Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1881 — Page 1

Mir; . avju-j. 40 INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, .FEBRUARY 16, 1881. WHOLE NO. 15M. YOL. XXIX. NO. 7.

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Dein? Unheard of Damar-cjin All Parts of the Country. )lelo, Ohio, Comes in for the. Largest Share of the Damage. Five Kullroaii Awny at That Uritlgej Sf.t and Near City. Five Schooner Torn Away JVoni Their ?Iooring-s ami Curried Down the Itivcr -Man j Million Fwt of lumlifr Home Away tic Esom or Ike Mream. Tw-lre Snare Mile of 2few Orletirtsj Submer?f4, ami Great Pamye Ione. Ton Thousand. Persons in the Overflowed District Fed by a Relief Committee. Great Porti en of the City of Was2aington Overflowed and Tfcousand3 of .Dollars Worth of Property Ruined. Railroad Bridges and Tracks Carried Avraj- nd Travel Almost Suspended. Tne Most Severe Snow Storm That Has Occurred for Years in Proere3S in the Wt. TlIK HACK.noXi: OF WIXTKU Seem to fce. Broken in All Tartu of the Country Kc.ports of Great Destruction of trirty. Watw Hr. Pa.. Feb. 10. There Is a heavy fog an! raiu a'o:, the Delaware Valley, and the snow Is melti-i: ruid!v-. There is an enormous body rfice in the river" ami then.' w fears of a tlool. tu k Tin is yr.w york v terribu: statu OF AFFAIRS. New Yokw, Feb. 10. A dense fog and large floes of ie on Long Island Sound have pretty ...--... II.. X .....1. .1 ...... i ..... w. K...

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f t. 10 o clock this p.m., ,noii! oi the larw boats had reached th docks in this 'sJty. Forry navigation is liffieiUt on account of 4ce and fog. It has been raini us hen vily . -. M .1... . I .. i .1 Ii . st a r.. tt A U'd In, f 11

1HU1 Ol H JJ T JBHliue is verteu. Seldom have, the streets presented a more lamentable and ii.-grivef ul asject than they äo UM lmmln;;. The sidewalks are Hooded the whole width with water, backed from accumulated and frozen tiuitf lu the roadways, anil all crosswalks are ponds of water. Along down towu front hack-water has tloodod nearly all inj ellars of Sontli Water and Krönt street, and a large force of men are kept busily employed in draining them out with pails or drawing water up with suctio n pipes. In addition to this many ot the leaden pipes from the

V roofs burnt with the llntw. thus adding to the disv oinfrt of jjedeutrian.H. On Käst Ulvcr the fog

.van so dense tbut navigation was jaisitively d.inr.?Tou4. J'JotKcoui.i not m-e nan a uoai a icnin. ManT'boitd wvre uken oif the abort ferries, and 1 uottc Ol ine IOIIK Oil" ee4 ruiuiiiii, niiuriurr. At dajlish: the f.g was Ftlil no Uili-k that it Mas uot leeiutst ufe to rif. ke trips from Wuntera' 1'oint to James' Slip, or from Iirondvcay. ItriMiklyn. to Itoosvelt street. The RiNevtltwtreet boats landed at 'irand street. A detention of twenty minutes was the ruie, and tracks. acd cartf a great deal more, as the streets ,in the vicinity of thediifiTcntferrieM were blocked hopelessly, it would sf-m, by vehicles awaiting to crM the river. The Tulegram ay "Sew rrobabillHes' tent drizzling rain to ttie assita:ice of the "donothing bureau," supplementing it with a fog that cov"ivd thelusi as with a pall. The freshet of Mack slime mcrca.s'l, and the crossings became almost imputable. The filth took on a more hiiteous foriaand thej ath of pedestrians was incumbered with aatuuonal pitiaiis. w tuie itroaaway ami a few other thoroughfares were rendered somewhat tolerable, hundretl.s of Btr-ets iere pathlew xwaa. t(t. Theolty looked as If tiie waters of a deluge had juxt left it, and there had been no time to reme any of tie accumulated deiosiu. As heaps of Irozeii slusn re meitea ana taincieo witn oceans of black mud, odors unutterable till the " dr, and the mot seasoned tliroat and lungs are kt proof against the deaoiy miasma. lisciuiort run riot; great livers of mire choked up the cul vert ana lay in itrea! lakes In lioljow pi arcs in i the htrecU: v-df(.rriHns tloundcred wiMly ahout. .ind llptwl and m. lathed and rnrs'd. Tue un dertaker is the only cheerful man in the commu nity, lie -ch a tusy iM-awni lefore hi in w hen the seeds of pestilence Ix'in to sprout. kstorai exp'nowi over the greater portion of Me. Thefrt'sMet has cnrrled awav hridttc fv hess ('ounty. A culvert on the I'okeeimic. ord and Itosioii Kaiiroad wss carried awav ravel iiiterrupd. There are feara ofa dias-M-e jforge ai inriaware water khi. IIoum-s in ll.iirt oi Klin in uro murn -damaged by Mowing creeks. The ice jit the Kapuhaif rum broke up. The ice la the Mhuylklll is broken up. Tl.'E FLOP JK ISDIAX V AN P OtWO. lctxxATt. Feb. 10. Reports from various points in Ohio und Jtidianahow that the Mualler streams are at a hih Mood, doing much damage ' to (arm iropertj . road and railroad brilgcs. A Mash -out on the Little Miami Kaiiroad. near Corwin, ha ;reviited th passu g) of trains siucu fcist night. IHR DAMAOK AT R.F.W ORLKNM WY THK FI.OOI. . Nkut Orleans. Feb. 10. The lamage by sunhay's storm along the MifMilppl hound from i'am icgia:la to li-iy ht. I.ouis is 11 UO, UOJ The ytHairvent at liay Ht. Louis connect Willi trains on the w Orleans ami M-bile I'.ailroad. Tlw water has reached Kt. ( loud Mn et, and Is williln tao or three squares of Kiiluuade street. The inundated diotniet Is about flveiMiuare miles ar, nntaliis probably .vl.ixio Inhabitants, lit many planes the water is three or four left Jcep. and in low one-ctory houses everything Is taslieii out. The uater in the lake is lowering, and by morning lll-toiibtlt-f be receding at all jH.iuls. AUiOTI Til R XfuVXD STRAMF.RA. Sr. York, Feb. 11 All sound steamers din TfiffMAr m.irnliitf ImII.hI ti rpiu'li f hrlr l,M-ka vi.. rlay, lug to the denn fig ana linm-ns Uih1 Ut. whh li itniir led their tmssage. The boats lieft their wspi-ctiM! piers at 3f!Wtart, rrovidems' loi rwj(-rt at th usual Hour euueisr tili.' til. hen within I'M ndb-sof this city the bar tiling heavy o. er tin Iiiikc cukes of !- which treu he.i awsj uii either side. T'ie fleet worked its wav lo the . int lUivc Harts Island, which was rcm-lj-d JAt In ttie sfleruooii, and tim log then wss so di-nse the commanders of th boats would not take the rNk of attempting to work a txi-smre through lli-llirat" Channel, and remalne( w here they were until this morning, when the fog lifted. 4 iff'iM UTATKR. Cuu A'in, Feb. J. The Ktenlng Journal's L al1e. 111., special .ays: "Last uiuht one jirtlou f the (M'k inland Jiridgc bei was swept away by Ice and high water, making It Impiawtble for train to ros. I'anseugers and bartcage were fwmfeiTcd. The Illinois has risen twelve feet Jtd Is gorged at the mouth of the Verm lUkon, but tiie ice is not vet broken U low l erti. The people ti vlng on the Aats above here have remo! to blKh Krouud, their houses and barues being tobinerKvtl." A llRKsK CP. I.r i at d. ru Feb. 11. The Ice broke here cat:.; val branch ti.tb Ä!us-i';vtßii tbl

