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leurn still of the Standard Oil-works, located a considerable distance above the company’s main works. The escaping oil and refuse were swept down stream and carried under the boilers of the Great Western Oil-works, which were nearly submerged. The oil was ignited and floated to a tank containing 5.000 barrels of crude petroleum, which took fire and exploded with violence, spreading the blazing oil in all directions, some being carried to Merriam & Morgan’s paraffine works below, which were also fired. Continuing down the stream the flaming flood next atteked the works of the Standard Oil Company, located in the valley, one after another of which took fire, until to-night five 12,000- barrel tanks, two 5.000-barrel tanks, tour stills, one agitator, an enginehouse, 500 feet of railway trestle and various small works were destroyed. The tanks were not all full. Not less than 50.000 barrels of oil were consumed. The total loss by tire is a matter of speculation. It is estimated from $150,000 to £*oo.ooo. The machinery in the stills was worth $27,000.- Six steam tire engines and three hook and ladder companies have been working all day, and a large force of the department will be required all night. The oil must all burn when it once takes fire. Throwing water only scatters without extinguishing the tiames. The firemen have to direct their efforts to prevent the fire Spreading. They labored at great disadvantage, because much of the territory where the conflagration raged was covered with water six feet deep, A lings gasoline tank, looming up like an island in the freshet, lias been in great danger. The escapinggns several times took fire, but was extinguished in spite of the burning oil floating all about and large tanks burning furiously close by. Had this caught a terrible explosion wouid have followed and incalculable destruction resulted.

Late to-night the eighth large storage tank at the Standard Oil-works exploded and took fire. Its contribution will make the loss of oil thus fnr 65.000 barrels, worth about 000. A tank containing 0,500 barrels of gasoline was momentarily expected to go, but at midnight the conflagration is thought to be under control. The wind changed and blew' in a favorable direction turning the flames back over the burned district. Many of the Standard company’s tanks, a cooper shop, large buildings and the principal works are untouched. Still no prediction can he made about what the fire may do. Water at any time may break in the tanks and scatter the burning oil. Shurmer & Teacle’s Great Western Oilworks loss is about SIO,OOO. Merriam & Morgan’s paraffine works; loss small. The Standard Company’s loss may reach a quarter of a million; insurance small. At midnight the river is booming and rain falling steadily. Hoards, shingles, laths, and great quantities of other stuff washed out of the lumber-yards and off the low'est docks, are drifting into the lake. Hemphy & Co.’s lumber-yard, being on lower ground than others, suffers most. Rail way and telegraphic communication has been seriously interrupted by the storm. Trains arriving were delayed from four to twelve hours. All trains on the Valley railway but one are abandoned. This evening a schooner was torn from her moorings and hurled against the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railway bridge, the draw' of which was so wrenched that cars cannot pass, thus destroying Southern connections. Northern Ohio generally is flooded, this city apparently being in the center of the deluge. The ice which this morning, covered everything, is melted. The freshet holds undisputed sway.

How It Looked Yesterday. Cleveland, Feb. 4.—The fire at the Standard Oil Works has nearly exhausted its material. The scene of the conflagration resembles a chaos. A gentleman well informed on such matters says it will take two years to restore the works as they were two panv, tisru&s uui> mure vuzili >w;uWTwrnns ui oil were burned, and says the loss cannot be stated till the flood subsides and a careful examination is made. The fire is still burning in spots, and to-night illumines the wrecks of ten receiving tanks, twenty to thirty stills, and other smaller works, mostly enumerated last night. Three hundred thousand dollars is probably a moderate estimate of the company’s loss! The great flood reached its highest point about noon to-day, when the river was ten feet higher than ordinary stage in places,and the flats covered with lumber yards, elevators, iron works, machine shops, flour ; mills, packing houses, factories of various sorts, ami railway freight houses, were more or less submerged. The water is receding tonight. but the extent of the damage cannot be ascertained for several days. It is estimated that 23.000,000 feet of lumber, an<fcfO.UOO.OoO to 15,000,000 shingles were washed away from the lumber yards.

