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              * I . Jsiifc C£aDetf €»"»• w MC lM&O I H^kijr PITTSTON, PA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15,186b. )TWO CKNT8 (Ten Cants Par Weak THE IMAGING FLOODS. •c:? mh&— rery hoary. Hi* entire fleet of forty barges Is reported to be tank or carried off. OLD WORLD GOSSIP. COLLAPSE OF A TENEMENT. THAT TELEPHONE SUIT. GREEDY ROBBER8. B*an*1ng th* Injared—A. Sleeping Brtrt Preparing to Oo lata tlie (istklaf CURRENT8 THROUGH THE STREETS RUN TEN MILE& AN HOUR. A Great Washout at Bnlltna WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS FIND TO TALK ABOUT ACROSS THE WATER. Philadelphia, Feh. 15 —The three-story brick dwelling. 1.2J5 Lawrence street, colla peed without warning, burying the occupants in a maas of brick, mortar, timbers and broken furniture. From out the ruins came cries and groans of those who were imprisoned beneath. As soon as the cloud of dust had cleared away, hundreds of willing hands lent their aid toward the rescue, and soon had ail the injured in a place of safety. The front portion of the dwelling was occupieJ by William Hungerbuler, his wife, six children and a hoarder, and the rear by John Spiegelhalder and his daughter Margaret. At the time of the crash Mr. Hungerbuler and two children were away, but all the rest were inside, aud were carried to the cellar with the ruins. Mrs. Hungerbuler was found wedged lightly against the stove, and was severely but not dangerously burned. The daughter, Annie, aged 11, was caught under a falling joist, and was badly injured about the head and back. Baby William was asleep at the time, but escaped un injured, by the headboard of a bed falling over, covering the cradle in which he slept. Mary Spiegelholder, and a youug man named Dorman, were both caught by falling brick, and the girl was severely injured about the head, but Dorman escaped with a contuse! hip. The house has been considered unsafe for some time, the foundation appeared to b* gradually sinking, and it is presumed that the sudden collupDe was caused by the frost coming out ana the ground being rendered soft by the recent rains. The house immediately adjoining on the north was badly damaged, and is in a dangerous condi ion. The occupants have removed to a place of safety. Marvelous Kscupe. ANOTHER PHASE OF THE GARLAND PAN ELECTRIC MATTER. Trade. BraINTbu, Mass., Tab. 15.—Th* Manaitoquot valley Is suffering from the greatest washout in its history. The Mannitoquot paper mill dam went down, sweeping away the railway embankment below, which waa fifty feet high, and washing away hundreds of feet of the Old Colony railroad. The water rushed down the valley a distance of five miles, sweeping everything before it, including ueven briiges and three other dams, those at Steven i & Willis' tack factory, the JenkJ is Manufacturing company and B. L. Harrison & Son's woolen mill The latter was flooded. Buildings were washed away, orchards destroyed and fences ruined- The damage is inestimable. Thousands of people v.sited the scene. The loss of the four dams and seven bridges alone is t5J, 030. Tile low lands are now one vast lake. Niwik, N. J., Feb. IS.—Woo faiu s clothing store, In Hroad street, wai rol bed C f 13,000 north of clothing on P» . 8. On last Wednesday night the s able of Joseph Kings- Ian.I, of Franklin was robbe1 of a team of hordes and a carriage. The hor-e- n 1'i C a - rlage. the latter broken and dirty, weld louud In Newai It tho next morning O i the night the team was stolen tha clothing : 'ore it D. Marks & Co., in Passaic, wad robbed of (3,000 worth of clothing. Tho |Dolice at Dnce concluded that the men who sto'e the team comm tted the burglary. On Sftftiriay night Chief of Police Tuite, of New irk, Detectives Stainsoy and Rever and Pi. u A Boston Suburb Under Water—Th* Melting Snow and Falling Kafn Mingle lis th* Brooks and Go Op a General The Hloters te Meet No Merer In tlie Courts Gladstone Gaining Ground. Parnell's Ascendancy Threatened—Th* No New facts Developed—Garland ex- plained the Matter to the President and Cabinet —The Times-Democrat Tear—Damage la Various Places. Polish Ball—Bismarck and the Poles. London, Feb. 15.—The Anarchists, ha vine fought their battle in the street last weelf, will fight it in court, during the coming week. The disclaimers that have been entered from all sides by the authorised representatives of the genuine laboring olasses have, however, deprived the leaders of the disturbances of th i only ground upon which they could have claimed any leniency, aud they will doubtless be summarily dedit with. It is expeutod that an attempt will bo made to martyrize the persons indicted, and the. noted Anarchists of the metropolis are arranging to bo present in force, but the wantonness of the outbreaks is so generally recognised that the magistrate will not be disposed to tolerate any harangues or other nonsense, and the cases will ba quickly and ignominously disposed of. Speak»— A Letter On the Subject. Ioston, Feb. 15.