The Parsons Weekly Sun from Parsons, Kansas • Page 2

WIDE-SPEEAD IiULN. CABLE FLASHES. Ijc Parana Sun. IYlood la Michigan. Dn raorr, Feb.

1L A panic has seised some of the people at Lyons and It Is Im Doesibte to get estimates of the flood losses. raxed by Jealousy. Jfrw Tor. Feb. 10.

When Jacob last July, took bis pretty wife, Roeie, to live at No. 579 Eldridge street, his neighbors said he waa the luckiest man In the world. She Is a pretty brunette with waving hair and Jet black eyes. Before tbe wedding cake bad been eaten she was installed In tbe saloon of her husband in tbe basement of tbe Hobe dwelling. She proved a mascott to ber husband, as men who bad never drank beer before cultivated the habit just to get an excuse for visiting bis bar and bave Kosle draw tbe foam Inc.

hey. DOTS AND DASHES. D. T. Todd, tbe leading frait-dealer at De Monies, was found drad In tbe ice-box at bis warehouse.

Tue police retiort that a strong odor of gas and chloroform pervaded tbe place, leading to a suplclon of suicide. His watch and chain lay on a box near bla body. Managers of large ranches In Indian Territory report tbat tbe winter baa been tha mildest for five years, and tbat tbe loss ol stock will only he from 2 to 4 per cent. Advices from the Yellowstone ranges are to tbe effect tbat two hundred thousand bead of cattle are suffering terribly lor grass and water, and carcasses can be counted by hundreds along tbe river. A.

Scofleld, a leading citizen of Winnipeg, waa on Saturday nitrht killed in his office witb a knife, and bis body was dragged to the river and pushed down an air-bole. On a farm near California, Missouri, L. Wrigbt and Miss ThonuMon were killed by the bursting of a saw. The house of representatives passed the senate bill for tbe retirement of toe trade dollar, with an amendment providing that its recoin-sge shall not count In the buillou required to be coined under tbe Bland law. A bill has been Introduced in tbe Nebraska bouse to provide for tbe stamping of merchandise made in the penitentiary.

The Northern Pacific road Is building a car to supply light, beat, and pure water to passenger trains. It is to be placed Immediately behind the locomotive. An Incendiary fire at Anaconda, Montana, burned thirty bulidliiga, valued at $75,000. The Knights of Labor bave purchased for their general headquarters a building on North Broad street, Philadelphia, for $65,000. The United States government has 130,000 Springfield rifles stored away, and la still manufacturing the antiquated weapon at the rate of 40,000 per annum.

General R. B. Potter is reported to be seriously ill at Newport, Rhode Island. A Dispatch from Winnipeg aunouncea the death of Lieutenant Colonel MacKeant, who led the Ninetieth battalion iu tbe campaign against Louis RleL For the first five weeks ot 1877 the railway construction was double tbat of tbe same period last year. A Santa Ana, dispatch save: Notwithstanding contrary reports, it Is positively affirmed that tbe famous San Joaquin ranch, containing 400,000 acres, has beeu sold to a syndicate representing the Southern Pacific railroad company for $1,250,000.

Vice-President Smith, of the Santa Fe road, la reported as saying tbe purchase would uot Interfere with the of his road to San Diego. A New Tork dlspsteh savs: When Bismarck dissolved the reichstag the socialists of the city met and promised to collect 5,000 for the election expenses for twenty-five socialist members of the German legielatlve body. Saturday the sum was $J0 over the (5,000 mark. Advices from Wabash, Indiana, say Mrs. Henry Dunham of Kosciusko county regained consciousness and told tbe story of the murder or ber husband and child.

She says that-Plew, wbo Is In ja I at Warsaw, was the murderer, and that he alone committed tbe horrible crime. This story Is lieiug carefully guarded for rear that It will Incite the mob tbat bad been waiting tor procr of Plew's guilt, to take summary action. Tbe county jail at Warsaw Is strongly guarded and tho sheriff says he will shoot the first man to take Plew. Dr. Howard Croshy, In a lecture before the students ot Rutgers college, contended that intemperance must be dealt with as a sin, as the pledge has proven a failure, and tbat tbe use ot wine should not be condemned.

