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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-11

ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Aug. ll.-Miss Bernie
Mayer and Miss Bsinhart, two mem bsrs
of party of resorters, were drowned in
Lake Michigan, near Stevensville. The
life saving crew were unable to rescue
them.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-11

MEMPHIS, Aug. 1l.-William Nershbred,
a negro charged with committing crin1-
inal assault upon an syear-old girl near
louisville, Tenn, was taken from deputy
sheriff by s. A. Crook, father OF the child,
and shot to death.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-11
Sentenced for AppIau,iine A..assinat,.n.

PARIS, Aug. 11.-At Diion yesterday
three anarchists We're convicted on the
charge of upholding the action of Cesario
in numbering President Carnot One of
them was sentenced to three years i'm
prisonment and the others to five years
each
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-11

EAsToN, Pa. Aug 11-Mrs Caroline
Hagerman, of Phillipsburg, who fell from
an electric car in Easton on Tuesday, died
yesterday from the injuries received. She
was 80 vaars old.
The morning call., 1894-06-18

Mountains are in New jersey and Michi-
gan. The condition of apples is somewhat
better than that of peaches.
In sections of New England where the
season is far enough advanced for the fact
to be determined prospects are unusually
promising. In New York trees have
bloomed full. but some counties report
damage from frost and cold rains. A
sudden decline in the conditions begins
with New Jersey and Pennsylvan a. due to
the causes just stated, and the increased
damage from the freezing weather of
March further south is clearly indie ted.
The statistician has. at the request of
many growers and dealers. added rice to
the list of products mentioned in the
monthly crop reports. The present report
shows that the breadth seeded in 1894 is
but rs per cent of last years acreage. The
greatest reduction took place in Louisiana,
where 69 per cent OF the area of last year
was down. South Carolina, next in i'm
portance in production. shows decrease
in acreage of IL per cent. Then follows
Georgia, with a decrease of % per cent.
The principal cause assigned for the de-
crease in acreage of the product is the
ruling low price.
The morning call., 1894-06-18
CLEVER FoRGERS.
Are Flooding the Country With Bogus
PAPER.

Paper.
ALBANY. Tex. June 17.-For me time
Messrs. Webb 81 Hill of this place have
been receiving from different parts of the
country checks purporting to have been
drawn on them by the First National Bank
Of Haskeli. The checks are drawn in
favor OF G. NJ. Hill and r. c. Webb, and
are cleyerly gotten-up fOrgeries.
Among the banks that have forwarded
checks for sums ranging from $50 TO $500
are the Commercial National of StLouis,
First National of Evansville, Ind, Keokuk
National of Keokuk, Iowa, First Ma
tional of Marshalltown. Iowa. Bank of Wis
consin, and Charles Scribner & Co., Ma
tional Bank of Oshkosh, Wis. Various
business firms in the places named in
dorsed the checks and presented them for
collection.
Strenuous efforts are being made to catch
the forgers, who are still probably flooding
the country with forged paper.
Messrs. Webb & Hill know nothing OF
the c. NJ. Hill and +. c. Webb to whom
the checks are made payable. nor have
they ever had an account with any bank
on which the checks are drawn.
The morning call., 1894-06-18
RUIN BY WATERS.
Government Locks on the CO.
lumbia.
They Are Heavily Damaged by the
Mighty Floods Which Pre-
vail.

