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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-14
STRUCK A BROKEN RAIL
PITTsBURG * LAKE ERIE RAILWAY
TRAIN WRECKED.
Fireman Killed and Seventeen Pas
senEers Injured-Other Accidents
Due to the Cold weather.

PITTSBURG. Pa. Feb. 13.-Train No. .,
an accommodation on the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie Railroad, which left Cleveland at $50
O'Clock this morning, was wrecked this aft
ernoon near Fleming Park, opposite Davis
island. The fireman is dead and seventeen
passengers were badly injured. a partial list
of the casualties follows:
W. A. CAMPBELL. fireman found lying
under the trucks OF the baggage car: died
before medical aid could be SUMMONED
JOHN TOTEM. engineer, painfully but
not fatally injured.
GEORGE NEESE, baggagemaster cut
about head and arms; taken to the hospital;
will live.
JAMES B. YOHE, a son of Superintend-
ent j. b. Yohe of the Pittshurg e, Lake
Erie road, badly cut about the head and
face. He was travelling in the Qarlor car
with his father.
MISS MARY KELLY. Youngstown, O.,
arms and neck badly injured.
II. G. BARR, Newcastle, legs and arms
injured.
]. c. CATO. Aliquipp. hurt about neck.
f. S. HUBBARD, Hotel Henry, not badly
c. r. WAGNER. Newcastle, slightly in
jurea
SAMUEL W. ARMSTRONG. Newcastle.
CALEB WEBB. conductor, McKeesport.
The wreck was caused by a broken rail.
The train was running at a high rate of
speed and the locomotive and several cars
were badly damaged. When the news Of the
accident reached this city a wrecking crew
was sent to the scene and physicians were
summoned from nearby towns. The in
jured were removed from the wreck and
given as prompt attention as the circum-
stances would permit Ambulances were
called from the Homeopathic, the Mercy
and the Pennsylvania Hospitals and were
at the Smithfeld station ready to receive
the injured. The cold weather caused much
suffering to the injured and to those who
aided in the removal
The train was composed of a baggage two
day coaches and a Pullman parlor car. 1t
is presumed that the broken rail was one
Of the effects of the extreme cold. This is
the first accident of this kind that has oc-
CURED in this part of the country since the
cold weather began. The train was two
hours late and ran on a sidetrack at Flem-
ing Point to let another train pass. In run
ming off the switch ran broke and the en-
CINE was thrown from the track and turned
over on its side. The tender ran on for
several hundred yards before the air brakes
took effect
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COL. COLSON WILL RECOVER.
Members of the Provost Guard Who
Disarmed Him to he Arrested.

ADMISSION. Ala. Feb 13.-Coonel Col
sons wound, received in the fight here late
Saturday night is doing nicely. 1t is very
painful and will heal slowly, but there is
10 doubt of his recovery, unless unforeseen
complications ensue. He will be removed to
the division hospital tonight. Lieutenant
Scott, who was arrested, has given bond for
his appearance Lieutenants Mckay and
Phelps, of the Fourth Wisconsin, on pro-
vost guard duty, and who were in the res
taurant at the time of the shooting, will
be arrested on charges of assault and bat
terry on warrants sworn out by Lieutenant
Without, friend of Colonel Colson's. They
disarmed Colonel Colson, who resisted, and
was struck in the face several times. Both
Colonel Colson and Lieutenant Scott have
been mustered out, and they will not be
called to account by the military authori-
ties Gen. Leroy r. Frank, commanding
Camp Shipp, has ordered an official inquiry
into the part taken by the provost guard
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COAL FAMINE FEARED.
People of PittsburG Alarmed Over
Their Shortage of Fuel.