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morning, nd nved off without causing damBge. THK TH AW If XKW YORK. NKK "Y ork, FVb. 11. t noon to day the tetn-p-ra-rj In iMf sun was bisher than on any pre-vio-j? day thi? winter. The t lle t ot tliis sut.shme unci the accumulations rf asht.?, garlatgo and ü rfk In the Kreets is readily perrcptible U anv 'MKhnnKl dare vcoiure into the tourtb ul o th War-s, The w'c in this part of tht- i-ity was

hravT wil mlasiuacc olors. I he eeumuaiiou iß: tilth ail crbaK- in the streets is timpu moecril.aMe. Alsjut -the hitrhw ays was strewn Krbage, ier.-iving vet- tables and the vilcsi refuse, la man; business treets down town tin? ooctipant.s or stores Iik' c hihhjki men pi unm mv ' H-e an snow and pile it in h-ni. Aliu lialhMiii vtre l .ie Horse- art ompany navs meu nrrauui; up the mounds ii' Wv and snow and carting it to the mus of t ic Strei t Cleaning K-pa: tmviit. Tht M- w m isr of trueks and -arts n the te-t .-hie streets uei-w t anal str et. and many truekiiich were cotardlcd to wait in line four or live hours U i'ore tf'ey could ship awls. The crs on all the surfui roa-Isare Kretti delajed. AX I F. .0K. ;rsiiKiLi..'"u., Feb. ll.-Tf-rr ioe In the lVlaware lelow iei-e is frozen sl'd r a öeptri of ir-arly thrvr feet, aud tlie river mat a fii-lU'U Vim. Thei-copk' are oa the lock-out for an approaching Pood, and every jnissible raeans are cing tute- to prevent an ice xerge lorming. A I.Af.oK SIMBKU OK l:V41.i:s SWEPT AWAY. riN-iss-Tt, Feb. 11. Ua!u lias been falling ai:ain to-mirht and there whs thuniler and litil11111!? niter .lark. The river was falling to ni-jlit. I but will rise rapidly to morrow and e til,;vl with ' iloati:!-: Ice. 1'isiiaichcs to the morning phkth j show iir-ca-ed danger by Hoods throughout Indiana and Ohio. At Troy, O., hydraulic rev ; crvoir burst and the town was inundated, diiing mueh damage. 1 he 1 uscarawas Klver is nigner lha.ii it has la i n for thirty year. Thousnuds acres of und are overilowed, and many families are obliged to leave their homes. Trains are discontinued. Ttie Scioto Kiver at t'ir.leville lias bruken ycveral levees, ad. tbe bridge on the Muskigum Valley Koud Is considered tuisnie Trains do not cross. At JJuncie, Ind., th tiae iron bridge is washed away, und teveral dams are gone. Many families we driven from their house. Trains on the (ünciniiati, Richmond and ChitMgo Koad have lieeii stoped two days. The bridge over the Miami, jK-ar layton, on the Cincinnati aud Dayton Koad. can hot be used. ;RF.AT pEfTRtTIO.V M" J'RO-WiRTV 1!Y THE ItKKAKINU OF THK ICE. ToLFts. Feb. 11. For three days past fears have leen entertained of serious damage to prot-erty along the river front of th city by the break. ng up of the Ice in the Maumee. From the up-river towns fre'iueut reports have been received 4 tue gradual progress of the break up, though without inore serious vouseiueiiees thai, the pr.rtiui IKhmIim;of buildings at Ueriance and Naioleou and the loss ol a wagon bridK at the former plav. At 11 o'clock tonight the ice iu iron tot the c ty broke up w ith a great wash, und the water rapidly rose, coveting the d-cks and Hooding Wiiter'strect and warehouvs and ollires alon; llie river front. A fleet of kix -vessel, grain laden, going in w inter uuarters at Ihe Wubasii elevators, were torn from their moorings and swept down the stream, carrying witQ them the westerly span of the Cherry street bridge, a wagon aud lool-bridue connecting with Last Toledo. Other damage to shipping and to the various railway bridges is likely to occur, the full measure of which can not be known until daylight reveals the situation. The middle ground Is inundated, the water standing at a depth of three feet in the Island House Hotel and Luion i'epot, cutting oil" com municaiiou with Summit street, except by means of boats, and preventing the entrance of passenger trains. The westerly span of the Pennsylvania Kaiiroad bridge hs also been carried away. This bridge was tebuilt lust summer, and wiis a substaniial iron structure, l.'p to 1 o'ci'iek the Lake shore bridge at the upper end of the city remains intact. iRKAT PESTUVCTIOX OK RAILROAD PRoTERTY llAKRisi.t Rii. Feb. 11. The Ice In the Susquehanna at this point broKe this afternoon live miles telow tin city. It gorged and and the water rose at the rate of two feet ier hour. The Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, for almost a mile, are covered w ith w ster und ice for a depth of over three feet, and trains both ways are delayed. Train men hiwe been sent to the scene, but are unatile to work until the water recedes. It is slowly ri-ir.g at this hour, II p. m. Advices from up the Juniati report a break which gorged. Ihidges 1 Tcrryville. Newton Hamilton, Mifflin. Millerniowii and Newport and bridges swept away and families moving for saety. The Western I'nion Telegraph wires in that neiKhlM.rhood are down, and messages are being sent West by way of the Baltimore and Ohio. Throughout liauphin County the damage by small streams is very great, and many country bridges are washed away. TWO MII.KS OK KAII.R9At TRKSTLK WASHF.I OUT. Ciiar!.i:stox. Feb. 11. A serious disaster to the Charleston and Savannah Kaiiroad occurred last iiinht, resulting from a freshet in the Savannah Kiver. About two miles of trestle work north of the river has been prostrated. ThU will interrupt travel between Charles town and .Savannah, but ft f irccnf 5Ü0 hands have been put at work repairing the break. In the meantime, through passengers for Florida will be forwarded hence by steamer to St. Johns. CKKAT DA M AliC AT T0LElO ToLF.ta, Feb. 12. The excitement In the city this morning consequent titi the lUxxl i.s Intense. The sky is overcast by dull, leaden-colored clouds, and. to add to the discomforts of the situation, a snow norm set In atwut 9 o'clock. The streets have been crowded with people since daybreak, and those lending to the river are crowded to the water's edge. In Water street the. water is fully live feet deep, and rushes through at a fearful rate. The ron ten's of the lumber yards up the river feetn to have tccn emptied into the thoroughfare, ami great masses oi the debris are lloatin down. At :; o'clock this morning the wind veered to the Southwest, and astisttd the movement of the ice now in the river. A few minutes later a gorge was formed just opiosi'e K.iiley'sShip Yard: this held lirmly until ft o'clock this morning, when it broke and the ice again resumed Its journey to the lake. At first lis progress was slow, but with every mlnuto it increased, until, at 3, it was moving at the rate of six or seven miles p r hour. Fifteen minutes later the westerly span of the I'nion lull road bridge, an old wooden bridge, located lust below and near the Iiko Shore Railroad bridge, came out. and whs swept down at a high rate of speed, throwing the druw in the Cherry street bridge ami spinning it around. letter it passed through the o)H-i.ing in the Pennsylvania Koad bridge without damaging that structure further, and when last seen was still going toward the lake. AlK)ut7::to the wind from the southeast increased considerable, causing the water t rise rapidly. At 9 o'clock another gorge wss formed just abreast of the i-tty, and at 10 o'clock, a. m., remained stationary. In consequence of this, the water has risen still higher. On Summit rtreet, between i!onne and I'erry, there is from one to two feet of water: the basements of ihe wholesale stores are all full of w titer, aud many large stocks will be completely ruined. The four schooners which went down tbe river have not been heurd from, but messengers on horseback have been dis. Patched to see if tidings of them can be obtained. Persons just returned from down the river retort the schooners Mediterranean, Hun ford. Jf. stalker and A ti.i"i, here fast in the gorge attuut three miles below the city. Two men who wepe on board the Stalker escaped to shore by walking over the Ice. Captain Jennings, who was on ttoard the schooner, has not lxen heard from us yet. He is oislbly safe. The Utile steamer Ktnerald is reported as having sunk early this morning. The schooner, C. licnsoti. has also Irecn sunk. She was valued at $!.', XI0. and was owned by Captain Diitfy. She had a cargo of .'i,i)O0 bushels of wheat, Tslued at 7.',nu0. The Medlterranejiti lnul 17..VS bushels of wheat aboard; the iMwiford. iv.ooo: the Stalker, l.vuoo, au4 the At-mospht-re, 17, icO. the total valuation of w hich Is alsMit fi7;t,0oo. The insurance Is distributed among the following Companies: Pho'iiix, of llrooklyn; the New Kngland Underwriters Asso ciation, Orient, of New York, and the M-.TCRiillle Mutual of New Yolk. The four vcsm Is are valued at over J'D.ooo. The various raiirond lines centering here are among the heaviest losers. A conshlerablo amount of freight was removed yesterday. A large nruoiini of rolling freight, oil and ukIhs"S has been swept away, though at tiresent it Is hriollile to tell how pinch. Trains No., a and a on the I.. H. and M. S. arrived here from lil ngo this morning. No. .. from the Fast, is at Toledo. The like shore bridge Is all right, though the tra k is cov rM with 0 brls. No trains 111 be cut out until the water recedes. The Koor of the depot and Island Houm is covered with water to tbe depth of four feet, and on middle ground from one to five feet deep. A few coaches are standing In the depot with the water covering their floors. When the water r cdes. he greatest delay to the resumption "f traffic "1 be In clearing the debris from the middle rronnd ami tracks, which which will require an Immense aiuouui oflahor. The first floor of the general ofllce of the L. S. and M. H. Koad I three feet under water. The tracks and bridges of this line, cast and west, are reported to las all light. IJencrsl Superintendent Paine, of the L. t. and M. M., Is on the ground giving bis Whole attention to the Interests of the Company, 9 y. el-ILc lituftUoa, at (he prcH'ut ii ua

