Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 112, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1901 — Page 1

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DANGER POINT

omo river ii a passed it at JI ANY IMPORTANT lOWXS. I'luoi! Probat. Ij Will Not Equal the Record of lss, but 1 the Grcntest Knut u for the I.utc Sensou. UPPER RIVER STILL SWELLING I1K.II WATCH FROM ill NTINGTON to mays villi:, KY, Ulrich DaimuM- Done n it I l.lvew Lot I u Tn;- River mill Gti nmlntte. Tributaries to tlit Ohio. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING MUCH umi; move to shcomi stories ami some to Tin: hills. Vorl la Parsed at Pittsburg, and that City nml Allegheny Are Emcr;.;inK from the Mud. 2JEW ENGLAND ALSO DAMAGED ONE DAJt HAS IHTIST AMI W IX ST ED IS IX DANGER. TtnnMjfe River a Raging Torrent Financial Lonscs Are Enormous, but Loii of Life In Sinnll. WASHINGTON', April 1. The river situation at Pittsburg is somewhat relieved to-r.ight. At 10 a. m.. after reaching a maximum stage of 27.5 feet, or 5.3 feet ft hove the danger line, the Monongahela river began to fall, and at 8 p. m. the stage was 25.1) feet, a fall of 1.6 feet since morning. The maximum stage reached In the Allegheny river was 2S.6 feet. Below Pittsburg- the river is still rising". At "Wheeling, W. Va., at noon, the river was 1.6 fest above the danger line of thlrtyeix feet and rising, and an extreme highwater stage of at least forty-three feet is Indicated during Monday. At Parkersburg the stage at 7 p. m. was forty feet, four feet above the danger line, end a rise of three feet since 8 a. m. A further rise, probably to forty-eight feet, is expected during the next twenty-four Lours. Below Purkers.burg the Kanawha, Big Faniy and Scioto were sending out their flood volumes, and at noon tho Ohio between Point Pleasant and Cincinnati was rising from one-half to one foot an hour, and rapidly approaching or passing the danger lino at all points. At Cincinnati, at 7 p. m., the stage of the river wan 42.1 feet, with every indication that the danger line of fifty feet will be reached or exceeded by Monday noon. It Is still raining or snowing over tho up1'tT Ohio valley and it is, therefore, impossible to accurately predict the time of the height of the fiood crests below Parkersburg. However, the danger lines will be passed at all stations above Cincinnati by Sunday night and still higher stages prevail during Monday. Point Pleasant, W. Va., at 7 p. in., already reports a stage of fvrty-scvcii feet, or eight fec'l above the danger line, due to tho Kanawha river ll'xjd waters. Below Cincinnati tho Ohio will also rise rapidly during the next few days-, and all preparations should bo made lor a dangerous fiood. The streams on the t as Urn slope of the Alleghenies are also i-preaching Hood stage, and at Richmond warning has been issued for a thirteen-foot fctage, or one foot above the danger line, in the. Ja nies river, by Monday morning. (Signed.) WILLIAM I. MOORE. Chief United States Weather Bureau. RECORD FLOOD FOR TIME OF YE Alt. Hut Cincinnati Will Not Hare the Disaster Repeated. CINCINNATI, April 21. There has been tr.ore alarm throughout the Ohio valley lo-ilay on account of the floods than at any period since February, 1SS1, when the Ohio river reached its highest stage of seventycr.e fret and nine inches at this city. Most of the inhabitants of the valley spent the light in anticipation of the worst flood ever known in the valley, as they will not know uat'l to-morrow that the water has begun failir.g at Pittsburg. Until this news reached the river men here to-night it was ft art d that tho record of lSil might be broke:,, but now it is generally believed that the river will not exceed the Hoods of February, 1M7, and of March. when it reached sixty-one feet at Cincinnati. The present Hood is the worst that has ever been known so late in the spring. During the first week in April, lSötf, the river reached fifty-live feet and nine inches in this city, and that was the highest water tvtr known o late in the spring. There has been no fiood in the Ohio valley since March, is, and these floods have rarely occurred as late as March, but usually in February. Tin- llood will do much more damage now than it would have done one or two months ago. While th- c!e-v observing river men tonight are c:üMbnt that the record of 1SS4 will not Le broken, unless another mountain flood soon reaches Pittsburg, yet it is evident that much damage will be done before the present rise Is exhausted. While the water has begun to fall at Pittsburg, Loth rain and snow have been falling heavily last night and to-day and to-night nil along the Ohio valley. The danger line has already been reached at points above Cincinnati, and it will bo reached here tomorrow morning. The merchants and manufacturer in the lower part of the city have been working all day and night preparing for the worst. The Sunday excurMon ueas-on was to have started here today, but navigation was stopped because the boats could not pass under the bridges. Lariy this evening the weather bureau here announced heavy snows and rains along the Ohio valley, especially in southern Ohio. The uniform rise during the day was four-tenths of a foot per hour, but the average la higher to-night. The weather bureau announced thut the danger line had teen reached at all ui'per subitatlons to