Tbe officials of British Columbia report a marked decrease In tbe arrivals of Chinamen, owing to tbe imposition ot $50 bead money. The British house of commons, bv a vote of 853 to 46, rejected Parncll's amendment to the address In reply to tbe queen's speech. Tbe Russian fleet In tbe Mediterranean bas been ordered to Japan, where it ia proposed to assemble a large squadron. A Paris cablegram chronicles tbe death of Edgar Kaou! Duval, a politician wbo became thechiet of the young imperialist party in A fire at Rangoon, India, destroyed four hundred houses. A Washington special to The Knmat Cify Timet says: Senator Vorhees has offered tbe following amendment to the house bill extending the laws of the United States over certain unorganized territory south of Kansas: "All tbat portion ot tbe state of Kansas king south of the 01 standard parallel south and west of the line between ranges 30 and 31 west ot the fith principal meridian aud tbe tract of unorganized territory bounded on tbe north by the states ot Kansas and Colorado, on the east by the Indian territory, on tbe south by tbe state of Texas and on the west by the territory of New Mexico, be, and are berehy, constituted a new and separate land dintnet, to be called the Cimarron land district; that tbe president by and with tbe advice and censent of the senate shsll appoint a register and receiver of public moneys for said district.

George W. Voice, an East St. Louis policeman, has been arretted on tbe charge of having killed Ex-Mayor John B. Bowman in tbat city November 20, 1SS5. He waa implicated by two young hoodlums.

Governor Ross of New Mexico has signed tbe new cattle quarantine bill for that territory. Boodle Alderman O'Neill of New Tork city bas been sentenced to four and a half years' Imprisonment. Tbe Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Tonghlo-gheny railroad compunv has grauted Its striking yardmen the increase of wages denisuded. Tbe Arkansas legislature has repealed the law forbidding secular pursuits ou Sunday wben one day In each week ia observed as Sabbath. The Pennsylvania coke syndicate has refused to accede to tbe w-labesof tho Iron manufacturers tbat tbe price of coke should not be raised.

Frank M. Barker, of Keokuk, Iowa, suicided at tbe Blossom bouse, Kausas City, by taking a dose ot laudanum. a An English company, with a capital of bas arranged to work ten farms of ten thousand acres each, scattered along tb Canadian Pacific road. Thoroughbred stock will be brought over from England. A woman giving tbe name of Reagan, while buying fruit at a stand In Chicago, left a band, box containing $8,000 in money and Jewelry.

A policeman searched along the atores and found it, for which she expressed ber thanks. Freight officers of tbe Pennsylvania road, at a recent conference, agreed that tbe company would be benefited by tho oiierations of tbe inter state commerce law, although over six hundred contracts will be daily copied and aent to the commission. Tbe hardware store of J. Bacon at Chelsea, Michigan, was wrecked by the explosion of one hundred pounds of powder. A fire which followed burned four stores, the total loss being $25,000.

I About fifteen hundred sllk-dvers at Pater-son, New Jersey, have struck for $1 per week additional pay and a half-holiday. Lizzie Ford, a blind woman, walked Into Chicago river at Jackson street and floated four blocks before she could be rescued. The recent protest by Casslns M. Clay against tbe Importation of Australian rabbits baa developed the fact that two lota were In December placed on tbe farm of John Morris, near Independence, Loulaiana. The native animal has been exterminated in tbat vicinity br tbe negroes and their dogs.

Strikers st Boston have tied np tbe Cambridge borse-railroad on a demand for ten hours' work Inside ot twelve. Moody MerrUL -the largest owner ot street-railway stock In Boston, declares his beliel tbat tbe earnings ot companies increase in proportion to the wages paid. Both houses of tbe Nevada legislature have passed a bill to disfranchise Mormons. Officials' of tbe St. Paul road report that tbe earnings for laat year were 6i per cent on tbe common stock, and that there will be a surplus of $1,010,000 after paying dividend.

BY B. H. LUSK. PARSONS, KANSAa Babt Whitney is to be Darned Frances Cleveland, It is said, in honor of the president's wife. Lord Ckah brook is the oldest of the British cabinet ministers, at 72 years, and Mr.

A. J. Balfour, at 38, is the youngest. It Is understood that Campanlni, the famous tenor, has been offered the position of dramatic critio by a New York newspaper. Am earnest effort is being made in Philadelphia for the erection of a monumental statue of Gen.

McClellan at the east front of the municipal building. Sir Stafford Northcotk's first considerable was a pamphlet most ably and brilliantly vindicating Mr. Gladstone's administration as colonial secretary. Dean Murray, of Princeton, is writing a series of articles on 'Bunyan and His Works as a Homileticnl Two of these hove already been published in The Ilumiletio Review. Gaspabd Pacaud, now a member ol the Canadian house of commons, used to be a clerk in a Detroit dry-goods store.

lie is only 27 years of ago, and is said to be the handsomest man in parliament Jay Gould has a brother, Abraham Gould, who has never been heard from until lately. He is supply agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad at St. Louis and is described as a pleasant and un-ostentious citizen. Mm Modjemka says she will not return to Poland to live, because she can do nothing there, Russian tyranny is so great. She wants to live where she can take an active interest in whatever Is going on about her.