The Valley road is several feet underwater for mile, and its bridge near Weighlock was swept away. The New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railway’s old freight house is four feet under water, which reaches within a few inches of the floor of i !.*. w freight house, which is submerged to the floors. The company refuses freight for the present. About fifty horses, stabled at the lumber yards, stood all night in water up to their breasts, and were rescued with difficulty today. having to swim several hundred feet to reach a place of safety. Two mills of the Cleveland Paper Company, containing about forty tons'of manufactured paper, are in water nearly to the top of the first story. Less damage was done to shipping than feaPCd. The tug Florence was torn loose, capsized and Slink. Schooners and steamboats were rudely tossed about, but most rode through with slight or no injury. The lower Central railway bridge is broken, the j approaches gone, and the draw turned as if ! to let vessels pass. The district is all afloat, 1 and its present appearance is that of a lake dotted with the chimneys of furnaces, roofs of houses and lumber piles securely anchored. The infirmary farm, on the river’s edge, is submerged. The freshet is the most destructive ever known, and the water higher than . since the great flood of 1859, some think j higher even than then. The damage can j scarcely be less than $1,000,000, and may be much greater. Rain ceased to fall at 5 J o’clock tliis morning, and the weather turned i rapidly colder. One family living on tjie lowland was rescued by a boat; a prisoner in the station near Brooklyn was also taken out in a boat.

AT AKRON, O. Great Damage to Property, Accompanied by I.osn of Life. Akron*, 0., Feb. 3.—Rain beginning Friday night fell rapidly on the frozen ground until this morning. This entire region was flooded and rains have continued most of the day. Springfield lake is reported to have burst, the Little Cuyahoga rising three feet in four minutes in the Sixth Ward or Middlebuiy, being five times the usual volume. Most of the factories in that section of the city are submerged. The Akron Hydraulic Company’s new dam is washed away. At the old forge the banks of the old mill-race burst, flooding the New York, Pennsylvania so Oliio and Valley railroad tracks, disabling the latter badly. The bridge of the Pittsburg, Cleveland & Toledo railroad is also threatened. Near where the river crossed Howard street the embankment backing up the water half a mile, draining 3,000 acres,

swept away. John Kennedy’s house was crushed. Sirs. Kennedy scarcely saved her three children. Mary Strapp. who celebrated her fifteenth birthday last night, was drowned. Mr. Harrison W. Greer and his children were washed out of their house, but rescued. Tiiere is great damage to the property iu the valley. Railroad trains are suspended. The Cleveland, Akron & Columbus road is not affected. The waters this evening are still high, and it is raining steadily, threatening further destructions.

Extent of the Damage. Akron, Feb. 4. —The flood damage in the city aggregates $50,000, of which the Ohio ! canal probably loses S2U,Q(K), the Valley railroad SIO,OOO, the Akron Sewer Tipe Company $5,000, and private houses .SIO,OOO. Last night the south part of the city feared the upper basin would give way, emptying Summit Lake into the lower basin, and flooding the entire valley through the business portion of the city. Hard work all night long averted that, finally, but the factories along the Ohio canal all suffered, danger especially threatening Thomas Phillips & Company’s paper mill, aud King & Armstrong’s varnish works. The water entered the burning kiln | of Alexander’s fire-brick works, generating steam, which exploded, causing considerable loss. Locks 19 and 20 on the Ohio canal were washed away entirely, and others badly injured. In the Sixth ward at G o’clock tills morning water and ice gorged near Whitemore, Robinson <fc Co.’s works, and broke suddenly, three families being scarcely rescued. The stream struck both mills of the Akron Sewerpipe Company, injuring them considerably. All the families in the Cuyahoga valley, in the northern part of tiie city, have fled from their homes. Last night the rain fell in torrents. The valley railroad bed was washed in many places, and from Canton to Cleveland all trains are abandoned. The New York, Pennsylvania A Ohio railroad is all right. A i bridge on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & ; Chicago was washed away between Alliance iand Canton, and the company has started | Fort Wayne trains, via Hudson and Orrville, i over the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus. The Dayton express passed Akron at 2 o’clock this morning westward; the first section stopped near Clinton for a washout and the second section ran into it. No one was hurt, and the passengers were transferred. Fort wayne trains are now moved via j Ravenna and Mansfield, over the N. Y., P. & 0.