—The arja at Roxbury flooded by the overflow of* Stony brook is rons.antly increasing. The water has risen over a foot, and through some streets the current nukes at the rate of ten miles an hour. Two square miles of the city are now under water from two to eight feet. The hectiou covered is nesrlv oblong in shape, and is bounded by Norfolk House hill on the southwest, Northampton street on the ncrtheas:, Shawmut avenui on the southeast, and the Boston and Providence railroad on the northwest, the two latter constituting the sides of the oblong. The source of the flood is the bursting of the oonflnes of Stony brook, near Norfolk hilL From that point the flood has steadily progressed toward the center of the city proper. It haa passed Arnold street, the old Roxbnry boundary, and has just reached Northampton street The cellar", and in some instances the flist floors, in 946 houses are flooded. In many low sections houses are almost entirely submerged. Over 1,503 families are more or l*as affected and a conservative estimate of the loss so far to buildings and stock is •500,00a The territory drained by 8 ony Brook comprises many square miles in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury, and the snow and surface water on this section must all be added to the flood. At one pith", rear Franklin Park there is a lot of flft • acr; s covered with water three feet deep, all of which must flow off through Bton brook. The mayor, police commktaioners and other city officials are in constant eciivity, establishing depots of supplies and arranging for the relief of the homeless and distressed. large share of the inhabitants of th* flooded district are still living :n the upper stories of their houses, waiting for the flood to abate. They can only be reached by boats or raf:s. Many sat row escapes from drowning have occui red. Probably 100,000 peonle have visited the flooded quarters, and the streets in that Vicinity have been black with humanity and well nigh impassable. New York, Feb. 15.—A Washington special to The Star says: Since the publication of the clear and candid letter of Mr. George Tlcknor Curtis, Hie'-" i:a» been a complete subsidence of th. : ue gossip which had been going ths rounds as th* mit'. i of the newstiaper clatter, ADuDrney General Garland, it is still persisted by a New York journal, which has been active in the disgraceful assault upon the attorney general, that the snbject has recently been discussed in the cabinet There is tbe best au horlty, however, for a denial of this statement. The matter has not been menionel in the cabinet, except in a jocular and informal way, since October last, when the subject was broached by Mr. Garland himself, and explained under the most satisfactory circumstance* The Curtis letter gives all the essential facts In the case, as regards both the attorney general and tbe president. It is authoritative, and was inleaded to set at rest the numerous incorrect versions of the matter which were current. Had the president and the remaining members of the cabinet thought that Mr. Garland's connection with tbe Pan Electric Telephone company was dishonest to himself and his associates in the government, action would have been taken long ago looking to his retirement from the cabinet. Justice Roder made a descent upon a hous on the old Elizabcthtown road, near Wav erly, and captured sixiy bundles of coats. The house was occupied by Mrs. Carrie Henning and Mrs. Jennie Mack. They said their husband* were in the sonth on business. Two young men, they explains.!. h ul cal ed at the house and represen ed that they were clothing merchants who had been bunted out, and wanted to store some goods in the house until they could be sent to New York. They described the m°n ThC two women were arrested and the clothiug carried to Newark, where a part of It was identified by Wool fson and a part by Mnrki. Tho police Immediately arrested John Lang, alias "the Joker," and William Paulin of Newark. Michael Fl zsimmons, a carman, and Oscar Joroi, colore!, his employe, were arrested as witnes-es. Pautin li tho sin of a New York city official. Heavy Losi In Maryland. Port Deposit, Md., Feb. 15.—Many of the people of this town are in a terrible condition on account of the ravages of the flood, which is the worst ever known in this section, the water biing two fee: higher than the flood of 1875. The flood carried houses, outLui dings and sheds with it, and the water ran in rushing streams through the lower part of the town. The water has receded, but the ice is piled high in th D streets. The damage in Port Deposit is about $50,- 000. Property at Havre de Grace suffered greatly. The houses of the United States II sh commissioner were swept away. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company loses (20,000 by having the fal-o work on the new bridge at Garret island washed away. Parliament will open with Mr. Gladstone in a stronger position than at the last adjournment. The O' Shea affair shows Mr. Parnell's absolute ascendancy in his party to be threatened, and Moriey's re-election by an increased majority indicates popular confidence in the premier's course thus far. It is, therefore, quite generally conceded that Gladstone is in a position now to grant lee9 to Parnell, in the shape of home rule legislation, and more to Ireland at large, in the shape of land reforms, than he was sa:e in doing before; and both these possibilities were noco-sary to give him the independence that would place his ministry upon a lasting basis. Ice Scenery and Loss on the Ware. TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL. Ware Mass., Feb. 15.—The scenery along the Wure river is picturesque. Thousands o acres are completely inundated. The ice h .s commenced to break up and is drifting with the stream. The ruins of bridges and fences may be seen amid the ice. In the rural districts some of the small farm houses are entirely surrounded by water. Many graves in the French Catholic cemetery were washed out by the flood. Traffic between Ware and all towns in the direction of Hard wick is entirely suspended. The damage in Hardwick is very heavy. Governor Hilt, of New York, to (io to Utica Tuesday. TELEPHONE GOSSIP. The circumstance should not be overlooked that In all the newspaper attacks which have ipcently been made upon the attorney general no new (act has been added to the case sought to be established. The president and the cabinet knew months ago, from his own lips, all there was to be known about it The president is now fully convinced that Mr. Garland had no foreknowledge of the ac'ion taken by Solicitor General G«od* to teit the validity of the Bell patent. The subsequent action of (Secretary Lamar fully justifies the act of the solicitor general anil the litigation is now proceeding in order. Tha president, having taken such precautions as would prevent the possibility of censure resting against his administration, in now well satisfied with the situation of the matter. The litigation to test the Bell patent now being bevond defeat, there ia no more further motive—except that of personal ma evolence toward the attorney general—for a continuance of the newspaper agitation. ' Albany, Feb. 15.—Governor Hill will attend the funeral of'Horatio .Seymour at Uilea on Tuesday. Many of the state officer* will also be present, and it is expected thst Governor Hill will deliver a short memorial addreis at. the conclusion of the fuuoral services. Governor Hill received the following dispatch from John P. Ssymour, two'her of the deceased governor: A Friend haa a Wife and She haa s One of the most picturesque events of the week has been tho Polish ball at Vienna. Europe, recovering from momentary alarm at the riots in London, which seemed the first mutterings of a coming socialistic storm. turned with relief to witness this spectacle of extraordinary brilliance, and to speculate upon its hidden significance. Why doe* the crown princess of Austro-Hungary we «r the colors of Poland, and lead the dancing with Count Ternoffsky, while Bismarck denounces the Poles to mankind as enemies of the state, and drives them from their homes? The answer to such a question may yet bo written in history. Already there is a strong sentiment in favor of the emigration to Austrian Poland of the people to be expelled from Posen. Deputies in the Austrian parliament are preparing bills to facilitate the acquirement of land and citizenship by such incomers, and the movement seems to be assuming a national character among the Poles themselves. A significant fact is being dwelt upon, in the treatment of the Poles by Austria as compared with Prussia's policy toward the race. At the time of the partition of Poland the portions of territory acquired by Prussia and Austria were equally populous, containing 1.0J0,- 000 inhabitants each. To-day the popular tlou of Austrian Poland exceeds 6,000.000, while that of Prussian Poland has less than doubled in the ninety years that have elapsed, though it is a larger and more fertile district than the other. A prominent Polish merchant of Vienna points out in a contribution to The Neue Freie Presse that Aus tria, with her large Slav population, is more natura;ly the re.ugo of his exiled oompatriot! than any other country, and that they would be a source of strength to the conglomerate empire which has shown Buch aptitude for dealing with its variud populations. Great interest is manifested as to bow far can pursue her present course without getting into trouble with Germany. It is coajeotured by many that the real secret of her attitude in this matter is the belief on the part of the emperor Francis Joseph and his advisers that the mass of the German people disfavor the expulsion of the Poles, and would not rapport Bismarck in any quarrel with a nei-jhboring nation on