Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 February 1883 — Page 1

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GENERAL BUDGET.

Untold Damage Done by tbe Floods. flaadreda of Homes Under "Water and Xany Railroad Bridges Washed Away. Mr. Eanfiall Takea Mr. Burrows to Taslc in th House Fatal Railroad Accident In Onto. FLOOD DI4ASTEKS. The Most Destructive Storm Ever Known Rrldges, Houses aud Stock Swept Away and Many Lives Lost. CtiVELASD, O., Feb. 2 The fire at the Sfandard Oil Work3 is nearly exhausted The scene of the conflagration resembles chaos, and a gentleman well informed In such matte's says it will take two years to restore the 'vorks as they were two days ago. Colonel Payne, Treasurer of the Company, thinks that not more than 50,000 barrels of oil were burned, and says the loss can not be stated till the fl jod subsides and a careful examination is made. The fire is e till burning in spots', and to-night illumines the wrecks of the ten receiving tanks, twenty to thirty stills, and other smaller works, mostly enumerated list ni;?ht. Three hundred thousand dollars is probably a moderate estimate of the Company's loss. Tb.3 great llxid reached its highest point about noon to-day, when the river was ten feet higher than the ordinary stage in place, and the lists are covered with lumber yards, elevators, iron works, machine shop?, flour mills packing houses, factories of various sorts aud railway freight Louse.-, which were more or less submerged. The water is re-i ceding to-night, but the extent of the damage can not be ascertained for several days It is estimated that 23 000 GOO feet of lumber and 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 of shingles were washed away from the lumber yard! The Valley Railroad is several feet under water for miles and tbe bridge tear the weihlocks swept away. The New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio old freight house i.j four feet under water, whirh reaches within a few inches ol the floor of the new freight house. The Company refuses freight tor the present. About fifty horses, whicu were stabled at tbe lumber yards, stood all night in the water up to their breasts, were rescued with difficulty to-day, having to swim several hundred feetto ;eich a place of safety. Two mills of the Cleveland Paper Company, containing about forty tons of manufactured paper, ai9ia water nearly to the top of the first fcf zt-t. TliAfji ij laui rl a m o Hnna t.a crtiru ping than was feared. The tug Florence tora loose, capsized and sunk. Schooner and Bteambo&ts were rudely tossed about, but they mostly rode throueh with slight or no injury. The lower central way bridee is broken ard the approaches gone, and the draw tumid as if to let vessels pass. The district all about s presents the appearance of a lake dotted with chimneys of furnaces, roofi of buildings and I amber piles secured and anchored. The infirmary farm, on the river's edge, ia submerged. Tbe freshet is the most destructive ever known and the water higher than since the great flood ct 1850. and some think bisher even than then. The ddiuaee can scarcely be less than a million of dollars, and may be much greater. The rain ceased to fall at three o'clock this mornicgr. and töte weather turned rapidly cold and began to freeze. One family, living on the lowlands, was rescued by boats. A prisoner, in the station near Brooklyn, was also taken out in a boa A Mansfield special to the Leader reports that two freight trains went through bridges near there, one brakeman killed and another losing his leg. Three other bridges between there and Alliance, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wey ne and Chicago Road were wasaed away, und the passengers have been transferred over the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. A Delaware special to the Leader reports the Olentanzy River racing, the freshet beine the worst ever known. The suspen sion oririge was swept away and two other bridges are expected to go. I ami lies living near the river were rescued in boats. Acres of meadow land are inundated and houses and thousands of trees afloat. The chair factory is partly submerged and the machinery much damaged. A Mount Vernon special to the Leader reports the Kokomo Kiver booming, one house being surrounded by water and the family in the upper story cut off from help. The bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio was carried away, while freight train No. 16 was croaing. Hi 9 locomotive and forward part of the train are sunk out of Bight. All the train hands escaped, except a brakeman named Hartman, who was drowned. A Madison special reports an ice gorge formed in the Grand River which swept away part of a saw mill, its dam and a crib -containing about 2.000 bushels of corn. The Clyde bridge was carried two miles and bridge at Rosers' Corners is reported gone. A trasburgh special to the Leader reports two bridges on the Cleveland, Tuscarawas -Valley and Wheeling Railroad gone and the track badly washed out. Traisa suffered greatly. An Olmsted Falls special to the Leader says the bridge at Westview, the one over rlam Creek, May s Co. s sawmill and two bridges near Cedar Point were Bwept away. A Warren special to the Leader says the "Westlake Rolling Mill is two feet and the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railway four feet under water. The factories on the rials are so inundated that work must be suspended for several days. A Corry (Pa ) rpeclal to the Leader says the business part of the city in the southern district ia flooded, and there is extensive damage. A Franklin Pa ) special to the Leader aayj the New Yore. Pennsylvania and Ohio Railway is ten feet under water and ice. Twenty five families were driven from their homea. The Vevango Mill is in two feet of 'water and a large quantity of grain, flour and feed destroyed and a great amount of lumber swept away. A Meadville (Pa.) special to the Leader says the water ia two feet higher than by tbe fl od of 1S75. Last night the ice gorge in the Mill Run broke and the whole central part of the town was flooded, and numberless cakes of ice are floating swiftly about. This freshet subBided when one-third of the city bad been submerged. In consequence of which tbe ice gorge in French Creek extended three miles. Over 300 families were rescued in boats. There is much suffering from cold and exposure. Tbe Gas Works are tinder water and the city is in darkness, and no railway train can enter or leave tbe city. The station agent at the Junction was rescued in a boat just beiore bis little bouse was washed away.

