Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 37, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 May 1892 — Page 6

"WEEKLY COURIER.

C IX) JOCK, PuWUlwr. JASWUL INDIANA. 1 Jwk I. Tick wa ebsetroeutod at Auburn. N. Y.. on the mlt. for the aaaidcr of kk wif in Mtft. Hkv. Dh. Mm no. 1mm gone from New York Va Portland. Or-., to took after kk before the IYbytcriun general asAli. the principal Mb-leutber un til Xw York. east of Wnualo. iWrW akwt will shortly eke dwa for sixty day to curtail prwduetiu. Tmk preiidcat, aMmanled Ujr Postnmnter General Vinunlw aad Wry KMctus. will attend the IhseoratiitA day service at Khestr, N. Y., on tbe Ta pope reeontiaenik the fornwtku f a national union by tW American hkhapi. as afodast. Ilerr Caheusly's project to appoint bkJaops fur different - ttiMftuuta&"' Altmocam Great Britain has s.urrd tbe United States tint she will accept the invitation to tl International Wry conference, m formal accept ace 1ms Vxoh riT! pohi H-. 11km Gr.Ri.orr. aa employe of the Yertia Kotasehtkkv. was arrested, m the lota, for alleged eouiplk-ity in the stealings of Jaeger, tbe chief cashkr of the kouse. who recently absconded with 1,m,9 marks. Tanot'SKOCT Cornwall, Kngknd, ariy on the laorning of the l?th. a severe earthquake was felt. The movement halted for several seenaac, bat no damage of any eonscw,neaee has been reported. Tub aanounement k made that the Newfoundknd government will rescind the ea forcemeat of the bait at against Caaadfan fekeraea thk season. Thk will likely end the tariff war between Canada and Xewfoa aula nd. A CTCI.05K struck CfrelevHhf, 0.. mtbe 15th. badly damaging several churches while services were in progressand frightening the. worshipers badly. Mtteh damage was done to private houses, factories and store. A bstcct:ve tornado swept over the weMern part of Hamilton county. O.. or the afternoon, of the IKh. anl rr3k at a point about a mite aboTe Mhnnown. Howies, barns ami trees 3a ito path were leveled to the froand. Ansoi.fTK quiet prevails in the City of Mexico and banincsf. is proceeding as iirnal. Seeeral students and others arrojetad durinfr the recent disturbances were released at the iatercessioa of Mis. Data. It k mow believed that all 4mks of serioua aiaturbaaees are over. Thk rictory of 34. Trfconpk in the adccrion for the Greek boule is orer-whe)awia-. One hundred and seventy of his aupporters were elected, while all other parties have only thirty-seven. The ratult has caused a tremendoas Boanatfcm. The existiaf ministry has rasifued. A. It. Rxmst.t, of CkTemnd, O.. who with CapC H. W. Rgan who has so any i4eriously dbappeared front Chkafro has for years been, active la helping the vessel owners to fieht union sailors. clalaif. that he bn received nnonymoas oamtunications ia form inir hint that he is "to be tfae'next vietim." K.tat.T on the momiiMf of the Uth Fred C. Pillsbary. one of the members of the Pillsbury-Washbnru millinf srniMcate aad a well-known horsenwn. died at Minneapolis. Minn., of malignant diphtheria. Mr. Itllsbary was aboat years of itfe, a son of ex-Mayor IJeorjre A. Pillsbary and a nephew of cx-Gor. John S. ItlWairy. 0-CAR Amh;iw.v. one of the brave rescwrs who had worked all day. on the lth. la Mvine the lives of those imperiled by the Sfcatx Cttr (la.) Aoed. and wh witmed the drowning of a Httle chikt torn away from its another when the reseuinfr party had ahuost reached her. lot his reason ami raved about the beaatifal imby that was swept under the muddy waves. Tmt supreme court of the I.nitcd States has unanimously deckled that the Issue by the Italtimore & Ohio road of what are known as "party-rate tickebV for the transportntMrn of ten or more persons o one ticket, at a reduced rate, is not in violation of the provisions of the inter-state commerce law, aad therefore may W cntitinel. Justice IJrown amnoanced the dectskm. Two ntKSCH detectives have dts-v-rred that the rxar's apartments at the Oatehtna had Vjen undermined and the cavity hiaded with exp4o4res onouffh to have destroyed the palace, and U k certain that the mine would have been ml the nexttinte the cwir oecapuwl tbe apartments. Thouirh bariar a hint of the plot the cmr's ptdice had been unable to dkeover anything wroof. At the EpkcojpalkR diocesan convention at Memphis. Trsn.. on the Wh. it was resolved to form a new dtoeoc of west Tennessee and cteet an assktant Inshop for mhrdle nnl east Tenmee. IMshop Quintard bitterly opposed this etion of the convention, insist! nir that the mate should not he divkled into separate bishopries. He asked for an assistant, but the convention hjnored hk wish entirely. committee Creed, on the 1th, kt an amendment to the river and harbor Idll makine a reduction of US per cent, in the amount far projects pmeed under the contract afmem, thus redueine the ffmnd total of the hill by 9t.H,KP. Amonff the eats are the follow!; Upper Mkds4ppL to rl.Mt.oM; lower MiasMppi, to t.tS.7l; twenty-foot ehanael thrvuffh tbe rroat kbes to mm.

