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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
4 RAGING TORRENT.

Houses Lifted From Their Foundations
and Crushed Like Eggshels by Masses
of Eloati g Ice-The Receding Waters
Leave Icsbsrgs In tho Streets.
CHICAGO, april GA special from Mason
City. lows says the greatest freshest ever
known in this country was experienced
last night. The town Of Rock Falls. on
Shell Rock River, experienced it most dis
~astrousIy. An iron bridge 155 feet long
and the dam are both gone, and the dam
age to property there will not fall short OF
SIS, 900. The village OF Rock Falls, south
OF the river, was completely Inundated.
Houses and barns were crushed and swept
away and in some instances no vestige re-
mains OF what was before a substantial
structure. The house of Mr. Cruikshank,
where he lived with his wife and three child
rem. was
CRUSHED LIKE AN EGG SHE'LL,
the family having a narrow escape. The
house in which Mrs. Anderson lived with
her five children was swept from it's foun-
dation and f1oated ~against some trees
where it lodged. The women and children
escaped on floating ice, where they re-
manned barefooted id their night clothes
until daylight, when the water receded and
their rescue was made. The large bridge
went u when the ice gorge gave way and
portions OF the trusses and stringers are
o to be seen on the farm OF Joseph Her
rot, where they were
BORNE BY THE FLOOD
I've miles below the dam, and the tubing,
considered the best in the State, is gone.
Miles OF fences were torn from a where
water was never known to reach before.
When the water receded it left immense
piles OF ice on the streets. Huge cakes three
feet thick are piled up on one another ten
to fifteen feet high. and it will be there for
weeks before they melt and make the streets
passable. 1t looks like an immense Arctic
scene with the roofs of houses pIotruding
through.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
That Government Order.

MIDDLETON, Conn.,, April 6.-At to-day's
session of the New York East Methodist
conference resolutions were passed in.
structing the delegates to ask for the an.
pointment OF a committee to consider the
matter OF the recent order of the Federal
Government prohibiting the use of the
Indian Bible in Indian mission schools,
especially requesting that consideration be
given to the question whether the Govern
ment has a right to prohibit the use of
native languages in institutions which re.
ceive no ~pecuniary support from the Gov.
ernment,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
Foreign Mediation Probable.

LONDON, April IA dispatch from Tan
giers says: Everything remains quiet. 1t
is generally expected a satisfactory SETTLE
ment between the American and Moorish
Governments will be effected through the
mediation of the British, French and Ital-
ian ministers.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
came to His Senses

piers saUs april s.-A dispatch from r.,
Wherein -. The treaty was signed to.dar
pute bats ae sultan agrees to leave the a.,
rocso 1seween the United States an .ae uls-
tat;ve 20 t6e decision OF a Mooriss anu MO-
fail saii " and an American Coa represen-
inatsS gree a European referea jul II they
2 decision shall be i m,I % nom
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
Investigating the Philadelpbia Mint

PHILADELPHIA, April 6.-The Senatorial
investigation committee had before it TODAY
Collector of the Port Cadwallader, Internal
Revenue Collector Gerker and superin.
tendent Hotts OF the mint. Cadwallade
and Gerker testified that since their an
poin' ments they had changed most of the
employees in their office, but only for cause,
They claimed to have improved the service
thereby. Two OF the inspectors of customs
VINO were called claimed they had never
been given a chance to disprove the charges
alleged to have been preferred against
them, ~
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
John p. Glow Daf....a

ASHLAND, Wis.,, April 7.-[Special to tho
Miner.]-Mike Conley easily defeated -
T. ciow to-day in four rounds OF fighting
Glow being pounded at will all over the r;p"
being perfectly helpless after the seconS
round. Glow wore t~wo-ounce and Conlaa
f%our-ounce gloves. ey
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11

yv TaE election 81 4tn Ct large hy m ihHRB Il, Iff s fs.
ceived was a foregone conclusion. MIR.
Leyson wa too long in the field for a
man of his sterling character and known
integrity to be beaten by any eleventh
hour candidate. He will be an excellent
addition to the School Board and the Dis
trict is to be congratulated on securing
In him a gentleman Of education with
broad liberal views on everything per-
tanning thereto.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
Won't Train With Boulaprer.

