TOT.. XV.
MICHIGAN IS AFLOAT,
The. Peninsular State Has
Water Enough to Last It
Until July.
Wheat Fields Being Washed
Away by the Raging
Grand River.
tee Pressure Breaks a Boom
at Flint, Releasing 2,000,
--000 Feet of Logs.
Several Bridges Go Down in
Nebraska-- Work of New
York Freshets.
Mm:. Mich., March 12.— The situa
tion on the Ciand river remains un
ehauged as to the threatened danger
from the ice gorge in the river above
Lyons, the water at Muir beine only
three inches higher than at dark last
night. Nothing serious happened dur
ing the night. The ice gorge below
Lyons has been broken up and passed a
short distance down stream, leaving a
partially free channel tor water and
floating icu to pas* off, which, however,
- on fill again when up-stream ice
conies down. The water is cutting new
channels across the prairies, "in one
place being over half a mile from the
old bed. Wheat fields are being «
away. Everywhere in the river can be
seen floating household utensils and
furniture. The rain of last night turned
into snow early this morning, passing
entirely off at sunrise, thus avoiding
what otherwise must, and may still, be
a terrible catastrophe.
Flint, Mich., March VI — Shortly be
fore the noon hour today the boom at P.
- lumber mill here broke from
the pressure of ice. and 2.000,000 feet of
logs began to move down stream. A
jam funned at Hamilton's dam. a short
distance below the milis. The gorge
was broken up with dynamite, Tnit
formed again and carried the dam with
it. The loss win exceed HO.
Hexi»ersox. Mich., March 12. -The
Shiwasse river is overflowing its banks,
ami has caused much damage. Callard
Brothers' dam gave way this afternoon,
moving small buildings and causing
other damage. The dead uudy of a hoy
ia reported to have been seen lioating
on a piece of ice.
Lansing. Mich., March 11— Since
early iliis morning the ice lias gone out
of both the Grand and Cedar rivers for
Beveral miles above this city. The wa
ter, which Hoods the lowlands, is rap
idly receding, and tne danger which
lias menaced the city bridges tor sev
eral days is wholly past.
FACTORIES UNOUB WATER.
The Grand liivo.' Flood Doing
Great Damage There.
lonia. Mich.. March 12.— Never be
fore in the history of lonia has Grand
river been so high as at the present
tune, and the water is still rising.
Hundreds of men were at work with
teams all of last night and today trying
to prevent the floods crossing the street
road. A great line of breastworks has
been thrown up all along the
road, and the water so far has
been successfully checked. At 4
o'clock this morning a general
alarm was turned in— a warning that
the danger point had been reached — and
great crowds of men Socked to the
Bcene to do what tiny could to protect
the flooded property. The Capital Wagon
works plant is now entirely surrounded
with the flood, the basement and lower
floors being inundated. The furniture
factory's plant is in almost as bad shape,
and all that can be seen of tin; fair
grounds is the upper portion of the
buildings. Host of l<'iiia - - manufactur
in<r concerns are located on what is
known as the "flats," which have here
tofore been considered safe ground.
The bed "t the river lies at least half
a mile away, but the whole country for
miles is now but a raging, rushing tor
rent. The bridges at that point are all
in place, but are in great dancer. The
bridges on the Detroit, Grand Haven A
Milwaukee road are in imminent dan
ger. This morning men were engaged
to weight them down, and tons of sand
bars were piled on them.
Trains on the Detroit, hansing &
Northern are in confusion. The trestle
at Portland cave way last night, and
l>av:i -!nrer> must be carted around the
washout and loaded on other trains.
There is no ice in the river now to speak
of, but tbe current carries large trees
ami debris of every description down
with terrific force, and whatever is in
its may must go. A force of men will
be kept at work all Bight to night, and
every effort is being made to keep the
waters under control a few liour^
longer, when* it is hoped the greatest
dancer will have bern averted. It is
just reported that the lower Milwaukee
railroad bridge is in great danger. The
water is undermining the piers, and it
is feared the bridge will go out.
Grand Rapids, Mien., March 13.—
The lioods coining down from lonia
and Muir carried down the ice in the
river above this city this morning, and
all day the ice has been running and
the water is within a foot of the high
water mark. At Lamont, sixteen miles
below here, a gonre lias formed, and at
Grand ville the river is reported rising
rapidly as a result. That is far down
tin- btream, and unless the gorge backs
up ten miles no danger is apprehended
here. Comparatively little damage has
yet been done.
Portland, Mich., March 12. — The
Detroit, Lansing & Northern railroad is
tha heaviest loser by tbe Hood, which
has continued since Friday night. Last
night 600 ieet of track was washed out a
half-mile east of the depot by an ice
gorge, which turned the course of Look
ing Glass river across the road
bed. The break was discovered
just before Passenger Train No. 28 from
the west was due to pass, a wrecking
train arrived at an early hour this morn
ing, and the track has been repaired so
trains will probably cross tomorrow.
Several other bridges are in danger.
This town is still in darkness, the elec
tric light plant having been flooded.
DAMS GIVR WAY.
Those at Ijyons and Portland,
Mich., Go Out.
Lyons, Mich., March 12.— The heavj
floes of ice have been passing here all
the afternoon, and 5 at o'clock one cud
of t lie dam cave out. A large force of
men by quick work saved the whole
dam from destruction. About i o'clock
♦Sr^Sr-iPcSiS^^V^
the dan) at Portland cave out, ami an
boar later tremendous quantities of ice
and water were precipitated over the
districts here. At present It Is hoped
that the worst is past. Dynamite has
been used at lonia all day in dislodging
what was gorged then during last
night. Gradually the river has assumed
its regular course, and at tins time, 10
p. in., it begins to look as if the worst Is
passed. Rain is falling and the river's
roar can be beard for a mile, but unless
a great quantity of Ice lodges tonight no
serious difficulty is expected.