Sir Michael Morris is the first Ionian Catholic appo.nted to be lord chief Justice of Ireland since the Reformation. It is a noticeable incident that the appointment should be made by a conservative government. Mrs. IJazkn, widow of the chief signal oilicer. who arrived in Washington from Europe hist week, is with her fattier, Mr.

Washington McLean. Since her return her son, an only child, has been dangerously ill, but is now Improving. The regent of lluvuiia is making his sons learn useful trades. I'rinoe Rupert, who will brobably bo king some day, is apprenticed to a bench. Prince Francis is learning how to paint bouses, and Prinoe Chat-las is an industrious market-gurdencr.

Frederick Ameuj.ing. tho celebrated Austrian, painter, died recently, in Lis eighty-sixth year. Among hie greater works are Abandoned by vEueus" and "Moses in the Desert." Ameiling was four times married, and his ybuuguat child is but 12 years old. Admiral Meiimed Pasha, who, like some other Ottoman naval officers, was educated in Kugland, has published in Turkish an illuutrated work on naval tactics, the first of its kind in that language. Thefew Turkish oilioials who speak English chiolly bolong to the navy.

Joel Chandler Harris is said to do all his literary work with a goose-quill. A short time ago Mr. Harris found that the use of either stuol or gold pens caused a peculiar and unpleasant numbness to make itself fult in his wrist and arm; be therefore adopted tho quill, and baa suffered no inconvenience. Samuel K. Wilson, the wealthiest citizonof Trenton, N.

has startled his friends by suddenly marrying a second wife. Miss Conway, of Boston, and sailing for Europe before congratulations could be offered. He is tho owner of extensive wooleu mills and is worth a dozen millions or more. A writer in The Jioston Post says: "There is very little doubt that Rev. Sam Small gets nearer to tho people here in Boston than his associate Sara I do not know what their com parative sucooss may be with the audiences which they gather at their church ner vices, where people attend with the definite purpose of enjoying an emotional experionco, and are there fore more open to impression.

But with such a casual crowd as that which drops in it the noon meeting at Faneuil hall the junior partner in this firm of revivalists does much the better. I was impressed yesterday noon with the really skillful manner in which Rev. Sam Small availed himself of the accessories of the place and worked up the enthusiasm of his audience upon matters entirely disconnected with religion, then quickly turuing this secular emotion into the evangelical channel. His method Is doubtless as artificial as that of Rev. Sam Jones, but it has art as well as artificiality; and what morn, though in rare combination, had Wendell Phillips Michigan Town Laid Waste i by "Water.

3olid Walls of Ice Drire the River from Its Course. hocks of Goods in the Stores of the Town Rained. Terrible Losses of Cattle in Montana Caused by the Intense Gold. Swept by Floods. Detroit, Feb.

14. At Lyons, th lee gorge is frozen solid to a deptb of from Ave ten feet and the river Is stilt flow ion through the mala street and merchants are Milldlng trestle works to their stores. The sold weather settled nearly a foot but made sork Impossible. The first mall since last Wednesday arrived to-day. being carried icross the gorge below.

Families who were Irlven from their homes without changes of slothing returning in boats through the win-lows Bud everything covered with Ice. The whole country from Lyons to Mulr pre-lent an Arctic panorama of desolation. Many merchants have been unable to visit their stores since Thursaay morning, and sev-n-al who attempted It wera swept down by the surreut and narrowly escaped death. All the nercbants lose heavily; all manufacturing atabllshments are crippled, and many buildings are ruined. The Ice gorge shows no signs breaking, extending as a soiiu glacier nvc lilies long and from fifteen to twenty feet Ihlck.

The loss of property will doubtless each $150,000. The Holly water works bulld og stood In the midst of the flood and was iterallv ground to pieces. At Three Klvers the water began rising gain Saturday afternoon, and this morning river was" six Inches higher than In the. treat flood of 1809. Men were at work all night the Lake Bhore track, which was only saved Iron being washed out by a severe freezing.

Dying by Thousands. Fort Keooh, Feb. 14. In round lumbers there were January 1,300,000 head of lattle and 83,000 sheep on the ranges north ind south of the Yellowstone liver within adlus of 100 miles of this point. Up to that lata the stock bad not suffered much from he severity of the winter, but during January ind the half of February Just closing storms lave been of unprecedented req uency, and ihe temperature has averaged the loweat for Iftecn years.

It Is not nosaible to accurately Mtltnate the losses, but they have been euor-nous. In some places amounting to a practical tnnlhllatlon of whole herds. A Tongue Klver stockman who has Just returned from an examination of bla herd sai resterday: "At Lignite, where my herd is located, as far as 1 could see op aud down the liver, cattle were standing knee deep In the mow, unable to obtain a blade of grass for lustenanre, and gnawing the wood of the willows as a last resort, in a space fifty yards Muare I counted twenty-five dead beasts, and a cowboy told me there were fully a thousand lead between Lignite and Moon Creek, a few Etilss above. The cattle are almost unable lo move, as their feet and ankles are but raw Basses of bleeding fleab from having been cut at every step by the crusted snow. They occasionally go upon the ice In search of water, tnd finding air holes tumble Into the river, ten cutting ice ssw thirty cattle drowned In two hours.

