Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 June 1889 — Page 1
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Weokly Established in 1823
It is Now io RniOTi the Debris o! All Kinds Without Delay.
EXPLOSIVES USED TO DO THIS •WITHOUT REGARD.
The Accumulation of Buddings and Remnants of Human Beings Alike Removed
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., *June 8.—Affairs at the tremendous atone bridge wreckage pile seem to have resolved themselves into a statoof almoat hopelessness. It ta amazing the routine into which everything has fallen in this particular place. Every morning at 7 O'clocka score of guts pome out
ily and weaklygo to irork clearing away this maw, andatthe rate at which they are now proceeding it will actually be moptha before the debris is cleared, away and the last body found. Fortunately the wind is blowing away from us, or we would have olfactory evidence that what is not found ia far worse than what has been exposed. Then it may be good business and good policy to .have these few workers fool around the edge of the wreckage for five or ten minutes adjusting a dynamite blast, then hastily scramble away and consume as mnch more time-before a tremendous roar announces the ugly work is done, but the onlookers doubt it. Sometimes, when an extra large shot is used, the water, bits of wood and iron and other shapes more fearfully suggestive, fly directly upward in a solid column at least three hundred feet high, only to fall back again into almost the same spot, to be tugged and pulled at, or coaxed to float down an unwilling current that is falling so rapidly now that even this poor mode of egress will soon be shut entirely off. The fact of the matter is simply this: They are not attempting to recover bodies at the bridge, but as one blast tears yards of stuff into flinders, it is Bhoved indifferently into the water, be it human or brute, stone, wood or iron, to float down towards Pittsburg, or to sink to the bottom, maybe a few yards from where it was pushed off the main pile.
Up in the center of the town the debris'is thrown even higher than at the stone bridge, but the work is going on fairly well. The men seem to be working more together, and enter into the spirit of the thing. Besides this, horses and wagons oan aet at the wrecks, and it really "13oEs as if this part of the ruins has been exaggerated, and Home of the foreman there say that at the preeent rate of work going on through the town all the bodies that ever will be discovered will be found within the next ten days.
As to the condition these bodies are in -that has become a matter of indifference, except as to the effect upon the health of the living. Facilities are BO limited that but little sanitary precautions can be taken, and the doctors say a pest of some kind must result. An alarming report has just reached here that diptheria has broken out in a crowded oamp in town, and facts in the ca9e will be sen'j later as everybody is excited and frightened, and the doctors take no pains to conceal the fact that disease is the only enemy now. The wreckage oan be, and is being rapidly cleared away, and with the splendid discipline under trying circumstances now in force the only thing that can Btop it is a pestilence of Bome sort. It is Baid that many oases of fever and diptheria and pneumonii are being, concealed from the people here for fear a panic may seize the workers, and if that should happen now probably no firm or people would attempt to
tion to this a score of blazing piles in every direction shows that the purifying element of fire is being applied as rapidly as possible for the safety of the liv-
fivorything here has now beoome a mere matter of routine and simply a case of time. Everything is routine and everything comes in its rejgular order. The getting up in the morning, the gong to work, the eating (when eatables can be purchased, begged or stolen), and last and greatest, even the finding of a body, or parte thereof, horrid in all its tearful details and incident*, even this ia outine, and ia only a cause of coment among the new comers, while to those inured to the sight it means another burial, that is ml.