NORTHEASTERN OHIO. Railway Tracks Submerged. Bridges Swept Away and Great Damage Inflicted. Cleveland, Feb. 3.—The heavy rains have done vast damage throughout this part of the State and western Pennsylvania. All streams are extraordinarily high, bridges carried away, farms inundated, and much property, including live stock, lost. A Mansfield special to the Leader reports that two freight trains went through bridges near there. One brakeinan was killed and another lost a leg. Three other bridges between there and Alliance, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago road, are washed away, and passengers have been transferred over the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio. A Delaware special to the Leader reports the Olentanzy river raging, the freshet being the worst ever known. The suspension bridge was swept away, and two other bridges are expected to go. Families living near the ; river rescued in boats. Acres of meadow land are inundated, and houses and thoudatnaged. A Mount Vernon special to the Leader reports the Kokomo river booming. One house is surrounded by water, and the family is in the upper story cut off from help. A bridge on the Baltimore A Ohio was carried away while freight train No. 1G was crossing. : The locomotive and forward part of the train are sunk out of sight; all the train | hands escaped except a brakeman named I Hartman, who was drowned, j A Madison special reports that an ice ; gorge formed in Grand River, which swept j away part of a sawmill and a crib containing about 2,000 bushels of corn. The Clyde bridge was carried two miles, and the bridge at Rogers Corners is reported gone. A Strasburg special to the Leader reports two bridges on the Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley <fe Wheeling railroad gone and the track badly washed out. Trains suffered greatlv. Aft Olmsted Falls special to the Leader says: “The bridge at Westview. the one over Plum creek, May & Co.’s saw-mill, and two bridges near Cedar Point were swept away.” A Warren special to the Leader says Westlake’s rolling-mill is two feet and the New York, Pennsylvania Sc Ohio railway four feet under water. The factories on the flats arc so inundated that work must be suspended for several days.

AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL. The Shade Trees and Shrubbery Almost Destroyed. St. Louis, Feb. 3.—The Republican’s Springfield, 111., special says: Since early yesterday morning a sleet and rain storm has prevailed in Central Illinois, which has proved very disastrous. During yesterday afternoon and last night rain fell in torrents, and a.though the thermometer stood at and bej low the freezing-point, severe thunder and lightning accompanied the rain. The air I being so cold, ice quickly formed wherever the water touched, and to-day everything out of doors is a mass of glistening ice. Tree boughs, not any larger than a person's finger, are coated ' with ice measuring an inch and a half in diameter, while telegraph wires present the ' appearance of fringed strips of white muslin suspended from the poles. Os course this i great and unusual accumulation of ice has been very disastrous to fruit, shade and forest trees, and all kinds of out-door bashes and shrubs. The beautiful and extensive shade trees which line the streets, and for which Springfield has become famous, are crushed, bowed ai.d broken and well nigh ruined. The city presents the appearance of having been visited bv a destructive cyclone, so badly are her shade trees damaged. The destruction is not confined to trees alone, but to the telegraph ami telephone poles and 1 wires. These are broken down and pros- j trated in many places, so that cation anywhere by wire in either case is to- i tally cut off. Many streets were blockaded this morning with telegraph poles, wires and broken trees. The storm is believed to be the worst of its kind that ever visited this city, which now presents a picture of grand desolation. The forests have greatly suffered and the clinging ice to fruit buds, which are more or less advanced, lias, it is thought, permanently killed them. While the silverglittering spectacle is magnificent to behold, the broken trunks of once stately shade trees throughout the city too plainly tell of havoc, and remind one of the appearance of Chicago alter the great fire. The wires being down, railroads experience much difficulty in running trains, aud many

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leading to this city have abandoned almost everything but the regular passenger trams. It has been sleeting and freezing all day with the wind from the northwest, so that more damage is probable, and the bespangled forests are likely to retain their beautiful covering for an unusual length of time. At this writing. 4 i\ m., a driving sleet is coming from the northwest, with indications of turning clear and much colder. There are rumors of loss of life, but these are not verified by inquiry.

Reopening: Communication. Bpecial the Indianapolis JournaL Spring/ield, 111., Feb. 3.—To-night at 10 o’clock a wire was got into, position by way o r the Ohm A. Mississippi road, being the first communication this city has had since Friday night at 11:30. The city is laid under a huge coat of ice, telephone and telegraph lines are a tangle in the streets, shade and ornamental trees are almost broken down. The loss in the city is beyond calculation. The first train over the Wabash road since Friday night went west this evening at 7 o’clock. Reports of damage to stock are numerous,and orchards throughout central Illinois are doubtless ruined. No loss of life is reported The sun shown all day, but has not moved the heavy weight of sleet that covers everything.