changM as to the position ot tl yorges. but the water is rising at the rate of on;t.s two inches per hour. It is now five fcet abo the w ater gaupe, four feet hlglier than durli the maul of lsos,. The waterat the npiier end. (K Summit street 1 two to four feet deeis. It has encroached nearly a half block out on lonnKMrvet. The merchants along summit strevt ao moving their goods frotu ttie first to tlw. i.sxnl floor, fearing furtlKT rise. The v.nie-r district two miVe, up the river presents a IcaMnl spectacle. Four of

the largest lutnner iinns n tne city nave jajs there. i.: le Mitchell .V Rowland KOmber Com ran v, Karhuur V ritarr, Hallaiid V '.. and J. B. Kelly. About rö.UP.Oi feet Men; iled up n the district, aSout oue-half of which will have to le renrxil.Hl Ktrtin live to (Uieen feet of water rovers the district. Thousand of feet of lumber and a lanreniantities of shingles and lath, tognher wtUn ice :r.nd debris are piled irdiscriininutelr over the district. Fifteen Wntmxh freight ear; loaded Avlth lumber are suhenerge!. The loss ir. the district, providing the lumber i. not swetr. away, will not le less than $.'". tiOO. -should tlwe water gi out with a rush this will be more then doubled. The six vessels carried down the river are baiged in the Ice two miles Mow the cif. The tteamer Kmerald and sthooner lU-iis.ii"re undonltci:y a total low, the olhr four are ta-ing provisioned and crews will be put on botitd. ' Nothing oaa prevent their going out with the ice. The f.rst itori:.- is at Ironville. and extends hack two mile or more. The second is at the IVmisylvania bridire, and extends up the river about lour -miles. Another gorge has been formed at (J rsnd Kapids, which may break any moment. Some thirty guests were removed from tbe I-laml Hons, this morning In boats. The water covers the first fioor of the Cnion iH pot from seven to nine feet. At 7 o'clock p. ra. the water began to run Into the otlice of the Burnett House, and it was immediately vacated for the second tlor. There Is atKut two feet of water on the ground lloor of the police headquarters. The prisoners were removed to the upper tier of cells. The merchants on Summit street from Madison to Perry, at 2 o'ebxk. have all siifl'ered severely from water In the basements and cellars. The Canada Southern Kaiiroad depot is at the V gon orks, three miles out. Their bridge over the river at .Monroe. Mb h., was washed out. and they ure using the Lute Shore track. Their frcizht house Is submerged and the losses are quite heavy. Trains oil the Toledo and Ann Arlsir Koad statt from Manhattoa Mills two miles below. Part of their trestle work has la-en undermined. The Dayton aud Michigan Hoivd run to KaM Toledo, but can not cios. President irecne aud (ieneral Superintendent Smith, of Columbus, are both in the city. They have ai read v ordered material for th repair of the bridge. Part of their yards and freight houses are submerged. The Lake Shore Koad seut two trains west from the Broad w ay bridge, a mile out. The I.. I. nod li. Koad is all right. Their bridge at irand Kapids holds out. The Wabash has been the most fortunate, although they will loe some. Their trains are running. Kaiiroad officials are here in great uumbers doing all in their power for the respective roads. The weather tonight is cold and the indications tsiint to au Immediate freeze UJi. If this should happen, the iinale would undoubtedly la? terrible; in any event there is but little chance of saving the two lower bridges. The situation to-night Is very cruical and fears tue entertained that the worst is yet to come. It is impossible, at this time, to give a concct list of the loss. Prominent business men, who have examined the situation, say the loss at the present time will not fall short of S'rOtl.tlOO. THK nUF.AK re IX WASHINGTON IIAKHOR SOME K THK .OVEUNMENT Bl"H.OfN;8 FLOOI'ED. iREAT PAMAi.E POSE Washington, P. C, Feo. 12. The Ice in Washington haibor began breaking tin early this morning, and the water rose rapidly. At I o'clock to-day there was about five feet of water around the Baltimore and I'otomic Kaiiroad depot, and the lower portions of the hotels on Pennsylvania avenue. U-tween Third and Seventh streets, are flooded. There isabout three feet of wateroverthe ground tl'Kir of Washington Market, und about tne same depth around Ford's Opera House. There is a report that the Virginia side of I-ong Kridge has given way, but the report can not le substantiated, as It U impossible to reach the bridge, owing to the extreme depth of waterover the lower part of the city. Pennsylvania avenue, from First to Soventii, and from Kighth to Tenth street, is a sheet of water, ami the cellars and a number first floors on either side of the street are submerged. The jower portion of the Census office. iu which the records were stored commenced Hooding this morning, but the Fire liepartmetit were called upon, and succeeded in keeping the water dow n until the dikcuments of the most importance were removed, ireat damage is reported along the wharves In Georgetown. I-ater. 1::a p. m. A reort just received from Long Bridge is to the effect that the water and ice are rushing over the entire length of the cattsew ay, and that the side railings are being carried away, but no immediate danger of the piers giving away is anticipated The water has completely surrounded the south side of Lie long bridge, in which wete several women.. They were finally rescued. The lloat Club has removed its boats from the houses, and the lumber on the wharves iu Georgetown was anchored is securely us possible, but a portion was carried away. All travel over the long bridge is suspended, and no trains will leave forj th'.' S-utU via Alexandria. Trains from! the north over the Kaltimore and Potomac Koad stop several rquares south of the detail ana paswngers are transferred in couches and wagons through the water, which extends from Pennsylvania avenue a distance of about three squates and Is from two lo four feet deep. The wires between Washington and Alexandaria are all down. The Western Union sent th ir Southern business to Alexandria by carriers on horse back, who cross the aqueduct bridge at Georgetown, where the water is always to the bridge; the piers of which, are pounded by ice with tremendous force, but the Ice being soft is qnhkly broken and oaases down the river. Atllaipers Ferry the river is twelve feet above high water mark, and rising. Three paus ol the long bridge have been carried away. The Ice is still rum lug very high. Atan early hour the Washington Market bad a few inches of water in It, and it rose rapidly and soon the Hood was knee high. Many dealers hastily left, but those having heavy commodities for some time stood their ground, anticipating that it would not be long before the water would recede. Hut others and many other market lealers early In the moruing extern Mrizcd street stands on 'the market side of the avenue, in front of the stands erected fur the inauguration and there vended their wares. Ice began to gorge across the channel at lieisboro about 9 this morning, and at 10 it bad, to all appearances, become a select gorge across to the Virginia shore, blocking up the river entirely to Long bridge aud above it to Georgetown. This had the e.'Vect of raising the water to an unprecedented bight, most of the wharves on the riverfront raising up and limiting. The water ou the Inland and Seaboard Company's w harf, near the Arsenal grounds, rose five feet almvelhe highest tide, surrounding the depot and warehouse, and had it not been for the immense weight of the Hour aud other heavy freight stored, the whole wharf would have been lifted tin. The Botanical Gardens and Grounds were tilled with water, and this caused a serious and what came near taring a fatal accident. About 11:30 the workmen of Gray V. Not lies' foundry, ou Maine avenue between Third and Four and One-Half streets, were engaged In casting, when the water ran In on them, and, sup tawing it would be better to prevent It from reaching tlcut1a and chilling the metal, the bottom wus opeced. Immediately the liquid fell Into the water, aud the steam generated so rapidly that, with a report exceeding that ot a six pounder, an explosion took dace, shattering two citlaH ami throwing several workmen around two laving quite, badly hurt. Near Sixth audit streets (nclgliliorliood of the Potomac dctxu) rive Ninth street cant were abandoned; the drivers taking the money boxes under their arms aasl riding off on the horses. The Seventh street cars continued to run through the Hood during the day; the passengers adopting a kneeling posture on the seat ibe same was the ease with the Kelt Line. Great difficulty Is cxiHTienced in crossing from the city to South Washington, the water bcliiK.lu some places live leel üeen. At midnight there was no perceptible change along Pennsylvania avenue and the streets lend lug south. The street cars ceased tri i south of the avenue at o o c.nck, and communication witn South Washington, except hv boats. Is nccom puiiled with great hazard. The damage to this city must bo very great. TUR M'ArKKüOX TUR RAISE. Nkw Okijcass, Feb. 12. There Is no material change In th condition of the water of Um overflowed IMstrtets. Teil thousand persons were sunMicU witn food yesterday by the lu-iiei i:iuimit tec. There was a heavy rain this morning, and a strong wind prevails. The Tangipahoa Iriwriesierdajr overflowed Its tauiks, washing out Use Jackson lUillroad. The New Orleans and Mobile lull road from Ie's station to lookout Is still la bad condition, though a largo force Is at work repairing it. Passengers by tht rout com. by steamer from Pcarlryvcr U 1 -. w I . 1 I ik. .1,. Wt.1 r IKI, 1I1VIMT IF ' . IV t'.' TUR WATER K( KtI5l AT XEW ORLRAtH. Nr.w Oai.BANs, Feb. 12. In the Third District and that portion of the city lying below the old Jswlii au amK iU of ten lutht Ii nj-ortcd.