BRIDGES GO OUT.
Nebraska Suffers Severely Prom
loe and Water.
Central City, N>b.. March 12.— Two
wagon bridges over the Platte river,
near this city, were partially demolished
by gorged lee today, leaving dozens of
farmers from Hamilton county stuck
here for an indefinite length of time.
The Burlington railroad bridge over the
Platte is so strained by pressure of ice
that it is unsafe to run over it, and it is
liable to go out at any time. The Chap
man and Stiver creeks bridges are also
reported gone out. The warm weather
of the past three days has melted all the
snow, which, with* the rain that has
fallen, lias filled ail creeks and rivers
bank full. Bottom lands all along the
Platte river are partially inundated.and
unless there is an immediate subsidence
of the Hoods n»ucb damage will be done.
TKAPEIC BLOCKED
Owing to the Numerous Wnshouts
in Nebraska.
Omaha, Nob., March 12. — ice is
still running on the Platte and Elk
horn rivers, and as a result traffic is
generally Mocked. At Ashland last
night a portion of the Burlington bridge
over the Platte was carried away
just before the cast-bound flyer
had passed. Today the Mis
souri Pacific bridge over the Platte
at La Platte is in great dan
ger. While cutting away a log that
was jammed against a pier, Ed Bury
fell Into the water. Andrew Roland
tried to rescue Bury, bat was swept
away with him, and both men were
drowned in sight of a gang of laborers.
who were unable to rescue them. The
Union Pacific is working hard to repair
its damaged bridge over the Elkhorn,
and will soon have all trains running
on time. Burlington trains are delayed
by reason of washouts at Ashland.
' IX THE EASTERN STATES.
Port Deposit, Mel., One of the
Heaviest. Sufferers.
Philadelphia, March 12. — lie
ports received tonight from the various
sections of t!ie western part of the state
threatened by floods show abatement
from the danger of a freshet In some
places, and in others the condition of
the swollens rivers remains dangerous,
and in one instance the waters burst
their banns ami inundated a town.
From Port Deposit, Md., comes a
story of a night of anxiety, followed by
a day of flooded streets and houses. An
ice gorge at Conowingo, a few miles
above Port Deposit, was holding in
check a great volume of water. The
breaking of this gorge was dreaded,
and when night came on hundreds of
people thronged the banks of the river
ami watched for the coming torrents.
At 2 o'clock the gorge gave way, and
the flood let loose swept down and
spread through Port Deposit. For
a time the inhabitants did not
know whether or not their town would
be carried away and themselves
drowned, but when the waters had
reached the height of eight feet in the
streets and houses it ceased to rise. The
stage for the day has remained at the
same height, mid outhouses not securely
fixed have been swept off. The tracks
of the Fort Deposit A: Columbia railroad
are covered foi several miles, and it will
be several days before traffic can be
resumed. No services were held at any
of the churches today on account of the
flood. The loss so far is estimated at
1150,000.
Portions of the ice gorge at Linden,
near \Yilliamsb;irg. Pa,, went out to
night, but reports received say that the
main body of ice has not yet broken,
although it has settled and threatens to
move. Thousands of people crowd the
bridges and shotes there today to watch
the ice, which was expected to break.
The water readied a height of 14 feet at
Williamsport tonight, and ail the ice be
tween there and Linden passed out. At
Jersey Shore the water readied a height
of 24 feet, and at Linden it was 2 or o
feet lower.
The Susquehanna at Barrisburg had
fallen this tuornina* a foot, and during
the afternoon w;;s at a standstill,
heiiiff IS tVet 9 inches above low-water
mark. Reports from points north indi
cate thru the volume of water may be
increased during the night, but there
are no apprehensions of a serious flood,
and. while the danger of inun
dation in Smith Harrisborg is al
ways present daring the annual
freshet, the residents are not alarmed.
A few, however, have taken the precau
tion to remove household effects to tlie
second floor of their dwellings. The
Industrial establishments along the
river have not been compelled to sus
pend operations. There has been no
damage at tiarrisburg, and it is believed
the Hood will escape without the usual
destruction of property.
At Easton, i'a., the Delaware river
rose live feet. From noon until 8 o'clock
today and since then ereat quantities of
ice nave pawed down. The rivet
reaj'neu •.'!'-_ feet there tonight, and is
still rising. The Lehigh river is backed
ui> by the water in the Delaware, and is
overflowing yards and wharves, and so
far as can be learned the ice
has uot gorged at any point
near Easton. In this city the
danger of the inundation of
the mills that line the banks of the
Schuylkill river at Manayunk is becom
ing greater. Just above Manayunk the
Platrock dam has broken in the center,
and all that holds the river back from
sweeping the remainder away is an
old submerged dam, about fifteen feet
back of the other one. Should the old
dam give way, Flatrock dam will prob
ably go, letting a flood down upon
Manayunk which would undoubtedly
eanse great loss in the Hooding of prop
erty and the consequent stoppage of
work in the mills.
Drowned in a Koad.
Midland, Mich., March 12. — Fred
Laisure and sister-in-law, Mrs. Hattie
Sullivan, were drowned today. They
attempted to cross a road which was
covered with water, and their carriage
upset, with the result that both perished.
Laisure, who was forty years old, and"
was a horse trainer, leaves a wife and
two children.
Mohawk Ice Gorge.