GUBBBNT TOPICS.

TIE IEW1 IK war. FIFTY-SCOO-ND OOWOnlM. la the Immm. fa ah opeakg ptmfer. ta euaakk mftarrnl tttnr to ttotkata af fcwar HhWw. Aftr the muMac f tit jaral. mm aaaaarna of t-wtur IfeM-lear OMtta wm foUuwd by the atMsiuwaeut of tee ot twetv t aHead the faaraL farther stark t nwfwot fie mmmu 4ttr4. Ik I be rtmu. a ta Mta. ao aadatat wih tMMetMi MCt mm a wm lad VMttvl ta raaral rrk at tae late Joaa Hrbaar. Vaviaia ,1a th aoa th tmt ihm wm fahr ta tawwal errW f ta k4 SrtMtorBMtoar. ta TpmtUr iorMimgfm a telr to oaa raMaber, IivmM bjr ifwticr Criia. TW kw rHarad at t:W ad YrveAmd wtth ta woaaiwfaa ot ta itaaory eirti bOI. MtH orer4 toa fa eaaMaitt of ta wiabaait taoa ad joarneil. Is ta MMHe. oatbe 17ta, tae iofl fa-ert-of t aary, tarlaaiae ta tattle-tola. arWr-d4HM mvaUar, KkM eraWts at tMtdo boot, wm praetkaUy aaponrii bf a t rvm9l to W Mr. Altkoa mm t4MMat iaowfafC that Wort ttw nseal r-"r MMfa l ta KOaktoc faaU mm Id Xm protfdod tor. sM aoolfal exa4Mai4 at aad then woaU b a WImmw ot 1SttJ'M fa tan trcaairr la tbbaMtlw xaadry eivil aviwopHatioa bOI jm rartbN eoaMMwt. bat httW proiwM wih aMMt. ta iwtthB bwiair eoauaiai-l fa tramuJ Mtatawat4. an4 a attalaa! at timw fantibW aelwtvoa tb claa rvfatiac to tbabHotfndatioa on pablie bmd. Ix the mUt on th VHk. tki airal a-fw-Ktfa bill wtth all tae Miaate aea4afatii iatMt bttl aii. ombb-tarretd mcrakor. foar Mt -draft rrlem nl 4x torjie-io boats ma juumi br a of to 16 . .la the, aa aaotbtr day derotad to tbe xaadry eWl WH. ta Hm ot -wrrey for pablk hm& aaatbe nirofrauka for JofOftrapaic vurrer Mmg ibm oaly cbBs wkhk were aadsr 4ebto. The wwtera nteatbers atade irst bat Bnfr'.tl k for Rrteattoa stanwy. aod the extreme wtta eoareaea acee?dd fa bavfafr the tproprktfaa of $JMw for pebiie bad awy iaennl to SB.I. 1 tae fMle. oa tae Wta. r tbre boor rawl work erery item oa the efahtytwo pnotwd nege i of the river aad hatbr bill w enaiideTed aad all tbteoMMalttee'ti -ilen t were adopted. wba fartber dia4o w IKHtpoaed. In the rare of tho debate wia faMractfrr fet are tate4 a to tb ofrtba of the coatrect tUme of the WH , la the baa tbxr wax a attempt made by tb free ettrer aaea to rally to tbe (pj'ort of Mr. Hkml, wbo deoa-.'d to bare tb Mlver balnoa to be ixirtbo. r J ad that aow hi tbe tmwirr eoteed iat!4ler dotUr. tbe eoet to hi paM for oat of tbe I'obeaiorago to tbe goveraateat, which tbe ebair rated oat of order. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Thk train beariap Kinfflinc Urothers' circus whs ditched ly a washwl-out culvert on the Central branch of the Unkm l'srirtc. about a mile east of Concordia, Kas.. on the 17th. Two people were kilknl outright and four injureil. Iskaki. KosKNW-VTT, 5 years of age. of Rochester, X. Y.. while visiting at the home of hk son-in-law, in New York city, fell dowa-stairs. on the 17th. ami broke hk neck. He died in a few minute. Thk marriage of Count Herbert Itkmarclc to Countess Hoyos. daughter of Count Gcoree Hoyo ot Austrk. k annonncetl to take place ia Vienna, June St Am. the. prisoners in the Fremont (W'yo.) county jail escaped on the 17th. Thk organization of the seventh annual convention of the Order of Kailwar Telerraphers was completed in Chattanooga. Tenn., on the 17th. The report of Secretary Cos, read duringthe afternoon, shows I'd divisions ami S3 ,39 executive members in good stand ing The protective fnnd amounts to M,oA. ami the treasury's irencral fund to ftu.WO. The cireuktkm of the ot ic kl organ, semionthly, k 90,00ft. A CLoCinnt'ibfr. on the morning of the ISth, caused the waters of the river Floyd . which passes through the center of Skmx City, la., to oversow its lianks. ami in a few minute a krge portion of the city was inundated, and. although the work of reseae was promptly inaugurated, a number of the unfortunates were drowned. Seventy-five houses were carried away, ami Soft, with their contents, were ruined. StXTKKX cottages in the lower portion of the city of Xew