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j J. H. EKTILL, President. j
DEATH'SMADEIDE
Tornado CM Shaped
Like a Balloon.
FIRE ,D INKY BLiCKSESS.
The Snake-Like Mass Full of
Lurid Electricity.
The Death List at Louisville May Go
as High as 125, hut Will Probably
•oa A out 100— tixty-seven Corpses
Taken from the Ruins of Palls City
Hall—The Masonic Estimate More
Startling.
Louisville, Kr., March 29, 9 p. m.—The
cloud accompanying the tornado was ob
served along almost its entire courss by Dr.
Lyon, who resided at the falls. Ho says
ttio cloud approached up the gap in the
knobs through which the Ohio flows. It
was balloon-shaped, twisting au attenuated
tail toward the earth, it emitted a constant
fusillade of lightning, aud seemed to be
composed of a lurid, anak 3-like mass of
electric currents, whose light
would sometimes suddenly bo
extinguished for a few brief moments and
make an almost intolerable darkness. It
was accompanied by a fearful roar, “like
that of a thou aud trains” crossing a big
bridge at once. It could be seen to strike
Louisville and then with incredible rapidity,
rumbling awfully, tho mass leaped the
river, changing it into a white foam as it
came toward tho Indiana shore. It ap
peared to cross near the Louisville bridge,
just over the falls. Dr. Lyon is a geut.e
man of scientific attainments and a close ob
server and watched the storm with a vie w
of ascertaining certain pionts iu cyclonic
movements.
THE DEATH LIST.
It is now pretty near a certainty that the
entire loss of life from the tornado in this
city will not go much above 100, if that
number is reached. Up to this writing the
total number killed at all places whose
bodies have been recovered, and of tho mis
sing, who it is reasonably certain are dead,
is eighty-eight. In add tion to these there
are about a dozen who are so badly injured
that death may ensue. Anywhere from 15J
to 200 persons are injured to an extent
worth noticing, and probably 500 to 1,000
have very slight bruises or scratches that
do not inconvenience them.
A MOItK STARTLING ESTIMATE.
The Masonic committee has wired tho
following to Lo iider Burdick, grand
master, at Toledo, O.:
From what we can gather there are about
400 houses destroyed. Three hundred persons
are injured out still alive, of whom 23 per cent,
will probably die from their injuries. One
hundred and twenty-five are notv dead. The
citizens seem desirous of caring for their dead
*".d injured One lodge room was destroyed,
ut no lives were lost. As far as known, only
one Mason was injured, anu he not danger
ously.
At Eminence, Ky., two men and one
child were killed and several persons
injured.
In Paducah the storm was light.
STREETS STILL PICKETED.
The streets in the district worst damaged
sro still picketed, but except between
Eleventh and Twelfth on Market street, tho
street cars now run freely and ail but mere
sight-seers are allowed to pass. Hundreds
of men aro b sy in trying to save stocks of
goods and private property'.
GOOD WORK BY THE BOARD OP TRADE.
The excellent work done by the board of
trade committees in canvassing and learn
ing the Dames of the actual residents and
sufferers m the storm-stricken section ren
ders imposition for the purposes of robbery
next to impossible, and people are allowed
to go freeiy to their ruined homes with
friends and employ es and rescue what they
can. Many of those employed at work oil
tue wreckage are paid by tho board of tra ie
committee, and whenever help is deserved
it is given.
67 CORPSES AT THE HALL.
At Falls City hall about sixty men, under
tho direction of Chief of Police Taylor, are
-till at work. In all 07 bodies have been
taken out there.
THE INSURANCE.
The citizens are coming up bravely with
subscriptions, and all needs are being
promptly met for the present.
The total insurance, it is believed, will
Bot exceed 3125,00). Of this SIOU,UOt) is life
insurance. The life insurance is upon labor
ers and the middle class of peopie, and in
small companies and the Knig its of i io’nor.
About 35 I.bUU is in the Knig its of Honor,
and will i,o promptly paid by au assess
ment of 8 cents upon the members. The
remaining $50,000 siu ten cents a week
companies It will break those companies,
realizing ouly a small pars to the ho.dors of
policies.
Tew cyclone insurance amounts to only
£3.000. Of this 81,000 is held by J. T. Cal
laghan and 31,0 J; by .nattingly & On., bth
liijuor dealers. Their joint losses are 350,).
I lie plate glass insurance amounts ter
32,0i1).
BRICKLAYERS IN DEMAND.
The great demand now is for bricklayers.
' r mably 1,600 of these can bo given cui
1< ytueut, and contractors announce that
' icy will pay them ?4 5 ) a day. It was
rumored this morning that the local brlcx
*'vers would de nend f6 a day.
The riser is strewn vitti "floating debris
irtnii the storm from Tenth street to the
Wnl -r work , and hundreds of skttfi are
Plying about o nlecliug splintered wood.
J i>e ferry dock at the loot of First street
wi.o toaeei about yeolerd ly by me gaie, and
II Hilly sunk, (i,> .rgs Bitter, a clerk, was
Hie only person ail.uni, and he eaca '-4 by
swimming ashore, fits deck ca r readily bo
|auu j*l out
TH : DAMAGE AT JEFrKRROBVILLE.
Iu o tfni'winsi,i* thw damage m hooasa,
' .niiturs, etc., wul bolarg*. H redAmags
d-TWo,**! U*iy, ad ut a serious laud.
iHIIIVPtVttTIY JSVhI2
jJanv buildings standing will have to be
to-n down and rebuilt. Not less than 200
hnusei were wrecked or damaged.