Work was. resumed to-day in theahope of the Cambria iron company's mammoth steel mill, and the repairs to bnildings ate being made with remarkable rapidity. The damage to the buildings haa been stated, but the machinery wee only alightly damaged.. The blaat-fur-naces were not hurt at all, and will be in operation as Boon as a aupplyof coke can be obtained. There is some coke on hand, but it ia too small an amount to speak of. The most serious loas to the firm waa the destroyed papers, letters, order books, eta. VioeQPreeident Powell Stackhouae, of the Cambria iron company, ia the buaiest man'around the worka. tie has a large force of men at work and carloads of debris are being hauled away as rapidly as they can be filled. None of the big stook of pig iron that the firm had on hand was lost. Mr. Staokhouse, in conversation with a reporter this afternoon, said: "In a week you want to know it any damage haa been done. I don't know that I oan tell you to what extent we have been affected, and I cannot make any estimate of loss. You will find in another week the entire works employing fully aix thousand men, will be operated in full before the 4th of July, everything will be going all right. We will not loee any of our contracts, and if other firms are expecting to reoeive some of them, they will soon disoover that they are miataken." "How many of your men have you lost by the flood?" was asked. "Oh, I cant tell," Mr. Stackhouae replied, aadly. "Probably two thousand are missing." "Will not that interfere with operation of the works?" "Not atalL We have almost all of the
Wfa^r
places filled already, and oan secure all the men we want." Mr. Stackhouae declined to talk on the prospects for the future in the iron and steel bueinaaa, but said be well satisfied with the outlook. The members of aactet societies in theOooemaugh valley find unusually well. The Junior O. U. A. M. are very strong here, having a membership of 1^00. Out of this number only nine lives were lost. Most of them lost their homes, but all have employment and expect to be on their net again in a short time. The committee from Pittsburg and Allegheny established headqoattsrs in the upper end of town, and relieved the wants of all who applied. Theoounoile responded not only very liberally, but verypromptly. The Independent Order of Heptaaopa had a membership of eighty-five, and lost bat two. None of their members are in. wantt and the committee sent to distribute provisions and clothing have returned home. They had more than enough.
The Independent Odd Fellows had a mfmberabip ot ,506.
the Maaonio order are lost, although a Mason aays they are lew, end the earvivon are being roydly provided for by the relief committees of that fraternity.
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S I THE DISEASE INFECTION.
The CoBtagaotis Inflictions follow the FlootTWith Mortal Results. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., June 8.—Sorrowful as it may seem disease has infected the district notwithstanding the denials of the sanitary and health officials. Dr. Hesse, of the Bed Cross society, to-night stated that the contageous diseases were more prevalent than the authoritiee al lowed them to be. "In our temporary hospital at Grubtown," said he, "We have numerous cases of siotiees resulting from the frightful flood. There are now under our care about forty cases of sickness. The diseases from which^the patients are suffering are as follows: From diptheria, ten nervous prostration, twenty-five pneumonia, five one a broken limb and another driven insane by the loss of his family. Miss Jerome, the famous nurse, who BO heroically worked at Jacksonville during the recent yellow fever epidemic, is here, and said Bhe was ready and waiting for any outbreak of the disease. The number of bodies taken to-day from the ruins was thirty-one, of whioh only nine have so far been identified. Fifteen bodies were received at the Fourth ward morgue, of which seven were unidentified. At the Presbyterian Church morgue ten bodies were received, and one identified as. Sheriff John Ryan, of Johnstown.
For Beveral days the rumors have been going around in this vicinity that there had been bad feeling between J. C. Steinman, sheriff of Cambria county, in which Johnstown issituated, and Adjutant General Hastings, in charge of the militia here, and a serious rupture had occurred in regard to the scope authority of each and thut a clash between the civil and military authorities was imminent. This is denied by both gentlemen in the most emphatic manner. Sheriff Steinman, in speaking on the subject, said: '*1 can not understand how such a rumor oould get started, but then when we have so many people here who do not understand the situation I am not much surprised that even a rumor as abeurd as this one ehould get started. There is not the slighteet truth in the charge, and there is not nor has there been any ground in which to found such a rumor." 10:30 P. M.—Forty-seven bodies have just been discovered in a hole, on the site of the Hurlbut house. They are supposed to be bodies of guests.
The population of Johnstown and the neighborhood affected by the flood is about thirty-five thousand. Theregistration of 20,110 leaves almost fifteen thousand to be accounted for. It Is not claimed that those who have not registered are dead, for many had left this section before the system of registration began. Already from twelve to thirteen thousand pasaea have been issued to persons wishing to leave Johnatown and vicinity. In some oases passes were issued to the same person twice, thoas who were compelled to return for some reason, but it is safe to aay that 8,000 people have left this section.
There aeema to be some misunderstanding about the alleged syndicate to purchase real eatate here. It has been said that a ayadioate of aharp and unscrupulous real estate men from a distance were eohemingto take advantage of the impoveeiahed condition of property-owners here and buy their property tar below ita value and hold it for arise and handsome profit. It turns out that the so-called syndicate consists of several wealthy residents here who are individually baying property. They, are among the moet worthy oitizena here, and their objeot is to enoourage the d!sve'rtcnad leaple here and show them that they atill have faith in the tutors of this section. They are paying full and fair prioss for the property or
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loaning money on the
aame, with a view of enabling the property owners to get on their net. There haa been no disposition on the part of any one here to take advantage of the oondition of the people who haveauffered from the calamity.
