Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-18
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
WORK OF THE ELEMENTS.
The Area Covered by Two
Great Storms.
ANOTHER PLOT TO MURDER THE GAR
Another Engagement With
Sioux Indians i!
PARNELL'S EYEsIGHT ALL RIGHT.
Eighteen Men Killed i'm q
Belgian Mine.
PARnELL's EYEsIGHT ALL RIGHT.
TWO GREAT STORMS.

Rain Falling In all the Territory
From Maine to Florida and as Far
North as the Ohio River-Snoyv in
the Northwest and Middle States
Heavy Fall In the Allegheny Noun
tains-Severe Damage to Shipping.
New YORK, Dec. 1.-THE prevailing
wind and rain storm was. central this
morning off Cape Hatteras. 1T increased
in energy as the day wore on. High winds
prevailed all along the Atlantic coast line,
and navigation was exceedingly dangerous
between Cape Hatteras and Block Island.
At Block Island at o'clock this morning
the wind was blowing at the rate of fifty
two miles an hour; in this city it reached
forty-two miles, and at Philadelphia thir-
ty-six miles were recorded.
''The present storm had its origin in the
Mississippi valley, between Chicago and
st. Louis, yesterday morning." said Ser
geant Jesunofsky of the signal service this
noon. "It DETECTED off the coast to the
southeast, increasing in energy all the
while. The rain began in this vicinity
about 4:30 o'clock this morning, and was
accompanied by high winds, which in
creased in violence. At s O'Clock this
morning the wind was blowing at the rate
of forty-two miles an hour, and every in
dication pointed towards an increase. Be-
tween 8 and II a. m. the wind averaged
forty miles an hour, but it will probably
go as high as fifty before night. The
storm was central off Hatteras early this
morning, and no doubt proved dangerous
to shipping.
"The weather here during the day will
probably continue rainy and windy, but
by tomorrow it will begin to clear up. The
wind will abate during the night time. The
temperature has risen rapidly throughout
the country. 1t is coolest to-day along
the st. Lawrence. The storm was very
apparent early last night. Yesterday
morning we hoisted storm signals, and last
night our cautionary storm signals were
up To-day storm signals are displayed
along the coast from Eastport, Me-, to
Wilmington, Del, and eantionary signals
from Wilmington to Galveston, Tex.
'sThe area of rain extends from East
over to Springfield, No., thence to Cincin-
natl, and from there to Albany. The
snow area extends from Oswego to Chi
cago, thence to st. Paul, and from there
to Marquette, Mich. The wind may veer
late tonight from north to northwest.
The storm center is likely to pass out to
the eastward.
Reckoning the increase in the rate OF
this storm from Chicago to Hatteras, ii
is likely that it may assume more violent
energy in its course eastward over the
Atlantic, and those interested in shipping
are especially warned not to sail south
ward, since they are very likely to rur
into the teeth of the storm. All sailing
oil hat %
Block Island is likely to prove dangerous.
Tomorrow it will probably be consid
erably colder than it is to-day and freeze
| is likely to follow"
The greatest severity is north of Cap'
Hatteras, toward Washington, Baltimor,
| and Harrisburg. Many telegraph wirei
have been blown down and other damage
is reported.
The sound steamboats, were not seriousl,
interfered with by the storm. The boat
of the Stonington, Providence and Fal
| River lines reached this city ON time. TIL,
TEA was quite rough, though, and if tn
storm had set in earlier in the night i
| would doubtless have interfered mucl
with the progress of the vessels. TIL
boats going eastward may have encounter
ed the storm, particularly those goin
around Point Judith, and it is not at al
unlikely that they were delayed.
At the offices of the Western Union Tel
egraph company it was said that the wire
were in very bad condition-in the south
west. The greatest trouble, however, eS
lists between Philadelphia and Baltimore
There many wires have been detache
from the poles by the force of the win
and are swinging free. Many of the wire
have thus become crossed, and the resul
is great confusion in the receiving an
sending of messages.
The wires along the New Jersey coat
have also suffered. All the damage ha
been done by the high wind and slee
The area of damaged wires has been grat
ually approaching this city as the stori
has extended northward. 1t was said tn,
all messages were being received subje'
to delay in transmission.
Some of the benches along the sea-wa
of Battery park have been blown over int
the river and the tide is the highest know
in many years.
The were no immigrant arrivals at Il
barge Office to-day, owing to the seye
weather, which prevented vessels fro
landing. The steamer Alesia, with 8
Italian immigrants on board, arrived
quarantine early this morning, but remain'
at anchor.
The storm Mt Pittsburg.