Indianapolis has offered generous help,
c-d yo to; day morning at 11 o’clock bad‘a
re . and train w ith surgeons, ambulances, etc.,
I rua, y lo leave Were for this noint when a
, me: y? was S--nt bv M i vor Warden that it
. v.vs u.-ede L
1 A the board of trade meeting last even
ing steps to rai-'e reliot subscripu ns were
taken. The Secretary of War ha i ordered
tha: 400 tarpaulins be loa el to tho citizens
to prottc- their roofless houses.
TO SYSTEMATIZE THE WORK.
To-morrow a th r. ugh tiystem will be put
i:i O’ oration, by which all eases will be at
tended to. The executive committee, with
a full corps of assistants and clerks, under
tha management of W. It. T. H lph, c air
man, vi i l be at the board of trade building.
All who are found worthy will be assisted
according to t eir needs and the extent of
tue relief fund. The amount now iu the
hands of Treasurer Buckner, except what
was used for urgent ca es yesteiduy, is
852,000.
A committee from the Cincinnati Cham
, V Commerce, which caoue down on
]■ riday, returned homo to-day. Trey viewed
tho devastation, and said the damage was
much greater than they had supposed. The
executive c mmittee of tho board of trade
politely but firmly declined oilers of assist
ance. Chairman B lip i notifving tho gen
tlemen that Louisville proposed to stand up
to the rack and care for her o u n people.
TELEGRAMS POURING IN.
Mayor Jacobs has received many tele
grams from all over the country offering
help aud financial assistance. To all of
them the mayor replied on behalf of the
citizens or Louisville, tha .king them for
their kind otfers of assistance, an 1 stating
that money only could be used. Many
offers of food, clothing, medical attention,
and nurses were offered, hat tho mayor felt
that Louisville could house aud feed her
wounded aud dist esnort and bury her dead,
so all offers of this nature were kindly de
clined.
A telegram from tho Mayor of Boston to
Mayor Jacobs yesterday said: “Do you
need elp from II a ton; (Signed) Thomas
51. Hart.” To this Mayor Jac ibs replied
that money could bo used to great advan
tage.
TWO CHECKS FOR SI,OOO EACH.
Messrs. Teft, Weller & Cos., a largo New
York mere utile firm, telegraphe J, through
Messrs. J. Bacon & Sons, authorizing Mayor
Jacobs to draw on them for SI,OOO, which
was done.
Hon. George F. Tanner, president of the
Indianapolis board of trade, telegraphed to
the same effect as the above, and tho mayor
also dre v on him for SI,OOO.
The following dispatch was received from
G. W. Ferguson, proprietor of the Specta
tor, at San Francisco: "Mayor, L luisville,
Kv.: Can send you SI,OOO if you need it.”
TUe National Association of the Red Cross,
at Bedford, Ind., telegraphed offering to
send experienced nurses if needed. This
kina offer was and. dined by Mayor Jacobs.
AN AFFLICTED LODGE.
The rein lants of Jewell Lodge No. 22 of
the Knignts and Lad,os of Honor, at a small
meeting of their scattered members the day
after the disaster, appointed a relief c mi
mittee to obtain a c irreot list of tho dead,
wounded, living and mis dug,
and to aid those members who
are suffering from want. The
result of their investigation is tnat out of
WO members that were known to he present,
twenty-three hive b en discovered dead,
thirty one wounded, and five known to
have escaped unhurt, leaving forty-one or
more still missing and unaccounted for.
A STREET CAR PICKED UP.
During tho blow' on Mam street, between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, near was lifted
bodily from the track and hurled with such
force against the side of a brick wall as to
demolish the car entirely aud instantly kill
the team attached to it.
Along Market, Main and Jefferson streets
all the telegraph and telephone Doles wore
blown down and the wires .strung across tho
street like tangled braid.
By far the greatest loss of life at any oue
place was at the City Falls hall, at Twelfth
aud Market streets.
IN THE TOBACCO DISTRICT.
It seems as if the angry elements had a
special mission to wipe from the face of the
earth Louisville’s totiare > business, which
is famed over the world. Only three ware
houses are left standi ig. Fourteen were
flourishing tue day bef ore the storm. Henry
Glover, of the Louisv lie warehouse, said
this morning that business was stopped for
tho present. “We wiil only Jose our
houses,” he said, “but much of our stock,
unless the rain holds back. The
loss of the tobacco will n,t
be great if wo havo time to move it, b it the
loss by the suspension of business will be
considerable. We are now engaged in
moving hogsheads of tobacco. Of course
we cannot get a c ent of insurance. I could
not approximate our loss.”
BOUNDARIES OF THE DEVASTATION.
The boundaries of the district swept by
the hurricane, ns nearly as mav lie de
scribed by st eets, are as follow:;:’ Coming
from the south wess the wind began its do
■traction at Broadway, sweeping roofs bo
tween Eight!: and Sixteenthstive s. Thence
it went northeasterly, diagonally to Chest
nut street. On Chestnut street the damage
is bet n een Sixteenth and Fourteenth streets;
on Walnut between Fourteenth uud Twelfth
streets; on Green between Twelfth aid
Tenth streets ;-.n JVffersoa between Eleventh
and Ninth streets; on Market between
Eleventh and Eighth street*; on Main from
Eleventh street to the Louisville hotel; on
Middle square between Sixth and Seventh
streets. Between Sixth and Eleventh
streets the hurricane swept to the river and
thence leaped to Jeffersonville.
Late .yesterday afterm on the mayor
placed the devastated district under martial
rule. Sbor ly afterward the chief of police
ordered the department Under his charge t >
arrest auy suspicious character found upon
t; e scene of the disaster and every person
caught in the act of pillaging house, or rub
bing bodies. The members of tno Louis
ville Legion on guard were placid under
the chief’s charg . Last night they pacrolle 1
the streets iu the wracxed vicinity in
squads.
JOHNSTOWN LENDS A HAND.
