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A. C. HOSMER, Publisher.
RED CLOUD,
NEBRASKA
CURRENT COMMENT.
There is said to be a secret organiza
tion at work to promote the secession
of Manitoba from the Dominion of Can
ada. Olivek Edes, the originator of the
vast industry of machine rivet making
in this country, died at Plymouth, Mass.,
recently at the age of sixty-nine years.
Archbishop Feehax was tendered a
reception at Chicago by the Catholic
clenrv and teachers. One of the features
of the occasion was the presentation of
costly vestments.
It is the general opinion among
English officials at Cairo that the Egyp
tian army is not only useless, but
dangerous, and ought to be disbanded.
General .Wood faintly expresses confi
dence in the Egyptians.
Congressman Hewitt, of New York,
advocates the placing of imported raw
material on the free list as "the natural
beginning of tariff revision." He
thinks this course would be acceptable
to manufacturers and consumers.
TnE reporting of the bill for the
punishment of trespassers on Indian
lands favorably by the Senate Commit
tee on Public Lands, was a blow aimed
directly at Captain Payne and his fol
lowers who have been attempting to
settle on Oklahoma lands.
The bill increasing to four ounces
the weight of transient newspapers and
magazines that mav go through the
mails for "one cent has been promptly
passed by the House of Representatives.
This is a fifty per cent, reduction of the
rate imposed on large journals, the
charge now being one cent for two
ounces.
An extra session of the California
Legislature will be called to take action
upon the matter of unpaid taxes from
the Central Pacific Railroad for the
years 1880, 1881 and 1882, which, with
interest and penalties, amounts to $1,
074,000. The present law does not per
mit any compromise, and the total
amount must be paid unless the law is
modified.
The bill reported by Senator Cockrell,
from the Committee on Military Affairs,
provides that land included within any
reservation which has or may become
useless for military purposes shall be
placed under the control of the Secre
tary of the Interior for appraised and
public sale and also such lands shall
not be subject to location by warrant of
any description and shall not be subject
to the homestead, pre-emption or timber
culture laws.
A former Parisian celebrity has re
cently died at her chateau in Silesia.
This was the once famous Mme. de
Paiva, at the time of her death, by her
marriage with a German nobleman,
Countess Von Henckel Donnesmark.
Despite her colossal wealth and her
aristocratic husband, this lady was
simply a demi-mondaine of great beauty
and fascination. She was a Russian
by birth, and when she first came to
Paris she was the widow of a tailor.
She used to sell bouquets about the
streets.
In October last there was begun a
movement among the farmers of Mani
toba and the Canadian Northwest which
was intended to secure for them redress
of certain grievances under which they
were being crushed. The first of these
grievances was the monopoly given the
Canadian Pacilic Railway in that they
were granted the exclusive right to
build railroads through the countrv.
Another injustice complained of was the
excessive duties imposed on all goods
going into the country. In view of these
facts Manitoba sent a delegation to
Ottawa to attempt redress of grievances,
but a deaf ear was turned to their
appeal, and in consequence the people
of Manitoba are indignant and openly
threaten secession. A convention has
been called to consider the situation.
A Washington correspondent states
that there are in round numbers about
forty-six thousand claims for tobacco re
bate, of which only the merest fraction
Lave been rejected. A few were thrown
out because they were not made in time,
and some claims were made on broken
packages, while the law limits rebates
to whole packages. A very few were
thrown out for fraud or other reasons.
From the entire country only a
hundred or two of claims were
Tejected. The last of these claims were
passed from the Internal Revenue office
to the Fifth Auditor's office last Novem
ber. The Fifth Auditor has now passed
about seven-eights of the whole lot to
the First Comptroller, and here they
are stalled. Comptroller Lawrence told
the correspondent that he had only
Jour clerks in the division to which
these claims go, and they have so much
xork ahead of them that unless the
Comptroller has additional clerks as
Signed him It will take two years before
ills office will ever begin the examina
tion of these tobacco-rebate claims. An
appropriation for additional clerk hire
Will be asked.
THE WORLD'S DOINGS
A Summary of the Dally New,
PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS.
In the Senate, the 18th, Mr. Wilson
presented two sets of credentials of Mr.
Allison, Senator elect from Iowa. The joint
resolution of the Legislature of Ohio in regard
to the exclusion of American pork from
Franco and Germany was laid before the
Senate. Consideration of the bill for provid
ing National Rank circulation was resumed,
pending which the Senate went into executive
session A bill was presented in the House
granting .15) acres of public land to each
survivor of the Mountain Meadow massacre.
The bill nassed relieving certain soldiers
from the charge of desertion. The rules were
suspended and the bill passed tixing at one
cent for each four ounces the rate of posttigc
on second-class mail matter when sent
by persons other than a publisher or newspa
per agent. March 12 was set apart for the
consideration of bills amending the Thurman
Sinking Fund act, anil for the payment by
railroad companies of surveyor fees. At this
point the House came to a dcud-lock on the
bill pensioning soldiers of the Mexican war,
and tiie session continued all night.