night, and that It would be reached In Cincinnati to-morrow noon. The stage was forty-four feet seven-tenths at 6 o'clock here to-night, and the danger line is fifty feet. At Point Pleasant the stage Is eight feet above the danger line, to-night, with the river rising rapidly and a heavy rain. The mayor of Portsmouth, O., telegraphed that the danger line had been reached there and that a heavy snow was falling to-nighL Similar reports have been received at the weather bureau from all over southern Ohio, and as far north as Springfield. Owing to the general prostration of. telegraph and telephone wires It Is impossible to hear from many points. The trains are late on au the railroads and some trains that were uuc last night from the East have not yet arrived. It is generally conceded that th trult crop throughout the Ohio valley is gone and the damage to the crops is very great. While the danger line is placed at fifty feet here, considerable damage has been done to-night 9iuce the ctage. of the Ohio river passed forty-five feet. Th3 stage at 11 o'clock was forty-six feet two Inches The crest of the Pittdbi.v: flood will not be here till Tuy.day morning When tho rains tamo earlier, cold weather followed them so that the snows II I not molt suddenly In the mountains, hue at this season a second flood is feared if warm weather follows the clearing weather that iegan before midnight, here and elsewhere along the Ohio valley. Th worst of the present flood will reach rnte to -marrow night and Tuesday. The backwater to-night has Inundated all the bottoms of Mill creek valley and most of Little Miami valley. The western part of this city, as well as the Ohio river front, Is flooded. The baseball park is on the west side, and it will be under water when the stage of Afty-six feet is reached. The Chicagoes were to have played here this week. The race track at Newport, Ky., will be under water at fifty-eight feet. With tho river rising here at the rate of six inches an hour it is feared that races that are now in progress at Newport, Ky., as well as the ball games on this side of the river will be stopped. When the stage reaches fifty-threo feet, to-morrow, the Big Four, Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, Chesapeake & Ohio, Queen & Crescent and other lines that vse the Central station will be unable to get into their depot. They have alreadyarranged, to-night, for stopping and starting from the Eighth-street depot as soon as they are shut out of the Union Station. The railroads have taken tho precaution of clearing the yards around the Union Station and the lower freight depots, so that there will be no interruption to traffic, although it will be continued at great inconvenience. Traffic has been suspended on the Marietta branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, which runs from Parkcrsburg to Marietta. Although the flood is very bad both at Parkersburg and Marietta, there Is no interruption to traffic on the rnaln line. All tho railroads running east have suffered very much, especially in the mountains. The long delays in some places are sold to be due vCONTIN L'KD ON 1GE2T0L3 DISSATISFACTION SHOWN

BRITONS OBJECT BECAUSE HALF THE LOAN "HAS 1IEEX PLACED. Opposition Papers (iiarsr the Government with Favoritism, nml Tory Papers Defend 3Ilnlstry. LONDON, April 22.-C.reat curiosity is manifested here to ascertain how half the war loan has been "already placed," as Is osserted in the government invitation for subscriptions for the remaining half. Jt is supposed that a portion of the jCC-O.OW.uM "already placed" may have been reserved for the government departments, but it Is ratner believed that financial houses with foreign connections have interested themselves in the flotation. No explanation, however, has been afforded, and, considering that the final installment of the loan is payable in December and that the first quarter's interest will be paid on July f, the issue is regarded as cheap, and not a little resentment has been created by the fact that only half the issue has been offered to the public. This dissatisfaction is voiced by the Daily Chronicle, which says: "The public ought to have been informed by this time to whom the chancellor of the exchequer has allotted XiO.CMJ.OX) of the issue." The paper proceeds to comment severely on the policy of the government, which has led to "such a disastrous issue, in which the British taxpayer drops the round sum of 3,300,000 in the process of