The News and Observer.
VOL. XXXVIII. NO. **
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HOW THEY REGARD IT
NORTH ( AROI 1\ A « O''GRF.SB
- DON’T THINK MUCH OF
Til K MESS %GE.
SNOW STORNI AT WASHINGTON.
TbeSnovrOvera Foot Ue* p and no
Promts ol Blopi>lnft--C'li«rilable ln
•tltutions i-nd I’oliceStations * *owd
cil-- >t a.iy Homes in W hich I here is
Neither Food Nor Fire— f hon-and-of
Sleighs and Coaster* on the go—R >l
- Case Set (or the tUlh.
Bpecial to the News and Observer.
Washington, I). C., Feb. 9
Sentiment among North Carolina Con
gressui* n on the President's tmssage s
generally to the effect that Mr. Cleve
land has not helped matter- much. Tin
members ot the delegation have been al
most solidly opposed to issuing gold
bonds, and they look upon the action <»l
the Home m regard to the Spin g* r bill
as having d monst rated clearly that the
Pres’d*m a'd Gougros- ctunot agree 01
the finance 1 qu* stion. The North Caro
lina deiegatiiii. voted against the Spi inger
bill solidly.
The Democrats are divided, but tin
rank ami file from the South t-aveshown
by their work and votes that they are
against the i-sue of g'»!d bonds, and in
favor of nothing that does not recognize
silver.
Three Layer* of Snow.
The snow has been falling here since
early nigh- before last. This »s the thml
•now which we have had in the past two
weeks and the first had not be- n ch art d
away beto e the second catn and now
three layers are on the ground. The
cable cats have wonderful facilities for
clearing their tracks of the a- ow, but to
wa<ch the immense plows which clear the
horse car tracks would entertain and
highly interest any North Carolinian no
matter tn«u u-ha; section of tbcS ate i*e
eomes. hix and eight h#«'«*' mtched to
an immense plow run every hour and
this is the only way that it is po.-sd»le for
the to make their regular trips
Tlw oars wltich have any steep grades
*0 pull up have four horses while on the
grade in the stead of the u?ual thr<e.
It is quite a funny sight to see a cabl
car running down grade with all the
possible brake on. At night on the very
steep hill-hundreds of people gather to
see the “truck wastiug.” Ou each truck
there are ftom seven to fifteen young
people arid at times they coast for as far
as five blocks. The snow is now over
*footde<p and there is no immediate
promise for it to stop. Thousai ds of
sleighs are on the go and all the time the
continual ring of the bells is making
merry even those who can but sit at. the
windows of their houses and watch the
merry foots.
The Dark Side.
The snow while on the one side is
making many hearts happy is making
eveu a greater number hearts ble- d.
The poor of Washington who, it would
be imagined, were the best eared for iu
America, ate more in want th-in any
in the poorest settlement in our South
ern States. The rooms of all the chari
table associations are crowded with peo
pie, but all funds have given out aud
these people, no matter how worthy,
must go iu want out into the very snow
to seek the t est corner possible to rest
their frozen limbs. There is no place in
the police stations where these people
can lie down, as the men are packed and
jammed, standing up, some asleep, be
ing held up by the tight clamp, which
their would-be bed fellows make. It
i* a sad s!«ht, and besides the<-e people
their arc ui.tuy in little huts where there
is no fire, no food and nothing bm
dreary cold corners to make them know
they are not outside iu the drifts,
♦ * *
Last evening at the hew National
Theatre a box party was given by Col.
ami Mrs Jultau 8 Carr to their
daughters, Misuses Lida aud Lalla
Among their party were Mi-ses Katie
ami M. risl Black, daughters as Con
greasmau Black, of Georgia, ami Mis-
Bom*-, of Augusta, who has for a nn
days been the guests of Miss Black. The
party saw Julia Marlowe-Tabcr in
“Hornet* and Juliet.”
* * *
Thesub committee which has the Light
house bill ot Mr. Alexander under con ;
sideration will make a report in a few
da>s. Tins committee ha* u* t tried its
best to make a r* port t > the committer
in whose charge it was originally put
A tuem or of the committee says he
expects the report to be uiaie on next
M edm aday.
• * •
Much sympathy is expressed here by
the fro ids of Colonel and Mrs Joh!
Mon-head a* the loss of their daughter.