Pittsburg, Pa., March S3.— A special
from Johnstown says: “Toe burgess of
Johns;own wired the mayor of Louisv.lle
to-day ailing what Johnstown could do ior
the people, and a committee of citizen* sent
the following to the Lviisviil- board of
trade relief committee; “We wires.>tK). wie
if wo c:m aid fu tiier. Money is being
freely subieril ed to-night.”
K INTUIKY CAL A
Soma of the Damage Done In the
Plate Outside of Louisville.
Louisville, March 33, 1 a. m.—A
Marion (Kv.) special says: “All day fresh
reports have been coming in adding to the
nd story of the liettraeUvs cyclone that
swept f rough tins County from west Pi east
at iui.lt 7 liur-day. Ihe track of t e
storm is a quarter of a mile wide, ad it
traveled thirty mil s acres., tile c.uitry,
parallel and almost in tun name track a the
storm that treamd in
r ca dead asp several. dying,
"41 this boor four dents are repurtsd,
and os mauy iftore possibly wou ded srrl
ousiy.
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, MAUCII lilt, 1890—TWELVE PAGES.
"0. Moreland and two children are dead.
Mrs. More.and is seriously injured. The.r
house was blow n down and burned.
“Berry Rich, wife and child are mortally
wounded, and their house was blown to
at ms.
“J. H. Robin son’s daughter was killed,
ai.d his h use and its ojute its were scat
tered over the country-.
“The large two-story frame house of H.
Hutc i Sullir.por was carried away, ami
himself and wife were badiy hurt. Their
child w.is found several hundred yards
away, safely lodged in the house.
FIFTY-FIVE WOUNDED.
“The wounded will reach fifty-five or
more.
“Several residences were totally de
stroyed, and a number of horses and 'cattle
were killed.
“The physician of the place was fatally
injured.
“Citizens of this place worked faithfully
all night in tho neigaborhood, returning to
day, and they report tho people in a sad
plight. In one room used as a temporary
hospital there were nine patients. The peo
ple of tliis place had a meeting in the court
house to-day and raised funds aud sent a
relief committee to provide food and ra -
ment for the destitute, wounded aud de
serted."
DAMAGE AT SULPHUR SPRINGS.
A special from Beaver Dam, Ky., says:
“News reached here from Sulphur Spri. gs
that the storm did considerable and image
there. G. Coombs' house was blowu to
pieces, killing one of his daughters. K.
Pi zhugh v. gs crippled ami is intaly to die.
Considerable damage in other parts of the
country is reported. ”
IN UNION AND WEBSTER COUNTIES.
A Morganfiel 1, Ky., special to the
Courier-Journal says: “A terrific hail
and wind storm visited Uniontown, Ky.,
and Union and Webster counties, Thursday
afternoon at 3:40 o’clock. At Sturgis hail
one inch in diameter fell, and tho wind uu
ro Ted several barns. At Sullivan the
wind was worse, destroying many
buildings and wounding ten or
twelve men and women For several
miles in Webster county, between Ciayville
and Dix m, it swept everything away. The
wife of W. B. Taylor an i a son of Henrv
Hammock, a German who is unknown, and
others were killed outright Houses aud
barns were totally destroyed. Bed funiture
and clothing have bean found all along the
road from Morganliold to Dixon. Tho
killed and wounded in Webster will number
not less than thirty. ”
At Cloverport, Ky., a storm of wind,
rain and hail passed over the city I'lfurs
day night about 9 o’clock, doing consider
able damage to property. The roof of the
Southern Methodist church was blowh off
and considerable damage was done to the
building.
The Breckinridge News building was
partly unroofed.
BLOWING DOWN A BOOM TOWN.
The Cyclone Kills Three People and
Injured Seventeen at Grand Mvera.
Louisville, Ky., March 29.—Jame3
Norfleet, a director of the Grand River3
Company, brings details of havoc played
there by the storm. Tho city is located
about eighteen miies south of Paducah and
midway between the Cumberland and Ten
nessee l ivers. It is a small ulace, tin head
quarters of acompa y organized to develop
tue iron industry. Toe principal oltice was
completely destroyed, tho hotel partially so,
and eight other houses were blown down
and completely destroyed.
THREE KILLED.
Richtrd Beck, Abe Murray and a little
boy were ki led and seventeen others were
bs riouslv injured. There was 1 1 have been
a laud sale there April 2 at which a largo
attendance was oxuected from all parts of
the country. A large party of eastern cap
italists expected to leave Boston to-morrow
to be present.
The new iron bridge just constructed
over the Cum! eriaud river by tho Newport
News and Mississippi Valley road was
wrenched from its pie sand thrown ito the
river.
The track of the storm was also through
E Idyvii e, where it struck a negro settfc
moat aud killed two persons and wounded
nineteen others.
TEASING THROUGH TENNESSEE.
Several Lives Lo3t and Groat Damage
to Property.
Memphis, Tenn., March 29. —A severe
wind storm started at 10 o’clock Thursday
morning and continued till late last night.
The maximum velocity of the wind was
forty-eigiit miles an hour. Blight damage
was done to property all aver the city,
in inly consisting of damaged roofs and
broken widows. The telegraph wires are
ge orally down, although communication is
maintained with Nashville, Little R ck and
New Orleans.
A special from Nashville reports a terrific
storm north of there. At Gallatin, Tenn.,
several houses wore demolished. Joint H.
Tibbitt, his two childro i, and a young girt
wore killed bv falling walls. Several others
were severely injured. The iron bridge
over Leshler’s creek, on the Chattanooga
road, was thrown down. All trains are
abandoned.
The town of Raigia is said to be a com
plete wreCjt, every house except one ba ::g
demolished. A child of the postmaster was
killed, auu another is seriously injured.
Seven bui'dlugs were blown down, men
and women killed, and a . umber of persons
injured at Belleville. Two mea were burned
to death in a building.