In the Senate, the 19th, Mr. Dawes re
ported favorably the bill providing for the
punishment of trespassers on Indian lauds,
by imprisonment for one year, or a line of
So00, or both. Mr. Morrill, from the Commit
tee on Finance, reported adversely on the bill
authorizing the payment of customs duties
in legal tender notes. The bill to provide lor
the issue of circulation to National Hanks was
taken up and debated until adjournment
The House, after an all night session, ad
journed until Wednesday after a scene be
tween Mr. Hiscoek and Mr. Tucker.
In tho Senate, on the 20th, a resolution
was adopted calling upon tho Secretary of the
Interior to inform the Senate when anil how
many Here of Indemnity lands were certitled
or patented to railroad corporations In Iowa.
Mr. Sewell's bill appropriating jUxKl.OOO nor
annum for the militia was passed. The bill to
firovidefor the circulation of the National
Sanks was considered, and Mr. I'lumb's
amendment was rejected by a vote of IT. to 15.
In the House it was decided by a vote of
14Stollito demand the reports of special
agents of the I't.st-olHee Department having
reterence to tiieMar-uoute investigation. The
Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a
resolution requesting the President to delay
the delivery of Senor Carlos Angrero. held at
Key West, Fla., for extradition to the Spnnish
authorities. A joint resolution was passed
appropriating SloO.tWO for educational pur
poses among the Indians. The Military Acad
emy Appropriation bill was taken up and the
House adjourned.
In the Senate, on tho 21st, Mr. Garlnnd
called up and asked immediate consideration
of the bill providing for the punishment of
persons falsely personating' officers and em
ployes of the United States. Passed. It pro
vides that any person who, with intent to de
fraud, shall falsely personate Government
officers or employes, or receive any valuable
consideration or document by reason of such
impersonation, shall be deemed guilty
of lelony, and on conviction, be lined
not to exceed 1,000, or imprisonment
not to exceed three years, or both, in
the discretion of the court. The Hanking bill
was further discussed and Mr. Sherman suc
ceeded in liaving passed a bill appropriating
$10,000 for the contingent fund of the Senate.
After executive session the Senate adjourned
until Monday, the th In the House, Mr.
Dibrell reported the Agricultural Appropria
tion bill. The House then went into Commit
tee of the Whole on thnMilitary.Academybill.
Mr. Hclford, of Colorado, in speaking
to the formal amendment, said he
might select the brightest boy in his
State, have him examined by "the Pres
ident of the State University, and send him
to West Point Academy, and while his mind
niiclit be r.s right as Mr. JturnMde could de-
maud, the gentlemen at the institution would
declare that unless he answered some ques
tion in grammar properly he would be reject
ed. "What in the name of God had grammar
to do with lighting a battle?" A very unl
imited discussion followed the introduction of
amendments to the bill, and after other busi
ness the House udjourncd until Saturday, the
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL.
The Oregon State Central Committee
was recently in convention at Portland.
Chicago has been chosen as the placo
for holding the Democratic National Con
vention, and tho time is fixed for July S.
The National Greenback Committee,
lately in session in Indianapolis, have
voted to hold tho National Convention for
the nomination of President and Vice-President
at Indianapolis on the 28th of May.
niftCKLLANEOUS.
The reports
from the Ohio and Missis
sippi snow much destitution and contin
uous damage. Heavy storms have added
to the sufferings of the unfortunate people.
Representative Bkoadhead appeared
before the House Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures recently in support
of a bill to establish a mint at St. Louis.
No action was reached.
CLEiUt, cold weather has succeeded the
recent blizzard in the Northwest.
There were two destructive cyclones in
Tennessee, two hours apart, on the 19th.
The little town of West Lesenrinc, near
Uniontown, Pa., was recently tho scene of
a shocking mine explosion from fire-damp.
About one hundred men were employed, of
whom about twenty were killed.
Thomas Wilson, colored, was lynched in
Arkansas, about thirty miles north of
Little Rock recently, for committing an
assault on the wifo of a planter named
Griffy.
A PAirrr of fifteen raftsmen, returning
from the Licking river to their borne in
Magoffin County, Ky., became involved in
a drunken fight. Elijah Leo was shot
dead and six others more or less seriously
wounded by stabbing.
Hon. Columbus Delano, of Ohio, and
others made arguments tho other day be
fore the Committee on Ways and Means
in favor of the restoration of the duties on
wool imposed in tho tariff 1S67.
Tnoops are arriving at Suakim, Egypt,
so rapidly that an advance will be made
on Tokar probably Saturday. Two thous
and men have mustered at Trinkitat. The
Military Council has decided to leave
1,500 English soldiers at Suakim, sending
3,500 to Trinkitat.
Fayette County, Pa., has been infested
with highway robbers. The other day a
number of tho desperadoes were sur
rounded, and in the fight which ensued
Sheridan Mortruth was fatally shot; tho
others escaped.
