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TOL. XVI I—PRICE TWO CENTS— { nvecen!. } SABBATH OF TERROR, Creat Excitement in the Sus quehanna Valley. iv;lliamsport is FRIGHTENED Over the Prospect of a Disas trous Flood. BELLS OF THE CITY ARE RUNS to Warn the People of the Impending Danger. CHURCH SERVICES SUSPENDED. Hundreds of People Home less at Bradford, Pa. CNE RAILROAD ABANDONED. WiiXTAMSPOET. Pa.. May 21.— a.. in.— it continues to rain, and the river is rising steadily. The big log boom went out at 1 o'clock this morning, lt did no injury to the three bridges below the city in its passage down stream, but it is asserted that only a compara tively small part of it has passed the structures. There were 175,000,000 feet of logs in the boom instead ;of 150,000. --000. EABI.IEB BEPOBTS. WnxiAMSPOBT, Pa., May 20.— With the horrors of the disastrous flood of ISSO. which spread death and destruc tion throughout this valley, brought back to memory by the threatened dan ger of a sweep of water that promises to be as great as that of five years ago, the people of this city and all through the West Branch valley are in a state of panic that has turned the usually quiet Sunday into one of remarkable excite ment. Since Friday night a steady and almost continuous downpour of rain has been swelling all the streams, and late last night numerous cloudbursts along the Pine creek and other tributaries of the West Branch of the Susquehanna have made Jit impossible to confine the water within the banks of the streams. It has, therefore, spread out over the lountry, and at every point is pouring into the main river. Throughout the day the rain has fallen here and contin ues to fail tonight. Advices from all points up the river say the same condi- ' lions exist. A cloudburst at Keating, twenty miles above Renovo, early this morning raised the river there twenty feet, and the river at R-novo is reporter! higher than in the flood of ISSO, when half the town was underwater. Above there and extending to the head waters at Clearfield, every town and hamlet has been reduced by water to the conditions that prevailed in 18S9. Along the Philadelphia & Erie railroad, between this point and Emporium, the traffic has been practically suspended fiince last night. Trains are running between Williamsport and Lockhaven, but above the latter poi irt landslides and track washouts have practically swept the tracks away, and the loss will be very heavy. The Susquehanna flows to the south of the city, and while it has not yet reached the point of danger, it is crawling up ot the rate of a foot an hour. Graffus run, a tributary which empties Into the river below the city, overflowed its banks and spread over a considerable portion of the city at about noon today, flooding many houses and driving the occupauts from their homes. All of the houses were occupied' by ncor people, and the rise was so sudden that the sufferers lost much of their personal property. The full strength of the flood is expected here at about 12 o'ciock tonight, when the great body of water from up the river is due. The fact that the water will rush down upon tho city in the dark hours of the night adds an additional element of horror to the situation. In antici pation, however, of what is expected, the fire and church bells of the city were rung at 10 o'clock this morning to notify the people of impending danger, and since that hour the work of prepar ing for the worst has been in progress. In the hundreds of homes that were submerged five years ago the people are moving out and storing their goods In the houses of those living on the highlands. The business part of the city was a complete wreck five years ago, and hundreds of merchants are moving their stock to places of safety. Conveyances of every description are hurrying through the streets of the city loaded with household goods and mer chandise, and the scenes beggar de scription. The regular church servi ces were all suspended tod ay, and in all houses of worship those who attended confined their devotion to the offering up of prayers for the assistance of Providence in the present grave emei geucy. At 10 p. in. the rain which has been falling all day is still comlug down in torrents. The river is coming up rap idly, and is now twenty-one feet above low-water mark, It will overflow its banks within an hour, and as the cer tainty of great destruction of property prows more apparent the general inter est increases. The banks of the river Rnd bridges are lined with thousands of people watching the rise of the water, nud those who did not move during the day are now hurrying their belongings and families to places of safety. Four miles of track of the Glenallen Lumber company have been swept away. The boom at Lockhaven has broken and 15,000,000 feet of logs liave been lost. The upper Linden boom also broke at 5:30 this afternoon. It con tained 10,000,000 feet of logs, and they have gone down. There arc about 150, --000,000 feet of logs in the main boom and half as many more in the city mill ponds that may go on a twenty-five fool flood. Presideut E, R. Payne and Boom V^"^s3oel^Wi^^. MSBBS^k mßl^__S_B_3l____ / ______s*^^^ ______M Boss Reinhart have made the boom here as secure as