Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 14, 1881, Page 10

Fitting Climax to the Hor- rors of the Present Winter, Scenes East and West Which Have No Precedent in Our History. From Two to Nina Feet of Water on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, A Highty-Alarming Condition of Things in the City of Toledo. The Stores and Residences Filled -with Water, which Is Rising. s Gas, Drinking-Water, and Coal Qut of Use, and 17,000,000 Feot of Lumber Floating. No Trains on tho Trunk Lines Ablo to Pass the Scone of Desolation. General Outline of the Creat Floods at New Orleans and Everywhere East. The Awful Blizzard Which Is Howl- ing and Cracking Its Cheeks Weatward. WASHINGTON, Speeial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasntnatox, D. C., Feb. 12.—Tho peoplo of Washington linve to-day been treated to an un- wonted sight, that of seving row-boats plylng up and down Penngylyania avenue, conveying nee destrians, where it was dangerous cyen for horses to go. For severul duys the anticlpations of the break In the tee gorges at Harper's Ferry hayo been mingled with apprehensions of a flood when the thaw ehould come. Last night sheavy riinset in, necompnnlod by a rise of temperaturo, so that tho air was hot and steamy. About 150 o'clock this | morning the feo in tho river immediately nboya Georgetown broke up and went down Ina rush, inmost of it lodging ngninst tho piers of tho Aqucduet Bridge and the Long Beldge. THERE WAS MUCH EXCITEMENT. in Georgetown and Washington along tho river- front, and thoge who bad stores, lumber, ete., on tho wharves were’ soon busily engaged In wnk~ Sng overything secure. The steataers at tho wharves got up steam and were fully manned for the double purpose of securing themrelyves nnd nssisting In tho work of saving: property. "The river-Cront in Georgetown was Hned with people at midnight. In alt tho warchottses nlong Water street men were on duty, and the places wero lighted up. Merchants begau moy- ing out their stock at IL o'slock. Whon tho fifteen-feet rise nt Harper's Ferry began to ap- ur nt Ucorgotown, the immense fiekl of In- shor’ fee that up to that thne held frm ap- peured to be Ifted bodily, and thon, with n erysh, broke into great enkes and went rushing away into tho darkness, crushing the wharves in its course. IN THE CITY the day hag been ono of Intense excitement, and thousands of people who were moved simply by curiosity thronged tho avenue to watch tho strange scenes thore, The water before day- brenk was well up along f strevt, Northwest, ex- touding hulf-way over the walk and upto C street, Hooding the dwellings and business houses. The water at B atrect was between three and four feat deep by Ho'clock, and the female employes of tho Bu- reau of Eagraylug aod Printing on thor way to work wore compelled to take cars or cuaches, ‘THE SCENES: In tho lower part of tho city wero novel, and many of the ,dentzens of the division wero forced td look elsewhere than at aome for thelr breakfast. ‘Tho cellar of tho Census Oillee rapidly Mlled with water, out, in antleipation of the food, Gen, Walker sada large foreuof clerks emptoyed In reys during the entire night, removing the records to aplace of sufety, Along the avenue thore were aeverat Jong stretches where tho water wad trom two to threo feet deep. FORD'S OPHILA-IIOUSE: wos aurrounted, und the avenue along where Ninth, Seventh, and Four-and-n-hal€ streets pross was like a tnke. All the stores on tho south ido wore covered, and cetlira on the north side nud five and 8x feet of water in thom, The hucksters and dealers in the market took possession of tho dry spots on the nyvenue sidewalks and suppiled their customers, Thot- sandsof personz—men, wounen, and ehtidren— Mned the nvonua, w Hig with Intense Interest tho unusual sight. Sixth Street. Depot was The surrounded by four feet of water, and the cure rent runulng out along Sixth street way danger ously rapid. ‘Tho s#treet-cars running along there had to be deserted in huste, and loft Handing tn tho water, Tho water rose so rape idly THAT DRIVERS AND PARSUNGERS BECAME ALARMED, and enllod for holp to got out. Spring wagons were sent Into the current to tike thom off, At 1o'clock the water had reached the north side af the avenue, und, mt ubuut the sume tine, THE GREAT I STREET SEWEI HURST, und travel was stopped on Fourteenth, below she avenue, Near the corner of Sixth and B fireets. Mn the nelehborhood of tho Potumac Depot, ive of the Ninth street ine of ears bad to bo abandoned, tho drivers taking their money-boxes under their arms, and riding off on thelr horses, In one case a driver wis 4o anxious to sive himself and the money tht ho forgot tho anly passenger he had {n, and rede of leaving him, Atter tho passenger hud worked himsolf on his knees from one end of the car to the other to view tho situation, and the crowd had cnjoyed the alzit,n friendly bus. drlver rescued bin. Tho Sevonth street tine of cars conthiued to run through tho tead during the day, tho pissengers adopting ou knecling bualtion on tho grits, and the anime was the case with tho belt-line cura, RELOW THER AYVENUK the city ig inv pitinble cundition, tho cellars bu- fag thonded, and, lie awny tnstatices, the water reaching to the Jirst toor, ‘The Baltimore & Potomae depot ja surrounded by water four or Ave fect deep, and engines cannot come Into the depot, us tho water invades the furnaces, put ting out tho fires, At tho uront Seventh Street Market, this morntig, thers was fn amusing scene, “Tho place wis’ Hiled with. people, when, ull ut once, as an cyeewiticss dederjbud tt, the water SEEMED TO GUSH FROM ‘THY aKoUND, Wowen screamed, and, gathering thelr skirts about thom, ran for dry land, Huelsters “huatily withered up thelr movables, and withe fo an hour tho market was transferred to the north side of the avenue, whero wan dis= Buy cil this afterovon a fong ing of ments, vuge ctubles, butter, exgs. und frit. ‘The view from the top of the bivh bulblings was startling, Streaming from the Washlagton Momument Mong the bed of tha anelunt ‘Wiber to the Cup: {tol und thonce beck northonst of thy elty there Jay uo broad estuary, silidiog i the sun, while betow the broad” Potomme rolled ju wale krandeur ite mighty food to the sea, CHOSSING THE ESTUARY atthe varlous intersections of the streets wero Louts, wayons, und borsebuck riders, tho latter seeming to be ont in full duree, There was ttt Une usually turge nubsber of vehleles on tho avenie, the novelty of driving through two or throe teat of water seemingly affording an addlional churn to the alwys delightlul exerchie, Oyar= head tho sky was bine ae sapphire, the sun shove with an almost summer fervor, and wrips of ull kinds were thrown astle or worn with dla comfort, If the weather continuca wari the fluod inuy rise tow miel grentyr hight. | Infact the ive was only beglnulng to break, aud TONIGHT I 18 RAINING AGAIN, ‘Tho fev commenced to yurwe across the channel at Gleshor's about Yo'elock vials morning, aud ubout 10 o'cloek it bud to all appeurunee become a aolld yorge ucross to the Virginia shore, bluck- dug up the river entirely tu the Long Uridgaand, above it, to Georgetown, ‘This bud the eifeet of rulalny thu water to AN UNPHECEDENTED HIGHT, Inost of the whuryes o8 tho river front rising up snd Houting on the water, At the luland & sea. Lead Company's wir, near the Areenul Grounds, ratsed about five feet above the Bighcst tide, tho water surrounding tho due | Hnrs and lower stories of + varchouse, and, had It not been for tho ise Welhtof the floor and heavy fretahe Stored inalde, the whole wharf would have been ifted up, Tho Long Ttehige, Just below tho elty, hat heen one of the pofnts of interost'all day, Allday long it was the only commitnleat> aut link between the north and south at this polnt. At anenrly hour thfa murning ico about 8 foot thiek came down In vast sheets, piled In some vases high up in the alr, amd with auch foree forco. as to) make the Nrldge tremble nud