Manby Rows, a prominent citizen, rode
up to tho depot at Wharton, Tex., the other
morning, dismounted, stepped within three
feet of a young follow named Lewis Charl
ton, leveled bis gun and discharged a load
of buckshot into Charlton's right side, kill
tag him instantly. Rowo immediately
surrendered. He said Charlton insulted
Mrs. Rowe.
Further reports of the tornado which
recently swept through Georgia, South
Carolina and other Southern States, show
that the first accounts underestimated the
loss of lifo and property. The numbers
killed run into the hundreds. The storm
was accompanied with the usual peculiar
eatures of the tornado.
Mrs. Paramore nee Hazeltine, the well
known St. Louis beauty, is dead.
A GovERNMENT.crisis is imminent in tho
Dominion of Canada.
A special from Billings, M. T., says:
Five Piegan Indians left their reservation,
crossed the Yellowstone at Clark's Fork
River to a Crow reservation and stole
fifty-three ponies. Four Crows, accom
panied by Joseph Gate, Chancey Ames,
Phillip Sidle, Lee M. Owen and three
other white men, followed the trail and
had a fight with the Piegans at Hail Stone
Basin, forty miles northeast of Billings.
Chancey Ames and Joseph Gate were
killed and Owens and Sidle wounded.
Four Piegans were killed.
England has offered the Arctic steamer
Alert for use in the Greeley relief expedi
tion. At Coshocton, O., recently, while drunk.
John Brehmer took his gun and shot his
sou dead
Storms on the coast of Great Britain have
caused considerable damage.
The Surrogate of New York, has given a
decision in the case of the will of Sarah
Burr who disposed of her real estate, val
ued at 53,000,000, for charitable purposes.
Tho Surrogate decides agaiust contesting
i datives, and concludes that the will "ex
presses the free, unrestrained and deliber
ate purposes of decedent; that she was
of sound mind and memory when she
signed it, and that it is entitled to be ad
mitted to probate."
Heavy snows have prevailed in the
mountain regions of the Pacific States.
Two men wero found frozen to death
near Grand Forks, D. T., liaving perished
in tho recent blizzard.
Tom Allen, the St. Louis prize fighter, is
wanted in Kentucky on a charge of prize
fighting dating as far back as 1S715.
A fire at Charlottetown, Prince Ed
wards Island destroyed $5,000,000 worth of
property.
M ajor J. N. Edwards, the editor of the
St. Joseph Gazette, fell on a slippery side
walk at Kansas City recently, and broke
his leg.
Workmen making excavations on the
Santa Cruz hacienda, near Morlia, have
discovered a number of idols made out of
black stone, some finely finished, and orna
mented articles of potttiry and the remains
of several human beings.
Salmi Morse, the author of the "Passion
Play," commited suicide recently, by
drowning in the Hudson River, New York.
Forty years' imprisonment was the
sentence passed on Martin Luther Cullor,
for the murder of W. C. Deck, near TJnion
ville Mo., last summer. Deck and Cullor
quarreled about a fence, which led to
Deck being shot through the lungs.
The five Bisbee murderers have been
sentenced to to be hanged March 2Sth. at
Tombstone, A. T.
TnE report of the Proteus Corat of In
quiry has been printed. Of Lieut. Colwell
who was with Lieut. Garlington, and has
been designated t i take part in the Greeley
Relief Expedition now being filled out, the
report says: "I; is considered by the
Court as cxtrenely fortunate for the
expeditionary iorco that the one
officer sent with it. i-nd who commanded
was so ably aidd and supported by
the services of Lieutenant, Colwell, of tho
United States Navy, who volunteered for a
duty much more severe and perilous than
that which he has been regularly assigned
on board of naval vessels and who brought
to tho duty ho assumed so much capacity,
courage ami special knowledge."
Clifton AVade, a Missouri desperado,
who murdered Robert Cummings at Madi
son, Monroe County, last summer was
guilty of further crimes in Ellis Count-,
Tex. As he attempted to escape, blood
hounds were put on his track, and he was
run down and so mangled by the dogs that
he died.
Policeman Charles Allison was shot
at by a burglar recently at St. Joe, the bul
let passing through tho officer's trousers
and grazing his leg. The fellow attempted
to go through Englehart's store, and the
officer pursued him. A running fire was
kept up, but the fellow escaped.
The London Times considers the Con
gressional resolution regarding the death
ot Herr Lasker as ill-advised, and Bis
marck's treatment cf it as ungracious.
Tokar has been surrendered to the fol
lowers of El Mahdi, the False Prophet.
The news created great excitement in Lon
don. AnitmoNAL niPATCIIK.
ABOUT thirty passengers were injured
and one killed by tho fall of a bridge under
a passenger train on the Hannibal & St.
Joe Railroad 140 miles east of Kansas City.
The traiu struck a broken rail just before
reaching the bridge, which precipitated
tho cars against the thin structure, causing
its collapse,
Inoalls and Johnson, the murderers of
the Taylor family near Cincinnati, have
confessed. They knocked their victims
down like cattle and then sold them to the
Ohio Medical College for $15 a piece.
