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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-28
coLoRED MINERS.
The Importation OF Colored Men Into
the Pennsylyania Coal Regions.

HUNTINGTON, March 27.-It is impossible
to tell what may be the extent of the
movement to bring colored laborers from
Virginia. In the absence Of reliable infor-
nation from the operators the wildes: ru-
mo-s have been set afloat and much e1-
citement has been caused in the mining
regions in this part Of the State. The ne
groes who arrived here last week, fifty in
number. were intended for the furnaces at
Saxton, and the coal mines on Broad Top,
and were switched off here on to the Hun
tingdon and Broad Top road to be taken to
those points; but their destination was at
terwards changed and they were taken TO
Tyrone, and from thence to the iron mines
at Warriorsmark. A Yirgirian named
McQuillan, who has for some time
been Superintendent for Mr.. r. II. Pow
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23
The Deluge at Louisville.
THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY WITHOUT A PAR
AII.EL IN TIE Annals or THAT CTTY.

THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY WITHOUT PAR
ALI.EL IN THE ANNALS OF THAT CITY.
The waters in the Ohio river at Louisville
reached a height not witnessed before for
years. About forty squares in the north
eastern section of the city were inun-
dated, and ), 900 persons driven from their
homes The cutoff dam, overcome by the
terrific weight of water from above, gave
way suddenly. with loud roar" says an
eyewitness, "the flood rushed over. The
waters covered the ground with irresistible
force, falling about eighteen feet to the
ground below the dam In few seconds
the yellow tide was sweeping in from all
points, and the infatuated inhabitants in the
Bear Grass creek bottoms, who had gone TO
bed, were completely surprised in their
homes. With n mighty rush the waters
swept from square to square, rapidly rising
in the houses and severing many from their
foundations The roar OF the waters could
not drown the screams of the terrified ones
who were escaping from their doomed
houses Men, women and children waded
through the advancing waters Bontires
glimmered on the higher ground which
many poor outcasts had gained People
who were sleeping in foolish confidence that
the embankments would shelter
them were Tudely awakened by
the flood coming into their houses.
Some were even surprised in bed When
the stroke came IL was like lightning In
the darkness and cold they fled the waiting
death, half clothed ana shivering. BY morn
ing thirty-five squares were under water,
and over $50 houses destroyed All dav
long "a stream of people passed up ana down
the Short Line track to look at the rivers
devastation. Houses were overturned, some
on their sides some almost on their roofs;
other buildings were crushed to pieces and
perhaps third were swept away from
their foundations Doors window
sash g, pieces of furniture lum-
Der, driftwood and shingles were floating
about in confusion. In the lower bottom
lands the water is within n foot or two of
the roofs of the houses Several persons
were rescued from trees into which they had
climbed. A gratifying feature of the flood
is that comparatively few are thought 10
have lost their lives. Many occupants Of
houses in the submerged districts had re-
moved and thus escaped The fact that the
survivors are scattered over the city rem
ders it impossible TO make n definite state
ment OF who are lost or saved Five persons
are positively known to have been drowned
The money loss will reach into the mill
ions
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23
POLITICAL.

The Minnesota House indefinitely
postponed the bill proposing prohibitory
amendment to the State constitution, pro-
hibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxi-
eating liquors
Gen. Hazen requests Secretary Lin
coin to cause an investigation of his admin
istration of the signal Office by committee
of the Senate.
Caucuses of all the different parties
in the Michigan Legislature were held Feb.
Is, and the Senatorial question was discussed
at length. The Ferry caucus formally alb
solved its members from any further obliga-
tons to support the Senator.
ExGov. Powell Clayton has been
elected Chairman of the Republican State
Executive Committee of Arkansas
The Arkansas Legislature passed an
act prohibiting for two years the sale of in
toxicants within three miles of a church or
school, according to the wishes of the adult
majority of both sexes
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