borrowing 00,000,000," and pcints out that under Mr. Gladstone consols lose abovo par for tho first time in the century, while since the Tories have held office they have steadily declined from 111 tc the present price. The Staadard, which regards the issue as equivalent to purchasing consols at 0Zy2 per cent., thinks that despite the automatic reduction of interest from 2?; to iy3 in 1&03 the price will rise after the war. It says: "Whether the rate of interest will prove suificiently attractive to the American Investor, with so many outlets for his capital, remains to be seen, but, judging fiom the preliminary Inquiries, applications on French account will be considerable." The Times says: "The great financial bouses 1 the city have underwritten half the loan, and as, according to the prospectus, they take it on the same terms as other applicants, no complaint of favorltirm can fairly be made. Subscribers get the best state security In the world at a fairly chtap rate. The issue represents an emergency credit of the United Kingdom, rot Its normal credit, and there 's hardly another country in the world which could, even in times of peace, obtain a loan on equally good terms." ARRESTED AT LIMA. 31 an Wanted at Louisville for Alleged Produce Swindle. LIMA. O., April 21.-Gcorge G. Pagett, alias George Anderson, wanted at Louisville, Ky., for participating in an alleged produce swindle, was arrested to-day at McGuffy, in the Onion Marsh, east of here, by Postoffice Inspector Kile, of Louisville, and Deputy United States Marshal Winders, of Findlay. Pagett is alleged to have been a member of a bogus firm at Louisville, that secured produce from A. II. Barber & Co., of Chicago, and C. E. Endel, of Sheboygan, Mich., and reshlpped it to Indianapolis. One of Pagett's partners, C. L. Bunn, was captured at Indianapolis three months ago, at which time Pagett eluded the officers. Will Ue Put Off nt ItnlTalo. MEXICO CITY, April 21. A detachment of Mexican troops, representing all branches, of service, will start for the Buffalo run-American Exposition on 21ay 5.

REFORM PLANS

3IIMSTEII XVV PHEPAHES A .MEMOHIAL JO THE TIIItU.M:. lie l're CmiMcrvnt I ve Alignment with Best Foreign .Method of Cioverniiicutul Administration. BRITISH REPULSED BY BOXERS roiicE or sepoys driven iiack AMI AX OFITCEIl KILLED. Pao-TiiiK-Fn Filled with French and Uerinun T.'oops on Their AVny to the Uorder of Shun-St. RUSSIAN LOAN IN MANCHURIA MADE TO ESTAHLIMI A ClIIXHSE MILITARY POLICE. Korea Floats a Frenelt Loan for Hallwuy Purposes Russia Will Xot Ilcopeu Xcttotlutloii. WASHINGTON, April 21.-Th Chinese minister, Wu Tlngfang, is about to make a move of far-reaching Importance in the affairs of China' and one which cannot, it Is believed, but engage tho favorable attention of all tho powers interested in the affairs of the empire. He Is preparing a memorial to the Chinese government, based upon his Intimate acquaintance with tho affairs of tho western world, and pointing out wherein there is opportunity for China to adopt an enlightened policy, which will bring it into harmony with the sisterhood of nations, and at the same time will relieve it from the present perplexities which are crowding upon it. The memorial deals with administrative, economic and financial questions, taking in practically the entire range of government affairs so far as there seems to be a present opportunity of rehabilitating them on modern and progressive lines. The document, however, purposely avoids the radicalism which has interfered with previous efforts at reform. Mr. Wu Is a loyal and devoted admirer of his country and its institutions, and he has not been in sympathy with past efforts for excessive change, as in hi3 judgment they went so far as to Invite prejudice and to command aid in overcoming the present disastrous condition of affairs. A recent edict of tho government points out past evils and holds to severe account those members of the ancient regime whose conduct has been largely responsible for the distress through whieh the country has passed. The government asks for every aid which its patriotic citizens can bring to it in overcoming tho evils of the past, and in establishing a secure basis for the future. Acting upon this edict, Mr. Wu has prepared his comprehensive memorial to the government. A memorial of this character, it is said, is the most important act a Chinese ofliical can take, for it is not resorted to except on rare occasions when the gravity of a cause warrants an official to come Into immediate communication with the imperial authorities on high questions of state. Probably the most important feature of the document is its general presentation of the view that the time is now ripe for China to adopt plans for conservative reform. In stating the need and advantage of this, the minister's memorial will point to the lesson Japan has given to the world. Up to a few years ago the conditions