Show BY TELEGRAPH telegraph P mom mum XZ use AMERICAN NEW rpm a from pottsville spottsville Potts Pott ville eville la in bays baye A dozen miners minera at work in logan colliery northumberland county yesterday afternoon were burled buried by the caving in of the mine two were instantly killed and five were fatally wounded all were polish miners of considerable experience married and living in and und about the vicinity of the mine the accident was caused by the firing of a pistol the concu concussion Eslon loosen leg the wall of the mine the bodies were acre frightfully mutilated the herald says bays the history of the isabella mining company and the connection of prominent methodists with it excite great interest in methodist circles dr newman nowman in a second interview declared the facts were not all brought out I 1 believe dr fowler of the christian advocate made money out of his connection with it I 1 do not think he acted the part of a square man in it how much stock he hady hads had or in what shape he had it how much he paid for it or how much he got for fon it nobody knows dr spence is not here it has had been said he dare not come here I 1 cannot explain the circumstances but some legal reasons are assigned for the position he took in pushing the stock there are likely to be We resting developments GALVESTON texan 8 the tho loss to stockmen stoc kmen throughout the state by the recent cold snap v will III lii not exceed five per cent san antonio texas 8 advises advices from various parts of the state show that tho average loss joss of sheep through the recent spell of cold weather is from 15 to 20 par per cent cattle of all kinds also suffering buffering to a great extent cincinnati 8 A tank exploded in the fertilizer manufactory of armor smith co this morning fatally injuring a workman named august dall the thel Thet Ohio river biver was 61 51 feet 7 inches at 10 this thia morning and rising at the rate of 3 inches an hour portions of the two cities are under water end and hundreds of families on the south side and in Alleg liany hany have been compelled to leave their bomea homet until the flood subsides dispatches from towns along the monongahela nonga hela report great damage from inundation the ohio river rivera a rising along its whole length is an almost unprecedented case at wheeling it is 36 feet and still rising boats cannot pass under the bridge marietta is flooded more than ever the railroad track between marietta and belvrie is six feet under water times lymes scar scat specials say bay Cattles catties bury is already flooded and more damage is expected on account of the great rise in saud baud saudy baudy river biven PouTs portsmouth 8 the river is 55 feet and still rising A considerable section of the city is under water the scioto river Biver Is ia also rising above the railroad track north portsmouth is under water the river continues to rise being 52 feet at 1 newport Ey suffers most at present very many houses have already been invaded by the water and the people are moving out the anchor iron and steel works of newport the iron bips pips foundry and a greater part of the swit swift t rolling mill were compelled to suspend operations merchants along the river front of this city are busy removing goods from the cellars and first floors no further damage to coal barges no railroad yet submerged but will bo be tomorrow to morrow if the rise continues washington 8 A committee has been appointed by the secretary of the treasury to investigate the circumstance attending the loss of the numeral stamp figure figural 1 used in printing tens a of the he internal revenue stamps sta aw which eh has been b issing missing from th the bureau of engrav engraving and printing since january january Ta nuary bist st last the committee Is to determine where the responsibility of the 1039 loaa rests and whether the use of the set of numerals to which tho the lost stamp belongs shall ba discontinued washington 8 the house committee on patents authorized vance van to prepare a bill to amend y the revised patent statutes so as to provide that american patents shall ahall ran fifteen alf teen years from the time the invention la Is patented in a foreign country making malang all patents extend seventeen years and not revive any american patent now dead nor ex tend any living patent silas burbank made a desert land entry to a tract in nevada frank rivers asked that the entry be cancelled and that his own homestead entry be received alleging that he had bad resided on the tract for years previous to burbanks burbank Bur banka s application applications and had irrigated and improved the land the commissioner rejected eivers bivers application but the 8 0 o cre ere tary tany of the interior has bas just reversed ased the decision before the senate committee on education and labor frank foster secretary of the massachusetts federated trade and labor unions made a general statement of the tho condition of tile tho laboring classes of new england n g and morally intellectually and d physically p hesayo he says class distinctions are growing mill opera tives fives are the worst off and the masses of operatives are in on better condition than the rest of new england on account of the enforcement of the ten hour law since 1878 the average wage