Their Shortage of Fuel
PITTSBURG, Feb. ia coal famine is
threatened here. The total coal supply now
in the Allegheny and Aonongahela rivers at
Pittsburg does not exceed 1,000 900 bushels.
The daily consumption is 100000 bushels and
there are orders for instant delivery of at
least 100000 bushels. The rivers are frozen
up tight and the railroad freights are not
moving. Coal has advanced from 90 cents
TO 10 cents a bushel and in some cases is
selling as high as % cents. Hundreds OF
wagons are waiting on the wharves to load
and thousands Of orders for fuel are being
received that cannot be filled. The situa-
ton is the most critical in years. There are
millions of bushels Of coal in barges up the
river, but there is no way to get it here
The situation has become so desperate than
an effort IS being made to break the ice on
the Monongahela as far as locks Nos and
3, above which, it is said, there is coal
enough to supply Pittsburg and Allegheny
for month If all other sources of supply
are cut off.
The mercury continues to hover around
zero. Last night 1t dropped to degrees be-
low and to-day it is degree below. Yester-
day and last night many of the large mills
were kept in operation to prevent the ma
chinery from freezing. There is a continued
stagnation of river navigation. but no fur
Their damage to boats and other craft has
been reported There is much ice in the
Ohio. and the upper rivers remain frozen
tight. The rivers are still falling and the
greatest danger feared by river men is that
craft will suffer when the breakup comes.
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Cold Weather Notes.

Thousands of range Lorses are said to be
starving to death in eastern Oregon
Samuel Saunders. aged eighty-two years,
was found frozen to death at his home, at
Moody, o.
Charles Recor, aged fifty years, was found
frozen to death near Black River, New
York, yesterday.
The New Orleans races were postponed
yesterday on account of frozen track. En-
tries stand for tomorrow.
The boxing show scheduled for last night
at the Greenwood Athletic Club, Brooklyn,
was postponed until Thursday night on ac-
count Of the storm
John Reagan a farmer who was bringing
a load of feed to Mddletown. n. Y, was
found frozen to death half buried under q
lot of bags in the wagon.
Ben Graves. Alexander Clark and viii
Johnson Collins county Texas farmers
have been frozen to death while attempt
ing to walk from Mckinney to their homes.
One hundred coal miners at Ironton, o.,
have struck for an Increase from 10 cents
TO 81 cents per load. Coal is bringing almost
any price. Industries are crippled and
coal famine is imminent.
Owing to the intensely cold weather the
thermometer being ten degrees below zero,
the Birmingham CAla) Carnival Society
called off the mardi gras celebration, which
was to have been held yesterday and to-
day.
An old negro mail carrier named Brozier,
who for many years has carried the mail be-
tween Little Rock and Fourche Dam in Pu-
laski county. Arkansas, was found frozen
to death yesterday. The thermometer
reached zero.
GallipOis o.. is practically without fuel
and a coal famine is threatened. Not a soli-
tary dealer in this city. except one, has a
bushel of coal, and this particular dealer
has his barge of coal in the river and cam
not get at 1t. Many in this city are with
out fuel
Captain Ross, of the steamer Alice STAFF
ford. which is icebound in Lake Michigan
off Frankfort, Mich, walked ashore on the
ice yesterday. He says he encountered only
two miles of open water in crossing the lake
from Kewaunee to Frankfort. The STAFF
ford left Kewaunee, six days ago.
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Lasted Fortx-Efght Hours.

BALTIMORE, Feb. ia special dispatch
from Cumberland, in the mountain district
of the State, says the storm there has been
Of unprecedented violence and duration, hav-
ing lasted for forty-eight hours without
cessation. Heavy drifts have formed on the
Baltimore e Ohio lines at that point and
all trains for the West on the Washington
and Pittsburg division have been aban-
doned. Those due from the east last night
and this morning We're from six to twelve
hours late, and those from the west are de-
layed, though not quite so badly. coal
famine is threatened in Cumberland, and
the suffering among the poor of the city is
intense
Snow has been falling here since Satur-
day night. Street-car lines and all steam
boat lines have stopped Reports from all
sections show the same conditions.
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Fruits and yeaetabIes Nipped.

LOUISVILLE Ky, Feb. 13.-Associated
Press dispatches from throughout the South
to-day and tonight indicate that without
exception the cold weather record was
broken in every State. Death and the de-
struction of early fruits and vegetables ac-
compaed the cold blast. Up to midnight
the deaths of ten persons had been re-
ported. From Texas come reports of consid-
cradle losses of cattle. together with the
utter ruination of the oats and wheat crop
in some sections. Railroads in Virginia are
blockaded owing to the heavy snow drifts
From almost every section come reports
of fuel famines and great distress among
from 20 degrees below zero at London. in
the mountains of eastern Kentucky, TO ID
degrees above in the orange belt of Florida
In the latter State winter maturing Vege-
tables were killed, but what damage was
done to orange trees is yet in doubt. In the
extreme South the telegraph systems We're
demOraliZed the entire day, the severe
weather causing swapping of the wires.
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The blizzard Playing Havoc with
Railways Ia Pennsylvania.


PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Feb. 13.-After a
day Of heroic battle all the human forces
that could be brought into play against the
elements have been forced TO succumb. and
tonight the city is fast locked in the en-
brace of the worst blizzard in the history
of the local weather bureau. Steam and
local traffic are at a standstnl and the
snow-heaped streets are deserted. From S
O'Clock Saturday night to the same hour to-
night there has been a steady snowfall
the aggregate depth of which at the latter
hour was 17& inches. The high winds have
whirled this into impossible drifts and there
IS no sign of the storms abatement. While
unusually severe. the storm did not reach
the fury OF a blizzard until to-day, when
the wind attained a velocity of forty miles
an hour
Early in the day the Pennsylvania Rail-
road succeeded in moving about % per cent
OF its regular passenger service, but no at
tempt was made to move freight or coal
trains. Through trains TO the West were
abandoned early. the last one leaving here
AT $50 this morning for Harrisburg. At
last reports Il was stalled near Lancaster
The Western trains due here from New
York at 1925 and 11:52 a. M. were both be-
tween two and three hours late and went
no further than this city. The Pennsyf-
vanis limited west-bound. was the last to
leave New York and it was also aban-
done> ,re. The Pittsburg limited left there
~ < cock last night for New York and
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WILD BLIZZARD.
Concluded from First Pagea


open until late in the afternoon, was forced
to suspend operations. The ferryboats con-
Meeting this city with the island ran about
every hour during the day, but at night
when the ice foes in the bay began to clog
under the counters and heeling the boats
over until their freeboards touched the
from the island.
Newark n j., suffered from water
famine to-day and had to fall back on the
Passaic river for a supply. The great res
ervoirs In the mountains, where the present
water works are located are frozen solid
and anchor ice backed into the mains which
supply the city, cutting off the supply to
less than one-half of the usual amount An
early morning train on the New Jersey a.
New York Railroad is in snow bank near
Riverridge, n. ].
Travel was suspended on the Jersey Cen
tral Railroad from the Cummunipaw depot
this afternoon and trains arriving at the
Pennsylvania depot in Jersey City from the
South and West were from five to eight
hours late. The Lehigh Valley and Susque-
hanna roads were nearly paralyzed and
most of the business done by them was of
local nature. The surface lines in Jersey
City and vicinity We're kept open during the
day with the greatest effort.
A water and coal famine is feared at
New Brunswick, N. J., where the storm
has placed everything at a standstill.
Elizabeth, n. j., has been snoW-b bound
since last night and the conditions which
exist there are about on a par with troubles
experienced elsewhere. The factories there
and at Perth Amboy are shut down owing
to a lack of coal and the inability of en-
ployes to reach them.
The meat supply at Burlington, n. j., has
run out completely, and owing TO the block
AIDE existing on the railroad it is impossible
TO obtain q supply. The mills and factories
there have suspended operations.
At Paterson, n. J., the Erie, SusCuehanna
and Lackawanna railroads are snowbound
and almost at a standstill. The mills and
factories are closed.
There We're three fatalities to-day due to
the cold. William Mckane, fifty-two years
9id, living at Yonkers, was found frozen to
death in a snowdrift near Tarrytown this
morning. Richard Atcheson, fifty-six years
OF age, was frozen to death here I'm the
snow. George HatZen, an agent at No IA
broadway, was found dead in a snowdrift
and Lee Sing, a Chinaman, twenty-five
Dispatches from Connecticut. New Jersey
and other States say the blizzard was severe
n HhnL IL I'll L. - e1tfe
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Factories short of Coal.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 13.-The wealth
er here to-day was the coolest on record.
The thermometer registered twelve degrees
at a. m. There is much suffering on ac-
count of lack of coal, but coal trains are
being sent in as rapidly as possible, being
given right of way over other trains. Some
manufacturing establishments being unable
to secure coal, have shut down but they
will be supplied as rapidly as possible and
VIII be running again II TWO three Gas -.
Suffering among the poor is being relieved
by charitable organizations. whose funds
have been largely increased by subscriptions
during the past week There has been no
damage to fruit in this section, as the cold
weather has prevented early budding.
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CoIde.t on Record in kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 13.-The coolest
weather ever known in Kentucky was
recorded to-day. At Louisville the Their
mometor only reached ten below, but the
State suffered much more. Lebanon (KyO
showed temperature of 80 below, Carlisle
80, Princeton 30 and the highest recorded in
reports from twenty-five stations, was
thirteen below. At Paducah a negro woman
and her child were found frozen TO death in
the field. In many towns business has been
suspended and coal shortage is reported
from all parts of the State. Coal has adj
vanced cents a bushel in Louisville. The
Ohio river is fast freezing. SO far there has
been comparatively little suffering, but if
the cold weather continues any longer there
is certain to be a great deal as the coal sup
greatest difficulty is experienced in getting
fuel to the places in need.
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HarrIsburg stormhonnh.

HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 13.-Harrisbure
Is stormbound Twenty inches of snow have
fallen in the past twenty-four hours Traffic
on the trolley lines is seriously impeded
and all the railroad lines are blocked Pas
senger trains on the railroads are from four
TO eight hours late. There have been no
trains from Pittsburg since last night and
the train due here from Philadelphia at )
COCK had not reached here at noon. The
snow mas drifted ten feet high in some parts
of the city and business is practicaIIv at q
standstill
A handful of senators and members met
II JOINT assembly at noon and went through
the form of balloting for a United STATES
senator. There was 10 quorum present and
or course, there was no choice for senator
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FALLS CHURCH, Va, Feb. 13.-It has
been showing here since 3 o'clock yester-
day morning and the snow in northern Vir-
ginia in places has drifted until it is from
seven TO ten feet deep On the Washington
q Ohio Railroad all traffic is tied up. There
are three morning passenger trains sched-
started to-day. All are frozen in a the
terminal points and no train could penetrate
the great drifts in the railroad cuts.
Throughout this region all is snow-bound.
At this and neighboring towns much con-
Germ is felt over a scarcity of coal Much
suffering is expected. So far no deaths from
the storm have been reported in this sec
ton
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Memnhis Harhor Ice-Bound.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 13.-The present
cold snap is a record-breaker for West
Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. Zero
weather has prevailed for several days and
there has been much suffering among poor
people. The effect of the weather has been
to cause a complete suspension of navigation
on the Mississippi river from Greenville
(N1iss.) north to Cairo. The wharf at Mem
phis is ice-bound and all local packets have
gone into winter quarters. Early bearing
fruit trees in Mississippi have been wthered
by the intense cold and the early fruit crop
will be seriously impaired.
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CINCINNATI, o. Feb. 13.-While the
weather bureau thermometer showed eleven
below zero as the minimum last might've
less than the record of last Thursday, pri-
waite thermometers in the northern suburbs
where the north wind had full effect, ranged
lower than on Thursday They ran from
twenty to thirty degrees below zero. The
Ohio river is still open but full of ice. This
condition exists as far up as Pomeroy. At
Wheeling the river is closed. The coal in
transit from Pittsburg to lower river points,
has mostly gone into safe harbors. Its
danger now is from the breaking up of the
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LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 13.-The follow
ing fatalities, due to the extreme cold, have
occurred in this State within the last twen-
ty-four hours: William Brockman. carriage
painter found dead in bed at Richmond :;
Albert Naples. overcome by the cold near
Jellico and was dead when found; mail car
rier from Hazard, Perry county, to Mount
Elkhorn; coCred woman. name unknown,
and her year-oId child. found dead in a field
near Paducah; negro child, Catiettsburg.
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wsu Not Pay SEQ ~ Day.

