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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-16
WHEN CLOTHING STORE.
FIRE-DAMP EXPLOSION.
A Building in Ruins-Three Persons Killed
and Six Badly Injured.

C1Ne1NNATI, Feb. 15.--At 1 o'clock this
morning people in the vicinity of No. 80
Wilstach street, on the border of the inun-
dated district in the western part of the city
were startled by a loud explosion, which
broke glass in the windows. A three-story
brick building, occupied by four families,
numbering seventeen persons, was found in
ruins, from an explosion of fire-damp or sewer
gas in the cellar, and all the people buried in
the debris. A scene of terror followed. 1t
was supposed the explosion was caused by
the pressure of water in the sewer, and people
thought other explosions would follow.
Many left their houses in the utmost alarm,
and fed. thinly clad, to places of safety. A
fire alarm was turned in, which added to the
CONSERVATION. The fire department respond
ed promptly and finding no fire began the
work of rescuing the unfortunate victims
This was slow work.
The house was owned by Jacob Brown,
who with his wife, two sons and daughter
occupied the first floor; Officer Macke spe-
cial policeman at Fourth and Vine, known
as King William occupied the front room
of the second floor with his wife; the back
part of the same story was occupied by
William Miller, wife and two children; the
third floor was occupied by William Hannon,
aSsss5- - sLsll sso tsriu-5aughters two years old
BY o'clock all the occupants had been
taken out-Oficer Macke and wife, and the
two-year-old daughter of Mr.. Miller, dead;
John and Henry Brown, and Robert Rocka-
mann, neighbor who was In the house at
the time SO badly injured that they can
hardly recover. Jacob Brown and wife were
rescued after several hours labor, severely,
but not fatally hurt. His daughters were
taken out comparatively unhurt. Mr.. Mil
Ter is badly injured. All the rest of his
family, except the child named above, es-
capped with small injury. Hannon and
family also escaped with slight injuries
The Brown boys and Rockamann were
building a raft, and wanted some lumber in
the cellar. They went for it with candle,
when the gas or damp exploded. The ad-
joining house was injured by the explosion.
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VICKSBURG.
Condition of the Levees-Efforts to Hasten
the Work of Repairing Breaks.

the Work of Repairing Breaks.
Vcksburg Special, Feb. A.
The steamer Charles DePauw, arriving
here at P. NJ. to day from Wilson's Point,
reports government work there as progress.
ing slowly, owing to the high stage OF the
water. Captain Varbell states, however,
that effectiv work is being done on the lie,
wees from Wilson's Point to this city to-day,
the weather being favorable to that end.
The new work continues with unabated in
terest on all unfinished levees both night
and day. There are only three levees on
the Mississippi side where gaps are not
entirely closed, they being the Glenora,
Skipwith's and Elessley's levees, the
latter of which will be completed in
a few days, the weather continuing;
favorable. AT Glenora, pilot on the E. w.
Cole asserts that work on the main levee has
been almost abandoned, and an effort is being
made to erect protection leyee, or run
around. The same is being done at other
places in Louisiana where the gaps are large
and numerous. and to facilitate and hasten
work in this respect planters are rendering
the free use of their teams and surplus labor
to contractors. There exists great complaint
of the scarcity of levee labor, both above and
below here, and Colonel r. G. Houston, who
has the contract for the construction Of the
levees at Goodrich's Landing, lost fifty hands
yesterday, all of whom arrived here by the
Z. W. Cole last night, eli route to Canton
where they go to work on railroad An
other foot of water will put the river over
the bank at Alsatia, but not over the levee.
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

flood reaches its highest point. No damage,
except from inundation, is apprehended.
At II o'clock tonight the Monongahela
was twenty-one feet and stationary; the Allie
gheny twenty-five feet and still rising. The
lower portion of Allegheny and Pittsburg
are under water, and many families have been
compelled to desert their houses for the
third time in ten days Nearly every rail
road centering here has suffered moro
or less from washouts and landslides.
Trains on the Baltimore & Ohio road were
five hours late, and in several places
between Bradford and Pittsburg the
tracks are obstructed by falling earth
and rock. The greatest inconvenience
to the Panhandle road was in the city limits,
small slides occurring in a number of places,
and one large one, in which fully 100 tons of
rock came down on the track, demolishing
three freight cars loaded with grain, and
covering the track so completely that it re-
quired several hours to clear it,
Later dispatches from headwaters report
rain falling at intervals.
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WHEN INDICATIONS.
DAY.-Increasing clOudiness and
rain: warm east to south winds.
KNOCKING the bottom ou

KNOCKING the bottom out
Of high prices seems to be a
tavorite passtime with some
clothing houses. AS we never
have high prices, we can not
indulge in the sport. Our
prices are always as far below
other clothing dealers, after
they have knocked the bottom
out, as our clothing, in quail
ty, style and make, is supe-
rior to theirs.
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Disastrous Explosion OF Mill Stones.

WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. 15-This evening
at o'clock frightful accident occurred at
the Mingo Iron works, above this city. The
governor belt on the engine broke, causing
high speed in the grinding department, when
seven large stones exploded with terrific force
passing up through the roof doing great dam
age One of the fragments struck Captain
James Prentiss, killing him instantly, and
injuring William Hill, of Benwood.
The mill was running at the time
Of the accident, and 200 men were at
work in various departments. The stones
exploded in rapid succession until the
seventh which struck the steam pipe, knock
ing hole III it and causing the engine to
stop
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THE RISE IN THE WABASH.
TERRE HAUTE.

The River Rising Rapidly, and Spreading
Over the Bottoms.
Terre Haute Express Yesterday.
The rains of last week raised the Wabash
to point twenty three feet above low-wateI
mark, but the sudden freeze put a stop to
what promised to be the biggest Wabash on
record. The river had run down 10 some.
thing less than thirteen feet above low-water
mark, but yesterday morning the rains be.
gan to tell, and it commenced to rise at
rapid rate Usually it requires a lapse Of
twenty-four hours before a heavy rain will
tell on the river, but owing to the frozen
condition of the ground, it required
but few hours yesterday. The river
began to rise about 6 o'clock, and at noon
the water mark on the Vandalia bridge
showed sixteen feet and six inches in the
channel. A gauge at the water-works showed
a rise of fourteen inches between 8 and II
o'clock. The water went out over the banka
into the bottoms about the middle of the
afternoon, and, of course, this caused det
Continued on Fourth Page.l
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eral farm-houses have been carried away, and
others are imperilled by caving banks. 1t
will take the farmers years to recover from
their losses. Much garden land, worth from
$3.50 to $4OO per acre, is utterly ruined.
Everywhere there is loss and suffering and
a great deal of sickness. The river will
come to stand tonight.
AT JEFFERsoNvILLE.
The suffering and disasters increase as the
rising tide advances. The entire business
part of the city is under water, stores and
groceries flooded, and nine-tenths of the
residences in the water. Many residences
and outbuildings in the lower ground have
been overturned, and others fioated off. ALI
the factories are stopped, and everybody is
out of employment The misery of the peo-
pie is complete, and aid is needed.
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THE UPPER OHIO.
The Allegheny and Monongaheia Still Ris-
ing-Twenty- Five Feet Expected.

ing-Twenty-Fiv Feet Expected.
PlTTsBURG, Feb. 15.-The Monongahela
and Allegheny rivers continue to rise, with
nineteen feet and half in the Monongahela
at o'clock this afternoon, and about one
foot more in the Allegheny. The rain,
which had been falling since early yesterday
morning, ceased this morning, and the
weather is now clear.
Dispatches from headwaters report that the
rain continues and the rivers rising steadily
since last night, which would indicate that
there will be twenty-five feet here before the
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Rising at Marietta.

MARIETTA, O., Feb. 15-Heavy rain all
yesterday, continuing till o'clock this
morning Both the Muskingum and the
Ohio are rising, and have risen three feet
during the night. Rain is reported at Zanes-
ville and food equal to that of last week
is pXDeptad
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Falling at Maysville.

CINCINNATI, Feb 15-The Commercial Ga
zette's special from. Pomeroy says the river
rose three inches in the last twelve hours.
Portsmouth special says the losses by
the food are very light, but there is no
further fear.
At Maysville, KY, the water is falling an
inch an hour.
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CINCINNATI,

Slight Decline, Which is Expected to Be
Checked by Water from the Licking.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 15.-The weather is very
warm and cloudy with occasional sun
shine. The river is fluctuating, apparently
declining, but very slightly; it stands at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-16
Rising at Wheeling.

WHEELING, w Va. Feb 15.-River twenty
eight feet and rising at the rate of an inch
and half an hour. River men expect more
water this rise than the last 1t rained all
night and almost all morning and is now
partly cloudy and warm
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New York, Feb 15.-Mr. John c, Reid
managing editor of the New York Times has
cablegram from Campanini, dated Milan,
stating that the great tenor has signed with
Abbey. Campanini will open the new
onera-house here.
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A FalI of Two Feet.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 15-We are sure now
that we have the full measure of the
flood. The river has fallen two feet, and
at midnight will be at the mark of the
freshet of 1882, the highest water ever known
until this week. The day has been sunny,
with the temperature in the sixties, which
is fortunate for the multitudes driven from
their homes. There is another rise coming
but it will not reach us in time or be of suf-
ficient volume to keep the water up to the
present stage. .DF
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rise has invaded the parlors, and pianos have
been swung to the ceiling.
The disturbance of the railroads affects the
distribution of the newspapers at time
when they are most in demand. To-day
Hamilton, O., and Milford, O., were served
in wagons. The latter place has had no pa
pers at all since the Little Miami trains
stopped running. The people organized and
hired man with wagon, who, by a circu-
itous route, reached the city.
The Southern railroad has resumed the
running of trains. The Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton also returns to its depot to-
morrow, but the others are unchanged. 1t
will be days yet however, before freight
traffic can be resumed, even under the most
favorable circumstances.
The stock of number of articles is getting
low, and prices are advancing beyond value.
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Sixty-Six Feet and Four Inches the
Greatest Height at Cincinnati.
After Remaining Stationary at that Figure
for Several Hours, the Water Be-
gins to Slowly Recede.
Partial Resumption of Business by
Two of the Railway Companies.