possible. President Payne states that all indications point to. a twenty-live-foot flood here, which will reach its height about 11 or 12 o'clock tonight. Elias Deemer and other ex perienced lumbermen agree with tbis forecast. In this eveut, the city as far north as Market square, embracing the main business section, will be flooded. TKAIN SEEVICE SUSPENDED. The rain at 11 p. m. Is coming down in heavy sheets, the wind is blowing furiously, and the river is rising at the rate of a foot an hour. It is now twenty three feet above low water mark. The lower part of the city is flooded, the water having overflowed the banks iv the central part of the city, and the streets in the upper end are under water. The Reading railroad tracks through the city are flooded, and no more trains can bo run on that road un til the water subsides. People iv the low lands are rapidly moving to places of safety. Then is danger of a break of the big boom, which contains 17,000, --000 feet of logs. Gratlius run went on another rampage an hour ago, and has spread over a larger territory than when it overflowed its banks this after noon. AT MIDNIGHT, with the rain still falling, the river has overflowed its bank in the central part of the city, and the water is rushing up Market street and out to Third and Fourth streets, in the business parts of the city, where the cellars are now full of water. The present height of the flood is twenty-four feet, and it is estimated that it will reach twenty-seven feet from the present rainfall. But as the rain shows no signs of abating, it is feared that tomorrow may bring more elements of danger. Lycoming creek, which brings more water from the north, has been in good con dition all day, but at this timo it is bank-full and coming up rapidly. It comes in at the upper cud of tiie city and was the principal source of danger in ISSO. The height r.f the rivi then turned it out of its course and emptied it in from the north of the city, and it is feared that this may be a repetition of that disaster. HUNDREDS I.V THE SWIM. Bradford Visited by the Biggest Flood in Its History. Biiadfobd, Pa., May 20.— The worst fool in Bradford's history is rushing through Tuna valley today. Twenty streets contingent to the creek are in- undated and hundreds of families are in the swim. The east and west branches of- the Tuna are both transferred into good-sized rivers. Below Foreman street, at the confluence of the two streams, the flood is a quarter of a mile wide and is high enough to ruin all the carpets in the houses on Hilton and other streets in the lower part of the Sixth ward. The Douglas dam is partly torn away. Weaver's ice house is in ruins. The railroad people are holding down their bridges with heavy loaded cars. In the sixth ward twenty families were taken out of their houses in boats during the night, and on Clarence, River and Hilton streets a rescue corps with skiffs rescued as many more. Luckily there were no fatalities. An eighteen-months-old baby fell into the east branch this afternoon, and was being swept away in the current. Thomas Potter leaped into the creek, and. after a desperate struggle, saved the . child. The flood from the east branch covers the territory over which run tlie Erie Railway company's tracks, the Western Xew York & Pennsylvania tracks, and those of the Bradford. Bord well & Kinzua railway. Weston street is navigably by boat. Across Corridon to Xewell avenue to Main, and" then down Davis street there is a rushing body of deep water, and skiffs ply from the Riddel 1 house up aud down the street. At the Henderson house on the ground floor there is six iuches of water. Twenty business houses on Main street between Webster and the Erie railway are in a still worse condition. Sixty feet of the 8., R. & P. track just below the ciiy eastern line has been washed out, and the trains of that road come in over the Erie track from Lime stone. The fire alarm bell was sounded this morning at 2 o'clock, and the fire men were called out to help people from their homes. They did excellent work. A carload of lime in a store house near the track about Eim street became water-soaked and fired the building while undergoing the slacking process, and in the flood to their waists the firemeu had further work to do. The rain yesterday, last night and today fell as if from a cloudburst, but this evening has abated somewhat, and it is believed that the worst is over. RIVERS RUNNING WILD. Immense Damage at Many Penn sylvania Points. Philadelphia. May 20.