Mrs John Brice, of Charlotte. Ii is*x
pected that Mrs. Morehead will return j
to Washington about next Tuesday |
She has » een missed very much from j
among the society circles here.
• * *
Congressman Benjamin F. Grady will
•peak in a few days on the financial
question. Hisspreeh will be fullof the
pure doctrine which he has l*een noted
tor expounding. Mr. G-adys speech
will tie r< ad throughout North Carolina
with great interest.
* * •
A poetiffioe, to lie known as Celo, l>a>
been established iu Yancey county, N
0., with J,»hu W. Robertson as post
master.
• • »
The Engineer Corps bate reported
that the following water routes iu North
Carolina are not worthy of improve
ment : Drum Inlet, bet ween Portsmouth
a> d Cape Look at, and from the mouth
| of North river to Beaufort harbor.
♦ * *
It was decided y* sterdav to bring up
| the Williams Settle contest on the 19ib
; mst. This is final.
♦ * *
Senator Pritchard is expected to re
turn Tuerdty. Congressman Woodard
| is still here.
* * *
E. F. Lambe. postmaster of Elizabeth
City, is here with his wife.
Kope El ; as, of Macon county, is here
j on legal business.
♦ *- *
A rrlvals.
O. B Wright, Raleigh.
J. W F ies, Sal* m
W. R. Ryder, Asheville.
(itIATEM % LA N REFUGKBS.
<;rent Alarm Prevalent Anions the
People Along the Frontier.
St Louts. Mo., Feb. 9 A special to
the Globe Democrat fromComitan State
of Chiapas, Mexico, says that border
tow n is full of Guatemalan refugees who
are arriving front the South daily by
i-secret rou*©a to prevent being pressed
into the army sen ice.
They report great alarm is prevalent
j among the people of the Republicof Gua
temala, especially among the frontiers
men over the threatened war with M> xi
c », and say that the greater part of the
army of 12,000 men now along the liorder
have been forced into service by the
Guatemalan government, The most
refugees arriving at t ornitan have come
long distanoes on foot through a wild
country aud are iu a very destiiue con
dition.
The problem V>f taking care of them is
assuming serious proportions, and, work
being scarce, it is not known whence
can come the means of their cot<tinurd
support. Many of them are willing to
enlist in the Mexican army and fight
against their country if they can con
tribute to the overthrow of the rule of
President Barrios.
Father and Tw o Soars Killed.
Among the refugees just arrived is a
Mexican family named Valdez, who
have been liviug for some time in Guat
emala. The family consisted of the pa
rents, two sons and two daughters. In
making their escape from the country
they were overtaken aud the father and
two sons killed. After hetug maltreated
the mother and two daughters succeeded
in reaching this place nearly dead with
hunger and hardships.
Ttie matter will be called to the atten
tion of the Mexican government with a
request that a demand lie made upon
Guatemala for indemnity, and punish
ment of the offenders, who, it is claimed,
were Guatemalan soldiers.
A number of strategic movements,
w r hich have been made by the Mexican
ttoops within the last few days, have
given rise to a rumor that an advance
upon Guatemalan soil has been ordered.
Ibis is denied by General Lorenzo Gar
cut, who is in ehaige of the Ttnosqui
forces.
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED.
A llasfoand, Wife and Four Children
Cr* mated in a Hurtling Himl»lmg.
Ardmore, I. T., Feb. 9—Last Wed
nesday night alxiut 18 miles bouthwest
or ibis city, a hou-eoccupied by a farm
er named Tucker caught tire, and owing
to the blizzird which prevailed, it burn
ed so quickly that Tucker, his wife and
four cbddren were cremated in the
burning house.
Later, it was learned that suspicion of
foul play existed. It was thought per
haps the family had been murdered and
the house fired afterwards. Police ar
rested Tucker’s son-in law, between
Tucker bad blood had existed
for some lime.
Two Men Iflowu to Pieces.
Alliance, 0., Feb. 9 —Two kegs and
a half of powder exploded in a roc m of
the Hudson Coal Company’s mine at
Pal my r last night. David Lloyd aud
David Lingo, who were preparing a
Mast, were fearfully injured. The txm
c us'ion was terrific. When found the
men presented a terrible sight, with the
flesh literally blown off their hands
<rms and faces. They cannot recover.