AT BLOOMINGTON, ILL. The Trees and Telegraph Wires a Mass of Glittering Ice. Special to the Indianapolis JouraaL Bloomington, 111., Feb. 4.— The sunshine of this morning illuminated all the wonderful and gorgeous decoration of the great ice storm, and produced a sight the like of which has never been seen here, excepting, herhaps, in 1879, when, as now, everything was coated with ice. The forest, street and shade trees of the city, bending under great loads of crystal, glowed with every tint of the rainbow when the rays of sunshine fell upon them, and creaked and rattled in the breeze. The telegraph and telephone wires, each as thick as a cable, were looped and festooned in inextricable confusion, while many of them lay on the ground, frozen to the crusted snow. Except to Chi- | cago, the telegraphic wires were all down, and the instruments silent; mile after mile of poles were smashed down by weight of ice, and over the city the cross bars and racks of the telephone lines had tumbled from the roofs. This morning the weight of ice on j the wires averaged one pound to each six or ; eight feet. Every man that could be hired was employed by the telegraph company and sent out to repair wires. Trains on every road were delayed; a number of them having almost reached the city switches were frozen solid. Tanks were frozen up. The fiangeways of the tracks filled with ice, so that the wheels climbed upon it and left the track. The Chicago & Alton Denver express from the West arrived last right, twenty-six hours late. About SI,OOO damage was done by the cav- ! ing in of the roof of the old shops of the Chicago & Alton, under an accumulation of ice and snow.

PENNSYLVANIA. Damage at Corry—Distressing: Situation at Meadvtlle. Cleveland, Feb. 5—A Corry (Pa.) special to the Leader says the business part of the citv. in thesoiitiveriv .distOAt.is flooded. :ud A Franklin (Pa.) special to the Leader sayi the New York, Pennsylvania Sc Ohio railway is ten feet under water and ice. Twentyfive families have been driven from their homes. Venango Mill is in two feet of water, and a large quantity of grain, flour and feed destroyed. A large amount of lumber was sw'ept away. A Meadville (Pa.) special to the Leader says the water is two feet higher than during the flood of 1875. Last night the ice gorge in Mill run broke, and the whole central part of the town was flooded. Numberless cakes of ice are floating swiftly about. This freshet subsided, but one-third of the city is still submerged, in consequence of an ice gorge in French creek extending three miles. Over three hundred families were rescued in boats. There is much suffering from cold and exposure. The gas-works are under water and the city in darkness. No railway trains can enter or leave the city. The station agent at the junction was rescued in a boat just before his little house ! was washed awmy. Many head of cattle and other live stock were drowned. Several bridges are in great danger.

Along the Allegheny. Pittsburg, Feb. 4.—The mild weather and heavy rains of the pa?t week caused the Allegheny river and tributaries to overflow their banks, washing away bridges, houses, barns, and doing damage to property between Pittsburg and Oil City to the extent of i several hundred thousand dollars. The change came so suddenly and unexpectedly that parties living along the river were unable to prepare for the great rush of water and ice, and in some instances people hardly escaped with their lives. The river commenced rising here this morning, but no danger was apprehended until this afternoon, when the volume became so large that all the retail coal-dealers’ barges and about twenty rafts of lumber were swept away in a few minutes, entailing a loss of about SIOO,OOO. No other damage hasi resulted here yet, but as the river was twrnty-two feet at 11 o'clock to-night and still rising at the rate of five inches an hour, the amount of damage that may be done can only be imagined. The lower portions of Allegheny City and the South side are already threatened with inundation, and the residents are moving to safer quarters. At points above tiie damage at present is estimated at $250,000. At Parker’s. Pa., the river is twenty feet and still rising. On River avenue the water is from six inches to six feet deep. The stores are all flooded. Six occupied houses and a number of unoccupied buildings were swept away. As far as known, no lives were lost. Families and merchants are moving to the bluffs. In Freeport at 10 r. m. the water was still rising, with thirty-eight feet in the riverThe lower portion of the town was submerged, and the residents leaving. At Emlentor a bridge with four men on it was washed away. Three are known to have been saved. At Foxburg tue water is on River avenue. The trestling and Shannew bridge has been carried off. At Kittanning there is great excitement, and the town is partially inundated. Connoqueenessing creek, at Butler, is higher than for twenty-live years. A pier of the Pittsburg bridgo was washed away, and several bridges above are reported wrecked. Clarion river, with fifteen feet of ice, started at 1 o’clock this afternoon, und carried with it boats, rafts and timber valued at SIO,OOO. At Bradford, nearly half the business streets are under water. The floods are the