creak from one end ta the other, As tho water reso the ico avcumulated. ‘Tho roar was foeessant and coukl be heard all over Souths Washington, Tho dense fog. prevented an oxtended vtew, but this morning of Intervals when tho for would ratso momentirlly the scene up and down treat wag an exceedingly animated one. Thero did not appear tobe much driftwood amonust the leo, but it ty Shane, thore will be more as tho drift comes from the mills higher up the river. AT DAYLIOUT hundreds of men and boys were collected at the Long Bridge and on tho line of it. Pegs wero driven down by tha beidgemen to murk the rapidity of tho rise, which mmeuated to. manne four teot at 7 o'clock, and had lifted the pluw Tootwalk on the causeway, carrying it over ou the carrlaxewny, AS TNE HEAVY CAKES OF ICK came down with tho tide, the fronwork of the draws were noticed to bend the buckle ont of Puce, ‘The loeat ratroad train, whieh arrives ont O22 0, In. wis the lastone which eame over, nud abont this thie the fog Ufred and avast bile of fee was naticed nlong tho Virginia shore worging wp near the bridge, and throwing the Hood chimed a tittle north, ‘The men em ployed te the Hallrond Comnany were busy on the entire length of the bridge, with poles ta lessen the feo wherover it accumulated and thi ened to tates, and soinG Were Sm blared In Tooxcaing some long trees which hid lodged Agatust tho lron-work of the draws and threat ened todo misehiaf, A little Inter ALL CAIREAGES WERE sTOPPED CROSSING, and tho bosses on tho track called off all thotr workinen and Inhorers, ‘The word was passed along the Hne with a warning to leave the bridge, and a general stampede waa got np to- wards the end, no one tecling sceure, Whnt nilded to the dread was the denee fog, which pros vented a vision except for a fow rodé, and at tho game tling thors was u series of heavy shows ers of rain drenching everybody. “Tha teat and seeotd anil hag er ae culverts south of the Lone Reltge bad been relioved of tho treatle- work and tho bridge sunk with tho rails, the water and feo running over them like a milt+ race. THE UPPER BRIDGE, near Fort Runyon liad also gone under the Pressure of the water nt LL o’ctock, and the wa- ter was within two juches of the platform of tho pagsenger-landing ut the south end of tho Lore Sridge, ‘Tho lee remained perfectly xorged In the Georgetown channel, and the pressure on the south plers of the Lung Bridgo was so great us to bend the wooden pice to the shape of a riuinhow, tho full forces of the pressure ia on the lower ironwork of the Routh draw. Tt is thought that the entire south end will bave to go when the Ice starts, . A THRILLING INCIDEOT of tho flool was the rescue of sume women from a dweiling-house just south of tho Loug Bridge, They hud mnnuged to get out to the abutment. wall, and, Word having been brought over to the north end of tholt situntion, Assistant-Chiet- Engineer Wa at once dispatched some truin men in at hand-car, and, taking the women on hoard, thoy brought thom over to this end of the bridge, ‘They were overjoyed at their dellyery, as thoy expected to bo Nonted off. Tho elder Mre. Geiger and her three daughters hal started to cross the bridge. and the water had riaon so rapldly that they had stopped at a point Where they could neither go forward nor return, The ofd hedy was NEARLY DEAD FROM FRIGHT when she left the hand-ear. Some of the people Mving In that viclulty took thom to thelr horses. Allday tho wharves at Georgetown have been" Hned “with thousands. of people, the oldest {n+ habitants aticming that such wtood basnot be FIOM witnessed along the Potom Capi- tal has been Jocated here, ‘The stores on = Water street In Georxe- town have been abandoned, the mer. chante having removed uvery thing that ta Hable to be Injured by tha water. In Gray & Noyes’ foundry, in this city, at 1 o'clock to-day, the sudden invasion of water coming in contact with a large quantity of MOLTEN METAL caused an expinsion by whieh two men were badly injured, Tho weather has turned colder thisevening, and dispatches recelved ut. tho Shynal Oitco report that the ico is outof the Shenandoah and Upper Potomac, and that thera ig no dunger of a furthor rise, THREE SECTIONS OF THE LONG BRIDGE, on the Virginia shoro, were carcied uway by tho Ice this evening. ‘This will relieve the Ive-gorge aid probably, remove any further danger from tho treanot hore. “It ts expocted that tho re- maliling portion. of the bridue will be saved, but itwould bo of great advantuge to the health of Washington {© tho cuusoway over which the bridge runs could be swept away, as it causes tho malarial tats, TOLEDO, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Torun, O., Feb. t4.—The loss and damage by the arent flood of last night and to-day have proved much larger than at trst Kupposed, ‘Tho toss of Parts of tho Union & Pennsylanin itnit- rond and Cherry street passonger bridges have atrendy been -reported. © ‘This morn ing it waa found that the stenmer Rmerald aud tho schooners Renson, Atmosphere, Med!- terranean, Rtulker, and Dunford wera lying in the fee oppoalt the lower purt of the clty in bad condition, the Benson aint Kmerald sunk and luter torn to piecos. It waa at first supposed uit the greatest loss would be to the veasols und bridges, but it owas found, early this morning, that this was onty ong feature of the damage. The middle ground and lumber district are cavered with some seven or. vlgbt feoter water, doing inculenlable damage to frelglt and stocks of Jumber and logs. Bes alles tho cellers of tho wholesale and retail dealers, as well gs private citizens all over tho city, wore flooded, involving a losa of over $100,000, THE SITUATION THIS EVENING, instead of deluge refleved, has become reall more alurming. Tho water, tnstend of fmmed+ jntely recedlug after reneniig the highest polnt, a4 wus oxpectad, links been gradually riatug for tha pis twenty-four hours, vity ia prace tleally ent of trom rallroad conucetion ia most (ireotions, and the muds could nat be xent to or eolyed fram Cleveland and Chicinanth this evening on recount of the rising waters. The eos was shut off and the water-works stopped putnping, so that most of the olty is without an ndequate supply of gas and water, itis though thut tho total loss, fieluding damage to prom Interruption to bislues: will exceed $1,000,000, ON OF ‘THE transportation, et A SPECIAL JOINT 3 MITT! was held this afternuon to seo Jf anything could be dove to break the gorge und let of the water that was danmed up, ne tH it owas flooding “the city. more and nore, | Dynamite explosions were recom Inended, and o | committee went with seme pure thos who wanted to try it and were omployed to mks the test, Several cartridges were exploded intho thick, unbroken leo below the’ elty, but no impression was made, and the scheme wag given up. The coaleyardd are alt undor water, and if the presont state of things continues Jong, mitch fneonyonlenee and sutfering will te ovcusioned, a8 Nong of the eon! ronda enn de ver colin the ot One of tho most serious accidents to the rallway interests was the ie- struction this afternoon of NADA SOUTILERN BRIDGE at Monrov, Mich. twenty miles from pere on tho River Radin, ‘Tho lee yarge oveurred at that bridge, Imindatlig the greater portion of the city, ‘The leo broke in the ehuunul below, when (ho bridge gave way and was swept down stream with ayreat muss of dévris, fences, trees, Mine ber, te, Pho loss du Monrog fs osthinated nt nbout $1000, No further dunage autiolpared, ‘The Canada Southern tralus arp running over: the Luke Shore bridqe nt Monron, THE MOST EXCITING INCIDENT. of the yront fuod in the Maumee was tho ad- venture of Capt. Jennings, commander of the schooner Atmosphere, and the only living 4 Rotton iny af the vessels which wontout with the loosening of the gorge. Lt seoms that the watch men and others of the crow on other bouts ites sertod thelr craft when danger came, Capt. John Jennings wus bitled by Ottleer Kline ag his bout