They could not be driven away, is they were mad with thirst." The signal Came Too Late. Whits River Junction, Feb. 14. In las Investigation by the railroad commissioner Bto the causes of the recent Vermont Central llsaater, Engineer Pierce testified to-day thai in receiving th bell signal, be applied the all brake and, then looking back, saw the real ears falling from the bridge. He at once pened the throttle in order to save the forward cars.

After break Ing away from the rest ears he did not stop until he had reached the end of the bridge. This accounts for the dis tance run after the signal was given. The en gine was nan way over uie linage wuen lie ticsrd the bell. Story of the Fight. Mabhillon, Feb.

13. Late last night foung, well-dressed and Intelligent woman went before Mayor Frants and made a voluntary statement which Is regarded as an Important clue to at least the Identity of the thugs who assaulted Detectives Hulligan and Hoebne at Ravenna, and rescued the for tblef McMunn. She gave her name as Margery Roblnsou, and said she was the wife of Edward Koblnson, a nephew of John Robinson, the eircus roan. She says she was In the house of Jennie Rogers, a Third avenue brothel In Pittsburg, and assisted to secrete the fur wraps stolen from Benedict A Ruedy in Cleveland. They were taken to the Rogers louse by an expressman.

There was a regularly organised gang of crooks numbering nineteen, and the Rogers house was their resort. Four of them, Tom Hoddy, Joe John-inn, Smith Carson and her husband, went to Alliance, via the Fort Wayne road, the evening preceding the rescue of McMunn and returned to Pittsburg the following Monday, lohnson was wounded In the encounter, went to Harrlsbnrg, and died there from the fleets of his Injuries. The house was searched three different times while the furs were there, but the goods were not discovered. They ere stored la cupboards and Ice boxes In the basement. In explanation as to why she disclosed the secret the woman said the gang had threatened her life.

She appealed to the mayor for Rrotection and gladly consented to be confined i the city prison, where she now la and will Be held to await Instructions from the chief of police of Pittsburgh. Stabbed With a Stiletto. CairAoo, Feb. 13. During a quarrel aver cards this afternoon In a Clark street saloon Danlello Florlo, lately from Genoa, lashed Felice Ramondl over the hand with a razor.

An Instant later Ramondl'a companion, Francesco Trlmarlc, plunged a stiletto into tbe heart ot Florlo. lie sank to the floor dead, while the other two hastily made tbeir escape. The trio had been carousing together since early morning. A Saloon Keeper's Freniy. Milwaukee, Feb.

ia Charles Klosc, a ScblealngerviUe saloon keeper, loaded two hotguns this evening and emptied the con-teats of one Into his wife's head as she was kneading bread, killing her instantly. He then tried to shoot himself but merely blew away one cbaek. Iheu he locked the door, poured kerosene over the furniture and set the house ablaze. Wben tbe neighbors tried to enter he reloaded one of the guns and blew out his brains. Killed by a Desperado.

Wheeling, W. Feb. 13. A man named Miller, who Is a desperate character, bad been living near Timber Ridge, a small settlement beyond Pawpaw, with a married woman named Wallace, who was separated from her husband. This created much scandal In the town, and feeling ran so high that the people determined to tar and feather the pair, and last sight a party of men, beaded by Wallace, tbe woman's husband, started for the house with this Intention.

Millard White was persuaded to loin tbe mob, and wss the Brat to enter the building. Miller was armed with a shotgun which he discharged aa the crowd passed in. Tbe charge struck White Id tbe hesd, killing blm Instantly. The crowd fled panle stricken, allowing Miller to escape and he is still at large. White was in tbe town to attend his mother' I funeral.

War Preparations Cause tha Gravest Conjectures. British Lords Discuss Irish Affairs -eral Foreign Gossip. -Gen- Afraid of France. Berlin. Feb.

14. In reply to aa Inquiry by Deputy Eyenern In tbe landtag as to whether war was probable, Bismarck said to-day: "Yon know quite as much as I do. We live in a state of peace, but look at the French preparations, the building of barracks, the position of General Boulanger, and the constant outcry of the French patriotic league during sixteen ears, and then consider what we hays to fear from France." Tbe Pott recommends tbat the Germans who desire to know tbe position of the French frontier, to stndy the map prepared at Wurt-emburgb by Major Troltsch. which shows that between Paris and the eastern frontier, the troops of the line combined with the present reserves form an effective force of 000,000, which can be tripled la a few days. GERMAK PATROLS ON Dl'TT.

