing to rapid completion tbe vessels now under construction or authorized to be built.

Acting Secretary Tichenor haa informed the

Utied to a drawback under thelaw Becauae of the presence of domestic material. Postmaster General Wanamaker to-daylajpolnt-ed a commission to Investigate and report upon the condition and needs of tbe New York City nostofflce. This commission is tbe result of a conference recently held between Postmaster VanCott and ths officials of the postofflce depsrt-, ment.

A dispatch has just been received fey the state fepartmeot from tbd Anwricvi minister st Btroo tfrtinif tbat France, Austria and Hungary b*i« £iiwt»nv notified the Swiss government ot their willingness to take part in the International lsbor protecUon congress, which Is to be held in Berne next September.

Profiting by the recent events at Samoa, when the ttassureot the wrecked Trenton was lecofered h* maw of a diving spparstQi borrowed from im British man-of-war Calliope, the narr department here has determined to equip each ot oar naval vessels with a complete diving spparatus. A sobmarine diver Is also to be deUlied as part of the complement of each vessel in commission.