passed down through thy great grinding cakes of fce, Thon ft was supposed the destruction of his, vessel and hia donth werd inevitnble, Kilno asked hin ff he wanted to send any ward to his wife. ‘The Cav. taln, who was forward smoking bis pipe replied “Nov except to tell be Ln wll right.” Me then declared ho waa 3 GOING TO BUPFALO. . Kitne asked hin why be didn't Jrop hia big anchor, Ho said he bid dene that, but that the chain anapped when thu sebvouer stopped tn the: corey, Jennings coolly went ashore und got his breakfast wnt retirned with a crow, ‘Losduy Jennings wie given charge of the entire ileet, und tine had a crow put oneach vessel, with all tho necesry outtht of pimps, ete, to Rave tho Vessels should they spring wlenk. Jon wings thinks they wilt fe Ont Rate with the ive, He dechires he will make the frat trip to Bute tule A friend of Capt. Jennings, in deny ine the story that he had called for help, quid ome phatleally: “Jenuligs id uw mun who never eyuicals, wid doa't you forget it, THE NEWSPAVERS OF ‘TILE crey have sutfered seriously from tha foal. Tho Eventiy Times wot the worst wetting, ‘Toenight there i lx feet at water on the tour of ita edt: forlal und press-rootis, all on the test oor, on Water street. Tho paper did not appear ta-di ‘The Blade has got two feot of water fn ite pree: roan threat the sewers, and win obliged to te~ snes half eheet trom tho olive of the Hee. ‘The Suiday Democrat dien, Stecdauin'’s paper) was tulsa drowned ont, and will be printed to-morrow. trom nother ullige, “The degra ang icc gute fered uu ineouvenlence froin the Hood, i PIILADMLVPHLA, PA, _Bpettat Dispatch to Thewhicago Tribune, TIMLADELVIA, Puy Fob, 12—All danger of further damage by tho floods in tho Sebuylkitl ig ut au end now, but tho fogs iu the law tycuty= COM- mit hours cannot b ach If any than $100,000, Tho tce gorge tn tho Kchaytkil began forming In the afternoon yesterday about tive miles above Fairmount Dam, at the entrinve to the park. The ieo thore began to breuk up, but unfortunately it was an unbroken mass for tho tiro miles below the National Rowing Course, which ends jrat above Columbia Bridge. There owas ovidently no outlet, and so raphily did thy water riso that “acrious apprebensions arose of a repetition of tho dlensters of six yenrsago. The r! nt this point Is Mned with intts and manufactorics, whieh are hullt high enough to be aut of tho why of an ordinary freaivt, When tho rising was observed “ ALL WORK WAS ATOPPED In these mills, the woinen and children wero dis- missed, And tho men were put to work removing goods and stock from tho lower floors to the Upper ones, Thoy began work vot a moment tuo soon, for se rapidly did the water rise that in four hours it wis fourteen feet higher than when the gorgo bexan forming at Lo’clock, In some of the mills tho stock wis of such no onatura that tt could not be removed, while in others tho stock on bind was too great tobe tiken out ina few bora, iy 6 o'clock the water bad REACHED 178 MIGHEST MARK, and tho lower floors of most of tho mills were rubmerged, in some enses men bad been work: ing tothelr walsis in water removing woods, and were obliged to atop, Mennwhile men and. hoya were out in both Ru enteh the Honting merebundige bern carried (nto the current of the river, amenns dozens of bales of factured guods were saved. There wore many nurrow escnpes from drowning, and unfore tunately ono Jad, + yerrs old, did not have n res: cuter to to tis aid. and perished before his mother’s eyes, His nme was Jaeob Johnson, of Roxboraugh. Incrossing the plank over the com which ring betweon Prestun'a Mills aud tho high background, HE FELL INTO THE WATER. The current was running awiftiy, and ina fow moments the boy was curried from slit, Only a tittle while this, Louisa Meister, uw oyirt employed in the same wlll, Fell Into tho eanul below the “waste way,” ‘but was rescued by a tinn Jumping in the water und grasping her by the body, holting fast to the projecting Limbs of atree until both were drawn out, ‘The rise of water was ao rapid at this polut that ihirty-tve women and girls sude dently found thor communteation with the aborg cut orf, Roats were sont to thelr resaue, and they were taken from tho upper story windows, ‘Three mien employed at tho Sanayunk Gas- Works also found themselves ~ BURROUNDED BY WATER iu adotactied building. They retreated to the Upper-story, bUL soon were Oblixed to tate to the roof rorsafety, From this perilous position thoy were rescued by 2 bout sent out totheir res lot, Mills: were not the only Intildings which have suffered jogs, Many operatives lived In houses close by their places of work and In the Path of tho rising water... They soon were obliged to leave. some going aut wtogether, and othors murely removing their effects froin tho cellur and frat floor to the mpper rooms. He tween ninety and 100 dwellings were thus af- fected, In addition to tho direct tons of fully 100,000, 1 MANY THOUSAND OPERATIVES will lose their wexes for days until the mills can resume again. Seville Sehotel!’s woolen mins for brondetoth and blankets mive all the lower floors, covering 74,00) square feet, and contain- ing tho pulling and tinting mnehinery, aube’ merged In glx feet of water. The mill employs 1000 hinds, who will have to lose some tine, Mr. Sehoticld sald he would have given €10,000 to have averted Tho A. Campbell Manufactur- Mg Compuny’s large cotton mills will sutfor Perhaps the heaviest loss of all, and te will bo some thue before tha 8X) employeés will resume work. ‘The place looks more Ken tannery than wcotton mill, Portions of the valuable machine ery wore ulgplaced and FLOATING ANOUT. The same concorn hus another inill about hale a mile farther up the river, in tho directlon of Fhet ttock, where tha overilow was just ag dis ustrous. James Mreston lows heavily in bot his cotton milly. About Gxof his employes will have to awalt developments, At the tower mill ‘hore were 100 bales of cotton which could not be tiken out m the, of whieh Ifty ave floathig fn the river, Led by heavy ines to keep theut from going uway altogethor. Sidney Solms’ Pekin cotton atid woollen niitts WEEE DISMANTLED with heavy loxs, laying otf 0 omptoyés. Tho anlll-owners of Manny unk will hold te clty ree sponstbie for ait damage infiiered on thelr prop- erty by tho water. Thoy base their clam for dumages upoa tho action of the Park Cominis- sloners ln refusing to allow tha feo in the Schuyl- KU above Fulrmount Dan to bo ent, assertin: that If Tt had been loosened from the shores a the piersof tho bridges the lower Ice would have moved out aud offered no obstruction to the mags above, ‘THE GORGE BROKE Aon After noon, nud the water bus since fallen claht foot. ‘The Susquebunnn vt Pittston is almost tree from lee, and hus fullen elght feet, but ds stl thirteen feut atove high-water mark. All tralus were deltyed near there. At Hurris- bury, soventy milea below, IL was within one uot of tho radirond-beidge at 2 o'clock to-day, but bags since fulléy, “At Columbia tho Ico sturted at U o'coels In3t night, and pussed over the dan without tloing the great dumurze feared, ‘Tho Susquchanna is very hiseh wt chat polnt, and fg rislug rapidly, At ScCalt's Ferry “AN ENORMOUS GORGE HAS FORMED, which 1s forcing the water back. All tho streams in Linesster County are out of thofr banks, and much property will reautt, At Part Deposit, Just nbove the month of the river, the track was covered, und mans le have lett thoir homes, fearing au ininidation. thned rat my rently swollen the Geblgh Aiver, have been swept from une der the Lebivh Valley belize at Penn Haven, dt is red that "the 6,000,000 feet of Juinber in the boom oat White Haven may break away, In whien case the Lehigh Val- teynnd | eh Could & Navigation Cumpauy’s bridges ut Penn Haven will be destroyed, Shout thoraln continue in tho valley. a few hours longer great destruction of property is feared, before S TUE NOUTIOWE Specjat Dispatch to The Chicayo Tribune, Sr. Paut, Minn, Feb. 12.