in China and Japan were almost identical. But by the gradual adoption of modern methods of procedure Japan has brought herself into close communication with the rest of the world, and now occupies an enviable position among all the other recognized great powers. Minister Wu holds that there Is nothing lacking in the resources of China or in the character of her people to keep her from securing the same advantages which have come to' Japan. The memorial does not, however, confine Itself to generalization, but specifies along what lines changes can be made with advantage. As stated, these cover administrative, economic and financial conditions. In some respects also Mr. Wu's recommendations will take up lines of reform which have been brought forward by the powers in the negotiations at Peking, and will point out that Instead of resisting them It will be to the advantage of China to go even further than tho powers have suggested. For instance, one of the most Important fcubjects recently under consideration has been that relating to the establishment of a foreign office at Teking to take the place of the Tsung Li Yamen. The plan of the powers, as recently made known in dispatches from Peking, is that the old board of ten members shall be replaced by a new board of five members, with a prince of the blood at Its head, two ministers of foreign affairs and two vice ministers, the latter to have a knowledge of foreign languages. This plan has not been wholly satisfactory to the foreign ministers and their governments, but they have accepted it with the belief that it will be at least an improvement on the old Tsung Li Yamen, and one which would be more likely to concur with China's desire to have important work performed by boards Instead of by individuals. Mr. Wu's memorial will go even further than the powers have suggested as to the establishment of a modern foreign office. Instead of a board he will propose that one official be given the authority and responsibility of directing the foreign affairs of the empire. He does not regard it as essential that this one official shall be a princo of the blood, although if need be preference might be given to a prince if he had the other requisites of ability for foreign administration. The memorial will urge that the supreme test in the selection of this high official shall be ability and fitness for the special 'duties to which he is appointed. It will be pointed out that by virtue of his position he should be a member of the Privy Council, and thus able to secure ready access to the Emperor. While this official would be charged with the responsibility, yet for administrative purposes he would have under him two or three assistants. This would constitute the entire executive organization, so far as relates to the foreign affairs of the empire, and such additional officials as might be rejiuirei would le appointed simply for pur

poses of carrying on the business of the office. There would be no need of two assistant secretaries with a knowledge of foreign languages, as such officials would be nothing more than interpreters. Mr. Wu's plan is to confine the rcsponsible'authority within narrow limits, leaving assistants. Interpreters, etc., to carry on 'the administrative work. In other respects tho memorial will present in detail the best features of Western administration as applicable to China. The document is practically complete and soon will bo laid before the imperial government. iiurrisii Tiioors hkpixshd.

Dozer Compel Iletrent of a Detnchlucut of Pnujah Infantry. FEKING, April' 21. Brig. Gen. A. J. F. Reld. commanding the Third Brigade of the Indian imperial service troopa in China, who is now at Shan-Hal-Kwan, sent a company of Punjab infantry to disperse a Land of robbers in tho neighborhood of FuNing A force of Boxers and robbers, more than a thousand strong, attacked the Indian troops, killing Major Browning and ono Sepoy and wounding others. The company retreated to Fu-Nlng. Reinforcements havo been sent from Shan-Hal-Kwan. Tho Boxers are apparently well armed with modern Vifles. City Filled with Soldiers. PAO-TING-FU, Saturday, April CO.-Thls city has been for tho last four days a big military camp of French and German soldiers on the way to the front- It is now estimated that 8,000 French troops and 6,000 Germans will form the entire force when all tho reinforcements have arrived. There is no truth in current reports regarding severe fighting between ths outpests and the Chinese. The French and German troops seem to be co-operating fairly well, although until yesterday (Friday) thero was some doubt a3 to who would command the expedition. This question has been settled by an arrangement under which the French and Germans are to work Independently and yet at the same time to co-operate. Threo men left yesterday under escort to convey Emperor Kwang Su's first order to General Liu to retire immediately to