COLON Feb. 13.-At Il conference al
Panama Yesterday between delegations rep
resenting the railroad company and strik-
ing dock laborers. the strikers delegates re-
ported that the men were willing to accept
g. 90 in currency for a days work. The rail-
road company refused 10 accept the pro-
posed terms Fifty more Fortulic-isand
faborers arrived on board the steamer FL
nance to-day. The situation is unaltered.
The Panama end Of the railway is complete
" blocked with freight. The railroad COM
panys loss through the embargo caused by
The strike is tremendous
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Lowest Ever Known in Chattanooga.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb. 13.-The
thermometer in the weather bureau here
this morning registered 1913 degrees below
zero. This is the lowest point reached since
the establishment of the bureau twenty
years ago, and the weather is the coolest
within the memory of any resident OF this
section. Railroads, street-car lines and
other things of the kind are having much
trouble keeping in operation as they were
unprepared for the snow and bitter cold
There is much suffering among the poorer
classes. but no deaths have yet been re-
ported. The public schools are temporarily
suspended
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Will XIII yellow Fever Germs.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13--Viewcd from a
hygienic standpoint in its effect on the yell
low-fever germs the freeze in the South is
a blessing 10 the people of that section ac-
cording to DR. Wyman, the surgeon general
of the marine hospital corps. 1t is just
what we wanted" said he tonight in speak
ing on the subject. "and 1 believe it will
be productive of great good In stamping
out the germs that may still exist after the
very thorough work which has been done
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school and Factories Burned.

NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Publlc school No.
20 in Jersey City burned to-day. Jennet's
photograph apparatus factory, Gottberg' s
glass picture factory, Martins suspender
factory and John Matenheimer's residence
were damaged. Total loss Is about $75 600.
Battalion Fire Chief Hogan and three other
tiremen, when half benumbed by the cold,
went into Gottbergs factory and were over
come by the smoke. They were rescued in
an unconscious condition by other firemen
and taken to the hospital
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and growing crops have been retarded and
injured pasturage in the south is also scant
The situation may be somewhat relieved by
the presence of heavy fogs but much more
moisture than that afforded by fogs is
needed. Fuit in many OF the southern
counties has been injured and unless condi-
lions change almost Immediately, the
orange and lemon crops will suffer greatly.
Even now the fruits show the need of mois-
tUre In the interior districts frosts have
not been so severe but some damage has re-
suited from the cold snap. Grain is at a
standstill and may prove failure unless
has been SOWn
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One Train Run Through.

WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 1.-THE biz
zard OF last night and this morning eff
fectCally blocked railroad travel in Della
ware. On the Delaware Railroad. which
traverses the length of the State. the track
clearing crews are assembled at the yaricus
stations awaiting orders, it having been de-
clded that IL was useless to attempt to omen
the tracks until the snow should abate BY
II clock to-day the Pennsylvania Railroad
had succeeded in getting train through
from New York to Washington, but oniy
after great difficulty and very slow time
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Rex Arrives at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 13.-Rex arrived
to-day. accompanied by a fine fleet. includ-
ing the Detroit; The Chicago has no. yet ar
rived The military display was credtable
despite the snow. Proteus postponed his
night parade until Friday. owing to the in
ability of the mules to negotiate the slip
perry streets. Rex will have his day parade
and Comus his night parade tomorrow.
More than the usual number Of strangers
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Chicngo in Need of GOAL.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13.-Chicago is beginning
to experience a coal famine as a result of
the excessive cold weather, now We'll out Of
the way. The shortage is especially marked
in the case of anthracite coal. which has
advanced 80 cents a ton. At the beginning
of the year the local stocks were 100000 tons
less than a year ago and the extreme cold
weather of the last two weeks has caused
the supply to melt away. The chestnut va
rietY is exhausted
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Fatal Collision Near Lancaster.

LANCASTER, Pa, Feb. 13.-A fatal rail-
road wreck occurred this afternoon at Gal
laghersville. three miles west of Downing
town. The second section of the fast line
east crashed into the rear of the first which
was due here at o'clock a. m, but did not
leave until o'clock. Engineer Joseph
Smith and Fireman Corser were killed out
right Smith is pinned down under the en-
CINE. A number of passengers were in
jured. 1t is impossible to get further par
ticulars Of the accident at this point.