account of it. Tna opportunity is therefore embraced of safely adding to Austria's prestige among the non-Russian Slavs by showing favor to the oppressed of their race. This is especially desirable in view of Austria's desire to cement and extend her power in the Slav countries of the Balkans and toward Salonica. It is also understood that the religious question enters into the affair. The pope is known to have been seriously offended by Bismarck's attitude toward the Poles, who are nearly all Catholics, There is a rumor, indeed, that the pope's postponement of the consistory which was to have been held next month to ratify the ne w understand*jg between Bismarck and the Vatican for a practical termination of the Cuiturkampf, is due to a coolness engendered by the chancellor's action in this respect However this may be, Austria, by t .king up the cause of a people who have teen- special object* of papal solicitation, has at least done nothing to impair her reputation as the staunchest of CUtboiic nations. In fact, the variety and extent of the interests involved in the Prusao-Polish question are constantly becoming more noticeable, and they may be portentous ol international complications which Birmarck could no. have considered possible when he declared that the Polish expulsion was a matter simply of domestic policy. Friend. Washington, Feb. 15.—The Sunday Herald quotes a prominent member of ihe Arkansas delegation as having said that: "One of the president's oldest and most influential friends was brought here a week ago for tha purpose of worniug upon the president to effect Garland's retirement. Ho had two conversations with the president in which he intimated that though nobody reai.y belijved that the attorney general had any personal interest in the telephone suits, eta, yet it might be better if the administration was relieved from even the very appearance of evil, by the retirement of tha chief law officer. The president heard tha speaker to the end, and then duly Intimated tliat when he desired advice upon matters touching his own business he would aDk for it This ended the interview."Your telegram received. We thank you for the kind terms in which you sDeak of my deceased brother and for your sympathy In our bereavement. Tip funeral services will be at Trinity church at 2 p. m. next Tuesday. The family will be gratifljd by your Advise me whether you will come unattended and at what hour." The Worst Is Over. Woonbocket, R. I., Feb. 15.—It is estimated th'it the damage here to mill stock, machinery', wa erworks and streets will amount to $70,000. The damage on the Providence and Worcester is large, the road bed having been washed away in several places. Gangs of men are at work along the track The greatest damage is at Lonsdale. The water in the Blackstone river has (alien two feet since morning. THE HUDSON OVERFLOWS. At the conc union of the funeral services a public meeting will be held at the opera house, where brief addresses will be delivered by ex-Senator Kiernan, Hon. £ lis H. Roberts, Hon. William J. Bacon, A M. Beardsley, Hon. A T. Goodwin and others. Ex-Senator is at Utica. The remains will lie in state at Mr. Conkling's bouse from 10 to 13 a. m. Tuesday. Dispatches of coudolenuo are still coming from all over the United S ates. HorsM Drowned and Other Damage Done at Troy. Trot, Feb. Ik— Much damage is apparent from the flood in the Hudson at this point As jret it would be impossible to form any Accurate estimate of the losses. They will ran up into the .thousand*. In spite of the Wild M eather and rain of the past few day* it was expected that the ice, if it moved, would eo out with nothing more than an ordinary freshet, Lut the water is above the high water mark of 1876. The lower part of the city is inundated. Several horses have been drowned In their stables and the water i* four or five feet deep where it was not expected at al1. The flood is subsiding now, however, and it i. believed that the worjt •« past.  WORK IN CONGRESS. "Is this really true, and how did it get out?' the writer inquired. GARLAND AND BENTHUVSEN. An Outline of the Matters to Be Con- "The intimate friend has a wife, and she has jriends who are very much interested in the telephone matter. He told his wife and she communicated the result of her talk to hfer anxious acquaintances," was the reply. ' The Latter Referred to the Interior Department By the Former. New Orleans, Fab. 15.