Orleans, valued at W.o9. were ilestroyetl by are on the lHh. Lo covered by insurance in local companies. Thk earl of Ilopetown. governor of Vfet4rk, refused to postpone the exeUratkm rf the martierer Frederick Ilciler Dt-emine. k s.t lwn for the tSkl. Thk mail carrier from Marsha lot carried news to Guthrie. Okhu, on the lHh. of a battle between I'niteil States deputy marshak and hrsu thieves in the Soc aad Fox country, in which two if the thk'ves amt one of the dcputk were killetl. TJn-se are the thieves who killed William Stormer, of Oriand, re cently. Whim: riding in a New York Central express train AHwrrt L. .Stetson, an em idoye of Cns A lleuin, dealers in dmmornm ami fewelrr in New York, suddtnly lerame insane. Just as the train was fiasr.ing Hyile I'ark, X. Y., he kapeel from hk seat, shouting Th"yrc after roe in a krud vniec, and standing in the akle drew a p-cket-kiufV, plunfred it inti hk tbnwt and with two twkt.s of hk wrkt drew it to the right aim left, cutting his throat from ear to ear. l'ntXCKsa CmuI-tiax, third daughter of tjueen Vkkrm. rtpri'M'nted her majesty at the second drawing-room t the season. heM on the ISth. at Ituckingham palac4k. Mrs. Kobert T. Liltciln, wife of the American minkter, presented Mrs. lVtter I'almer, tf Chicago. andMrs.Urubb. wifeof the American minkter to .Spain. Mk. H. K. Gakokn gave a dinner at the Manhattan el Mb, New York, on the Ibth, in honor of ex-IYesMcnt Clcvcknd, ex-Secretary of .State Thomas F. Ityard, cx-M inkier to Kngkml Edward J. thelpv Mr. (ieorgeti. Willkms and Mr. George S. Coe. comprising' the advisory kiard for the bondholders of the state of Virginia. There. were ako present Itcn. Fitzhugh Lee, John Inman. Senator Hrke, ex-Secretary Fairchikl ami others. John K. Waih:, a book-Mmler. went hunting on the 17th, in the vicinity of Ii ramie, Wyo. Ilk dead body, into which had been fired two charges of was found efgitt inihw from town at duak. Investisratkm Indicated that Wade acchlen tally shot himself m the groin, and that after Mtnering intensely fin- sfui time he cnilctl hi miery by emattyiag the second bwrel of hk yun into hk heart

Tmk groat relay kfcryek run batweoa I

CnJcago and " w tegun on the Ibth, at noon. The riders curry dispatch from tk-n. Miles to tknt. llward. aad no deky k nuule day or night, each relay being ready ami started to meeive the dtomteh bag. Much interest k manifested by wheelmen along the route. IoM SAWewntr. the Hritkh remier. made a speech at Hustfmr-, on the lith. in which he surprkid hk hearer by declaring that the free-trade mdicy of Ivnglaml had been carried too far, and that the time had c.toe to kMk akmt ami wherein Keitkh laW couhl be protected from futign voHtpetition. Aivkks front LivcrpiMU, on the l!th, announced the detuh, in that city, ol ex-Cmgrcssman John A. Anderson, id Kansas, coosnl-getiernl at Cairo, Egypt, who was en route home on account ot failing health. He was lW many year engaged in the minktry in Katoas. and was presulent of the Kansh state agricultural colleare for seven years. Tmk iwarters f three cavalry wmiuuiies awl the pit canteen were lutrned at Fort McKlnney. Wyo.. oh tlie ISth. AH of theau were new iMtiklings. aiwl with their contents wore worth ?-J,-. Thk put half of th garrkon in tents ltt the weather k mikl. Tlw exploskm of a tm-c in one of the eoupanys kmseK started the fire. Ity hanl work the stabfcs were vid. Nokxly was injured. It has been detinitely deckled that Gov. McKinly will deliver the formal opening adtlrWs at the dedkatkm ol the big convention ball in Minneapcdk on the night before the opening ol the Kcpuldieaa natkmal convention. Chauncey M. l)epcw tu'MMueothershining light will also deliver an address. The rest of the jvrtgramic will be musical. Tut: storage-l-attery cars, whkh hayc k-en running at lmlwme. Ia., for the past year or more, are nearly played out. There k only one ear running now, ami that will give out before the overhead ysteut k ready lor opera t km. The system lias proved an entire failure. At Elberneld, I ml., on the lbth, Henry Ltverman was kickinl to death while grottming a stallion. 