Show telegraphic NEWS MILWAUKEE wis march 22 reports g orts from the interior of the state indicate that last nights blizzard was very severe the thermometer ranged between 10 and 12 degrees below not a wheel is moving on the upper michi gan n peninsula roads except those propelling snow SHOW plows which are nearly helpless el pless it is the most complete lockade blockade of the winter in that section the storm came so sud suddenly dealy and fiercely that trains were u unable to reach the next station T the be wind blew a hurricane and it was intensely cold ST PAUL march 22 24 the storm which raged tuesday night and until this morning through portions of dakota minnesota and northern wisconsin was one of the s severest everest that has been experienced in the northwest this winter it consisted of a cold wave of unusual T severity ev erity accompanied by a heavy and cutting wind in many places it was rendered worse by blinding snow snowstorms storms in minnesota north of crookston and northeastern dakota most of the roads are badly blockaded wherever there was any snow it was badly drifted and the railroad tracks in numerous instances were covered to the depth of nine feet kAR QUETTE march 22 one of the worst blizzards of the winter set la in last night at an early hour and lasted until morning considerable snow fell and the railroads were greatly hampered in their operations the temperature ranged between T 7 and 10 dae degrees dij rees below zero during we tue night at different erent points on the peninsula EASTON pa march 22 the deleware river la is 16 feet above low water mark the flood has stopped all mills in south easton ODESSA march 22 the and iester rivers have overflowed and the villages along their banks are isolated I 1 ViENNA March 22 floods axe are doing doina great damage in brotia Ur otia march 23 22 the situation in the flooded districts of hungary is appalling the dykes at bekes are f fall ing and the toyn town is doomed fifty or more houses bouses nave have already collapsed floating ice has destroyed many houses in Da naplin OAK HILL ark march 22 2 2 governor hughes and the penitentiary board arrived this afternoon to further investigate vesti gate ane brutality brata lity to convicts in the coal mines they found that warded scott who preceded fugitive caf tord ford was even more brutal bracal he whipped as many as 7 75 15 men in one night until the blood ran in streams from their bodies badiea the place where the convicts were confined conf laed was so filthy that a sickening stench rose from it the beds and blankets were dirty and covered with vermin vermia and yesterday a lot of shoes and clothing cloth lag aniced and the men were provided for who had gone barefooted all winter the polsi clans today examined a large number of convicts whom gafford bad whipped and found their bodies almost solid sores the men feared to corn com plain while gafford was here lor for fear of being beaten again some time ago a convict ran off and hid bid in the tae mines and refused to come out and warden scott ordered tom gaddes the pit it boss to go down and aad shoot film aim tie he did so thinea thinas are much changed now but bat the details of acao are aft sickening sicken lag and horrible DANSVILLE NY N Y march 22 colonel L B foulkner and leonard kuhn director and cashier respectively of the defunct first national bank at at this place were arrested last night upon a requisition of the united states court and taken to buffalo NEW YORK march 22 francis E trowbridge a member of the stock exchange was arrested to tonight night on a complaint made by abram kling who says he fie authorized trowbridge to sell for him shares of richmond terminal stock and shares of jersey central kling says that trowbridge on monday last sold the stock and has since ref refused used to turn over the proceeds of the sale LONDON march 22 the advices advises from rangoon say the town of dying you yan an important military post in upper burnish burmah has been destroyed by fire fifteen thousand persons are left without homes and an immense quantity of grata hides bides and other property was destroyed I 1 PORTLAND orp or march 22 A northbound mixed freight and bassenger oas train on the portland willamette valley railroad was derailed fourteen miles south of this city early this after af ter roon boon the passenger as coach rolled down an embankment fifteen feet smashing into kindling wood conductor A E K colburn was thrown forward on his head bead fracturing his bis skull he win will probably die ten passengers were injured including three ladles ladies nothing more inore serious than broken bones two carloads of C cattle atle were killed cause a broken MiT rail huntington HUMTING TON pa march 22 A freight train on the pennsylvania road was derailed at barre this afternoon A brakeman and a tramp were killed three tramps were seriously injured and two boys who are missing are supposed to be buried under a mass of coal and coke dumped from the train OPORTO march 22 the bodies of sixty six victims of the theatre fire were exposed for identification today many heartrending scenes were witnessed besides the bodies there are also 53 heaps ot of unrecognizable remains several projects have been organized for the relief ol of the families of the poorer victims the chi