—The Times- Democrai says editorially. In relation to the telephone suit: Washington, Feb. 15 —Matters of greater importance than those heretofore considered will occupy the attention of congress henceforward. Up Jo the present time personal measures and bills of small scope have mostly been considered, but from thu time on the greater subjects are to b» the attraction. Mr. Blair's educational bill will occupy several more days in the senate, and will come up as unfinished business immediately after the morning hour. sldered This Week. FOR WIFE MURDER. A. Discovery After Burial that Looks Bad A GAME OF FREEZE OUT, Special stress has been laid upon the fact that the case was Anally brought under the instructions of the solicitor general, Mr. Goode, In Mr. Garland's absence and without his knowledge. Instead of being referred first to the department of the Interior, where, it was said, it properly belonged, the Bell people were certain that this failure to refer meant something, and argued that Mr. Garland and the department of justice feared to submit th matter to the interior department for investigation. On this point tha following letter, never published before, from Mr. Garland to Mr. Van Benthuysen, on his first request that the suit be brought, is a sufficient reply. It will be seen that the suggestion generally credited to Mr. Cleveland, that tha cause ought to be referred first to the interior department belongs rightly to Mr. Garland. Long before the president heard of the case, and when the matter was first referred to Mr. Garland, that gentleman wrote: Department of Justice, I Washington. July 14, 1885 j To Mr. W. Van BenChuysen, New Yorli Syracuse, Feb 15.—On the morning of Jan. 31 Mrs. Angeline Converse, wile of David E. Converso, a prosperous farmer near Roee, Wayne county, was fouid de id in bed. She was buried without an inquest, but so sure were the neighbors of foul pluy that the body was taken up on Friday and an inquest held. Drs. Cook ani BraJshaw. who conducted the post-mortem, found the body covered with bruises, live loner ribs were fractured and the end of one rib had perforated the right lung. Conver-e testified that he bad no quarrel with his wife on the nizht of her death, buc that h.D awoke from a drunken sleep at 4 ol m. and found her dead in a chair. Maynard Terpenny ■aid that while passing the Converse house about midnight he heard a woman scream and say, "Pa, don't, kill me." Others testified to hearing' a quarrel after midnignt Converse was immediately put under arrest. " (or Converse. Corporations Forming Pools to Maintain Philadelphia, Feb. 15 —The anthracite coal combination for 1886 will be formed this month. There is now no doub. tli it all the anthracite companies wid be members of it, including the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, which has hitherto been the most obdurate of all when approached on the suuject The terrible slaughter of cool prices at NewD York, however, has had the effect of making a comoination more desirable than ever. the Price of Coal. ALBANY IN DANGER. Mr. Morgan, wbo bad the floor at tho time of adjournment on Than day afternoon, will continue bis remarks. Quite a number of senators have expressed their determination to speak on this subject, so that little else can be done during the week. Th* Damage, Already Great, Liable to Be Augmented. Albany, Feb. 15.—The breaking up of The ice in the Mohawk and above Troy in thj Hudson baa dammed the water here to a great extant, and Out portion of the city leiow Broadway if entirely submerges, while some str»-C» above Broadway are a.so inundated. The rise began about 6 o'clock Saturday evening, but was not thought serious. Between 10 and IS o'clock Saturday night, however, the river rose rapidly, and those doing in the big commission *4oreD along the river front hurried to the inpoV Gangs of men were employed to remove the goods. By noon Sunday water had reached Broadway. The Delaware and Hudson Canal company's tracks at the station were aix feet under water. Temporary bridges -were built The West Shore tracks leading to the city are out of sight Travel is greatly Impeded. The National Express buildi.ig is flooded up to the street floor and go|)ds have been moved to the second floor. l"art of the freight house of tee People's Linn Steamboat company was carried away by ice. 'ihe judge's Stand at island park ■was swept away. Heavy loss will result from goods being damaged in cellars, etc. Everyone is on the alert for the breaking of the gorge at Troy. If this should happen the flood at this point will assume violent proportion*  If opportunity is afforded, Mr. Edmunds will bring before the senate his report from the commit.ee on judiciary, on the reply of the attorney general to the senate resolution calling tor papers on file affecting the character of the United States attorney for the southern district of Alabama, who was removed. This will be discussed in open session, according to the agreement reached in executive session when the resolution was referred to the committee. There are a number of matters on the calendar which their authors are urging for consideration. The soft coal interests expected at their adjournment to have their pool formed by the first of next weak. Among other things agreed upon was an understanding ihut lue same rates, of freight as those observed last year should be maintained. But now the shippers over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad declare that 11 this is the casa they are bottled up, as the shippers over the Pennsylvania Ruilroad company, have made contracts ahead and have an understanding of this character with that corporat.on which will give tnem a decided advantage over the producers ol the Cumberland region. A NEW YORK SENATOR DEAD. Among these are Mr. Hoar's bankruptcy bill, Mr. Piatt's admitting Washington territory to statehood, Mr. Dawes' bill for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians, and Mr. Cameron's bill authorizing the appointment of an assistant secretary of the navy. After the call of the states and territories for the introduction of bills in the house, consideration of the Fit* John Porter bill will be resumed. Hotel, New York: Senator McCarthy Dead at Syracuse Sib: In reply to your letter of the 12th inst., on the subject of instituting suit against the Bell telephone paten s, I sa\ that the matter has been referred to tht secretary of the interior, to whom itshoul have been presented originally before refer ence to this department, the reference to be from the depirtment of the interior. Syracuse, Feb. 15.—Ex-Congressman and Slate Senator McCarthy dlad at hi residence in this city at 9 o c ock last n.ght. after an ii ness of three weekt. He was being assisted to some change in hit clothing for which he had expressed a wish when he sank back in the arms of his attendants and expired. After Making; a Speech. AN OUTLAW CAPTURED. Regretting that Ills Wounds are Not Bismarck, D. T., Feb. 15.—The capture of Joseph Myers, the notorious horse thiei, known as "Calamity Joe, ' is cause for rejoicing among the owners of stock throughout western Dakota nad Montana. The prisoner was captured at Glenutlin by Sheriff Sebastian, after a lively fight, during which the outlaw was shot in the hip and sbouider. Myers was one of the most feared of the desperadoes of the west His wounds are not dangerous, and .this fact is regretted by many.  More Serious. Very respectfully, A. H. Garland, Attorney General. Friday is private bill day. If opportunity is offered during the week Chairman Morrison will ask consideration of his bill recent y reported from the committee on ways and means, which provides for taxing fractional gallons of distilled spirita Three weeks ago Senator McCarthy, advocating the bill Cntrodu ed by his son in the assembly to bon 1 the ci y for the construction of new water works, spoke at a large public meeting here. On leaving ihe crowded room ha swooned, but soon revived and conversed Ion? and earnestly about the water question, in whioh he was greatly interested. When he leached home he became U1 and was only once again seen ou the streets. A n affection of tha heart, combined with old age, was the cau e of his death. COMMOTION IN COURT. Someone Listened at th* Transom of the Jury Room. BLOWING OUT CHANNELS On Wednesday the ways and means committee will hear the coopers and sugar box makers on the subject of further protection to their trade, in connection with tho importation of sugar. The pension and Indian appropriation bills are before the house, and tne District of Columbia appropriation bill will be reported. These are all privileged matters, and may be cilled up at any time when the house is not engaged on special Santa Fe, N. M, Feb. 15.—The United States and territorial grand juries are in session here. Court circles are in commotion over the revelation of the aecrats ol the United States grand Jury room, ana Justice Long has ordered the territorial grand jury to investigate the federal jur\ and ascertain how tha proceedings of ihe latter body became known. The foreman of the federal jury expressed the opinion that somebody had been listamnj at the transom over the door of the jury room. Wltli Dynamite—Bridges Carried Away and 8treets Under Water. Taunton, Mass., Feb. 15.—The water continues to rise here, and Mill river is a seething torrent. It has flooded the entire city. Hetidents of Park and Court streets were uwakeued by the police and forced to abandon their lioniia. Winthrop s.reet bridge has cave 1 in and water gullied out a chasm tlfty fee*, wide. The Weir street bridge was lifted up -and tossed to one side and the water spread through Weir street. The dams on the live: are either gone or useless. The Whittingion mills, containing $200,000 Worth of goods, were saved by blowing out a ditch ior tlie current with dynamite. The • new stream thus created carried away a portion of the old Worden. Many undermined building! ire tottering. People have been busy all day moving goods from threatened buildings. Between 800 and 400 pople are flooded out. People in the suburbs can only reach the cit/ by boats. The ciiy is in darkness, both gas and electric lights being «hut off. The loss is between (200,000 and J3-KJ,0J0. FUNDS FOR PARNELL. SUCCESSFUL AT LAST. What Has Been Collected at the Quaker City. orders. Philadelphia, Feb. 15.