C.vxAJOH.vir.ii:, M. V., March 12.—
There is an ice gorge in the Mohawk
river below Palestine bridge. The ice
is still firm above the bridge and over
two feet thick. The water has been
rising steadily all day and tue low
lands are flooded.
Ihe Cellars Full.
Fonda, X. V., March 12.— There is a
general thawing in the Mohawk valley,
the small streams are greatly swollen
and the river is high. In nearly every
village in the valley the cellars are
filled \vi*n water.
MODESTY MAY PAY.
Minnesota and North Dakota
Exercising Good Judg
ment at Washington.
Illinois and Several Other
States Seem to Want the
Whole Earth.
Country Storekeepers Will
Not Get All the Small
Postoffices.
Something About the Man
Who" Will Take Up Adlai's
Strong Ax.
Special to the Olobe.
Washington, March 12.— The politi
cians who have been congregated at the
national capital during the past two
weeks have been totally unable to fix
up slates for at least two of the states
of the Union— Minnesota and North
Dakota. While there have been men
from these states after positions in the
rity.no organized body has yet appeared
from either state. South Dakota. lowa,
Wisconsin and Nebraska, in their vicin
ity, have sent down small armies, ail
seeking appointments at once, while
Illinois alone has at the present time
enough available timber in the city to
fill every administrative, executive,
judicial and diplomatic appointment at
the disposal of the new administration.
A Northwestern member of congress,
In speaking about the tremendous pres
sure for place from the politicians of
the Slicker state, said:
"1 can now see why Illinois went for
Cleveland last fall; it was simply be
cause she had enough Democratic votes
to do it. I have already seen and heard
of enough lUinoisans to come pretty
near carrying the state at any time if
they would all vote and vote the straight
Democratic ticket."
Illinois Waiitw the ICartli,
It is not quite so bad as this, but Ille
nois is demanding a pretty high
price for the twenty-four electoral voles
she gave Mr. Cleveland; and, by the
way. she is demanding at least ten
times as much as she can ret. Every
Democratic candidate defeated for con
gress in Illinois last fall is after a first
class]oflice of somed description. For ex
ample, Ex-Congressman Bussey would
like to be commissioner of pen
sions; ."Scott Wike, the ablest man in
the last house from the state,
has asked to be made comptroller
of the currency; and Gen. Newberry, of
Chicago, desires a first-class place
abroad. So much for the men who have
been In congress from Illinois. Out
side of these, there are candidates lor
commissioner of the land oliice and
event hinc else that is desirable. Gun.
McClernand and Judge Browning, Doth
good men. want something; they do not
know exactly what, bat that they want
something they know absolutely.
Wisconsin has been more modest,
partly to give the president a chance to
place Judge Jenkins in the place on the
circuit bench just vacated by the ap
pointment of Judge Jackson to the su
preme court vacancy created by the
death of Judge Latnar. But Col.
Knight, of Ashland, is authority
for the statement that the Wis
consin "woods from Superior to Osh
kosh are full of good Democrats
anxious and willing to throw themselves
upon their country's shrine and serve
her as long as they live. The failure of
Gen. Brasrg to receive the Mexican mis
sion was a great surprise to the Badger
state men, by the way, although Col.
Knight was not caught anywhere shed
ding tears over the matter.
Try I to Find a Male.
Several very amusing "Minnesota
slates," so-eali'ttl, have been printed in
the New York ami Washington papers,
but they have been remarkable chiefly
for stating that men are candidates for
this, that and the other office, whereas,
as a matter of fact, the men named
either want nothing or are seeking
something quite different. For example,
the Washington Post and New York
Times gave it out that Hon. Dan W.
Lawler would like to be solicitor gen
eral, when, as a matter of fact, Lloyd
W. Bowers, of Winona, is the only
Minnesota candidate for that po
sition. Capt. Harries, of the First
district, was set down as a
candidates for governor of Alaska or
internal revenue collector for Minne
sota while Hon. 11. H. Hawkins was
stated to be seeking Got. Swineford's
old post, with no other strings out. The
latter statement is correct, but just
how it came to be included in such a
mass of rubbish and absurdities even.
Capt. Hawkins could not explain.
After North Dakota had been push
ing Col. .John D. Benton, of Fargo, for
commissioner of the land office for
nearly a month, as the Globe stated
would be done nearly that long ago,
several of the New York and
Northwestern • papers picked it
up and tried to make it
look like something new. Outside of
Col. Bentou, North Dakota is asking no
big office from the new administration,
and this makes the Fargo leader's
chances just so much better. Taken all
in all, the North Dakota Democrats are
conducting themselves with the great
est propriety, and they will be very
likely, as a result, to secure the early
removal of a great many ''offensive
partisans."
Will Place Democrat* on Guard.
And this brines up the name of the
new fourth assistant postmaster gen
eral. Robert A. Maxwell, of iSew Yord.
Mr. Maxwell will be the man who will
perform the duties, the performance of
which made the present occupant of the
office of vice president so solid with his
party that he was given a place on the
national ticket last year. He is
an old-line Democrat, who does
not believe that there is any
reason for Republicans holding
postofh'ces when there are good Demo
crats around, able and willing to per
form their duties aud accept the re
sponsibilities. As .soon as the Demo
crats who are patrons of the fourth
class offices get together and settle
upon a man for postmaster, there is no
particular reason why they sTiould not
expect an appointment to "be made. Of
course. Gen. Maxwell will need two or
three weeks to become acquainted with
his office, but he is a man who will be
ready for work in as short a time as pos
sible. The civil service reform frills
about the administration of the postof
lice department will be kept in order by
Postmaster General Bissell.