The President of the Irish Land
for aid for the starving people in Ireland
Porfirio Diaz, the ablest soldier and
one of the most prominent statesmen of
Mexico, who has participated in a score Of
revolutions and suppressed as many more,
and who served four years term as Presi-
dent of the republic, has been elected Presi-
dent of the Supreme Court of Mexico.
Near Dundas, Ont, two express
trains collided on the Grand Trunk line
killing an engineer and two passengers, and
wounding several others
The latest wedding at Lancaster,
Ohio, was that of Elijah Kemper, aged 81
years, and Rebecca Rider, of 20 summers
A Washington telegram says that "as
an effect of Rerdells confession, it is ru-
mored that Brady and Dorsey are preparing
to quit Washington and that efforts are be-
ing made to fix the jury Brady is con-
verting his property into cash, one of his
last transactions netting him $1,000 This
money he is putting aside to cover an emer-
gency."
Dion Boucicault and Mrs. Langtry
will make a tour of the Pacific coast, be.
ginning in April, under the management of
Frederick A. Schwab
A Mexican syndicate, including
President Gonzales and many leading per
sons, representing capital of $4,000, 900,
intends purchasing 100000 acres of fine
lands in Northern Mexico, which they will
dispose of to American emigrants at great
prOft
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23
AWFUL FLOOD.

Dispatches from Cincinnati, under date of
Feb. Is, report great suffering on account of
the flood The frame depot of the Southern
road became undermined and toppled over
with many spectators, but il Is not known
that any lives were lost One correspondent
telegraphs: 1T would require the publica-
ton OF the greater portion of the directory
TO name the business men, particularly those
in the tobacco, produce, grain, commission,
and whisky bu siness, and in all kinds OF
manufacturing interests, whose bust
nesses have been wholly suspended
MANY of these also lose their
goods. The manufacturers all lose
heavily in the damage TO machinery and
stock aside from the loss of time More
than thousand business firms and manu-
factories are thus prostrated Yet business
men are not disheartenedn nor selfish These
same men, for two days have poured in
contributions TO the fund for the relief
of the suffering among that much greater
class-the poor-who are driven from
home and are deprived of work 1t is
estimated that from thirty to forty thou
sand workmen are out of employment by
the closing of the manufactures To them
the loss of time and the injury TO household
effects will prove the smallest loss The
dampness in their houses after the flood sub
sides must bring sickness and suffering. The
Common Councils action in asking authority
to issue loan was promptly met by the
Legislature, both houses having passed bill
TO authorize a relief loan of SlOO,O00. Thus
the city has arranged TO provide tor itself.
kilograms have been received from New
York, Chicago and elsewhere, Offering as
sistanceo
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23
WASHINGTON.