The Pennsylvania railroad has tendered the uae of their wrecking machinery with which to tear apart the misses of material that are piled up in varioaa sections of the town. Conductor Flynn haa put 150 aaen to work setting up stationary engines and they will be ready tor use no Monday. The present plan of blowing op the wreck by the use of dynamite is too alow and -the work of a week in one end of town ia scarcely noticeable.
The members of the state board of health deny that there is aa epidemic or any prospect for one. Then are eight cases of ulcerated tonsilitis in the hospital of the Bed Crosa society, and it ia reported that there are are forty-five oases of diptheria on the hill. To vent an epidemic, Surgeon General ilton, of the United waa here to-day to meetthe of health for the purpose ot oonaidariot
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the propriety of the goy -nent CMU
ing charge of the aanitaC* «r* here The matter will be decift reported to the president.
Brnwaa, Pa.. JIM a—IT Is Oku, X.T..tfeMUie Cuba dam Is gMnc «d pespls of Otasn sad Cuba are muring out «C their
ROCHESTER, N. J, June 8.—Apecial dispatch to the Herald bom Oban aaya: ''The largest artificial body of water in the United. Statee is situated -782 feet above Olean. It is said 'to 1 give way at. any momeo merly used to feed the old' ley canal, but is nowL
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prominent Mason says they are tew^and menace to the people, and ia liable to aweep them into chaos aa did the Johnstown roeervoir at any time. Thereeer voir ia one-third larger than the Oonemaugh reservoir, and there is no reason why it should not be abolished'by the state at once. About ten yeani ago this dam burst letting out fifteen feet of water, and flooding the valley for a distance Of 150 nulss."
A trap waa laid for the crook undertaker who waa robbing the bodies in the Fourth ward morgue. A female body was brought in, and before it dressed for burial a diamond ring placed upon one of her fingers and the pseudo undertaker was assigned to the charge of the body. He was detected in the act of stealing the jewelry and promptly arrested by the chief of police, who immediately took him to Bbenaburg. The officials refused to give the name of the man.
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xesteraayanernoouworavasra* that a dam holding asmuohwaterasthtgnJPat which Ml upon Johnstown was.givi away. Late last nighth this dispatchfntfoot received: ...
-r-. a oonatant
Indianapolis' Belief Fund.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 8.—Up to date (9,450 have been sent from Indianapolis for the relief of Pennsylvania flood
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terers, and oollectiona are still being made.
The Clan-na-Gaol.
A month ago the headaof the Clan-na-Oael organization could count upon 85,000 men as ready to fall into line at their bidding. Now they' can count upon scarcely one. The murder of Dr. Cronin, or rather a discovery of the methods by which it was effected, has resulted in a practical disbandment of the society.
There is a very general inquiry about the nature of the Clan-na-Gael secret society. The name impliee a gathering of the Irish clans. It arose from the ashes of the old Fenian brotherhood, after the failure of the raid of that organization on Canada in 1866. Fen ianism was practically dead after that fiasco, and when it became apparent that it could no longer serve the purposes of a revolutionary organization, a secret society was started in 18S7, in New Tork, and became known as the
HInner
Circle"
of the Fenian brotherhood. It spread rapidly to all the principal cities of the country, and gathered within its folds the most intelligent men of the old brotherhood. When it began to expand it adopted the name of Clan-na-Gael. During its early life the growth of the order was limited by the caution of its leaders, but in time politics got inside its doors, and cunning adventurers, seeing what a vaet power it could be made, jqjned its ranks, and they let down the bars for a disturbing element.
The Seattle Loc•.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 8.—It is safe to aay that 25 per cent, of the loss will fall on the insurance companies. A spectator looking southward from Union street can see, for the distance of a mile, nothing but afield of charred pile of bent rails, warped corrugated iron of
buildings and general debris.
BA»E BALL.
