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ON THE COAST.
1t Continues. Today With Little Abate-
ment.

NEW YORK, May 21.-The storm which
begun here yesterday continues today with
but little abatement. An unusually high
tide swept the Long Island and New Jersey
shores last night and sent waves well above
the usual high-water mark, but as yet no
serious damage to property has been re-
ported. The only steamer to put into port
this morning was the National liner France.
seventeen days out from London. Her cap
tain says she had very stormy time of it
during the past twenty-four hours.
At $50 the strength of the storm Is in
creasing, with fine rain falling and the
wind from the east by northeast. gaining
impetus. A high sea Is en- and all incoming
steamers will doubtless be compelled to
heave to outside. or anchor off the bar.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. May 21.-Dela-
ware Breakwater reports that the wind is
blowing only ten miles an hour today, and
that yesterdays gale did no damage to
shipping as far as is known.
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IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
The Flood Greater Than Any Since
1850.

BUFFALO. N. Y, May 21.-Reports which
come in from all parts of western New
York show that the flood of the last three
days has rot been equaled by anything
since the time of the Jamestown flood in
1889
In the valleys of the Allegheny and its
tributaries the damage seems to be worse.
In the valley of the Genesee it is estimated
that the damage to the farmers will reach
hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the
suburbs OF Buffalo. devoted to market gar
dening. thousands of dollars worth of gar
dens have been inundated and rendered al
most worthless The crops on all the low
lands have practically been washed out of
the earth.
Thus far the railroads have not suffered
very extensively. The Buffalo, Rochester
and Ptttsburg was unable to run its trains
past West Seneca last night on account of
washouts. The Western New York and
Pennsylvania also had some trouble with Gull
verts washed out on the Buffalo division.
Trains on the Erie and other roads have
been Obliged to run slowly and guard their
bridges closely
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MIR. HULL TALKS.
The New Member of the House Dis
trict Committee.

Representative Hull, the new member OF
the House District committee, succeeding
MIR. Hilborn of California, is bitterly OPP
posed to the overhead trolley. Mr.. Hull
was absent from the city when his appoint
ment upon the committee was announced,
but has returned and is looking into the
work before him.
"I think l shall like the work. he said
to a Star reporter today. II realize the re-
sponsibility attaching to the District COM
mittee. and the fact that 1t and the Senate
committee are practically the governing
powers of the District. Overhead trolley?
No; Washington is not the place for the
overhead trolley This city is intended to
be the ideal city of the nation in point OF
beauty and anything which would mar its
beauty would be opposed by me. We have
that system of rapid transit in operation in
my own town of Des Moines. 1t is danger
GUS and incumbers the streets. Washing
ton is not manufacturing city and rapid
transit by overhead trolley is not neces-
sity. The cable or the underground trolley
will furnish sufficient rapid transit for the
city"
MIR. Hull thinks that the government
should abandon all of its rented property in
Washington and build the necessary struct-
ures
I'VE are paying enormous interest upon
our rented buildings" he said, and ii
would be better to issue bonds at Ter cent
and build our own offices than to pay Is
per cent as we are doing now for those we
rent. / don't want TO see the parks Of the
city used for that purpose. however. If the
government intends to put up public build
ings l should like TO see the south side of
Pennsylvania avenue used for rhe purpose
l would like to see all of the public buildings
of the future erected along that avenue ="
Mr.. Hull is an advocate of progress aid
improvement and takes a warm interest in
the city. He maintains that Washington is
the city of the whole country and that
every one should feel solicitude for the
welfare of the national capital
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CARRIED AWAY by FLOOD.
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Bridges Swept Of by the Torrent.