1 1 is botiv was taken from the stall with diSiculty, the animal Indng so vk-kms. Hkxky 1 1 ATTN a NX and his wife Madaline eelelHrated their grdtlcn winkling at the home of one of their tons, W. A. Hattmann. in. Httslnirch. IV. on the ISth. Eight children ami twenty-three grandchildren were present. John M. Lackey, private Mfcrctary to (icn.'ltosecranz, regkterof the trasury, committeil sukkle in Washington, oa the ISth. by shooting himself through the head whik lahorinjc umler temporary alwrration of the mind. At a "elock on the morning of the lth. nft. armed men from Tullahoma went to" Manchester. Tenn.. ami proeecded straight to the jail, where they forced an entrance, ami in a few minutes Charles Everett, colored, who hud been arrested for being found in the sleeping apartment of two young ladle, was swinging from a railroad brklge. Thk French minkter of justice ha submitted a bill directed against the anarchist journals. 1 1 provide for seia-' ing the papers when It s believed they intend to publish prohiltited matter, ami for the arrest of journalkts believed to be engaged in writing articles inciting to unkwf ul deeds. Kohhkks entered the resKlence of Thos. Lawsoii. of Lima. 0., early on the morning, of the lth, ami satu rating some clothing with coal oil set it on tire. The family all barely escaped with their lives except l.Vycar-oW Laura, who was killed ly jumping from a second-story window. LATE NEWS ITEMS. IX the senate, on the 3th. the river and harbor bill was passed, without opposithm, ami sent to conference with the house. In the form in whk-h it passed the Idil carries alnmt ffO.WW les than the house bill. The remainder of the dav was spent in passing unop posed bills on the calendar. In the house twenty pa-res of the sundry civil appropriations lull were gone over. A point of order raked by .Mr. Kilgore Idem., Tex.) against the iieop,-! M'Jeetkm of a site in Washington for a statue to Gen. Sherman give rke to several patriotic speeekts. An evening session wns hckl for the conw;ieratKHi of private pension bills. , Thk eastern eootTOgent of the Natkmal Editorial asMx-ktion arrived in Sacramento, C'al., by speck! train, on the tmh, after a pleant trip overland, during which they were received ami entertained in almost every city they pawieit through. At the end of their long journey tk:y were received by 1.909 people ami the city was turm-d over t them. KKfttfEXTATtvi: St'mi. of Marylaml, chairnKtn of the house comniittet' imi immigration, has prrpurttl idll whieh bus Ih-cu pmctk'ai'j prrved Ity the committee ami which he will introduce shortly, to facilitate the enforce ment of tle immgratMn and contract ktbor kws of the I nited States. Tkb World's fair committee on ?eremottkr. has deckled that it wouhl not lc advkabk to ask eongrcs. to ch;tnge tlw; late of the dedkwthtn wrtHiies of the Columbian exposition fnm October l'i to October JI, as it wouhl Cause too HiM'.-h confusion in the arrangements nlremly p rfecleL Thk lusim-ss failures occurring thnmghHlt the country during the seven days ended on the Oth. numls-r, for the United States, ltm, ami for Canada J, or a total of lirj; as compared with 175 the previous week, ami 9M for the correspomUng week of last year. Thk king-continued ami whte-spread rains, followed by extreme cold weather with snow ami frost in some localities, resulted, tm the Hh. in a sharp advance in the prkie of corn ami wheat. Aovicks from mirthcrn ami northwestern Wisconsin an; to the effect that the heaviest rainfall in years occurred thereon the lth, turning Into a furkma smow-idorm. Two h.wmt shocks of earthquake were felt at Lo Ang.?ks. CaL. aboat In ckwk tm the night of the ltk. No d:tmage resulted. H.tLr an Inch of show fell at Mmtpcltcr, Vt, ami vicinity on tins aetk.

INiilANA STATE JTEW8.