chamber tuber of deputies at lisbon today to send a telegram of condolence to the municipal authorities of oporto the abe chamber then adjourned as a mark of respect to the victims it is reported that some americans and englishmen were burned electric lights have been provided to enable the searchers to work without interruption the fire originated from the blowing of an unprotected g gas as let jet against the scenery A scene shifter saw the fire and rushed to lower the curtain but before he could reach it the burning scenery tell fell on the stage there was a panic immediately in the cheaper parts of the house the attendance was principally of the rougher class including many sailors and deck porters who brushed down the weaker people in their rush for the doors using their flats fists shoes and knives and mercilessly sl ashine slashing their way to the front girls children and women were literally butchered batch ered JB washington march 23 chief justice waite died at his residence in this city at this morning the chief justice was in his usual health though exhausted by his bis recent severe labors until saturday night when on returning from senator hearses He arsts where with his daughter he attended the reception cep tion he be complained of a chill this feeling passed off during the night but he be remained in bed throughout sunday and until it was time for him to go to court on monday suffering then from malaise viala e and vague indisposition he did not read tile the opinion in ie the che telephone case but sat through its reading and then returned to his home he was as wakeful on monday night and on tuesday morning symptoms of acute bronchitis appeared accompanied by insomnia and great restlessness his condition on tuesday was not alarming but on wednes day symptoms of acute pneumonia were apparent during thursday night he was comfortable and no particular alarm was felt but at 6 this am failure of the hearts action was ob observe servel J his daur liter and son were with him when he died mrs waite left washington for california about a week ago and is supposed now to be in los angeles arrangements for the funeral have not as yet been made the calef justice will be buried in toledo ohio THE PRESIDENT I 1 is pre preparing parini an order closing all executive departments of the government on the day of judge waites f funeral the supreme court and both houses of congress have adjourned as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased chief justice THE announcement OF DEATH washington march 23 the at torney general and members of the bar wire present in the court room this morning when the court had assembled and ana the seats outside the railing were filled with spectators the chair of the chief justice was seen to be simply draped with crape but bat in no other respect did the appearance of the chamber give indication of the mournful nature of the occasion when the court and assemblage were seated justice miller in low broken tones said it is my painful duty daty to announce to the bar of this court that its honored chief justice departed lite this morn auau tais anid la is not an ot occasion ion to make any extended observations on the subject which will be done in due time the court will adjourn until monday april 2nd and los ANGELES cal march 23 just before the news reached here hee tills thia morning of the death of chief justice waite col G wiley wells with buom mrs waite came to los angeles from washington a few days ago sent dispatches to long lone beach and san diego at one of which places mrs waite is supposed to be informing her that the latest news from the chief justice last sight night was to the effect that hi he had passed the most dangerous point and expressing confidence in his bis erly early recovery coldwells Col Wells was greatly surprised at the news of death and immediately sent dispatches to mrs waite washington march 28 the president when informed of the death of chief justice waite WAS VERY MUCH SHOCKED although aware that mr waite had been in bad health for some time quite an intimacy had sprung 11 up between the two officials since the presidents res term began and the latter has often been heard to exar express ss himself in terms of the biggest praise of the chief justices character charac and ability the president at once wrote a letter to mrs waite expressing hi bis deep sympathy tor for her in a her sidd sudden e n be he be said was not only a personal lost loss to himself but a great loss to the public service pra pm the following OFFICIAL NOTICE of the death of chief justice waite has just been issued by the department of state to the people of the united states the painful duty devolves upon the president to announce the death at an early hour this thia morning at his bis rest real denee dence in this city of morrison chief justice of the united states which exalted position he had filled since march 4 1874 with honor to himself and high usefulness to his country in testimony of respect to the memory of the honored dead it to Is ordered that the executive offices to la Was washington hinston be closed on the day ot the funeral and be draped in mourning ing tor for thirty days and that the national fla flax be displayed at half mast an the buildings and on all national vessels on the day of