the province of Shan-El. Prince Chlng and other Chinese oflioial3say the Chinese genÖNTTÜEiTT)N FAGE2, COL. 2.) USE THE SAMeHsTOL BANK PRESIDENT AM) CASHIER co am rr sLicion together. Sensational Outcome of the Closing; of the .National Bank of Vancouver, Wuh., on Saturday. THERE IS A LARGE DEFICIT MOSTI.t REPRESENTED B" PERSONAL KOTES OF Til 13 DEAD MEN. Admitted Tiiclr Guilt to the Hank Fxuininrr Condition nml Ownership of the Institution. VANCOUVER, Wash.. April 21. Charles Brown and E. L. Canby, president and cashier, respectively, of the First National Bank of Vancouver, which was closed yesterday by the controller of the currency, committed suicide last night two miles from this city by shooting themselves with a revolver. Their bodies were found this morning lying together in a small clump of bushes about half a mile north of the Columbia school, which is situated on the outskirts of the town. They both used the same weapon and Canby evidently died first, as thö revolver was in Brown's hand. It is evident that Canby put the muzzle of the revolver in his mouth and blew the top of his head off. Brown then took it and shot himself in exactly the same way, falling over Canby's body. The fact that Brown's bicycle and a number of articles belonging to Canby were found a short distance out of town last night led to the belief that the two bank officials had taken their lives. Early this morning a searching party started out, and after several hours hunt the bodies were found In the clump of bushes. On Friday evening Canby upon being told by Bank Examiner Maxwell that the bank would not be permitted to open Saturday w ent out In the yard behind the bank and attempted to shoot himself. The revolver failed to explode, although all five chambers were loaded. After falling to shoot himself Canby came back into the bank and he and President Brown left together, taking his revolver. When Examiner Maxwell confronted the bank officials with the shortage of $31,00) which he had discovered both men admitted their guilt. It is stated that Brown and Canby had been speculating in stocks. Beside Brown's body there was found a package containing $25 and a note saying that the money belonged to his daughter. Upon CanbyJ body the following brief note was found! "My Dear Wife I feel what I am about to do is for the best. Forgive me If you can and try to live for our dear children. God bless you all. Good-bye. NED." Brown, who was fifty-four years of age, had lived in Vancouver since 1S62. His father was the first receiver of the Vancouver land office. He had served as auditor of Clark county, was married and had a family. IÜ3 connection with tho bank as its president dates back ten years. Canby was fifty-two years of age and was well connected. His wife was Miss Frances Burnside, daughter of an Oregon pioneer. A brother is a paymaster in the . United States army. Another brother committed suicide by jumping off the wharf at Vancouver several years ago. While Bank Examiner Maxwell, who is now in charge as receiver, has made no 'official statement, it is known that the bank has loaned a large sum of money on insufficient security. According to his report to the controller of the currency there is a shortage of JS1.000 in the bank's accounts, and It 13 understood that a considerable portion of thi3 was loaned to Brown and Canby on their personal notes. About a year ago the bank reduced Its capital stock from $100,000 to $50,000. At that time about one-half of the so-called bad assets was "charged off" and has been carried as an asset since that time. The heaviest stockholder Is Col. Stephen P. Joslyn, of the regular armya member of General Shafter's staff. His post was Vancouver when the bank was organized, nrv "Vf sln-e that time he has been the " (CONTINUED ON rAGB5rcÜU i)

PEACE REIGNS

mcAL hoi. si; of Marlborough SEEMIXGLY AGAIX I.N ACCORD. Xev .Novel ly Tnlntol Deal with a Xohlc Young Woman Who Rccuuie a Worker for liuiuanltyt POLISH STUDENTS SYMPATHY THOSE OF GERMANY EXT12ND IT TO BRETHREN IX RUSSIA. EnKlinh Sportsmen Object to Aimuat Date for Clay Pigeon Match with the American Team CAPTURES BY THE BRITISH EIGHTY-ONE PRISONERS TAKEX AND MANY 3HXIT10NS OF WAR. Span i Antl- leiicnl In a Small Riot IUk Gun i;ink u Ship at Dover Fort. PARIS, April 21. The Duke of Marlborough, after traveling for a month in the south of Spain, came to Paris a week ago and stopped at the Hotel Bristol, on the Place Vcndome. While the duke was in Spain the Duchess of Marlborough has been in Paris, and for tho past three weeks sh? has been staying at her father's mansion, on the Avenue des Champs Elysee3. After the duke returned from Spain he visited his lather-in-law, where he saw tho duchess. This morning the duchess drove to ths Hotel Bristol, where she was Joined by the duke, and together the Marlboroughs proceeded to London. This would indicate that if discord existed between the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough her father hai succeeded in smoothing it. Reached London Together. LONDON, April 21. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, who left Paris this morning, traveled together and arrived in London to-night. They proceeded to Warwick House. LONDON MONEY MARKET. Announcement of the Budget Discounted by the Broker. LONDON, April 21. With the exception of American securities, which continued to be buoyant, the promised increase of activity on the Stock Exchange following the budget announcement was mostly unrealized. The effect of the budget was largely discounted by careful operators. The coal and sugar duties had been considered inevitable, and brokers are thankful that they are no worse. The only appreciable. off set of the announcement of the budget was that some operators sold consols down to 94s;, which is the lowest price since 1S91. This low point brought in a number of buyers, and there was consequently some recovery at a net loss of only The prospectus of the new loan is expected in a day or two. The price probably will be with a discount off. Some speculative contracts have already been made at three-quarters premium, whatever tho announced price may be. Spanish Rank Report. MADRID, April 21. The report of the Bank of Spain for the week ended yesterday shows the following: Gold in hand, an increase of 2,000 pesetas; silver in hand, an increase of. 1,057,000 pesetas; notes in circulation, a decrease of 1,338,009 pesetas. TOLSTOI'S NEW NOVEL. It Records n Transformation In n Young: Womnns Life. Correspondence of the Associated Press. ST. PETERSBURG, April 5. Count Leo Tolstoi's next novel will describe th-3 chrysalis period of a young woman's life, the development of a butterfly into a useful member of society. Its plot may be briefly outlined as follows: Tho Speisefzeff family return late in the autumn from their usual journey abroad and go for a short visit to the estate of a relative, who is the district captain cf LlJIn. The party there is composed of the high ministerial officers. Councilor Spiesefzeff, his wife, Maria Necolaievna, and a sixteen-year-old daugnter. Vera, The men talk of crops, while the women indulge in provincial gossip. It is proposed that Vera make herself useful In the famine relief work. She would prefer anything to boredom, and undertakes to distribute clothing and nurse starving babies for distraction. She is lost to view "until her father and mother decide to return home. They send a servant to bring Vera, but she positively refuses to obey the servant, her father or her mother. She has undergone a mental transformation within a few weeks, and decides it is better to be a worker than a drone. OBJECT TO AUGUST DATE. Enftllah Shooters Cannot Meet American ChallenKers at that Time. LONDON, April 21. Mr. Gale, secretary of the Middlesex Gun Club, in the course of an interview this evening with a representative of the Associated Press regarding the proposed clay bird shooting match between English and American teams said: "I should be grateful if you will impress upon the secretary of the American team and others interested the utter impracticability of selecting the month of August for the match. It is a time when London is deserted by sportsmen, everybody getting away for Aug. 12, when the grouse season opens. In other respects the preparations for the match are proceeding splendidly. At the meeting of the club last evening little else was, talked of, but the August date Is regarded as fatal. The committee will meet to-morrow to consider the challenge, and we would be delighted if we could hear that the Americans would make the date as early as possible." Shamrock I May De Tender. LONDON. April 22. A Times correspondent, describing the launching of Shamrock II, Saturday, says: "She looks a vessel that will be very easily driven, though her lack of draught will make ber a triße ten

der, and she will probably do her best In a jack-yard topsail breeze." RESISTANCE TO THE CZAR

I'rjjcd by Germnn-Pollr.li Students on Their Russian Brethren. BERLIN, April 21. The Vocrwarts. the Socialist organ, prints correspondence from Russia asserting that the Association of Progressive Polish University Students recently sent resolutions of sympathy to their Russian brethren, beginning thus: "Because you had asked the minimum of human rights, you were bestially. maltreated and your blood flowed. Instead of considering your just demands, drunken hordis of soldiers were let loose against you." Tho manifesto proceeds through In a similarly vigorous strain, urging the. recipients to combat the Czar's government In all possible ways. HHPs Method Criticised. BERLIN, April 21. The Frankfurter Zeitung, commentl g upon the purchase of tho Chicago, Burlington & Qulncy Rallroau in unfavorable terms, compares the transaction of the methods of Jay Gould and James Fisk, and particularly Names