Ib'twren the canals there has been a fall of three incavs, while in the tipper portion of the city south of the new ranul a still preatcr fall is reported, hlulcesent iu the ranal and the protection levres In tlte rear of the city, which allow the watr to run ot:t frcclv. The tire engines will be put to work K) assist the draining niarhlnes. The Kolief Com mil tee continue to supply ctnAed ln.nl, A nove4 sectacle was a funeral procession in hdiUs. i.RKAT DAM.ViR RY THK FLOODS OX THE I.F.nii KIVER A i.l.r.NTowx. 1'a.. Feb. Ii The water in the Lehigh Kivcr has raised ten feet at this point since last nght. H vas the highest at 4 o'clock tais aflemoon. when it swept one-half a wooden bridg... 1U feet lonp, connecting Kline's Island with the main shorr;. Two families ace still on the Island with no means of escaiw. Shortly af

terward ttie dam near Kockdaie gave way, swelling the leliigli Kis er two feet. Two canal boats came dow n the rU'er and were wreckeU in their passage over the dam here, one huudred feet of the Lcnlgh Hilt-; Kaiiroad track was washed aw ay t e oiauon. OXF. JiCXhREl) THOl'SAXn Pol. LA lis 1.0S.S ItY WATKR. l'HIl Alo I i-iii a. Feb. 1-. Nearly nil the mills at Mitiayuuk and a number of dwellings are inundated. Ixi-s on stock, machinery, etc., Sioo.uoo. FOl'R llRtPOES SWEPT AWAY. New IIavex, Conn.. Feb. 12. Three bridges over the West Kivcr, ltweeii this city and Orange, wer swept away by the Hood. Trains on the Naugatuek Kaiiroad are blocked at Seymour, w here one bridge is partly gone. In addition to the mail and passenger train blocked at Seymour, f lie downward passenger traiu isstopjed at Waterbury, while a. southbound wrecking train is imptisonod by a bridge gone at Union City and the break at Seymour. There are no prospect of eny train through to-night. ORE AT I'ESTRI TXOX OF rttOI'KRTY. Bobdfrtowx. N". J., Fell. 13 Tbe freshet is tremendous here. The railroad tracks between Tretiioii and Hurlinglon are under water. Coal boats are lying across the track on the Trenton rortd. All the small buildings near the Delaware and fla rlton Canal locks are partly under water. Th old Camden and Amboy.shoaareinundateL The tires of the steam forge at AtcPherxm, Willani ,V: Go's, have oecit put out by the Hood. Asfsras tlie eye can reach the Pcnntvlvania shore is covered' with water. Tbl exceeds the freshet ! ls.7. The railroad bridge on the main line lietween Borden town ami New York is in a erilous osttion. Twenty-cvcn loaded cars are placed to hold it in position. Ihe water is at the axles of I he w heels. TRAINS PE1.AYKP KY A WAH-olT. I'RoviPF.xt E. Feb. 15. A wash-out on the Siotiingtoii Koad has delayed all trains. THE MTt ATIOX AT TOLKOO. Toledo, o., Feb. l;). There has been but little change iu the situation to-day. At la. m. the water reached the highest poiiit. seventeen fet t above the usual mark. At V p. m. it had fallen sixteen inches. Trains will run on schedule time to-morrow. Last-bound trains starting from Ka-st Toledo. Through trains on the IjiLc Shore are run via the L. L. and W. from Fremont to Fostoria, thence over the ß. and o. to Avilla. and on the G. it. and 1. to the intersection of their sitt-u linn u L'ni.il.iin.ni.1 .st... i.iiriiiiitiiivi a The ice above the city moved a miie this after- J noon, but was stooped by a gorge. 1 here has beeu no movement of the ice nbreat of the city. Fourteen mail jiouehes, containing 7.000 or s.OOO letters, water-soaked at the I'nion lvat. were aired and forwarded to-day to their destinations, several large gorges are reported up the river. THE IlAMA'.K IwiXK BY WATER AT AX 1 ABOUT WASIIIXOTOX. Washington, p. c. Feb. l:;.-The Hood which was rushing down the Potomuc Saturday ulmerged the lower portion of the city for nearly twenty-iour noiirs. An immense lit' gcrge, extending from above the city to a p.iint several miles below and reaching nearly to the Virginia shore, th, Atens destruction to the wharves and the steamboats lying at them when It does move. The damage to vessels, w harvc. and property along the river is estimated at between S ..u.uoo and $100.001). Most of the wharf owners expect greater danger when the massed lee moves. The damage to property and merchandise in the in undated portion ot the city win probably reacn (100,010. and in Geogctown the wharves and storehouses, f 7.",000. A section of Ixmg itridgc about 'joo feet was swept away last night, and was carried about 100 yards down the river to the Hats, where it wis badly wntked and wedged In with broken ice. Telegraphic communication with the South Is badly interrupted, as all the cables at lxmg Bridge have been carried away. To-night onlv two of over twenty wires are working lai-twerm Washing ton and Alexandria. 1 an I road travel to the Sou .h. on account of tbe break in the bridge, will be seriously impeded. Arrangements nave neen made to transfer tas-setifr-crs and mails lor Richmond and the coast by stages from Washington, over the Georgetown bridge, to the Alexandria. Fredericksburg and Richmond Koad at lort Ruiivnti. while r.asengers and mails for Lynchburg and the South will la sent to shepherds, opjaisite Alexandria, and thence by ferry to the Virginia Midland Koad. THE STORM. A l'.F.Ot'LAR KLI7..AKP. I.AWki xi K, Kas., Feb. 12. A snow and w ind storm for the List forty-eight hours has been roost terrlffie. Business is virtually Misispnded. The snow Is very badly drifted, and the railnaidsare blocked In every direction. A ciml train is stuck on theCarUmdale Koad, one mile from town, and has been abandoned. A stock traiu is suck on the Kansas Pacific, five miles from here. and an exnress train from Kansas City has leeii four hours with three engines running nine miles. The wagon roads are completely blocked. Farmers cau not get in with wood and the coal dealers ure nearly out. The cold wind lms partially subsided this even ing and the Hurry of storm seems to be over. Ihe Atchison, lopeka and Santa Fe train, due Fridav eveniiifr Is hnnwed nn .t A'.tlnv fall The ifannibal and SL Joe has had no train in or out since Friday morning. Kaiiroad officials can give no information as to when trains are likely to get through The wind Is strong, and the snow is still drifting into cuts. The weather today has been very cold, and business Is almost suspended. The country roads are blockaded as badly as are the railroads. TIIE HEAVIEST SNOW F.VKR KNOWN. Milwackke. Feb. 12 Tbe storm continues: all trains are delayed, or stopped altogether, and the wires are working north aud northwest. It is the heaviest snow fall rcmemlered here. The streets are blockaded Xo street cars are running, and bus! ness generally is suspended. The propel lers, uepcicana Menominee, in the lee ol the buy arcjust visible. The propeller. City of Ludmgton, that lclt yesterday afternoon for Grand Haven, Mich., must have la-en out In the worst of the gale. Therw were many ha-al accidents of minor lmpoi lance. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 1.1. The snow baa block uded most all the roads In the Slate except the in ton lacinc. wtiicn sent overland a traiu this noon, but its incoming train stalled twenty eight miles west of Omaha. On the Hurlinglon and Missouri Koad five trains stuck in the snow, and are feeding aud blanketing passengers. ALI. TRAVEL Sl srEXPED OX ACCOl XT Or SXOW. Milwaukee, Wis.. Feb. Lt. The snow blockade proves to le general throughout the Northwest. No trains have arrived from the North or West up to midnight. All roads have a large force of men and plows at work. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pant lines, except the Northern IMvlslou, will start trains in the morning. It is considered tbe most effectual blockade ever know n iu Wisconsin. TUR STORM IN Tilg NORTHWEST. St. Lot is, Feb. IX Dispatches from dlflerent parts of the State say the railroads are still blocked with snow at various pi nets, but large gangs of men are working dar and night, and the probability Is that they will be clear by to-morrow and have trains running ou schedule time. Tbe deepest snows seem to have lallen In Kansas, and the roads In that Slain have sufl'ercd the most. The Kansas Psclilo and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fo are badly blocked, and trains are scattered all along the line. The storm I over now, however, and every exertion is being made to clear the trucks ami get trains moving regularly sgaiit. 'I he weather here Is moderating slight ly, but llio mercury Is still below the In vliig jKilnt. . Organisation of tint United (states National ltank. New Yoitg. Feb. II. Th United Stale Na floual liank organised to-day with the follow tug Idrectors: General U, H Grant. II. Victor New romb, ex President of the Ixmlsvllle and Nash vllle lUllrond; . i. Vail, President of the Na tional Hank of Commerce: Mortis K. Jessup, Henry It, Hyde, President of the Lquitahle Life Insurance t otnanyt i-ogau Murray, ex-I'resi dent of the Kentucky National Hank l William K Travers and John J. McCook, of the law tlrra of Alexander A Green. The new bank has Uken a building In N'ssau street and expect to commence business on March I. If. Victor Newcomb was tlciU'd rrcsiUvut aud Logan C, Murr, Cashier,