—A statement of amounts received in response to the recent circular i-.sued Ly John H. Campbell, presi dent of the Catholic Total Abstinence uuiou, calling for contriout'ions to the Parnell parliamentary fund, is made. The receip s were $8,517, and Mr. Parnell was at once wired i hat this amount had been collected. Up to last night Mr. A J. Drexel, treasurer of the citizens committee, in aid oi Parnell, had received 412,913. The Second Attempt of a Jersey Farmer to Take His Life. KILLED WHILE SKYLARKING, Lambrkt V1I.I.K, N. J , Fe j. 15—Thomat C. Hustwaite, a farmer. a»o.l 42 ye is. living about three and a h-ilf quiet vest of the village of Hop jwe 1, cut his tUroat v ittj a razor Saturday morning and died in a few minutes. He bad been suffering from depre^ion for some titr.i, and ona day as week Dr. E. C. Hawb, the village physician, prescribed for him. He took the medic n& and informed his wife that it had help d him. On Saturday morning, a few minutes before the hour state i, he arose an I went to a room on the floor below hi C i.edroom. His wife, sus ecting something wrong, followed him down stairs five minutes later, and found him lying on ihe floor in a pool of blood. Ten years ago Hus;- waite attempted suicide in HuuterJon oouuty in the same way. but he theu inflicted only & slight wound A Fatal Ending of a Mock Battle With Oil Specv Utlng Did It. Knives. Warren, Pa., Feb. 15.—It has just become known that Ch«rlea 8. McCaully, treasurer of Warren county, is a delimiter in the sum of $13,(XXX His defalcation is attributed to speculation in olL New York, Feb. 18.—The Sunday quiet of Murray Hill hotel was broken by the report that murder had been committed within its wails. The guests became greatly excited and flocked to the butcher's shop, where the tragedy transpire 1. PRESIDENTIAL PERQUISITES. What It Coats to Kan the White House CONDENSED NEWS. George Stratton, an employe of the hotel, was the victim. He died at 9:30 p. m. of a slab wound in the right breast Su-atton uffi-eJ grat agony. Washington, Feb. 15.—The cost of maintaining the presidential establishment is about $85,000 per year, exclusive of the president's salary of $50,000. The private secretary receives $8,600, and his first assistant $2,250 Two executive clerks have $2,000, and the other clerks, with the sten ographer, steward, ushers, messengers, doorkeepers and watchmen, aggregate somoth.ng like $27,000. For a Year, Ottawa, ills., Feb. 15.—H. A. Pitts' Sons, manufacturers of threshing machines, have made an assignment Three years ago the firm failed, but agreed to pay their entire indebtedness, $250,000, In installments. The first two payments tbey met, but were unrable to pay the third, due Jan. 1, and are now forced to assign through a pressing claim of $2,500 by the Commercial National bank of Chicago. A Plucky Firm Succumbs. Charles Krumm has brought suit against Rev. John for $30,000 dam agBi. He alleges that the latter caused the remains ot two chil iren of Krumm's to u removed from a cemetery in Middle Village, L. I. Andrew S. Connelly, another employe of ihe hotel, was locked up in the Nineteenth sulD-precinct station house, near the Grand Central depot He says that he was skylarking with Stratton, and they had a mock The post master general has decided thai letter carriers are not included in the eigbtD hour class of government employes. Tnay are neither "laborers, workmen nor mechanics."ICE GORGE BREAKS UP -glit with carving knives. Becoming excited by the sport, his knife slipped through Straiton's guard and entered his breast. Connelly is overwhelmed by the sad affair. And Plny» Havoc With Vessels in the Father of Waters. In addition there is an allowance of $8,000 for contingent expenses, $15,000 for lighting the house and ground* $5,500 for the care ft the conservatory, and $25,000 for other expenses.  FEASTING MR. MORLEY. At. Louis, Fe . 16.—The ica gorge in the river broiie at I arondelet, i;nd a few minutes later Uie ice north of the bridge follow e . The levee was soon crowded with excited sieimboat men. momentarily expee lug to see their property destroyed Many of the boats were forced up the levee entirely out of the water. The moment the gorge broke the river began to riae rapidly, and was soon filled with maasive cakes of ice (roui one to three feet in tbiokness. which moved at the rate of ten miles nn hour. The rUe carried the steamboats back into the river, and considerable damage was inflicted. 'ihe Lulu Worth, a towboat, was sank in twenty feet of water, and her cabin and "Tex is" carried away. The Leon Bogg, a large boat, used in towing coal barges, had a to.e knocked in her side and sank. An Author la Prison. Mayor Philip Becker, ot Buffalo, dis missed a clerk by casting lots, in order to make room for a friend in the office. AT GOVERNOR'S ISLAND. Chicago, Feb. 15.