Many head of cattle and other live stock were drowned. Several bridges are in great danger. The Refuse From a Petroleum Still 1 Carrirxt by tbe Water Under the Hollers of the Standard OH Works and Set on Fire. Ci.evei.asd, Feb. 3. The flood and lire caused a widespread damage hero to-day. Tbe rain began last evening aud baa been falling continually for more than twenty-four hours, much of the Ume in torrents. Curd hog a River and ita tributaries have overflowed their banks and are till rising, and there is small prospect of the raia ceasing. Houses, tarns. factories, etc., la the valleys are Inundated asd the damage lathe aggregate will be large. No los ot life is yet reported. The greatest destruction was by the cmitlagratlon attributable t- toe freshet. Early this morning the waters ol a aniall creek caUed Kingsbury Ruu rose far beyotid its uiiu&l height, aud spread over hundreds of acres of tbe low land surrounding a leaky petroleum tUll of tbe Standard Oil Woika, located a conquerable distance above the company's miu works. The escaping oil and refuse were swept down the stream and carried under the boilers r.f tne great Western Oil Worts, which were neailv submerged. The oil was inlted and floated to a tank containing 5,000 barrels of erode petroleum, which took fire and exploded wiih violence, spreading tbe blazing oil in all directions, sorce bcinsr carried to Merriam fc Morgan' Paraffine Worts below, which wore also fired. Continuing down stream the flaming flood next attacked tne work- of the Standard Oil Company, located ia the valley. One after another of which took fire until ton I g tu. five twelve thousand barrel tanks, two fire thousand barrel tanks, four ttilla, one agitator, an enviue house within feet of the railway trestle and various small works were destroyed. The tanks were not ail full, but not le than 50.0C0 barrels of o l were consumed. Tbe total lota by fire, a matter of Peculation, is estimated from lljö.GU) to I30O.OU0. Tbe machinery In tne stills is worth $27,000. Six steam fire engines and tnree hook and ladder compaulea have beeu working all day, aud a Luge furco of the department will be required all night. The oU must ail burn when once it takes fire. Throwing water odIt scatters without extinguishing tiie flames. Firemen bav to direct to affect, to prevent the Are from spreading. They labored at a great Disadvantage. becauno much of tbe trruorv where the conflagration raged was covered with water six feet deep. The huge gasoline tank, loomiug up like an Island m the reibet, has beea ia great danger. The eecapiag gaa several times tiok are, but was exiiug uUhed In spite of the burning oil fljatiug a.l about and the Urse tanks burning furiously close by. Had this caught a terrible explosion would have followed and Incalculable destruction resulted. Ihe Whole Region lu the Vicinity of Akron, O., Flooded I! ridge Washed Away One Life Lost. Akron. O , Feb. 3. Rain beginning on Friday night fell rapidly on ihe frozea ground until this morning. This entire region waa flooüed, and the rains have continued mot of the day. Springfield Lake is reported to have burst. The Little Cuyahoga rce three feet In four minutes, in the Sixth Ward or Middlebury there being four tinus the usual volume ol water. Most of the factories in tfcat section of the city are submerged. The Akron Hydraulic Company's new dam was washed away. At the old forge the banks of tbe old mill race burst, fluoCi'ig tie New York, Pennsylvania aud Ohio and Valley Railroad tracks, rifcabliiig tbe latter badly. Tbe bridge ( the PiiUburg. Cleveland bud Jcledo Railroad la al.o tnreatened near wbere it crof sd the river. The Howard f trett embaukment is backing up the water a half-mile, and 2 000 acres were swept away, crushing John Kennedy's honue. Mrt. Kennedy scarcely saved her tnree children. Mary Strapp, who celebiated her fifteenth birthday Ism night, was drowned. Mr. Harriso W. Grear and three children were wasbed out of thtlr house, but were rescued. Great damage Is done to property. Tbe Valley Railroad tralni have suspended. The Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Road h not affected. It is raining steadily and threatening further destruction.

Streets Almost Impassable. St. Loris, Feb. 3. The sleet storm beginning about 4 p. m j esterday gave place to heavy rain that bave fallen at brief intervals ercr tiDce. The streets are encased in ice and filled with slush, and are almost impassable. Oue and one-third Inches of rain fell up to noon, nd the thermometer changed from thirty-two to twenty-eight degrees. Trains are delayed in all directions and the telegraph wire being generally down, there is no communication with them. Northwest winds are now blowing, and colder weather is predicted. Three Fatt of Snow. Toronto, Feb. 3. From one to three feet of snow fell In Western and Northern Ontario last night. Passenger trains were several hours late, Freight trains were at a stand still. Severe Snow Storm A i sTix, Feb. 3. A severe snow storm came np in Is morning and now the temperature is only ten degrees above zero. Property to the Amount of 950,000 Deatrojed at Akron, Ohio. Akkon, 0., Feb. 4.The flood damage in the cily aggregates $50,000, of which the Ohio Canal probably loses $20,0V0, Valley railroad $10,000, Akron Sewer Pipe Com pany 5,C00, private houses $10,000. Last night the routh part of city feared the upCer basin wou d give way erupting Summit ake into the lower bann and flooding the entire valley through the business center of the city. Hard work all night long averted this, but the factories along the Ohio canal suffered, the danger especially threat ening Thomas Phillips fc Cö.'s paper mill, and King & Armstrong, varnish works. The water entered the burning kiln of Alexander's fire brick works, generating steam that exploded, causing considerable loss. Locks 19 and 20 of the Ohio Canal were washed away entirely, and others badly inj ired. In the Sixth Ward at G o'clock this morning, the water and ice gorged near Whitemore, Ilobinson & Co.'s works broke so suddenly that three families were scarcely rescued. The stream struck the Bathmiil Akron Sewer 1'ipe Company, injuring both considerably. All the families in tbe Cnyahoey valley and norlhern part of the city lied from their houses last night. Therein fell in such torrents that the Valley Railroad bed wa3 wasbed in many places. From Canton to Cleveland all trains were abandoned. The Ne York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad is all riht. The bridges on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago are washed away between Alliance and Canton. The day express passed Akron at 2 o'clock this morning westward. The first section stopped near Clinton. The second section ran into it. No one hurt The Northwest. 