Paris, Feb. 14. The Journal Vet Dtbatt has telegrams from Nancy saying tbat numerous German patrols have been stationed along tbe frontier for the purpose. It is supposed, of arresting deserters, whose number has rapidly increased since war rumors have been in circulation. Tbe dispatches also 'say that the French bss Issued an order directing tbat any patrol should by accident enter France only formal notice should be taken of such violation of French territory, the matter to be subsequently made the subject of a diplomatic protest.

A dispstch from St Petersburg says that General Von Schweinltz, the German ambassador to Russia, recently sounded tbe czar aa to whether he would remain neutral in the event of a war between Germany and Francs, aud that the czar refused to make any engagement respecting tbe matter. The Lords on Ireland. Lokdon, Feb. 14. In the bouse ot lords tonight Baron Inchlquln, conservative, demanded tbat the govermetit should take Immediate measures to deal with the lawlessness in Ireland.

He said the league was carrying terror throughout the country and should be instantly suppressed. Tbe worst feature of tbe struggle In Kerry was the part taken by the prletta. An amendment of the Jury law was also a necessity In order to secure tbe administration of Justice. Baron Brabourne, conservative, said be did not wish to censure the government, but the executive at Dublin had been rather lax In dealing with disorders. The executive should not appoint as sub-sheriffs of commissioners men who approved tbe plan of campaign or wbo bad taken part In land agitation.

Karl Cadogan, speaking for the government, deprecated a desultory conversation on the condition of Ireland by members aa such conduct wsa not calculated to strengthen the government or lead to anything useful. If any sheriffs or other officials were found violating their oaths or acting Illegally thev would bo decisively dealt with. He reminded the membere that the number of agrarian offenses had greatly decreased. Tbe speakers wbo urged the Instant adoption of severe repressive measures forget tbe promises in tbe queen's speech. Special power would be asked only when needed.

Baron Fitzgerald (liberal) said before there could be peace or prosperity in Ireland the land question would have to be settled and Industries encouraged. He reminded the members that since the sixteenth century the whole course of legislation had been to re-preas Irish industries. Cardinal Gibbons In Rome. Rous, Feb. 14.

The propaganda will give a banquet In honor of Cardinals Gibbons and Tascheresu after the consistory. Tbe Armenian patriarch, at the pope's reception tomorrow, will present his holiness with a diamond ring from the aultan of Turkey. Numerous visitors, lay and ecclesiastical, called upon Cardinal Gibbons to-day, among them Cardinals Jacobtnl and ParoccbL Cardinal Gibbons this afterooon quietly visited several members of the sacred congregation. Besides receiving visitors, be is busily occupied with various matters. Liberals Beaten Again.

Loitdoh, Feb. 14. The bouse of commons tbls evening resumed tbe debate on the address in reply to the queen's speech. An amendment offered by Mr. Esslemont, liberal.

In favor of an Inquiry Into the condition of farm Is borers In Scotland was rejected by a vote of to 0ft. An amendment offered by Mr. Campbell In favor of local government In Scotland and other parts of tbe kingdom was withdrawn after a abort discussion. Abylsalntans Win Another Fight. Rome, Feb.

14. A dispatch from General Gene, the Italian commander at Mossowa, dated Februsry 0, says that the situation is unchanged, though King John of Abyssinia was sending troops to Adegrat, A force commanded by a son of tbe king fought a sanguinary battle with tbe Soudanese, nesr Met-emeh, which resulted in a victor; for the Abjsslnlsos. Irish Police on a Tear. DoBLrw, Fen. 14.

The police at Lougbrea broke into a tavern to-day and stole a quantity of liquor and then made an na provoked attack upon citizens, wounding several. Fifty men made a raid this evening Upon houses in Bally Vournev and KUmical, County Cork, and seized all the nrearms they could find. They evaded the police. The Crar's Mlnd Unchanged. St.

Pstersburo. Feb. 14. It Is semi -officially stated tbat the czar maintains tbat the candidacy ot the prince of Mlngrella for tha Bulgarian throne must be submitted to the so-branje, and adheres to the position that the Russian policy In Bulgaria neceasltates the displacement of tbe regents and prefectoral nominees. Davit Speaks at Longhrea.

Ijcblin, Feb. 13. At Loughrea to-day 400 police were refused food and shelter. Michael Davltt arrived In the morning but refused to accept a copy of the government proclamation prohibiting tbe proposed nationalist meeting and addressed the meeting In tbe afternoon In tbe league rooms, which were barricaded. He spoke at Woodford in the evening.

A Desperate Battle. Romb, Feb. ia General Jena, Italian com mander at Massowab, reports as follows: Borettl, commanding at Saatt, on January 25, 1 1 tk. m- in-, m. uic unsiiLT, uj .11, '11- aands of Abyssinlsns, wbo disappeared on the firing of some sheila horetti sent out a party under Lieutenant Coma, who surprised ana engsged tbe enemy.