—Novor in tho history of rallroadiag in the Northwest his thero been such taeason of Impediinents ns hus churacter- Tred this, From: the first fleree biizzurd which swept tho country in Octoter to the present. ‘The roads with outs have been partienturly em- burrassed tn tho movement of tralia, the snow rifting {0 to the depth of twenty to thirty feet. Even on the prairies, where a nagious has been formed by throwing out tho snow from the track, drifta bave formed to the TOP OF THE TELEORAPIE POLE and in some cases now ones haye been set in the anow that communication by wire might bo keptup. Tho recent ralu packed tho snow upon the banks go solidly in some places that tho plows on the engluea are utterly useless, and it is noccessury to shovel tho snow from the road: bed by band, which isa tedious process, These drawbacks to rallways ean only be realized by these who bave been snow-bound at extreme eerie the prairies, ‘Vho Mastings & Dakota Mvlslonol the Chicnyo, Milwaukee & St. Pat bos been buried under a bunk of snow alinost place the season avt ia. Tho sioux Clty braueh of the Chicago, St. Paul & Omaha hug been and still ig Undiy’ blogiaded, notwithstanding the ef forta of the Conipany to raise ft, and thoy have euatod neither labor or expense, Que triin hug eon SNOW-HOUND AT MOUNTAIN LAKH, about midway between St. Paul and Sioux City, alnee the Ist inst, and te likely to be for sone. thine to come trom roports jist received from, there, ‘To-day tho passengers eoutd retaln thee pationce no longer, and of counw rested their compiulnt against the Company, there belmg to: ‘olor tangible genuy that could be nasulled, he followluy are THE RESOLUTIONS: Reaolved, That the responsibiiity rests somos whyse for the dinbolted! outrage perpetrated Upon the passengers of thig trein’ by holding. them snow-bonad for upward, of eleven diya, when, by rensonable cnayy, Industry, and pers suverance the train could buye been rellevod, und sickness, inconventence, and discomfort obvinted, Aesnlved, That the Uscovery will bo made who ig ta blame, and that public aplnion will eons leony the guilty to merited inka, for ime lity, Incompatonuy, and Inhumualty, » ‘he revolutions are signed by Gen, Jolin Cook, of the Hoscbut indian Agenoys Hy MoDonaled, Clachwnatt: ELK. ‘Tompkins, St. Pauly dB. Cutting, ttochesters aud: about twonty-iiye others. and telegraphed taf. Hy Winter, st Paul, General buperintendent of the Calenzo, Rt. Paul, reper atte & Viale Railroad. Vo theae caustic resoludions Mr. Winter responded with an explanation as follows; COMFORTING To 8. 8, Cutting and dt, fakes Your complaint is reculy (fiw Super- intundent of that division hus been tevin: every ulfort Ln tho dirediion of your roliof, aa he hus full authority to entl to bis staafatuneo wll tho resources of the Company, We don't tink: that tho menns.tave been misapplied, or that anything tig been left undone tit was possible toda to bring forward thu train; but when only Cow houre more would have brakes the block- ade another and one of the most violent sti ofthe winter, aad one aginst which we aiinike ho progress, his set in, We are even obliged to send fout on baudaleds drawn by mon, ut the risk of thoie personal safety, ta the erow out Ughting the snow. ‘Vrrias are slaty slinted Athany pluces, und the thuly thing too ts to try tokeep out of danger and as vomfortable as possible, Wo ave as anxious na you are tu land you utst Paul, bur until we can feel reasonably certain that WE ALE NOT INCHEASING YOUR DISCOMFOUT by belng bluckuded on the pralrle, way from, food und fuch we auail serve your Tnteresta by keoplog you where you are comparatively sale. #8. WINTER, Gonorit Superiutendeat. It isu fact that the Company, by its agents bas done all that mortal man could do to ralve this unproceduated blockude. Otbor dlapatches from tho sume sectlon contiris the report trom Mount- ain Luke us tu the general conditiun of the road. ery, Mountain ‘The con, the wind blows a per- A y perhiips Atty fect from of tho ground $3 compiotoly filbut WH moving: snow, obscuring objects 100 feet qwnye and ho lean adver iiipte to move T is the delaved jorthwester which should havo followed the storin, and itis the old snow that fs moving now. IT SHOULD NE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED, It fs very interesting as a moteorologtent evont, but quite the reverse from a rallrond polnt of view, The blockady fs not confined to This Hine alon hue to othors, as mppenrs by the following special: ‘ “The Hitnuiet viral spies trnin rirpuigh Inst night. ny ny nt ono inat. mleht which fat ennt of here, TH) and party, with albus! fre Dluckaded with that train.” The; BIX ENGINES BMABHED UP in tho Inst storm. ‘This Is the hardest and ono of the worst this winter. Tho storm lias tow struck tho Chlengo trunk ines, and tratis duc here at 1:20 p,m, are storm-bound, and are net Ikely, from the present outlook, to reach thalr destination before to-morrow, notwithstand ng thoir fnetlities for bulteting the clements. Uther lines aro seo sulfering from the storin, but the vases volta) will given general {den of tho dili- enities attending the operation of railroads in the Northwest never before experieneed, : —— : “DAVENVORT AND ROCK ISLAND. Special Dispatch to The Chicaga Tribune, DAvesvonr, la., Feb. 12.-Old oltizens say that slnee the winter of 1841 thore haa been no auch snow and wind storms that which began yes~ terday at noan pnd continued until sunrise this moralng, From twelye to fourteen inches of snow buve fallen, but te ls terribly drifted, being six and eight fect deep in pluces, while the Hround ‘Ju spots ig bare, On the Rock Island & “Peorin tillrond thore have been no tralns in or: outto-duy, Freights are blockaded all along the Hne. At 10 o'clock: this morning four locomotives coupled together were atarted out to relleve ftucomlog trains, but two hours were required to mike four miles. On tho Chl- cago, Uitrlington & Qiines and tho Coteago, Milwaukee & St, Paul Reads there have been no teafosinor uut either in this city or Huck Island, teross tho river. ‘Tin ‘Tununk repra- sontatlye, in an interview with Genernal-Super- ifendent Kimball, ot tho Chiengzo, Hock Island & Bacitle Rallroad, this afternoan, gathored) tho folluwlay particulars of the storm on that Tne: “In Western lowa att Northorn Missourt It was mueli worse than here, the country belng more open and the drifts deeper. 'raln No. 4, tho enstward-boutd prssonger, which Jett‘ this city at Ii inst onivbt twa hows and nhal€ late, ranched Shoettlold at.4 o'clock this Mternoon, Bust of Bureau dnncdon the snow Ja much Ughter, and little trouble Is appretend= ed. NO, the westward-bound passenger which Jeft Chicuyy at Wo'elock last night, arrived hare ut 4 o’elocts this afternuon, ten hours dite, Na. 2. due here at 8 this morning from tho W hasnot nt this writing resehed Des Moir Tho truiton the Southwesterts Mond whieh des pirted at Totelock Inst evening, {8 lak up at Centreville, 105 miles westot here, No trains from tho West are expected tu arrive to-night, but pee silt be mude up here to xo out, West nv To'cluck, e MILWAUKEN, WIS. Bpectat Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, Minwaukun, Feb. ‘Tho storm which began hero inst night has raged with unabated fury throughout to-tay. All of tho strect-raflway Hues have been su blocked that tho cars could notrun. Huslness goucrally has been stagnant, and few, people nppenred on the streets. Not over ten or twelve Inches of snow havo fallen, but there are drifts four or five feet deep In all directions. ‘The,Northwestern traln from Chi- éngo arrived this afternoon about tivo hours lute, but, the St. Put was four hours behind, thio. = The 1 runs to Chleago started a9 usual, with a good prospect of gutting throwrhys a liege number of engines and plows have | kept busy. ALL the’ rouds to the forth are Hteratly “showed In,” and there is no trafic upon the St. Paul route of ily concn quonee west of hece, Jarre guns of shovelors