8t. Louis, Feb. 4. Dispatches from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Western and Northern Missouri and Northern Texas mention very cold weather, with snow etorms, and a good deal of delay to railroad travel and general traffic at Dallas and along the Texas and Pacific Railroad. The mercury ranged from fifteen down to eight degrees, an almost unErecedeuted fall for that section. A singutr feature of the storms in Texts, Kansas and else There was, it thundered aud lightened during the heavy snow falls. The Heavy Damage Done by the Floods la Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Pittsbcbg, Feb. 5. The apprehensions which wer entertained here from the phenomenal rise in the A-Ucgheny River have been allayed since the waters have been stationary for several hours. The bridge connecting Allegheny City with Sheers Island was swept away this morning and came in contact with Mechanics street bridge, doing much damage and resulting in the close of the bridge to travel. The Pittsburg and Western Railway Company suffers severely, every bridge and culvert from Colliery Junction to this eity having been washed away. The road was able to run out trains by using the West Pennsylvania tracks. The Alle gheny Valley and Fort Wayne Roads

have also suffered "ready, and travel baa

been nearly snspenoed. The lower portions of Allegheny City and Sou th Side are under water, and many workshops and foundries have been compelled to sunt down until the subsidence of tbe flood. The damage here will exceed $100,000, while tbe loss above can not at present be approximated. The Monongahela River did not put out much water, but is now rising. The ice in the Youghigheny remains intact, and no damage has resulted to the coal moored at different points along that river. Dispatches from Kittamng this morning say the water is falling. Between seventy-five and 100 families are living in the second stones or have moved out. Thre is great suffering among them on account of the cold weather. Trains are all delayed. At 10 o clock to-uight the water in tbe Al legheny River is gradually recedingand all drge r from that source is regarded as over. The Monongahela and Yougnioeheny Rivers are now engaging attention. Both are rising at headwaters and great fears are entertained that the gorga in the Youghiogheny will come out to-night and do serious dam age. Undge3 and coal lleets moored in tbe MonoDganela. Lvery precaution is being taken by the river men to protect property. The damage by the flood will greatly exceed the first estimates and will not fall "short of $200000. Lower portions of Alleghenny City and South Side are still submerged, but as the water is falling it is thought the river will be within its banks within a few hours. East Liverpool, O., is partially submerged aud large numbers of families compelled to forsake their homes. All the principal manufactories in the lower part of the town are under water and closed down. Newcastle. Pa.. Feb. 5. A number of bridges crossing the Ncnannock were swept away. All manufactories are shut down, and hundreds of families wasbed out. Akkon, Feb. 5 Fuller information in creases the previous estimates of flood losses. The New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Road has trains ranninz between Kent and Galion; the Cuyahoga Valley Road can not te opened for several days; the Connoton Valley will eend out a trial train from Canton this evening; the Tuscarawas ValJey Road trains have been abandoned. Draining the water south from Summit Lake to save the city, carried away a bridge on the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Road just as a crowded Fort Wayne express Rot across. A Connotion coal train was ditched at Kronifield in a washout, and the brakeman, James McCallister, waa killed. To the loss by floods in this city and County, ard previously reported at $100,000, add $50,000 for peninsula alone; mostly borne by by the Valley Railroad aud Ohio Canal. County bridges and mill dani3 by scores will further inceare the losses. The Valley Railway is reported under water for twelve miles south of Cleveland. A large, costly, iron bridge built over Cuyahoga River at Brecksvilie is gone. The body of Mary Strapp was found to day a few hundred yards from the house, frozen in tbe sand. Reports from all points in Northern Ohio 6tate the freshet is rapidly subsiding. No further damage is feared. The report of the nickel plate bridge at Willoughby being swept away is contradicted. Canton, Feb. 5. It Las been clear and cold for thirty hours now. One hundred houses, in tne southeast part of the city, are under water. Cincinnati, Feb. 5 The heavy vaina which cau ed such dia3trous floods in Western Pennsylvania, Northern and Central Ohio, and a portion of Indiana, did not reach this point, and whatever rise is in the Ohio River will come from the upper stream). The rain here on Saturday was not unusual, and was succeeded by cold weather before morning. Shringfield, O., reports that the streams are all high, but no additional damage to-day. The Scioto River at Columbus is receding. CoLUMiirs, O., Feb. 5 Reports from all ports of Central Ohio show the Goods to have reached the highest water mark, by from six to twenty inches, ever known. The Sciotio, in this city, was fourteen inches higher than ever before, and the damage here is enormous, mostly to tbe flooded portions