No Probability that the Water May Again
Rise Very Muon, but Certainty that
Its Recession win Be Slow.
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Enormous Losses Entailed Upon New
Albany and Jeffersonville.

The Prospect OF a Flood In the Wabash
Approximations on the Lower Missis-
sippl-Notes and Incidents.
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Continued on Fourth Page
The daily gazette., 1883-03-09
Tho Proposed police Commission.

There Is now no doubt that an effort will
be made at the present session of the Legis-
lature for change in the police force Of
this city, most probably by the appointment
of Police Commissioners.
The move In this direction, while un-
doubtedly started by some Democratic poll
tlcians, is impressing itself seriously upon
the minds of the people, and the only reason
for this is that the glaring incompetency
and corruption of the present force has
aroused the public to the necessity for some
measures of protection.
It is not yet known whether or not Com
mission will be established, but having
seme knowledge of how the members o.
the Legislature feel upon the subject, VIZ
can very positively inform those who
expect or desire to see the present
force turned out simply to make
room for some Democratic officers thai
they will be sadly mistaken. If the move IL
made for the appointment of a non-partisan
police force, the Legislature will SET
that 1t is non-partisan in every
sense of the word, and will provide by Law
that 1t shall keep its hands off at all elec
tlons and attend strictly to the duty of pre-
serving the public peace.
The daily gazette., 1883-03-09
polnts Abont LIght onera.

Miss 0ber is the manager of the Boston
Ideal Opera Company. Being asked why
she allowed her comedians to improvise and
horse-play all through "The Mascot" while
she forbade them to take liberties with
"Patience," she said 81 do not believe 1t is
possible to faithfully transfer the spirit of a
French comic opera into English. If the
translation is anywhere near literal, the re-
suit is unutterable stupidity; If it is a free
one, with the wit of an adapter in place of
that which is lost in the process of
translation, then the work of the
author is violently perverted. The former
course has killed more than one French
opera for America. The latter has helped
to make success of The Mascot My
actors were privileged to do as they pleased
with their parts, and, being clever men,
they have made them laughable. 1t is alto
gether different with Gilbert and Sullivan's
pieces. Nobody can handle Gilbert's humor
ruthlessly without marring it. So, you see,
we follow the text of Patience to the let
ter, and go about as far as possible from
that of THE Mascot -
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pailuaA| Gasette
WILMINGTON. FRIDAE. MARCR I
Ths ReprsaentatIon Arosnamsnt.

Between the half-hearted support of the
Epery Egening and the ill-concealed opposi-
tion of the morning organ the sentiment Of
the people New Castle county in reference
to the proposed increased representation
amendment to the State Constitution would
be grossly misrepresented were 1t not for
the GAZETTE. We are heartily in favor of
the adoption Of the amendment, and believe
that four-Afths of the people of this section
of the State also regard it as the best and
most feasible means of settling the vexed
question that is now approaching a determi-
nation after years of continued agitation and
contention.
When the Bates bill was presented in the
House Of Representatives the GAZETTE
favored it strongly, as measure to secure
at once the justice that New Castle county
had long asked for in vain. At the same
time, however, we felt serious misgivings as
to the 2ropriety of increasing representation
In this manner, and were only reassured at
the fact that Constitutional measures could
be devised for future increase and thus take
entirely from the Legislature this dangerous
power.
However, the sentiment of the present
Legislature was decidedly against the Bates
bill, and as there was no prospect Of
it's passage, even in an amended
form, the next best thing was to
suggest some plan which would be accept
able to the members of the General Assem-
bly,. The amendment prepared by Mr..
Grubb and submitted tc a Legislative con-
ference filled the bill exactly, and there is
no valid reason why 1t should not receive
the earnest support of every citizen who de-
sires to see New Castle county relieved of
the burden of injustice she has rested uLder
for SO many years.
The policy of altering the system of rep
resentation by direct Legislative enactment
is dangerous one, and should only be re-
sorted to in cases of extreme necessity. 1t
possesses an element of uncertainty not con-
ducive to the best interests Of the State, and
leaves the work OF one Legislature in a shape
to obe readily reversed by the succeeding body.
A constitutional amendment, once adopted,
Is permanent and not susceptible of imme-
diate alteration, and as New Castle county
will not suffer any serious detriment BY
waiting few years longer for redress, We
can readily afford to delay until tht
appointed time for the desired relief
Besides, no measure of direct in
crease can be put through the. present
Legislature, and as we are compelled tC
walt in any event, it is the part of wisdom
and good sense to accept measure that
gives practical promise of securing to oul
people the rights of which we have lonl
been deprived This is the situation IL
q nutshell and the unwise theorist
who oppose the policy of increased repre-
sentation by amendment because it does no
accord with their narrow ideas Of principle
are not the best friends of our county in thi
struggle. Let US, rather, get all we da
now, and continue our labors unremittingl
for further concessions in the future.
The daily gazette., 1883-03-09