— Dispatches to the Pennsylvania railroad officials report that it has beeu raining for sev eral days; that the water of the Sus quehanna is still rising, and that a con servative estimate places . the probable total rise at from twenty-five to thirty feet. At Renovo the water has risen this afternoon, to twenty-three feet above low-water line; at Driftwood ten feet, and at Keating sixteen feet. Atthe latter point the river is rising a foot an hour. At Driftwood the stream is within two feed of the lower chord of the iail road bridge. At Westport the sides have been removed from the railroad bridge, and the water is flowing freely through it. At Sintiatuahoning the stream is within eight or nine feet of the bridges. Communication with Karthous has been cut off since 11:30 this morning. Part of Lockhaven is under water, and the flood there is very high, and between Ballefonte and - Rising Springs two spans of one of the railroad bridges have been carried away. In this district it has been raining since yes terday. There is a seven-foot flood in'; Lycoming creek, and at Rising Springs the water is eighteen inches higher than It was in 1880. At Bixlars and Vineyard a number of county bridges have been carried away. At Tipton the ; railroad bridge has shifted somewhat, and the track's are under water. On the Cambria & Clearfield railroad the piers of the bridge have been under mined and the road obstructed by a uum'oer of washouts. Seventy-five cars have been loaded with stone. All the quarries are being worked to their capacity and large forces of men are iQ__uß_ug cars witli ci«4fes*-M fi^ & S onto bridges and embankments should the flood threaten them. Railroad offi cials here say that stone and trestle timber is ready for use nt Lock en, should the flood carry away the rail road briiigo or roadbed there. A FOOT AN HOUR The Rato tho Water Is Rising at Jersey Shore." Jersey Shobe, Pa., May 20.— At 7 o'clock this evening wind, rain an storm are causing grava trouble through out this entire section, lt has rained heavily almost unceasingly since last Wednesday, anil tonight there is a twenty-six-foot flood on this branch of the Susquehanna river, and it is ex pected to reach a height only second to the great flood ot June, 1880, and may even exceed that, as at this hour the river is rising at tho rate of one foot an hour. The water is now standing ou Main street in this city. At Renova, Lock Haven, Jersey Shore and country approaches to Huntindon have been closed to travel by the destruction of bridges and wash-outs. At Sloyestown, Bedford county, Mrs. Jacob Miller," while trying to save J»_ir personal be longings, was drowned. Whole farms on the Raystown branch have been practically ruined, buildings and fenc- ■ ing washed away and crops destroyed. All telegraph connections with out side world have been cut off. At Du bois, Pa., four ana n'tne-hundredths inches fell the last forty-eight hours, and all of the lowlands are flooded. Many people have been obliged to move out of their homes, the first stories being flooded. The flat la nds at Rey noldsville. Brookville and New Bethle hem are flooded also. MANY UitiPUH.s DOWN.* The Pennsylvania Company Char- ters a I..ne of Hacks. Hoi.i.idaysbui-u, Pa., May 20.— water has reached a higher point in Blair county than during the flood of 1339, and the loss of property has been especially great at Fiankstowii, Grays port, Williamsburg, Duiicansville and Reeses' station. Several county and railroad bridges are down, and traffic is suspended on the electric and steam lines. Today the Pennsylvania railroad chartered a line of. hacks to convey pas sengers to Williamsburg. Lakemont park, the most extensive pleasure ground in. this section of the state, is under water. Hundreds of acies of farm lauds are submerged and crops destroyed. Altooxa, Pa., May 20. — Between this city and Mill Creek the loss from flood suffered by farmers is very great. Their crops are destroyed and fences and small buildings have been washed away. The washing away of the tracks of the Williamsbyrg and along the Springfield branch, and the destruction of the railroad bridge between Frank town aud Flowing Springs have caused a discontinuance of train service on the Williamsburg aud Springfield branches. SOHBUKY, Pa.. May 20.— The flood is expected here tonight. Washouts on the Reading and Pennsylvania rail roads have laid out passenger and freight trains. IT HITS JOHNSTOWN. The Flood-Swept Town of lfcS9 Also Catcher it. Johnstown, Pa., May 20.— The heav iest rain storm since the big flood of 1880 ceased this morning.and early light disclosed flooded streets and alleys, and cellars full of water. Merchants here worked all night getting goods kept in cellars to higher places, where the water could not damage them. About $15, worth of timber belonging to the Cone maugh Lumber company broke loose and was carried away, tearing two bridges away and causing great damage. Fifty feet of a stove wail along the Cone maugh river was washed away anil crops in the vicinity were ruined, en tailing a loss of thousands of dollars. Repoits from Ebensburg tonight say that the heaviest rain since 1889 is fall ing there and' the streets are under water. Bridges across small streams are swept away. The report says that the crops are washed out and every thing is a big loss. The rain at Ebeiu burg continues, aud the river here is likely to be again much swollen when the streams in the north empty into it. The widening of the river beds here is the only thing which has prevented a heavy financial loss, if not an extensive loss of life. The water was higher last night than at any time since the big flood. During the storm the Baltimore - A Ohio tracks were submerged, and the trains were much delayed. Street cars were stopped last night. At the historic stone bridge the water was 13 feet 9 luetics high and iv the Stony creek it was 12 feet. Throughout this county and Somerset the damage to bridges and creeks is reported to be very keavy. Tom McFeaters, a lad thirteen years old, was drowned in the Conemaugh river today while trying to ride on a log. UP TWENTY-TWO FEET. Entire Families Imprisoned in Their Homes. Huntingdon, Pa.. May 20.