READING. Pa. May 21.-The railroad
bridges at Stony creek and Dauphin on the
Pine Grove division of the PHILADELPHIA
and Reading railroad Were carried away
this morning by the flood. Many coIeries
are reported flooded in the Schuykill re-
slons' and 1t is feared that some of the
bridges spanning the Susquehanna above
Sunbury may be carried away, as the river
at West Milton is reported thirty feet above
low water mark
the Schuylkill river at this point is seven
teen feet above low-water mark. Above
Heading hundreds of acres of land are under
water
This afternoon the people in the lower
section of this city along the Schuylkill
river banks are leaving their homes The
river has reached height of eighteen feet
Nearly all the iron works at Pottstown
have closed down. Glasgow dam at that
point Is on the verge of giving away. The
river there is sixteen feet above high-water
mark.
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SIS; May, 43ssai4; July. s3a43it: steamer mixed
4H4 hid-receipts, 4S4 bushels: stock 1S6Oi5 bush
els; sales 1900 hnshels-southern corn by sample
9daosls; 10 ON grade. 56ii a5gis. Oats strOng-N0
white western, 43 bid; No. mixed western. 5Oa
5l-receipis 5000 bushels; stock. IS. 695 bushels.
I'VE lnactlNe-No. =, S5a56-stock, a. 375 bushels
Hay steady-good to choice timothy. Si4.50asl5OO.
Tram feiehis very dull. rates unsettled-steam 60
Liverpool per bushel. 3d.a3ssd., May; Cork for
100 pounds. Il cents: -four do. 10 cents. Sugar
urn ana unchanged. Butter hrm-fancy creamery.
i0ais; do imitation. l3ais: do. ladle. 12al3 gold
laele lOall; store packed. SAP. Eggs nrm-fresh.
lV5sall. Cheese steady and unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-21

Thomas ]. Boyd. an eX-polceman, who
keeps a store on Virginia avenue was be-
fore the Police Court today, charged with
violating the Sunday liquor law, and VIII
liam Long was charged with aiding and
abetting the violation. Lawyer Sillers ap.
peared as counsel in the cases and de.
manded jury trials
The cases went over, and the defendants
furnished bonds for their appearance.
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AinsNNOrth Case.

The hearing on the Ainsworth Indictment
was continued today before Judge Nc
Comas in Criminal Court No. . Ex-Repre-
sentative Ben BUtterworth addressed the
court on behalf Of the demurrer filed by
Col. AinswOrth. He expected to conclude
his argument by adjournment today. 1t is
believed that it will be several days before
Judge McCOmas will render his decision in
the case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-21

Cool and Bracing Weather Enjoyed
by His Party.

HATTERAS, n. c., May 21-The Violet
having on board the presidential party, ar
rived at Bodies Island last night from the
trip across the sound. Early today the
party disembarked and are now shooting
snipe and marsh birds along the shore. The
day is an ideal one for the sportsmen, the
weather being cool and bracing. Bodies Is
land is thirty miles south of Kitty Hawk
and about the same distance north of Hat
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THE PIER CRACKED
officials Apprehensive About the
Aqueduot Bridge.
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ADOPTED
Another Break in the Masonry
Discovered.
MONEY ASKED FOR REPAIRS

Danger flags are flying on the Aqueduct
bridge.
Another crack has been discovered in pier
NO. 4, and the authorities are quite anxious
as to the safety of the bridge.
Capt Powell, as soon as it was reported
10 him that second crack had appeared in
the pier. issued the following order to Capt.
Fiebeger:
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THE RIVER HIGH.
Probably Little Danger. However. q,
Further DAMAGE

At Georgetown this morning the water in
the Potomac was between three and four
feet above its usual level. BY IL O'Clock
IL ceased to rise and is now gradually going
down. On the upper course of the stream.
at Wiliiemsport, water during the night
went sixteen feet above the normal mark
Between Cumberland and Hancock the
banks OF the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
were overfiowed through the excess OF
water sent in by the little streams that
flow into it. The river. on its upper course
particularly. was all last night a rushing
torrent Driftwood in quantities came
down. The current still is very strong
Mud is being brought along in these masses
that herald the contamination of the water
that goes into Washington's supply pines
at the Great Falls. The wharfmen at
Georgetown, even during the time of the
streams greatest turbulency, We're not lis
turoed as 10 the outcome. They had seen
enough OF the Potomac's foods to know
that this one would not be disastrous
AT noon today the river was at a stand
still, the water being on a level with the
Georgetown wharves. No Apprehension h
being felt by the wharfmen over a later
rise. The only fears entertained on the SUBJ
Ject Is that produced through the existence
OF the Long bridge, which may serve TO act
as an obstruction to the passage of the
quantities of drift wood expected down this
afternoon ana tomorrow and cause the
water. as on similar occasions TO back up
over Georgetown's wharf property The
Long bridge is at all times considered an
impeachment to Georgetown's advance and
in times OF flood a menace TO the preserva-
ton OF her property. AT the office of the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal up to noon to-
day no report Of damage on the waterway
had been received. an evidence that the rise
has not affected TO any degree unfavorably
the banks OF the stream as the six super
v1sors whose business IL is TO report unusual
happenings Immediately TO the horne
Office have not been heard from at ali.
Though at Hancock where the distance be-
tween the river and canal often narrows
down to twenty yards. the two bodies last
night consolidated their waters owing 10
the solid condition OF the banks no damage
has resulted.
The River stu Falling.
The weather bureau furnishes the follow.
ing special bulletin to the press:
The weather bureau observer at Harper's
Ferry reports the river at noon today at IL
feet. which is three feet below the danger
line. II has fallen three feet since morning
and is still falling
The Susquehanna at Harrisburg this morn
ing was al II feet. which is one foot above
the danger line and rising eight 10 ten inches
an hour. During the past three DAYS 50
inches of rain have fallen at Harrisburg.
ADJ at Philadelphia and Pa inches at Bal
timore.
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Lost n Horse.