The Senate Committee on Territories has
agreed to report a bill providing for the
admission as a State of that portion of
Dakota south of the forty-sixth parallel.
The wind blew two coaches off the Col
orado Central track near Georgetown,
Colo., recently.
A dispatch from St. Paul, Minn., states
that Yellow Calf with some seventy-five
braves, has taken possession of tho store
houses on Long Lake reserve. Colonel
Herchmer, with twenty policemen, went
to restore order, but seeing the odds
against him, withdrew.
Capt.in Bergman and the crew of the
wrecked ship, Lizzie Marshall have arrived
at San Francisco.
It is expected that a Mexican Consul
Generalship will be established at either
St. Louis or Chicago.
In the House, on the 23d, Mr. Foran re
ported a bill prohibiting tho importation
of foreigners under contract. A debate
took place on the pleuro-pneumonia bill,
which was referred to committee of the
whole. The Senate was not in session.
James Baswell was killed by a vicious
cow at his home in Taney County, Mo.
Pedro Monpaldu, Professor of Spanish
at the Naval Academy, was found dead at
Annapolis.
A Catholic school burned at Kershena,
Wis. Seventy pupils and six sisters es
caped in their night clothes.
Behan and Fehan, two of the men ar
rested for the recent riot at Hot Springs,
have been discharged from custody.
Neil McKaigue, a young butcher, has
been arrested for the murder of the aged
Wilson couple at Winnetka, near Chicago,
last week.
The failures last week in the United
States were 20C; Canada, 40 as compared
with 2f8 of the previous week.
The river is falling at Cairo, having in
flicted bnt little damage at that point.
Several lives were lost in a fire which
burnt down a number of buildings in Jack
son, Mich., recently. Loss, .175.000; par
tially insured.
A call has been issued for a National
Convention of Wool Growers of the United
States, to meet at Chicago on the 7th of
May next, in the general interests of that
industry. ,
WHAT THE STORM DID.
Devastating Effect of Tuesday's Storm la
Alabama, sjoath Carolina and Georgia A
Hundred or Mora Uvea Lost, and ttuia
Everywhere Visible in its Path.
Columbia, S. C, Feb. SO.
Specials to the Daily lUyister indicate
that the storm was fearful throughout the
State. At Chester the Baptist and colored
churches wero blown down. The Presby
terian Church tower and lell wero blown a
hundred feet. The cotton-seed oil null
buildings were partially demolished. Many
private resiliences and business houses
were damaged. Tho loss is estimated at
$50,000.
At D. D. Dickprt's plantation, Newberry
County, a hundred acres o. original forest
was swept away. St. Matthew's Lutheran
Church was blown down. William II. fil
lers' residence was carried off, and ho and
his child seriously injured. All tho plan
tations were badly damaged. Several
largo fires were obscwed in the track of
the storm.
Chnppel's Station was swept away; nof
a house left. The wife and child of George
F. Read wero badly hurt, Mrs. Rosalie
Simpkins had an arm broken and a colored
man's skull was crushed.
John Scarry's residence was destroyed
and ho and his wifo and child hurt. Mrs.
David M. Dickert's skull was fractured.
C. M. Shufford, Postmaster; Bozeman W.
Reed, and one or two others were in the
second story of Reed's store. Shufford was
killed; Bozeman had an arm and leg bro
ken, and Reed an arm and rib broken. Oth
ers were more or less cut up.
Eight loaded cars standing on the track
were carried forty j'ards and tcru to
pieces.
A woman and child are reported killed at
Anderson.
In the lower part of Clarendon Countv
James Cubbage and Ben Baggett's child
were killed.
In Darlington Countv the dwelling of R.
W. Boyd was destroyed, himself seriously
injured and two negroes killed.
Th dwelling of Mr. White, near Darling
ton Court-house was blown down and him
self and wife killed.
Mrs. C. Edwards was seriously injured
in tho fall of her house. Six persons are
known to he killed in tho county and fifteen
wounded.
Serious loss of life and property is re
ported in the vicinity of Williamsburg
County. The loss of property everywhere
was great.
Birmingham. Ala.. Feb. 23.
A cyclone swept through Cohaba Vailey
yestefday at noon. It is reported that thir
teen are injured in one community.
At Leeds the cyclone swept .away the
section house of the railroad, killing three
negroes. An old white couple named Bass
were seriously injured.
Three miles south of Leeds the houso of
John I'oole was blown away. A son and
daughter and chiid of a tenant were in
stantly killed, and I'oole, wife and four
children very badly injured.
The residenre and pidiiiscs of Dr. W. F.
Wright, railroad contractor, were demol
ished. The bodv of Dr. Wright's mother
vas found a hundred yards from the houso
earfully mangled, Annie, Jennie, Tnoi.ias,
nines and Edward, children of Dr. Wright,
avo arms or legs broken.
Harriet McUrew, cook, was killed. Of
twenty-four carts, two wagons and three
horses on the place, nothing remained hut
the carcass of one horse.