WantXo Storekeeper*.
Want \o Storekeeper*).
The <juairels of rival country &tore;
SAINT PAUL, MINN., MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1803.
keepers Win not bo allowed to disturb
the new administration when tiio ap
pointments of fourth-class postmasters
are taKen up, Postmaster General Uis
sell bavins made the announcement
that postoliices of this class will not be
Kiven to local merchants to enable them
to secure advantages over their compet
itors by reason of the location of the
postoffiees, as well as for the further
and more important reason that in such
cases the management of the postofhces
invariably falls into the hands of some
inexperienced clerk. Of course, this
rule will not be an invariable one,
for the reason that there are places
where the country storekeeper is the
only man residingat the mosiconvenient
place in a neighborhood for the distri
bution of the mails. This statement of
the postmaster general will not be ap
piftOded by a large number of the coun
try merchants, but it will save the de
partment, as well as the members of
congress, a great deal of trouole, and
settle numerous quarrels that have
hardly been healed over in the past
eight years. At the same time it will
result in changing postmasters at a
great many places where the country
storekeeper has held through all changes
of administration simply because his
Btore seemed to be conveniently located
for the accommodation of the public.
Hull Will Ed 111 u in in Coiisiros
Congressman Hail, of toe Third dis
trict, has positively made up his mind
that he will not allow his name to be
presented for the Swetlish mission, lie
would like the place, and would un
doubtedly make an effort to secure it,
were it not for the fact that his friends
and the party leaders both in Minnesota
ami Washington believe that the party
demands his services in the next con
gress. The llattering ana cordial mau
ner in which the Swedish papers of
Minnesota indorsed him for the place
for a time made the lied Wing states
man hesitate.and no wonder; for, added
to the united support of tho Swedish
pres3, Mr. Hall has had pledges of the
support of hundreds of the leadiner
Swedish citizens of the entire North
west. In announcing his decision to
make no effort to secure the post, Mr.
Hall today salt):
"I would like very much to go to
Sweden, out after carefully considering
the matter in all its bearings, 1 nave
made up my mind that it would not be
right for me to accept the place if of
fered to me; 1 certainly do not think
that I ought to make n light for it. That
1 feel highly honored by the enthusi
astic and cordial manner in which the
Swedish-Americans of Minnesota have
rallied to my support, 1 need not say.
From them 1 have received many Hal
tering letters which 1 appreciate." But
1 cannot be a candidate for the
place. The ueople of the Third district
elected tna a member of the next con
gress last fall, and 1 feel that 1 ougirt
not to place upon them the burden of
another election, and besides 1 feel that
the term just ended has to a certain ex
tent equipped me for the work of the
next."
There has been a feeling all along
that the Swedish mission could be Mr.
Hull's if lie would enter the lists, and
bis determination not to. do so will be
received with genuine regret in many
quarters. The Democrats of the Third,
however, will bo glad of it; for in the
Fifty-third congress O. M. Hail will be
one of the leaders. He has passed
through His first term with such mod
esty and tact as to win him the regard
of nearly all his colleagues and the
enmity of none. Lewox.
CRANK TOlfrN'S WORK.
He Expects the Millennium to Be
With Us Tomorrow.
NkwYobk, March, 12. — In speaking
of liis work, Prof. Totten stated today
in an interview that he had "not a
shadow of a doubt as to the general ac
curacy of his chronological work, nor as
to its particular accuracy within the
necessary personal equation of all hu
man etfort." lie maintains that we are
actually in the "Midnight" hour speci
fied in the parable of the ten virgins.
"The clock," said the professor, "is
still striking: the tenth stroke will end
its sounding at the coming March equi
nox, the eleventh In June, and the
twelfth, or final stroke, at the Septem
ber equinox of the current year. After
that none of the virgins need be in fur
ther doubt as to the 'time,' or as to
•what, or who, is at hand.'"
"Many facts," lie continued, "assure
me that we are at the midnight hour of
the Christian dispensation, and 1 am
sure that the seventh angel of the
Savior's revelation to St. John is soou
to sound the seventh and final trumpet
which lifts the veil from the mystery of
God, but which is not to be confused
with the 'linal trump,' as commonly
unJerstood. In spite of misrepresenta
tions to the contrary, I do not antici
pate the end of the world, but the be
ginning of a new and better dispensa
tion. 1 anticipate a crisis 'tomorrow'
iind tlie millennium 'the day after.' I
expect the first resurrection very soon,
but not the second until a thousand
years of golden age have sped away."
The professor set forth with great de
tail his reasons for his belief.
PRINTERS WRI*L TREATED.
ratio Springs Home.
Colorado Springs, Colo., March
tl.— The committee of the local typo
graphical union appointed to investigate
the charges of mismanagement at the
printers' home reported tonight. It is
reported that they find the charges
are unfounded. The inmates are made
comfortable by every means possible.
Food is abundant and good, with fresh
milk, eggs, etc. The expenditures at
this institution per month are $2,000.
Tnere are now thirty inmates.
THREE SETS OF TRIPLETS.
The Banner Bearer for Multiple
Child-Bearing.
Cold Sphinos, N. V., March 12. -The
many admirers of Mrs. Ellswor^^l'iller,
who holds the world's record in the
matter of mutiple child-bearing, will be
gratified to learn that she has just pre
sented her husband with triplets — two
boys and a girl. This 1 brings her record
for triplets up to three sets and her total
up to sixteen. She was married Oct. 10,
1883. nine years and five months ago,
and she is now thirty-one years old.
She has seven living children, includ
ing the three whom she has just borne.
Consul Munderloh Dead.
Chicago, March 12. — William H.
