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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
SWALLOWED UP IN THE SEA.
Captain Norton's Life Saver Has Proba-
bly, BeIied Its Name.

Captain Norton's Life Saver Has Proba-
bly, Belied Its Name.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19--The Norton
Ship Building and Construction Com
pany, of No. 1S Broadway, has given up
all hopes Of the life-saving boat F. j.
Norton, that has now been eighty-six
days at sea. The F. L. Norton was an
invention of Capt. f. l.. Norton's, and
was supposed to be unsinkable, being an
improvement on the Neversink that had
already crossed the Atlantic.
The f. i, Norton was fifty weight feet
long, had engines of thirty horse power
and was capable Of going eight knots an
hour under steam. She was schooner
rugged and carried from New London,
Conn, bound for Toulon, France, with
the following persons on board; Capt f.
L. Norton, Mrs. Margaret S. Norton,
Miss Annie Rickaby, niece of the cap
tain; Chief Engineer James Menelles,
Assistant Engineer Arthur Mclean,
Sailing Master c. F. Carlsen, John
Anderson, Oscar Mileyar, the steward,
Joseph Marco and the cabin boy, John
Roberts.
The Norton was to stop at Fayal, in
the Azores, for provisions and coal.
On Dec. 10, a cable dispatch stated that
she had been seen passing Gibraltar the
previous day. 1t has since been learned
that that dispatch had its origin in a
rumor preva ent at the time in Algiers,
and is not supposed to have been found
ed on facts, as there have been many ar
rivals of fruit steamers here from the
Azores; and it seems absolutely certain
that the vessel never called in there.
.,,, loA Il,
caught in the heavy storms of the early
winter, that her frail deck was smashed
in and that she foundered There is a
faint hope that the crew may have been
picked up by some ship bound for Aus
traiia
Capt. f. L. Norton was born at Al
bany N. Y, in 1880, his father being an
officer in the United States army, who
had served through the war of 1912.
Capt. Norton was educated at Albany
and in this city, but went to sea when
10 years old. His first voyage was in
whaler. which was wrecked off Fogo,
one of the Cape DeVerde islands At %
he was captain of clipper ship of
which he was part owner, He twice
circumnavigated the globe and was SO
successful in his ventures that he was at
one time owner of twentyone clipper
ships.
He invented patent ventilator for
ships, mines and large buildings which
has been largely used The later years
of his life were given up to perfecting
boat for life-saving purposes. With the
Neversink he was successful in getting
the highest awards from the French
government, and it was with the hope of
bringing these back to his home and
exhibiting a still better boat that he
started on his last voyage. He leaves
an only son, who is at school in New
Haven Conn
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
MONEY LOANING.
Senator StanfOrd's Scheme
Would Bring Disaster.
So Decides the Senate Com
mittee on Finance.

1t Might Inspire Improvident Habits and
People Who Are Now Almost Free from
Such Temptations-PrOvi of the
Proposed Bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. - Under in
structions from the committee on
finance, Senator Morrill,, the chairman
of that committee, has reported adverse
ly to the senate the Stanford bill "to
provide the government with means
sufficient to supply the National want
Of a sound circulating medium" SEN
ator Morrill,, in his report, says the bill
appears to be intended to supply paper
legal-tender currency by permitting any
owners of land to give a lien upon the
same for twenty years to the United
States government, for which the mort
gageor is to receive legal-tender paper
currency, and be charged per cent. in
terest
The measure is of unlimited magni-
tude, and demands serious considera-
ton, from the high and estimable char
acter of its distinguished author. The
report contends that land owners, for
the larger part, the only class to be ben
Gifted, are too intelligent and prudent to
cover their homesteads with mortgages,
and even young men starting in life,
when borrowing capital, do not intend
to remain twenty years in debt. But
the low rate of interest offered to land
owners might inspire improvident habits
and extravagant speculations in class
of people now almost free from such
temptations.
The report says that the bill embodies
the principle put forth more than cen
tury ago by the notorious John Law,
that paper currency issued on land,
not exceeding its value, will not depre-
ciate. Experience has shown that when
ever such reckless experiments, intended
to secure cheap money, have been tried
they have ended in commercial crisis,
bankruptcy and National disaster. The
report compares the measure under dis
cussion to the Argentine Republic and
colonial currency schemes, both of
which, says the committee, resulted in
shame and disaster.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
FUNDS OF THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
No One Seems to Know What the InveSti-
CATION win Amount To,