Mr. Hill, observing: "Mr. Hill Is responsible for purchasing the road at the present inflated value of the stock, because he controls &w).0u0 shares, which ho and his allies bought up cheap and are now selling to the Northern Pacifio and Great Northern roads at an enormous profit to themselves, but to the disadvantage of tfie purchasing lines. The bails of exchange of the Burlington stock for tho Great Northern and Northern Pacific roads Involves a heavy over-capitalization of the former.' Anarchist on the Steamer Halle. MADRID, April 21. It is reported here on tho arrival at Vigo of the German steamer Halle, Captain Stromer, from Buenos Ayres, March 27, it was ascertained that there was an Anarchist on board, believed to bo implicated in a plot against the lives of several European sovereigns, formed in Rosarlo, Argentina and Paterson, N. J. The man refused to land. According to Imparclal, of this city, the German police are awaiting tho arrival of tho Halle at Bremen to arrest him. Went Through the Ship's Bottom. LONDON, April 21. While a . twenty-eight-ton gun was being landed from a government vessel for tho New Dover fort yesterday the derrick chain snapped, and the gun crashed, muzzle down, through the deck and bottom of the ship. Three hundred artillerymen worked all night and most of to-day, and saved the gun. Macedonian Sfodcrntcs Win. SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 21. The Macedonian Congress, at to-day's session, elected M. Mlchailovski to the presidency of tho managing committee, thus securing a victory for the Moderates. None of the arrested adherents of the lato president of (CONTIN LTEDON PAG E 2,COL.-6Ö BIG CATHOLIC ASSEMBLY INNOVATIONS IN THE ANNUAL MEETING AT PLATTS UUHG. Course lu Logic, Shnkspenre and the Writing of EnKllsh Conducted by Eminent Educators. NEW YORK, April 21. The officers of the Roman Catholic Assembly, which gathers yearly at liattsburg, N. Y.. have just announced the programme of activities for the session of nine weeks which will open in July. A new departure Is the Introduction of three special study courses of six weeks each for the benefit of professional people, viz: A course In logic, under the charge of the Rev. Dr. Siegfried, of Overbrook University; a course In Shakspear, by Professors Taafe and Coleman, of the College of the City of New York, and a course in the writing of English, in chargo of the Rev. John Talbot Smith. The courses have been introduced with an cyo to the interest of teachers all over the country. The Washington University is represented among the lecturers by Mgr. Conaty, its rector; Professor Robinson, of the law department; Prof. Charles Aiken and Trof. Charles Neill. Ottawa University sends the Rev. M. J. Fallon; Georgetown University sends tho Rev. Dr. Pardow; from Boston Collego there is the Rev. Thomas Casson; New Y'ork City College sends Messrs. Taafe and Coleman, and St. Luke's College, of Washington, sends the Rev. James K. Fox. The University of Pennsylvania has a representative in Dr. J. K. Walsh, the lecturer of biology. I:i addition, such lecturers as the Rev. Joseph Delaney, Harry Austin Adams, the Rev. P. J. Mahoney, MIs3 Eugenie Ulrich, Walter P. Terry and the Rev. Herbert Farrell, of New Y'ork; Herbert Carruth, Thomas A. Mullen and the Rev. Mortimer Twomey, of Boston; Mgr. Loughlin. of Philadelphia; the Rev. Charles Kelly, of lloboken; the Rev. Dr. Driscoll. of Albany; tho Rev. Morgan Sheedy, of Pittsburg, and Hon. Thomas Linehan, of New Hampshire, will discuss various questions. RIOT IN A KANSAS TOWN. Xeg:ro Starts u Rovr nnd Several Persons Are Badly Hurt. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 21. In a free-lor-all fight to-day, started by a crowd of negroes In Rosedale, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City. William Blanchard. a white bystander, was perhaps fatally shot; J. W. Eavis, deputy marshal, was shot in the hand; two other white men. names unknown, were shot and wounded slightly; Een Cable, colored, was cut seriously, and Tom Smith, colored, was shot and wounded slightly. Blanchard's eye was shot out and a big hole was torn In his breast. At the hospital it is said he will die. Sir Itawies, a negro, precipitated the trouble by cutting Cable, who, securing a shotgun, fired into a crowd. Officers overpowered and arrested the chief actors In the disturbance. TEMPORARILY STRICKEN. Dr. Parkhurst, Vlslttnfr In Atlanta, Faints on the Street. ATLANTA, Ga., April 21. The party of Eastern educators and reformers en route from New York to Tuskegee, Ala., to be present at the dedication of a building at Booker T. Washington's school ipent the day in Atlanta. During the afternoon. Dr. C. H. Parkhurst, while en route to the city hall, fainted and would have fallen O the pavement had not one of the party caught him. Dr. Parkhurst was taken at once to the special train in which the party lives while traveling, and soon recovered.