PARIS. April 6.-Eleven members oil the
Radical Left have resigned as a protest
against the action of the majority of the
party, which refused to denounce General
Boulanger's plebiseitory attempts.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11

THE New Northwest, speaking Of the
advent of Judge DeWolf at the present
term Of court at Deer Lodge, his first in
the Second Judicial District, says: "He
has already most fayorably impressed the
bar by the dispatch Of business, prompt
and correct rulings and the ever cour-
teous but firm government of his court"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
Distrustful of Rloauet.

ROME. April 6.-The Pope has summoned
Cardinal La Vigerie to the Vatican to con.
suit regarding the policy OF the French
Cabinet toward the church.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
No Mistake This Time.

DIES MONIES, Ia, April g. In the House
to-day a resolution was called up provid-
ing for an amendment to the constitution
granting suffrage to women and it passed
by a vote of IS to 81.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
Abyssinian Campaign Over.

ROME. April 6.-The cabinet has decided
to stop military operations in Africa dur
ing the summer. A special colonial corps
will remain at Massowah. and the rest OF
the troops return to Italy.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
Sad Act of q Young Woman in st. Paul,
Minnesota.

= ou. dur NEWS: Inc summit LOOKOUT Is
rapidly growing in favor as a place from
which to shuttle off this mortal coil, since
Annie Hazuka took the initiative and
leaped from the heights rather than live to
be the wife OF the man she did not love-.
As in the previous instance, Keeper Flynn
saw a young girl acting queerly as she
looked over the brink, and in response to
her request showed her the place from
where the first girl had made the Jump. A
few minutes later, while he was busy with
the trap door, she
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
ROSCOE Conkline nl.

NEW YORK, April 6.-Ex-Senator Roscoe
Conkling has been confined to his home
with an abseess in the right ear. His physi
clans nave ordered complete rest and quiet.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
Trains

ST. PAUL, April 6.-Many houses on the
flats at Mankato are flooded to the middle
of the windows and the river is still rising.
West Mankato is submerged. Three feet
more of water will cover the Milwaukee
road tracks and all trains have been aban-
doned tonight on account OF water in the
vicinity OF Good Thunder.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
Irish Oppression,

DUBLIN, April 6.-Father Kennedy and
sixteen farmers of the County Cork have
been convicted of attending a National
League meeting in a proclaimed district
n sentenced to three months impris-
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Boyton Begins a Long s,v;m

P~ARKERsBURG, W. Va, April 6.-Captain
Paul Boyton entered the river above
Wheeling at 3 O'Clock this afternoon and
began his thousand mile journey down the
Ohio.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
FIRE.

FiIeHBURG. Mass, April s.-The br;.L
building occupied by the Walter Haywood
chair factory. together with the s.oct :
burned tonight. Loss, $50, 900. Ins
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
mr.. Bfggs Thinks b Commission Did
Not Correctly Estimate the Roads
Worth.

WASHINGTON, April g. Representative
Marion Biggs, OF California. to-day ap-
peared before the House Committee ON
Pacihc Railroads in advocacy OF the pas
sage OF the Huntington bill for settlement
81 the indebtedness of the Central Pacific
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
MASTER OF THE SITUATION.

To-day's bulletin says the malady from
which the EmnerOr is suffering HOW aupsars
to be moving rom back OF the larynx more
to the front, which is regarded by physicians
as a IaVorablesymptom, because the danger
OF the disease attacking the gsophagus will
be thus averted. The Empress will
go to Poseu on Monday to inquire
into the condition OF the sufferers
by the floods. Dreadful accounts have
been received from Posen. Two hundred
n fifty villages are in ruins and one
thousand persons are withoutshelter. When
the dykes at WARTIME gave way a largenum.
Der Of lives were lost. The loss of livestockis
A famine is threatened in
Posen, Pomerauia and Silesia and tie
Of persons emigrating to America
VIII soon be enormously Increased.
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Tornado in HiudoStan