— Within the pail twenty-four hours theJuuiata and the Raystown branch have risen twenty-two feet, flooding the low-lying farms and imprisoning entire families in their homes, who cannot be readied. Portstowu, a suburb of this town, was flooded to the second floors of the houses, and Allegheny street in the city was submerged. The gas com pany's works here have been temporar ily abandoned lo the rising waters, and many residences and business houses are flooded to the second flocrs. The new iron county bridges at Mapieton, Mill Creek and Troxlers have been swept away. A landslide near Ryde station, on the Pennsylvania railway, covered the south tracks for three quarters of a mile, and the tracks below this city are washed out. OPERATORS DRIVEN OUT. Nothing Has Been : Heard From . Lockhaven fur Hours. Philadelphia, May 20. -At 5 o'clock this afternoon the Western Union force | at Lock ii aye was driven from the of fice by the flood, and since that hour nothing has been heard from tbat point. The office is located in the center of the town some distance from the river, and the destruction of property must there fore be very great. Lii wiajjuu^ K^.J\ZaiS6.-Jii_ mgr SAINT PAUL MINN. ; : MONDAY' MORNING, MAY 21, 1894. intendent of the Lewlsburg & Tyrone branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, running from here to Bellcfonte, re ports heavy washouts at Miltmout and west of there to Rising Springs. A number of bridges are gone, and the ex tensive and expensive tramway con struction at Paddy Mountain Is all washed out. The water is two feet higher thau it was In 18S9, and*the peo ple of the valley are fleeing to the hills and mountains for safety. . AQUEDUCT IN DANGER, ' And the People Nervous Over the Prospect.: Habbisbubg, Pa., May 20. —The iron bridgse ( at Mill Creek, Mapletown and McVeytown were swept away today by the nigh waters of the Juniata river. At an aqueduct, fifteen miles from this city, the river is rising rapidly, and grave fears are felt for the safety of the aqueduct. People on the other side of the river are moving their furniture to the upper floors. Live stock has been taken to high ground. The Juniata is nearly as high as in the freshet of ISBO, and at 10 o'clock was rising at the rate of eighteen inches an hour, and people along its banks are moving out on the hills. The Susquehanna is also rising rapidly. MAY STOP PRESSES. ," Ths Water in the Oil City Der rick's Pre is Room-. Oil City, Pa., May 21.— At 12:30 this morning the river 13 rising three inches an hour, with the gauge at 14 feet 5! inches. Specials to the Derrick from Olean, N. T., and up river . points indicate at least two feet mote ;of water, as heavy rains are general and the river rising steadily. Experienced ' river men claim it is the biggest May freshet rise known in this vicinity. At the present rate the Der- : rick press room will be flooded and presses stopped in less than two hours. The railroads and lumbermen are the principal sufferers. No trains will leave Oil City tonight. TRAINS ABANDONED On the Dunkirk & Allegheny Val ley. 2 toad. Jamestown, X. V., May 20.— AH ihe trains on the Dunkirk* Allegheny Val ley road have oeen abandoned owing ' to the damage to its tracks by the storm. A portion ot the large, bridge at Loana is washed away. There is a heavy landslide covering the tracks for quite a distance between Falcon and Regry. and the railroad bridge at Frewsburg is washed out. The waters of the Cana dawhy creek have risen uutil the stream is nearly half a mile wide between Loana and Fredouia. In Dunkirk, the lower portions ot the place are flooded, ana the cellars and basements filled with water. Chautauqua lake has risen • several inches within the past few' hours, the outlet is over its banks. No special damage has yet been reported in this city. .- ,: -~» •"-," -;-':; , - Gexeseo. N. V., May 20.— The heav iest rain storm for years, lasting now forty-eight hours, has caused a great flood in the Geneseo river, and an im mense amount of damage* has been don i. The river continues to rise at the rate of eight to twelve inches an hour, and only lacks eighteen inches of the highest flood in- ten years. CROPS -WAKUKD OUT. The Damage Done to Fanners in New York Largs?. RrsiiFoiu), N. Y„ May 20.