In the star-route trial Mt Washing
ton, Rerdell interrupted the proceedings TO
plead guilty, place himself at the mercy of
the court, and offer to divulge any facts in
connection with the defendants
Secretary Lincoln, in answering the
request of Gen. Hazen for an investigation
of the Signal Service Bureau by the Senate,
suggests that the Articles of War provide
tribunals for dealing with officers of the
army.
Gen. Hazen says the floods in the
Mississippi are certain to be very disastrous
between Cairo and Memphis, and citizens of
the river towns have been duly warned
The testimony of Rerdell, one of the
indicted star route conspirators, who
pleaded guilty and threw himself on the
mercy of the court, was OF a most import
ant nature He told how he had lived I'M
der the same roof with the Dorseys, and how
after aiding them in filling out bids, he had
been sent out West TO establish
paper" stations and prepare the
way for the "expediting service
that followed, and by which the conspirators
were enabled to rob the Government Of
hundreds of thousands of dollars On the
second day of his appearance in tn witness
box, he was engaged during the entire SEES
sion of the court in identifying handwrit-
ings and documents Under ex-senator
Dorsey's direction he manufactured the
paper applications upon which the
postal routes were extended, forged
the names of fictitious persons, and
altered genuine applications. In the cash
book which Rerdell kept was an account
with "William Smith," who he declared was
none other than Brady, the ex-First Assist
ant Postmaster General The testimony of
the witness created sensation ut Washing
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fort TO friends and relatives OF the miners
buried i'm the watery sepulcher Instead, II
is feared that further homes may be made
desolate when all the victims are discovered
IL the recovery OF all the bodies Is ever
accomplished. 1t has been learned
other persons were likely 20 be
I'm the mine beside those represented on the
company's books Not an hour in the day
passes but the miners have friends from
other points going under ground TO see
them and il il feared that some OF such may
have been in the Diamond when the torrent
of rushing water burst through the mine
MANY of the miners, mainly Germans. have
been in the habit OF taking countrymen
with them who desired TO get work. but were
not familiar enough with mining to
obtain employment from the company,
and teaching them the business IL has
often happened that in the chambers or tun-
nels where three men are required TO do the
work half a dozen would be found, the reg
ular workmen having an equal number or
friends, whose identity the coal company
had no means of establishing One OF the
most experienced pit bosses in this region
expressed the opinion TO day that the total
number of victims would reach hundred,
and practical miners concur I'm this opinion
This estimate NAV be exaggerated, but
there is every reason TO believe that there
are several miners among the victims whose
identity is unknown, and that the full ex-
tent of the calamity is not appreciated All
night the men worked AROUND Uue mann
shaft, preparing the buckets TO be used In
pumping out rigging the donkey engines,
and generally getting things in shape Tor
the work of recovering the bodies of the
dead. In the main and all the air shafts the
water now stands within three feet OF the
top and may possibly overrun some of them
before morning. In other words, every
crevice and cranney in the mine Is filled
with the water which has poured into it
from the vast surface deposit The faint
and almost fantastic hope that somewhere
in the mine an air chamber might have been
found in which a few of the poor prisoners
might have sought refuge has faded
from the mind of even the most sauguine.
The seventy-odd men and boys prob
ably passed into eternity within an hour
from the time the first alarm was given.
The work now before the mine-owners and
the people of Braidwood and Diamond is the
opening of the mine and the recovery of the
corpseS There is but one way in which this
end can be accomplished To attempt to
pump out the mine while it continues TO act
as receiver for millions of gallons
of water from the adjoining prairie would be
like dipping water with a sieve. First of all,
a dam must be built around the break
through which the water pours into the mine
as through funnel; then pumping can be-
gin, and with proper machinery, such as
will undoubtedly be used, the mine can, in
the opinion of competent judges, be cleaned
out in a week. Others, perhaps equally COM
petent from long experience 10 Judge OF the
volume of water, believe that 1t will be nearly
q month before ii is gotten out
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23
EASTERN.

Ex-Gov. William +. Smith died at
his home in Milwaukee, in the 10Th year of
his age Deceased was born in Scotland,
June Is, 1924, and came with his parents TO
this country early in childhood He was
elected Governor of Wisconsin in 1877, and
was reelected in 1870
Two companies of troops have begun
a campaign in Southern New Mexico against
the ~rustlers" and thieves, whose lawless-
ness is unbounded. Gov. Sheldon is de-
termined TO restore order, and ia backed by
well-meaning citizens
The Boston Board of Aldermen has
passed an order for lighting all the streets
by electricity
Collender's seven-story billiard fac
tory at Stamford, Conn. was swept away by
fire. The loss is placed at s250OO0
Over $25, 600 has been expended on
the crypt under the cathedral at Garden
City, Long Island, but the corpse of A. r.
Steward is still missing.
A court at Troy, n. Y, annulled the
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23