! most disastrous 'fever known This morning 1 the ice gorge gave away and carried with it ! thousands of saw-logs, besides houses,, bridges and every tiling adjacent. Families who supposed the danger past went back to their houses, and were afterward rescued from the second stories by men in boats. At Franklin, Pa., the water is within two feet of the great flood of 19G5. The ice in French Creek come out this morning, carrying with it the two center spans of Upper French Creek bridge,on which were two men, who escaped with slight injuries. A number of tanks and derricks were also carried away. All the houses along French Creek , are inundated.

AT BRADFORD, PA. Five Hundred Families Driven from Their ! Homes by the Waters. Bradford, Feb. 4.—Bradford was visited | on Saturday night by a disastrous flood, which inundated about five hundred homes along Pearl, Globe, Boyleston, Ann, Florence, Pine, Main, and other streets. The lower part of the city was submerged, in some cases to the depth of ten feet. The flood was caused by the rains of Friday and Saturday, and the melted snow, in the mountains. Five bridges were swept away and several houses along the banks of the creek badly damaged or totally destroyed. Eightyfive families on the flats between here and Tarport, living in one-story houses, had to flee for their lives when the ice gorge broke, leaving all their effects, while many of the houses were swept away. It is impossible to estimate the total loss at this time. The waters are now subsiding, and ail fears of further trouble are over. AT NASHiTLLE. A Number of Stores and Warehouses Destroyed, Causing Heavy Loss. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 4.—At 3 o’clock this morning a fire originating in a stable on Front street spread to adjoining buildings until nearly the entire block bounded by Front, Broad, Market and Wharf streets was in ruins. The buildings destroyed were occupied by Diehl & Lord, ale bottlers; the capitol warehouse; Dudley Brothers and Lipscombs < Sc Lowenstein. hides and produce dealers; Lowenstein Sc Hirst; Allen’s livery stable; W. Weitzel’s machine shop; B. S. Wood’s foundry, and Byrne Brothers’ groceries. A falling wall seriously injured two firemen. Over forty horses were burned in a livery stable. The Capital warehouse was full of cotton and tobacco, all of which was destroyed. Loss, $200,000.

INDIANA. Great Damage t Railways aud Property near Richmond. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, lnd., Feb. 4. —Last night’s storm did great damage to railroads and property along the river and streams leading into it. The finest dam in the Whitewater river and a number of others are gone. The lower end of the G. R. Sc I. road is blockaded by broken bridges, and three breaks are reported between here and Columbus, on the Panhandle. Telegraph lines north are all down.

Damage at Lafayette and Vicinity. Special to the Indianapolia Journal. Lafayette, lnd., Feb. 4.—The damage by the flood here has been heavy. Besides the breaking down of telegraph and telephone wires, as well as trees, the streets have been greatly damaged. The ice gorges along the Wabash river backed the water out of its banks and damaged a quantity of mill feed in J unkins’s mill, this city. An iron bridge, was carried away. Several families along the Wabash bottoms were compelled to forsake their homes on account of the water. Linwood and Chauncey, suburbs, are greatly damaged. The water is only four feet lower in the Wabash than eight years ago, when it was at its highest.

ELSEWHERE. Destructive Fire Among Dry-Goods Houses in Jersey City. Jersey City, Feb. 2.—A fire, starting in the show window of the millinery establishment of L, Seabrinaki, soon destroyed that place, together with the clothing store of G. W. Clerihew, dry goods house of Cowan & Mosley, wholesale grocery store of Hugh Cassidy, aud a large tenement house, which carried the flames to the clothing house of H. Strahl & Son, whence they spread to the fancy dry goods house of Alfred Burton, which was wiped out; likewise the fancy drv goods establishment of Andrew Spot & Cor, and the confectionery store of Charles Pepper. The flames then attacked the fancy goods store of Charles P. Friend. Here the firemen, aided by brick buildings, obtained the mastery. The loss on property is $128,000; insurance about two-thirds.