NO Ohe seems 10 hnoW What tne lnVeSti-
gatIon win Amount To,
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19-T. L. Drury,
master workman of District Assembly
No 100, Knights of Labor of Rutland,
Vt, chairman of the committee APP
pointed at tlSe last session of the general
assembly at Denver to examine the
books at the general headquarters of the
knights in Philadelphia, arrived here
Wednesday. The other members of the
committee are Henry A. Allen, of
Schoolcraft, Mich, master workman of
the Michigan state assembly, and Joseph
r. Mansion, of Troy, secretary of Dis
trict Assembly No 6S. They had a
secret meeting Tuesday night.
For three or four years there has been
good deal of trouble over books of the
order kept at general headquarters and
the management of the funds and the
accounts. 1t began under the admin
istration of General Secretary Litchman
and General Treasurer Turner, and re-
suited in the retirement of both from
office and the suspension of Turner
from the order 1t made n great stir at
the time, and has come up at every ses-
sion of the general assembly since. The
treasury at headquarters was not in
good condition at the time of Mr..
Turner's retirement, as some of the
members Of the order thought it should
be, and when General Secretary Treas
urer John w. Hayes. who succeeded TO
both the Offices held by Turner and
Hayes, took hold, he found lot of
things that needed explanation.
The accounts and vouchers did not APP
pear to tally, and it was charged that
the accounts had been very loosely kept
During the discussion of the matter
friends Of the parties principally con-
cerned have called each other hard
names. When it was renewed at the
Denver convention, committee was
appointed to make a thorough over
hauling of the books 1t was expected
that the committee would begin its
work last month, but the members
were detained by other business, and
there have been several postponements.
Speaking of the work of the commit
tee and what it was expected to accom-
plish, Mr.. DTury said: THE committee
is unbiased; every man on it is inde-
pendent
General Secretary and Treasurer Hayes
is out of the city an |, as he was to assist
the committee in their investigation,
nothing has yet been done. The com
mittee arrived on Monday and expected
to go to work ON the books right away.
No one seems to know where Mr.. Hayes
is. He was expected at the hotel on Sat
urday When he left he said lie was
going south.
T. L. Drury said: 81 do not know
anything about the books | know,
however, that all the statements made
in the papers about defalcations are in
correct
The only accurate statement made
about the books is the quotation that
was made from Secretary Hayes annual
report, The committee was selected
with the intention of getting men who
knew nothing about the trouble None
of them, therefore, can give any infor-
ma ton on the subject.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
SECRETS OF THE KAlsER's FAMILY.
Ex-ChanceIIOr Bismark Has Altogether
Too Much to Say.