Sarah Hkat.w. of KnlghkWwn, m a Job White tot m for broaah f jMomke, hb compromkiut for IMv. Maijaba Mustlkv, of Anderxm, d -fendaut in a salt, went tm the war path and eiearml out the court room, judge, jury ami all. Im. W. H. Tavi.ok, editor d thtt Anderson People's !nrty Journal, has sued U set askle the rent ekwtkm because hk party had no representative there. EvAXKi.tT! are touring the sUte with a tent for skseping iiuarters, A TKKMIM.K wind ami rain storm paMed ver Seymour, the other afW tnom. The wind blew a regular hnnicane, trees, were lows ltnildings were unnofel. ami telegraph ami telephone IH!is blown down. The tbki Fe . building, a krge ami itIMtsing structure, has had the front Imiwu out. Wit.t.uc IvKxxKttv, a twelvc-ycar-okl bry of New Hosn was scaling a hick rtrec when he hs.t hk footing and fell a distance at forty feet, alighting on tl e sale of kk head ami shoulder. lie lived but a few hour. A vlM,tttj kdel k to be built at Muncie. K.vichtstow,n k advertising for laborers. Kohkkt FiKK, charged with sboatirg Itcn ltrown. was acquitted at tw-b a. John Stanpt, of Seymour, k tl.u owner of a chkken with four legs. Ci.KMK.xts Uvat-a. a wealthy Kvawsvillc farmer, it, threatened with death unless he places ia a certain spot named by his would-be assassins. Thk indebtedness of AHdcrson k placed at WOO.OW. (UitKr has decided t pen up her hogs by a vots of liKS t 4.1. Thk town of New Hkkmond. Montgomery county, will be incorporated. Fort IV.iy.vs stenographers will celelrate their first anniversary in June. AnotT twenty cases id measles arc report tnl in the Sohliers and Sailor's come, at Knightstown. Thk IHlkboru creamery Iwrncd a few days ago. Sohh' machinery ami a small amount of eheese were saved. No insurance. Thk Ames tont-wood-works. of Eaton, arc in the hands of Sheriff Swain to satkf v a note of $!.0OO held by tl e Hamilton national bank, of Ft. Wayne. LooeooTKK. by recent count, has 1, wtls within its lorders. Evkkt evil len in Munch has been raided by tin; police and the inmates are being run out of town. EV-Acihtok Jamks C. Lavellb. con victed of trying to Iwrn the Washington court house, k now a convict at JeftYrsonville penitentiary. F.i.mkk CoXKl.t.V was literally cut to piecea on the Chioago & Indiana Coal roml the other night near Yeddo. He was unfortunately fastened in a cow-pit when struck by the train. Conklin leaves a wife ami two children residing at Yeddo. Thk heirs of James II. Luther, of Crown Point, who began todktribute hk wealth before he died, are preparing Ui have the clever obi man tried as to hk sanity. He is worth J7.,W. Jamks Kits ami John Maey. who escaped from the JcrTersonville penitentiary, were glad to be recaptured. They were almost starved to death. Locis ItKAMi, of Dilkboro, attempted to cut hk wife's throat, when hk son Charley knocked him out with a bowlder. Jkxxik Wii.hx. of Indianapolis, was arrested in Muneie in male attire. Her stepfather abused Iter and she left home. Fouk prisoners in the jail at Crawfordsville. made their escape by sawing their way out ami by the assistance of a confederate outside with a crowbar, John Davis ami Itud Simms of New Albany, quarreled about a do?. Ikvk killed Simms with a shotgun. Frank Asmcs ami Clarence Edwards, of Hull Prairie, were poisoned with trichinosk from eating raw ham. Ei.kvkN f reitfht cars were wrecked on tbe Erie road, near Huntington. Titos. J. Kl'ktox, of Indianapolis, has been indicted for killing Sam Clayton. Davk Smith, of Columbus, has sited hk brother Ed forfl.Mu damages, for oHtting him. Mamox Jayxks, treasurer of Port Fulton, near Jeffersonville, k lostrg hk mind over a shortage of sixtj'-thrce cnt in hk accounts. Gko. Zachakias, of Kvansvillc, mixed rt poison with meat gravy, mistaking it for flour. He died. Omak Hoovrk, ageil 31. hung himself at Lelmnon. He was married only a few months. Mm. Hkxky Scitri.TZ, of Fort Wayne, was kkked by a horse. Her chin was knocked off. Tm: person who managed the bulldog-wildcat 8fht at Anderson will be prosecuted. An Anderson factory emplrw.s men to gather nittsscl shelK of which pearl buttons an inwle. II : km an I.uiman. a Seymour peddler, was -Hap4?lled to walk hotitc in a Imrn?l lecause mhhc jH'r.4on stole hk troH:rs while lie wa