1 be latter advanced Intrepidly on all sides to wttbln 800 yards of tbe Italian positions. There was desperate light ing until o'clock, wnen me enemy retreated. Boretttl applied for reinforcements and Jene sent a column under Colonel Decrlatoforia. The column waa delayed by difficulty In transportation. Uecrisloforls asked for more men and runs.

While the latter reinforcements were on the way It waa learned that the Decriatoforis party nad been massacred after forming a square, aeienaiog tuem selves to tne last mar, and cartridge. Tbe relief party found the bodies lying tha order in which tbe seen fought and ths enemy retiring. Many corpses were mutilated. The water Is four feet deep In many residences and the same state of prevails in store rooms. Everybody Is moving or preparing to move.

Laat night waa the most exciting the village has ever experienced. Three buildings have been washed away and demolished and many others badly damaged. Alexander McKarlane's family are sick and cot off from assistance. At Molr the same serious conditions prevail and merchants have abandoned their stores. Reports from other points are to the same effect, but Lrona seems to be the worst sufferer.

Fred Winters of Cbsrlotte was drowned wben trying to cross Tbornspple river. Three Rivers la surrounded with water and all the shops have been closed at that point, and the Immense lumber piles there are afloat while the Lake Shore track Is in great danger of being washed awav. At Monroe the river Raisin has been slowly rising for the past twenty-four hours, but the Ice has broken, giving free passage to the lake. The banka of the river are lined with immense walls of ice and frozen snow, rising to eight or ten feet above the present high water mark. At Jackson the pressure of the water In Grand river on the mill pond above tno city was too great and last nigbt tbe sluices opened with the result that tbe water rose several fnet and the Grand Trunk bridge was soon under water and he cellars In the business blocks In the center of town were all flooded while the state fair grounds were completely submerged At Battle Creek the water In Battle Creek and Kalamazoo rivers continues to rise and the lower portions of tbe city are submerged.

Tbe water was never known so high before. Some bouses and bridges are in danger, and some mills and manufactories are closed. Never In tbe tistory of Vermontvllle has the water in Tbornspple river been so high. Up to 'i o'clock this morning it wss rapidly rising. Two large bridges have been swept and tbe railroad Is submerged.

At Owasso at ii o'clock this afternoon the water waa still rising. Large quantities of lumber have been swept away, tbe residences along tbe river are flooded, and the -inmates have moved Into tbe second stories. It is Impossible to estimate the loss yet, tut It will run well up into tbe thousands. Tbe danger from the blgb water and Ice Sorites has not abated at Lansing. The river ropped several Inches after the successful blasting of the gorge at Saginaw strait laat night, but has remained stationary since.

A huge ice gorge has formed above the Grand Trunk railroad bridge, at Glen Island park, twenty-tire feet deep and nearly half a mile long. A dynamite party has been working all Hup .1 .1. 1 V. itt.l. 1 11...

11 I 1 1. 1 UC1UW, UU IUCII efforts this sfternoon to reduce It nave been thus far without avail. Should It break away suddeuly, nothing can save all tbe bridges upon the river. Waring of the Elements. Ca row, Feb.

1L One or the most severe wind and rain storms that ever visited this part of Ohio struck the city about 8 o'clock thia morning and lasted about half an hour before It passed off. No serious damage was done here, but at Louisville, Ave miles east, a cyclone wave struck the town with terrible force and did considerable damage. The storm came with an ominous roar that thrilled the people with fear. No one was hurt but many were overcome with alarm. Fences and I reel were mowed down like reeds, bouses unroofed, shutters and gates torn from their hinges, window glass broken and chimneys blown down.

1 be slute roof of the larare Catholic church was badly shatteredand the roof of tbe convent school adjoluing was lifted off in an Instant. Two minutes of the roar and crash and th cyclone bad gone on In its mad fllarht. In the oner interval or time people crouched to the floors ol their dwellings and the ground in terror, while many were seen kneeling In prayer. The damage done the town will amount to between Ci.000 and $8,000. FOUR MIK CRUSHED TO DEATH.

A Tyrone special savs: Durlnir a wind storm here tills afternoon a tree blew down, killing tour railroad laborers who had taken shelter under it. Telegrams from eastern Ohio state that a terrible wind storm passed over that section to-day. At Louisville seven houses and a woolen factory were blown down snd the Catholic church and seminary, two Urge and costly structures, partially demolished. Not a chimney Is left standing in the town. The loss will reach over $100,000.

At Wooster tho residence of M. K. Hard was wrecked and tbe tower of the Lutheran c'uureh was blown through the roof tbe new Methodist church. Several other houses were unroofed and trees and fences blown down. The loss will be several thousand dollars.