marriage of Samuel Hides aged II years,
and aclairvoyant named Mann, and cancelled
the deeds to property given the bride.
Two hardware manufactures and n
spectacle factory at Reading, Pa, have
closed for period, owing to dizziness of
trade The Reading Railway Company has
also reduced its car-shop force by $50 men
At Wilton, Conn, in the room in
which her fathers corpse lay, ready for
burial, Miss Gregory was married 1t was in
accordance with the wishes of her deceased
parent.
Edwin ID. Morgan, the war Govern
or of New York, has passed away, at the age
of ~ Early in life he proved himself pos
sessed of business abilities of a high order,
and for more than a generation he had been
ut the head of one of the largest mer-
camille houses in New York City.
At the funeral of Edwin ID. Morgan
in New York, President Arthur, John Jacob
Astor and Hugh j. Jewett appeared among
the pail bearers. The remains were inferred
at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford
James ID. Fish, President of the Ma
rine National Bank of New York, purchased
Booths Theater for S55O. 600
A train on the Pittsburgh and Western
road was derailed at Etna station, mortally
injuring Engineer J. C. Cooper and Fireman
Edward Brady.
The United States Iron and Tin
Plate Works, at Demmler Station, Pa, were
destroyed by fire, causing a loss of slOO, 600
Near Wallingford, Conn, two young
men and a young woman were killed, and
another young woman severely wounded by
their sleigh being struck by a locomotive.
A clerk in hotel in New York found
guest nearly dead from the effect of coal
gas taken with view TO self destruction
All attempts failed TO restore him until a
negro porter offered himself for TRANSMISSION
of blood A quart of the red fluid saved the
would-be suicide.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23
FOREIGN.

Wilhelm Richard Wagner, the great
German composer, is dead He was born at
Leipsic, May -, 1918, and was the youngest
of seven children.
Additional evidence against the as
sassins of Cavendish and Burke has been Sc
cured, making their chances very black
The Duchess de Chaulries died in
Paris in extreme poverty.
A profound sensation was created in
court in Dublin by the appearance of James
Carey, Town Councillor, as an informer. He
testified that plans were arranged to assas-
sinate the Lord Lieutenant and Secretary
Forster, the funds coming from the Land
League. Revolvers and rifles were brought
from London by Mrs Byrne, slung under her
cloak. There was the deepest stiffness in
the court room as Carey detailed the meet
ing OF seven conspirators in the park and
Cavendish and Burke. Joseph Brady drew
knife and stabbed Burke and then
Cavendish, afterward cutting the formers
throat
The King of Italy has ordered the re-
sumption Of specie payment April 10.
President Grevy formally accepted
the resignation of the French Cabinet, and
Jules Ferry was intrusted with the forma-
ton OF n new Ministry.
At Morrow the preparations for the
coronation Of the Gear are proceeding upon
q fabulous scale of magniicence. Eleven
miles of table are being constructed for the
banquet on the plain and eighty-five circu-
lar counters for distribution TO the mouiiks
of $4,000 pies Rubinstein is To write n
march and direct an orchestra of ] 200 mu-
sicians
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23
Persistent Love.

with all thy false love thee STILL"
said the newly-married man to his
spouse when viewing the mysteries OF
her toilet.
with all thy faults love thee STILL"
said the owner of whisky still.
with all thy faults love thee still,'
said the man who was mated to garru-
lous woman.
with all thy vaults love the STILL
said wife to the leaping acrobat.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23

LITTLE WILLIE, having hunted in all
the corners for his shoes, at last gave
them up, and climbing, on a chair, be-
took himself to q dictionary. papa
always looks in it to find things, and
I'm looking into il to find my shoes. 4"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-02-23
SOUTHERN.