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The province of a newspaper is 10 record
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its ability aud thoroughness In presenting
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The people of this age require paper fully
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The immediate future has in store matters
OF grave interest TO all, and the general
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policy of the government but partially
developed by the New Administration, was
fast winning the confidence of the people,
when the hand of the assassin placed control
ofaflairs in charge of faction whose leaders
have not at all times received favorable criti-
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settling a DISPUTE in the west.

Svelt Bjonden and Kundson henderson,
Norwegian settlers in northern Dakota,
having quarrelled about the ownership of a
piece of Government land on which a small
log house had been bnilt, decided to settle
the dispute by repairing to the property in
question the following mornirg with their
teams and pulling at the log house from op-
posite sides. The one that succeeded In
drawing the house away from the other was
to be left in possession of the place.
At the appointed time Bjonden appeared on
the field with eight horses. henderson pre-
sented himself with six horses and yoke
of oxen. They fastened their teams TO the
log house and whipped up, but at the very
first pull the walls of the log house parted
and the roof fell in. The teams took fright
and started Off on wild run, and before
they could be brought under control valu.
able horse belonging to henderson had been
fatally injured by the horns of one of the
oxen. This unexpected issue of the con
test led to fierce fight betweed the principal
participants, as well as between numerous
adherents on both sides, in the course oil
which many were badly hurt, and one had
his skull fractured with blow from the
butt end of whip.
The daily gazette., 1883-03-09
Gold Mining in North Carolina.

The North Carolina Mining and Develop
ing Company, with capital of $4,000, 600,
has been formed and the papers recorded
with the secretary of State at Raleigh. The
officers aud stockholders of the new com
pany are Northern meR The property oil
this company in North Carolina embraces
90 gold mines. Heretofore the trouble has
been to get the proper machinery to gather
the gold in sufficient quantities to make
to % per cent. This company has a new
process, whereby 1t is claimed that they
have proved the fact that 1t viii save 95 pei
cent of the gold
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RAuKOADIINEs
PHILADELPHIA, VIII Ca EH
a MINQTON AND N-4
BALTIMORE RAILROAD.

PHILADELPHIA, VIII ES 1
n MINGTON AND z3&
BALTIMORE RAILROAD.
OCTOBER, eth, 1882.
Trains viii leave wilmington as follows for
Philadelphia and intermedIat eatations-S IS, 7.00
lO.s0, .. m. 2.SO, 400, z.u0s S.5A y. m.
II aRhiladelphia (expressl-2oo 2.2a $50, 760, 9.lA
800 ssS, ll.5 an r. 10 SO,
7.20p. m.
New Ycrk-sa.oo, 2.as, $50. .S IS, I.ss a. m.
IL. y, l.SA 2.so. 5.r, 6.3s, 7.2e,p m.
Baltimore and intermediate statiens-l.06, a.17
1000 a. M. 6.OOp. IN.
Baltimore and Bay Line-6.B p. m.
Baltimore and Washlngton--l.42 4.5l, sos e.i7
=. m. LOO, '1.O9, 500, 6.57, n.04p. m.
Baltimore 0nly-l.O5, 10. 20 a. m. II. .26 and
Trains for Delaware Division leave for;
New Castle-6.OO 9.l0 a. m. los. 800, 6,2S p. IN
Harrington and intermediate statons-e.io =. N
LOS, e.25 p. m.
Delmar and intermediate statisns-s.io =. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Philadelphia and intermediate stAtions-s. =. IN.
100 m. $50 7.S0, o.55, p. IN.
Philadelphia and New York-2.0O, 2. q r. N. 8. II,
6.3S, 7.26 pm.
Baltimore and washington-l.G2 4.sl. SOS, s.I7.
q. m. il.o4p. m.
Baltimore-1.o6 q. m.
For further information passengers are
ferred TO the time tables posted At the depot.
A1-Trains marked thus; ~ are limited express
| upon which extra fare Is charged.
j. r. WOOD, General Passenger ARt.
CHAs. E. PUGH. General Manager.