CALCUTTA, April S.-A tornado has done
great damage in the native quarter Of
Dacca. Nineteen persons were Killed.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
RAN TO THE EDGE

and crouched as if ready to spring. He at
once OWNED her object and ran to head her
of and Illustrate the fatal design; but be-
fore he could get to her, the deed was done:
had rolled over and her disappearance
was ollowed by a dull thud on the walk
below. Running to her assistance he found
her badly hurt and summoned the Rondo
patrol, which conveyed her to the city
1ospltal' where it was found that she had
dislocated her right thigh, and injured her
skull and face.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS,

grooming at intervals as if in terrible agony.
1t was subsequently learned that her name
was Annie Olson, d domestic employed by
ii. Warner, of 346 Fuller street. The
latter could assign no reason for the act.
except that the girl had been ill for several
days and Tightly. Her illness and disan-
pointment at not receiving some money
created deep dependency and doubtless
led to the act. As far as is known there ia
man in the case. The girl has not vet
recovered consciousness, and the chances OF
her recovery are few.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11

BERLIN, April 6.-The National Zeitung
says renewed efforts to obtain the consent
OF the Emperor to the marriage OF his
daughter Victoria to Alexander OF Batten-
burg have not been successful. For this
reason there are no longer any grounds for
q secret conflict between Bismarck and the
Emperor, and therefore there is no CUES.
tion whatever OF Bismarck resigning.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
3, Infants and Children:
LOVE TRIUMPHS.
bismarck Will Not Resign rs He Apn,s
bends the Dissolution of Germany 10
He Did-The Prussian CONSERVATIVES a,
Bitter Feud With the Empress,

bends the Dissolution of GERMANY :,
He Did-The Prussian Conservatives. n,
Bitter Feud with the Empress,
BERLIN, April 7.-[Copyright 1888 by Tho
New York Associated Press Prince Aer.
ander of Battenburg comes to Charlotter.
burg next Thursday and his betrothal to
Princess Victoria takes place early in June
Prince Bismarck has withdrawn his resin
nation solely from the consideration that
Germany under the determination OF Emuress
Victoria would lead to a speedy break1pot
German unity. Nothing since the accession
OF Emperor Frederick mas occurred that
has so strongly animated the Prussian
conservatives against the Empress as tbi,
marriage question. All OF the radical
newspapers treat the Battenbarg Question
with disdain as OF no consequence to Ger.
man policy and ignore the fact that Bat.
tenburg is only one chord in the generalds.
cord struck by the
PARTY OF THE MPREss
The reticence of the Berlin press in refer.
ence to court intrigues has been greater than
was required by Difference to the En-.
peror and leading officers OF state. The
Battenburg marriage becomes almost q
minor incident in court intriguGs. Anonp
other successful schemes the Emperor has
been induced TO send to Count Won Moltke
a series OF statements on the condition
OF the army, followed by a request
that the general be present at meet.
ings of the commission on reforms
in the army. Count Won Moltke replied it
would be impossible for him to preside
over the commission without knowing how
it was constituted and what reforms are
desired. Consequently the commission has
been dropped. Another move of the
Empress is to overhaul diplomatic an.
pointments. To-night's National Zeitung
says
CIRCUMSTANCES MAY ARISE
under which Bismarck will no longer on.
pose the union. This may be construed to
mean a postponement Of the affair Until
the political objections now raised shall
to operate. The visit OF the Queenoi
England to Charlottenburg, therefore, will
take place as arranged, but the betrothsl
is al official Statement, and simply
means Thai Bismarck's advice has
been overruled. The Queen of En-.
gland comes here with her Battenbup
proteges to carry out her family projects
without regard for the sentiments OF the
German nobility or German people and
regardless that her daughter, the
Empress, thwarts the policy OF the minister
(Bismarck) who made her an Empress and
without whom Imperial Germany might
cease to be. Bismarck in his positiondOs
not rely upon tie military party. He has
the support OF the whole country and Of
the royal heads OF the German federation.
He is really
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Doubts are expressed in well informed
circles as to whether the differences be-
tween Emperor Frederick and Prince Bis
marck, which are believed to extend also
to matters of internal policy, can be ar.
ranged.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
DIsCoRD AGAIN.