The houso occupied by Mr. McLaughlin
was blown away; McLaughlin was badly
hurt. A ii' is;libor, J. P. L.'iudrum, wile
uud daughter, all had legs broken.
The house of a man named Kerr took firo
and was blown away. Mrs. Kerr was fa
tally injured. Tho railroad for several
hundred yards is thickly strewn with de
bris, delaying trains.
Later intelligence but adds to the horror
of the awful story. Win. Wesson, need
fourteen, near Kerr's Gap, was killed.
Georce Davis, a boy on ttie Poole place,
was killed. Miles ot forest in Cahaba Val
ley were leveled by the storm. The todies
of strange cows were tumid around Leeds.
In many places tho ground is as clear of
stone as if carefully swept. Stumps and
trees bear the marks of flying rocks. There
is absolutely nottiing to indicate where Dr.
Wright's residence and out-houses stotd.
John Poole died of injuries at Leeds. Many
wires are down.
Aur.csTA, G v., Teb. -D.
Yesterday's storm was the severest since
the cyclone of 1J7.". In Hancock County
the storm overturned out-nouses and un
roofed houses-. Tho stables ot David Dick
son wero destroyed by lightning. In Co
lumbia County the barn and stables of J.
V. Ballard were blown down and three
horses killed. The plantation of Geo. Gra
nade was ruined: houses demolished and
timber carried off. Oil the plantation of
Dr. Rees a negro was killed. Mrs. R. 31.
Wade, wife of the overseer, was seriously
WQiinded. The Kin-house of John A. Faw
cett was demolished.
Tho town of Bradley, S. C, was nearly
blown away. The residence of Dr. Ligou
was blown down and his wife badly in
jured. At Ninety-Six, S. C., a house was wrecked
and a child killed.
The residence of W. H. Slattworth, in
Edgefield County, was blown down, the
ruins took fire and his little daughter per
ished. The house of J. C. Hankinson and the
sroro of J. S. Boyd, at Jackson. S. C, were
blown down and three negroes killed.
The town of 31iller was nearly destroyed.
Trains are impeded, the wires down'amr
tho mails irrezular.
Charlotte, X. C. Feb. 20.
Twenty-five houses m Puiladelphia set
tlement wero leveled by tho cyclone. The
todies of three white men and eleven col
ored were recovered. Search is being
made for others believed to have been
killed.
At Pioneer Mills, Cabarrus County, six
houses were blown down and a colored wo
man killed.
At Woodward's a negro and his wife
were killed.
At AVinnsboro three negroes and an nj;ed
white lady, Mrs. Sterling, were killed. 3Irs.
Sterling's son and daughter were blown
from the house into a tree.
At Polkton, N. C, the wife of F. M. Gray
was killed by a falling: house.
At Concord two brick residences were
partly demolished.
Fifty thousand dollarr iamage was dono
at Chester, S. C.
Xasiivillp. T:n.- Feb. 20.
Clarksville, Tenn.. was visted yesterday
by two destructive cyclones, about two
hours apart. They swept .through the cen
tral part of the city, levelling many houses
and doing serious "damage to hundreds of
buildings. Two churches were nearly
blown down; two towers taken off the
Court -house; one end was blown out of the
Franklin Hotel and much other destruction
was done. Many persons were seriously
injured In falling houses, hut non killed
outright. The roof of the Chmnicle office,
rafters and all, was lifted up and carried
over Elders' Opera-house and driven
through another house two blocks beyond.
The damage will bo very large. Every
telephone and telegraph wire was prostrat
ed and trains delayed.
Fkanklis, Kr., Feb. 20.
This town was visited by a tornado tnis
afternoon. A large tobacco factory, owned
by New York parties, was blown away.
The Borcean Hotel, Opera-house and other
buildings were unroofed.
Wilmington, X. C, Feb. 20.
A special to the Star, says.: At Rocking
ham the cyclone struck the village on the
outskirts, destroying fifteen houses, killing
twenty-three people and wounding many
more. Several colored people were also
killed on Pedee River.
At Manly and Keyser the cyclone de
stroyed everything.
Near Lillington, Harnett Cou ty, six per
ons were killed.
Nrw Orleans, Feb. 20.
A Times-Democrat Talladega (AuM
special says: A destructive cyclone ves
terday passed through the suburbs of Cava
Springs, Ga., killing five men and severely
injuring others. The cyclone was about a
quarter of a mile wide, and swept down
houses and everything in its pith. The
damage was great. In the eastern oortton
of Clinton Parish, Louisiana, trees and
fences for miles were blown down, and
Sam Hyains, colored, was killed.
Macon. Ga.. Feb. 20.
This city was visited yesterday alteration
and night by tremendous storms. There
are rumors of death and destruction in the
surrounding counties. An Atlanta tele
gram reports fifty killed north of that city.
A special from Columbus reports several
killed and wounded.
DEADLY FIKE DAMP.