—Charles B. James, noted throughout southern Illinois as the author of a blood curdling novel, "Zura Burns, or One Fatal Step, ' was taken to the penitentiary to serve out a sentence of imprisonment for bigamy. authot arrived at the penitentiary shackled to Charles H. Bailey, who was sentenced tor highway robbery. Irish Advised Not to Attend the Jtan- quet of the Mayor. Mrs. Hancock's Condition—Arrival of Commander Ueorge W. Hay ward, of the United States navy, who died recently at Alexandria, Egypt, left a wilt which has just been opened by the surrogate at Buffalo. Tne wQl directs that the body be cremated, and the ashes placed in a copper urn and put in the grave with his wife, aiD Erie Pa UUBLIN, Feb 15 —Mr. T. S. Sullivan, lord mayor of Dublin, hu issued carls of invitation to a grand banquet wh ch Ue will give to Mr. John Morley, the new cui'f secretary for Ireland, on lue-diy ev ni: g. The various trades organizations are Capt. Ward. HENRY WATTERSgN LINGERS New Yoke, Feb. 15.— Governor's Island has resumed its ordinary aspect and things are going on as usual there. A few curious *tr ingers have called at the island. Mrs. Uuucuck%i about the same as on Saturday. Sad was still prostrated by grief and remained quietly in the house all day. Many irienils called and left cards and messages of sympa.hy. Capt G. S. L Ward, who was an aide-de-camp to Gen. Hancock for fit teen years, hasjarrived from Colorado. He is related by marriage to Mrs. Hancock, and at Secretary Endicott's orders will remain at Governor s Island indefinitely, aud will assist Mrs. Hancock in every way. On the Verge of the Grave—His Case Critical. Louisville, Feb. 15.—Henry Wattenon was considered In a more critical condition as night His father, Hon. Harvey Watterson, who is in Washington, has been telegraphed to come at onoe to the bedside of his son Mr. Watterson has been in a stupor all day. It was Impossible to arouse him except at very long Intervals. The attending physicians have deoided that the trouble has become cerebro spinal meningitis. The doctors apprehend the worst result, and the end ia considered imminent at any minute. Will lam Parent was arrested at Mori isville. Pa., and is to l« tried at Trenton tor the murder of track walker Thomas Moran some weeks ago. Parent denies ail knowledge of the crime. pecially invited to. send re re-ema ivi deputations to meet Mi'. Mo;ley on tua ' c Cos. on, and they will probably uo sa 1 bo i is a strong fee.ing, however, aga.nsc tU ■ c Brakemen Want More Pay. New Orleans, Feh. 15.—Thirty-five freight train brakemen on Morgan's railroad have struck. They have been receiving $54 per month. They demand $65 per month which the managers refuse to pay. The brakemen stopped all the freight trains at Gretna, Just outside ot the city limits, and they will not allow them to proceed. ceptance of the invitation-, and unonyi. ou placards have been posted in the s reo. o;D i using the presence of Irishmen at h » u quet »nd denouncing the mayor as a Henry Kennedy, a 15-year-old boy, was drowned while trying to cross a swo len stream at Stewartsville btation, N J. He was a grandson ot ex-Senator Kennedy, who was drowned twenty-eight years ago in tha same stream. to the -Nat.onai cause The ma, or s ti* .1 last refus il to recognia* the propriety "I Mr. Parnell's action in thrusting Mr. O'J-h upon the Galway elec.ors is mai iiy h cause of the ill feelinsr- The ferryboat Jacob Taum was sunk in fifteen feet of water, and the Missouri Sand company lost nine barges. Sis were carried away and three were sunk. Two barges belonging to the Gortalde Coal company sank, and the hull of the Grand Tower Packet company's wharf boat was cashed, and the stumer Kckert sunk. No lives wcrw lost The government's loeD at Carroll island was A Saloon Wrecked by Dynamite. Miss Georgia Aldridge was hanged by rut flans at Windsor. Ills. A corn cob was A Chinese Murderer Arrested. The German Exhibition Cleveland, Feb. 15.—A special aays that a saloon at West Farmlngton, Trumbull county, kept by a man named Hawley, was wrecked with dynamite. The people had been at war with Hawlev for soma time, and this ia thougut to be the result No particulars obtainable. FftESWO, Cal, Feb. 15,—A Chinauiau, believed to be Tai Duck, the murderer of J C. Wickersham and wife at Petalum i, J.iu, 23, who was arrested at Madera, has buo i lodged in Jail here. Negotiation* are pending tor liia extradition. Berlin, Fab. 15.—The time of holding the national exhibition in Berlin has been definitely fixed, and the work of erecting buildings, laying out grounds, etc., has already been commenced. The exhibition will be opened in Treptow park In 1S88. •rust in her month to drown her cries lor help. Hiir apron was torn into shreds and Washington Fej. 15.—F r ...on l»v—r used as a rope. Her brother arrived b«/ors nil la Atlantic states fa r -re.uher. life was utinct, and alt iougb »i»D has been t by increa ing c oudiu.- s imi i . restored to Ufa she has bean unable to gire lightly colder. A slight cold wave anyNiccount of her assailants. during the night Weather Indications.