Both are aliout 40 years old and have
large families.
Fire at Alexandria.
Washington, Feb 9—George R Hdl
& Company's large cracker establish
ment in Alexandria, Va., was totally de
stroyed by fire about midnight to-night.
A large supply of fire works storrd in
the building exp’ode 1 and the latest re
[Hirfs from the city say that the tire is
-nreading. Hill & Co "s loss will bt
about SOO,OOO, with an insurance oi
$50,000.
To ÜbcuM t hi* Bond Issue.
Washington, D C., F*b. 9.— Thedis
cussion at the meeting of the Ways and
Means Committee today developed s>
much opposition to the re ommendation
of the President favoring the issuance ot
a thirty-year gold boud, that the subject
was postponed until 3 o’clock Monday
afternoon next.
Lord Chau hill's Successor.
London, Feb. 9 - Mr. Fardell, Con
'ervattve, was eleeti d to the House oi
■*f Commons for Paddington yesterday,
o fill the seat made vacant by the death
f Lord Randolph Churchill. He Was
not opposed.
RALEIGH, N. C.. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1895.
THE HAWAIIAN CABLE
!AV AMENDMENT PASSES THE
SEN ATE FOR ITS CONSIRtC-
I ION AND M AINTENANCE,
THE TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT.
The Affirmative Vote* Were By Re
publicans, Populist* and Sis Demo
crats—All the Negative Votes Given
By the Democrats—Time for Mak
ing Return** Under the Income Tas
Extended by the House— Eulogies
Upon AA hite and StocWbridge.
Washington, I). 0., Feb. 6.-—The
Senate decided to day by a vote of 80 to
25 that the amendment to the Diplomatic
ai d Oon-ular appropriation bill for the
construction and maintenance of a tele
graphic cable between the United State's
at d the Hawaiian Islands was iu order
j under the rules, aud immediately after
wards, by a similar vote, adopted the
amendment ami then passed the bill.
The affirmative vote was given by the
Republican and Populist Senators with a
smgle exception —Mr. Pettigrew (Rep),
South Dakota, voting no—and six Dem
neratic Senators also voted aye—Messrs.
Butler, South Caroliua; Call, Florida;
Gorman, Maryland; Hill, New York;
Morgau, Alabama, and White, Califor
nia.
All the negative votes were given by
Democrats.
Tne following is the vote iu detail:
Yeas—Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Bur
rows, Butler, Call, Carey, Chandler,
Clark, Cullom, Davis, Dubois, Frye,
Gorman, Hale. Hansbrough, Hawley,
Higgins, Hill, Hoar, Kyle, Lodge, Man
dersou, Mitchell (Oregon), Morgan, Mor
rdl, Peffer, Perkins, Platt, Proctor,
Sherman, Squire, Stewart, Teller, Wash
burn, White, Wokxott—B6.
Nays— Messrs. Berry, Blackburn,
Brice, Caffery, Cockrell, George, Gray,
Harris, H unton, Joues (Arkansas),
Lindsay. McLaurin, Martiu, Mitchell
(Wisconsin), Murphy, Palmer, Pasco,
Pettigrew', Ransom, Roach, Smith; Tur
pie, Vest, Vilas >*nd Walsh—2o.
Text •< the Amendment.
The following is the text ot the amend
ment;
“The President is hereby authorized
to contract for the entire work of laying
a telegraphic eable between the United
States and the Hawaiian Islands, and to
direct the prosecution of such work
whenever such a contract shall be made,
aud as a part of the cost of such cable
the sum of $500,000 is hereby appro
priated.”
In the oourse of the discussion, Mr.
Mandersou, (Rep.) of Nebraska, took Hie
grouud that even if the rules did stand
iu the way of such an important propo
sition the rules ought to be brushed
aside —a position which Mr. Gray,
(Dem.) of Delaware, described as “an
archy.” Mr. Mandersou was equally
outspoken is his utterances that the time
had come for the great republic to ex
tend its limits, and to become the rival
of England in obtaining the Islands ot
the ocean. He advocated the taking
not only of the Sandwich Islands, but oi
some of the islauds of the Carnbean
Sea.
Mr. Lodge, (Rep), of Massachusetts,
expressed similar views, and frankly ad
mit t» d that the maiu object of the
amendment was to take the first at* p to
wards a proper protection of the United
States iu the region around her coasts.