1t is affirmed tonight that Emperor
Frederick insists upon the marriage of his
daughter to Prince Alexander.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-01
NEIPTNG THE End.

II. as now reported, the Panama Canal Lot
terry Loan cannot be foated, notwithstanding
the tcmpting inducements held out by the COM
pany, the presumption is justified that the
great wind-baE enterprise is approaching col
lapse. The loan was for $40, 600, and 1t
is said that not half OF il has been applied Tor.
This can Only mean that De Lcs:eps, though
still able to- commit the Government to his
desperate project. ha. lost the confidence OF
that class Of small capitalists whose pima
greed Of gain and foolish credulity have fur
nished the greater part Of the S36O.oOo,oOo
already swallowed up in the big ditch During
the last year the most damaging exposures
Of the true state Of the Panama Canal works
have been published by a French financial
journal Of high sanding. No serious attempts
to answer these attacks have been made, prob
ably for the reason that the facts were inoon-
troyertible. De Lesseps has devoted his encr-
GIGS to procuring the Government authorization
of the lean which had become Indispensable
It now appears that even this help has come
too late to restore confidence in the under
taking and as no other financial resources re-
main available, the crash which has been pre-
dicted for years by disinterested observers
may be looked for before long
it has been perfectly apparent for con-
siderable period that Dc Lcsseps alone kept
the scheme above water. His indomltabie
energy and INSCRIPTIONS audacity have over
come one difficulty after another in the money
market. Indeed, he has shown very much
greater skill in this direction than as an en-
gineer, for all his professional plans and pre-
dictions have failed signally, and yet until
recently he succeeded in wheedling money from
his countrymen in the very teeth OF the most
diScouraging exhibits from Panama. The
success Of the Lottery Loan could not have
prevented the final collapse Of the enterprise,
and would probably only have postponed 1t
two or three years. The failure to effect the
loan shortens the possible days Of grace, and
renders it almost certain that De Lesseps HIM
self will live to witness the ruinOus downfall
of the house of cards he has erected with so
much labor and ingenuity. 1t is to be feared,
moreover, that nothing can either avert or
mitigate the disastrous effects Of the now fore
shadowed collapse upon French finances and
business generally. 1t must mean absolute
ruin to so many thousand people Of small
means that the suffering involved will be
widespread and so great that it cannot be con-
fined to France. In fact, the bankruptcy OF
the Panama Canal Company is capable OF
producing almost as much mischief as short
European war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-01

is in favor Of giving women direct voice IN
the management of the schools, in which they
have so direct and vital an Interest. Some
attempts have been made to discredit the adj
vocates of the appointment Of women Commas
Sioners by reference to recent occurrence IN
this city; but no one familiar with all the
facts can consider the point wei taken. In
truth, no ground whatever for the differences
drawn exists. The placing of women on the
School Boards in Boston, New-York, Phlla-
delphia and elsewhere has resulted in nothing
hut coed. Brooklyn has refused TO take an adj
yanced position in this matter. Mayor Chaplin
has not justified the hopes of those who be-
lieved that he would deal with ii in broadly
liberal spirit, frae from a suggestion Of partl-
cousnip
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-01

quently Mr.. Cleveland is accepted with ioud
,.cclaim by Tories, Liberals and Unionists rs
the ideal candidate As for General HARRISON
he stands only for American ideas and Is n
"nonentity" man Of no reputation and proh
ably wire-uuli.ng schemer and intriguer Ike
that bold, bad man, Mr.. Blaine! The English
journals unite in this verdict very much rs
they joined in 1861 in applaudng secession
and disunion. So long rs cotton was KING ana
the Southern oligarchy of shareholders held
supreme authority in political affairs England
was at liberty to raid the American market
The Solid South, with its renewal OF the pol
icy of free trade, promises the supremacy OF
British manufactures in the United states
Great Britain again supports the South Ire
land alone dissenting-lreland whose man
ufacturs and industries England has ruthless
ly DESTROYED
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-01
THE ENGLISH CANDIDATE.