FOREIGN NEWS

GREAT KITAIX. A N IMMENSE COERCION MFETIXi. Iajndon, Feb. IS. An anti-orcion mit'tms was held in Hyde Park to-day. An attempt to s-wist an independent anti-coercion demonstration in the Park, a little distamt from the spot designed for the regular meeting, led to the beating of an unjaipular and somewhat intoxicated orator, said to be an iri-liman, who was pursued out of the gutes by a rough luob. An iuimenc crowd assembled to witness the arrival of the procession, but no hostility was nianif.-sted. Tbe procession comprised about six hands, ach with considerable following. A prominent figure was a soldier with a green rosette on his uniform. There were manny banners bearing inscriptions, "Release Dnvitt:" "We want the land that bote us," and "Cuiouand Victory. The proesMon was swelled by contingents from Magna Charter Associations and Democracy Workmcns' Clubs. At the place where the pro.n-'-sioii halted, there was a dense throng inimlieriiig some thousands, and coinsed mainly of Irishmen who were very enthusiastic. Among tbe spciUiers were T. P. O' Conor, Isaac Nclsii aud John Redmond, Home Knie Member of Parliament. The meetiiifi was divided into three sections, which were at such distance apart as not to interfere with each other. The speakers declared that Glailstone was raiseil into the House by radical woringmeu and by them would te deposed. Allusions of this kind as well as remarks disparaging the House of Iords, were enthusiastically received. Resolutions wert carried without 'dissent. At the close of the meeting the crowd marched eastw ard by the way of Piendilly and st. James streets. At the foot of St. James street, the conveyances containing tne leaders halted so as give other followers an opportunity to close up and make an imo.lng demonstration through Pall Mall. There was a vigorous groaning opposite the Guards' Clnh and wherever else any one was visible at the w indows, particularly at the Carlton. Opposite the Ktform Club the mob halted and the leaders called for cheers for I)a itl and Cowen and groans for the Tory memlier fbr Bradford, meaning Forster, and for the LjK'n'.l renegades, all of w hich were heartily given. No display of ;orce was made by the authorities. THE HAXLAS-I.AYCO K BOAT RACE. Tbe race, between Hanlan and Laycock, over the Thames Championship Course, for the championship of Lngla:id, Ihe Sportsman Challenge Gup aim tl.ono, came oil this afternoon, and was wo easily by Hanlan by about four lengths. There was little betting on the race, the result being regarded as a foregone conclusion. Three to one on Hanlan was freely ottered. Hanlan and Ijiyeock viit Westminster aeqnarinm to night. They leave for their respective homes shortly. Iycock. although rowing well and strongly, bad no chance from the lf-uinnihg. The weather was cold and the tow-path along the river. bank was thickly lined with s pect tors. Hanlaa just won as he liked, ile is now the ale solute owner of the Challenge Cup, and 100 premi jm was promised by the founders to whoever should win it outright, llnnlan also received a commemorative medal. Auothcr Chiuoplonship Challenge Cud will be Instituted, the first cjntest for which will take place on the Tyne the coming summer. The time of tlie race was i'i:!!. The steamers accompanying the nice were crowded, while barges tilled with sight-seers crowded the river near Barnes' Bridge. WILL, ISYT IX THK UNITED PTATF.S. It is stated the Land league has decided to invest in the United States $70,000 now in Eurojie. THE PAPERS OF THK LATE CARLYLE. James Anthony Fronde writes that the papers left on his hands are extremely voluminous. There are several thousand letters. Including his own to memliers of his family, and letters to him from Godhe, John Stuart Mill. Lord Jclircy, Sterling, F.mersou, I-eigh Hunt, Dickens, Thackemv and Varnhaceu Von Ene. Also his journals, private papers, nnnni-hed manuscripts, reminiscences of his father, mother. Kdward Irving and Lord Jeffrey, and material for a memoir of Mrs. Carlyle. The reminiscences an exuetly as Cnrlvle left them, but the memoir of Mrs. Carlyle must, in accordance with his instructions, undergo ev tensive revision. UIKLAND. A WARXIXti TO TUE LAND LEA. IE RS. Dt iiLix, Feb. 12. Tbe National Press denounc es the arrest of Davltt, but there is a marked moderation In tbe tone of most of the articles. They advise the ljind Leaguers to stand fut and not leave the country; flight would, they say, give more satisfaction to the Government than theirarrest. Their kindred in America, who have contributed largely toward the Ijind League funds, will naturally not be pleased with anything likea stampede from Ireland to escape from tyranny. If l"arnell and Brennun go to America and Kgan remains in Paris It looks ns if the organization was about to be left in the cure cf ladies. They are hardly equal to the difficult task likely to be delegated to them by the superior sex. THE 1.RAOCKR9. The Freeman's Journal says: "The fact that Parnell did not remain all the time In Paris was due to the friendly intimation that the French Government is not to be depended on in every emergency to fully recognize the rights of private individuals to control the money Invested in their names. Parnell, ( Kelly, Lagan. Harri, Brennan, Dillon and Biggnr hold consultations in Paris. Afterward Parnell. Dillon, Biggar and O'Kelly return to I-ondon to participate in Monday's sitting in the House of Commons. F-agati w ill remain In Paris. The others return to Lon don on Monday or Tuesday. Walsh Ls still in