The post office appropriation bill was
theu taken up, so as to have it before
the Senate.
At 8 p. m. resolutions were offered by
Mr. McMillan (Kep.), Michigan, and
were adopted, expressing the profound
sorrow of the Senate at the death of his
late colleague, Mr. Stock bridge, and
"suspending the business of the Senate
to -nablt) his associates to pay their
tribute to hIZ Qharaoter and dis
tinguished public services ”
Eulogies were delivered by Senators
McMillan, Frye, Jones, of Arkansas,
Cullom and Burrows—Mr. Stockbndge's
snCeeftsM In the Senate.
As a further mark of respect, the Sen
ate at 4:l»5 p. m. adjourned till Monday.
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
Some Progress Made on the Various
Appropriation Hills.
Washington, D. 0., Ftb. 9— The pro
ceedings of the House to-day were devoid
of any exciting episode or the transac
tion of auy business of general interest
or importance. Borne progress was made
with the consideration of the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation
bill.
The amendment of Mr. Baitlett, (Dem.)
New York, to make the personal clerks
of members of the House annual em
ployes instead of sessional, which was
the pending question, was agreed to, m
c nimittee of the whole, by a vote of 124
to su, Mr. McMillin, (Dun.), Tennessee
gave notice tiiat he would demand a vote
*»y yeas and nays iu the House upon the
adoption of the amendment.
A joint resolution reported from the
committee on ways and means by Mr
Wiisou, (Dem.) of West Virginia, was
•creed to extending for a year only the
'ime within which returns may be made
under the income tax law, from March
l to April 15
A Question of Privilege.
Mr. VanVoorhis, (Rep.) of New York,
made a personal statement that attracted
(he interest and attention of nearly
every member, relating to the visit of
rhe Hon. W. R. Creamer, M. P., of Eng
land, to the House committee on foreign
affairs. He said:
“Mr. Speaker: I rise to a question of
privilege. It is well known that this
country has been recently visited by a
missionary. His name is the Hon. W.
Randall Creamer, and his mission was a
‘ mission of peace He came from Eng
land. we «U know how peace-loving, how
averse to territorial eucr* aebmeuis, how
modest and moderate are her p retorsions,
and how easy to get along with, in ht r
r larions with foreign powers Gnat
Bntam is.
"The mission of this gentleman was to
establish an international treaty of ar
I nitration between tin* United States and
Great Britain. It was limited t<> these two
powers. He came over in the Teutonic
j *nd reached our shores on ihe 9sh ot
January a-t. He soon thereafter came
to Washington with a petitiou to tie
' President and to Congress signed by
: 824 members of the British Parliament
He solicited permission to appear liefor*
the committee of foreign affairs of the
House of Represt ntarives. As every
member of that committee, I txlieve, i
j against wsr.if it can be avoided,ai dis in
favor of settling all disputes betweeuna
; tious by arbitration, and nsotting to tin
I arbitrament of war, only when t o other
i course is left open, the rt quest of th«
1 Honorable Mr. Creamer was tiuani
| mously granted and he appeared before
: the committee.
“He invited the members of the com
: mittec to put questions to him. This wai
i done. I joined in the questiouiug. The
cross-examination was not lengthy or
severe. It seems, however, that the
t* mper of this missionary became ruffled,
aud after he left, the committee 1 e
charged in high quarters that I had in
sulted him. Os course, this ehaige was
unfounded. I h-*d uo thought of insult
jmg him. 1 only put a very few direct
questions to him, and if he could notan
swer them to his own satisfaction I can
not see how the fault was mine.
"I did not learu that be h.sd made the
change untd after Mr. Creamer htui
j >aiied for Edgland. To inanlr a d-srin
guished Englishman when addressing a
c*>mmittee of this house would, iii my
opinion, bean abuse of the privileges ot
the House. In order that the House
may kuow that the charge made by this
missionary of peace has no foundation
to rest upon, I send to the clerk's desk
to read a copy of a letter 1 have sent
to Mr. Creamer which statts the ease,
from my point of observation, exaet’y as
it is. Wuh that I dismiss the subject.’’
At 3 o'clock the business or the House
was suspended and the members listened
to eulogies upon the life and services ot
the late Myron B. W right. Represent)!
rive from the 15th district of Pennsyl
vania.