FURIOUS AT FAYETTEVILLE.
Nashville, Tenn., March 29.—The town
of Fayetteville, Lincoln county, fared badly
f urn the storm. A negro woman was
killed outright by falling wills, and a num
ber of persons were injured. Tao principal
st .res were wreoke I. Btocks of goods were
eith*r blown away or ruined by the rain
that followed. Many residences are also
demolished. The damage is fduO.OOO, uni
many of the po >rer classes, especially the
negroes, are destitute.
a tow caught by the blow.
Memphis, March 2% —The towboat Nail
City, with her tow. was caught by the
cyclone Thursday night at Gtyo*o, 133
miles above hero. The entlro tow was lost,
including ac al, one fuel uud two produce
barges. 8 x uf the craw wore lost. The
Null City was not i jured.
THE HALF NOT TOLD YET.
Louisville, March 29. —A dispatch from
Gallatin, Tea;)., says: “News of the terrible
storm of Tuesday night is slow to obtain.
It will he to-morrow before the full list of
tue dead u and injure 1 cau Le had. It is
known that every building between Bled
soe an I Eulia, in the path of the storm,
were blown away, ad hundreds of people
are Injured aul without food or shelte". It
is reported that the whole
town of Dixon Spring*, in Bndth
county, thirty-live mile* din sal, was swept
out o t existo co by the angry cyclone.
Wire cotumuuica bin is Interr ipusl. t hose
injured by the storm near Gallatin are do
ing well and nil w.li pro uoly recover.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED,
“Busine • in Gsliatln u temporarily sus
lieoded. In the pstn of the slum are to tie
found hums and csttls lying up m toe
ground in gresl in ruber* kll .-l by the fall
ing trees .m l oUier debris. Ibe Ctouaspeeke
and Nashville road suffers : reativ. In
two places about 65) feet of high
tr. stle-work was destroyed, and 2iA> or 800-
ton iron bridges were blown from their
pil ars and wrecked. A mile of track was
torn ui by iho cyclone. The loss to st ck
and o;her property ia this district is esti
mated at $2,000,000.
HOPKINSVILLS*3HEAiir HIT.
Reports of a Distressing Nature Still
Coming iu.
Louisville, Ky., March 29.—A special
from II pkirsville, Ky., says: "Reports of
a most distressing i.uture c ntlnuo to be
received from this and atljoiuiug counties
that were swept by cyclones. In some
places entire farms, houses, barns and
fences were laid waste. Thu loss in prop
erty is beyond computation. The ton n of
Caledonia was entirely destroyed. V great
deal of valuable st 'ck was killed in ever
section of this county. TANARUS, ere are alsi re
ports of a number of persons bring injured
by falling trees and boijits.”
Destruction in Indiana.
Louisville. March 29. At Enterprise.
lud., the MeTiodlst church and four dwell
ings were demolished, tut no lives were
lost.
A dwelling nt the mouth of Race creek
and two farm hou es near Spotsville, lnd.,
we a destr yed. A family moored about
five miles above the mourn of Green river
was and shed to pieces atainst a troo, and a
man named Frazier, bis wife and sister
were drow.ied.
Damage at Princeton.
Indianapolis, March 29.—A special to
the Sentinel from Princeton sav : “.Shortly
before (i o’clock Thursday nigh; a tornado
swept over the country just north and west
of this city, doiug an immense amount of
damage to farm houses, stock and timber.
A good many people were hurt.
A Fatal Wreck: at a Tree.
Louisville, March 29.—A Louisville and
Nashville train to Nashville ran into a tree
near Seabree, Ivy., Thursday night aud was
com pie ely wrecked. Prior Burns, the
engineer, one of the oldest on (he road, and
VV. W. Powell, a brakeaiau, were killed.
BESBION OF THIS SENATE).
A Vote of $6,200,000 for Galveston
Harbor.
Washington, March 29.— Mr. Dolph ad
dressed the Senate to-day on tiio resolution
offered by Mr. Voorhees as to agricultural
depress! >n. making an argument in favor
of a protective tariff.
Mr. Reagan gave notice that he would,
next month, submit tome remarks on the
two bills for tho i sue of trea-ury notes o.i
silver bullion and for free coinage of gold
and silver.
The Senate bill appropriating $3,738,000
for the improvement of tho S:. Mary’s
river, Mich., and $1,684,000 for the im
provement of Hay Lake channel, .Mich.,
wad taken from the calendar and passed.
GALVESTON HARBOR WORK.
Mr. Coke moved to take from the cal
endar and pass the Be late bill for tin. com
pletion of the work on the entrance to Gal
ves? n harbor, Texas, appropriating
?(>,300,000 iu the aggt ute, bat the ex -
penditure in any year not to exceed
$1.030,0J0, This bill provoked discussion,
in tho course of which Mr. Marnier-,on asked
Mr. Frye, c airman of the committee * n
commerce, what was to be the rule u der
which certain rivers and harbors weie
taken out of the general river and harbor
bill and provided for in special bills.
HOW THE GOVERNMENT LOSES MONEY.
Mr. Frye stated that tho committee on
comtnoree was convinced that the greeted
extravagance committed under the policy
of the river a id harbor improvements was
not in mak ng appropria ions for small
creeks and bayous, hut la failing to make
sufficient appropriations for great national
works so as to have no cessation < f opera
tions, as was now so frequently thecise.
Therefore ti e committee had reported this
and <i> ,o or two oti er bills appropriating
sufficient amounts to complete works.
Mr. Mundersoil moved to amend the bill
by inserting Sabine na s ami Aransas pass.
A RAP AT THE ARMY ENGINEERS.
Mr. Plumb, while favoring tho bill, ex
pres od his belief that the object proposed
would not be obtained at a reasonable cost,
so long ns tho work was entrusted to tinny
engineers.