Ex-ChanceIlor Bismark Has Altogether
Too Much to Say.
LONDON, Feb. 10, 1t is stated in dis
patch from Berlin, that the kaiser, de-
sirous of sparing the feelings of Bis
mark, requested Duke Ernest, Of Sake
Coburg, at the time that the opera of
that prince was produced in Hamburg,
TO take the opportunity of visiting Bis
mark, and demonstrating with him on
his course in talking over the affairs of
state and attacking the kaiser and his
policy. The presence of Duke Ernest,
in Hamburg, was supposed at the time
to lie connected with the production of
his opera, and his visit to Bismark at
tracted no attention.
The visit, however, was of the most
important character. Prince Ernest was
brother of the late Prince Albert,
Prince Consort of England, and is there
fore granduncle to the kaiser. He is
highly respected, both on account of his
years, being nearly 73 years of age, and
his personal qualities, and being one Of
the reigning sovereigns of Germany,
Bismarck could take no offense at his
being chosen for the kaiser's mouth
piece.
He is said to have requested Bismarck
respectfully, in behalf, not of the kaiser
alone, but Of the imperial family, not to
publish to the world secrets of that fam
lily which became known to him in his
confidential relation of chancellor, and
also to withhold from discussing affairs
of state from the standpoint of his spe-
cial knowledge as chancellor of the en-
pire.
Duke Ernest carried no menace, ex-
cept in so far that he said that the kaiser
felt it duty, however much it might
pain him, to take the necessary steps to
protect the dignity of the throne, and
the interests of the empire Bismarcks
reply is not stated, but it is understood
not to have been satisfactory to the
kaiser. Everybody speaks well of the
kaiacr's tact in selecting for the mission
to Bismarck man as venerable and
eminent as Duke Ernest.
Peculiar Con flseation Scheme.
A remarkable scheme of confscation
for the public benefit is before the French
chamber of deputies The bill substan-
TALLY proposes that unless q deceased
person has direct heirs, the property
shall go to the state; that is, collateral
heirs are to be cut off, The property ii
to be used for the vAtlnJti tiOn uc p.suivs
ism and the public debt. The measure
has no chance of adoption.
Austriaus Alarmed.
Austrians are considerably alarmed
by the Hungarian movement to annul
the customs union between the two
great sections of the empire While the
new Hungarian goods tariff. imposing
differential duties is the apparent cause
of contention, the real aim of the agi-
tators in Hungary seems to be to dis
solve, rs far as possible, the Austrian
connection. The movement is supported
with great enthusiasm in Hungary.
Egyptian Troops In tho soudan.
Advices from Suakim state that the
Egyptian troops are making a victori-
GUS progress toward the reoccupation Of
Tokar. The dervishes retreated from
Eltbe without fighting, and fed in the
direction of Tokar. The Egyptians oc-
cupied Eltbe and will advance on Tokar.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
Al stcnhrnvllie. q.

SrEUBENvILIE, o., Feb 19.-IIeavy
rains the past few days, the consequent
rise of the river and other streams,
created havoc with railroads and other
property in this vicinity.
The Wheeling and Lake Erie rail
road. between this city and Conversion,
is completely blocked, many heavy
washouts having occurred all along the
line. The Panhandle dump at the
lower end of the city is sinking.
Heavy washouts ON the Pittsburg
Wheeling and Kentucky road stopped
travel between Steubenville and Wheel
ing. while no trains are running at all
on the New Cumberland branch Of the
Panhandle.
Washouts also occurred on the Cleve-
land and Pittsburg, but they have been
repaired aud travel resumed. The new
county road between this city and Min
go, was completely washed away, while
the lower end of the city and the river
bottoms for miles above and below are
under water. The damage all around
will be great, and can only be estimated
bv thousands of dollars.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 19-The following
was received from Memphis Tuesday
night:
The Mississippi at this point is yet two
feet below the danger line, but continues
to rise steadily The heavy rains in this
vicinity for the past three or four days
have tended to swell the immense
volume of water coming from the north,
The first indication of danger was heard
from Helena, Ark, below this city,
where levee, which had been weak
ened by the great pressure, was being
repaired by corps of men. Helena is
in the bottoms and from this point
will be learned the first news of trouble,
should any OCCUR.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
Some of the Latest Information Received
by That Body.

WASHINGTON, Feb, 10, - From late
papers received at the bureau of the
American republics from Brazil it is
learned that important notifications
have hecn made in the constitution sub
mitted to the convention by the provi-
sional government. The clause exclud-
ing the Jesuits from the country and
forbidding the establishment Of new
converts or monastic orders has been
stricken out, although the prohibition
against National aid to any sect on form
of worship remains.
Recent information from Rio de
Janeiro states that the trans-Andine
railway defined to connect Montevedeo
and Buenos Ayres with Santiago, in
Chill, is making rapid progress toward
completion The locomotives were ex-
pected to run to the boundary line of
the latter country by the end of the year
1890 -Four steel bridges of 250 feet span
and one of 200 feet over the river Men
doza We're ready for use on the middle of
December last. This route to Santiago
is already being used by travellers in
preference to the voyage by sea around
Cane Horn,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
STARTLING TRAGEDY.
A PuIlman Car the Scene OF a Double
Murder.