the funeral by the president T F BAYARD secretary of state washington demarch DC March senator edmunds then rose and said mr president on the ot of jan uary 1874 Chiet Chief justice waite received his commission and took his bis seat as the presiding dlag officer of that great tribunal and tor for now more than 14 years partially in times of great excitement and difficulty and struggles and through a career in that court and out it embracing questions of the widest importance to human lights both of life liberty and property the me chief justice has been a conspicuous figure in the jurisprudence deuce of this nation and perhaps not no t less ess conspicuous in re spec of jurisprudence in the whole world his career is ended tor for this life it has been touched in these 14 years yeara by no stains by no reproach by no fault oi 01 failing either official or personal UPRIGHT BRAVE EVEN MINDED impartial patient affect affectionate ta kindly as a citizen and in ever every walk of df private life he has his career with honer great honor to himself and with infinite benefit to his bis country I 1 move that the chair appoint a committee to take suck such order as may be expedient in respect to attending the f funeral of tle late chief justice and to other matters concerning it agreed to I 1 now move that as a f urther further mark of respect the senate do now adjourn till monday next 1 the senate adjourned CANA N Y march 23 the cold wave has materially reduced the rush of water to the mohawk river and way may prevent any more mere immediate damage trains are running very irregularly on the central road the west shore bridge over schoharie cheik aref k will not be fully repaired in several weeks only one train on this division Is id running right eight wooden arches of the immense acque duct of the erie canal at fort hunter have been carried away WILU WILM MANTIC conn march 23 28 A shortage of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars was found in the accounts of the Willa mantic saving institution ution owing in is said to a series of transactions by treasurer H F royce without the knowledge or consert of the directors NEW YORK march 23 early this morning numbers of people visited the tae city hall ball to view the casket containing the remains of general the venezuelan patriot now lying in state there this evening the body will be taken to the twelfth regiment armory tomorrow it will be taken on board the united states war sloop pensacola which will convey it to venezuela PITTSBURG march manh 23 two passenger trains on the pittsburg lake erie railroad collided forty miles from P tt bur this morning and were badly cracked wracked wrecked ed one man was instantly killed and nine others seriously injured FRANKFORT ky march 23 this morning the two houses of the legislature suspended bus ius the rules and passed a resolution agreed upon at the democratic caucus calling for an immediate and fall investigation of all the state of flees at a secret caucus of the democratic members of the two houses a resolution was adopted directing the committee to call upon governor buckner and ask of him that he stop auditor hewitt from taking further part to ia the investigation tao oi treasurer tates affairs and the status of the state treasury this was done and the governor promised the committee that the auditor should be kept from the treas frers office there was no DO besita tion on the part of the assembled legislators in declaring that auditor hew itta action has impeded the investigation of treasurer tates account and some went so BO far as to implicate the auditor in defalcation it was almost the unanimous opinion of the caucus that the investigation will de celop more rottenness than has yet seen the light VIENNA march the hungarian minister of public works has arrived at csaba to attend to relief measures the emperor has given to start a public relief f land fund the river has destroyed and aad 39 89 villages the boob has inundated six villages in oldenburg near SAN FRANCISCO march 23 the trial of seneca A on the charge of grand larceny closed here today and th the 1 jury r rendered a verdict lor for conviction was arrested in november last anthe charge of forging the signature of richard H mcdonald president of the pacific bank and candidate for governor on the prohibition ticket at the last state election to a certificate of el central pacific railroad stock dr Mc Donalds daughter in law clara belle mcdonald who had bad commenced suit for divorce against her husband was arrested on the same charge at tho the time of arrest he be was on a train leaving the state for new york and upon examination of his baggage a quantity of diamonds and jewelry amounting to about was found in his possession this property was claimed byr by R H mcdonald ari tr a son of dr Mc mcdonald bonald and husband of clars clara belle and was soon afterwards indicted on the tee charge of grand larceny at the trial which has just closed mrs clara belle mcdonald Dooald Mc testified that the dla dia monds had bad been given her by her husband that they were her separate property and that she bad placed them in hands to be taken to a friend in new york in order to pre vent her husband from obtaining possession of them her husband stated however he had never given themo his wife |