— The heavy thunder storms of Thursday and Friday were followed on Saturday and Sunday by almost continuous rains, and today the Genesee valley again is the scene of a flood fully equal to the freshet of ISS!) and the loss to the farm ers on the lowlands cannot be estimated. Acres of crops are washed out com pletely; miles df fencing have gone down stream, and many farms are badly cut up by the raging waters. Several houses between Canadea and. Oraiiiel were surrounded by the water before the occupants got out. "At Caneada at 3 o'clock today .the water ; was within eight-inches ot the highest point it reached in June, 1830, and it was still rising. At Houghton the eieek ouei 'flowed and made a river of Main street, filling cellars aud carrying off all loose property. Below Houghton. j near the site of the old lattice bridge.the river went over the banks and washed . out the track of the Western New York & Pennsylvania a long distance. At j Fillmore and Cold Creek floods took off the highway 'bridge about noon, and families were taken from their houses in wagons in'- the "lower part of the towns. At dark tonight it had ceased raining, but the river was still rising. ,The roads in many places are under • water and washed out so badiy that ! they are impossible. OLEAN SUB.UKRGED The New York Oil Town Having a Hart! Time of It. Olean.N, V., May From present indications Olean is going to have a duplicate of the gteat flood of five years ago. The water iv Olean creek is ,as high already as it was then, and the. river is within about four feet "of high-water mark and rising at the rate of seven inches an hour. People along Lower Barry street began to move out at noon, and all the lower streets. have, since followed, and the houses are. nearly all deserted iv that portion oL the city. But a few inches more will be required to shut off the, pump station, and all the build ings in that locality arc submerged now.*. East Olean looks like a vast lake. No teams have been able to pass along the Boardmauville road from East Oleon, and at 5 o'clock the last passed on, the Portmanville road. The tracks, of the Boliver route arc under water for five miles. The Allegheny river also runs -along there, "and: millions of feet of logs are in booms at the different mills. The electric street railway company has abandoned its cars. The Erie has abandoned,, all its trains on the Western division, as well, as all trains on the Western, New York' & Pennsylvania. '* -'C.. Altoona Dam Breaks. Ai.toona, Pa.. May 20.— The dam in the horseshoe curve above this city broke at 11:30 o'clock tonight, thirteen feet of it being carried away. The peo- 1 ple living in tH valley had ample time to eet out of the way of the rushing water.' If tha heavy rainfall continues the rest of the dam will probably be carried away. Altooua gets its water /supply from this body of water. ' ' SNOW ON BLUK GRASS. «<>_:.^:S •• _. . Kentucky Gets Its First May Snow ': '""-• storm. ;%,;"";; Somebset, Ky., May 20.— A wet snow over six inches deep was found cover ing over everything this morning. It began about midnight and continued until after daybreak. , The thermometer has not been lower than 38. A May snow was never known before in this section. This one extends south to Chattanooga, Term. Haubousbubg, Ky., May 20.— Snow fell here last night to a depth of two inches. The thermometer registered 23 di c. this morning. A great acreage in tobacco was put out last week.and farm ers fear most of it will be killed. .'.,'"- Fbaxkfobt, Ky., May 20.— Several Inches of snow fell here this morning between 3 and 7 o'clock. .^-..J Lexington, Ky., May ' 20.— Three in dies of snow fell here between 3 aad C o'clock, completely covering the ground. The thermometer stood it about 35 dig all day. Wheat and other products In the country are damaged. . Carlisle, Ky., May 20.— A heavy snow of: seven inches fell last night. -damaging wheat, gardens and trees to a considerable extent. The like has nev er been seen in this section since 1854, but there was not near so much destruc tion in that year. The snow foil in that year on June 8. Snould it freeze to night, as present conditions indicate, the tobacco crop will be very short in ; this section, as much has been set and and plants are scarce. ■ *"•-- jS Mount Steeling, Ky., May 20.— Six inches of snow fell here last night and this morning. Growing crops have been greatly damaged. Wheat, rye and other crops were flat and will be a total loss. Fruit trees are also greatly dam- j aged. ' Had the ground been prepared to receive the heavy fall it would Lave been a foot deep. Cincinnati, 6., May 20.— Specials the Enquirer from Eastern and South eastern: Kentucky report snows all over the eastern part of the state. At Mount Vernon, S inches; at Nicholasville, 8 inches; at Catlettsburg, 4 inches— tem perature about 35. Here in Cincinnati the mercury stands at 47 tonight with a drizzling rain falling. BLOWING GREAT GUNS. Old Lake Michigan Being Lashed to Fury. Sheboygan. Mich., May 20.— The wind 5 storm has bieii incressing in velocity today, and the heaviest sea - ever known for this time of the year is raging on Lake Michigan. The bod i of an unknown saijor was washed asiurs.., here.; today; The . I Chicago schooner Surprise still lies in a danger ous position one and a half miles from shore. Her crew can be seen running about oh deck ijjid workii>g the pumps. With much hard work on the part of tugs, a large Chicago vessel was got safely in port during the day. • .. Buffalo ttlver Booming. Buffalo, X. V..May 20.