Nineteen Miners In a 1'ennsjlvanla Colliery
Killed by an Exiilotion of l'ire D.imp
The Buttles nil KecoTered A Iarso Num
ber of Widows and Orphans X.eft to
Mourn.
Uniontown. Pa., Feb. 20.
Tho little mining village of West Leisen
ring, four miles north of here, was this
morning tho scene of the most t Trifle ex
plosion ever known in the coke regions.
The Conw'llsville Coal and Iron Company
have 2,000 coke ovens here which have been
in operation about a year. TLo works give
employment to about 100 men and quite a
little tewn has sprung up. The coal is ob
tained by means of a shaft which leaches
; he mine at a distance of 400 feet from the
i urface.
This morning a part of the force, who hail
worked all night, left the mines a' a little
after two o'clock, and seventy others took
i heir places, making the usual morning
shift.
At about half past six o'clock, while tho
men were digging, suddenly, without warn
ing, there occurred an explosion that con
vulsed the mine in every apartment and
threw the men into the utmost consterna
tion. The scene of the explosion was in one
of the apai tments, f ully JyJO feet distant
from the bottom of tho shaft, and tl.erefore
about 1,2J0 feet Irom the surface opening,
yet tLe report was heard on tho outside for
a considerable distance, and caused such a
jar that the top of the derrick a hundred
sect high was knocked off. Two mule
were sundinr afc lh tottnni of thn ahnft-
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air blew one of tnem through the wcoden
cage, shattering it to pieces. The other
mule died from suffocation.
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scribed.
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and thev were lef
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I not tune to recover lrom'
sion. 'I hnv liml
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unable to breathe. The explosion of the
Hrt iliinn Infr tho ,: iii..,i ,v.ii, f..
damn, which contains no oxygen, and ren
tiers it impossible tor lite to bo sustained
for any time. This afterdamp is densest
in the upper part of the mine and hen.-ethe
men hovered near the boitom, but even
here they did not long find relief.
Of all tiioso who were in the heading
where the explosion occurred Dick Raislev
aioue escaped to tell the awful storv.
When the explosion came and all the lights
were blow.n out Baisley was just chaii"in"
Li? clothes Heat once wound part of his
w
lil ClOtheS Hh ltt flTiew xviittml nnrk
clothes tightly around his face and mouth
t- ktep the loul air from choking him and
gave the rest ot his garments to nis com
panion, with instructions to take the same
precaution. He then started for t!i mnin
entrance, bidding his companion to follow. I warehouse people are in the most c-ittcal
They run over the bodies of men anil over posi'ion. They have hundreds of thousands
shattered wagons. Thev could see nothin" of dollars worth ot tobacco on hand, Wuich
!-ut could hear tho groans of dviii" men' I they have been raisnu up as the ra er ad
Presently ISalsley's eompaiian" protested vanced. The wsn.ht.uses aie great struct
that thev were not goinc; in the right direc- ores, but portions of them stand in wa.tr
tion and turned back. Like Lot'Avife, he twenty feet deep. The collapse of one of
perished. Baisley pushed on until ho fin- these structures now- would be attended
allv saw the lighs and was taken out. with great loss. In many places the cur-
ueH tue news of tl:e explosion TO
flashed around the families of the men rath-
ereil about the shaft and were wild with
AVheH the news of the explosion was
.
suspense. Ualsley's story gave them little
ground to hope that any of the miners
would be cot out alive. So dangerous was
the after damp that it was fully two hours
before auy volunteers could enter the
mines-. Many were on hand ready to make
the search, but were unable to do so until
hope of-rescuing tho uatortunates alive had
quite fled.
It was about eight o'clock when tho first ' lne river ot one mile. I'eople who can
body was brought out. It was that of sleep under the trying circumstances have
Michael Ripko, a Hungarian. His face gone to betl, prepared to see almost any
bore no marks of violence and he had evi- thing in the way of wa'er by morning,
dently died from suffocation. Cap'ain D.ek Morrow, of tho st Miner
The work of reseuiiisr the men now went ! Nes.it, reports tho drowning of a colored
on rapidly by willing volunteers and at i man aid child in Indian Creek, just above-
noon nineteen bodies had been carried out.
ine company's books wero then examined,
the roll called, and it was announced that
all the men wero accounted for.
Coroner Battou of this place, with many
citizens, went from here and the inquest
be-:an at o:.J0 o'clock. No testimony was
takea except that which identified the
dead, the list of whom is as follows:
THE HEAII.
IMIchncl Ileffern. Iri-h, bruised in the face;
leaves wifi- and s,x cLI di-en.
John Buckley. Irish, unmarried; no visible
in'ury.
l:ttriek Kennedy. Irish, binned 5n face; un-nu-r-ied
and tn!y chi.d or a widow.
lames Tracy, ir.sh. badly burned la the face
and body: single.
James Baker. Irish, terribly burned ia face;
leaves wife and two chi'drcu.
I 'avid Lloyd, Welsh, unmarried; burned in
head and face.