Addresses were made by Messrs.
Scranton. 'J. W. Stone, W. A. Stoue,
Winger, tt aud Grew, of Pennsyl
vania; Smith of Arizona, and Covert of
New* York.
At their termination the House ad
journed until Monday.
sue: planned the murder.
And her Pureinour, who Carried out
her Plan*, now Uoufesse* All.
Chicago. I1 , Feb 9— A special to a
morning pup r from Detroit, Mich.,says:
William Bruso, who has since last
Saturday told two stories of the murder
of Dr. H E. Pope, in his home here,
last night made a clean breast of the
whole affair to the police. This last
couftssiou coincides in every particular
with the factß the police have unearth* d.
According to Bruso’s latest story, the
muider was a carefully planned affair in
with Mrs Pope, ihe Doctor's wire, wa>
the moving spirit, and $14,000 the ob
ject. For two weeks betoie the fatal
day the two plauned the crime in every
particular.
Saturday Mrs. Pope made her hus
band shepina chair at her bedside.
Toward morning she quietly called
Bruso, and the latter secured a hatchet,
l'heu, in obedience to the woman’s com
mand, he raiued a half a d* z n or more
blows op their victim’s ■‘■kull.
Mrs. Fop. ’s eight year-old daughtef,
who slept at her side during ihe murder,
was theu awat-ened, aud the three care
fully rehearsed the story they were to
tell the police.
Luinberuieu Coining South.
Atlanta, Ga., £et>. 9 —One hundred
and twenty-rive representatives of the
Michigan lumbermen are iu Atlanta to
day. They ate on a Southern tour and
will spend several days m Southwest
Georgia looking over the lumber region.
They came direct from Detriot, where,
the Lumbermen’s annual Convention has
been in session for a week past.
The Michigan men were taken m
charge by a committee headed by Martin
Amarous, an extensive Georgia lumber
tnau. They were driven to the exposi
tion grounds and shown over the city.
Superintendent White Suspend* d.
Special to New,-; ar d Observer.
Asheville, N C., Feb. 9.
The county commissioners have sus
pended H. H White, sup*riendent of
the convict gang, ai d who was bound to
court for whipping Tim McCarty
White’s case will he investigated by the
commi-sionere at the March meeting.
J T. Bostic succeeds White as super
intendent.
Husband, Wile aud C hildren Killed
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 9.—At Dins
more last night John Thomas, colored,
with his wife and children, were in
stautly killed by the falling of a log
shack in which they were sleeping.
Confederate General Seriously HI
Washington, D. 0., Feb. 9.-General
Cors*\ the last of the full rank Briga
dier Generals of the Couf* deate army,
is seriously ill at Alexandria, Va.
IS LA GASCOGNE LOST
THE BIG FRENCH TRANS
ATLANTIC LINER IS STILL
MISSING.
! SHE IS NOW ONE WEEK OVERDUE.
The Tnetouic, Al-o Four Day* Late,
Arrived H New- York Yesterday-
Other Steamers Behind Time and
Fears for T« eir f'ate are Fntertain* d
••Thrilling Stories ot TenipeMuou-
Weather at Set*—Many Entertain
Hope that She is Only Disabled.
New York, Feb. 9. —another day has
I gone by aud still no news of the overdue
| steamship LaGascogne. The arrival of
the Teutonic to-day with thrilling storie>
| of tempestuous gales, and no news of
, iha French Liner, increased the appre
: he-tsiou.
The French ship is now one week over
due and a dozen vessels have passid
J over the track she shbuld follow without
\ sighting her. /'gent. Forgel is still con
; rtdent that nothiug more serious than a
' derangement of her machinery, com*
j billed with bad weather, is responsible
for the delay, but friends and relatives
of the passengers are becoming seriously
alarmed as to the ship's safety.
In shipping ciicles generally there i.-
some apprehension due to the knowl
ed*e that a ship with a brokeu shaft or
disabled machinery is in a precarious
condition in such gales as have swept
j the At antic during the past three days.
There is a possibility that oue of the
other overdue steamtrs has fallen in
with the Gascogne, at.d it is standing by
to give her a line when the weather sub
sides
AA ill Pass Over Her Coarse.