Murder.
LITTLE Rock. Ark. Feb. 10 The
Pullman palace car on the Iron Noun
tain passenger train from st. Louis, due
here Mt o'clock in the afternoon,
was the scene of dreadful tragedy at
noon Sunday as the train was pulling
out from Baldknob station. lsadore
Never, travelling man for Foster, Hilson
& Company, Of New York, had Just
transferred from the Memphis train,
and was getting in his seat, when man
who sat eating lunch suddenly drew
pistol and fired killing Meyer instantly.
Conductor Il. w. Leech, of st. Louis,
was on the platform, and hearing the
shot. pulled the bell to stop the train.
The man thereupon turned and fired at
Leech. the shot hitting him in the head.
He fell to the platform dead All the
passengers rushed from the car, one of
whose doors was locked by the porter,
the murderer locking the other, leaving
it with no other occupant than the dead
drummer and his murderer.
Some people ran TO the train from the
town. many OF them armed, and sue
ceeded in arresting the murderer. 1t
was ascertained that he is an insane
man, named John W. Greater, from
Vincennes, Ind, livery man, vino, two
weeks ago, was taken home from Fort
Worth, Tex. in shackles, insanity hay-
ing developed. After remaining q few
days he managed TO leave home, and was
returning to Texas when the tragic af-
fair occurred. Meyers remains were
brought 10 Little Rock on the train,
which arrived few hours later
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
A LIGHT-WEIGHT FIGHT.



MINNEAPoLIs, Feb. 19-Danny Need
ham, of st. Paul, and Tom Ryan, Of
Chicago noted ight-weights, fought
with four-ounce gloves Marquis Of
Queensbury rules, in the gymnasium of
the Twin City Athletic club, Tuesday
night. A purse of $1,000 was up, and
the fight was a hot one up to the thirty
eighth round Though hard face and
body blows were received by each in
every round no blood was drawn After
the thirty-eighth round the fighting be-
came more cautious, and several rounds
followed in which no blows were ex-
changed, while the ! 800 people present
yelled for blood They were not accom-
modated, however, until the seventy
fifth round, when Ryan scored first
blood In the eighty-sixth Ryan went
in to finish the fight, which he did, only
the call of time saving Needham from a
complete knockout The mill lasted
five hours and five minutes II was CON
sidered one of the greatest exhibitions of
lightweight smuggling ever seen, and
was witnessed by a number of members
of the legislature.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19

FATAL DELAY.
A Mother Waits to Dress Her Children
and All Are Burned.

Mother Waits to Dress Her Children
and All Are Burned.
NEW York, Feb. 10. BY a fire in
Brooklyn tenement Wednesday morning
four persons lost their lives aud one man
was so severely turned that he will
probably die. The fire started at 4
o'clock in The tenement No. II Hopkins
street, corner of Delmonico Place. 1t
was caused by pot OF fat boiling over
in the basement on the ground floor.
There were nine families in the build
ing. All of these escaped with the ex-
ception of Mrs John Henry, a widow.
living in the third story, who stopped to
dress her three children. She stayed too
long and when she finally attempted TO
get down the stairs she was overcome
by the smoke, She and her children,
aged o. 4 and / years, were burned to
death. Jacob Enrich, aged 40, who was
in the basement at the time the fire
started was probably fatally burned.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
Gnso1lne Cnnses q slOO. GOO FIre.

PITTsBURG, Feb, 10. The Duquesne
Traction company's power house, at
Benvenue station, was damaged by fire
Tuesday night, and the valuable machin-
cry. consisting of engines and dynamos,
was ruined. The fire was caused by the
explosion of a gasoline lamp. The loss
will reach $100,000 no insurance. The
road would have been in operation
March /, but the fire will necessitate a
delay Of ninety days.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
ON TIE ILLINOIS CENTRAL.
Passenger Train Jumps the Track Near
Medina, Tenn.