Tho discussion was continued, generally
in favor of tho bill, by Senators Paddock,
Teller and Vest. Trie latter, like Mr. Plumb,
questioned tho pol.oy of entrusting the
work to army engineers.
Tho amendment us rejected and the bill
was passed.
THE URGENCY DEFICIENCY BILL.
Mr. Hale presented the conference report
on the urgoiitdeflciency bill, and stated • hat
tho only matter of contr ivers.v still left
open, and which would havo lo lie h•sub
ject <f further conference, 'ni ;i amend
ment relati g to tho location of arte dan
wells. The conference re ort was ngree l to.
On motion of Mr. Voorhees th • Senate
bill appropriating $14,075 for the purer as e
of the Canon coffee ion of Jupaness work .
of art now in the national museum was
taken up.
Mr. Berry demanded tha yeas aid navs.
Tha bill was passed, tho vote being—yeas
27, nays 15.
After a brief oxscutive session tho Senate
at 5:10 o’clock adjourned HIM in lav.
ANOTHER RIG APPROPRIATION.
Senator Gibson to-day reports 1 a bill ap
propria’ing $5,021,850 lor 111 > improve men’
of the Mississippi river from t o hood of tho
passes to the Ohio, for tho salaries and ex
penses ot the Mirsissippi riv. r c mniission,
and the improvement of the harbors at
Hickman, Ky., Greo.iv lie, N itenez and
Vicksburg, Mis--., an I N’;vv Orleans, La.,
aud f r rectiflcatl nof tiio R <1 aud Atcna
faiyi. rivers, provided that not more tha i
half of s iid sum shall be expended in any one
fi eai year. The bid was introduced as a
substitute for tho bill previously introduced
on the same subject.
Money for tho Navy.
Washington, March 29.— The House
commit.no on naval ntfai s to-day com
pete I the naval appr* priation b.ll. Ino
ill carries a total a' propria ion. f $22,151,.
523, which is about $3,400,000 less than the
uitimat ■ submitted by tho departmon.,
although the estimates did not include any
provision for a i iucroas •of tue navy. The
total appropri&tio i i5i.7.),U10 more than the
appropriation for the curre ,t year.
Foatmaafors Confirmed.
Washington, March 29.—The Senate
hue con Li.tned the nuitiiustioa of the follow
ing tet< n asters: Virginia, (4. 8. Smith, at
Marion: lomiesMe, H. M. Kukin, a Fay
etteville; B. M. Tffltnit'i, at Mu lty viffe.
hm 'J arid B.IL
Washington, March 29. —1 tis expected
that the tn ill bill wHI lie reported to the
lull wi. b and uieaiiß co audit Monday, it.
c j ehiersuon by the Uopubiii'an majority
having been linaiiy a rti i*l to-day,
4 fitters to Meet
Boston, March 29. —The encutive com
mittee of ih •> Nalioaa’ Editorial Bserin mini
will meet at Ctaciu .ali May 7.
LOUISIANA’S MG FLOOD.
TWO MORE BREAKS FLOOD AN IM
MENSE AREA.
The First One Sixteen Miles North of
Greenville—The Second One a Mile
and a Half Below Huntington—All
the Low Lands of the Yazoo Delta
Doom ad.
New Orleans. March 29.— This morn
ing's Picayune contained the following
special from Vicksburg: “News received
to-day that crevasses have occurred at
Huntington and Easlou, Miss., created cou
storn ition in this city aud settles the fate of
all but tho highest portions of too
\ iiz o delta. The crevasse at
Huntington, n nrly opposite Arkansas City
and forty miles abovo Greenville, was SJd
feet wide at last accounts, and at Easton,
four miles above, it is 109 foot wide, and
communication between this city and Mem
phis by rail is seriously threatened. Tee
creva-sc at Easton cuts the .Mississippi Val
ley railroad’s riverside division in two be
tween fc'Oott and Lament.
THE OLD BREAKS.
To-day Hie Olfutts aud Skipwith crevasses
are pouring 11 ods of water in tho Yazoo
Delta. At Skip with tho break is now
009 feet wide and 15 to 20 feet deep), and the
water i3 shooting through w ith a velocity
resembling the famous whirlpool rapids.
The town is now covered with water to a
depth of ten feet or more. Nothing is to
be soon of some of the houses,
except tho poak of their roofs,
while others have been turned over and are
being tossed about by the surging water.
The loss of stock resulting from the lnun
d ition will be large, but it is believed that
lMere will b< but little loss of human life.
Tho outlook is gloomy indeed, and people
in Louisiana uud Mississippi are removing
their stock to places of safety."
DETAILS OF THE BREAKS.
New Orleans, March 29,9 i*. m.—The
Tiinea-liemocrcit's Greenville, Miss., spocial
gives tiio detail i of the two latest breaks in
the levees. Tho first to give way was the
leveo known as Easton’s levee, which is
half a mile above Round landing in Bolivar
county mid ab >ut sixteen mi bs no th of
Greenville, iho break occurred at 3 o’clock
Friday morning. The second was a lovoe
one and a half miles below Huntington on
the Timberla o plantation, four mil s above
tho Oifutt break. This place was also con
sidered safe aud secure. T he breaks are both
very bad ones. Tue outflow of water from
those two places will inundate a large sec
tion of country before it reaches the Ynz ?o
i iver, again to join the groat river, loavlng
desolation and ruin in these parts, submerg
ing the garden spot of the Yazoo delta and
entirely su pending all railroad travel from
Leland to Rolling Ford, oil the Juouisville,
New Orleuns and Texas railroad.
BROKE ONCE BEFORE.