La Normandie, <>f the same line, left
Havre last Laturday afternoon and is
due hero to-morrow. She will pass
directly ovvr the course billowed by ihe
Gascgue. The latter is most likely
South of the tegular course and her sister
ship may come without steiug tier
The Gascogne was booked to sail from
New York to day. Her passengers and
freight will be carried by the Normandie
of the same liue next Wednesday.
La Touraine, also of the French line,
is ou her way from this port to the Med
iterranean with tourists, and will un
doubit<l y go out of her way to look for
the LaGascogne. If the missing ship is
afloat site w ill have plenty of assistance,
and may be heaid of at the Azores, at
Halifax or at Havre, or at this port any
hour.
Agent Forgel said to-day: “We are
still confident and believe that the Gas
cogne will outride the storm for she is a
staunch vessel. It is not remarkable
that a disatil* d boat should be delayed
seven days it such weather prevails.”
Captiin Uamerou. of the Teutonic, re
ports oue of the worst storms that helms
ever met, prevailing since last Monday.
All the other vessels cou iug in are
over twenty fours behind time.
A MOST DISTRESSING SIGHT.
One hy one the Frozen Sailors Drop
Imo the Sea.
Patchogoe, L 1., Feb. 9.—lt, isstated
that nine of the crew of the unknown
schooner ashore off Lone trill LifeSavmg
Station, have perished. Through afield
glass some p* isons claimed to have seen
eieveu uieu in the rigging, shortly after
she struck yesterday; but one by one
they fell into the sea from cold and ex
haustiou until but two remained.
Ttie vessel struck iu the outer bay off
Lone Hul iife-saving station. The life
saving crew, as soon as they discovered
the vtssil’s plight, made preparations
tor a rescue. lheir Jite apparatus
as brought to the beach and a life Hue
shot over the wrecked vessel, but the un
fortunate men composing her crew, who
had sought reiuge itl iho r>ggtug, were
uoaole to get to it, f*ca- setfie}
were beuuuibed with the cold aud thor
oughly exhausted.
The life savers then attempted to
launch their boat, but the high s- a aud
wind made it impossible for them to do
so, aud they Were compelled to stand by
and see the poor sailors perish, for an
hour late* the crew commenced to drop
into the sea. This morning but two ol
their uumber remained.
The schooner Manning, the crew of
which was taken off in safety and which
went ashore near where the other ves
sel j-truek, is in the outer bay and ha
all her sails set. Her rigging and hull
is a solid mass of iee.
Mill Hanging iu the Rigging.
Patchogue, L. I , Feb. 9.—The un
known schoouer came ashore as the last
in n had Ueu rescind from the Man
* iug. The life-saving crew, with tLeii
apparatus, were then on board the Mau
niug
It inquired two hours of hard work to
attach a 1 fe line to t e unknown wreck,
but its crew was powerless to avail itselt
of succor. Three of the men died while
hanging in the air aud their bodies were
dashed against the side of the vessel.
Several others were washed over
board, but how many is not definitely
known. Two men aie iu the rigging
still alive. Grits of “For God’s sake
save us,” are heard coming from
U e unfoi tuuate men, but the surf is so
high ihat it is impossible to launch a
boat,.
At dusk to night these men are still
in the rigging. The scene is a most di«-
tres-ing one.
At 7 o'clock a Merritt wiecking tug ar
rived. She will l ave to wait for high
tide to reach the wreck.
The Manning is high aud dry on the
beach.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HEATHER G Roll IX. MIi.DEK.
Railway Tr Hie K*'*am* «i in the Wets.
But Snow-Bonntf in ihe >»*rih. <
ST. I wilts, M.*., Feb 9.- Milder weath
er prevailed to day and street ear and
j railway travel w.»s resumed. Accounts
art* being received of suffering and loss
of sto* kat points \V,st. The two Mis
j souri Pacific trains snowed m at Rue*
I Center were released to day, after a div
'ay of *;x»y bouts. The train stranded
j at WavtTly, Kansas, was moved as far
I south as Mason, where it was again
I blocked. £
j A passenger train was snowed in near
Sal in a. Kas., for thirty six hour* For
j the last twelve hours the passenger*
i subsisted on the gr*nery samples carried
jby a commercial traveler. His coffee
: samples were ground in the shovel with
the poker and cooked in a can of molted
! snow. *\
The men took their turn carrying coal
ov**r the high drifts from a <a*>ooeo
: which was stranded a short distance
; ahead.