on the west side. Over 100 families had to quit their houses. The river by noon to day bad fallen two feet, and the worst is over. Report frcrn all points, especially along the Scioto and branches, show great loss of bridges and devastations of farms. Reports along the Ohio canals to-day show general losses by washing out of banks and aqueducts, but not serious as was expected last night. Trains went out on all roads this morning. Clkvxland, Feb. 5 The heaviest losses by the 11 xd to lumber firms are Monroe Bros., $30,000; Forbes, Barste ff &Co.. $00,000; Cleveland Saw Mill and Lumber Com pany, $50,000; Sturtevant it Co., $J0,000; Hawley t Newton. $13 000; Rust, King & Clint, $10,000; Fisher, Wilson & Co., $6,000; Thomas Cahoon, $4 000; O. Prentice. $4 000: Fred Hempey, $3 000; IIubbelL Brown A Co. and N. Mills fc Co., $1,000 each. Nu merous other firms lose several hundred dollars each. Chicago, Feb. 5 The ice is gorged at the mouth of the river, but as th current is very slow there ia no danger from tbe flood anticipated. The chief source of anxiety is the Crib on the lake, as it is the source of the city's water supply. Four men there are kept busy removing the ice from the in let ports to the water tunnel and need more help. If the inlets become clogged the city's water supply will be cut off. The men have provisions for only a few days and it is im possible to pet to them with a tug. An at tempt to cross tbe broken ire to the Crib on foot would be extremely hazardous. Daytos, 0., Feb. 5. The damage by the flood is very great. The river fell three feet to-day, but the backwater remains on every street- A number of families were compelled to move. The river was never higher since 1347. Special to the Sentinel Frakkmh, Ind., Feb. 5. The heavy rains of Saturday and Saturday night cansed the stream which flows from the northeastern to the eouthwestern part of our city to over flow its banks, and a number of houses along ita line were completely inundated. Ia sime of the houses the water stood from two to four feet deep on the lower floors, while from others the families were forced to wade out in water up to their waists. A wash-out south of this place has stopped the running the trains on tbe J., M. and 1. Inquiry at the depot failed to elicit anything with regard to the extent ot the damage, Our mails go out over the F., F. and M. . Special to the Sentinel: Shelbyville. Ind., Feb. 5. Blue River raised twenty feet from Saturday niht to Sunday evening, and swept everything within reach. Conrey, Millar & Deprez lost lumber worth $2.500, and several of the turn pikes leading out of town have been dam aged from $-00 to $2,000. Numberless law suits are threatened by parties damaged aeainst Dr. W. F. Greea and Thomson Frances, for erecting levees which they claim caused the carnages. Special to the Sentinel: Kokomo, Ind.. Feb. 5. The flood caused by the recent rains has caused considerable damage in this County. Wild Cat River is booming. It is higher than has ever been known. Part of the trestle work of the Narrow Gauge Railroad was carried away, preventing trains from passing over it. The new iron wagon bridge over Kokomo Creek was carried away. Several farmers have sustained heavy loss by losing their fences, hay and cons. Several dwelling houaee on East Sycamore

Kokomo is one grand skating rink. The Storm In the West. Rawliks. Wto Feb. 5 No reports have been received from the country relative to the condition or losses of stock. Tbe snow is nearly a foot deep and badly drifted. There was a bright sun and thawing to-day. The prospects are exceedingly gloomy. Stockmen are praying for a wind. There has been do wind since the storm abated rricay night, somethicg unprecedented in this locality. CrjEYntXE, W. T., Feb. 5 Many tele graphic inquiries having come from the Ease because of the greatly exaggerated accounts cf th loss of cttle, sent hence in specials. the Wyoming Stock Growers .Association, the largest body of tbe kind in the world. 6ay officially through the Pres'dent and Executive Council to your correspondent here that thongh the storm has been unusually severe along the Union Pacif.c Road, there has been much less on tbe ranges which lie north. Cattle are in much better condition than they have been for many years at this eeason. As far as we learn from ranges the loss to the present time is very slight, the gra being good on the northern sides of the hills. If the enow melts in a few days.aa it now promises, the loss to the cattle will be nsignihcant. (Signed) N. R. Davis, President. Ali trains on the Union Pacific are moving on time along the entire road. A Scene tn the House. Washington, Feb. 5. In the House to day Mr. RanOall asked Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, whether he meant to dispute his word. Mr. Burrows declined to vield. when Mr. Randall said: "This is the last pla?e I would seek a personal controversy, but I want you to be a man, and if you want to insult me do it in some other placo than here." Mr. Burrows bed misunderstood some re marks ot Randall's, and at once said there was no correctness in the statement which led Randall to reply as alove. An under standing was soon reached, but duriDgthis tssage theie was trreat confusion in the louse. ' THE FRENCH CONGRESS. A Stormy Time In the Chamber of Deputies Over the Bill for the Exclusion of Pretender. Fakir, Feb. 1. In the Chamber of Dep uties, Fallieres, Tres-ident of the Council, being absent, Develle, Under Secretary of the Interior, read the conclusion of the Premier's speech on the bill for the exclu sion oi pretenders Irom ouice. It was an argument in favor of the Government's proposition that the Count De Paris, bv recognizing Count De Chambord, had reaf firmed tbe claims of the Bourbons. The Republic, therefore, was justified in taking precautions. He did not ask a wholesale expulsion of the Piinces, as socb violent measures would allect somrt inoffensive persons. The present measure! did not threaten the Army, as it was aimed only against the system of appointment by virtue of royal birth, which was