— The steady rain for the last three days sent Buffalo river booming over its banks and down through : South Buffalo. Dozens of streets are flooded, and hundreds of cel lars are full of water. he police of the Ninth precinct have a fleet of row boats, and haver been busy all day rescuing people from the second- stories aud roofs of their homes. -.'V~ >-. •At Portviile, streets are submerged, ami people are being driven from their houses. .Merchants have been "forced to take their goods off Ills floor aud pile them on the counters and upon boxes and barrels. Allegheny eJiensive. Pittsburg. Slay 20. — The heavy rains of the past few Gays have brought about a high stage of water here, the .marks now showing eighteen feet. River -men expect at feast a twenty three-foot stage, which will cause con siderable inconvenience to residents in lower parts of the city and Allegheny. Xo serious (rouble is expected here, but mountain streams are reported out of 'their banks, aud much damage is ap prehended. No Bodies Recovered. Pout HirnoN, Mich., May 20.— None of the bodies of the men lost iv the at tempt to rescue the crew of the schoon er Shupe have been recovered. . The Shupe began breaking up in half an hour after the life-saving crew had tak en off. the crew. Capt. Little purchased the Shupe from Henry Howard and owed a portion of the purchase price. ; Today Mr. Howard discharged the debt. .;'|- -■»■•* ----- .. .. Lashed to the Rigging. | Milwaukee, Wis., May 20.— The life saving crew this morning succeeded in securing the bodies tnat were tied in the rigging of the schooner Cummings last Friday when that vessel was driven ashore in the bay. fbey proved to be those of Mrs. E. C. Palmer, the cook, of this city, and James Whitley, of Marine City, Mien. Ihe l.oretta Aground. Oscoda. Mich., May . 20.— The pro peller Loretta.of West Bay City, sprung a leak early this morning and, in en deavoring ■- to make this port, ran agrouud in eight feet of water. The crew "were all saved. The boat is now lying near the mouth of Au Sable river. A nigh sea is rolling. ] * --ii 7 Fro Hill to Hill. ; Canisteo, N?-Y., May 20.— The ter rible rains for the past few dajs have covered 2 the valley from hill to hill, flooding all the lower parts of the town, also the yards of the Canisteo door and sash; 1 works, moving lumber piles, side walks, etc.;-- It Is still raining and the water is rising. . '-'-' Frost in Illinois. Chicago, May 20.— Dispatches from a large number of points in Northern and Ceutral Illinois report another heavy frost last night, It is feared that crops will be greatly damaged. V x , -- ;'..• : — — _ --.:■•,--' jst i't : - They Didn't Elope. Canton, 0., May 20.— Myers' lake today were found the badies of Warren 'Keller and Miss Lulu McAllister, who were upset from a skiff Wednesday. The short distance from shore the ac cident occurred gave rise to suspicion of an eliruiiiuHui, WINDSOR HOTEL DECORATIONS In Honor of Being-" the Headquarters of the B. of L. E. B. OF L. E. AT THE ZENITH SUNDAY AT THE CITY OF THE (IV- S ALT ED cEA. ttHLOTH ENTERTAINS NOBLY. The Outing of the Brotherhood and Their Ladies— Received by tbe Citizens of the North and Heartily -Welcomed — Visit to Steel Barge Works, Lake Trip, '.'".-' Pavilion Concert and Recep tion—Party Wi'.l Return to St. Paul T.iis Mo ning — Resolu tions of Thanks. Special to the Globe. Dultii, May 20.— has been a gala day for Duluth. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers arrived this morning six or seven hundred strong, I and have-spent the day as guests of the ! city. The air was chilly and very de- | cidedly bracing, but aside from this the day was most enjoyably passed. After breakfast at the Spalding and meeting with the citizens of Duluth, a lake trio lo West Superior was on the : programme. Promptly at 11 o'clock the | steamer R. G. Stewart, the Lucille, and i the steam yacht Nautilus left the Dv- | luth dock for the trip. Capt. Flynn, of j the Stewart, furnished that boat, the citizens' committee the Lucille and the I use of the yacht was given by the owner, B. F. Howard. Mr. Howard was es pecially generous to the St. Paul news paper men. . The whalebacks and the great steel barge works at Superior were inspected, the works being thrown opeu especially for the visitors On the return a course out on the lake was taken. The Lucille beat the Stew art in and $17 was distributed among the former's officers, the gift of the pas- j sengers. In the afternoon a tree ride | up the inclined railway to the pavilion was provided, where the city band ! played ten numbers. Carriages were ! provided by President Greatsinger, F. j 11. Frisbie and 11. C. Kendall for a por tion of the party, and a drive was taken about the city. Mayor K. T. Lewis, Chief of Police Harry Armstrong, Alexander Michaud, i of the St. Louis Hotel, William Meiu- | hardt, of the Merchants' hotel, and F. j H. Frisbie, of the Spalding hotel, all I did much to make the day a success. I The "Duluth Glee club, composed of Messrs. * Burke. West and Doran, sang j on the Nautilus delightfully, and also j in the evening at the Sp.iuidiug. F. W. j Lee and Miss E va Yallesh recited at the j latter time and place. In the evening there was an informal i reception at the Spaulding. Before leaving for the train at 11 p. j m. the following * '.resolutions were i j adopted: "The Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers and convention committees of St. Paul, desirous of expressing their ; high appreciation of the courtesies ex- j tended to tuem on their excursion to I and in Duluth, j "Resolve, That their thanks are due j to the St. Paul & Duluth railroad and ! its officials in charge of the excursion : train for the most comfortable and en joyable trip over their finely equipped j road ; j "That the citizens of Duluth, through \ their citizens' committee, who provided ! so excellent a programme and so well ! exhibited the beauties and great nat- : ural advantages of their prosperous and j progressive city, have' created a most! favorable impression, which will never j be effaced, and are entitled to our : wannest and most hearty thanks. T. W. Hugo, chairman, responded, | thanking the guests for coming to. the i greatest city in the world. C. W. Horr, ! J. C. Nolan and Johu Puffenbcrger also \ spoke. Joe Polite caught a fifty-pound trout, which he bears to St. Paul in"- triumph to Chief Arthur. , : ; ..; The party will resume their 'business' session iv St. Paul in the morning. Branch of the A. R. U. Special to the Gloße. Carlton*. Minn., May 20.— A large gathering of railroad men at this place last night resulted in the permanent or- j ganization of the A. R. LT., and the ap plication for a charter was immediately j forwarded to headquarters at Chicago. I The peimanent officers are: President, I T. M. Perry; vice president, E. Xichol- | , son; secretary aud treasurer, A. H. I _^i__jyi**> PEICE TWO CENTS— { -£&_&& }— NO." Ul. ■ A MINER ASSASSINATED BiC.ISIHE HI FUSED TO JOIN 111 A strJki. HE'S »iqol:;» WITH BULLETS. 'Iho Moh Fires Into the Bed .Where His Children Are Sleep ' ing— Ttie Little Ones Flee Fro.n ih_; H0.13 Thrae of the Mob Are Arrested— Further Tr. v le Feara I. Bir.MiNG!jA?i, " i Jk,la.,- s .May 20.— striking miners at Pratt mines are held responsible fora-cowardly assassin which occurred at that piacj this morn ing. A . mob of masked men went to the house of Walter Glover, a miner, who had refused to strike, an 1 called him out, telling him that they were offi ! cers and desired to sea him. Glover I opened Ins door, when a volley was fired. Glover was riddled with bullets, and he died instantly. His bed, wherein slept several children, was also riddled, but the children escaped by fleeing from the house. The mob fled, closely I pursued ' by Deputies Hickman j and Massey, who were armed j with rides. A running light fol j lowed for half a mile. One of the murderers fell, evidently wouud ! cd. but the others lifted him up, and the entire parly escaped to the woods. When Sheriff Morrow arrived with re inforcements ho arrested Cou Suiiivau, Jerry Hillary and John Drives, three strikers, who were brought here to jail. Hounds were placed on the murderers' trail and aided in locating the men, who were arrested. Other arrests will follow, as there were a do/en or more men in the mob. Great excitem-'ut prevails at Pratt mines." The strikers are highly 'indignant over tiie arrest of the three I men, and held a meeting this afternoon. Further trouble is feared. GHEAT PiIHjADKLPHIA BLAZE |.;:..7 : -.y_ ; Damage of Over Half a Million Dollars. Philadelphia. May 20.— Fire 'con sumed $.525,000 worth of store property today in the heart of the business sec tion of the city. The flames were dis covere I about 12:30 o'clock in the cellar of the store of the Julius Schlel com pany, dealer in dry goods and millinery, 5'J, 52 and 51 Xorth Eighth street and 805 Arch street. Before the department arrived the flames had communicated ! with the upper floors through the ele vator shaft, and the entire property was gutted. The lire quickly spread to the wholesale millinery and straw goods j establishment of M. Dannebau m's Son ; & Co., adjoining on Arch street, and i their stock and building were totally destroyed. The two buildings belonged to the estate ot Moses Dannebaum. The- flames were confined to these two buildings, but adjoining stores ou Arch anil Eighth streets suffered loss from fire, smoke and water. The origin of the fire is unknown. The losses are as follows: Julius Schiel & Co., $125,000; partially insured. M.' Dauuebaum's Son & Co., $150,000, partially insured; es tate of Moses Danuebaum, $175,000, fully insured; J. O. Bently, $25,000; William Encke & Bros., $5,000; Nono tuck Silk company, of Xew York. $15, --000: John W. Leemaister. $20,000: Germ Sons, $25,000; William Kenaih, owner of the building at 812 Arch street, $5,000. * ■■:__. " - -__»» Capt. Gardner Found Dead. I DECOBAH, la., May 20.— Capt. George Q. Gardner, cashier of the First Na tional bank,- was fouud lying' dead on a sofa in the director's room of the bank this morning. The cause of his death was heart disease. Capt. Gardner be came commander of the Fifth Wiscon sin battery the War of. the Rebellion when he was eighteen' years of age, and he was known as the boy captain. He has been with the. First National bank twenty-six years, and was a very popu lar man, His remains Will be taken to Monroe, Wis., for burial tomorrow. Ex-Mayor Erskiue Dead. Racine,. Wis., May 20. Massena B. Erskiue, a prominent citizen and mil lionaire, died this afternoon of old age. He was eighty-four years of age, and has been closely identified with Ra cine's manufacturing interests since 1852. Four times he served a*j mayor of the city. He leaves a widow and |Xr<,_<- n^X£tg4£J.KJj4>VMl. - , I ITS SEVENTH WEEK, Tariff Discussion Going at 9 Snail-Like Pace. SENATOR HARRIS IS HQPEFUt That Good Progress Will R9 Made This Week. LONG SPEECHES NOT NUMEROUS, The Metal Schedule to Coma . Up this Morning. STATE BANKS IN THE HOUSF, Washington, May 20.