ST. LOUIS, Feb, 49, dispatch from
Jackson, Tenn, gives particulars of a
wreck ON the Illinois Central Wednes-
day morning. The train was the pas
sencer train which left Chicago Tuesday
at 1925 p. IN. When near Medina, Tenn,
at 80 o'clock Wednesday morning the
train jumped the track and the coaches
overturned and caught fire. Fortunately
all the passengers were rescued from
the burning coaches before the flames
reached them.
An approaching freight train was
tagged and the engine was attached to
the sleeping and drew it out of the
wreck. The baggageman and news
boy sustained severe injuries. Several
passengers were cut and bruised, but it
is thought none are seriously injured.
Ihe wreck was caused by broken rail
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19

HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 19.-The fol
lowing was received from Williamspcrt
Tuesday night: Every thing now indi-
Gates a flood of not less than twenty-six
feet in the Susquehanna river The
river has been rising about foot per
hour this forenoon, and is now over
eleven feet. The advices from points up
the river are that it is still raining, and
all the streams are high.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
sioux Dissatisfied.

CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-The Sioux delega-
ton, which recently had pow-wow
with the great father, passed through
here Tuesday night much dissruntled,
and say they will have to quit being
friends of the whites. They say they
were treated shabbily at Washington.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
HIGH WATERS.
FlOOd-Tide at the Headwaters
of the Ohio River.
Immense Damage Done by the Sud
den Rise at Pittsburg.
Loss in the Vicinity Estimated
at Nearly 100000.

Between 5000 and 1000 Families Driven
from Their Homes by the Angry
Waters Over 100 Manufacturing
Establishments Forced TO Temporarily
Close DOWNFALL Railroads More or
less rippIed-MissisSippi Lovees in
Danger at Memphis-Tlood News in
General.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19

New YoRK. Feb. 19.-The new steam
ship Havel, of the North German
Li6yds line, which left her dock in
Hoboken Wednesday morning for Bre-
man, ran into and sank an unknown
bark in the lower bay. IL is reported
that several of the bark's crew were
drowned,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
Statue 10 sherman in New York.

New YORK. Feb 19.-The Recorder
says editorially: New York city should
at once erect a statue TO Gen William
Tecumseh Sherman The Recorder un-
dertakes the work. II hereby subscribes
81 900 to fund for the purchase, and
invites general contribution
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
WILLIAMS THROAT.
German Court Circles Alarmed About the
Health of the Emperor.

BERLIN, Feb. 10.--The state of EN-
reror Williams health is exciting seri-
Gus alarm in court circles, but it is high
treason to mention the subject. There
is reason to fear that the painful ear
malady from which the emperor suffers
is becoming cancerous.
Considering his majesty's family his
.ory there is something ominous in the
official announcement that at the re-
cent military banquet the usual speeches
were dispensed with because the EN-
peror had cen advised by his physicians
to aroid speaking as much al possible in
consequence of an affection of the
throat Almost the same notification
was made in the case of the late En-
peror Frederick four years ago
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19

New York, Feb. 19--Robert E. Con-
molly, a Brooklyn lawyer, has been
missing from his home for ten days. He
is about 80 years old. He was elected
to the assembly from Brooklyn in 1885,
and is quite prominent in local politics.
He has not been in robust health of
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
Altonnn nnd NlclnitY.

ALTOONA, Pa, Feb. 10 Considerable
damage has been done by high water
both east and west of this place, but
thus far this place has escaped At Ty-
rome the houses in the western part of
the town are surrounded by water. At
Upton, ten miles east of here, foot of
water is running over the Pennsylvania
railroad tracks. Several hundred men
have been sent from the shops of the
Pennsylvania here to Mineral Point,
thirty-three miles west, where the Con-
emaugh is very high, All trains, how
ever are running nearly on time,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-19
ON tho LoyaIhanna.

Advices from Greensburg, Pa, Tues
day night said: The streams continue to
rise, and the people are becoming very
much alarmed at the prospects of seri-
Gus floods, aud are making preparations
to move at any moment. The Loyal
hanna, at West Lathrop is one-half a
mile wide, and much Of the town is
submerged, the second and third stories
of many of the buildings along the creek
being flooded, and it is feared that many
of the buildings will be swept away.
The same condition of affairs prevails at
Laramia, Irwin, Manor, Penn Harrison
CITY. Crabtree and other places.
Bridges, fences, haystacks, etc, in every
direction have been carried away.