A Game To-day if the Weather Will Permit—Notes. If to-day brings sunshine instead of rain there will be an excellent game of base bali at the park. The home oiub and the Danvillee will playboth good clubs with good records. The bome club came in from Danville yesterday afternoon and Manager Schneider visited the park and said that the grounds would be in good condition. All the water had been drained from the diamond by an adjacent ditch and left the playing grounds high and^ dry.
Joe Schuster, late of the Rockets, ia now With the Crescents. The clerks are organizing a club and will be ready for play in a week or so.
The Pastimea defeated the Tool Works nine recently by a score of 27 to 7.
The rolling mills- have organized a club and are practicing and wiah to aecure games. "Mascot" Gabe St Clair is sanguine that the Terra Hautta will secure the pennant this season.
The drummers are. talking of organizing a club, and if so will try to come oat victorious over the cleirka. lathe early pert of the week a game was played between a picked nine from Brazil and CedarvlUe and the Buokeyee.
The Rockets have disbanded owing to the majority of their best players being aeoured for the Indiana-Illinoia state league.
There ia talk among local ballplayers of forming a city league. It is to be oom posed of some of the best local amateur nines. They will play on Sundaya.
Owing to the unfavorable oondition of grounds and weather the Paatimes have poatponed the game for to-day for week. They will (day the Tool Works.
A Reading tobacconist haa a 10 weeksold bear which he keepa in hisatore. It plays with his Newfoundland dog and seems to enjoy itself greatly. The other day it approached a drummer from behind and gave him a hag that startled and suprised him. "I am tired of living with suoh a homely woman exclained Wm. Rash, ot Niagara Falls, as he walked away from his wife six weeks agow The other day she waa left a legacy of WO/JOO, and William harried book home to call her hie angel wife, but she wouldn't let
Reuben
a Hastins,ai stolen eight lookingtor 1
ahotaa haa been looking The other day, and
Ohio farmer, bad yean agotwd he the thief ever since, having traveled
3,000 miles and spent 1900. h« got his mm in South Carolina, to find that there were four mora aarioua chargae aheadothia.
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the open vata at the Diall well and tike water ifowiag oat had taken large quautitiea of the oil to tfce river via tb» eewer that empties into the river south ot Chestnut street. The flow of oil into the river continued throughout the afternoon and the frequent dark lines of Terre Haute's Sride attracted hundreds ot spectators airing the day. The river bank at the wagon bridge waa lined with the curioua. At that point the oil had spread over the maddy Waters of the stream for a distance of about eeventyfive feet, aud ita preeenoein the water was easily discernable in two ways. It could be eeenontopof the water and where there was oil there were no waves. At the same time a high wind prevailed, and the waves were high where there wssno oiI,wnile they wen very small where the oil was flowing. It waa the first exemplification ia the Wabaah valley of oil quieting the troubled waters. Tbe loes of oil to the oompany owning the Diall well was considerable, but the benefit aoerued to the city in the wsy of advertiaing. The citizena living south on the river did not understand the phenomenon, and drove from a distanoe of ten and twelve miles to learn the cauee.
An unusually- ., large amount of drift Wai floating down the river and -men in skiffs were busy all day catching logs and bringing them to land. bermen who had lumber on the river bank were hauling it, from danger, new fastenings for the boata had to be made as the volume of increased. Many boats crossed the river and into the lowlands beyond, whioh were covered with- water. Corn fields were covered, and it was estimated that oonaiderable damage would bedone.
During yesterday morning the river raised more rapidly than-ever had been. Jinown. During the greater part of the day the, vslume increased the rate of six inches an hou^uiifir the water began to flow over the banks, when it gradually slackened ur uooat «bt«a ur xour inches per hour. Liast night it wss ooming up at the rate of two or three inches hour. At that time the emaller streams were beginning to run down, and the water in the river will not go down until the smaller streams get within banks.