Mnnderloh died at the Great Northern
hotel. Munderloh represented the Ger
man empire at Montreal as consul. He
was aiso vice president of the board of
trade in that city. March 1 he left
Canada on a trip to California to visit
his two sons. On reaching this city
Munderioh was 6trickeu with paralysis,
and was taken on a stretcher to the
Great Northern, where he grew worse,
until the end came today.
"Polly Holmes" 111.
Am«tei:i>am, \. V., Marcli I:7.— Mrs.
Gallagher, member of Dan McCarthy's
"Katnbier From Home*' company, i 3 iil
at this place with peritonitis. Mrs.Gal
lagher'a stage uame is 'Tolly liolraes."
NOT SURE OF SEATS,
Three United States Senators
Whose Titles Are Not
Clear.
The Senate Will Give Them
Close Attention Before
Acting.
Steerage Passengers Again
Being Brought Over From
European Ports.
Strict Precautions Observed
to Prevent the Introduc
tion of Cholera.
W.ykhixotox, March 12.— The ses
sion of the senate tomorrow will prob
ably be brief, and will be confined
mainly to the reception of nominations
from the president. Within a day or
two following, however, the committees
will be appointed, and the body will be
in thorough working order so far as the
business for which it is called together
is concerned. Reports of committees
upon the nominations will begin to
come in immediately, and tho senate
will be occupied with them until the
end of the special session. Aside from
this business is the consideration of the
legal questions involved in the ap
pointment of three senators by
the governors of Montana, Wyoming
and Washington. The members of
_the committee on privileges and
elections have already been devoting
their attention to the study cf precedents
and the law affecting such appoint
ments, and will doubtless be ready to
make reports soon after the credentials
are taken up. It happens that the de
cision of the different questions involved
in these cases can be made without af
fecting the political complexion of the
senate, and it is the intention of both
sides of the chamber to endeavor to con
sider the cases purely on their merits
and without respect to political consid
erations, and thus establish a precedent
that will be likely to stand hereafter.
As the points involved are many and
the question itself is complex, it is ex
pected that a debate will ensue In the
senate noon the presentation of the re
port of the committee that may occupy
several weeks.
IS CHOLiKlt.t COMING?
Stoerajjo Passajje from European
Ports Is Resumed.
Wabhingtox, March 13.— The tffias
ury department is advised by the state
department that sleeragn traffic be
tween European ports and the United
States, which was discontinued on Jan.
1 last, has been resumed. United States*
Consul Gardner, at Rotterdam, in a re
port to the state department, gives a de
tailed account o ¥ the precautions taken
there to prevent the emigration of per
sons affected with contagious diseases.
In addition to (be safeguards against
the transmission of disease afforded by
the local system of examination made
immediately before embarkation, a new
hotel designed exclusively for the ac
commodation of steerage and second
class passengers on route for the United
States has been built. This hotel,
known as the "Nash,"< is owned by
tho Netherlands-American company,
and is solely under their management.
The entire control of this building, ac
cording to Dutch laws, is in the hands
of the commissioner of immigration,
although the United States consul has
free access to the building. Consul
Gardner states that within the past
three or four years tlie rate of steerage
sailing from Rotterdam to New York
has increased in the ratio of the added
restrictions upon immigration imposed
by the United States authorities. The
rate for steerage in 18 ( J1 was $20.40,
while at ttie present time it is $31.20.
The grade of persons eoing in the steer
age has also shown a percentage of im
provement more or less closely corre
sponding to the percentage of increase
of cost of passage.
United States Consul Estes, at Ham
burg, ljas submitted are part of tho pre
cautions that he lias adopted against
the introduction of infectious discuses
i into the United States by the resump
tion of immigration at his port. He
states that all vessels saline from Ham
burg for ports in the United States, be.
fore thoy can obtain their bill of health,
must be thoroughly disinfected accord
ing to the Instructions of tue United
States marine hospital service. This
disinfection is superintended by Dr. W.
L. Honiann, a Hamburg * govern
j ment surgeon who uses the Ham
I burg police department seal on his
certificate of disinfection. Further, the
crews of vessels carrying Immigrants
are medically examined by Dr. llomaun
and Dr. Nash, a deputy ot Mr. Jenkins,
the health officer in New York. These
physicians issue a joint certificate as to
this examination.. All passengers not
traveling In the aloon are medically
examined before? embarkation by Dr.
Honiann in his ccyacity as government
surgeon, and b.^ a physician of the
steamship company. This examination
is mode in the presence- of either the
consul or vice consul, and the certifi
cate to that effect is annexed to the
passenger manifest of the vessel.
Both of the i physicians issue a
certificate besides, which declares
the passengers to be in good
health and free lroin all infectious dis
eases. The bill of health, which is not
delivered to the steamship until ail of
these requirements havo been complied
with, bears across its face in red ink
the exact number of cholera cases and
deaths which have been reported to the
Hamburg senate choler* commission
during the fortnight previous to tho date
of the bill of health.
All of the above-mentioned documents
bear the authentication of the United
States. Consul Estes also states thai
all passengers coming from Russia and
Austria-Hungary are obliged to ob
serve ■ quarantine of at least six days
under police surveillance before they
are permitted to go on board ship.
EDITOII-FOS'J. MASTERS
Not to Bo Numerous in This Ad
ministration.
Wasjii.vgtox, March 12.— The Post
says: The assertion that editors are
not generally to be recoguized by the
new adminis' ration is true. Mr. Cleve
land believes- that lus predecessor suf
fered throu ;ri tlit^ charge of having
subsidized the press, and he does not
intend to run the same srauntUfe. The
decision is also to be made particularly
applicable t<\ newspaper men wlio de
sire to be b< stmasmi-s iv theU - towns.