asleep. Tin; P.. C. ami Sl L. nmd talks of traisfcrrix its passenger depot from JctTersonvilk! to Howard Park, a sitIwrb. ami Jcffersonrillians are kkrking. KtHXMt'HO k to have a new jail ami council chamWr. Wm. Emily, of Corydon. stepped on a rusty nail, awl died from lock-jaw. Da vm Krowx and John Powers are jailed at llrazil for passing counterfeit money. JotoifH Taroktt, of DonakkwHiviUc, was crusted to death umlera train of coal curs. He was drunk ami at tempted to board the train. MosTHir. K was the remedy us;J by Louk koscr, at Peru, to cure ciicy. , At North Manchester. Oliver tVillkms left hand was frightfully laccrsited by a frizaer. Io:'H f.taKrr. a Wrakcman, was kllknl on the Yamktkt, near Knights-vilW-. Two uhttc men ami a negro, who roUbcd'a stottj at Joui'svilie. near Symor. wrv .?ckcd by WoodiuHlmksatd

THE RIVER AT A STAND, Mhrbty Torreat fraparatury lo tm 4aJ4rW l4T lM&lHWrH JW"JMt frUW (Soal I Kl (Malt 1rtM tJW'I'Ma'mM'HuS MT W(rll Mu.i t4a Hairlmiri I a I t Ir irrai uti laaM if t rrv -w rwww franr ajpj ovwra) KelUf m Kl. l.nmU, St, l.oris, May At t a. m., the Missksipid was statkmary, tlte gunge regkti'ring a fraction over thirty-six JeeL Thk ikies Hot mean that the worst has Issch reachwl. (Ht the contrary, greater desdatio ami ruin are staring the inhabitant of the low-lying see ions of the Mississippi valley in the fact . According to weather bureau re)MrUi a three-foot rise k coming down the Mississippi and MissHiri river. Owing to the great spacu which the river now covers at thk point, this volume of water will only cause a swell here of frmn six inches to one ftnit. Ivast St. Louis k tlutonly place in the

fertile American bottom akive water thk morning. Madison, despite the hennc struggle of her eitiasens, was in undated yesterday and now lies Ik;iittath two feet of water. All the other town in the bottom are under from Ave to fifteen feet of water. East SL Louisa ns are confident of bring able to stand any ordinary rise in the river which may yet come. It citizens, un der the leadership of Mayor Stephen, are making a great light. While, it is true, the low-lying suburls of the city arc under water, the main and im proved part is still high and dry. The citixens of St. Louis fully rcnlixa the great desolation which lays almost within the gates of the city and will "meet to-dny to appoint committees to undertake the work of relief. Tito meeting will fake place at I o'clock on the floor of the Merchants exchange. It is intended that this shall not be u movement of any partkmlsr set. but of the eitkens of St. Louis, arid for that reason it k urged that evcrv person, whether a mcmlicr of the exchange or not, should K present. A Slt H the M-M llr.tVI.tr Kttrr at AIIxh, Alton. 111.. May 1. A northwest rrly gale blowing sixty miles an hour has raged here since last night doing fearful damage to property in the flooded districts. The six-inile-wklc river rolled like the ocean and no signals of distress could be answered by the relief steamers. Fearful damage has lajcn done bj the waves dashing against the railroad emlmnknicnt in the Imttoms, washing out miles of tracks. Train servke is entirely abandoned, and all attempts to repair have Wen tern porarily given up. A ntttnlier of psqtple are thought to have leen drou ned, sev eral arc missing, but the inability to reach the flooded districts prevents the gathering of ponitive news. X lHtRRer Ih Xew OrlrH. Nkw Oki.kans. May J0. Yesterday was bright ami clear, and in con sequence the levees have liven much strengthened ami the danger of other crevasses very greatly lessened. No new breaks occurred yesterday except at ihmaklsonvillc where a second levee protected the town from damage. Reports from Gypsy levee above New Orleans are that the Illinois Central tracks arc eousklered safe and that the Valley road will have trains running in another week. The levees in front of New Orleans have been raised and there k no danger here. Tbe Flood la the Ilea Molar and Karlae. Klvem. T)R8 Moixks, Ia., May 20. The higl water in the Des Moines and ISacine rivers k unprecedented, and there are indkations that when the flood from above reaches here the enUre. lndtoms as far east as Sixth street, including the entire business part of