The heavy rains were general, eapeo ially along railroads leading into this city, and trains were delayed accord ingly. The & St L. road escaped all damages. The report "that the E. &T. H. bridge across Honey Creek had been washed out was inoorre6t. The T. H. &, bridge across .Lost Creek wa9 slightly out of line yesterday morning when the Chicago mail train reached that point and the paaeengera Were transferred. The damage waa repaired later in tbe day and the bridge was uaed for both T. H. & L. and C. & E. I. trains. The E & I. road was ornsidered unsafe in two places. The -bridge across Honey Creek on this road, five milee below Spring Hill junction, was considered unsafe and the water was BO high on the tracks that pasBsngers could not be tranaferred. The Ed river bridge below Saline City Was also considered dangerous. Workmen were sent out along all of the roada,and as the smaller atreama began to run down late in the day all danger waa aupposed to have been pasaed. Considering the rapid rainfall Whioh raised the river more rapidly than had ever been know in the same length ot time the railroada escaped fortunately, and the prompt action of the managers Of the roada removed all probability of aerioua danger or delay.
8tlU RUIng at Cllatoa.'
Special to Ute Sqnesa. CUNT ON, Ind., June 8.—At 8 p. in.' the river was rising six inchte per hour, and will probably be over the level on the east side before morning.
A heavy storm pasaed over thia plaoe last night doing considerable damage. Anderson's coal mine was flooded, cauaed by dam breaking, and allowing the water to run in at two unused entries. It will probably bs two weeks before the mine will be in shape to work. The Norton Creek mine waa alao flooded, bat as they have a ditch inateed of having to pump the water out the delay will not be serious. Much damage ia done to wheat and com.
At Newport.
Speeisl to tbe Kxpien. NEWPORT, Ind., June 8.—The Jane flood is here at last. It rained at intervals all day yesterday,, and rained hard daring the whole night, and at this hour,! p. mM ia still pouring down. The Little Vermillion, whioh plows along the north edge of town, is on a tear, and haa overflowed the bottoms along": ita ooaaafc. and done much damage to The Wabaah river ii now spreading Over the By morning the high bolts be under water. The farms Wabash have given up all aay their crops are now gone. in-^this oounty will to thooaanda and ot dollan. Msny farmers in this vicinity bad fine proapeela for wheat In the
Aom, the moat ot them piedioting that their crop woold nnnge^ forti ihelspsram "Rut antsei gioomv, and the flood wOt eepae aanoh diatnaain thia coanty, aa the mat ot the river
today have alIntbeaoath
rhoaeae last n^ht. A the levee
of
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tbe water
eoathot theoityc alao a aeotian of the gnSmi the A S. L, jnetweetot theetty. It is thought that the growing earn on tbe old votrand reach 2 that on Bel river flooded aadfilled
tirely ruined. The haany mine thrGentraliron mue, neer Otter creek. Swioua damage is alao nported at other minan.
Dr.Cnstia'* Ctotkes. ?uae a-Tbe polio, rtlalt
hsve the ol&lhee wora by Cronia wben haiast Wthieodtoe. the
liee ratase to aay. In acavesflar ca1 the ill stewed apparel to aneighb German, who. warned out the blood ae baet she ooald and gave them to her huebend to weer. The husband's new auit exofted susrackm of some Ot Uiar' aodatee who inihmned the poliosu Croain's ooat when found ud before it waa bad-been slit from neck to
The vest had been neiuly aavend
in twain, and the underalothing had been out in a simijar manner. It aninferenoe oan be drawn from the oohdnct at polio* it may be assumed aa true that valuable olewe have been developed by the diaoovery of tbe relics.
The Coat— Gollst* Toaif Tidies. The young ladna of Coatee oollsge were quite aocouaafiil in making about aeventy-five dollars at their aocial given at what waa formerly known aa Hulman's park Thundsy evening. They deeervea succeea, their effort being to raise a certain amount to pay on the Hulman park lease held by Coatee oollegeii. The large hall in the park waa very profuaely and beautifully decorated, and most attrac tivewero the booths where lemonade, buttermilk, flowere, Japanese ornaments, eta, were placed at the disposal of the visitors. In. the center of the hall refreahments ot various kinda were served. The young ladieaof the college were very ably aaaiated during t^e evening by annmber of visitors from neighboring .dtiee.