received has increased 6 9 10 per cent the cost of living US hab has increased 10 per cent A letter has been addressed add reseed by the secretary of the interior to the Gover goven governor of iowa in relation to the excess of acres of land patent paten t ed to the state to account of sioux city st paul rall rali railroad road the governor is requested to call the at of the legislature to the fact and unless some early action is taken looking to the return of this land laud to the government it will be come the duty of the department to recommend some sort of legal proceedings ce to that result the lands so patented have not been deeded to the railroad company and the title titie still remains jn in the state gen W B hazell chief signal service officer of the united states has sent to the press for publication a statement in reply to charges a against him and attacks made upon the signal service by tive live beltzhoover and a number of anonymous writers the charges gen hazen says bays have their origin in the resentment of dismissed em aloyes and are untruthful slanderous attacks make for tor the purpose of bringing about the removal of the weather service cervice to the interior department part artmont art ment gen hazen then gives briefly some reasons why such removal should not be made viz ibi because experience has shown that the head of the service must have power to punish men man for neglecting to take observations at precisely the prescribed times and such power cannot be had under the civil law ad because work esdone la done more cheaply by the present signal service than it could be done by a civil bureau sd because the government must be able to hold bold observers by enlistment in order to receive the benefit of their services in return for the instruction given them in meteorology the pah ute indians of nevada who refuse to go on a reservation are starving and appeal to the government for aid A further effort is being made to revive the claim of the rosario Ss cannon carmon mining company of california against the mexican govern ment denver S republicans albuquerque quer que three living near fort bayard were found murdered last wednesday the sheri sherl fl with a posse captured one of the murderers who proved to be a mexican he with several other mexicans undertook to rob the upon their resisting all three were killed their bodies were mangled in a horrible manner camden 8 thaddeus P butler chief clerk of the city water department Is missing since jan A partial examination of his accounts shows short since the of january Ta nuary when the accounts were correct lynchburg Lynch barg va 8 emory E hawkes aged 15 mail carrier to is arrested for stealing letters boston 8 au an attempt is making by the police pollee to suppress the game of policy at the instance of the law and order league many shops are closed or working surreptitiously san ban francisco who is charged with scandalizing vesta L I 1 stiles turns up here he ele admits substantially being responsible for the circulars denies he be sent them personally intimates the statements of the circulars are true dont seek to make money out of the affair but wishes to get even on the girls friends for writing letters out here tending to make trouble in his family st louis louls S in a tenement house this morning was found hy drees german teamster who cut out his cifes throat with a razor then his own two little children slept in the reams rooms one in bed with the couple one of the children got up and took the baby out of the bloody bed in which its mother lay jay into his bed changed its dress then went to sleep cause jealousy oby E owen owens defaulting teller of the third national bank of this city was arraigned in the united states court today to day and pleaded guilty sentence deferred BOSTON 8 from a philadelphia dispatch leo hartmann russian nihilist arrived from washington last night and had an all night con ference with herr most and three members of the international so bo clety their new york conference had d relation to the coronation of the czar bachmann another nihilist arrived today to day and another conference took place most sent a iia tia cipher dispatch to the berlin socialists cia cla lists liate and arranged for another conference this evening hartmann declared to the german socialists that the coronation will not be allowed i 10 0 take place philadelphia 8 leo neo hartmann russian nihilist who arrived in this city in company with six other men four of whom are known to be russians speaks freely of the revolutionary movement in his native country re he denies the nihilists nihilisms lists have been bup Pup suppressed pressed and declared the coronation of the czar would not take place on the of may the reason that the czar could at present move from one town to another in safety was because each district dia dla triet is under complete po pou lico lieu surveillance and filled with rhe rho nihilisms nihilists lists permitted the czar to live simply because they ailed railed to reach him the hour for action however Is near at hand band Kra kropotkine pothine was not the chief of the nihilists nihilisms lists they had no personal chief and recognized no leader his action in the social movement of france was waa simply that of a russian the nihilists nihilisms lists when