TACOMA. June 1.-THE Ledger prints a
special from Cascade Locks. Or, to the
effect that the uncOmpleted locks, on
which the United States has already ex-
pended over S2000.OO0, narrowly escaped
total destruction and. as it is, the works
Lave been damaged IN about the sum of
100000 Wafer is still so high that it is
impossible TO tell exactly TO what extent
the canal has suffered. Damage to the
fisheries and canneries. including the loss
of time, will amount to at least 100000.
From fifteen TO twenty wheels are covered
with water and it is believed the majority
Of them have been washed away.
Work on the Cascade locks was CON-
menced eighteen years ago. and Day &
Day were under contract &c complete the
work by March, 1895. Work was to cost
the Government in all little over $780,
600. Now work will be delayed for several
years longer. Locks were projected at a
height of 139 feet above the sea level at
Astoria. and the Colum bia River rose to a
height of 146 feet above sea level Had
the locks been completed they would have
now been swept out of the river for the
water would have been four feet deep over
the gates.
This state of affairs has demanded a
change in the plans of the work. and Ma
iora Post, commanding officer here, is
authority for the statement that the plans
will have to be remodeled and the work
projected on basis of $50 feet above sea-
level. This change will mean total cost
to the Government for the locks when
completed of about S5,0O0.000.
Il
river have nearly been washed away,
while the river has forced new channel
to bedrock across strip Of mainland 400
yards long By 100 feet wide.
On the further extremity of this point
an island has been formed and is only held
in place by a mountain of rock that no
doubt extends far beneath the bed of the
river. The river rushes. roars aud plunges
with deafening sound at speed esti-
mated at 70 miles an hour. and waves
from ten TO twelve feet In height rise at
intervals along the rapids for distance OF
two miles. A mile below here the river
has washed into the shore, carrying away
a point of land ten acres in extent, the
tracks of the Union Pacific disappearing
as quickly as if the rails had been mere
gone entirely between this place and Bon
neville they are hanging upright across
dizzy canyons. held together by the rails.
looking from distance like picket
fence.
Men stayed on watch thirty-six and
forty hours at time. The dam was built
out an additional distance OF about twelve
feet and the oulkhead was raised four feet.
the whole being about 1900 feet long. The
water Cor long time was but two inches
below the top of the bulkbead and was
coming up at the rate of an inch an hour.
The 800 men worked not like men, but like
fiends. Some OF them worked until they
dropped from exhaustion. 1t was during
this period that the 400 yards of mainland
toward the river gave in. and with a
mighty roar the pent-up waters rushed
The morning call., 1894-06-18
A VARIETY OF BILLS.
Will Be Pressed to the Front in
the House.
Southern War Claims Have Been
Bunched as an Omnibus
Claims Bill.

WASHINGTON, June II. - The anti
option bill will be pressed to the front in
the House CT Representatives, and Hatch,
its author, is confident he can secure COD
sderaton for the measure on Monday and
vote on it about Wednesday. He will
yield tomorrow to several minor measures
which may be brought up under suspen-
sion of the rules, but will insist that anti
option is 10 be the first discussion of any
length.
The deficiency appropriation bill, which
is the last of the appropriation bills. will
be reported from the committee on Mon
day, and it is expected that il will be taken
up about Thursday, when anti-option is
out of the way.
Unusual interest attaches to the def
cheney bill, owing to the position OF Rep
resentatiye Breckenridge of Kentucky as
chairman of the deficiency subcommittee.
He has been present at the meetings of the
committee during the last week and has
evinced an interest in the bill and desire
TO take charge of it.
A leading member of the committee said
there would certainly be no clash on this
personal ASPECT OF the bill, but he added
that no definite conclusion had been
reached as to who would have charge of
the measure.
The membe rs interested in the many
Southern war claims, which have been
punched as an omnibus claims bill, are
seeking TO get special rule giving them
an early bearing. These claims have been
approved By the court of claims, but there
is no way of paying them until Congress
makes an appropriation.
The New Mexico statehood bill and the
Cooper bill 10 tax greenbacks are also
struggling for an early hearing.
The morning call., 1894-06-18
SCENES OF HORROR
Awful Story Told by Engineer
KOuht.
He Is the Only Survivor of the
Austrian Mine Rescue
Party.

TRoPPAU, Juue 1.-THE total number
of deaths resulting from the explosion that
occurred in a mine near here few days
ago is 232.
Engineer Kouht, the sole survivor Of the
party that went to attempt the rescue of
the miners, said in an interview to-day
that be heard fearful explosion on
Thursday night He Immediately rushed
to the pit from which a dense smoke and
cloud of coaldust belched forth.
He formed a party and descended the
shaft into the mine. He entered the fourth
level, where they found the bodies of a
miners and several dead horses lying at
the entrance. The gallery was blocked
with fallen beams and coal.
While waiting for re-enforcements fifteen
survivors issued from the well leading
from the fifth well. They were almost ex-
hausted. Kouht signaled for help.
Suddenly terrific explosion occurred,
hurting the wagons together and throwing
Kouht TO the ground. His hat fell down
the shaft. but he clutched door which
prevented him going down also.
The lamps in the level were extin-
guished. KOuht held a handkerchief to
his mouth and this prevented him being
choked to death by fredamp. He was,
however, gradually losing his senses when
the pit men were fleeing from the lower
level and went up the shaft
Kouht shouted and was taken into the
cage and raised 20 the surface.
A second party descended into the mine
and bravely entered the galleries. They
found all the first rescue party dead. The
rescuers continued their explorations aud.
although they were badly burned. re-
covered some bodies. most of which were
uDrecognlzable.
The mine is still burning. and it will not
be possible to resume work for six months.
The victims were buried this afternoon
and the services were marked by many
distressing scenes.
The whole district was flooded yester-
day by the overflow of the Vistula River.
The bridges at Darkau and Karwin were
blocked and several others destroyed.
The town of SehwaZ-Wassa was in IN
dated. Soldiers nave erected dams to pre-
vent further damage, but the floods are
now subsiding.
The morning call., 1894-06-18
1T WILL SOON PASS.
Harris Opinion About the Tariff
Bill.
1t Is Generally Believed TIL at AL
Debate Will Be Finished
in One Week.

WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Harris
said when the senate adjourned yesterday
that the tariff bill would pass the Senate
by next Saturday, and Senator Aid
rich, the leader of the opposition to the
bill, when asked what he thought of Mr..
Harris prediction. expressed the opinion
that it could not be entirely realized, but it
would come near IL.
81 think" he said, that by next Satur-
day night we shall be on the flag end of the
BILL"
Both declined to state whether there
had been any negotiations for an agree
ment as to the time for the final vote be-
tween the leaders on the respective sides
of the chamber.
1t is known, however, that the situation
has been canvassed more or less in the
numerous conferences which have taken
place between Senators Cockrell, harris
and Jones on the Democratic side and
Senators Aldrich and Allison on the Re-
publican.
1t is also known that they have not
agreed on time because of the difficulty
on the part of the Republicans Of deter
mining what time might be required for
speeches by Senators on that side. They
have, however, eanvassed the question
sufficiently TO feel assured that there will
be comparatively few more long speeches.
There are. however, some Republican
Senator'S who do not agree with the joint
prediction of Senators Harris and Aid
rich, and who say that, while they do not
consider that the time for the final passage
| of the bill is far distant. they think that
considerable time will be required for the
consideration of the income tax and for
the votes on various features or the bill,
as we'll as probably some speeches when
the bill shall be reported from the CON-
mittee of the whole.
When it is considered it is probable that
the income tax can be disposed OF in less
than three days at the most.
There is also probability that Senator
Lodges amendment for retaiiating upon
England will be revived by the silver Re-
publicans, which would have the effect of
at least briefly reopening the silver aues-
tion in connection with the tariff.
The ouly tariff schedules which have
] not been disposed of are: Silks. whic b
The morning call., 1894-06-18

are now under consideration, papers and
sundries. These, with the free list, the
income tax and the admins trative Tea
lures of the bill. complete the measure.
There is very little prospect OF many
speeches on silk or paper. but there are
several articles in the schedule or sun
dries and in the free list which are calcu-
lated to bring forth debate.
The wool question will be revived when
tie iree-wool item shall be reached In the
free list, and while the contest will not be
so prolonged as 1t was when the subject
was taken up on the wool schedule 1t
Promises to be quite animated for short
time.
1t still seems strongly probable that the
administrative part of the bill will be
Withdrawn and the present administrative
laws allowed to stand. Senator Jones
said to-day that he favored this course for
the purpose of expediting the passage of
the bill. and his judgment will most likely
be allowed by his Democratic colleagues
to control their course
The morning call., 1894-06-18