Tho Sunday Drills,
WASHINGTON, June 8,—About two yeanagoafew earneet aomy chaplaina seconded by aome asgligioua bodies began an agitation, having for ita objeot the abolition of Sunday inspectione and drillain tbe army. Numeroue petitions were filed, and representationa made in other waya to the president which were all referred to the war department, Conflicting views upon the subject were held by officers, but at last the president baa settled the matter B91V W Snswfi By tlie fbrrowing official order the first made by General Kelton ainoehe assumed the office of adjutant general of the army: "WAR DEPAI
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, June 8th, 1889. The following order of the president ia published for the information and guidance of the army
EXECUTIVE MANSON. June 7, 1888.—In November, 1862, President Lincoln quoted the worda of Washington to anstain hia own views, and announced in a general order that "The president, com mander-in-chief of the army and navy, deeires and enjoins the orderly observance of the Sabbath by the officers and men in the militaiy and naval service. The importance for man and beaat of the preecribe4 weekly rest, tbe sacred rights of ohristian soldiers and sailors, becoming defense to the best sentiment of christian people, and a due regard for the Divine will, demand that Sunday labor in the army and navy be reduced to the measure of strict necessity.'
The troth so concisely stated can not be too faithfullyregarded and the preasure to ignore it is far less now than in the midst of the war. To recall the kindly and considerate spirit ot the ardors issued by these great men, in the most faying times ot our history and to promote contentment and efficiency, the preeident directs that Sunday 'morning inspection will be merely of the drees and general appearaaoe without arms and the more complete inspection under arms with all men present, aa required in Par. 950, A. R. 1889, will take place on Saturday. BENJAMIN HARRISON.
By order of the aecretary of war,. J. C. KELTON, Adjutant General.
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Brotherhood ot Engiaeen Charter. ST. LOUIS, June 8.—It has jnst transpired that the oharter ot division 327, of the Brotherhood ot. Locomotive EntineHS, has been suspended by Chief Engineer Arthur. This division is com-, posed chiefly of engineers employed by tiie bridge and tunnel oompany hen .and the action of Chief Arthur hae ,ted aomething of a oommotien. The et suspenskm Is Said to have grown out 'of cironmstanoes connected with the strike hen in 1886, and tbe expulaion bom the diviaion of three of ite membera who refueed to abandon* their anginas during that atrike.
Mood of Holp la Ohio.
^PITTSBCBG, June &-A apeciai from Bellefonte, PaT, says: "The aufferingin this valley is very great The prindpel plaoesin need ot help are Millheim. Coburs and vicinity, in Penn's valley Canter City, Bald Eagle valley, and along Fishing creek, in Kittanning valley, where everybody la destitute. The citiisenaot Bellefonte are doing all in their power to relieve the distreas, but they ace unable to oope with it.
Mr. Cherlea Monninger reomved a large stepping stone on Friday, which he bid won by holding the lucky number ia Ute raffle at the fsir recently given in Indianapolis for the benefit of ST MaryVaohool. The etone been tbe otMr. Moenmger in raieed lettws.
Wright, a Barry oounty,
the whiaky that csnaad two into bar husband'scarriege bar arm» ha* secured a judgfor 9B0Q, but the whid^ aaller wffl
ML AND WATER WILL NOT WX
Ffora 6M ta Fonr Day* Week Bf the Haavy .jpH Rains.
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OVERFLOW OIL AT THE DIALL Wj WEUj CARRIED AWAY.
Good r. Otber
Work Being Dana1 at the Welle ia Spite of ObMataaa.
'"5Bie rain hae quite eerionely interfaced i$hwork at the varioua oil derricks .over the city. At allot Uie .wells driBs were goingr yesterday afternoon troa oaf tofaur daft tta* waa loatlaat
l^e raln previous to Friday
tided ov# with batooowioea] stops, but on Friday. Bitfit it was imposaible to continue work aa the deluge Of water drowned MM fine under^he boilera, and brought things to a standstill. The water cauaed very little damage at tbe wells, but at the Diall well it played havoo. The flow of oil haa been eo oonatant end large tttat the oompany haa found it almoat impoeaible to provide tankage^ and although it has now bam several weeks since the oil wss struck, the pipemsn hae been unable to draw off the aurplua caught in the deep trench dug the first dsy, because nothing could be had to hold it. Aa the location of thia trench iaon the loweat ground within a radius ot a square ot the well, there waa no immediate way of preventing the water from flowing into it, and on Friday night not the trench, but the well yard and the' surrounding lumber yarde were flooded. Tbe oil in the tank, being lighter than water, was displaced, and ran all over the neighborhood. The natural vent for the overflow was a culvert -leading into the Chestnut street sewer opposite the Union depot, but thie became atopped up and the oil and water backed up into the lumber yard across Cheetnutatreet to the Union depot platform direotione. Aa aoon aa the condition of affairs waa discovered early yeeterday morning the culvert waa oleared out, and the oil and water flowed off to the river. The flowed on the surface of the water all day yeeterday, and its appearanoe at the river caused no little surprise among the curious who were down on the bank watching the big river. The Cheetnut street sewer runs_i.nto .the river several squares nortfcrWMain street, and from its outlet then was a constantly widening streem ot oil. The loss of oil waa between fire hundred and aix hundred barrela. The
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condition of the flooded districts in the vicinity of the well will very aeon be remedied. A force of men was at work yeeterday afternoon digging a new trench in whioh to drain the oil and water from the Brigge lumber yard.