they met form a propagation society the nihilist headquarters are not in england the executive committee is composed of persons living in different sections and they meet when necessary then disperse dis paree their action is not binding the organization exists in all parts of europe hartman and friends left tonight to night on the baltimore train herr most remains till saturday A banquet was waa given at Worm leys s tonight to night in commemoration of the anniversary of the sixty third birthday of william T sherman general of the army in reply to a toast to his health oen gen sherman made a speech of bome some length from written notes according to io our family bible i was born on the esth of february 1820 consequently I 1 am now in my year and if I 1 survive another year will pass paes from the active command of the army of the united states to a life of af comparative ease eme and retirement the law for tho the compulsory retirement of all army boffl officers acers acerb aged 61 was in my judgment wise and proper I 1 did nat not ask fon ron for fon or wish for an exception in my own case and I 1 thony theny then as aa now approve the measure and asked baked my friends to not interpose any any objections by reason of its effect on me ma I 1 think I 1 am duly grateful that I 1 have passed through 63 years of varied life with mind and body sound enough to promise a reasonable remainder rema ma inder and am thankful to con cor grees that suitable and liberal provisions have been made for me and those dependent on me to enable us to live out our appointed days in comparative ease eabe he then reviewed briefly the progress jf if the world in arts and civilization the past half century and referred to the stirring events which have taken place I 1 in n this country in that period and especially ally to the tho wars warb in which the people of the united states have been engaged and sald said even now after a very short lapse lapso of time 3 1 it t could bo be seen these wars h had ad no ao complis hed valuable results which could not have been reached in any other way As an illustration of this he recited cited the mexican war which extended our system of government from the atlantic to the pacific converting lands which had remained for centuries in the possession of wild beasts and wilder ravages into prosperous pro ous states and territories in a short t pernod penned of years after pointing out the fact that the acqui acqua acquisition altion of california was a one no of tho results of this war the general reviewed briefly tho the rlee rise and development of that great state ard tho tha opening of railroad communication across the plains in these mighty enterprises terp rises he said the soldier went hand in hand with tho civilian referring to the late civil war gen bherman sherman said I 1 I need not speak to you of the civil war its history is written and all who now hearme hear rne rue remember the details I 1 will venture to say however in this connection that friend and foe alike now share its glories and fruits no part of the union experienced a larger measure of profit than the section over which we seemingly triumphed I 1 believe nine of every ten of the soldiers of the south would rather today to day be members of our present glorious union at peace with all the world than citizens of a southern confederacy with slavery for the corner comer stone and at constant war with their neighbors I 1 have not the least desire to boast of my share in that war but do feel a source of pride and satisfaction that we as a people met the issues that rose like brave men and carried our ship through the breakers which for a time threatened shipwreck that peace pence and good order now reign Bu supreme and that I 1 may lay aside the armor with which I 1 have been clothed with honor and safety another will take up the task where I 1 leave ot offs and our ormy will move on its glorious career to the ultimate destiny which no man may tore fore foresee Eee hee in conclusion the general said the the occasion is not suitable for me to bay say even this much but though my military career is in the penultimate year I 1 cant help pleading to my country at every very e opportunity to cherish all that is manly alid and noble in the military profession and no man Is wise enough to fortell when soldiers will be in demand again agam FORT foet DEPOSIT md hid 8 heavy ice fee gorges threaten to break and flood the town points along the shore are in danger parkersburg W va 8 the highest flood since 1869 this morning the river niver was vas forty four feet above low water houses on the ohio side were inundated also on the aide three hundred persons are homeless every mill in the city is under water the pulp mill holds only by a frail boom loss full no lives livos lost jost the river riven Is ia rushing out at a tremendous rate unless back water can check it it will carry away the iron bridge the water la Is within a foot of the furnace fires and of the postoffice post office cincinnati 8 specials report the ohio river riven has receded two inches at Mar marietta letts but the city is in darkness the gas works being flooded the water Is within two feet of the great flood of 1860 loss in the city to Is very great the 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