| Show BY Y TELEGRAPH MB avion aya AMERICAN washington 25 secretary chandler has addressed a 6 letter to tho aho chief of each bureau of the navy J department calling attention to the recommendations of the commis slon blon concerning the reorganization of the navy yarda yards and the disposition proposed to be made of ench each yard the commandants of the various yards have been famished with a copy of the letter requesting them to assist in carrying out the plan pian of the commission comm leaion the secretary alludes to the statistics of the navy yards says bays they show an enormous dally expenditure on the day of november Nou mou ember 1882 1682 namely for firemen clerks and employed emp loyes other than ordinary mechanics and workingmen 2179 and 3 other employed emp loyes making total employed emp loyes at a dally compensation pensa tion ot of or at the rate of a year when the only work in progress on ebins of war at kil all the yards was waa repairing the omaha omana Shenandoa shenandoah hs trenton oa gipe tipe mohican and alett alert Secra secretary tary oil Cli chandler andler considers this enormous expenditure for bush feeble results with a faithful administration tra tion the poet rost publishes a long article presenting the quest question lon ion of opening on sunday tho national museum smithsonian institution congressional Library and similar institutions at the Capital Librarian spofford prof baird col robert G ingersoll and Robert bobert Collier of new york favor the movement while of numerous ministers here but two approve the proposition issue iesue of standard silver dollars from the mints for the week ending june corresponding period last year the hill investigation wab was re fumed this morning the president issued executive orders this afternoon promulgating the changes made in internal keve reve niue nuo districts the order Is to take effect the lei ibi of july next or as soon thereafter as practicable the number of districts Is reduced from to 82 the changos changes in part are as follow alabama the two districts in this state are consolidated and arthur arthar bingham designated as aa col lector this Is a new appointment the district will be known as th the first district california the first and fourth districts in this state are consolidated into one district to which la Is also attached the district of nevada all to be known as the fourth district of california amos li L frost of sacramento is designated as collector of the new district nebraska and dakota these districts are consolidated into one district disi and george W post designated collector Collect op colorado CoJo rado and wyoming these districts are arv consolidated into one with jas jae wolf as collector arizona and new mexico them these two districts are consolidated into one with silas sills W fisher as callec tor pennsylvania the present first district is enlarged so as to include the counties of berko berke lehigh and schuylkill of the present eighth districts district all of which territory to be known as the forst first district with wm win J pollack as collector new now york no change made in ahe the collection districts of the city of on the eleventh district and the county of rockland in the twelfth district are consolidated with the fourteenth district and james W Bentle designated as collector this district will bo be known as the fourteenth dist district rIall and the collector will probably have headquarters at albany oregon and washington there thede districts are consolidated and john C cartwright named as aa collector he is at present collector for oregon 0 on ag montana om no idaho and utah theeo these districts are consolidated and 0 J hollister of bait balt imako city is collector tho the case eme of hallett kilbourne Kilbo ume against ex sergeant at orma arma thomp son for arrest and imprisoning nii eil bourne for refu refusing zing to produce his books before the congressional com corn cittee investigating the real estate pool was called in court to today days and after argument postponed until oct 29 the following dispatch dla dib patch was received at the department of the interior wilcox A T june 25 the renegade indians were forced on the reservation yesterday shall arrive at ban san carlos tuesday signed WILCOX wll wil boox upon receipt of this telegram acting Beere seere tary joselin immediately I 1 brought it to the attention of secretary lincoln who assured him the agent must bo be in error as he had given positive orders to general crook to keep the renegades rene gades apart from the other indians he added that he would reiterate the orders to gen crook As wilcox Is distant nearly miles from san carlos it Is believed at the indian that the agent las hns been misinformed ST BT louls nouis 24 the river is rising more slowly than before A rise of another foot will inundate all the lumber yards at one slough 20 miles above among the islands in the mississippi the saved boards in rafts are moored while the elouth is a reasonably secure place considerable apprehension is feit feil jost jest the rafts break brcak and sweep down in east st louis proper the situation la Is the sah bah same bame ae as yesterday the bowman dyke is still intact it protects the business part of the city but outside there is nothing but a watery