The eastern levoe broke at the same plnre
at which the break occurred in 188.’, but
since then it i.ad been enlarged and
strengthened until it louked like a mount
rfln < f earthwork and strong e ougli to
keep the river in bounds at its greatest
height. Tho water from this break will
first find its way into Williams’ bayou,
which has its s wires new the break. It
will follow the bayou som < fifteen mile-,
flooding n large section of country
on the east until it reaches Dee.
creek, overflowing the east and west
banks, unless the protection levt ns coniirie it
within its banks. There are places, it is
th night, that this protection levee will
I aruly be of av il, as nothing has been done
since 1882 to prepare them for the mighty
volume of water that has suddenly come
down on them. Trie flow is east of tiie
Hunting on branch of the Louisville, New
Orleans and Texas railway until Leland i
reached, crossing the riverside division of
t’uu road four miies south of tho break. At
Leland it will cr ss the main line, ad
unless it overflows tho west bank it will flow
down Deer creek to tho east of tho main
line, spreading out toward B )gu -phallu and
overflowing soma of t ie fines, plantations
in the delta ot tue famous Creek county for
about fifty miles along tho valley road.
A SEA OF WATER
The water from the Huntington break
will at once join the outpour from the
Offutt break, which bns filled up uil ilia low
places in its course, and will inundate a
very largo section of country upon its
journoy. Those waters w;il s ell its volume,
bearing to the west against Greenville ami
the p rtion <>f tne country spreading out
toward Williams bayou on the east,
and no doubt will blond with the
waters from the Fasten break, malting
a perfect son cf wnt r from bare
to boguephalia and perhaps overflowing
tiie east bank of timt stream. A junction
of the waters from those ttiruo streams
wiil inundate nearly alt the plantations in
Washington county in its entire length and
breath, until Bharkey and Isaqueoa counties
are reache I; then, connecting with the out
pour from the Slupwith break, overflowing
everything in its track until the Yazoo
river is reached.
THE DAMAGE INCALCULABLE.
The damage that this flood will do is
beyond calculation. Besides this, it is (get
ting late in the season and tne waters will
only recede with the full of the river. The
cr ,ps will all be late and in many (daces it
may not be possible to plant at all. An
atti opt to close these breaks will he of no
avail. Tfipends of some of the broken
levoes may bo secured to prevent the crev
asse i from bicaking, but tho work on the
Offutt break lias fully demonstrated tne
tact that it is next to impossible for it to be
done with such a volume < St water rushing
through ut, the present stage of the river.
Work was abandoned on tho Offutt
break, it being deemed Lest by tho engi .cer
that the laborers and money could be better
u ilizod iu protecting weak points, thereby
preventing any further breaks or damage
to the levee. There a o no reports as to
loss of live stock in tho newly floodei sec
tions, but it is generally believed that some
precau ioii3 have been taken anil the stock
removed to places of safety.
THE KAHTON BREAK.
The latest from tho Easton break states
that it is now GUO feet wide and increasing
rapidly. The water has crossed to tho west
bank of Williams bayou at Avondale, und
is two feet deep in tue store, at tha, place.
' The break at Huntington, which is oou
feet wide, is hourly growing wider aud
tureate :* to become immense.
The break at Bkipwith ii now between
C'O and 7uJ feet wi ie and is rapidly
increasing.
The river at Greenville lias fallen three
inches, came l bv breaks above.
Ibe levee between Luoa and L’oium i'i
Landing, Ark., broke at 6 'elocg 'Thursday
morning, but no paittculxrs cmld be
learned.
The people are taking the matter piiiio
sopbica.l,', a* they hav* been fii floods like
these bef ore.
another break certain.
The Picayune'll Greenville, Ml*., special
savs: “The on rator at Barms’ landing
telephone* at e o'clock to-night that a lre~
U*e idou* current ia On oi .g with the ba'-k -
wa-er fr ru the Fasten nod JiuiiUiiKtm
breaks, rising at the rate of lo inches per
nour, it tills is ti u, Ute prelection ievae iu
th* ier of Giaeutole can not lost throng v
the aight."
LABOR IN EUROPE.
The Conference at Berlin Formally
Declared Closed.
(Copyrighted 1890 f*j/ the .Yew York Associated
Frt **.)
Berlin, March 29.—The final bitting c?
the labor conference was held to-day. Min
ister von Borlepsch made u long address.
110 said he believed the and legates had
arrived at decisions which would form
the bas sand develop the idea of protecting
aul securing the material and moral wel
fare of the workingmen, a id thut they hud
found a common standpoint for the solution
of sociul questions by individual govern
ments according to exceptional cireum
s ancos. He reminded the delegate!
that the well-being of the working
men depended large y upon the g iv
ernment’s safe guarding t o existence and
prosperity of industry. In tOBeM n the
minister conveyed to the delegates the oni
peror’s warmest than ks for their wisa ami
s-arching lab r>, and Ills desires that. Ond’a
blessing would brio so that their works
might bear fruit 100,000 fold. The address
was greeted with loud npiiluuse.
HIH OOIIST UK PM 118.
Sir John Horst thanked the emperor (or
for summoning the conference, tho issue of
which had been extraordinarily gratifying.
He hom'd this would not be their last meet
ing. When millions of children were
rescued from misory and millions of women
w ere ro itored to dornestio life they would
remember with thankfulness that this great
good was initiated by tho emperor.
After other delegates had thanked Baron
you Berlepscb, the conference was for
mally closed.
SOME OF THE DECISIONS.
Tho decisions of the conference, which
will soon bo published, in addition to those
already announced by cable, recommend
optional establishment of courts of arbitra
tion consisting of representatives of em
ployers ami employed to settle la or dis
putes and gonerai observance of Bunday ns a
holi lay in all trades. But where continuous
work is unavoidable it is recommended that
each employe have at least every alternate
Wutidav freo. Various delegates mode
minor reservations, for instance the French
delegates did not insist Hint t ie day of rs,l
should he Sunday, but none of those i eier
vations street to any considerable extent
the decisions of the conference.