Inve been set to work toald the engines, and the tratny will get through tozmorrow unless tnore snow falls, te has now ceaged. and the weather 18 cleuring, A stitt north wind bus pre-e valled during tho day, but to-night it tins red ta the we Tho. recidents arisiig froin the storm are not very sorloud. Au awning menatring twelve by twenty’ feet fell on Mason street and knovked a lid nitmed Moore Ingenst- ble, Infteting an gly cut tipon bis head, It Is beloved he will recover. A barze tines of root diye was carried of tho Say View lolltig- Mills, Dut no one was Injured, su far us 18 knows at this thie, DUBUQUE, IA, Special Dispatch to The Chtcaga ‘Tribune, Dunuque, Ia, Feb, 12—The heaviest snow: storm knuwn here for toi ycars commenced Friday ovening. The storui continued until t o'clock Suturday morning. ‘All the trains wore detayed and will not be nble to move for several diya, The depth of tho snow on a level Is twelve inches, General-Munager Jeffery, of the Winols Central, is snaw-bound at Pomoroy, DUNUQUE, lity » L—Tho worst storm of the season Is upon us. A regular biizzard spring up yt ay afternoon, continuluy all ulght, with a high wind and n fall of snow, All nes of travel ure snowed in, Tho train bound west Inst night got no further than Flasta, Tho one coming erst got to Epworth, remalning thore at night. No effort is made to run trains tas diy, na it would bo uscieas while the high wind ing to fil) tho cuts. No trains arelyed or aturted out tosday. Tho drifts are from ten to Oftecn fest deep, and Ul up as fast as cleared, The strect-cars are wunible to run, and slelghs are substituted, Tho country roads are dritted — ROCKFORD, TL, Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Tockroun, IL, Feb, 1.—Tho grontest snows storm of tho season bas been raging hore toe day. Tho.snow is now over n foutdeep on tho level, while tho drifts ara from slx to elght feet i f & Northwestern Road nre snaw-bound at Pec tonfen and Win hus paseed this plaice east since 10-4’ terday suoraing, At this welting there ye Ove tralng Letween this elty and Peentontes, four of which are passenger. ‘he Chleazo & Lowa trains did nat leave tho Compuny's yards etthor at Rockford or Itachelle. On the Kenosha Road traing are: ih baptiayh aN right, but look as though thoy had been pulled through suow- banks, Tho hotels are nll tall of gmpatient. traveler. Business in tho elty has been almost entirely siapended owing t6 tho walls and streete bulng so filled with snow, In the country the cust und wert roads are ubsolutely tmpas- kibie, and it will bo some the before farmers will be able to get about, and before doing this all wilt he compelled to turn out and shovel their way, Onthe whole, tho storm is the svvercat for years. MONMOUTH, ILM, Special Dispatch (o The Chicago Tribune, MonsoutH, JL, Feb, 12—Tho moat furlous snow aturm that has been experlenced for many: yours commenced yesterday about oon, aluco when ft has snowed continually till o'clook this afternoon. Over onu fout of snow haa fallen onafovel, Atthe sume time a high wind has Deon blowing, and tho snow Is drifted so badly that the streets are ulmost tpassuble, Both tho matn Hino and the St. Louls Division of tha Chiengo, Burlington & Quincy Kailroud ure ale most blockaded by the snow, All frelht tralns dave been abandoned slice last night, and the Joval passenger teaing bave also been abandoned to-dyy, but the Company have’ mindy strenuous efforts to put the expreds-traing though. Tho dught oxpress-teatn Coon Chico was snowed it at Neponset tis morning, and did not reach Galesburg tll noon, and nll other tralis are soy= eral bound lute, Pasvunger-trains on tho Bt, Louls Division have buen completely blockaded by snow to-day, * . DES MOINES, TA, Special Wisputch to The Chicago Tribune, Des Moines, la, Feb. 12.—-A regular bilzzard has raged over Iowa south of the tino of the Hlnals Central Moad tor tho Inst twenty-four hours. ‘Pralas are ginbargocd in snowbanks on all the trunk-lneg, Tho Rock Isinnd train cast from Council Hult last evening got to Guthrie, wad has been thore sinec. ‘Tho train which loft Unicago yesterduy moralny got as far as No ton and strive adrift 8 few milies west, aid has iuuily te prowress since, No attempt bas been mude to move other trains to-day, ranch traing are ull nusndoned, a3 it ts useless to ute tempt toclonr tho track until the wind sates, whieh It now appenra Will bukoon, Tt ta declare tho worgt stocis for travel lu thirty yeare, though tho wouthor ta not severe, BIOUX: CITY, TA, Speelat Dispatch to The Chicuye Tribune, Brox Crry, fi, Feb. 1.—For tho first thine since rallroads were bullt to this city, no passen- wer trains buve come in or gone out daring the day. Husluess iy totully susponded, Not nwheet (i neni an thy St. Mul & Bloux City ond this aide of St, James, und beyond that the wires tre down, Girthe Inala Ceutral the firs train out since the provious, blockude of ning diya was raged aunck with two engines thirty milus west ot Fort Dodge, No telegraph Mies east of Omaha wero working to-day, ‘Tralna on the west cud of tho Chicago & Northwestern (Council Huis Hiny) are suspended, Not much snow bere, pubis bad wind, Temperature zero this morn. uy. —— LAWRENCE, KAS, Lawnencn, Kus. Feb, 8.—-The snow and wind storm for the lust forty-eight hours hus buen territia, Business is virtually suspended. The snow Is yery badly drifted, The rallroads ure blocked tn overy direotioa. A coul-train 13 stuok on the Carboudalo Ruud onv imity from town, at has beon abandoned. A wtock-train Jawtuck on tho Kuugaa Pucitio tye mites from All trains on this Draneh of the Chicayo here, ‘Tho been four hours engines tu nine miles, The wagon rouds are completoly hed. Farmers citnnot get in with wood, and 0 codledealors are arly ont of cont. Tho wind partially subgtded this evening, aud the fury of the storm seems to be over, OMAITA. Speeiat Duapaten to The Caicago Trine, Oana, Neb, Feb. 12.—Nenrly all, branch rail- roads are blockaded with snow, which has beon drifted Into the eutson tho tracks by the high winds which have been prevailing yesterday and to-ay. The Union Macitle sent out the west- bound passenger train to-day, but there were no eastern connection, a8 tening duo thls morning froth Chicnzo und Bt. Lowls fre stuck in the snow at dltteront polite in Towa. astern tele- raphic commiunicution has been cut of since Nast ulght. ‘Theres wera no trains in or out of Omuhu except the Union Paoitic, and all frelght- trains on tho Eastern and Mountais Divisious of this road have been abandoned. KEOKUK, TAs Speetat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Kronox, In, Fob, 1%--Tho terrific snows storm of yesterdny and lust night bas beon the inenns of cutting of most ult communication with the oulside world to-day. Frolght-trains and soverul pasonger-traing on tho differont Ines in and out of the city have beon nbun- doned, The only two trains arelying to-duy on the Wabash main linge and St. Louls camo in #everitl hours lute. Avout ten inches of snow hns fallen, but tho high wind prevalling hag drifted it, making {ft much deeper in most places, OTTAWA, ILD. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Orrawa, I), Feb, 14,—Tho most violent snows storm of the year ect in during lat night, and raged with hurrionno fury until this afternoon, ‘Tho snow fell to tho depth of ofght Inches or more. ‘rains on tho Itoek Teland tod wero do- layed near Tisktlwa and Qenesea for many hours, No, 4 pogsenger, due here nt? o'clock tt, in, only pissed cast nt Op.m, The waters in tho Fox and Ulnols Hlvers have fallen two feet, and im mediate danger to tho bridge, bus passed, as tho ive bus ceased to run. WINONA, MINN. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Winona, Minn, Fob. 12.