miners OF this district are greatly dissatis-
ned over the decision of the strikers in
conference at Terre Haute yesterday.
When the report reached this city crowd
OF strikers congregated. and many de-
clared they would return to work. il thew
had to carry Winehesters for protection.
The mines in the county will not begin
operations Tomorrow, as most of the op-
orators have not expressed a willingness
to pay the pTica.
The block-miners will hold a mass-meet.
ing here some day this week to determine
whether they shall notify the operators
that they are willing to go to work or con-
tinue the strike.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y. June 1.-THE min
ers employed along the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg Railroad will return to work
tomorrow. Anticipating an increase of
business, the officials of the road have
ordered twenty crews and engines from
this city to the mines at once.
IRoNwooD, Mich, June 1.-THE miners
on the Gogebic range to-day decided to
strike tomorrow. The companies refuse
to negotiate with committees from the
unions, but are willing to hear their work
men individually as to their grievances.
Should all the miners strike 5000 men will
be affected.
The mine-owners threaten in case OF q
general walkout to close down the proper
ties indefinitely.
The workmen demand an increase in pay.
SOUTH MCALEsTER, Ind. T.. June IT,
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas Railroad
employees have been requested by the H.
RI
handle ''scab COAL"
The railroad men have considered the
proposition favorably and expressed them
selves as willing to help the miners out.
and they will strike rather than handle
The morning call., 1894-06-18
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Fruit Prospects in the East Are
VERY Poor.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE report of
the statistician of the Department of Az
riculture for June saws that glance at
the percentage of the condition of the
peaches on June 1 is sufficient to show
how disastrous the season has been thus
far.
The returns at this date relate princi-
palIy to blooms in the northern districts,
and where conditions are high it would
get be too early TO form an opinion as to
crop results. AS fruit does not recover
from low condition early in its history
as lido other products. it is safe to construe
the extremely low figures into practical
failure OF the crop.
The condition for 1894 in the States pro-
ducing the commercial crop as compared
with 1898 makes moor showing for this
year, as follows: New Jersey, 1898. 104
1891, s.; Delaware. 1893. "a; 1894. 10; Mary
land, 1898 90; 1894, 81 Virginia, 1898, SO;
1894. Is; Georgia, 1888 80; 1894, Z; Ohio,
1898. 81; 1894. 43; Michigan. 1898, Sc; 1894,
10; California. 1893. SO; 1894. 50.
The best products east of the Rocky
The morning call., 1894-06-18
RESTORATION OF PAY.
Men on Chicago Railroads VIII
Demand IL.

CHICAGO, June Ill is said one ex-
pected result of the convention Of the
American Railway Union now in session
in this city will be the demand in the near
future for restoration of pay on several
roads running into Chicago.
The convention has under advIsemeni
several plans for system of mediation
and adjustment of grievances, and after
the adoption of one it will be put almost
Immediately into practical use. During
the entire convention the evenings of the
delegates have been occupied in many
cases with the work of organization which,
stimulated by the presence of so many
leaders in the city, is proceeding with un-
expected rapidly.
The morning call., 1894-06-18
THEY RUINED RIFLES.
Serious Charges Against High Mill.
tary Officials.

Serious Charges Against High Mill
tary Officials.
CHRIsTIANIA, June 1.-THE Storthing
has conclu ded the debate upon the report
of the com mittee appointed TO examine
into the conduct Of several high military
and civil officers, who, it is charged, had
at the height of the conflict between the
crown and Liberal party. which re-
suited in the Impeachment of the Con-
sentative Cabinet, acted in manner pre-
judicial to the safety of Sweden and Nor
way.
The House adopted the report by a vo to
of e2 to So
In substance the report says the time Of
the difference between the crown and the
Liberals the officers in question deliber-
ately ruined 10000 rifles and got the guns
at Christiania ready for service. In addi-
ton they had the warships at Horton, the
chief naval station of the kingdom, cleared
for action.
The morning call., 1894-06-18
IN THE TOMBS.
Erastus Wiman Permitted to Attend
Divine Service.


Divine Service.
NEW YORK, June 17.-Rev. jamie john
son, the son of the venerable Archbishop
Johnson of New Brighton, S. l., con-
Quoted the services of the Episcopal
Church in the Tombs Prison this afternoon
and quartet of voices from Staten Island
sang the responses and hymns. The cleT-
gyman and the choir went to the Tombs
because Erastus Wiman was prisoner
there.
Mr.. Wiman was deeply affected by their
presence. he was permitted TO come out
of his cell. and listened TO the services be-
hind a rail in the corridor. His attitude.
now that his trial has ended, is no longer
one of doubt, but of resignation.
Il have Iassed a very comfortable Sum
day." said he before the service. kind
ness brightens every prospect. however
gloomy; lighlens every load. however
heavy, and nothing but kindness seems to
surround me here. Some of the good that
all my life l have tried to do flows in
upon me even in these dreary spaces, and
on no Sunday has there been shown me
more of the good that is in humankind
than have seen today"
Mr.. Wlman received large number OF
kilograms and letters of sympathy to-day.
The morning call., 1894-06-18
A FATAL WELL.
One Man Lost in 1t and Another
Badly Burned.