FRANGX’B PROMINENCE.
Mr. Delatiaye on Lelmlf of tho French
socialists handed in a statement of his own
vices on tho labnr question, requesting that
it might be added to the pr iloc its. Bi-hop
Kocpstrongly supported the lequest, w hich
w r.s agreed t->.
Emperor William received Jules Hirnon
to-duy. Throughout the conf-ro.ice the
emperor treated the French plenipotentiary
with marked and stinc ion, this being n great
feature of Hie meeting.
The workingmen hero and in other towns
nre organising a great Bocinlist tie rmnst.ra
tion for May 1. It is reported that they
will be prohibited by tho Central Executive
Committee.
American Riflomon In Germany.
(Contirtght, 18S0, by New York Associated Press.)
Berlin, March 29.—The municipal au
thorities are organizing a grand formal re
ception to tho American rillsmen, with un
evomug garden fete and "commors” to dose
the meeting. A trip will bo taken on the
Hhine to Rncdosheim and Bingen, whore a
two days' rifle meeting will be held.
Liquor Drinking in Africa.
Brussels, March 89.— The committee
of tho anti-s uvery 1 conference to whio i tho
1 qu r quistloii was i efotvod, has decided in
favor of prohibiting the sale of ale diol in
African territories whore little liquor is
now drunk, and of placing a heavy duty on
alcohol imported into oti.er regions, oue of
which is defined.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The Houbo Passes a Few Moaeuroa
During a .rhort Session.
Washington, March 29.—1n the Houro
this morning, on motion of Mr. Baker of
Now York, tho Konuto bill was passoil sus
pending; for one year the provision!! of the
act requiring steamers to be provided with
li .©-carrying piojectilai
On motion of Air. Bankhead of Alabama,
tho bill was passed for tho erection of a
public building at Tuscaloosa, Ala., at a
limit of cost of 419,000.
Bills were passed providing for public
buildings at Allegheny City, limiting the
cost at $250,009; and Wihni igton, DM., in*
c i ismg the limit of coijst from 8130,0t10 to
$359,000.
The Senate bill was posted extending to
Turnpa, Fla., tho provisions of the act rela
tive t' the immediate transportation of uu
appraiseii merchandise,
A RIGHT OF WAV BILL.
Two hours were consumed in an uninter
esting discussion over the bill granting a
right of vay through Indian Territ ry to
tho ITttsburg, Columbus and Fort Smith
Uaiirood Company, but no final action was
taken.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the army appropriation bill. The
only discusion was upon the provision mak
ing'ari appropriation of SIOO,OOO for ca -
toons at army posts. H.veral mcintiers
objected to tbD feature of the bill, and Air.
Morse, of Mursachusott-, offered an amend
ment providing that no alcoholic liquors
sliall bes ild to enlisted men in any canteen.
Tuts amendment was adopted by a vote
of 62 to 45, many democrats who
a e opposed to the proposition voting for it
in order that there may be a yea and nay
vote in the House. Fending further action
(he committee rose. On motion of Mr.
lilancnard of Louisiana a joint resolution
was passe i authorizing the president of the
Mississippi river commission to purcbasi or
hire such boats as may be required to rescue
Sirsons iu tho overflowed portions of the
ississiprd val ey.
The House tlieu adj mrned.
RAILROADING A BILL.
The Measure in Reference to Life
Lines Made a Law.
Washington, March 29.— President Har
rison to-day signed the bill which suspend*
for a year the operations of the law roq Br
ing steamboats to carry life lines and gun.
for pr jectiug them. This bill was reported
by Mr. Frye from the (Senate committed on
commerce Thursday and passed ut once.
It was sent to the House, arriving there
when that body was sitting iu
committee of toe whole, in or
der to receive tho bill the committee
hob, the Hoir-e was colled t order,
toe nii‘o*ag hard, the bi/i reieried, he
H uso again went Into c ■nimittee of the
wb i*'. Ilia bdl was ,sported y* .u-iday
and pa>> ■ i to-diy iu Ih iioii ••• .iu.ialor
Frye j*rsoiiuily followed it to Uie eunnhug
cterg, and tunics to the speoeer of tbe
Ho in and the pr.s.d -ut of too iat • for
t lj. tr sigua'tsr>, and uarriad It to toe White
ji /us -, wh 'U Brest lent Hurneou gave U uis
formal approval, thus ma. lug it a law.
Ihe leosiou for this ha te was that a mi ti
ter of steam-ns ware in port ready to aati
•ui waiting only to Fern whether or m
they about i hec lu.whod to porch**# Use
appliance* ne-uiej ut the original act.
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J S 'ENTS A COPY. V
I WEi CLY.I.2SAYRAR. I
BISMARCK QUITS BERLIN.
AN OVATION GIVEN HIM BY THUS
POPULACE.
Minister Phelps Among Those in Pub
lie Life Gathered at tne Station—Th*
Chancellor's Notlco —Abls Friend
ship ler the American Official—The
Resignation Still Shrouded la Mys
tery.
(CcpvrivMmt, ISCO, by the New York Associated
Press,)
Berlin, March 89. —Prince Bismarck left
Berlin for Preidriclisruhe, his ciu dry seat,
to-day. Yesterday ho visited the imperial
mausoleum at Charlottennurg.in which the
remains of Emperor William aro inteired,
aid placed a wreath upon the coffin
of hi* old master. Prior to his de
parture from Berlin to-day he
paid a farewell visit to the royal princes.