MUCH MSiOI IN AKRON. Akroh, Feb. 11. A tearful storm ol rain aud wind, with clouds so black as to require lights In houses, prevailed In this city this morning. In South Akron there was wholesale havoc, chimneys being blown ofl of dozens of renldences and roofa being entirely destroyed.

Keiberling'e mower and reapei works were also partially destroyed. At West Richfield the hotel owned by Jacob Htldrrbrand caught fire, causing a total losi of partly Insured. Tbe Cuyahoga river is greatly swollen and much damage Is feared to the manufactories along Its banks. High water on the vallev road wsshed a ray a bridge above Boston, and this, wl'h other washouts nearer Cleveland, has entirely stopped travel) GKEsssnuRO, Feb. 11.

A terrible rain and wind storm raged here this morning foi fullv a half hour between 10 and 11 o'clock. Houses were unroofed, trees blown down and fences carried away. Tbe new jail smokestack was cracked for at least twenty feet from the base and the court house window! were blown in on tbe west side. A larire der rick on the Sisters of Charity farm waa blown oorni, teiegrapn wires disabled ana damage generally aoue. Wbeklimo.

W. Feb. 11. A heavy wind and ralu storm passed over this city and vicinity this morulng. unroofing tbe Third Presby terian church and tbe Mound City hotel at mounasviue.

lonsiaeraDie damage was a lac done to tbe Ben wood public building and many cuiiunejs anu roots were mjureu. Let Her Child Freese. Key ada. Feb. 11.

Nannie Armstron an nn married woman, living with ber brothei Benjamin Armstrong, in Henry township. arose very early on the morning of January Wtb, and went out Into tbe orchard, when she gave birth to a male child, without mod leal assistance. Returning to tbe house la about an bour she said that she was suffering from stomachs pains and fainted. Her lister in law. who suspected something wronr.

went Into tbe ysrd and found tbe baby lying in thf i an grass ana coverea up wun an apron, nc child was dead wben discovered, and. It being extremely cold, It wss concluded that It had frozen to death. Tbe body was burled by Miss Armstrong's Drotner. Yesterday a rumor reached thia city concern Ing the matter and Coroner Harris and Prosecuting Attorney Smith went out to Investigate A coroner's Jury waa Impaneled and the body was exhumed and a thorough Invea ligation made. Although the woman claimed that tbe child waa born dead, tbe jury rendered a verdict that It was bora alive and bad died from exposure.

Tbe girl was then ar rested and bound over to await the action ol the grand Jury and her bond set at $400, whlcb was given with ber brother as security. Tbt case will eoiue up for trial at the March term of the circuit court. Brakeman Seb-wartx Confesses. Morris, Feb. 11.

Henry Scbwarts, who Is now In Jail here, suspected of being Implicated In the Rock Island express robbery, baa, it la said, made a confession to his wift which will lead to the arrest of two and possibly three parties In Chicago. men are the onea who actuary committed tb double crime of murder and robber, tb former being restored to In order to avoid recognition. Henry Schwartz's connection witt tbe affair was that of an accessory, and hli duty on the night of Ita commission was tc guard against anyone entering the express oar between Jollet and Morris. erage for them. llolie, boweyer, did not remain merry.

The glances which bis gsy young wire cast upon tbe customers made him very unhappy. He resolved to destroy bis wife's beauty aud forever bar all possibilities of further annoyance. Accordingly yesterday afternoon be went to a drug sto--e at Delancey aud Eldridge streets and bought a bottle of cologne and a bottle of vitriol. Returning borne he was met by Rosle at tbe door of tbe saloon. She was radisnt with smiles; and when be said, "Come into tbe kitchen, I have aoinethlng for you," she followed blm so quickly tbat every bottle In the place daurcd a jig.

Take this bottle of said Jacob with a smile on bis face, hut just as Kosle resched out her hands be seized her and dashed tbe vitriol into her face. The unformnute woman shrieked with sgony and called aloud for help. Several persons ruKbed to her aid and In the excitement of the moment her husband escaped, but Policeman heap found him in the basemeutof 30 Forsytbe street. He was Unrked up. Rosie was burned on tiie shoulders and arms, but her face was uninjured, llohe pleaded that It was an accident, but Justice Ford viewed It In another liirbt and held hint in 000 bail for trial.

A Reelus for Spite. Boston, Feb. 10. Some twenty-five years auo Daniel Buckley, a mecbahlc, went to the town of Upton with considerable money and soon married a widow having two sons, one of whom was soon sent to the penitentiary lor an assault upon a young girl. A lawver advised tbe mother to plead for a new trial and she did so, spending not only her own money, but that of her husband In feeing lawyers.