The Centennial well derrick, at the intersection of Twenty-second street and Second avenae, was blown over during jthe night, and the damage will amount to considerable, including the loss of time. In the extreme east end of the city tbe commons were inundated everywhere, and the water went so high at the Elliott derrick as to put out the fire in the boiler. The well buildings were completely surrounded with water two and three feet deep. No work waa done here all day yesterday.
The other wells, shutdown during the night, were able to reaume yesterday afternoon. At the Exchange well the condition of affairs is practically unaltered. The drille are working in limeatone ot a hard quality, and alow progis being made. No aocidenta have happened, however, and the drills are about eix hundred and fifty feet down.
The Kinser well people loet time during the week, by being compelled to drive their surface casing deeper into the rook. This became neceeaary from the caving at the plaoe where the pipe imbedded in the rook. Thia delay, together with tbe time lost on account of nun, about evened matters with the Exchange well, and the race is now aa equal as on the dsy drilling- commenced at both wells.
The Big Four drill were kept going aa much of the time as poasible, and an conaequently not very far behind in the race, probably not so much as seventy five feet.
The McKeen well tools reached rock yeeterday, and the casing has been driven in to the required depth.
After saocsauveaelayaall was in readiness to bsgin work at the Alden well, located iust-esat of the Elliott well, on tbe couth aide of the Vandalia tracks, yeeterday, and atenn was raiaed in tbe afternoon.
The Button Hole atill bolda fourth plaoe in the contest. The drille are now over three hundred feet down, and the dincton are well pleased with the progbeing made.
The Jooepfa Well ia down'143 feet, tbe •ing having been driven twenty feet into the aettrock. The first asasssmsnt haa now been paid in full and the company is in excellent shape. irricka are in process of oonatruction and at allot these drills will be going in a few days. The Smith people, locate^ at Tenth and Main, have everything -in readiness to begin Monday morning it their casing arrives.' The Ellsworth derrick is also complete and the drille will be started Monday morning. The Smith Broa. will have the Phceaix well outfit in readiness tor beginning work Tuesday morning, and the Centennial company will put their demolished derrick up wain in the next tew days. Contractor Morgan arrived with a drilling outfit yesterday, and will at once begin letting his derrick up at Twelfth and Mulberry to drill for the Star oompany. The Aome company will let their ooa^ tract for drilling during the oomiag
The well will be looated on tbe
Minshall ground, between Twentieth and Twenty-firat and Sycamore and Loouet atraeta.
The ChundiUl family are wellnpreasnted in this Held, father and three sons being aotiealy engaged in drillhig beta.
Tba^ril darridc flags ware daddedly limp yeeterday. Tbe oaly deoaratioa
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daliatraok^eeatot the water eupply, haveooabined and Ud a water pipe from the nearsat hydrant.
A reel aetata man said yeeterday the most notioeable effect ot the oil oovery en the real eatate market bringing about the withdrawal of a deal ot land previously for aale from market.
S. M. Shugert, a drillman at the aer well, loet a valuable gtdd oharm bearing the initials "J. G, Chsatnnt street a Week or two. Under will h*_ mat the Kinser welL
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Thetaaur that oil hed bsaa struok at tbe Button-hole ia aaid to have originatad from a remark made by on* of the drillmeni in anawer to the oontinuoua inquiriee madeby viaitore. aa to whether oil had been etrubk, to the effect that oil had not been atruck, but that they to reach it before dark that umtfay) evening.