waste this afternoon the water which broke through madison dyke yesterday reached a point a short distance above venice it broken brokett fearful crevasse in the chicago aal aai ton embankment about goo GUO feet the track seemed to sink and digap pear instantly the gap has been beell widening ever since parallel with this embankment run the indianapolis st loun louls and wabash tracks which could not withstand the current and they also went down in quick succession cutting oft all direct railroad connection with the north the water is now spreading over all the bottom lands north of old ohio mississippi embankment in ent which cromes the bottom between enst enat st louis and Ca syville it la is probable no efforts will be made to repair the embankments tili till the water recedes meantime the chicago alton burlington quincy and indianapolis st bt loub louls roads will con convey lirey elrey passengers to and from st louis and alton by steamer the break in the chicago alton track has flooded nearly all the eastern part of venice and forced many families to vacate houses A considerable part ot of town gest West ol of the chicago alton track Is also sub bub merged the stock yards on the bank of the niver river are no longer avail able abie for use the amount of farm land on the american bottoms north of isi st bt louis is said bald to be acres the loss to crops la Is computed at not less than at east fast carondelet Ca seven miles below on the illinois side fully three fourths of the families in town are quartered quarte reo rec in three school houses and a few tew residences on the ridge of high ground most of these people are in a destitute condition from thia thib point to the bluffs and for four miles south the entire country Is entrels submerged and presents a acene of desolation and ruin the farmers are nearly ruined the little town of Ca Cah cahokia okla hokin a short distance from car mondelet on delet is under water fully acres of wheat alone are from two to six feet under water in this section and as much more of corn I 1 potato potatoes edund and other crops are submerged causing a loss of it is stated the st louis cafro calro and belt roads have been damaged dam aged fully creve coeur cosur lake twenty miles west of here which came into prominence as a conree last season has flooded its left bank doing great damage thelm the immense mensa ico loo house of the crove cmur ice Compa company nyls ia undermined and fell loss iosa other property sustained considerable damage reports say nearly all the bottom land along niong the missouri and mib uis sib bib sippi between hero here and cairo are inundated lows loas lo as on crops hundreds of thou thousands sande kansas city mo 25 the river is twenty three feet four inches on the signal bignal so service vica vice gauge and rising steadily it has risen bix bis inches since last midnight the inhabitants of west kansas hansas city are preparing paring to leave one or two families having changed their quarters today thoro thora Is much apprehension as regards ico fco housea and other property along the river in that vicinity tho the water writer Is ia now considerably higher than at any time since 1881 st louis 95 5 the river Is ia still rising el both hera hero end and in east st louis the situation is practically unchanged bow man dyke still stands the pressure and that and other weak points are constantly being strengthened threats were made last night to cut what is known as the howard county dyke which Is a high embankment running eastwardly east cast from the river a mile and a half about midway be tween 33 rooklyn brooklyn and venice but after a long along and angry wrangle between a number of inhabitants of the former place and bome some people living north of the dyke it was decided that nothing should be done until today to day an ai cutting thi s dyke would let more water into brooklyn and inundate all that part of town not already submerged the people were very determined and guarded the tho levee leveo all night with shotguns and other weapons A laige huge volume of water still flows through the breaks made yesterday in the chicago alton and their railroad rall rali nead read tracks and Is spreading out and covering more and more of the bot tom corm towards the me muus muns and nna along Va vandalia vandalla udalia railroad but no damage to the latter is yet reported reports from points along the MIsso missouri url uri evary considerably at some places the water is still rising while at others it has fallen failen from five inches to two feel feet it Is safe to say however s that there Is considerable more wa water ter tor to come down from the region this side of st bt joseph and the rise here may be a afoot foot soot higher A dispatch from bismarck says the yellowstone river eiver is already as aa high aa last year and the missouri is rising at that point telegrams from other places high up the missouri url uri indicate that an unusual unu anu sti june juno rise has commenced and in all likelihood some parts of it will reach here before tho the present flood recedes to any great extent should this be the case the situation of property along both upper and lower rivers will be appa appalling Jn 9 st bt louis 25 the river rose another three inches to dagand la Is still coming