The loss Caused By an Exploding Lamp. Darlas, Tex. Feb. 3.—A lamp exploded in the store of J. T. Nolen, at Denton, last night, causing a destructive fire. Following is a list of the heaviest losses and insurance: J. T. Nolen, dry goods and clothing; loss, including building. $15,000; insurance, $12,500. Fair, Peerv At Shelton, on building $900; insurance, SBOO. Carter A- May, groceries; loss $3,000; insurance, $2,000. William Misplav, tinner; loss on tools and stock, $550. H._ II Lawson, damage to brick building $250; fully covered by insurance. Mr. Carl P. Site lost about S2OO worth of hides which were stored in the cellarof one of the burned buddings.

Damaging Fire at Troy, N. Y. Troy, N. Y., Feb. 4.—The big fire on Saturday left the walls of the burned Burdett building standing; to-day the walls fell on the building north, crushing through the roof to the cellar, and setting fire to the building. The flames became threatening, and the engines of Cohoes, West Troy, Waterford and other places are called on. The building was occupied bv the 1* tiller and Warren Company, stove manufacturers, lawyers and others. McCusker, owner of the building and stock, damaged $20,000. Total loss, SIOO,OOO. The Fuller and Warren Company’s loss on stock and valuable patterns is SIIO,OOO. Not fully insured.

A Slight Improvement at Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 4.—The situation here is somewhat improved. The embargo on railway travel, at least so far as the trunk lines radiating from here are concerned, has been raised to-day. All belated and snowed-in trains have arrived. Generally the incoming trains are two to six hours late. The outgoing trains all left on time. There is little improvement in the telegraphic situation. The Western Union has no wire to Cleveland or Cincinnati, only one fitful connection with St. Louis,and one New York and Washington wire, on which the Associated Press report is being received. The Horaford Almanac and Cook Book mailed free on application to the Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, R. I.

THE PH(ENIX PARK CRIME. A Number of Strong Points Against the Irish Prisoners. Two of the Alleged Assassins of Lord Frederick Cavendish aud Under Secretary Burke Identified. The Weapons with Which the Deed Was Done Exhibited in Court. ♦ ■ Emperor William’s Health Improving:— Bismarck's Illness Painful but Not Daugerous—Other Cable News. THE TRIALS AT DUBLIN.

Preliminary Examination of Eight Men Charged with the Phoenix Park Murders. Dublin, Feb. 3.—T. C. Carey, member of the Corporation; Joseph Brady, stone-cutter; Edward O’Brien, shoemaker; Edvard McCaffery, a van driver; Peter Carey, majon; Lawrence Hanlon, carpenter; Peter Doyle, coach-builder, and Timothy Kelly, coachbuilder, eight of the men recently arrested here, were charged at an investigation to-day with the murder of Lord Cavendish and Burke in Phoenix Park. A witness named Fitzimmons identified Councillor Carey as being connected with the conspiracy. Fitzimmons deposed he rented a room in South Cumberland street from James Carey. He discovered in the loft of the house two knives and a rifle, which were produced soon after Carey’s arrest. Great excitement was visible among the occupants of the densely crowded courtroom when the prisoners were placed in the dock. There was a painful pause when witness Fitzimmons was called. The prisoners, in the meantime, shook hands with each other and joked among themselves, nodding to their friends. The clerk of the court read the charge against the prisoners, that they did, on the 6th of May last, feloniously slav Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke. The reading of the charge was greeted by the prisoners with a burst of loud laughter, which created a painful sensation in court.

Fitzimmons continued his testimony as follows: “The rifle and two knives w’ere found among a lot of rubbish, not much concealed. A fortnight afterward lie went to the police and delivered the knives and rifle. Amid intense excitement Inspector Smith produced two long-bladed dissecting-knives, evidently sharp as razors, and a Snider rifle, quite new. The knives were eagerly examined by the magistrates. While this was proceeding there was just a shade of uneasiness visible among the prisoners. In support of the*evidence against Carey, Dr. Porter, surgeon to the Queen, deposed that the cuts in the clothes and wounds of Lord Cavendish and Burke were inflicted by instruments similar to those produced in court. The witness Fitzimmons deposed that James Carey sometimes visited the loft where the knives were found.