Lalo in tho day thousands of persons gath
ered in Wilhelm strai-o and along the route
to the railway station t> wttU'>< the final
scene in the Bismarck drama. Wearing the
uniform of a culra-sier. Prince Bismarck
left the p ilaco of the chancellor at 5 o’clock
in ti e afternoon, aid entered un open car
riage th it stood in watting. As so mas ho
appeared he was g eetei with stormy en
thusiasm. The windows of tho houses in
the vicinity were crowded with spectators.
A SEA OF WAVINO HANDKERCHIEFS.
The entire route w nan sea of waving hand
kerchiefs. The crowd was so dense that the
ex-obaiioellor’s horses weie compelled to
walk the entire di ta ice from tlio pataco to
the station. There was a continuous roar
of catering. Following tho prinCe’, carriage
Cime another occupel by Princess BiS
marck mid the other members of the family.
A third carriage was iiilod with members of
the American legation. A number of other
carriages, lilted witii friendi and admirers
of tho priuce, olosud tho procession.
AT THE STATION.
When the party arrived at tho station a
squadron of cuirassiers, witii a band,
formed a guard of honor. All the ministers,
diplomatic corps aid court and state
officials were waiting to bid farewell to tho
j rince, and there was a great mass of peo
ple outside the station. Mountains of
banquets for tbo prince and princess were
piled in the waiting rooms, which were
gaily decorated in honor of the occasion.
Prince Bhnimck, in a hearty Voice, bid all
farewell, Air. Puelps, the American min
ister, nnd Chanced r von Caprlvi being
among tho Inst ta shako hands with him.
Many tears were shed, and it was altogether
an affecting scene.
START OF THE TRAIN.
At 5:10 o'clock thotiaiu siarted amid
renewed ■ hearing, singing, and tho strains
of tho band. In cunnectio i with the regard
evinced by Prince Bismarck fir Mr.
Phelps, it was worthy of note that on
Thursday last he denied himself to all oth
ers and received Minister Phelps at a pri
vate audience. They spout a large pa> tof
the afternoon in discussion, tno object of
which hi-'excited curiodty hare, {tu nor
suV ' that tlio prince made a c ireful state
meat of recent events with a v.ow to the
future.
STILL A MYSTERY.
Tiie real history of the chancol'orship
or sis i- still wrapped in mystery, which
tho emperor shows no intention to unveil.
The intervention of tho U and Duke of
Baden, and otbor influential personages,
has to a large extent stopped newspaper po
lemics O'l tlio subject.
The North Gennltn Gazette, Prince Bis
marck’s organ, announo-s in behalf of the
prino" that the ad !r ■ ses and assurances of
sympathy received by him liavo b*en so
numerous that without official assistance,
nml in tho tiouble and co fusion incident
to his departure, i i-i i npov ible to reply to
thorn singly. He requests the senders col
lectively to accept his t muks.
THE NEW FOREION SECRETARY.
The appointment of Bar n Marsohall
Biebot stein as foreign secretary of state
lias not yet been gazetted, bur the appoiut
msnt, is regarded as definite. He was bom
in 18)2. ilo is a hard worker. The baron
was formerly public prosecutor, and has
never been in tho military service, though
lie has had a long caieer in
the Hoicbstag. He is a good
debater, and bos represented
Baden in tho Buiidesratli since 1883. He is
an alTabie man and a popu.ar favorite at
court. He liasastrong lende cy toward
statosoci. lieu. Thu Cologne Gazette says
tbit ho is intimately acquainted with
Prince Biunarck nud his policy. His ap
pointment, the paper says, is a guarantee
of continued po-c-. He will make no
chaugo in lhe diplomatic service.
COUNT BISMARCK’S RETIREMENT.
It is stated that the oniperor accepted
Count Herbert Bis narck's resignation with
the greatest reluctance, ecausa Prince Bis
marck trained nobody but his son
thoroughly in his policy and ideas. This
reason, in many quarters, is held to justify
tho enrnoror’s action as an anticipation of
the fast approaching inevitable retirement
or death of Prince Bismarck i. id the neces
sary release of the min stars from the Bis
marckian bondage and jealousy of Count
Horbort.
Agra id torchlight procession in honor
of Prince Bismarck is bei g arranged to
take place in Hamburg Mo .day night.
An Ocean Steamer Disabled.
London, March 29. —The l iman line
steamer City of Pa "is, wine i sailed from
Now York March 17, was spoken twenty
five miles west of Bro >khaveil this m irning.
He* machinery is disabled and she is being
towed by nisii er stsauier. The Ctv of
Paris signaled that all on b ard were weli.
A German Spy Caught.
Paris, March 29.—A German spv has
been arrested ut lipinal, tbo capita! of tha
deparune.t of tbo Vosges. Doc mints
were found on bis person show! ig that
there exists an organised system o’ espi m
ageof French forts and camps along tbo
Franco-German frontier.
Fpanl h fcloctoral Reforms.
Madrid, -March 29. —ln the Chamber of
Dsoutic* yesterday, after F. -inner Magtvta
bi t promi-o Ia bill for immediate electoral
reforms in Cuba and Form Ric >, universal
suil'erago w,t.adopted without dividm.
Liverpool’s coring Meeting.
Liverpool, Marco 29.—The rao for the
Livvrp /ot sp in it e pof 8X) aovereigna, at
the L ver, noi spring mee lug toils/, viji
wuu by Abiugj uV* 3-jear-oii bay liorse,
Father Confession.
A It i et ch Gunboat Rank.
Fakis, Match 29.—A Frauch gun Vat
t sunk at H icktorte thu morning by a
oollulioo with a nisn-ot- wi ,
A liig ctrika la t petal
Ms Lain, fi&ci 29. F.rty tboneand
operative. in ih* factories iu CeUw*4f
have g/ua on a *,r:k.
Dock i.aborwia stwauming Work.
VonUfJt, March 29. - Many of t a *tHk
Mt disk laborer* at IMrerpaM havers
Utrikvi Ut work.