Word was received at police headquarters
about noon today that one Of the horses had
disappeared from the Coxey camps. The re-
port stated that the animal had strayed
from the camp, or had been stolen, and the
police were furnished with description of
the missing animal. The police think it
possible that the animal is carrying home
one of the deserterS from the camp.
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Attorney walker Summoned.

The Senate bribery investigating com.
mittee has summoned James w. Walker.
an attorney Of this city, to appear before
n He is the man who gave Butte the let
Ter OF introduction to Senator Hunton' g
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Baltimore Markets,

superior ls0a200; DO. extra. 2 lOa24O: do. family
30; winter wheat, patent, 3 l0a3. 20; spring
40, S-oOa5..o; DO. straight, a3.50-receipts,
l2,Ol0 barrels; shipments $50 barrels: sales. AS
barrels. Wheat unsettled and easy-spot 57s4a5s:
July, 3sl4a3elz; August, 59l4a59Lz; steamer No. ?
red, 54lsa5is.-receipts, 56.021 bushels; stock.
S2l,5i4 bushels; sales, 102. 900 bushels-milling
wheat by sample, 56a5912. Corn quiet-spot, asa
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening the highest anI
the lowest and the closing prices If the New YORK
stock market today. as reported py Corson a
Mccartney. members New York stock exchange
Correspondents Messrs Moore Schley, No. 81
Broadway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-21

The House judiciary committee has or
dered a favorable report on the joint resolu-
ton directing the refund OF West Virginia $
afrerf
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The Battle of ChnttanOogm.

A paper will be read tonight before the
Army and Navy Club by Gen. II. V. Boyn-
ton Subject, THE Battle of CHATTANOOGA -
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Range of the Thermometer.

The following were the readings Of the
thermometer at the weather bureau today
: am. 66; pm. 40: maximum. az; mimi
mum, 6l-
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III ISbU Ftt, May II.
Two lives were lost in the flood this after
noon. Adrain Weichel aged thirty-fve,
was trying to rescue a team of horses near
Etna about 1 o'clock. when his feet caught
in the harness and he was drowned. A
few minutes later an unknown boy about
fifteen years old was drowned in Allegheny
while catching driftwoCd. Both bodies were
swept down the stream
Dispatches from many points along the
Allegheny river report great damage from
the high water. AT Etna and Sharpsburg
the streets are submerged and garden
truck has been ruined. Many narrow es-
capes from drowning are reported, but so
far there have been no fatalities.
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Building Permits.

The building permits issued today were as
follows: William Martin, one brick private
stable in rear of 439 n street northwest;
cost 500. ]. T. Hare one frame dwelling,
corner of Queen and Providence streets
Brookland; cost, $500. Mrs. Kate Lowrey,
one brick private stable in rear of 1912 9th
street northwest, to cost $500.
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Danger Apparently Past.

i p.m.-The rivers are now falling rap
idly and all danger is apparently past.
A body foated past the city, but those
who attempted to rescue it failed.
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DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
TOday's Orders.