of Lord Cavendish exactly to the knives produced. A chair-maker named Hands identified O’Brien as one of the four men lying near the scene of the murder, and Brady as being close by shortly after it was perpetrated. Inspector Smith was next examined. He said the rifles and knives were concealed between the ceiling and slates of the house in which they were found. The evidence of Dr. Porter was followed with most extraordinary interest. The prisoners leaned over the dock, apparently drinking in every word. Dr. Porter said the wound that transfixed Burke’s heart enabled him to judge of the length of the weapon, which must have been nine or ten inches long. At this point the court room was crowded to suffocation. Another witness had identified Brady and McCaffery as being at the scene immediately before the murder. The case was remanded until Monday. It is expected that the evidence to be adduced in the conspiracy trials will show that Mr. Forster, when Chief Secretary of Ireland, was twice marked for death by the secret societies, and that the assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish was not preconcerted, but was the result of his effort to defend Mr. Burke, at whom the attack was aimed. Hands wa9 severely cross-examined. His wife also identified O'Brien aud Brady. George Godden, the Park ranger, identified Brady as one of the five men on the car the evening of the murder, and driving furiously. Howell, son of a small farmer, identified Brady and McCaffery as lurking under the trees in the park on the evening of the murder. As each prisoner w’as identified there were loud exclamations in the court-room, and the magistrate threatened to have it cleared. Howell, after passing the men, met Burke driving on the main road in a car. There was considerable commotion when ail the prisoners were placed in the dock and remanded.

Fleeing the Wrath to Come. Dublin, Feb. 4.—Over one hundred persons, suspected of connection with secret organizations, have fled the city. It is believed they have not yet succeeded in quitting the kingdom. The police have ten more warrants, and search is being made in Birmingham, London and Manchester for the persons against whom they have been issued. Three informers wiil be produced to-mor-row or Saturday next, if the inquiry be adjourned to that day, who will give further details concerning the existence of the murderous organization.

THE FRENCH BUGABOO. Prince Jerome Removed to an Asylum—The Expulsion Bill. Paris, Feb. 3. —During the removal of Prince Jerome to Auteuil a strong guard was placed to prevent his escape. No visitors are allowed to enter the asylum where the Prince is placed. The Prince becann very dejected. The Senate decided that the committee on the expulsion bill shall be elected on Monday. The Right advocated Monday, and the Left Thursday. The Left Center pronounces against the bill, but will accept a compromise rendering the measure impersonal and general, and not directed against particular persons. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. The RUiug of the Klieels—Towns Plundered and the Revolt Spreading. Bombay, Feb. 4.—An armed band of Bheels plundered Nanpur. The Bheels are also rising in revolt at Chaklata, and Balra, in Ali

Rajpor, is threaten* The political agent from Chopanar has ar ; ved at Balra, to which place detachments of ti*e Malwa and Bheel corps and the Central In Ma horse have been ordered. A detachment of troops has left Mhow for Sirdapur, and acather detachment is ordered in readiness. Another Warning for the Czar. St. Petersburg, Feb. 4.—A solemn warning, printed on fine vellum, has reached the Czar and his cabinet, claiming universal suffrage as a right of the people: also, the right to own land,, freedom of conscience, of the press, public meeting, etc. If these demands are not' granted before the coronation of the Czar, the revolutionary committee sending the warning, threaten violence. Ocean Perils. Lodon, Feb, 3.—The British steamer Hilda, plying between the island of Jersey and Southampton, ran into and sunk an unknown French ship. A boat containing two officers and three seamen was launched from the Hilda to attempt the rescue of the French crew, but was unsuccessful. The steamship James Gray fofindered. The officers and crew were lost. Suffering* of Political Prisoner*. Berlin, Feb. 3. —A letter from a political prisoner in Siberia details the sufferings of prisoners iu the province bej'ond Lake Baikal. They are robbed, beaten and badly fed. The director of the prison, being informed, ex claimed it did not matter if the prisoners died ot starvation. *