derogatory to the rules of promotion. It simply enacted precautions aud did not claim to place obstacles in the way of any mamiestation ol the popular will. Madiere De Montiau. Republican, urged the immediate expulsion of all Princes. Oeneral debate on the Government pro posals was declared closed, and the Chamber decided, by a vote ot 300 to 134, to pa?s to th? discission of Fabre's compromise bill. Andrieux, Republican, proposed an amendment substituting for the first clause of the bill depriving Princes of civil rights, a declaration of the rights cf man, proclaiming all citizens of the Republic equal before the law and eligible to all offices according to their capacit'es. Andrieux was loudly interrupted by mem bers of the left. He declared they had no right to interrupt him. The name liberty bill, be said, was merely advertisement of the pretenders, of whom the country would otherwise be ignorant. He did cot admire the little Robespierres and St, Justs who parodied the blood-stained pages of history. A. no neu x withdrew his amendment, which was reintroduced, slightly modified, by Cunes de Arnono, a Bonapartist. The Cham ber rejected tbe amendment by a vote of 2S0 to 50. Pelletan, amid protests from the Right and acrimonious disputes, nrged the adop tion of Floqut'a proposal. Prince De Leon, Legitimist, said he wondered that a Gener al could have been found in the r rench Army. The remainder of the entence was drowned in the uproar which prevailed, but it was understood to refer to the acceptance of the Ministry of War by General Thibaudin. A formal censure on Prince De Leon was passed by Devas, Minister of Justice, who declared the questiou lay between Floquet'a proposal and the bill in which the Government limited itself to placing on record the power of the Republic to protect itself with out necessarily exiling all Princes. The first clause of Floquet'a proposal was rejected 352 to 172. Several motions for adjournment were rejocted and the Chamber, by a vote of 2S2 to Ha, decided to continue the sitting without suspension uctil the proposals has been disposed of. General Thibandin said tne question did not set a precedent for depriving officers of the country, as pretenders would be placea permanently on the retired list. As the Minister of War, he formally entered upon an engagement to carry out the law apassed. No disloyal influence, he said, need be feared in the army which was wholly devoted to it9 duty, and would, if necessary, energetically defend the Republic. ' More About That Deficit Fred Wolff Kises to XUplatn. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. L The Legislative Investigation Committee will not report on the defalcation until to-morrow. Fred Wolfid telegraphs the Advertiser as follows from New York: Repor's from Montgomery do me injustice. All orders for cotton, cither to buy or sell for Vincent, were given to my office in Montgomery and from there transmitted here for execution. Margins wera depceited there and my books are there, which are oien for inspection and willjshow every transacion. S. M. Levin, T. L. Giemer and J. T. Middleton, who have charge of my cflice, will confirm this and give additional information. I have never had any joint transactions in cotton or anything else with Vincent, and never had any money of his on loan in my possession. When a margin required it he deposited money in Montgomery, but nev r remitted any exchange to me direct. I am informed that be has made considerable cottou transactions through other hosses in Montgomery and any information required by the Com mittee of Investigation will be cheerfully furnished by my office in Montgomery as well as here. . On several occasions he bought exchange from banks in Montgomery in bis favor in New York for remittance to banks in New York to pay interest on State bouds. Wolff e telegraphs the Government in similar terms adding: T. L. Gilmer, who has charge my office, ia instructed to give you or the Committee any information you may desire, and my books are open to you and the Committee.

street are under water.

A COURT TRAGEDY.

Sadden. Termination of a Xouls Murder Trial. St. John C. Tarker, the Criminal, His Wfre and Then Commits Suicide. Kills The Tragedy Enacted In the Grand Jury Room Adjoining the Court. Letters of the Murderer Giving Hla MotlTe for the Deed How the . ' Wife Met Her Death. A MUttUKtt l.t ttil'BT, John Parker, of S. LoqU, on Trial for Marder, Kills His Wife and Ulowa Oat His ' Own Urates. . St. Louis, Feb. 5. John C. Fark?r, the murderer of Mike Pay ton, whose case was docketed for trial in the Criminal Court toay, shot his wife through the head, about woon, in the Jury . Room of the Court, and afterward sent a bullet into bis own brain. Presley N. Jones, the attorney of Mrs. Mary Kraft, sister ol Parker, and Deputy Sheriff Walters, were in the room at the lime. It is thought Mrs. Parker furnished Proe weapon. The details of the tragedy ara as follows: Johnnie Parker has been in Jail a long time, charged with murdering a man named Payton, in August, 1SS1. Iiis case was set for trial In the Criminal Court to-day, and Governor Charles T. Johnson, his attorney, asked permission to see him In the Jury Room, adjoining the Court Room. Tbey went there, accompanied by Parker's wife, his sister, Mrs. Kraft, and Fressly X. Jones, another lawyer, and after a short conference Governor Johnson left. A few moments later two shots were heard in the Court room and investigaion showed Parker had shot his wife .h rough the back of the head and then placed the pistol to his head and tired again. The woman died at once, and Parker, after lying unconscious about forty minutes, also expired. ' It has since transpired that Mrs. Kraft gave the pistol to her brother to de Tend himself, because she had heard Peyton's brother had threatened to kill him on sight Both bodies were taken to the morgue. Parker was a moulder by trade, and a hard case. He killed Peyton in a saloon brawl, and the affair created intense excitement in tbe Court Room and on the streets. This afternoon an investigation of the case