—The suow-storm of inst night did not reach this place, and trains on tho rouds west nnd north aro running on time, ‘This morning's ensturn traln on tho Greon Hay & Minnesot. Rond turned back at Morshland, six miles from Winona, Speciils from points on this rond between Seranton and Green Hay: report from two to three fect of snow and heavy winks. The, midnight passeuger-trains of tho fulenro S& Northwestern will be suspeided at strus. + TANESVILLE, WE! Spreteg Disvateh to ‘The Chicago Tribune h JANESVILLE, Wis. Feb 12—A benvy snow- storm, uceotipanied by a hurd wind, provalled here slneg 6 o'clock last evening, Fully elght- cen Inchos of snow has falten, It is badly drifted everywhere, All tho railways, except tho Afton Braneh of tho Northwestern, aro blockaded, No auch sturin was ever known of hero before, WATERTOWN, WIS, Speetal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Watertown, Wis., Feb. 12.—-During tho pnst twenty-four houra the -severest snow-storin over known In this section has been raging. A high wind from the northwest has drifted tho snow In‘inmany places tu an onormous hight, -rendering travel on the country roads simply im- posalble, and cansing 1 total suspension to-day of tralns on all the rallronds runuing In here, POLITICAL. Wiatno and Garficld Inve Agreed to Offer tho State Department to Conke ling. Spectat Dispateh to The Chteago Tribune. Ch AND, O., Fel, 125A report comes from what is snid to be Inside sources in Now York to tho effect that the State Department bas rotunal- ly been offered to Senntor Conkilug. It Js sald that some time since, when Gen. Garfleld waa In Wastington, he had a long conference with Sen- ator Blaine, and mado asupposititious cuse to tho effect that it might come to tho point when the position uf Seerotiry of State would bo offered to tho Matno Senator, The latter wus requested to look tho whole matter — curetully over aud conskler tho fact that Frye aad Hinte could beth ve well provided for in case of Mine's removal from tho State, and uw cortaly clomont of the party thore which has been clamoring ugalnst “TOO MUCH ILAINE ? for some time past would bo gntisfed, Mr, Mlalue was usked to write to Gen, Gartteld ac his Jelsure whethor ho would accept tho positton, In duo time, it isanid, Dialno sent on hls accep- tunce Is case everything turned out proporly, ‘Fhis wag tho origin of tha report that Blaine was golng into tho Cabinet, Dut tt fs.now anid that things = iseumed euch oy shape that it was thouxtit best by Gare Wold and Biaine both to drop this arrangemont for tho time being, at least, and offer tha Stute Department to Conkling, If the Inter should refuse it wauld leave Garfleld ot Niberty to do as be saw fitin regard to other appolntine nts, and Mi. CONKLING WOULD BH. PRACTICALLY BE if Mr, Conkling showlil uceept be would, It {3 alleged, muke an excellent Socretary of State, knd tho unpleasant position tn regurd to the demand fur the Treasury Pepartment for New York would be solved, From alt the Inyostiga- ion 1 have been able tu make here F hive galned hirtie that would contribute to the espe clul strengthening of the report, bit Fam ted to. believe thut thore 13 someting in it, aL least, THE OWIECT OF VEN. LOGAN'S VIstT to Mentor Ist inystery which noithor corres spontents nor potiticlins can satisfactorily salvo, ad his coming hoes crouted as great ny uone stornution amoung thom as wanld the sudden up. henpanes uf a comet In the heavens. tn the first wade, Gen, Login was veckldatally discoverad nt the dl bere Thursday night, and on belng Interviewed denied emipliatically that ho was wolug to Mentor, cluiuitny he was here on purely private business, Next inorniog he turnud up at Palnesville, where bo regiatored a flotitions name ut the hotel, und during tho day drove over to Mentor, Alt further at. tempts to intorviow him were Ine elteetual It 1s tha Pinion of somo gpreone who are supposed to Keep the run of things at Mentor that . QUN, LOGAN MAS COME IN THE INTEREST oY CONRTANG, : Gov. Cornell and Senator-elect Plate, tt will be roniembercd, visited Gen. Gurilold two weeks nga, andina few days wero followed by Cone krogsmon. Hutterworth, of Cinclinath To an Intorview on bis retin to Washlugtou, Batters worth is reported to have made the remark that of Mr Conkling requested a certain pico in the Cabines, and Gen, Gartletd told him tit tho posldon waa tilud, bute that bo could havo any other pluce for New York, could don, Gurpeld be blamed if Now York werd now’ re ted in the Cabinet beeausa Mr. Conkling ised tonne aman for any othor position?” ‘This remark of Mr. utters worth, coupled with the fact that a number of Coukllug's uherenta had wlroudy visited Mentor, led many to belleve that Now’ York was to bo left out because of CONKLINW'S REFUSAL, TO MAKE CONCES: BI and now they sny Gen, Logan's visit ia for tho purpose of healing tho brench,—that ho ts will- ing to waive all aalins that [lines may possess fur th plice in ordor Now Og in the Cable may be represented net. Conkling, iy pid, wants Levi P, Morton at the head of the ‘Treasury, or Tostmuster Jaqies In charge of the postal port- olla, "Bho appotatuieat of etthar ono of those anon, It is argued, will meet with favor from all wings of the purty in New York, and materinily strengtion tho Republicans there. It ia not paeely, known that Goy, Cullow is at Mentor, tHE he bs it fs stemised be le MEI AN AUNILIARY TO GEN, LoGaN Anothor theory of the visit fs that Logan ts urg- ing Gea, Gartlelt, in view of tho retirement soon of some of the Supreme Justiecs, to pat David) Davis buck into tho Suprome Court, which uid Jeavea a vucancy in tho Sonate to be illed by a Republican Leyisiature of Iinols, ind thug tha cuntrol of the United States Senate. would bo- gained, Davis, it ia argued, his 1 good record as Asso etato dirstics with bican inajority Upon the be rit to the party, ROBBERIES, e Detectives Costollu und La Bounty saturdn: oveulug Arrested, utthe corner of Polk and Clark streoty, Charles dlitchell, Edward Sluter, and James Mokernu, whe ure charged with steals ing a show-cuse containing boots, shous, and slippers trom ti front of C, Schinidt's boot und shuo shop at No. 404 West Luke street, The thieves carried the showcuse into an adjacent alloy or vacunt lot und thore ransacked (t, Nous of tho goods stolen were recovered, Burglars Saturday evening forced entrance to. BA. Koblusun'’s cominission lhuuse at Ni ty) Bouth Water street, and helped thomsclyes to about three burrels of sugar, threo cuddles af* plug tobacco, and otbor goods valued in all At $200, ‘They hod with them a horse and exe press-wagou, und whon they saw Oliver Secs ot the iby ai uppronching thoy drove rap, idly away, ‘The ollicer did nut got close cnough tothe rig to furnish any descripuion of than, Winchestora Hypophosphites will cure sonauenetl ony coughs, weak bun bronohitls, and general debility, Eatabilsne Iwenty-oue yours, NATIONAL NEWS, No Chango to Bo Tolerated in tho River aud Harbor Sill as Cut and Dried. The Big Sandy Is Threo Inches Deop, and Each Inch Has Oost $500,000, Successful Introduction and Pas= sage of a Tariff Measure in the House, Rapid Development of Feeling in Pavor of Bimotallio Gurrenoy All Ovor =~ the World. RIVERS AND IARBORS, FRESIT TACTICS. Spectat Dispatch to ‘The Chteago Tribune. Wasutxatox, D.C. Feb, 4—Tho managors of the Itiver and Rarbor bill, wero competted to resort to new tuctics to-day and abandon thelr attempt to force thor biN through tho House without debato and without regard to the estul Usbed rutes of parttumentury proceedings, They were also obliged to abandon tholr effort to re- maln dn continuous session until tho Dil should be passed, tho novel sights accompanying tho extraordinary flood having more uttructions for members than tho night session, Tho tact that tho opposition to the bil had not been plaeat- ed, and was disposed to contest It even to tho extent of filibustering, wae an additional rengon. fordecliping to curry out the program for n night session, The consideration of the bill by Rectiona was commenced at lo'clock, and at | 5:00 only two pages of tho forty-six-page bill had been rend, e THE PLAN OF REAGAN, Chairman of the Committee, after his forced surrender of