Wi l.am Davis. Welsh, sinjrle: no mark.
Tim. i as McGarr. Ilish, badly burned; leaves
wife and three children in Cumberland Coun
ty. Fi jj'i-nl.
John Hart. American, sinirle; no marks.
Michael Itlpko, Hungarian; wife and two
chiWien.
CJeorfr. Callis. Hunsarlan; leaves w ire in tho
old ciuntry. ,
1'unici i.ucicaer, coioreu; je-ives wuc anu
two children.
John Murray. Irish, wife and one child.
Peter Walters, Irish, single; brother of Mrs.
Murray.
William Searinjr, native: wife and four chil
dren. Joe Baker. Hungarian: karrs a wife.
Andy Warinus. German: single.
A ban N. Ha'kneyof this county; w.fe and
one child.
G. E. Mity, nat ve or Maryland.
Most of the above bore no visible marks
of violence, but had died from suffocation.
Their faces were very black, the smoke and
dust having been blown inio the skin.
The last man taken out alive was Henry
AA'ilson, who had managed to subsist on air
in the very bottom of the mine until res
cued. He was almost gone. Many of those
who were in other parts of the mine suf
fered severely.
After identifyingthe bodies Coroner Bar
ton adjourned the inquest until Saturday
morning. The-company will bear all tho
expenses of tho funerals which will take
place to-morrow and next dny.
The accumulation of so much gas in this
mine as to cause such an explosion is a
matter of much surprise. No accident ever
before occurred here, and it was regarded
as a very safe mine.
An old record shows that on Lone
Island, in 1G7. Ma-y Case was lined for
interruptinjr Mr. Levcrich durinr his
sermon." She said: "Conic down," thou
whitcd wall, that fecdust thyself and
starrest the people." Brooklyn ajle.
mm
The ciorarettnnist pro. If it does
not, the small hoy will. Where cigarette
smokinj: does not kill boys it stunts
them, and tins country has enough
runts. X. Y. Commercial AUucrliscr?
Miss Theodou.a Gray, of Daren,
Conn., aged ninety, who has been
toothless many years, is now cnttii.g an
uppsr front tooth. Hartford Post,
ME HOOB AT PADUCAH.
Th Larger Portion of the City of Padt
cab, Ky.. Submerged The Cnmbrrlant!
aaii XenneweB Bivers Sending Down a.
Xarce Contingent of Water Many Small
Towns Entirely Inundated Tho Water
Keccdinz at Cincinnati.
Padccaii, XT., Feb. 17.
Paducah claims attention as the scene ot
to-day's flood sensation. The 12,000 peopli
of this pretty little city got up this moru-
ing to fiud that the flood had wiped out all
previous records. The fact tuat the high,
water of 1S83 has ben eclip;oJ here, while
the stage is below last year at Shawnee
town and other points above, is easi.y ac
counted for. Tho great volumes of water
from tho Cumberland and the Tennessee
are turning out and adding to the Ohio.
The water is uow twenty-four inches highe
at Paducah than it was last j'ear, and has
risen all day at the rate of one inch tin
hour. Three days ago it had wiped out
Front and the first two thoroughfai is par
allel with the river. This noon lu water
extends back into the business heart m i i:e
city, and the merchants on Urwi-iuay ai.J
the cross streets tour blocks back from tue
river are scaffolding up their guo i-.
By atual obsorva.ion ami coanr t li
st reuts surrounding lorty-three lu....s in
the business portion are submerged. . hero
ttavemeii s are hLtit and tt.e lirs; il-orsnf
the building a step ir twj above tue side
walks, the water has not eiitciv 1, tot
where tho difference in level between U
floors and the streets is shg .i
tlit-ro is from three inches to two
feer cf water m the stores and
business estaLlishumits. Along Broad
way, in front ot tin? R chm- nd fiiwiiw and
some of the large w!.o.eaIepiat es.ihe niy
means of passing are raised pl.tnks or
i kilt's. The situation is novel, evfii 10 o.ii
I aducahaus, to go cut live block trotn the
river and look up anil tiown ai.d -ee a
stretch of water extending to ts.e cit 's
limits in both tiii-e. ti.ms, with scu.es of
sk lfs plying to and tro where vihieies were
thieo days ao, is a sight which th oldest
inhabitant does not remember to havu
keen paralleled.
Paducuii is now an island, ami the dry
land is bein ' re.meed rapid.y every hour.
! for the rise to the center ot U.e plateau
wnich is tho city's si e is very gradual.
F rtunately many of the housc- aie e o
vaied lrom one to tliiee let-t aL.ve the
Street's level. A Verts they ii"t tue water
would bo on thiee-.ourths of the 1. wer
finors in Paducah at this writing. As it is-
' tlio
houses from which the people have'
i been driven
number huudrtds, a. id Siose
,,,,. frou;. ,, of umoh ,,, w Ka.-l.wl
j onjy by boating can be counted by the
. thousands. As the water advances ?he
I hogs and cows are drie;i iu u;.on tue d-y
Maud, aim now s,iat.u m moves m z io ceu-
,
tral streets.