The first aaasaament of the Boore company waa the amalleat made by aay of the existing oompaniee, being out five per oent. Tbia will oover the initial expensse,so it ia anticipated. Tbe oompany intenda buying a complete drilling^outfit, and employing workmen to do the drilling at eo much per foot. By this arrangement the dincton expect to effect quite a saving. The derrick haa not not yet been purchased, but steps in this direction will be taken during the. coming week. The oompany ia disposed. to go slowly until the way ia clear.
At a meeting ot the dincton of the Commercial Travelers Oil and Gaa company at the office of Riddle, Hamilton & Co., laat evening, the following officers wen choeen: H. E. Harrison, president Lewis P. Stone, vice preeident M. W. Stack, secretary, and C. D. Griffith, treasurer. In addition to these the board of directors are aa follows: George H. Robinson, E. C. Sage, and A. M. Crawford. The company baa several good options, but expects to go east of the] city. Certainly it will not drill in the city.
Storms Blaewheve.
BOONE, lows, June 8.—The heavieat rainatorm this eection has had since the flood of 1881 occurred Thursday night and yeeterday morning. The creeks and water courses are full. For tbe first time in over three yean one or two alight waahoute have occurred, but no serious damage was. don& During the height of the-atorm the rim changed to hail for half an hour, which ^did aome damage to growing crops. [The reports ahow that the heavy rainfail extended very generally over the Wabaah valley.]
The Standard'* Load Monopoly. NEW YORK, June 8.—The Herald aays: The national iead truat is gradually abeorbing all competition. The latest adjuncts to ite ponderoeity are the Collier and Southern white lead company of St. Lapis. I called on Colonel W. P. Thompson and Mr. Henry H. Rogers, of tbe. Standard oil company yeeterday, and aaked them if it was true that the Standard oil company waa in negotiation with the trust people. Neither Colonel Thompson nor Mr. Rogers would have anything to say.
Ihe Shah and the Ballet.
BERLIN, June 8.—The shah will arrive here on Sunday and will dine with the emperor at Bellevue castle. On Monday he will visit the emprees at Friedrichakron and will attend a banquet at tbe Schlosa and an operatic performance in the evening.
On Tuesday the shah will witness an artillery review and a ballet performance at the theater. He will leave Berlin on Wedneeday.
Leonard Swett Dead.
CHICAGO, June 8.—Leonard Swett died this afternoon at hia home in thia city. Mr. Swett is one of the oldeet residents of Chicago, and for yean haa been a prominent member ot the bar. He made the nominating speech for Abraham Lincoln for preeident in 1860 and performed the same service forjudge Walter Q. Greeham in 1888. 1 1 1 arf
Sale ot Ohio Street Property. Mrs. M. M. Marlowe and husband sold to W. H. Soale yeeterday thirty-five feet. off of the east ride ef the property occupied by Judge Carlton, on tbe north aide of Ohio street, between Sixth and Seventh streets, for 12^00.
Tk« Lotni Clab Cxeanlon. The Lotus club leaves Tuesday evening at 7:30 p. m., on the Ida Lee, from the foot of Walnut street. 'T
Additional Penoaal Keatloau Miss Laura Paxton, of Kanssp, 111., spent several days of last week visiting in the city.
Miss Florence Steaber, of Loaieville, is in the city, visiting with relatives. She will remain several weeks.
Miae Mayme Wolfe haa so far recovered from her recent anoident as to be aide to walk freely without the aid of crutehee. «.
Last Sunday marksd tbe completion of the Rev. L. Kirtley's third year aa paator of the First Baptist Church, and instead of the usual Sunday morning sermon Mr. Kirtley gave a very interesting report ot his three years' work.
The social given by the yoang Indies ot the Congregational Church, on Friday evening, while- not very largely attended, was one of the most plnasant entertainments the oharch hss em given. An admission ot 25 osnts was charged, this entitling tbegaest to ioe cream sad oake, and concert privileges in addition. The programme ot music waa exoallent, among thenumben beinfeoloa tar Miaa Hattie
Franoaa Carltoo, Mrs.
pngei Miss Franoaa Carl Bertha Hobm, Mr. Allyn vocal duet by Mrs. Hoberg and Mr. Dan Daraia guitar dost by Measta. George ipert aad Will Lawson, and a number vocal sslsotlons by the colored quartette, the "Four Aose."
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