MOUNTAIN VIEW. June 17.-Fred Hoff-
man, formerly of San Jose. has been
living recently at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Martin j. Taaffe near here. He
was missed from home all day yesterday,
but no alarm was felt until late last night
when Mr.. and Mrs. Taaffe went to exam
inc large well in which pump has been
placed. worked by q gasoline engine,
where young Hoffman had last been seen.
The gasoline in tank had been leaking
into the well unknown to any one. As
Mr.. Taaffe descended into the we'll with a
lighted candle the gas igniLed and burst
forth in flame. shooting high above the
well, burning Mr.. Taaffe in a frghtful
manner about the face. head and hands.
By the aid of his wife he escaped and is
expected to recover. This morning Hoff-
mans body was found in the we'll and
brought to the surface. 1t is thought he
was asphyxiated by the gas fumes while
working with the pump in the well.
The morning call., 1894-06-18
QUARTZ MINES DISCOVERED
A Mexican's Find on the Edge of the
Southern Desert

SAN DIEGO, June 17.--There is some
little excitement at Campo over the dis
covery of rich quartz and placer mines on
the edge Of the desert. sixty miles east of
Campo, on the Picache trail leading to the
Coopah Mountains: The discovery was
made a few days ago by Mexican, and
already there are twenty-five men on the
ground. Further particulars are no.
known.
The morning call., 1894-06-18

Part eighteen OF Picturesque Call
fornia" will be ready for distribu I'll on
to-day. 1t IL devoted Co mining in the
early days.
The morning call., 1894-06-18

RED, white and blue registered trademark. E.
GARNER Co.'s wines. All bars and groceries
The morning call., 1894-06-18
WILL Go TO WORK.

w Nv ~ w Oh\kAo
So Says President John
Mcbride.
ABOUT STRIKING MINERS.
He Referred to Those in Hooking
Valley.
TROUBLE IN MASSILLON, OHIO.
Strikers Arrested Who Shot at Sol
diers From Place of
Ambush.
The western sentinel., 1894-02-15
GOING AND COMING.
H Home Folks aud VIsi1ors-Do You
Know Them?

Know Them?
Mr.. ". II. Marshall has left Hope,
Ark, and is again at Walnut Cove.
Samual and John Taylor left Tues
day for a business trip to Ashe
bOro.
Rev. Mr.. Parker, Lutheran minis
ter, OF Greensboro, was in the city
Friday.
Rev. G. W. Robinson. of the Second
Presby terian church, was in Leaksville
Friday.
W. A. Gribble, of Matthews, n. c.,
left on Thursday evenings train for
Marion.
r. r. Glenn went up TO Rural Hall
Tue sday morning on professional
business.
Q. A. Reynolds went South Monday
night in the interest of his tobacco
business.
Miss Nellie Grogan and Master
Marvin DeShazo, of Ridgeway, were in
the city Saturday.
Mrs. A. D. Miokle and children re-
turned Tuesday from visit to
relatives at Hillsboro.
Bishop Rondthaler went up to Fulp
Saturday to conduct service at
the MOrayian church there.
George Hanes returned Saturday
from a trip to Ohio and Kentucky in
the interest of Magnolia cigarettes.
John Cannon returned Friday from
business trip South. He says he
went down to look after Holloway
Pierce.
R. NJ. McArthur's father, Mr.. p. M.
Macarthur, who spent three days in
the city, returned to his home last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Watkins, of
| New York, who have been visiting
| relatives in the city, left, Monday for
| their home.
Misses Maggie and Annie Penn, of
Martinsville, who have been spending
some weeks here, returned to their
| home Tuesday.
VIII Hendren, who has been in
| Elkin with his brother, Joe Hendren,
has gone to Chapel Hill to take d
| course in law.
| Mrs. +. p. Tucker and Miss MOllie
| Hanes, of Ruffin, are in the city, the
guests of their brother, A T. Hanes,
| on Main street.
Miss Ida Orrender, of Tobaccoville,
is visiting friends in the city. She is
now the guest of Mrs. S. T. Conrad on
| West Fourth street.
Capt J. f. Gilmer and Dr. w. A.
Lash left via the Norfolk Sc Western
re ad on business connected with the
| @. f. & Y. V. road.
r. L. Moody who has been for some
time past employed in the Marble
Works of Cooper Bros, left oTuesday
for McMinvllle, Tenn, where he
| has secured a position.
| Mr.. George P. Pell writes THE SEN.
TINEL from Washington that TIE
/ DeGraff hanging was ssmagnificently
handled" Mrs. Pell will soon ioir
him soon and they will live on Capi
tol Hill.
Thos. A. Wiles, of the Orinoct
warehouse, is again at his post. III,
has been confined to his room fo
more than thirty days with an un
usually large carbunkle- on the back o
his neck.