The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-02-08

done. and over Inn families were obliged TO
lcay. tncfv hour. Az the railroad tracks
LEADING from Toledo. OHIO, were under water
. and nanv bridges washed away or damaged.
The ONO River 50 Wheeling, West Virginia,
rose nearly forty feet and submerged the lower
mart, OF lee city. At youngstown. Ohio. and
vicinity Jnc damage viii amount To $4,000.
: dispatch from Cleveland. Ohio. SAYS that
. ON saturday morning a small creek called the
kin. ,huvy Ruu. rose far beyond its usual
height. and spread over hundreds Of acres -
. tov land. surrounding 81 loai;v petroleum sill
/ ~ the Standard OH Works, located a consider
able distance above The comyauN main WORKS.
7 The escaping oil and refuse were swept Gown
. the stream and carried under the boilers 0t the
F Great Western oil Works. which were nearly
submerged. The oil became !gnitCd and tioatci
/ 10 "a tank containing 1000 barrels o! Crndc
petroleum. which took fire and exploded,
spreading The blazing OIL IN ali directions. some
hcing carried 90 Merriam * Morgan para'Gnc
works below which were also fired. tontIn-
Uing down the stream. The flaming flood next
attacked The tanks Of the Standard OIL Works,
located IN the valley. ono after an"' her OF when
took five. Five i2wnu-hlrrci tanks two 1000
barrel tanks four stills one aai taTur an engine
house 500 fret OF railway fry-. ic ana various
small works were destroyed. Tho tanks were
not al fall N"t les, than $4,000 barrels were
. consumed. Lac or Saturday night the eighth
large storage, tank II the Standard oil Works
exploded aud took lIr. The ire burned all
h'&h, ana j'h'h ne HI was tN''"N'|H ca i"iye
"Hhartd thousand dollars Is P,"oaoII = hl" moo
craze '7. '"a'G O, Ia' company ',,SS, y ',o,o-
-, hurst om VnJ'a,,d sn fire 10 tbr TniIad
Pipe Line pump station, burning it, AncrS
UayCy was burned So death, Mr.. Cal. Hc@gar
and a boy we've badly injured. The loss will
probably reach S5Douo.
\ Denver ,Col.l dispatch says: On Tuesday
h!-h'. tne '''l "lt' 'i"out Ia'iIe lli''S ,'o''
'''7ttu i.''' I'c"'i'" Oh" " Ine I'I"5' ,''7'~
li"'i' 7i"" S!iH'H ever Known III me l,o.hN
Ho""t'I' i'-,"'H' -" III 'nt h'Eh' 'nii'N
men, ehiIIoH ca al me i"N''I" ~ smith ""'l'i"-
cue c"al mihe, Were Nt"iiitG IRON 'helf SletP
"\ Il running H"'0' ana '''Ihu%' i,"'"'t'iH tno
;l2'%pche was upon inem' Inc "olsu''E III
WHO" IheE were S'eel"hs WAS cFU9'So' a5I"
INC H''' OK h''i'C" 40" u INC il'u'l''Iii H'uC;
/ y ItS'"i"~ parry S'"''I' '"I IRON! 'i''''u
huttc ~ soon rs liIc h'N' was fetei>cu, ana
AMER several nouns iaDot INC men were All ",-
covered; I4lt.P '"fI''h, i."-'ii ilii"h' i-o"l7
hlchaEoS, "lIl'"h N"'Ee' marie" h''l7' =. g.
tonn5 dad rirhtnau o+.hnr, wrr, wounded
several fatally All uf tl,a ro,pnal,,-'- cypcn-
sive marLiuc,,- yvss dnstrovr6 4 passenger
train. when within siv miles OF Crested Rutte,
was divided the ,;..ifr ,r,fn.. ahead To clear
tho +-.,ol- Whom tIout r,,~ iIns from, ,,-hnro
= Ior +I, c,...f,,s t,, ,,,,i. ~, s.,.,,,l, NV
NUM- ".''t'''' an" - nov "''"N '''"S
twenty Ic4i ca snow. y WicckING engine EuGlu
rot ct nearer than two miles and returned for
,.,.r,-i. ;.,r,e f.,r .'a st4-,.i, ~ ,s-s.,,,.rs
7
\ dispatch from Nashville, Tenn, says
Tud.r, Ou9rlcS 4 rimiual Eourt1 ON Dptition of
r., ,T.,,,r pm ~, ,,,f,,,,l.,,- roiI,,cod t1,o
-. >" ", '' '-l'i"H '>~ ny
h&u-bOhd Il the latter 10 N'".Ooo on the l'ller-
Cnt'dt grounds THAT the defendant mas not now
in his possession the 500 600 United States bond,
with co,pous amounting 10 $4,000. and fur
fncr. that tl,,. defendants health and prohabIv
his life are endangered bv confinement. Polk
Will. ii Is understood. be released at once. and
VIII be placed on The witness stand bv the legis-
latiye committee. when startling revelations
are, promised. The state of Tennessee has
broIaht suit AGAINST the Merchants National
Bank of Nashville TO recover S31OG0. II is
ALLEGED that the bank. in order TO enable ey-
Treasurer Polk to cover IN \ fraud CHARGED
itself with this amount and placed the same to
his credit by which device an investigating
committee of the IcgisI1ture was deceived and
the State lost nearly 100000 bv REGULATIONS
committed after that time
! II Vincent State treasurer Of Alabama "a
q de(aulter To the cvtcDr Of So13OOo He
left Montgomery oY, Monday NIGHT the Doth
ult. and the dcialcation was made known the
next dav throuoh the following letter addressed
Ia his chief clcrI,
state Of AIaba,pa Trcasrfru DEPARTMENT 1fonfgon-
cry, J1iI. ~, Isl Dear Crawford: | find this
SFehAhS mat my money II not mere neither has 1t
81, ,i li" 90 ~ ne li.Pot'ci9 anu faeIa
straiebten the whole matter I boyc r1erhans
waited too long and viii be censured bat have no
idea OF running away. wish you would assist the
C"illu''teG, anu Iter p5ilhce Is aseeftAhed ask
WIifs Ne,r VII iT"n,ti7i,i b al'T -, t ~
state enlphaticav that being behind in my cash il
nay fault, aud that you have had nothing 10 do
wlihlt. Your friend, j. II. VINCENT.
\ committee UL the Legislature was appointed
TO investigate Nihcen' books, and, after eXaml-
Etsu Yer! At&NlF IN coltuh ana IN other ways,
ana uSeu the S'"'e money IN ms operations,
NhIch were unsuccessful: me attorney-%en-
eTal mas Drought a'ulj against Frederick Wolfe
Ion @I39,VGo' II having been aScertaIned by the
uiFeaIi Sallhg committee ihat inns amountpaSsed
through "olhe lEtiiuS lor margins during ms
Nontgoner,. who came SATURDAY. MONT from,
in Nashville last Tuesday Tho Governnr hoe
offered a reward of 81 900 for his canturc
lhlrJy-elghI cadet7 AT Ihe Naval Academy, at
Annapolis Md, are under arrest LOT allt gcd IN
SuDpFdlnaIloh ana InutiIois conduct, ana seven
nave Deeh sentenced 10 confinement fora week.
All uhdef arrest are III the lrSt class, ana would
| nave completed then academic course next
June. The trouble occurred on the LIST inst,
and grew out oil a disposition on the part of one
OF the cadets to and his fellows in examination.
lie was detected, ana, being petty officer, was
reduced 10 the ranks. A number OF cadets
sided with hIm III q DOlSterOuS sort of Way. and