elicited such evidence as left little room to J rmbt that Mrs. Parker went to her death jith a full knowledge that it waa impend-. Uig, and with such calmnesj and courage as iseldom witnessed even in cases of public execution. It was learned that on Wednesday last the sister of Parker, who visited him more frequently than his wife, because of the latter'a cloee employment at a laundry, went to Jail, and, Parker desiring to obtain a weapon, told her that he was informed by his attorney that the brother cf the man he bad stabbed would be in waiting in tbe Court Room to kill him, and hence he would be in need of a revolver for self-protection. Iiis sister believing bis story agreed to furnish the weapon, and yesterday morning she again visited him, when it was arranged that on bis appearance in Court Room he was to receive permissson to confet with her in the Jury room about same witnesses ; that he should have with him an overcoat which he woold hand her or throw into her lap and she should slip the revolver into the pocket of the Urn and return it to him. When his wife called at the Jail yesterday afternoon he bad an earnest talk with her, and for two long hours, four times as long as her usual Sunday visit, he argued tome proposition and coaxed her to do something, she, in the meanwhile, protesting and weeping bitterly. Finally she consented, and drying her tears, went away looking very pale. During the afternoon'at home, she said she had to die, and wept at intervals as she caressed her baby; wondered what was to become of it, and estimated what was to be its means of support after her death, dwelling considerably on the fact that it would bave $1,000 from the Knights of Honor. This morning she was very quiet but pale as she left home for the Court, and she took the baby with her. The consent of the Court to his retirement to the Jury room having been obtained, be entered it with his counsel and his sister, carrying on his arm an overcoat he had borrowed from Mr. Oby. Owen, the defaulting bank cashier, who was a fellow-prisoner. The wife seeing him go into the Jury room, rose from her seat in the lobby, kissed her babe, handed it t ) a young Bister of her husband, with the remark she would never see it again, and then walked calmly into the place where death was waiting her, the small, slight figure not betraying by even the slightest tremor a dread of this greatest of all testsof courage. Parker arranged to have his wife sit next to him at the Jury table, aud then tossing his overcoat carelessly to his sister, he and the two women began to give to the attorney a list of names of witnesses he had arranged in order to furnish a pretext for this withdrawal from the Court room. The sister never suspected the was contributing to stich a terrible tragedy aa followed, and slipped the revolver irto the overcoat pocket, handed the coat back and went on talking to Mr. Jones, giving names and addresses, while Governor Johnson, finding his presenco unnecessary, walked back into the Court room leaving the connecting doors open. Jones was still writiDg when Parker, sitting to one side and a little back of him, raieed the revolver, held it to his wife's head just back of the left ear end bred the bullet for which she was calmly wai tirjg. She fell dead without a moan. Then jumping up Parker spepped back against tie wall, to gain a second of time on ao approaching policeman, he held the nozzle to his forehead but it slipped off. Then putting it back of hl9 ear he tired and fell, just as an officer reached him, and died as stated above. Soon after, amidst th createst excitement, the bodies were moved to the Morgue, where a search of Parker's clothing discovered the following letter sustaining tne above statement. It is addressed to bis sister, Mrs. Croft and berhucband: Paar, Loving Sister Mary and Dear FriendtFrank: I have tried to avoid this terrible, terrible death, bnt it looks impowiible. I am tired of seeing mj poor as d devoted wife getting any more abuse and huflerirg. aud it 1 more than I ean endare, oh, ob 1 love is terrible. I hope we will be better off in tbe next world than In this wicked one. See that I am put alongside of my little boy Morris, and give onr bodies to my old friend Jokn P Mullaly The Knights of Honor will takft care of my sweet, loving wife. Give mj love t .it nd Mneolallv Ben Callahan. This 1. hard, bat the determination Is stilt harder, bnt am determined to carry out my plan and I have to do It mighty nick. You will see that lot your

self. The party that gave me the pistol 1 i?nornf M Kit T am. a . ... " . . . . .

" imwuii i nave to ten mm so many lies to accomplish ray desire but I can not help it. Give Mr. Obey Owen his overcoat. It is his and may tJod bless him . Jle has been a good friend to me. Kiss my little boy lor me, and I hone you may both live happy forever. Give my love to all. 1 will bring this to a close. Hoping to mset yoa in a better world, good, night, and God bless you boO. (älgned) Johjt a Parkkb. The killing of his wife may possibly have been in sflorthnnirVi Knt Kia lat.. K w u Uta ouvna conclusively he intended suicide. THK DOCK FIKE. . The Lose Kstlmated Between S5OO,008 and 1,000,000 The Danaage to the Egypt Posetble Lou of Life. New Yoek, Feb. L At 9 o'clock the Inman dock, which caught fire at half past 2, was still burning. Most of the buildings on the pier and their contents are now consumed. The loss ia roughly estimated at $1,000,000. The steamer Egypt, of the National Line, which was lying at the pier, caught lire, and she waa towed out into the stream and the flames extinguished after she had been greatly damaged. The Fire Department and two fire boats are at work on the Harnes. Of the largecovered ehedsjon the pier nothing remains, save fragments of the framework at the entrance that totter in the wind and threaten to fall at any moniert. The pier itself, with all upon it, burned down to the piles upon which the structure rests. Along the watrrs edge the flames are yet playing bide and seek amid the wreck, aud lickiDg up the remnants of a million dollar