The exhibit of British opinion on the po-
litical situation in America. furnished in our
special cable dispatches to-day and yesterday
is most instructive one Mr.. Cleveland was
shown to be the unanimous choice of the Eng
Iish and Scotch press. OF the many journals
quoted in detail by our London correspondent
only one had anything pleasant to say of Gen
elal Harrison That was the leading Parnelite
organ published in Dublin With this excep-
ton the British press, Tory, Unionist and Lib
eral. united in hostile criticism of the Repub-
lican candidates and platform, and in fulsome
praise of President Cleveland and the Demo-
cratic party. Several important journals sup
plement their contemptuous references to Cen
eral Harrison as "nonentity' and an obscure
politician with malignant fings at Mr.. Blaine
The meaning Of this remarkable dcm0nstra-
ton of the English press is plain. "To some
extent" remarks Mr. Chamberlain's Birming-
ham oracle. eve arc directly concerned in the
result of the contest" England has immense
interests at stake in the American election
Her manufacturers and traders know that Nj.
Cleveland reelection will be great business
stroke for them. The sympathies of her cap
italistS, industrial classes, Legislators aud pub
cists are enlisted on the English side Of the
American contest. The President and the
Solid South are fighting the battle Of English
manufacturers The logic Of the message is
the logic of the Golden tracts. The tenden-
cies of Democratic legislation are in the direc-
ton of free trade. England has every material
advantage to gain if Mr.. Cleveland be re-elcct-
ed, and nothing 10 hope for if the Republicans
carry the country. "Abovc all" remarks a
leading Unionist journal with commendable
candor, "the President has made himself the
propagator of free trade principles" Eng
lands sympathies go where her business in
terests lie. For this reason Mr.. Cleveland is
the English candidate, and champions of
American industrial independence are lam
pooned and reviled.
Mr. Tennicl told the whole story in the in
imtablc cartoon representing Mr.. Cleveland
in the act Of introducing Free Trade TO Mis-
tIcss Columbia, with the playful remark,
" She's English you know" The policy of
the message is English to the core. and conse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-01
THE TALK or THE DAY.
This promises to be d great year Tor campaign
poetry; already the papers arc fuli OF H. ana inc
people seem TO want more.

Tbis promiscs to be great year for campaign
noctrv. already tho papers arc full Of 1t, and the
people seem TO want more.
was talking the other day to a wcll-known brc-a-
brac dealer mo has recently moved 10 new STORE
ON Broadway one of the most prevalent oi modern
crazesS said he :" is that for tho collection OF oid
Colonial sllvcrware. year or TWO ago my pauuols
wanted nothing but old English or old Dutch silver
smiths work but adays they have discovered that
$50 years ago silver plato ot cAccAent design qua
care mi workmanship made In Philadelphia, New
Vorlr and Huston The directory of frcemen OF tho
civ of NewYork and the Advertisements In The daly
newspapers Of the early part OF last century SHOW ha
tbere We're nearly a score Of workers In precious
'otaie who had what for those times were Import ant
netshI, sbmcnts Good Colonial sverwarc brings
from Sc to So an ounce or even moie."-(lhe Epoch
Mr.. Bradley has introduced into tho Offices of his
batbInc-houses at Asbury Park automatic time
stamps All persons taking bath viii receive card
tauncd with the time tho suit IS hired ard they are
conired TO return the key TO the house inside OF an
hour or tho house VIII be ret and their clothes taken
TO the Office This rule is Introduced to do away with
the practice of bathcrs who in The habit of keep
ING their suit half day or more while they lounge
about the beach
Critics of the Press. Newspaper Reporter-Would
you be willing to let me have me lsn usA, 9i your
sweat Girl (iraduate-I viii give II to you gladly.
r want YOU 10 be sue and print all say about the
nettIness weakness, absolute ldocy OF tho press In
devotpg SO much valuable space to mere social events
and wearsomo silly, long drawn out descriptions
Va - viii prnt Il all by the way, l wish you
would write me out description OF your graduation
dress as | want 10 PRINT IT,
Oh with Measure, and please don't forget TO send
me fifty copies OF your paper -Iomaha world
The san Francisco Report condemns tho lack Of
public spirit in San Francisco. Tho streets, II says
arc not in good condition, the splendidly situated