Ixuidon. After the passage. of the coercion bill about a dozen Irish Members, including Dillon, o'Donugue, Arthur O'Conner, Biggar and Redmond, will X'roceed to Ireland to address their constituencies and carry out the further organization of the Land League." THK MARINE DIS. 4STKR. Further Particulars of tbe Wrecking; of the Steamer Itoheminn. Boston, Feb. 8. The steamer Bohemian, re ported wrecked on the Irish coast, was one of six steamers of the IylaLd Line, plying between this port and Liverpool. She whs built at Belfast in 1S70, and combined speed with a large carrying capacity. She was 100 feet long, and her engines were ot 500 horse-power. She bad six water-tight compartments. She sailed from Boston on Jan uary "'7, under command of Captain tiruudv, witn a cargo of produce embracing :tl,'J22 bushels of corn. 45S bales of cotton, 125 boxes of hams, & boxes of bellies, la) boxes of shoulders, 2.i2 boxes of bacon, M barrels of tongues, 17H half twirrels oi lard, :M balea, i:U rolls of finished leather, TOO boxes of horse shoe nails, l.pji packages of pork, 1,21! packages of lard, :!71 packages of butter. 11 packages of cheese. 25 tubs of butterine. sl sacks of flour, 91S cotton sacks, 9. 200 bushels of wheat. 90? bushels of peas. Ill bales of leather, 409 tierces of tallow, 3.2.VJ barrels of apples, is cases of wooden ware, l,T2tl quarters of fresh beef, 4 cases of organs, T.r cannases of mutton, 21 boxes of meats, 2 head of cattle, s,000 staves and 1 box of type. No particulars other than the press reports nave been received by the agent of the Line. A dispatch received by the Agents of the Leyland Line, states that only the Second Mate and twenty seamen of the Bohemian were saved. Among the lost Is her Commander, William Grundy. The whole number of iersons on board Is estimated at about sixty, among whom were five men in charge of cattle and the refrigerators. The total loss of life by thedlsnstor ls about thirty nine, she was probably worth a half million dollars when wrecked. It is not known here whet her she was insured or not. The cargo was valued at 82:17,075 and insured. THR LATEST FROM THK CENK OF THK WRECK. Crook Havfm, Feb. 8. There I nothing to mark the scene of the wreck of the steamer Bohemian beyond large quantities of w reekng washed ashore. Thirty-live persons were drowned. Including the master, first, third and fourth officers, chief, second, thlnl and fourth engineers. ami three quartermasters. Two Invalid sailors sent from Boston were alsodrowed. The survivors are second mate, boatswain, steward, Ismtswalns mate, seven firemen, three seamen, a loy, second aixl thlnl stewards, Cornelius Sullivan (it Is not stateil whether he is one of the crew or one of the IMtssengers), and a sbiwaway. There were fortynine inemiMTs oi ine tne crew on . laianl, lesids four men in rcfrlgerabirs. a cattle driver, the invalids aud a stow awav, fifty-seven In all. The news of the disaster reached the adjasnt coast guani station at i:ki o cdm-k ou .MonUy morning. it was brought bv, a resident who heard tho steamer's whistle.. When tho const guard reached the plsce the night was so dark and tho weather so thick that they could ace nothing. They remained until daylight, w tarn tho steam cr's top-masts were otiserved near the Islam! on the southern point of .MUrcnh.-ad. Tho Island Is separatist from the main land only by a deep, narrow ravine, into which the sea rushes with fearful lorce. Outside ot the Island are two rugBedrocks, and extending from them lsarcef, upon which the Bohemian struck. Two men, supposed from their clothus to te the Master and first officer, were seen at 10 lu the morning clinging to th rocks, where they remained for hours, waving Hielt handkerchiefs. Boats could n.il lie launched, owing to the heavy surf. At In the afternoon tho nn ket apparatus was sent for, but did not arrive until late lu tbe wnJnf, when (bo two men

were probably drowned. A wamuii. named Stringer, stab s that they had Moderate, easterly winds. He was on the lookout on the night ,f the disaster. A::er tasking alf Llcht. the weather Kot very thick. Soon after he reported breakers ahead, and shouted: "Hard aport! Kuli yd aMeni!" The Mate gave the order, w hieb was executed. About rive minutes a?ter tne Meamcr struck The crew commenced to rush about, but the Captain was perfectly cooi. T'h-d two start. mt i Uiats were swung and six persons g it into one. but it was stove. The second was a I mi damaged, owing to tbe rolling of the vessel. High teen got Into the ort life-boat, Tbe engineers were waiting to get in, but the line broke and the bout drifted astern. It was being rowed luirk when Hierhin keeled over and sunk stern foremost. Five men were rescued from the damaged boat, but two died before landed. The steward states that w her. the Captuiu found the fog setting in he instructevi the third officer to keep two points of)', lie the:i cor.viltcd the chart, and on going on dock, and looking at tbe ship's course, exclaimed, "liood God: what ure you doing:' Hold ajiortV She struck oon afterward. The second otVer, who was below ;.t the time. attrib'.ites the disaster to the third oiTn-er mi.taküig th.- aptni i s order, and lo-eoimr her t points oil' wind, instead of oil' shore. I'lu Captain gave orders to gu at full speed a-;cru U-iate the ship struck. The -liief otticer of ihe Cont inard vs he sawonly otie man clinging lo the rock. The locked lim-was twice. lot o-.er tbe pLwe, Inn the third time it got entangled in the rocks. The watch on deck at the time was drowm.sj, except one or two.