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TRAINS DELAYED ON" ALL ROADS TO THE EAST. .Malls nt Xcvr York from as Far Weit us San Francisco Are Many Hours Behind the Schedules. CLEVELAND SITUATION BETTER HIT FIRE DEPARTMENT IS CRIPPLED II Y LACK OF WIRES. Street Cars Are Blocked liy thi Heavy Snow nnd Slush, and AU Trnlas Are Much Drlaed, EXPOSITION WORK IS DELAYED PREVENTING CARRYING OUT OV OPENING DAY PROGRAMME Enormous Dnmn&e to Fruit Trees la Western Xcvr York nnd North era Ohio, ud Other Lui'ire Losses. FIVE PERSONS BADLT INJURED WATER TANIv BLOWN DOWN UY THE GALE AT CHICAGO. Crashed Through Six Floors to th Ground Damage to Building: Is ?50,C(0 Injuries of the Victims. NEW YORK. April 2L-OwIng to th heavy storm which has been raging la tho West all trafiic east of Cleveland hai been delayed from two to seven hours. Ths Grand Central deiot presented a strange appearance, this afternoon, as the belated Western trains lumbered in, several hours late, with their roofs and tiers encrusted with snow and ke. Friends of the long overdue passenger hur.g around the depot all day, and rushed to meet weary travelers every time a train cams in. Disappointments were frequent, as most of the trains were divided into ttversi sections at Buffalo. The Atlantic Express, which carries all the mall east of .Chicago, and which w as due at o'clock in the morning, arrived several hourb behind time. The Now York and New England Exprecs, duo at 7:0i o'clock, arrived in two sections, the first section being two hours and twenty minutes late and the second section five Lours late. The first section brought with It a Lake Shore train from the West, dua at 1:30 o'clock. Most of the Western trains on the Pennsylvania wtre also far behind their schedule time. Great dilficulty was experienced In getting the trains through, east of Pittsburg. At the general postoJfice, this afternoon, it was said that all mail matttr east of San Francisco was late. The 4:ii morning train, carrying all mail cast of San Francisco, did not get in until 11:3), making it six hours and forty-five minutes late. Ths New York and Dunkirk morning train on the Erie, carrying ail the New York State mall, duo at C.'SJ o'clock, had not arrived un to Z.lJ in the afternoon. Most of tho other minor trains carrying m.ii wtTü also late. Considerable property was destroyed along West street, in this city, owing to the flooding cf cellars. Large quantities of perishable produce were tlored in the cellars along this street, and much of it was destroyed by the water, which in many places was waist deep. In several of the old-lashioned houses, where there are no cellars, the water came above the llooring, and otlice furniture could be teen lloating around thu stores on the ground lloor New York Fruit Trees Ruined. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 21. The diuga ot rain that followed in the wako of thu big snowstorm yesterday continued throughout last night and tu-day, leaving but little of the foot of snow that covered tho ground yesterday morning. A few patches of whito where tho snow drifted and trees with broken branches are th only signs of the great April snowstorm. Reports from points aloi.g the southern fchore of Lake Erie tay that the damage tj fruit trees will be reat. The wet snow clung to the branches until they gave way under its weight, leaving only the trunks standing. Telegraphic communication with j oints west alor.g the lake shore is being slowly re-established. The los to telgrapli and telephone companies is great, miles of wire being broken down. WORST IS OVER AT CLEVELAND. City Is Practically Wireless, and Fir Department Is Crippled. CLEVELAND, April 21. The fierce storm cf wind and snow that iwpt over this city and northern Ohio, throiiKhout yesterday and last night, gradually subsided today. It was fallowed to-niht by a tog. no dense that it was ulmo.-t Impossible to see from one side of a street to the othtr. Notwithstanding the efforts of the- telephone and telegraph companies to repair their prostrate lints, there has thus fr been little Improvement to the ervlct. Not a single v. ire - a working on any direct route between this city and Buffalo or Pittsburg, to-night.. Throughout the day Mg gangs of men have been at work en the various lints. rMtti:ig pvlej and stringing wires. Every available man lias been pressed Into strviee by the several companies, and while the repair work Is progressing rapidly, it v.V.l be vrral days btfore direct comrr.unieMh'n with pcints east of Clevtl-ind is fully re-etab-11 shed. Trains on practically all roads entering the city continue to arrive from one to three hours behind schedule tin;. This Is especially true in regard to tho lines from the east. The fact that there are no wires to facilitate the mo'.t-mtr.t of trains is responsible to a large extent for the de'ay to trati'.c Tratfic on the city street-car lines continued to be badly crippled all day, as result of the dttn now and sk:h on tM tracks. So heavy is the snow and slu)