— The senate - will begin the seventh week of the dis cussion of the tariff bill tomorrow at 10 o'clock by taking up the metal schedule, and the prospect is now that the entire week will be devoted to the tariff with out attempting any other business than that which can bo done in the first half hour of the daily sessions, and possibly an occasional brief executive session after C o'clock for the disposition of un contested nominations. Senator Harris today reaffirmed his intention of press ing the bill forward as rapidly as it may be possible to do so, but he said he had no idea of an attempt to extend the daily sessions beyond 0 o'clock so long as the work should go on as satisfac torily as it is going at present. Ho expressed the opinion that the Repub lican senators who have oeen oppos ing the bill, and apparently seeking to delay its passage, had decided to change their policy and to let th 3 bill proceed upon its passage, after giving the various items of difference the at tention demanded by their merits, and instanced the fact, noticeably on Friday and Saturday, that there had been a decided cessation of long speeches aud of roll calls as well. This change in the course of those of the opponents of the bill who have sought to put obstacles in the way of its progress the Democrats attribute to the two facts that their op ponents have discovered that they mean to pass the bill, and that the Repub lican conferences of the past week have developed a decided seutiinent in the Republican party on the question of de lay, with, as they think, a majority op posed .to all dilatory tactics. Senator Aldrich expresses the -opinion that the week will be spent upon tne metal and woolen schedules, and lie says the dis cussion will go on much as it has dur ing the past week- that the Republicans will allow some of the items of the bill to go unchanged, aud they will ,ask explanations and give their opinions of changes made in others. He says that many paragraphs of the metal schedule are acceptable to the Republl- • cans.and that, taking the times and con ditions which now prevail into con sideration, the rates iv some instances are even more libera! than those of the McKinley law. He says, however, that there is dissatisfaction with the miscel laneous items of the schedule, aud tint these bills cause considerable debate- He also says the lumber question will be discussed when the wood schedule is reached. Senator Aldrich thinks it im probable that the sugar schedule will be reached during the week, while Si-nator Harris considers it possible that it may . be. They agree that this schedule will, when reached, develop a sharp debate. Senator Hill, who hes been absent since the consideration of the schedules was begun, is expected to be in his seat on Monday. THE STATE BANK ISSUE » 111 Come Up On an Amendment to the B raw ley Bill. Wasiuxgtox, May 20.— state bank issue, which has been gathering strength at caucuses and conferences ever since congress assembled. promises to be fought to a finish in the house during the coming week. It will bring out a sharp contest on party as well as economic lines, as the state bank plank of the Democratic national platform has advanced the question to a place of importance. second only to those of the tariff and silver. The advocates of stato banks have been restive for weeks to test their strength. They failed to get a bill reported from the banking com mittee. Thereupon a caucus was called, and a resolution passed that the issue should be made before the house on an amendment totheßrawley This long deferred bill, with the state bank amend ment, is now to be biought to a vote. The bill is not important in itself, and its main use is in serving as a bank bill to which a state bank amendment is germane. Chairman Springer, ot the banking committee, and Representa tives Cox, Culberson, Swanson and other state bank advocates expect to begin the contest Tuesday, or Wednes day on a question of consideration. The anti-state bank men are expected to in sist that the Indian appropriation bill has equal privileges, in which case a test vote will decide the strength of the state bank men. They are confident of winning on the vote of consideration, and Mr. Springe is prepared to open the debate. The main issue, however, will boon conditional or unconditional repeal of the tax. Mr. Swanson says un conditional repeal can certainly muster 140 votes and conditional repeal 155. Aside from the banking bill. Repre sentative Hatch (Missouri) is hopeful of taking up the anti-option bill during the week. Monday is the regular sus pension day, but it is expected tint the legislative bill will hold its place and be passed. The Indian appropriation bill is next on the calender. Tho most im portant committee work of the week will be the reporting from the rules committee on a recommendation that the naval committee investigate armor plate frauds. The report is expected Monday. On Tuesday the judiciary committee will consider Judge Jenkins and his strike injunction. On Thursday Mr. Bland will again try to get his free coinage bill reported ixaia the coinage