The Commissioners today ordered that a
concrete tank, of 10000 gallons capacity.
be constructed at Fort Reno for the high
service system of water distribution; that
as soon as funds become available public
gas lamps be erected follows: One in
alley, square SOS; one on south side F street
between I'd and Sd northwest; also that
lamp on north side of F street between I'd
and Sd streets be moved west about fifty
The herald., 1894-03-17
Thought He'd Need Them,

"When first visited Kansas City
some years ago." said Manager Tom
Davis, II found on the table in my
room at the best hotel box of poker
chips. had just come from a trip
through New England, where Bible
is almost invariably standard piece of
furniture, and this new layout rather
staggered me. / called bellboy and
told hi.l somebody had forgotten his
poker chips.
" That's all right, mister, said he.
They belongs here
81 thought perhaps somebody forgot
to take them away after last night S
game, said I.
No, indeed, says he. Chips and
clean towel goes with every room.
"Then he looked at me curiousiy mo-
ment and said he guessed I'd need 'em.
81 said guessed not.
"'You don't look like a preacher
man, says he.
I'm a circus man, said I.
she nearly tainted. New York
Herald.
The herald., 1894-03-17
He is TURNING WHITE.
A Negro In the st. Louis Dispensary Who
Is Undergoing a Remarkable Change.

A Negro In the st. Louis Dispensary Who
Is Undergoing Remarkable Change.
There was a rare case the other day
at the city djspensaTy in the person of
a middle aged colored man who drifted
into st. Louis from Newport, Ark. His
name was Isaiah johnson, and he said
he had been employed as farmland
down in Arkansas ever since he was a
boy. He was possessed of a powerful
frame, and there was nothing in his
physical appearance to denote that he
was a sick man.
"What is the matter?" asked DR..
Housh as the man sat down in the pa
TENTS chair.
"Dat's what want to find out, doc
tor. I'ze come all the way from New
port to see what 8 comm ober my. hide,
saw doctor down thar, and 5he said
he looked ober and read up 81 books,
and he doan' find any case like mine"
He then went on to tell DR.. Hough
that he had white patches" all over
his body, and he believed he was going
to turn into leopard. He was taken
into the consultation room and told to
strip. DR.. Priest was called in and
the case pronounced one of leucoderma.
There were about eight spots on the
mans chest and stomach varying in
size from to inches in diameter.
One-half of the back of each hand was
white, and the legs from the knee down
were entirely so, with the exception Of
two or three black splotches on each
calf. There were also patches Of white
skin on the upper part of the legs, the
thighs and back. His face had not yet
begun to turn. His original skin was a
dark coffee brown color, and he had
long hair on his head and full growth
of whis1ers.
johnson said he had noticed white
spots on his hands about year ago, but
paid no attention to them. Then large
spot developed ON each side of his chest,
which was followed by two on his legs.
So it continued until he became alarmed
and consulted a doctor. The man has
no money, though he is physically able
to do any kind of work. DR.. Homan
says the chances are that if he lives
long enough he will become entirely
white. The cases are very rare, there
being not more than one in every 10, 900
negroes who become afflicted with it,
st. Louis Post-Dispatoh.
The herald., 1894-03-17
Demanded Gold For His Cotton.

A few days ago Mr.. Cole Nall was
asked by big farmer in this county to
go out and buy his cotton, which he had
not sold for three years. Mr.. Nall went
out, weighed and classified the cotton,
which amounted to s14, Mr.. Nall
was about to write a check for that
amount when the farmer said he would
not accept anything but So goldpieces.
Mr.. Nall went to the New South Say
ings bank and got 2,so0 $5 goldpieces
and carried them to him, whereupon the
farmer got ont jug and counted them
into it for burial purposes. .-Barnesville
lGa.l journal.
The herald., 1894-03-17
ALMOST a PANIC.
May Wheat Bounds Upward Oh San
Francisco Change.

May wheat Bounds Upward Oh San
Francisco Change.
SAN Francisco, March 16. - There
came near being panic on the Produce
exchange today. May wheat jumped
from s1.10 to $1.15 38 and closed
strong at $1.15. This jump wss a sur
prise to the brokers, nearly all of
whom were on the short end, and there
was wild scramble to cover. All this
excitement was caused by the opera
tions OF l.. W. McGlauflin & Go. That
firm has been buying May wheat during
the past three or four months. and today
took all that was offered. McGlaufin
& Co. for some time have been quietly
engineering a corner, and now have
nearly every operator on the board short
on May wheat. No one knows who is
backing them. though it is rumored
that Partridge, the Chicago plunger,
who is now in the city,-is putting up the
money. 1t is expected there will be q
lively scramble in the morning and more
than one grain commission house may
go under. McGlauhin's purchases to-
day were 35. 100 tons and 1t is estimated
that since December last he has pur-
chased May wheat to such an extent
that his payments on margins have
amounted to upwards of $2,000,00
The herald., 1894-03-17
THE SINS OF FASHION.
A Cincinnati Young Lady Couldn't Take
the Sacrament Because of Tight Veil.