tlilMUS AN I CRIMINALS. A MVsTERJOfS I'KTKoit, Feb S. A singb Ml'RDKK. man, named Wil liam Harvey, aged lhirt-fo.;r, und employed for kcverti yars as a car checker by the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroao. was found dead m la'd on Sunday at a muh'.I hotel, wbei. he bsd b.iirdcd for some time, lie was a quiet man with few aequuintaa-es. and it was a supposed case of heart disease, as be had been i.nwe.1 for a couple of weeks. Yesterday, ho we undertaker discovered a small bullet hole in his ls.dy hist over the heart, and further investigation h-nds to the belief that ho was roiinicrcd. Though by w horn, and for what motive, ü is diiheult to conjecture. His own pi-tol was under his pillow wilh every barrel loaded. It apt ars pi ce.rrv the samo led bull with that iiii'.io'.ing the fatal I wound. A fellow -boarder, named William Hayes, j who room"d next door, has een arrested on w-iou oi s uon inn soineiuiirg aiaii;; i::c mailer, which is quite mysterious. EXEI.I T10X OF A Ml'RDKItFK. New York, Feb. s. A special from Annnjsilis, Nova Ni-tii, says: ".h.scph S. Inibault whs hanged here this morning, for the murder ot Charlotte Hill, at Jiakevre'w, in September hist. ! Thlbuult nee early aiei passed tsmsiderable time with the priests, preparing fo- his approaching end. When summoned for the execution he walked eonjM;dly to the scaffold. aissiinnnicd by a priest, who encouraged bituia bis devotions. As he approached the gulu.ws be looked about on those present with n tearless expression, then mounted tiie sturtold with a firm step. lie made no Hinfession. At .s o'ciia k the rope was cut und the drop fell the laxly falling six feet. Thib.iul'.'s neck was instantly broke, and did n.t move a muscle afterward. .The body was removed to his home for burial. ' ARREST OF MAX .ER. New York. Feb. U. Jc Aerle, the proprietor of Abcrle's Theater, has ln-en arrest,d, chat gel by an officer of the society fnhe Preventing of Cruelty to Children with admitting to his Theater boys i.ieler fnirteen years of age, contrary to the statute. The pena'iy is one year's iuipiisonment anl not moic than fine. Aberle charged this was a conspiracy to drive hirn from his preseu t location. ALViOST A LYN 1 IX:. .-s.vsiiv ii. t:. lenn.. reo. ii.- ii:e Aiiierlcau's spnngntid sjx'cui sas: A mob ol twenty five men on horseback armed at i'):40. and were immediately roeruitcd by parties who were iu town all day. They went to the Jail, broke opn the doors, when Judge Stark.r.id Attorney General IVjI! approached them. Stark addressed the mob which Hg recti to disperse on condition Stark und Bell would promise the immedia:c trial of the negroes with out u change of venue. Tbc promise was given and the mob dispers.Hl, but may rotnrn. The train bearing the Rock City Guards and l oner Ui!i?s arrived ut iclduight." TWO ttl.VPAXlES (K- MILlTIt CAILl b OUT Ti CRwTEvT SOME MLKblillERS. Nashville, Feb. 14. Governor Hawkins received a telegram from Judge stark, at Springfield this evening, asking him to send from twenty-five to fifty men to protect, the five negro murderers of Lapracde, scut from Nashville this forenoon for trial, as they weie to le mobbed tonight. The Guvernorord. red the Captains of tbe Porter Rifles amt Rot k . i:v uards to take twenty five men cadi ou a special train to Springlield as soon they oouM lo got in readiness anl issued to them from the suite Armory G00 rou.ids of cartridges. Tne Governor gave orders tha; they were to retairt to and act under the ftdvi'S3 of Judge stark. The Governor telegraphed Judge tnrk that he would soinl tiie men as si;on as jasilile, and ordered the Sheriff of Robertson County to summon tlie w hob force of the Company to protect the prisoners. Fifty members of the Military Com pany left on a Fpecial train id 10 o'clock this evening lor Springfield, and w ill reach Springfield, thirty miles distant, iu an hour. A t rXXIXO THIEF AND AIT TS-ftt MAX FATHER. New York. Feb. 11 Charles K. Crawford, a clerk, lives at One Hundred a:-l Sixty-first street and Morris avenue. Iiis fauiiiy consists of wife and daughter, aged thirteen. i)n the 1st of ?cj tey:ber last, Mary Doolcy, aged twenty, a quiet hsiking cirl, was employed as house servant. She brought good references. A month ir so after her arrival various articles began to disappear, aud inquiry ihrew no light on the matter. Jewtlrv and moucy next were misted, s- nrth was made and a pocketbook containing tfljO, stolen from the desk of Crawford, was found wrapped iu some f lollies of Annie lxniisa, his daughter. She was accused, but denied the theft, other stolen nr ides were discovered in her doll's trunk. The child was severely punished by her parents, who thought her denial added an untruth to the theft. They desired her to confess, and to this end severely chastised her. To avoid a further punishment, the child acknowledged she had stolen it. The projiorty continued to disappear, and the child was again accused. She denied, but. through fe;:r of buuishuicnl. again confusei. In reply to a question ns to what she tiad done wuh the things she had taken. sue said sue, una aestroyeu iiiem. Her parous licgan to think she was of unsound miud. l'iiysi- J clans put the mutter down as insanity on the sub ject of stealing. The child wus watched, but the property continued to disappear. Imviidmi i;hi was added to the robberies, aud the child, to avoid chastisement for telling au untruth, admitted her guilt. The bands of the little girl were now strapped to her side; Mill the roblierles 'id not cease, ami another tire nearly destroyed the house. Craw ford, to prevent bis daughter injuring herself, had a belt made, und, procuring a chain, chuiipsd the child to the wall of the diniiigroom during tho day and at night to the post of the bed. Mi.ry Doolcy, the servant, slept with the child to revont her doing herself iniury. hu day in the early part of the present m.iiith a lady called to fcee Mrs. Craw lord, she placed aside her wras, which consiFtel cf a valuable furlined mantle and muff ami bonnet. When she looked for them again they were gone. A detective found the articles in the garret That day Annie lxi;isa was unchniucd, but went alaitit the house with her arm bound to her side. Being throatened w ith puirnhnx-nt, she confessed having placed the- property w here found. The father, for some reason now, had reason to supc t his servant and a neighbor Inhumed Mrs. Crawford that Mary Doolcy was dishonest. During lur absence yesterday the place where she kept her clothes was feart hed, ant) there, carefully put away, was much of the m isslng proerty. When Mary returned lust night she was met by a detective uccused of the thefts and having set lire to the honxo on the two oeciisions. Mie conlesst-d and said Ihe greater iart of the jewelry ami valuables she. bml stolen were at her home, and there they were found to-day. Mary wss artulngcd in Ihe Police Court, where only tho charge of iuccndralsm was preferred against her. She knowledge the olfens and was committed iu default of 5),00O bull to await the action of the Grand Jury, "That woman. wM ihe lctcctlvc. referring to IVioley. "Is tho most w ickelt being I ever san. It brought tears to my eyes w hen 1 saw that child chained lo the wall like a dog. I don't see how she roil Id have slept with the child ami listened to the clink of the chain know ing she was the cause ol it.' A Itrge Socialist lo Meeting. N'kw York, Feb, 13. A mass meeting at Irving Hall this afternoon attended by .'l.ooo Germans, men and women, was addressed by J. W. Frltcbe, of the Reichstag and Iiuls Vclrech, sociullsts, who recently arrived In this country, and by John Swlnton. Herr Frltcho was greeted w ith rouml after rounl of applaue. Tho s akor aldrcsod the vast audience In Get man. reviewing tho present social and ollllcal condition of Germany aud community upon the animosity shown by the ruling Power toward the Soeiulbdlo party, which party, notwithstanding, was ITlnlii la itrengtu rapidly every day. Hero

were those in the parly who characterised olii.-r a, cowards la-cat: they would not at :p e take i;parms against Tne (iovcrin:eut. in wbicJi the sj-aker showed nottdng would be gained jn their l-nali, a it wo. Id le sub idal lor tue party to light over l.tMi.WM trained Mi-ldlcr. In ti'trc. how ever, th? Anny would le imjrt?:;at -1 will; socialistic pr.uciples and woiild iielf turn :iiit:nii the . eriiiueiit. aud thus th. ir.il'.'is-l u.. 1 im would be accomplished w ithout blsdliel. Theobjfctof ihe Government in pa.-.gtlc laws againt Socialism was with a view of a.-.gcr ing the --ociiilivis int. taking up arms, w ht u ihe Army would be turned upon tbem. Incorcluding. he alluded to the assptani? the Irish people had given Farm 11. and appealed to the Germans of this country to render ihe Socialists like aid in carrying their elections. John swlnton spoke it. Kiigli-ii. ami id a high tribute to tinability and energy displayed by Mr. Fritzxhe in tbe organization "cf the ...cia. i.tic party. Mr. Yeirecli alo sjH)kc (f the tircM-nt sitical condition of Germany. a;.d ssio the Sicialistic principles were rapidly st-n aiiug through the Army. A senea .f JpreamUles iii resolutions were udopt.-d, v-lting forth U:Kt the German Imperial Government had deprived more than l.mM.uouof her citizens rd the richte: ;u-ti.-e. of their freedom and lnviolsbiliiy of their homes and even ot tie.:': property rights, and bud, by a nrieof the most arbitrary measures, trampled on all the most sacred rig fits of f ree-lsim cili'env as the freedom of the prv. of asMM-intion und ... election, and that oppn--io!i and tyranny in one couutry endangers tlie Hi'iiical and ecoi;. :r.ia: liberty of National freedom; resolving to supjrt the t.crmuii Social Democratic party in it-, g real struggle against dastardly t ratiiiy.' ;:;d t i ;i:e siibvription lit for the collection of fun lv