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uuecisv uas lo-uay ioca.cu a
nam? er of
fr,... . I-F furriu.' lit itttillil-k f nil tiunltlu
--"" " ".". - " i-",-
from one portion o. the cit car
to get
no' her.
The fires at the gas-works wvre readied last
' m"f-'ht in Isl,it': ! ulk-..euding. and to-iii,ht
the city has fallen bacc fii lamps and can-
tiles, mis is u city uicuurdies, tiuu Mien
was the demoralization to- lay that strv ices
were not attempted in any but :ho Mitht d
istpund these only iu the morning. Alt
day ion:; the streets, such as were passable,
were thronged with people looking at t.ie
extraoi dinary spectacle. Merchant an at
a loss to know what to o. Mr. Lyle, who
, carries one of the largest stocks oi go tls
i here, has made two moves, he s,nd to-niht,
nluI is afraid now that his stuck isn't id,;h
enough. J. R. Smith, a wholesale groeery
mei chant, who has a large
Ll.ck !.: tt-et
I deer nas already moved
his sio-koiic.
find savs to-nitrht that if there is ntmiher
! foot mme he will have t j j:o into the watur
ntui move tno goods aatn. ine tolur-co
rent or the water through tue streets is five
i- ; uiiUu,,i. 3U ,
nml -c nn.1s a,n ua':,r- r s'reets a
lu.-ah's pride, bat they w.l! Le m .sad
n a. . I oa. nillu.' a . la.aa.a. m.ii. .-- a. . a r r. .aa.k b.b
s ic..(iii:iu'
1 con
dition after nil this washing and wearing.
Nothing has arrived from the Cumber
land or Tennessee, and the situation in
those rivers is unknown. There can bo no
doubt but that it is ba.l enougli, however,
judging from the wa.ercoiniugoutof tnem.
The water at midnight covers over one
half tho area of Paducah, which has river
I front of three miles, anil a depth buck from
Clifton, and the miraculous escanu of
a.
woman and two children. A colored
man
find his wile and four children had staried
in a canoe to make their way oir o" the
high water caught by the overflow of In
dian Creek, up the Tennessee, when, in pass
ing down the creek, the canoe s ruok a troe,
and threw all of the oc upants into the wa
ter. The current was very swift, and the
father and one child were" soon swept be
neath, but the mother caught two of the
children and saved them an I herself. In.
falling from the boat the woman wan
thrown against a small tree, and around
this she wrapped her urms with a child in,
each hand and saved her life and two chil
dren, on- a babe and the other only a ytar
or two old.
Well informed citi2ns say that ?10,1,'H)')'
will not begin to cover the actual d.tm.ig
to property in the citv, leaving out of all
question the stoppage of iac'oris an I nIC
trade. An examination of the gauge, which
is now reached by a pontoon, since dart
slsows a stage of ."2.I feet.
Trains cot out of town to-diy by adopt
ing a novel expedient. The ptssener
coaches were put in front of a train of
ty freight cars and pushed through
thir-
nushed through the
overflowed portion. Tnen another engine
was attached and tho tram taken out.
This will be attempted to-morrow, but the
1 railroad men are not sanguine of keeping
up v-uuuectiuii longer man anotuer uay.
New Liberty, twelve miles above here, re
entirely abandoned, au 1 nothing but the
roofs of houses can be seen. Tue situation
is but little better with manv other points.
Four-fifths of Srnithlnnd, situated at th"
mouth of the Cumberland, is under water.
Rose Claire, Birdsview, Italeigh,Elizabeth
town, Fairplay and Fress Ftght are all sub
merged. The front portion of Casey ville is
under water to a depth oi ten or twelve
feet;
AVhat is written here at six o'clock
doesn't hold good at twelve. AVhen the
first portion of this dispatch was taken to
the telegraph office it was possible to get
along tho upper side of Broadway without
getting over snoe top in the water. As this
message is clo-ied skiff communication,
with the operator is necessary.
r Cincinnati. O.. Feb. 17.
At eight o lock to-night the fl od is 1
foot lower than it was last year at its high
est, which highest was OJ feet 4 inches. All
day tho weather has been murky, wth a
heavy rain in the forenoon and a drizzling
rain m the afternoon.
This afternoon three daring river rousta
bouts went into the ruins of the building
which fell and crushed ten people, at the
southwest corner of Pearl and Ludlow
streets, and at the risk of their lives got
seven more bodies out. It is sup
posed that there are no more
dead in these ruins- No one asked the
roustabouts to go in, and no one else dared
to go.
AThen asked to take pay they refused,
but by-standers compelled them to receive
it. On they went at their work again after
taking out the Burke family, nor did they
stop till tho last body was recovered
AVhen asked: "Have j'ou no regard fox
your lives?" they answered: "AVelo-tsome
of otir friends once in the same way, and
wejustcan'tbeartoletthefnmiliesof those
people-wait any longer to set the bodies of
their dear ones."
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