A Cincinnati Young Lady Couldn't Take
the Sacrament Because of Tight Veil.
A most shocking yet ludicrous thing
occurred Sunday morning in one of the
leading churches Of this city. A beauti-
full young woman was the person guilty.
She was elegantly attired and wore
one of those peculiar wells that fit close
ly over the bonnet and face and tie in a
sort of hangman' s moose under the left
ear. After an eloquent and impressive
sermon the bread in silver salvers was
passed down the aisles by the members
of the session. The lady who wore the
curious veil took piece of bread and
tried to slip the knot at the ear, failing
in which she vainly endeavored to put
the morsel of bread under the veil into
her mouth, but she only drew the loop
tighter. She blushed, grew vexed and
tossed the typical fragment Of bread
carelessly into the aisle. The elder
turned just in time to observe her, and
the plate almost fell from his hands.
Several other faces took on Mortified
expression and then smile.
The fashionable young woman would
have given her hope Of heaven to have
been able to retreat from those glances,
but quick as she was after the service to
reach the door she was not soon enough
to escape the minister, who reprimand-
ed her privately on the sins of fashion.
Cincinnati Tribune.
The herald., 1894-03-17
ot Araa l5.

l,Ev oKK, naarcn Io.-wIiliam Ly-
man, treasurer OF the Irish National
League OF America, today issued on be-
half Of that organization, manifesto to
the Irish nation at home and abroad.
The address condemns parliamentary
methods as futile, and advocates revolu-
tion as the only means by which Ireland
can achieve the restoration OF her righ ts
After declaring the Irish cause has
been betrayed by Gladstone and Rose-
berry, the address says: TRAITORS have
brought the Irish cause almost to the
verge OF ruin. The question ia, who can
save il? Revolutionists or rhetoricianH?
Take the history of Ireland for a
hundred years. What victories have
the rhetoricisns gained? None. Free
trade, that is the right Of Ireland to the
trade of her own account, and legislative
Independence we're won, not only by the
pen or by the tongue, but by the sword"
The manifesto then gives retrospect
OF the various parliamentary attempts
to get seli-government for Ireland be-
tween 1895 and 1870. and concludes ae
follows:
The campaign is not vet over. The
struggle still goes on. A critical moment
has come. Let those who fight for the
principle of Irish nationality close
their ranks and smite the English force
and Irish traitors hip and thigh. Once
again Ireland has got to depend on the
revolutionists. The revolutioDists only
can save her. We must have no more
talk. We must have deeds. One blow
struck st the enemy is worth thousand
speeches. Remember this, each and
every one OF you, and the end of the
struggle must soon come in blaze of
glory. Now for revolution and revolu-
tion only. God save Ireland.
WILLIAM LYMAN,
Treasurer National League of America.
The herald., 1894-03-17
AN ESTATE WITHOUT HEIRS.
A Rich South Dakota Cattleman Dies Sud-
denly without Making viii.

A Rich South Dakota Cattleman Dies Sud-
denly without Making VIII.
A Chamberlain IS. d. special says
that the immense herd of cattle brand
ed 81. B. 81 ranging in Lyman coun-
ty has been levied ON by the treasurer
of that county for taxes. The owner of
the herd was John B. Smith, who is re-
ported to have died suddenly in Mime
apolis while on business trip to that
city some weeks ago. The Lyman
county authorities, however, have no
proof of his death, and there is no record
in the probate court of that county
showing that his estate has ever been
probated. Parties claiming to have held
a mortgage on the stock, but who are
now known to be rustlers, have been
running the cattle out of the country
without any process of foreclosure, and
the county treasurer finally came to the
conclusion that it was time for him to
act and accordingly levied ON the bal
ance Of the cattle for the taxes due.
Nearly 10, 900 cattle were run out of
the country.
Smith left from So, 900 to $40, 900 in
life insurance besides the large herd of
cattle in question. 1t is regarded as
very peculiar that his heirs have never
attempted to settle the accounts of the
deceased cattleman.