Drill- a- llik>* a* Far*.
Caruslk, Pa., Feb. 9 The Cumber
i land Valley and Philadelphia and Read
; ing passenger trains which have raven
I stuck in snow drifts since yesterday are
J tonight still in the big drifts ami are
j !ik*ly to remain for several d**ya Super
j iuteudent Boyd, of Cumberland Valley,
1 mi.-pended all work this afrernoou, as it
was impossible to get trains out, the
I drifts being as high as the cars.
Engineers and other employes suffered
j fu tu frozen feet and ears.
The mail and express agents bad to
j r« main at their posts until this evening
I wb*n the matter was trausfemd to this
; city by private conveyance.
A Traiu Suouetl In.
I Chicora, Pa.. Feb. 9 The Pittsburg
| and Western Railroad is block'd tor 100
j miles north of Butler. A train goiug
! uorth passed lure yesterday and stuck
in the snow two miles out and is still
there. The passengers were brought
back in a farmer's bob sled. Three
engines attached to the stranded train
have been snowed iu and will probably
remain until the weather b «aks.
Gelling Warmer in Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 9 It i* im
possible to make any accurate estimate
of ihe damage done in Florida by ihe
blizzard. All the early vegetable crops
are killed and the worst is feared for the
orange tre* s. The straw berry plants aro
reported uninjured. Os course if the old
orange trees are killed the loss will run
into millions, but it is too early yet to
make an estimate. The freize was gen
eral throughout the Mi ate Even on the
east coast, as far Sou*b as Lake Worth,
the mercury fell below the freezing point
The Bt. John* was frozen to a
of twenty-five feet from the bank Ot
course the ice was thm, but such an oc
eur.ence is unpree* dented.
At Cara belle, a Finnish sailor was
frozen to death.
Ihe weather is moderating now.
Storm E»*lt Nr-w A ork.
New York, Feb. 9.—The storm has
gone sailing up in the direction of New
Found land and Nova Scotia The apoed
of the gale has gone down rtiirty to forty
miles an hour and matters iu general are
settling back to former conditions. The
shipping iu the harbor suffered more
damage and delay to day. however, than
at any time since the blizzard of 1888.
Bev. ral steamers were sent adrift by the
ice floes, while others were stulled for
several hours in mid stream. The ferry
boat business was hazardous aud desul
tory.
Ihe delay in getting ruea’s and pro
visions into the eity over tho railroads
has caused a stiffening in prices, and
many dealers in meats, fruits aud fi»b
availed themselves of the temporary
-toppage of the freight traffic and to
day leapt d a harvest.
it was stated to day that a coal famine
had alreaoy begun in this city and if the
ice embargo is not broken within the
no*t Iwt) 9r three days the situtation
will beer ni* grave.
Oyster Industry Paralyzed.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 9. The oyster
industry, in which hundreds of vessels
are engaged in ai d »■ out the Chesa
peake Bay, is piralyzed becaiiae of the
extreme cold weather. Captains of the
few oyster boats that are in port arc
afraid to take the hatches off for fear
•he cargoes will fr< eae before I hey could
he unloaded. No sales have been re
port* d for two days. The crews of the
dredge boats have beeu discharged, as
it. is impossible for them to work. Six
loaded oyster vessels were cut through
by the ice and sunk near Sandy Point
yesterday. The crews were rescued after
a terrible experience. The lamis and
their cargoes weie worth about SBOO
each. The season has been a poor one
for oyster men, and they are iu uo con
dition to stand heavy lot-ses.
No Muib From W it-Mngfon.
Washington. D. C., Feb. 9 —No mail
trains left Washington this morning, ac
cording to advices received at the Po>t
office Department, and uone have ar
med from New York. Second Assist
ant Postmaster General Nmlsou does
not expect to have the postal cars run
ning regularly before Monday.
Shipping IntercMtN Sit tiering.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 9 Shipping
interests are suffering more to-day than
iu any day since the blizzard began.
There were abrolutely no arrivals or de
part urea of v. seels and uone are expected
before a late hour to night.
Colored Sctiool liurm il,
Washington, Feb. 9.—A telegram re
ceived here to day says tiro totally de
stroyed Howland Hall, the main struc
tuieof an industrial school for e* lored
youths near Manassas, Va. Loss $2,500.