bonfire. Great tbrong3 of people surround the scene of desolation. The National Line steamer Egypt lies out In midstream with her p rtside scorched and her rigging and stadding gear burdrd and blackened. Beyond the pier itself and its contents the loss proved inconsiderable. The Egypt ia made of iron, and $1,000 or $2,000 will mend her injury. In twentyfour hours she will be in sailing order. The wind blew directly in from the river and carried the smoke and ashes in over the city to the e barrassment of the firemen, but to the advantage of surrounding p hippi rg, which that fact saved from deduction. The Savannah steamer Chattahoochee that lay at Pier 35, exposed to the full extent of the ilames, was hardly scorched, its crew being on hand with hose and pumps. The Ocean Steamship Company's doek was not damaged at all. At the pier on the north. No. 37, the f nil-rigged shin Henry, a German vessel, was unloading soda ash. She caught fire and was towed out in the river with her riggirjg aname. However, she is not badly damaged, and was towed over on the flat, wbere she lies to-day. An Erie barge loaded with flour was caught in the slin, and vain efforts made to tow it out, but it still remains where it was. The woodwork on the dock caught fire and the deck load of Hour in bags was partly burned. On the bulkhead at the end of the pier a large quantity of crockery in crates, carboys of acid and other merchandise was stored. When the saving of the burning pier was given np as a hopeless task, the firemen concentrated their whole energy upon the protection of the goods, and succeeded well. Catching fire again and again, the bulk of the merchandise was nevertheless eaved. About sixty 'longshoremen were at work on the stream end of the pier unloading the Egypt when the fire broke out. It was feared that some of these had been burned. The fear has, in a great measure, been dis pelled this morning, oy the statement of the engineer who discovered and fought the fire till the firemen came. It is possible that some may have been caught and have lost their lives, but it is not probable. The engineer of the pier ia Amos Smith. He was in the engine room in the extreme end of tbe pier, attending to hia duties, when the fire broke out, and was the first to discover iL He fought the Ilames for fully a quarter of an hour, and would have been the last who left tbe pier. Hia hands and face are burned and his hair and half the eyebrows scorched. Engineer Smith made a statement describing the manner in which the men escaped, which shows they had a narrow one. He did everything possible with the help of others to subdue the flames, but finding it was useless he gave warning to those on tbe pier to leave. He crawled out to the street by placing his hands on a rail track which runs from the end of the pier. He believes all got out. Tbe insura ce policies held by theDock Department onbuilding-s on thepier amount to $o0,000. Theee policies were astigned by lnman to the Dock Department as security for the lease held by them on the pier from the Dock Department. The lease is for ten years, aud dates from June 1, 1881. The pier itself, which is the understructure, it is srated, ia not insured, and the damage to it will not amount to much nrless the spiles should be destroyed by fire. The cost of the shed on the pier is said to be between $75 000 and $90,000. Superintendent Brewalter, of the lnman Deck, stated the otal loss will amount to at least $500,000. He believed the Company waa partially insured on the pier, which waa built only last year at a cost of $150,000. All the books, papers and documents are gone. The oniy property on the dock, with the exception of the Egypt's cargo, consisted of old ropes, sails and lumber. He considered nearly all the cargo of the Egypt had been unloaded. W. J. Herrat, of the National Line Company, said the Egvpt was not so much damaged as might have been expected Her sails and running gear were all burned away. The mast3 and staking rigging, being of iron, remained intact. The vessel wa slightly damaged below by water. She will be hauled in to the White Star Pier to-day acd the cargo fully discharged, after which she will be thoroughly overhauled. A FxlIGIXlIf "l blow-up. A. Man Touches Off av Keg of Powder, Blow, log; Hla Dwelling to Pieces and Hla Eyes Oat. Special to the Sentinel: Mi: sc. Ind.. Feb. 3. This evening about 5 o'clock the citizens of this town were startled by an explosion wblcn quicaiy aitracrea a large crowd. The Tremont House is situated neas the depot, ai.d those who were around and about it attaetime refeired to were astonished to see-it almost biown to pieces within the twinkamj of aa eye. It seems that John W. Kenner had been on a prolonged drunk for sorao time and his wile and son hal locked him up in a room to 8f -bex a p. The Di y Marshal decided, however, that they had no right to deprive hin of that sweet bnoa knowo as "liberty " and opened the door ol hia prison and lethim out. The lower floor of tha hotel was divided Into an office, sitting room, saloon and grocery Btore. Kecner'a ton Charlie, about twenty-two vears old. clerkvd to tbe store of his father, but bad s'epped out soon after the old man entered. The wife was la the sitting room a few feet lrom the partition that divided the room, from the grocery store. The old man was mad because they had locked him up and determined to make thing warm for them so he hit upon a very brilliant scheme. Finding himself alone. In the grocery he took a keg of powder. roUed It over against the partition next to the room where his wile was quietly sit-U-g and applied a match. The effect was instantaneous and dazzVng. Mr. Kenner'a enterprise waa entirely succeskfuL It pal m heavy dividend, almost Immediately, root fellow, he wU never see the mischief be did. The top of the honte, windows, sides, partitions werfj all smashed to pieces ia an instant. His eyje were blown out of hs head and his arm tora from bis body. The wife and boy were uninjured, and Kenner la alive and doltg as well a could be expected.

THK CAVKXDISH-BCBKK AS3ASSIX3.