up slowly no particular change in the he situation on this side of the river the whole of th the tho 0 levee is now submerged and in the lowest places the first floors of the stores are flooded from a few inched inches to a couple olfert busl Busi business nees nets in houses on the river front is suspended ex capt in two or three breo scaffolds have been built A little was occasioned in east st 31 louis this afternoon by the threatened overflow of the cairo short line track by back water but a dam of ear carthand eart hand thaud sand bags baga mas was hastily thrown up p on an the v water waver ater side of the track which checked the now flow of water and averted the danger the chicago alton in connection with the indianapolis st louis louls and wabash babash Va bash are driving plies piles in the break in ia their track above venice and it is expected to have a good trestle neross across the gap by wednesday and thein their trains running again A large number of farm and land owners on the american bottom and residents of ven iceland other towns between rast malit st louis and mitchel held a meet ing in venice this afternoon and after exchanging views on the situation adopted the following inasmuch as many of our people have been sufferers by floods for the past three yean jears and the present general overflow has rendered destitute a large number who without assistance will be unable to put in crops during the com comm ing year we deem it our duty to ap peal to ali all who are able to assist those thus situated that a description of the misery entailed upon our cur section of the country would beem seem like exaggeration so BO fell in its ita nature is the truth and that it will be at least 13 months before another crop will be in the in meantime ean enn destitution in its worlo form confronts the sufferers in view of these facts we feel justl Justi justified flea in appealing for assistance and request that all contributions be bent tent to henry robinson president of the board of trus trustees tees toes venice ills for distribution A large number of the sufferers sus euS erera referred to in this resolution are camped in tents in the open air on the bluffs beyond many are also housed in box cars on the railroad tracks and a good many of them will be obliged to be ba fed their crops are totally destroyed and they are of money or any necessaries of lifo life the national stock yards yarda at east st louls louis aro are in no danger of being flooded as has been reported they can easily stand bland a rise of three feet and it would require four feet feat to stop atop business the union yards on this side of the river cro cra niro niso well pro teeter and are in no danger the situation in east carondelet Ca and cahokia grows worse dally daily water covers that whole section oi of country and some flooded out tami lies begin to anter bual er their wants wanto will probably be supplied tomor to mor row the railroads which have lost their tracks have abandoned the ferry system between here and A alton and have arranged with the vandalla vandalia road to run their passenger gee trains the indianapolis and st louls louis will send their trains to emmingham effingham thence to MIA mik batoon toon the wabash Wab ashwill will use uye the vandalla vandalia to Altamont where it will take its own track the chicago alton and 0 B Q will run to where they will connect with their own roads all other eastern roads are using their own tracks A and ad all the western roads are getting trains through in pretty good chape shape the vandalla vandalia track about which there was some apprehension yesterday is still two feet above the waterland wat erand can readily be made to resist four or five feet huite bulte montana 24 last evenings inter intermountain mountain says bays an anor car in this thia place known throughout tho the territory ryas as last night took a man by i the namo name of harry gandy out into a vacant shaft house to in the edge of town and administered 61 lashes with a cat tail inflicting terrible punishment punishments and considerably his body the cause caubo of such extreme measures was that gundy gandy on thursday morning made a brutal attack on a little 10 year old girl of citizen of that tiace place and althou although gb toiled foiled in his hia villainous designs considerably bruised and in injured jared her gundy gandy had a fair trial 1 in a the a presence of the victim and other witnesses and confessed the crime after chastisement he was escorted to tha tho county road and told to perpetually absent himself on pain of severe punishment huntsboro Hunt aln ain 25 joseph broom white ex postulated with a tor toy insulting hia hib wife the stabbed him with a butcher knife with which he then killed hilled her broom is supposed to be beta fa tally wounded havana 25 A collision yesterday n on the els eis ravana havana EIg ivana matau matanzas zas of persons and the injury of many chicago 20 25 the tha lard jard failure of mcgeoch everingham krows grows worse and worse as the actual state ot of affairs Js Is developed it wag first put at then at two days ago J B R bensley receiver ot of the firm I 1 eald bald the liabilities would exceed in nn interview tonight he said tho tilo liabilities would exceed of this thia sum about are due |