his purpose to put tho bill through without dobate, bad been to formally consider under tho rules, but to practically prevent de- bate by moving that tho debate upon every see tion should be Ilmited In the Committee of the Whole to one minute. ‘This plan did not suceced, nnd it was 6 o'clock boforoe netion could be obtalued upon the first paras graph. Thoro was nn curnost effort on tho part. of a Inrge ulnority, under tho tend of Upde- erat, of fown, to bave restriclons plnced upon the appropriution of money under the bill which, Af thoy did not muke tho bill any better, would MAKE IT LESS HARMFUL, ‘Tho goneral spirlt of the proposed amendment Was that none of the appropriations proposed by the bIL should be expended upon any stronms, although they might bo designated in the bill, upon which ® yessol of Nifty tons could not be navigated for nn distanee of thirty continuous miles, and which did not ran be» tween or in two States. Various modificutions wero proposed to this amendment, excepting tho arms of tho sun and tho tributaries of tde- water rivers from {ts operation, but they, aa woll ng the origina! proposition were, after much: debate, and i great doal of bitter wranghmy, voted down by a large majority. Tho managers of the bit, while not being very skiltfulin tholr control of thelr mousure, é HAVE THE POWER OF BRUTE NUMBERS, and may ultimately be sucecssful by Uring out tho minority, They very unekillfully carried out this part of thoir program to-day, and, at- though n good many amendinents to increase Appropriations were made, the portions of tho DUL that were passed upon were not changed, ‘The controversy for tho three hours of debute weat muinly onthe Hue of the principle of the Updeurat ainendment, Mr. seat made quite a now departure in hig habit of speaking, und gave a good dual of sparale to the discus sion. ‘The illustration with whieh ho enforced hie arguinent udded much Interest to the debute, Kecy Creek, Murylund, is a tittle stron for ges an appropriation of ‘some $5,0u0 is made,, - NOT MORE THAN TURE. MILES 1.0NG,-—— and {s wholly within one county, yet the River Sand Iarbor bIR proposed an appropriation to improve it, which is only the beginning: of an approprintion of ubout $50,000. ‘The Little Kane awahn River, in the State of West ge een fertile aud frultful in river and harbor bilis If not elsewhere, itis proposed to improve In fue atalliments to tho amount of $100,000, yet the en= gineers report that tho ultimnte purpose of this improvement only Is to uttord pole-buat and raft nuyivation, Another vast sim fx appro- Peinted for Hig Sandy River, In whieh the ongincers report they have, notwithstanding a lacye appropriation of money, aa yet been ablo only to sceure a depth of water of TUREE INCIES : In tho mttdle of the stream, The approprin- tion, however, on the basis of the eatimutes al- rendy made, will ultimately require an expend. Y 1200, Anothot river, the Guyundot, for which an hapebetntan Of $100,009 Is “uppro- printed, Is alittle mountain stream, overnuay With trees, upon which it ig never expacted that adds but 2 pole-bout or st ratt ean font, ‘Che Elk Hiver, in Murytand, tho cngineors roported, miht, by an expenditure of $100,000 In the modillention of saill-sltes,- bo made navigable for pole-bonta, MONETARY CONFERENCE, GROWTIL OF THE IIMETALLIO IDEA, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicase Tribune, Wasttindtos, Feb, 12.—There Is x good Proapuct of another internutfonal monetary confegence. Seerctary Evarts f¥ wuthority for the statement that an International monetary conference, which hud been under conslderation fur soine time pust botweon this Government and those of the Latin Uatun and Germany, has beon tleehled upon. A Joint resolution will bo reported to the Houso carly In the ensuing week nuthorlaing our participation and providing for au opproprindon to defray expenses of dele- gates. The nivotiug wilt be held at Paris, Ono ubject Is toarrnnge for an international equis tlon between tho mutals, as well as to con- alder the remonetization and recalnage of afiver by those countries which, Ilke Germany and Franco, hive withdrawn from one or the other orboth., Anothor question will be that of pro- ng tho adoption of an tnternattonat gold coin, aud a proposition to that effcot will by pre= sentod frow Switzerlund, which provides for tho colnuge by countries participating in the pros posed conference vf a coln of ten grammes Weight and of tho intrinsic valua of nine Eanes ot fine gold, ‘The rute of coinage {3 to 4s one for each 100, Inhabitants. THERE IS A DECIDED CILANGE in European opinton on the subject of bimet- allan, and evento Great Britain the question of ndouble standard is boing serlousty debated by daanelal und economle authorities. Thestate Pepartinent Is iy possession of cousideruble fn- fornition on that subject, and the Seoretary Is very hopatul of advantageous results from the proposed conference, In the mennwhile ho will hot fail to utilize the favorable opportunity to bestow the Tittle uit of pleasant patronage whleh will be put uttho Depurtinont’a disposal by tho passage of the proposed Joint resolution, It would by much more just and courteous, bow- ever, to leave tho sclvation of the dalegates te Gen. Gurileld aud his Secretary of Brute, + CONSULUIENERAL GEORGE WALKEI, , at Paris, who was a motnberof tho last Money tary Conference, bas been very actite and use- fulin negotiating tue conforeiice now proposed, Mis intimate Knowledge of the questions Ine yolvod has beon of greatserviee, A writer for tho Loudon Tincs and Westinuuuter Leview, Mr. How Hobertson, a pronounced advocate and ane thority on biemetalliam, now in this city studying our affairs, states that many English tnanciers arecomlng slowly to te conviction that cue double standard, with full equality of coinage, inst Naally be resorted to by the Uritish Guy. ernment. Mer, Robertson declares that it would be wisdou on the partot the United Sustes to dully nidopt tho olioy af free colnug und to ree fugy in everyway tu Hint the use o| sliver, REAPPORTIONMENT, * VARYING OVINIONS: Bpeclat Dispatch to ‘The Cafeago Tribune, Wasnisatons, D.C, Web. 12,—Mr, Cox to-day is very contldent that thoro will be a compro- miso upon tho apportionment quescon, und that tho bill xing 007 as the numbor will be passed, Ho thinks tho Hopublicans will yield BH und aceept and that thera will bo very littte more debato, und that the DIN gan be passed emly next weok. The Republican members of the Ceusus Committea who havo given the most atteudon (o this sub- Ject do not share Mr. Cox's hupefulness. Mr. Sherwin, of Illuois, on tho contrury, tho franor of tho BIO Dill, suys that tho majority of tha fo. publicaus aro more deteriniued than thoy hive ven to udbure to a9, and that further Juvestigation shows that tho objuctions ralsed to othut bull on tha seoru of inlerepresunted — fractions are not woll founded, and ure ingreat measure fanciful, dhe Repubiicans muintain thut to sulect elthor vol ‘or iit will bo an injustice, und cuuse an une neccasary loas of four Republican votes in tho Forty-olytth Congresa,—thut it is unvette to t huy such risks Ja view of tho faut that Lire; dentint elections nro ao clos Electoral voto may be of ¢ quence, ——_ “YELLOW METAT, 9 TARIFE LEGtsLAtioy, Rpectal Dispatch to The Cideacn ryy Wasnisotos, D.C. Feb, th Thute (mune, cessful attempt at plecement Telstar tte farlit In the House tovday. In tag t2 & haw passed admitting thd fin Portatloy . duty, of certain: ahip-Iufldiing tater free og construction of the luw by the Tr i“ I. By g iment “yellow metal” was desgy ed eA Ucle to bo admitted. This was ena tt nescrlous’ injury to certain inanutacy to “yellow metal" in Massachusetts, who pet Invented $2,140,000 to establish this nggee at who closed thor works on nceatnt ar ce tot ury declafon, Upon the reeommenduth am Ways and Means Committea a Ly) weet the “Al tha ho weno et muy plieing copper and metal compositions Past tho repalr and construction