East lies Moines may le flooded. Two levees gave way yesterday, inundating a large area, a portion of whieh was inhabited. No loss of life is reported, as the residents were warned last night. The property loss will lie great. An KxcrediHR-ly Olonmy OhHhoIc at Kan mm City. Kansas City, Mo., May '-U At mid night last night the water in the Mis souri river was still rising at the rate of an inch an hour and it was raining here and all over Kansas and western Missouri. The Kaw k rising, and taken altogether the outlook is exceedingly gloomv. Argentine and Armottrdalu are worse flooded than they have Wen while the situation in Kansas City Kan., k very bad. iMHceroaa Harkwaler. Arkansas City. Ark., May ',. There nas lcen a slight rise in the river today. Ilaekwater 1ms Ik-cii going up ami many streets are flooded, nearly al tlie wnodtni sidewalks Iwinv atloat. People going alxut the city arc obliged to use skiffs or dugout. In the lower parts of the city the people are preimr ing for a hig overflow by moving into the second stone: of their dwellings. The Whole SurromiillHic Country Ihiih ('AMHor.i.. Ia.. Mav 20. Tin whole surrounding country is inundated and so numerous are washouts that traftle on nearly nil milroads is nlmndnncd. I ho whole country for miles armim Missouri vallcv is a sea of water am great damage has 1hcii done to tracks between that place and Council illufts. A ThnntHOtd IVoule llomeleiHi. lti i.i.KVii.i.K. 111.. Mav K .A thousani homcii-s people, sufferers by the flood in St Clair county, are congregated on . ... . . a the liiuffs near tins city. Active rcite measures are l.eing taken by citizens o thk and towns further lniami. ftettbiic Oh to Hhzb (Irnaari. Kansas City. Mo.. May M. The Missouri rix-er rose a fcait ami a half W'ednesday sight. The. Kaw ako rose, ami kith streams- continue to boom. The rise at Manhattan during the night was six and one-half feet. All advices from the ntwer M Issourl show continued rke. Several houses were swept away at Plattsmouth, and disasters ure remrted fnmt all alonif the river. At bt. Joseph the river k higher than ever be fore. It is now reulincd that noUiiiif k to Iks hoped for, and everyone is get ting on to high ground ami moving

back goods as can be transferred.

MOHKY AND BUSINESS.

faHaMHi for Ike Week, K-. Nkw York, May sl.-K. G. i)un k o.'h weekly tevk'w of trade say,,: Tm areat Kwds twrkuwly kterrlii trat. fmey k everywhere la wi uw4r an l iLu where tat lwil watlwriuu.. .it,. ... MttlH. u. At isbH triMkk m,nmw IwrtlcaUrly la hkh ami skHi ami ruwl; Koibi,exeelkat except with tbeaoHth; amt Mors """ " tnm, imtSKH at low Jsrirpt, Iron Is vroaker la Pltt,burxh. bat tfc fo I due i.tr uKRiKiM lor nmhtl Wft. Ih. rictux-kllv tar t.ui. ' . Imiioivkf tmle In g'w, Trs.1-1 i f,i!r ,. CleveUwl; eqml to,kt yoar'a at Detroit, with. urmn itioniiM aneau iitr ear hii.1 rsllroai h plies. ail ckar maker at CinrimMtl ar mr Mug moiM thm kt yia, while lwk tmciiiw i Henry, ileinan l exr-llwi- aupply Trado t hleauo I'iihhIh IhcI wr' umi i...., . rouHldereil brltcUt In spits of rnxMlK, Huln4 tiimpajioiw an:i t, iMul Kivwtly relara-tf y I mm) weather, ami nt Ht, Loub much do CCTMlf tlne'U U,...-L otherl)i3 ftronx, Kaiimm City trmk U Ilk., wie l9rie-el. kit cattk receipt ar heavy, and at OmaliA trail U very cood ciocerles ami lianlwan) ail improvlnit drr 8Km1h ami kIkmw. tniurvicununi J .v. - ----- . . ,,, ... niMi wen at Donver In spite of the weather At Lit. tw KrK trwl l iMrniyaed by th flfK1s;t LiuUvill fair la spit of the weatliT; t .Mem. jihk twi imprnvetl ami at Xaehville dull, At ow uneans uatie m mir with eotton In letter tinanl and firmer, ami At SW Villi null tlt..L. trwb U falliuif, t)rojHctH ara favorable. Brrwt tffs have advanced, atnrma k1vIk .H'hi1itens for a rhw tlielr clianct, Coffee Im ! vanc half a cent. The Injury to cotton m hoiitlwrn valyH ha bin to t!o with f lu xhn ot n siltwnth in i riee than thf rnvwrl-iir .vf lative tales. TlKrt lutlnatrlM are fully a aetlvp r nal at thk wiion, thomcH pilr arc remark' allv Sow. Ti! Iron ltimintuu Im 1UtiwMi. . active, with larer tranwetlons In ail kumi. umuikb irteeH an not Improve at all. Th're In still fHHHf nrivanni In null lrH.r ......l.. ,i " MM.kTvk lbr. imt the lictter brands are