Rioting iu Italy. Rome, Feb. 3.—Rioting at Forli is rumored.' -* Crowds attacked the prefecture and demanded the death of Signor Marina, editor of Provincia, which journal has strongly denounced the Ovordank agitation. Cable Notes. Lady St. Leonards has been divorced on the ground of adultery. Emperor William’s health has considerably improved since Friday. The authorities of Neufchatel have prohibited evening meetings of the Salvation Army. It is stated the Czar has ordered the coronation manifesto ready for signature on the 20th of February. Bismarck’s illness, although not dangerous, - is attended with much pain, and will confine him to his room for several weeks. Auckland Colvin, formerly English con-troller-general, has been appointed financial* adviser of the Egyptian government. The Hungarian medical students at Paris have been suddenly recalled, with a view to being employed in the Austrian army. King Leopold, of Belgium, has been suffering during three weeks from intlammatiorf of the intestines, but is now quite convalescent. The London Economist says the attention of financial circles is drawn to the high' dividends paid by American land and cattle , companies. * _ ,

AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON. fConeluded from First Page.l aract which threatend to totally obscure the sight of one eye, was successfully removed yesterday, and the surgeons give every reason to believe that his sight will soon be fully restored. The operation, which was a very delicate one, was performed by the wellknown specialists, Drs. Mannion and Loring. Aside from the confinement to a dark room for some days, it is believed General Dunn will suffer no other inconvenience.

a rd Personalities. Special to the Indi&naDolis Journal. Washington, Feb. 4.—Mr. James P. Vofltfbees, the talented son of Senator Voorhees, has open a studio in this city for the practice of sculpture. T. H. Sharpe and daughter, of Indianap olis, are guests at the Riggs House. It is believed upon pretty good authority that the contest over the Logansport post* office, which has waxed warm for weeks past will end in the retention of E. N. Talbott the present incumbent. Thebatun Lucas lias been commissioned, postmaster at Corry, and John Wadswortl. at Ragelsville. The President has pardoned William G Bradley, of Kentucky, a postmaster undei indictment for embezzlement. Among the President’s callers on Saturday were ex-Senator McDonald, ex-Minister John W. Foster and Governor Foster, of Ohio. Ticket sellers of Ford’s Opera-house testified before the Bailey investigating committee that they had honored orders for ticket* signed by the chief clerk of the House, Bai ley, and that the orders had been turned in to the gas company as cash. The annual report of the Commissioner ol Patents shows: Total receipts, $1,009,219; expenditures, $683,867; balance in the treasury on account of patent fund, $2,205, 471; total number of applications requir ing action, 36,114; total patents granted, 20, 518. The pension appropriation bill apnronri ntes $86,375,000. and reappropriates sis 800 000 unexpended balance. The organized and unorganized militia force of the country numbers 6,800,000 men available for military duty. The Army and Navy Register says: “The Senate will permit the pay department of th* army to be gradually reduced, but will not permit it to be abolished.” Some of the members of the House military committee have this week made several attempts to secure a special meeting of tho committee, to take action on the bill to place General Grant on the retired list, but theses attempts have been unsuccessful. Several members have declined to attend the meetings.

Steamship News. Liverpool, Feb. 3.—Arrived: Jesso, froir.i Galveston. Baltimore, Feb. 4.—Arrived: Caspian, from Liverpool. London, Feb. 3.—Arrived: Wisconsin. Can ada, State of Alabama, from New York. New York, Feb. 3.—Arrived: Castor, from j Amsterdam; Rotterdam, from Rotterdam . \ I Queenstown, Feb. 4.—Arrived: Parthia, City of Chester, Republic, Rugia, from New j York; Sardinian,- from Portland. New York, Feb. 4.—Arrived: Switzer land, from Antwerp; Canada, from London Catalonia, from Liverpool; Lderdara, /r<.-u • Rotterdam. * ™ r ’ * * li Murder by a Delirium-Tremens Patient. New 1 ork, Feb. 4.—George Mahon, a patient in Bellevue.Hospital under treatment! for alcoholism, to-day killed Michael Kella bar, a fellow-patient, and seriously wounded James Connors, an attendant. Mahon is an engineer thirty-one years of age, and Kella bar was a merchant. Muldoou Defeats Ribby. St. Louis, Feb. 4.—The Graeco-Roman wrest j ling match between Muldoou and Bibby, at \ the Olympic Theater this afternoon, was won \ by Muldoou. assistant Chief Engineer Matthew Brady or the San Francleoo Fire Department, says: “ 1 have been subject to an aggravating pain In m) cheat for over four years. Two weeks ago ! commenced using St. Jacobs Oil: It has curet in©.’'