of ships yrs trade upon the free lst, and 007 fore ny NOT INCLUDING “YELLOW MTALM ‘This law will supersede tho Treaty eo, and the * vellow metaa™ manueceeeaton now expected to reopen their tanutnee are Mischievous Democrats tele to open eoeee question, or, at Jenat, to aunoy tho New ne aod Vrotectlonists, who were so enger to posed Dill, by proposing ag no amendment ges es sult upon the free Mats This, however eet elded out ot order, tinder one ot those rules whidh do not allow subjects to ieee cd a8 an amendment, which in praca oe samo form ure In considerution in tec tt feo. ‘This ruling vated up. titan ems {reo-trader, to protest wilt some ene NS under such a construction of thera, eth romber enn preveut lextalition 3p any ect by having a upon ab subjce! To acomiittee, : Sublect referred THE GRANT ARTICLE, Somto of Nr. Metcal™s Falnc § Rofuted by Mr. Charles &, tom Way Taree tntomenty Harriog, New York Evening Post, Fb, Mr, C. 3, Marrington, the respondent of Tne Citcaco Tneyg, Com | plains that an article printed Inst week mM the Evening Post entitled A Literary Theft,” and relating the manner tn whichty North Amertean Revicw's Grant artlete oy the Nicaragua Cunal was obtalned for pe inature publleation In THe Cincado Te une, did injustice to the young man Accused ofthe theft, Mr. Harrington sald Yestendsy to an Evening Post reporter: “TL have no destre to. diseuss the quest but, since you have questioned me, L willy that the report of an Iuterview with Mr, Lg Meteulf, of tho North American Review, h the venting Post of dan al, ay Headed) * A” Literary. Theft,’ was perverston — of faels from whi Mnwarrantadle deductions are drawn, Meteaté no dowbt felt tat he must satisty ty, superiors that he did not give away thetrag article on the Alcaragau Canal question, and the oflice hoy at the bindery also Inbored oy der the same Impression so far as his dutyy his employers was concerned. But it isnt Justifiable in Mr. Metealf to assert In publis prints the falso statement that tareenou practices wero resorteil to. “it is not true, a3 Mr. Metealt asserts, that the Revterw article was abstracted from the Dindory when the oftice-boy's back wig turned, It was given to the person wo asked for itvand the bindery boy not only apoloulzed tor keeplng the messenger waite ing but offered to do tho parcel up tia plea of paper, it Is not true, as Mr, Metenlf asserts, tht the person who sought the artiela represent. ed himself as n Jourtallst from Hatttord ind from Sau Francisco, “itis not true, as Mr. Metcalf asserts, thst the messenger told the bindery boy th Metcalf wanted « proof of the artic! vince hiniself that nothing was s: concerning the Eads sehene, “So far as Mr, Metealf Is concerned,te had nothing to do with the premature poy Heatlan of the article, nor did any person ee ployed by the Appletons. “There is no need of pursuing the subjet further, exeept to say that Mr. Metealf's sertion relative to Mr, Joseph Medill ts equa ly ineorrect, He says that a representathe from Dinkerton’s Detective Azeney of CH cago, called on Mr, Joseph Medill, proprlete of Tre Ciucaco Trin Tak the faets be fore him, wud asked where he got the artic, and that he * eurtly replied he tad" got the scoop on the whole American press” andl: wasn't ole to uive hls tan away? Mt, Joseph Medilf satd nothing of the kind, Ils Was not seen, Mle. Willkun Pinkerton sur Mr. Sod. Medill, managing editor of Tis Tripone, aud toll hin he did not ask te name of the man who got the article, putas the New York papers hid accused the Apple tons of having elving ‘Tis CancaGo Tramest an adyanee copy of the North clmeriean Re view, he desired to relieve them of thecharte sthat was all, So. Mr. S.J. Medill sald ta Mr, Pinkerton, ‘Say to your New York otfie that while Tum 'Tainuxe refuses to divulz the source from whence it obtained theGrant article, It fully exonerates not only the Ay pletons, but all persons einployed: by tht firm from all complicity in the procuremeat of the urticle.! ” RABID DOGS. The Country Ba of Loulsville Alits with ‘The Idron, Crttic, Sheep Pain, Ete tn Larco Nuribers Blien= Great Excitement Among tho People: Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Lowiavitur, Ky., Fob, 1A private fetter colved by u Post reporter from a frlewd In Fes Creek, In thia county, gives some Interest facts concerning the nlarming atute of ages which exists none tho brute creation Jo thst loculity. A number of dogs hive gone madatt hitten seares of othor dogs, cuts, sheen, Va euttle, aud people have become’ alarmed tholr own safety, Cho rat manifestatice of ‘hydrophobia” were seen two ur Ue weeks ono, It fs supposed that frozen condition of | tho | ponds creoks, preventing the brates from obtain water, Was tho prin cause of tho outbreak, a shepherd dog belonginu: to Mr. Will Brraut Fern Creok, was the frst to slow aynplonts hydrophobin, After blttug all tho cats in Ot neighborhood, tho rabid animal started ou a bydrophoble tour. 1t pita seep betonel at Mr, Wood, which went mad and butted its bo out, and “felgbtaned several people bal thelr wits. ‘The caning destrover tally nn) at Sr, doc Forenian’s, on the Vall nice, st twoot his One bunting dus, Jest Tues ses of tho bitten dogd showed eigns of pied chewed up anhalt dozen ents Jn the ae! Lt 4 hood, bit two othor dogs, and, then rants Brunerstown, biting Mr. [filer'a cow and bd fun Singer's dog. Mr, Forenmn how be 3 finw pack of nine nuuting doz+ ehugey Nie daily expectation of secing Liem Ko Ins ore Hryun's doy, after the oxy uit mentions) turned to the farm of Mr, Louls Riliae a tho doys ho could And there and one ple oy Riline finally sueeceded tn iitling tha alr all the mivehief. A lurge dog detoni ar) negramiun on Mr. Killur's pice uted bho Mr, Price Hudson's enibtren, ent frightened tha latter gentlenisn Uist ue asl hivebildren from attending school gover Was afturwards killed by Sty. Kellar, and yr, othior rabld dogs nave heen ehuugbtered LEAT ous porgong, One of Mr. Foren bh eiry veotly ufter faviny bad a convulsions It rg nainod Constance frown through ithe an) but tho teeth did not enter the boy's Bele gas same brute sprung wt Conrad Forcuian: ory frustrated tn his design Dy on of tmipseie compuntons, who knocked the beast 8 ory und then killed it. In couse qience Uf 8 hydrophubiu, tho peoplo-Wyinig tt ie and hood are in a high Bate of exertemenh pou almoat afraid of stepping outside eet brute for fear of belug wttueckud by a Fay pest Notwithatanding a large number of Sull ex tuive been killed, many rabid dos are ning louse in the Helds and woos, ——_—— A FRACTURED SKULL. a Frank Golinski, axed 10, and Neauls ett aged 28, who work at the Crano Drvs. wibaoe tory, were pelted Saturday afternoon mcd urs bails by goine tinruly boys. Aemipeey US eorot plece of fron-pipo, and Jerked [tas th if nt tho boys, whea it iow out of by a ctu attuek ‘foliaat if tho Te Rae ay ekull. Dr. Fleming wa: end res) the Wound, Gollugkt wassubsequently © to the HMospiti ————— Brifou vs. Bi Hie tt Pall Mall Garett, og Vi A formor mombor of the Ninth su past teers hus been describing the tshting ed land in letters, to which be 13 Ho kee attach bis nanie, In tho Kichmend Wh og fod bam fines. Following idan tind, Nor a lottor dated Dipborring, Basutol oy aah “The niggers Wave massed wit ia ue, but There uro about 2,000 or 4,000 ot fro, then be hope we shall yet be uble to xtve 119 fay to ue and pay thom woll for all their an aan ast ‘The Colonel bus given orders for 1) yy are i r ¥ prisoner, to KHL at once, ao) ger came ud to bear, Tho other day 8 BHT iy, be! cur camp and pretended to bo ivan, ba nl une of our men took up bis att BET bios 38 brains out, He wasonly iyoyurds fa TH tho bullet went clean througl gptlal, DUET man was brought up ter cours WAT iy ae of ua—5.60 inn number sat we co cuarte our arms If be got punished: ; hhitn Wo was oxanerated fron wll LAIN oyeect announcement wus received with B all around the camp. —— To restore nerve and bray waste equals Hop Hitters, , Beller ae