tron, ccmmiii(iimi icami'iK npm in auppiy anu stoe'n (UmiiiWiiiiK. No iniHiVHiwnt U m-cii in Ur or ll'atft Iron, lint tliurn U nuiru life ( t... ---- --- - - ...v ... iitural iron, ami hihhj- tsHiMhlerable or.ler bars i ... . k uh'mi. mi( aw ftiagtlitm, Irtiyeri tn hue la no hurr' to iwy the combination jirice i it uiurrt-Musn in iiuuoiRK 'rH left nion tti jircvent a really unitreceilentisl demBd for structural iron ail itlir mut..r(ulj Hni.. Iwr K"odi are in laritR dfinaml. Tito tlemiwl for Imots and iho Inn much liicrtaw-d tinoiae lanwrs rcwiivwl to ! n their ont put, aod leathoria atronijer while hkka arj dull. Th ImnliH-wt failure) o'currinK thronithnat the ecHintry during tlie Isst seven iaya, numWr, - .1... J. , it I . - ..w. - 1 . . ot hk- i iiikii niMitM, im, ami i atwuia .'(, nr a total of lf! UN mmnarwl with IV. tt week ami 2J(W tin week itreviimato th Ut, ami aw lor the rorreiNHirilnif weak of last year. A SUDDEN RISE. Com and Wheat. Not t he Onttloiif br the Klvfra, Take a KUIhk Turn nod ,tilvtinrr Sharply i lrprenlHK Weatlirr CViMdillnHH Throughout the ort lii-t. CiiK'Aoo, May '20. May corn sold for fifi cents on the kmrd of trade nearly seven cents altove the oicninjf price and closed one cent lielow the hiirhest mdnt. That for July delivery also ad vanced a15 cents. There was a sharp risi on May, June and July corn ami wheat, the result of the frost and snowstorm scare; and the highest prices of the day were nearly all reached at the close of the session. The advance in wheat was something over 2 cent. The alarming reports and rapid ad vance of thctnarket created a stampede among shorts in corn and wheat, and there was a general rush to cow. Panlridgc and Cudahy were amone the first to buy, and no attempt Was madeto disguise the strong btillkh tendency of trade. And for the bears this was not the worst of it all, for the lajst pisted manipulators on the floor expect to sec prices steadily advance for some time yet. Dispatches from Mi mica rol is reported icicles nine inelics long ami snow. Tbn weather map and advices from St. Vincent reported the thermometer at ".! degrees, while informal ion from all over the west showed cold. rain, snow and sleet to In prevailing. CAPT. W. P. EGAN. Varloui Itnmera Artoat CoHctTHlnK taa IMMtppe-traHrf f Cpt. Krhh fri "hl(hk The I'ftlire KHKHKeil Ih flitKlntr tlowa riewaof VarloH Klmln-TheMury fTw I.lttlf .lrl. Chicago. May 21. Innumerable reports are being circulated akmt the disappearance of CupL P. W. Eganon the 10th instant, and scarcely HH liww jmsses without a new story wnftimf into police headquarters. When the case was lirst brought fully to thepo t ice of the1 police department deteo t iv..v u-..r.. ilotniliil or. the work of lo cating, if possible, the missing man, and the force has been increased unttl r.t present a dozen officers are engaged 'ri tracing the truthfulness of tne uwv. if rumors. Yesterday morning u story eajiP'fr 'M Willpw .Springs to the effect that on an evening about the thm of Capt. Ksitt disupjH'amiiee two litth? girls of W low .Springs had seen two men dr:?t5 IkxIv of a third intOii willow copse ar. remniti there until niter the girls itad left. Their doscriptimi of the prostrate mnn tallies partially with thutof lto and the matter is belt.;? investigated. Lust evening-, V. W. Kgait, mui of the missing mnn, arrived from his ho; & ClevehuKl and, with Capt. Keith, joined in the senrch fr his father, Egan sjient the afternoon in the itt'ipn borheod of the stoidt yank, uiisuft'r fully attempting to learn where W father had spent W(M1 lie Jiad withh on the last day he was seen. t Mrs. M. 1. Vale, an Omaha rXiJ' ant. located the missing cnpHi OiimHa. A letter received from her Postmaster Bexton, yesterday, turned over to the poliee. The Natkaal Kdltoral AaHcktk' tocktox, Cal.t Mny 'iLThe Mj tkmal Kditorml aswieiation 5 rlJJ train arrived in thk e ity 'll" evening Waring tho tWf) Vf;. day morning nt 7 o elk : the JJ party wkh hreakfastiHl in t he W Agricultural pavilion, which had j handsomely decorated fortla- .kjJW An MiWrtHMt of wcleoti.o waa ohn by Mayor Clark, to whom IVes cipvlter of the ablation After pwrtakfctg of 1 P Itorn were eworte.1 around trt i Hi rkgta Htd Vre shown the Jf vu,! fata nil faWri. t6