This angered Buckley and he betook himself to his room. That was twunty-two years ago, and wltb the exception of coining down stairs on one or two occasions be stubbornly kept bis room and was never seen upon the street or about the house by any of the neighbors. He wss perfectly sane and stolidly remained a voluntary recltisn to spite bis family. A day or two ago be died, and to-dav his body tras taken from the living tomb aud carried to tho country church yard? TTawail Slinking. Sav Francisco, Feb.

10. Advices from Honolulu report tbe volcano Mauna Loa on Hawaii Island again active. Tbe eruptions liegan Januray 15 with an emission ot fire, smoke, lava, the matter flowing down the south slope. If Its course is not changed it will flow to tbe sea without dolncr mucb damage. Earthquake shocks throughout this island are frequent, but without serious accidents.

The Kev. J. U. Paris writes from Kaawola, Hawaii, iimler date of January 19: '-For thirty-six hours there baa been one continu ous series of earthquake tremulous jars, wun pretiy naru snaKea interspersea running into each other, and our house has seemed like a little craft or a bubble floating on a chopped sea. Willie 1 write my table riH-ks so tbut It is with difficulty I can keep my seat aud bold my pen." A Murderer's Fishy Story.

Cleveland, Feb. 10. Alfred Smith, who Is now on trial for beating bis wife and a woman named Wilson to death with a ham mer, told his story In court to-day. He says that tbe two women schemed to get him out of tbe way and that, a Dr. Sell, who has since disappeared, was Mrs.

Wilson's lover. On the night of the murder he was awakened by some one who was In tbe act of cutting bis throat. He sprang from his bed and was struck in tbe dark by Sell. He grappled with his assailant and taking a hammer from the doctor's hand struck hlin. He then tumbled over on the bed on which were the dead bodies of tbe two women.

Smith's story created a sensation but it is not believed. Deadly Poison. OMAnA, Feb. 10. Last Sunday night Farmer John Dlkehouse and bis family, consisting or his wife and daughter and aged rather, living near Hastings, ate a suoner of rice, prunes and coffee, and, aa usual, swallowed the prune stones.

Monday morning Dikehonse awoke to find wife and daughter dead and the old man unconscious. Aid was summoued and tbe old uian revived. Curious neighbors insisted that Mrs. Dike-bouse was not dead, but all efforts to resuscitate her railed. It was at lint thought that tbe prune stones caused the deaths, but physicians diagnosed the symptoms ss those of morphine poisoning.

Dikehouse, senior, reineniiicrs tbut the coffee Sunday night was verv bitter. The stomachs or the dead women will be examined. No arrests have been made ret, and all are at sea as to who used the poison. The Union Pacific's Statement. Boston, Feb.

10. The annual statement of tbe Union Pacific railroad shows earnings for tbe year ot $'2i, 003,797, expenses surplus 10, OTA 083, taxes net earnings f.O'.r,, 173. Tbls shows an Increase of in gross earnings, an Increase of 17, 146 In expenses, a decrease of $749,811 In surplus, an increase of $151,451 in taxes, and a decrease of in net earnings compared with 1HS5. Millions for Pensioners. WasnixOTOV, D.

Feb. 10. The commissioner of pensions has to-day started requisitions tor wltb which to make the payment ot pensions due March 4. This will be the largest payment for tbe current pensions made in any one quarter lu the history ot tbe government. A Mother's Horrible Crime.

Harttorii, Feb. 10. A few days ago a young woman named Rose Dally went to West Sullivld from East Granby, where she bad been living as a servant, to visit a family named Burns, and in the absence of Mrs. Burns gave birth to an illegitimate child. Then she aiose and taking her offspring with ber went to an outhotue.

walking over a snowy path In ber stocxing feet, and attempted to strangle It. Falling in this ahe went back to the house and, with a table knife, cut off the Infant's head and put It In tbe stove, while she took the mutilated body into the cellar, where she left It. Mrs. Burns, returning soon sfterward, discovered by the offensive smell that something was wrong, and, open lug tbe stove, was shocked at seeing the baby's bead in the lire. She snatched It out, crisp and blackened on one side.

Tbe wretched mother's recovery Is considered doubtful. A Bomb In an Opera House. San Francisco, Feb. 10. A bomb exploded In the bands of a crank at the Grand opera bouse last night.

It waa made of a caa filled with powder. In the center of which was a bottle. Tbe can waa wrapped In pieces ol elotb soaked In Inflammable oil. and it is believed that the Intention waa not only to kill Paul and those near the stage, but also to set fire to the building. It was arranged to explode by a number of friction matches which were connected with a fuse Inserted In the powder.

Tbe theory Is tbat tbe fuse burned too quickly. Nothing can be extracted from tbe prisoner, and the police are firmly con lnced that he is simply a crank. Mr. Pam ell Is about to leave London to re rait his health..