Mr. Blssell iias had the names of some
country editors presented to him in con
nection with various postoffices, but
lias uniformly declined to give any
encouragement to the otliceseek
ers. Ho lays down the principle
that in small towns ail the ut
terances of the newspaper over
which the postmaster-editor presides
will be regarded as the views ol tiie ad
ministration, while, on the other band,
all praise of Mr. Cleveland's acts will
bo discountenanced, because it ema
nates from the recipient of an ollice.
Mr. Bissell does not mopose to
appoint any editors to postmasterships,
and the president will observe the same
rule in disposing of the higher offices.
GKOVEU IS lUJsTING.
The President Does Not Attend
Church.
Washington; March 12.— 1f Presi
dent Cleveland has selected his church
home in Washington, he gave no
evidence of that choice today. He did
not attend divine worship, but spent
the morning quietly resting from the
arduous duties of his first week in office.
Some attention was paid matters of
pressing importance, and Private Sec
retary Thurber remained in the office
the better part of the day. A little after
3 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland went
for a drive, and for more than an hour
enjoyed the beauty of the perfect day.
Vice President Stevenson, accom
panied by Mrs. Stevenson, attended
the morning service at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian church,
which is the same they at
tended during the previous Demo
cratic administration. Mr. Stevenson
has not yet selected a pew. but today
occupied that of Noble Lamer. lv the
afternoon, accompanied by Judge Law
rence, of the court of claims, and Lewis
Stevenson, his son, the vice president
took an extended stroll. This evening
he received a number of calls from, per
sonal friends. .
Collateral Descendants.
Washington, March 12.— The state
ment that the Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution had voted
to excluded collateral descendants is at
least premature. The question Is to be
submitted for discussion to all the
chapters during the present year, and
the liual vote will be taken at the next
congress, in February, li>'.)4. During
the coming year all sucli applicants will
be accepted, as they have been hereto
fore.
No Naval Politics.
WASHZZTOTOK, March 12.— Secretary
Herbert says he does not favor making
changes among the mechanics of the
navy yards because of politics, and
would "follow the practice of his prede
cessor in this respect.
A MIDNIGHT RECEIVER.
Talk of One Being Sprung for the
New York & New En
gland.
Detailed Statement of the Situa
tion by a Friend or the
Road.
Boston', March 12.— 1n view of a pub
lished statement that a midnight re
ceivership might frustrate the plan
of the McLeod interests to ob
tain control of the New York & New
England railroad at the annual meeting
Tuesday; that both sides were said to
be prepared for a receivership, and
the additional assertion that the
Reading interests had the proxies to
control the election, but not the cash to
hold the stock under the fire of a re
ceivership. A statement of the condi
tion of the New England road and the
outlook for it under Reading control is
made by parties friendly to tiiat man
agement, in substance as "follows:
"A gigantic effort is still being made
to depress New England stock in order
that the control may pass from the
hands of Reading friends,jbut the effort
will be unsuccessful. The net float
ing debt on Dec. SI, ISOs. was
only $379,354. as against $433,
--393 on Dec. 31, 1S91; the reduc
tion during the year having been
959,030. The Parson's management,
which succeeded that of Mr. Corbin in
the first quarter of 1892, was hampered
in its financial management by the pur
chase last autumn of the majority of the
stock by the McLeod interest. A re
duction in the amount of floating debt,
although small, was therefore very en
couraging. The gross floating debt in
cludes 5470,910 Interest accrued to Dec.
SI, 1892. Against the interest is held
8282,660 cash, ?t;0'2,3!)5 due from agonts
and conductors, and 1828,503 due from
companies and individuals. These
facts show that a receivership is
impossible. The money for interest
is in hand, and the notes payable of
$442,853 are not nearly due. The alli
ance with the Reading will be most ad
vantageous to the New England. In
fact, its net earnings increased $170,000
in the last quarter of 1892, and gross
earnings for January, 18:)3, increased
870,000. The purchase of the New-York
& Northern road by the New Haven
interests prevented the New England
from obtaining an all-rail entrance into
New York city on the east side of the
Hudson river, but the Sound line from
New London to New York is in opera
tion, and will so continue."
The statement gives in detail the
manner in which traffic may be handled
and the advantages gained thereby,
continuing:
"If the New Haven plans could be
fully carried out, the New England
states would have no railroad competi
tion, and the laws of several of the
states are such that no|competing mile
age could ever be built. There is no
doubt that the net earnings of the roads
embraced in the McLeod combination
will be materially increased when the
plans shall be under way. The total
capitalization on which charges have to
be paid on the 526 miles of New York &
New England is $22,075,550. The
fixed interest capitalization in the
144 miles of the Poughkeep
sie bridge system is $7,723,
--000, bringing a the : total of
070 miles up to $2!), 798,500, or only $44,
--000 per mile, A statement of the ope
rations of the New York & New Eng
land road for nine years demonstrated
that the increase in gross receipts has
been great, and that the net earnings
have kept pace with the increased
charges. The surplus earnings over
fixed charges for the past eight years
aggregate $1,061,038. or $88,938 more
than the dividends paid. New England
would seem able to earn fixed charges
in almost the poorest kluct of a year,
and the effects of the coal, freight and
passenger business over the Reading &
Poughkeepsle bridge system has yet to
be tested. Mr. McLeod's associates are
confident that his control of the New
England will be of the greatest benefit
to the shareholders of that company as
well as to the Reading company.
Small Planets Discovered.