Ylxlna; the Crtntke Upon the Irishmen oa "rl fa rn1lln. DDLijf, Feb. S.-T C. Carey, member of the corporation, Joseph Brady, sUaecutter. Edward O'Brien, shoe make?, Edward McCaffrey, van drive?, Peter Carey, mason, Lawrence ITsa'on, carpenter, Peter DoyÄ, coach bvrilder. and Timet ay Kslly, coach builder, eight the men recently arrested here, were charged at the investigation today with the murder of Lc4Cavendfefe. and Burk, in Phctolx I Vk. A vctmesa naiaed. Fitzslmraona identlfled Counsellor Cajey aa being: connected -lth the connpisacy. Fitzsimmcos deposed that he rented a room oa South Cumr:and street, frorn Janes Carney, He discovered la the loft of the house two knive and a rifle, which he produced soon after Carey arrest. Great excitement was visible among the occupants of the densely crowded Court Room when, the prisoners were placed la the dock. There was a paiclul pause when witness r iizsimaxons was called. The prisoners In the aeantlme shook hands with each c4her, joked amor g themselves) and nod ltd to their friends. The Clerk of the Court read the charge against the prisoners, that they did, ou the 6:11 of May last, feloniously kill and slay Lord Frederick Cavendish and Tbomaa Henry Burke. The reading of trie charge waa greeted by the prisoners wUh a burst of loo laughter, which created a painful eeuMUon in COUTt, Fitzsimmons continued his testimony aa follows: A rille end two knives were fouad among a lot of rubbish ; they were not much concealed. A fortnight afterward he went to the Polk and delivered the knives and riäe. Amid intense excite ment luspector Smith produced two long-bladetf dissecting khlves, evidently as sharp as razors and a Saider riile (quinew). The knives wen eagerly examined by the Magistrate. While thii was proceeding there waa just a shade of unead nesa visible amoug the prisoners. In support of the evidence against Carey, Dt Pcrter, rorgeon. deponed that the cuts in th clothes aud the wounds of Lord CavendUh and Burke were inflicted by Instruments similar to those produced la Court. W itness Fitzsimmons deposed that James Carew sometimes visited the loft where the knives were fouad. Dr. Mylcs deposed that some of the wounds of Lora Ca vendUn and Burke corresponded exactly to the knives produced. A chairmaker named Hands Identified O'Brien as one of the four men ljlng sear the scene or the murder, and Brady as being CiOte by shortly before it was perpetrated. A female vrltnexs confirmed the evidence of ta witness Hands, ütnün ider ilfied Brady aa the driver of the caron which -he Phoenix Paik aaRaffilns rode. Upon his identifying O'Brien tb latter attempted to smile, but soon ailerwaxtk broke Into a profuse perspiration. Inspector Smith was next examined. lie sail the riileg and knives were concealed between the celllDu and slates of the house in which they were found. The evidence of Dr. Porter waa followed wills the most extraordinary interest. The prisoner leaned over the dock apparently drinking; in every word. Dr. Porter said the wound that transfixed Burke's heart enabled him to jpdge of the length of the weapon, which must have been nine or ten Inches long. At this point the Co art Boom was crowded to suffocation. After another witnera had identified Brady and Mtfaffrey a being at the scene imroediat'.-iy before the murder, the rae was remanded until Monday. Hands was severely cross-examined. Hia wife also identified O'Brien and Brady. George Golden, park ranger, identified Btady as one of thefive men on the car the evening of the murder, and driving furiously. Powell, son of a small farmer', identified Brady and McCaffrey aa looking under the trees of the park the evening of the murder. As each prisoner was identified there were loud excl&mauone in the Court room, and the magistrate threatened to have It cleared. Howell, after pasting th men, met Burke driving on the main road in thecar. Considerable commotion was caused when a i tbe prisoners were placed in the dock and reniaiided. - - - - Eight of the DabUn Conspirators Recently Arrested Charged With Complicity lm Them Dt-bli5, Feb. 5 The investigation of Um murder conspiracy charges was resumed today. The Court was crowded. Michael Kavanaugh, the carman, marched into the prisoners' dock between two policemen. Thia new departnre caused much speculation. The prisoner has a low, retreating forehead, sinister appearance, and looks anxious and nervous. A little girl witness, Ellen Brophy, identified Kavanaugh as the driver of the car containing the men who intended to kill Field, the juryman. Besides Kavanaugh Joseph. Brady and Timothy Kelly were also-arraigned in connection with the attempt to murder Field. After the hearing of the evidence against the prisoners accused of the attempt to murder Field, the two Careys, two Mullets, Whelan, Brady, Kelly and Kavanagh were charged with the murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Burke. The reason the Investigation of the attempt against Field waa taken up ia that the authorities intend to complete the evidence ia the case to day, and then ask that the prisoners be remanded. The identification of Kavanagk by Ellen Brophy was particularly complete She says she spoke to him, asked him whoa he was waiting for. bhe saw him when go ing on messages three times in half an hoar. Immediately after her return th& Jthlni time she heard cries of "murder" and at once ran to the door. B that time there were two men beside the driver on the ear; the third ' man was just mounting and sbe was only able to identify Kavanagh. She was- severelx crosa examined, but never faltered. Much time was occupied in provingthe letting of a large room in Peter street toJames Carey, ostensibly as a reading room, but really for the purpose of drilling men. He left the room in October,. 1879 William Winter was placed on the stand to prove the lettiig of Temperance Halt, Cuiferd street, to Patrick Whalen for drilling purposes. He failed to identify the prisoner. The witness, amid great laughter, denied the term (witness for the Crown) was applicable to him. A witDess named Clinton, who let th room on Feter street, used aj. drill room, identified Brady and Jamea Carey. The eeicure of arms at Whelaa's bouse was formally proved. Afier the evidence ol finding ammunition, a revolver and two daggers in Joseph Mullet t'a house, tke priaoeers were remanded until Baurday next. The sensation of the day was the readin? of extracts from the books found when tbe Fenian Armory, Croeskevin street, was seized. The diary of Patrick Whelan re cards his appointment as Treasurer of the Executive Irish Republican Brotherhood; purchases in London of rifles and electrie battery; meeting of the Executive tocor-sider the resolution, which waa afterward proposed at tbe Rotunda meeting of the Land Leaeue bjt the Nationalists, and the mee icg to consult on the advisability of sending James Matter to America to. comult '"Our Chief," James Stephens. This reference U Stephens particularly caused laughtei among the prisoners and people. One pagt PriOT to the dealh of Jona Mahoeey the I. R B had lost lu former effoetivene aud prestige, It was bo longer dreaded aa a revolutiaa.-y body. It had beccine a mere tool in the Laads of Parlia mentary a piranta. Another book coriained a list of mem bers oi the Workman's Club. The Polic Ä Inspector admitted Whelan was former 4 arrested, but not tried. A policeman tf u. tied to finding the murdered body Ba5 jer in form or. The prisoners counsel dec4ari this matter wholly irrelevant. The Crown counsel replied be w M prepared to prove the prisoners were n a embers of the conspiracy, to which be wo 0.14 trace all the murders in the . city V Jft last few years, and he would prove Bailey was connected with the discovery the. Fenian Armory.