-Four little children were burned to
death In bed by the explosion of kerosene
lamp. at Trackett Texas
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
THE CASE OF SHERIDAN.
A Talk with the British Minister

The Hon. l.. S. SackvilIe West. the
British Minister to the United States, ar
rived in New York city from Ottawa.
Canada, Monday, and went to the Fifth
Avenue Hotel. A reporter called upon
him last night, and asked what course he
intended TO pursue i'll the matter of the
eXtradition of p. j. Sheridan. He said:
81 have been in Canada for ten days on
private business, and really / know
nothing more about the matter than
have been able to gather from
the newspapers. My application for
warrant of arrest and the grant
ing of it by the State Department were
merely formal steps that were customary
as preliminaries in eXtradition cases.
The real action will begin when the depo-
sltIons reach me, and / expect to receive
them within a week. Then this course
will follow: The dispositions will be for
warded to Mr.. Osborne, the United States
Commissioner in New York citv. and
the warrant for Mr.. Sheridan's ar
rest VIII be executed. The papers
will be thoroughly examined by the
United States Commissioner, and if he
does not think the evidence sufficient to
justify the detention of Mr. Sheridan. the
case viii be dismissed; if on the other
hand, he thinks that clear case has been
established, he will commit the prisoner.
Then shall apply TO the State Department
for warrant of surrender. You will
readily perceive what a wide difference
there is between the two warrants. the
warrant of arrest being mere formality
which commits the United States Govern
ment to nothing.
"Until the dispositions reach me | am
as ignorant as anybody as to the strength
or the weakness of the case against Mr..
Sheridan. The eXtradition treaty between
the United States and England covers not
only murder, but intent to commit mur-
der and cOnnivance at murder. but Won
will readily understand how much more
difficult it is to prove the intent or the
conniyance than it is to prove the murder
itself. L am not sure that the evidence
of Carey alone will be sufficient to make
out case against Mr.. Sheridan. l scarce
ly believe that the British Government
is relying upon Carey's evidence alone in
asking for Mr.. Sheridan's extradition.
My own opinion is that there has been ac-
cumulated other evidence that has not
been made public, and that the depositions
Will show much stronger case. This is
mere conjecture on my part. however.
We must wait for the arrival of the de-
positions to know really what they are.
We have no desire to hurry matters. but
will do all we have to do surely. if slowly.
| do not think there will be any danger of
suit for false imprisonment against us.
as the United States Commissioner will
decide whether the evidence against Mr..
Sheridan is sufficiently strong to Justify
his cOmmittal3
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
TOOMBs ON STEPHENS.
The Estimate of Lifelong Friend

The Estimate of a Lifelong Friend
General Robert Toombs arrived in At
lanta on Tuesday ON the fast mail train
from Washington, his home, and was
met at the train by Mr.. Seidell. He pro-
ceeded to the Executive Mansion, where
he is now stopping. General TOOmbs has
been lifelong friend of Mr.. Stephens,
and of course was deeply affected by his
death. To a. Constitution reporter he said
last night:
81 knew Mr.. Stephens very early in
life, and his character then, as now, was
irreprOachable in every sense of the word.
His great characteristics always were
truth. candor and kindness to not only the
human race but to all Gods creatures.
1t seemed to overflow everywhere. AS to
his ability, he never.yet was on rostrum
or in theatre in the world where he was
not the master. He was kind and gentle
as a woman, and at the same time proba-
bly, one of the most reSOlute, determined
spirited men in the world. / have seen him
under all conditions, assailed by flood
and field, with the railroads crushing him.
and here in Atlanta with Mr.. Cone over
him with dirk knife demanding retrac-
tion, and his answer in voice full of de-
termination was Never, neverv In his
school days he took the lead, at the bar he
took the lead, in Congress he took the
lead-everywhere he has been a leader.
From the day he joined the freshman class
to the day Of his graduation he was in
tellectually leader and a universal fa-
vorite. There was jealousy for nobody and
none OF him; he just stepped to the front
and stayed there. He never regarded his life
as worth two years. When we were in
Congress together he never considered a
reelection. He never believed at any
time that ne would live more than his
term out. He said forty years ago that his
life was not worth two years. When he
used to give away everything he had, |
urged him not to do so, but to lay up
something for rainy day. / explained
how he might become dependent, and it
was through that advice that he saved
some little. Although continually before
the people it can be said that he lived and
died an honest man, in the sight of whose
sp0tless career defamation has never
dared to raise its head"