Kiel Odservatokt, March 12.— Two
small planets were discovered by the
Nice observatory on the Bth and otu. of
the mouth, }'i>;\
SHE DID NOT LOVE HIM
A Massachusetts Girl Shot
Ihree Times by a Reject
ed Lover.
She Discouraged His Atten
tions and He Fatally
Wounded Hep.
After Doing This He Sends a
Bullet Crashing Into His
Own Brain.
Mystery About the Suicide of
a St. Louis Woman in
New York.
QuiKCY, Mass., March 12. — Unre
quited love and jealousy were the
cause of a probable murder and suicide
at Quincy today, the principals in the
shocking tragedy being Mary Victoria
Latave, a comely lass of eighteen years,
and Joseph Massey, aged about thirty
years. The girl, who is a devout church
member, had been to mass, and was re
turning home unattended. Massey, who
had been waiting for her, followed her.
A score or more of other people, who
were also returning from church, were
also behind her. When the girl had
reached a point opposite the entrance to
the old Miller estate, commonly known
as the Stile, Massey was seen to step up
near her, and, without any warning,
draw a revolver and
Fire Three Shots
in rapid succession, which were fol
lowed by a heart-rending scream from
the girl. The whole affair came so sud
denly upon the near witnesses that they
were for a moment paralyzed, and no
attention was paid to Massey, who,
after doing the shooting, did not stop to
see the result, but turned and walked
leisurely away. Realizing finally what
lie had done, the crowd which had gath
ered shouted: "Stop that man; he has
shot a girl." Several men started for
him, butfuefore he could be overtaken,
he placed the revolver, which he still
held in his hand, to his head and fired,
the ball entering just above and back of
the right ear. Without a word he fell
ov* on a bank of snow and expired in
about ten minutes. Willing hands took
the girl tenderly in their arms and car
ried her to her home, a short distance
away, where doctors made an examina
tion. They found that all the shots had
taken effect. One passed through
The Lel't Wrist,
the other two entered the middle of the
back .1 little to one side of the spinal col
umn near the eleventh rib, fracturing the
ninth rib. One of the bullets lodged in
the left lung and one in the abdomen.
Physicians do not have much hopes of
her recovery. The girl was employed
in the shoe manufactory. Massey, the
perpetrator of the crime, had, up to
within nine months, been employed at
the same factory. He paid her consid
erable attention, and upon several occa
sions called upon her at her home. He
was apparently desperately in love with
her and urged her to become his wife.
His love, however, was not recipro
cated, and the girl in every way pos
sible discouraged his attentions. Some
nine months ago Massey went to Marl
boro to work, but frequently came to
Quincy Saturday nights, remaining
until Monday morning, lie made the
threat that "if the Lafave girl did not
marry him she would not marry anyone
■else, as he would shoot her first."
which threat he put into execution to
day.
ENDED HEII LIFE.
Suicide of a St. Louis Woman in
New York.
New Yokk, March 12.— Tonight S.
D. 11. Peavson, proprietor of the Cole
man boose, at Broadway and Twenty
seventh street, found a woman in the
hotel dead. See came there early yes
terday morning, and registered as Mrs.
F. Carter, of St. Louis. When found
she had a bullet wound in her breast.
Beside her was a bottle containing
laudanum and morphine. She was
about twenty-live years old, had blue
eyes, wore a brown dress, sealskin co:U.
and muff, brown plush hat trimmed
with blue, black silk underskirt and
button shoes. She had an umbrella
With a silver handle. There is no mark
or anything that gives a clue to her
identity.
The chambermaid went to the wom
an's room this afternoon to do it up.
She could not get in, and, as the key of
the room was still in the lock on the in
side, the chambermaid's pass-key would
not open the door. A hall boy was sent
around to the lire escape, and he got
into the room from the window, to find
the woman lyine on the bed, dead. Dep
uty Coroner Conway was then sent for.
and after his arrival he found a glass
with a portion of a milk punch In it.
This stood by the side ot two bottles,
one of which proved to contain mor
phine, the other laudanum. On the
floor was a revolver. I'pou examining
the body the deputy coroner was
of the "opinion- that the woman
had been dead two hours before
lie got there. On testing the con
tents of the class, he said the milk
punch had been mixed with laudanum.
There was a bullet wound in the left
breast of the woman, which is believed
to be the direct cause of death. The
theory advanced is that after drinking
half of the milk punch, which had
previously been mixed by her with the
laudanum, the woman stood before the
looking-glass gin the room, and then,
shooting herself through the heart, fell
back on the bed.
Tho bottle found in tho room, which
contained laudanum, bore the label of
an Eighth avenue druirgist. On inquiry
he produced a record, showing that on
January i:J, 1891, some laudanum had
been sold to a Airs. Johnson, and the
signature of the buyer of this poison
bore considerable similarity to the
handwriting in which th« name "Cai
ler" appears on the register of the Cule
nian house.
St. Loris, March 11.— Nothing Is
known here of Mrs. F. Carter, whose
suicide is mentioned in a New York
dispatch, the dispatch stating that she
was registered at the hotel as from St.
Louis. The belief here is >»>t tbe
name, and perhaps tho residence, were
assumed by the suicide, who wished to
conceal her identity and residence.
By the Revolver Route.
BijmM.UA,>!, Ala., March 12.— Johu
NO. VI.
THE GLOBE BULLETIN, 1
Weather— Light snows; colder.
Three senators may not get seats.
No postoffices to be given editors.
Illinois' hot pursuit of plums.
Sensationalshootinga£fair,Massachusett|
St. Louis woman suicides in New York*
Crank Totten's queer prediction
James W. Hyatt is dead-
Fitz3immons fails to get his money.