XKWS FROM THK CAPITAL RA KIN. IX THE IHVATs Wasi:.,ton. f.-rnal re venu' f ) :7.2Nl. Feb. 14. The receipt to-uy vas i',7,'j71: THE NATIONAL PARTY. Representative Weaver writes thai there u ft;truth whatever iu the published storv of the Naj ti.mals in Congress endeavoring to orcatd'e a People s party, and to that end intend n-on p. bold a conference, iu Chicago. Tiie Na'.ional i.arty, be siiys. is the People's part v in the true: t scum of the term, and under lis banners wil' I rally all who wish t i w rest the liberties of the I people from the grasp of the banking. m;:r u I and other monopolies. NEW TFP.UITISKV I'P.OtMsED. The bill rctHirted by Senator Saunders to .- lish the Territory ol Pembina proposes to :".rui a mw Territory from that portion oi Dakota '.i:inorth of the forty -sixth parallel of latitude. AX IM lliRT NT MATTER. Uiam in.'Utry at tie Trcssury Department :- day", as to whether matters nsvntly "passed ".pou by th Hoard of Supervising Inspectors of sb-am Vessels had been approved by the secretary, it w as ascertained thai llievvork is but partly prepared, but will la'icady for submission t the Sts-retary m a day or so. The amendment to rule is ad. 'pled by the lloaid. which iisluces the space tete n the wood work and boilers from six;,. ti four inel.es has 'cu reh-rnsl to the ."solicitor o: the Treasurer for bis opinion upon some legn! j aints. As sKn a such opinion is rendered that isirtioii of the work transacted bv the IVard. together with the opinion of the solicitor .will le laid before Scrctary j Sherman for action. The President of the i Steamboat Union Association of New York ha addressed a letter to M r. I turnout, tlie Supervising Inspector General, in which he says: "We are led to suppose by your opposition to the amendment, that when the pris'isMing go before the Secretary for his approval you will endeavor to defeat th object by using your influence wiih the Secretary lor Unit puristsc. e trust j o'i nil not do so." I'umont n'plies: "The matter wss pros.'tited to the Hoard by the secretary of the Treasurv unj der my advie for the purTais of having the" rib . mooilied to a reasonable extent and and add i whatever course 1 mav choose to adopt j regarding the approval" of the amend. rule, will be governed bv a carci-illv considered reasons founded upoti w hat mv udg" inent. rendered under the responsibility oi' the i oath of office, which I have taken. shalleem tobe i in atHnrdac.ee with exa.-t iustiee to the steaml.ot owners whom you represent as well att)i'traveling public, whose Interests are Psscnt'.aüy intrusted by law to this office. The fact tha'. "a majority of the Hoard of Sn: -rvising lnstectop . may feci it ineir doty to legislate purely in the 1 interest of steam vessel owners, regardless of the rights of the general publi will ti.it, I nm '.i:v. even in your estimation, require this oltice be govcriP.il thereby in its judicial duty." THE PEVTHOF MR. WOOP. The New York Ieleg.itioii In the House of p.-r.-i rescntatives to day adopt'd resolutions rcgnr-ling the death of hernando Wood, and ordered :heni sent to his family. FURTHER PARTI UHR ol THE SAD A ITA IK. LlTri E KtK K. Ark.. Feb. 14. A social from Hot Springs, dated this afternoon, savs: "Hon. Fernando Wood expired last night at 9 o'clock. Since his arrivfll at the Springs, a short time ago. he bad In-en in a very wejtk and almost hoj-i.-i condition, which continued w ithout the -Ili'it-est change until overtaken by death, his dis.-ase being a complication of gout ami rheumati:i. The Springs wet of no la-net'it to him. and his physicians entertained no tiops of recovery ln.m the beginning. The Ixaly of tho deceased "is tio'.c lylng in state at the Arlington Hotel, awicting tne arrival of his brother by this afternoon's train. It is expci'ted the remains will be taken Ka-t oa to-jiotrovv morning's tmin. At a meeting of the City Council, resolutions of rondoU-uoe were passed and a Committee appointed to es-xm his remains to the tlemit. His son, brother a::d sister. Mrs. Baldwin, will aiwrnjiauy Üie rem si 'ifrom here. A TOKEN OF RESPECT. Little Hivk, Ark.. Feb. 14. The anno;!omen t of the death of Fernamlo Wood wa-:rale by the presiding officers of both Houns o:'c ho Legislutm-e to-day, ami the intelligence was recei veil with profound regret. A joint resolution was introduced api-oiuiuig a Committee of two Senators and three Representatives to escort the remains of the diseased from Hot Springs to the Missouri line, senators Judkins und Boyd, and Representatives Crittenden, Hewitt and cümruersj:i ou tho part of ttie House. re-oTxt to Titn prtn. Hot Sik..s. Ark., Feb. lt. At a Slce;:i; meeting of the City Council and residents of Hot Spriufis.hcM this evening ut the City Hall, a Committee of the mos-t prominent citizens va nnpointed to wait tm the citizens generally t rejuost au unanimous suspension of business bet eon the hours ot and 12 to morrow In re.-pct to the memory of the late Fernando Wood ; hat the t'onnty and city officials compnny :ir..mains' to the depot. A TEKKllILK KM'l.OSIOX Iu nil Ohio Coal Mine Severnl Persons Killed. Ci.t v Ki.AVp, O., Feb. 10. There w as a terriMe explosion to-day at P. C. Manser ,v Co.'svai mine, at Bobbins, on the Nilcs an.l New Lis x.;, Railway, 'there was an appalling loss cf liie. 1 lie Leader's stK'ilnl from the scene if the explosion, a few miles siiuth of Salem, says: "A man named smith was gnirg int i the mine, when the sus-rintendcnl cautio-icd him aliout going to a certain room, ns it -on-taiiied lire-damp, but ns that wov was dry, w !i;!. around 'ie track was idled with watt "r, ..niUi disulxyct. oniers and attempted to pass through the forbidden room with a lighted lump in his hat. Immediately a tertirie expend. in occurreit, iu v hich a bole was blow n through fifteen feet of earth compotlng the rpof, and carried death rinl destruction all around. About twenty men wereat work at tbe mine. si. f whom were kille! outrieht and o number dangerously woutidetl. A mule and train of cars wen shot out of the mine ei.tranc as If l'.-oiu a cannon. Another mule d-aw ing the cur in which a man was seated was blown n top of thocar. killing theiiriver, A dog was a'.-s blown out of the mine. on man named Ja Lxju L tk, just cut. ring, was blown back snd iver a high embankment into :;ie creek ta-hnv ami was tiadiv hurt. Homed not disabled or killed cm aped through a shaft to the orwii air. Th kille I arc James Logan and son, .!am's Veh:Mi, WU'.itn Haley. .eorge He nshilMood ami K1 smith. 'I I man w ho caused the i' plosion w us badly mutilated Mud bis Naly burnetl f a erisp. Th; wounded are Janies Crouch, Robert .Haley lidward Creighsii, John Aiken, IVtcr Wilson ami tw brothrs. Nearly all were badly hurt and some will die. Mr. Gri.full had gone to the door of the m In to cu'.l her a ui when th explosion occurred, she saw she mule shoot out of tho mine, ami found he;"on injured. tjeorgo Hens.ielwrxsl died In his wife's anus. 'jho scenes were heartrenderinu In the i&tvm, a corps oi piiysiciaus wero sumnruicd au 1 rc oered assisiatio to the wouniled." A Demand for Ijtbor. K w VOKK, FeV 12.-N'otwlth.ta'idtrg s W Immigrauts arrive 1 hate I i January, the demaud for agricultural ubor Cmtinties, parliculariy from lh West. Irom the present IndicaUorw.. tbe infill, yar will be a- many aalaet y.