Hall to go with Mitchell, to England-
Vail talks on Sunday closing.
The sermon of Archbishop Ireland. '
Oorbett willing to fight in Buffalo^
Assemblyman Daly may resign.
The French cabinet crisis.
A Wyoming extra session probable..
Mr. Cleveland fails to 2:0 to church. -•:>
European steerage traffic resumed. .--"■'
Much damage from high water.
Scandalous acts at Aberdeen funeral* ''
Movements of Steamships."^'
Liverpool— Arrived: Columbia, Boston. '
ll a Arrived: L&Gaseogne, New York.'
Sbw Yokk— Arrived: Berlin, Liverpool}
La Boulogne, Havre.
G. Hastings, of Port Gibson, Miss., com
mitted suicide ttiis morning at the Met
ropolitan house with a revolver. He
was the organizer for this district of the
Knights of Honor, and had been here
several days on that business. He left
nothing to indicate the cause of the,
deed. He was nearly sixty years old,
and leaves a wife and several" children*
WHISKY AND GUNPOWDER.
Awful Wort of a World's Fail
Watchman.
Chicago. March 12.— Z. S. Kyes, j»
watchman at the world's fair grounds,
tonight fatally shot his wife and Mrs.
Mary Weir, a neighbor. He 'hen turned
his revolver against himself and sent a
bullet into his breast, inflicting a wound
which may prove fatal. Keye3
came home drunk, and, iroing into
the room where Mrs. Weir was
nursing his wife, who was ill and in
bed, he threw his heavy overcoat on the
bed. Mrs. Weir objected and pulled
the coat off. Kyes threw it back again,
and when Mrs. Weir attempted to pull
it Oil he chased her from the room and
fired two siiots at her, Both taking ef
fect. Mrs. Kyes was aroused by the
shooting and came running our. of the
bedroom, and Kyes immediately shot
her in the left side. He then attempted
to commit suicide, and was taken to the
hospital. There is a small chance of
his recovery, but both women will die,
his skull cklshi:d.
A Night Watchman Killed by a
Discharged Kmploye.
Ypsii.anti, Mich., March I:2.— Jay E.
Pulver, night watchman at the Hay &
Todd Manufacturing co;npany : s mills,
was found dead this morning. ll is
body was discovered in the basement
with the skuli crushed into a shapeless
mass. Clifton Hand, an employe who
was discharged about four years ago,
was arrested this alter noon and
charged with the crime. He had been
drinking heavily. The accused man
denies all knowledge of the murder.
Spots bavine the appearance of blood
and biains were fotina on his clothing
and boots. No reason is known for the
crime.
One Killed, One Captured.
Eif.w.a, I. T., March 12. — A man
who arrived in Eaufala this eveuiug
from the Chcctaw nation, brought news
of the capture of another outlaw in that
nation. Ollicers came upon A. J. Davis
and band, wanted for robbery, and de
manded tlieir surrender. D;i\is turned
over his Winchester. The other ad
vanced toward the officer, McHenry.and
began firing. The ollicers returned the
fire, killing the man, who is unknown.
During thi.-*" Davis escaped, but was
afterward recaptured.
His Jaw Cut Off.
UetttsbubGj Pa., March 13.— The
body of a young man named Mann was
found under a pile of rocks on the South
mountain today, lie bad been mur
dered. His lower jaw was cut off, and
there were deep cuts in tbe back of the
head. Mann had been missing for three
weeks. The murdered man was a wood
cutter, and his companion, Hen*y Hoist,
who is suspected of the crime, has vis«
appeared.
Lynched by Negroes.
VICKSBCRG, Miss.. March 12.— Last
uigbt about S o'clock Lee Walton (col
ored) killed llufus llaywood (colored),
wlio waa a reliable man living near
Nitta Yuraa, Sharkey county. . Tho
murder was 8 most brutal one. Today
the coroner's jury, after an Investiga
tion, committed Walton to jail, charging
liim with murder. While the constable
was en route to the jail at Rolling Fork
a large number of infuriated negroes
took him from the officer and hanged
him.
One Week to Live.
Sing Sim;, March 12. — James L. Ham
ilton, who was sentenced to die by elec
tricity during the week beginning to*
morrow, was surprised when informed
last evening that Gov. Flower had
granted a respite of one week in his
case. The ground on which the delay
was granted is the statement of counsel
for Hamilton that new evidence had
been discovered by which they claim to
be able to prove an alibi- They will
have a hearing In Albany Thursday.
OPENED A RESERVOIR,
The Water Prom Which Did Con»
siderable Damage.
TROT, N. V., March 18.— The recent
rains have so swollen the volume of
water in the city reservoir that measures
were taken this afternoon to save tne
city from destruction. The strain of
the reservoir was so great that it
was feared it would give way and let
millions of gallons of water down on the
town. The flood gates were opened,
and an immense volume of water rushed
down the hill, doing much damage. A
bridge at Millville was hurled away by
the swollen Poestonkill. The river at
this point has overflowed the docks, and
is still rising.
Rochester, N. V., March 12.— When
the ice Hoe in the lower Genessee broke
up Saturday night the steamer City of
Rochester was torn from its moorings
at Charlotte and hurled against the
Rome, Watortown & Ojrdensbnrg
bridge and completely wrecked. Tw«
yachts and a ferry boat were carried
into the iake and lost, g
Albany, N.Y., March 12.— The water
in the Hudson is rising rapidly, and is
now over the docks. Since noon the
rise has been ovea three feet. At mid
night the ice broke and is going out.
Thus far these has beeu no great dam*
ago.