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VOL. XXXVI-No. 12.1
SALEM, 0iEJOX,RKII)AY. MAY 21, 188G.
jWEEKY EDITION
V
EASTERN.
News of the Week from lle
yond the Rockies.
A llifc Loekout Arranged.
Chicaoo, May 12. An extensive lock
out of striking tailors here will I inau
gurated by the association of clothing
men and wholesale dealers to-morrow.
A general lockout in this brunch of in
dustry means that 20,000 to i!-,00( sew
ing people, iiirn and women, will bp
denied work. Employers are resolved
that it will continue till the strikers with
draw the demand they have made for an
increase1 of pay. A largo meeting of as
sociated manufacturers wan held to
night, and all the members, including
thirty-one firms, pledged themselves to
irive out no more work till the strikers
recede from their present position. It in
claimed by the employe that the de
mands of the employees, who all work
by the piece, represent an advance of
from 25 to ','") per cunt.
WanhUurnr A jipoinled.
t'mcAoo, May 12. lion. F.. 1!. Wash
tmrius, of Chicago, haw accepted the
presidency of the American exhibition to
be held in London, commencing May 2,
1HH7, to continue two months. The ob
ject of the exhibition in to make a thor
ough and complete exposition of the arts,
inventions, matiuiartureK. products, ami
resources of the t'nitcd States, so the
American export trade may be stimulated
and increased.
Thrkillinj; oMiipl. Crawford
Washinoton, May 11. The secretary
of Htuto has received a preliminary re
port from Consul l'.righam, at Paso del
Norte, Mexico, in regard to t he killing of
('apt. Crawford, by Mexican soldiers,
lie says there is no way of obtaining def
inite information, owing to the absence
of witnesses to the tragedy, but adds that it
in conceded on both sides that the uttack
was made by irregular Mexican troops,
employed by the stale of Chihuahua,
through an " unfortunate accident and
without malice. He says further that
depredations committed in Mexico by In
dianH nurtured by the United .States gov
ernment are a grievance that cannot lie
well overlooked! The circumstances at
tending the uffair are lieirig investigated
bytho Mexican uuthoriti .
l'ou-ewihfuI Sit ike.
.Ni:w Yowt, May 12. The strike of su-
gar refiners in Brooklyn has ended. The
strikers surrendered unconditionally, and
have asked for work. Those who arc
taken back will lie paid l.4o instead of
ti'.iTi formerly. The hours of labor
will lie more reus mable and payments
made twice a month. v liat the men
, "(truck for, practimiiv, was a recognition
of the right of their union to dictate
terms; and they have failed.
Had Herr Moid.
New Yokk, May 12. Herr Most 8iKnt
part of last night in a cell at police head
quarters, bitterly denouncing the police
or his arrest. He called for brandy re-
neatetllv. but it was not given him. This
morning he stormed because he had to
wipe his face, after washing, on a com
inon towel and eat orison tare. 1 ie was
tvilav taken to a photograph gallery and
pictured, a copy to be sent to the tiolice
.in mi larire cu es, as i none mm uu
criminals. Later Most was taken to the
i Hurt and arraigned to plead to an in
dietment againsUhim by the grand jury.
TIIK STOKM WIOESl'KKAl).
Cincinnati, May 13. The storm of last
night, which did such fearful damage at
Xenia. Ohio, was fur-reaehiiie. It is
heard of in Illinois, throuirh Indiana and
Ohio, and at Winchester, Va. Here there
has been an unusual electrical disturb
ance for the past three nights. Monday
night there was almost uninterrupted
lii'titnini? from 11 n. in. till (i a. in. On
TiihmiIuv niirht a similar condition exist
d. nccoiniianied bv heavy rains and bail,
tlm luttr of a verv narrow range. Last
nii'ht there was another electrical storm,
with wind, heavy rain, and hail. In But
ler and other places the storm was very
fearlul.
The KortliwBMt' Internal.
Washington, May 13. Senator Doljih
has given notice that he will offer an
amendment to the sundry civil bill, ap
propriating fL'O.OOO for the establishment
of a salmon hatchery on the Columbia
river.
Hen. Mitchell introduced a resolution
todav. directincr the secretary of the in
terior to suspend action for the present
iioiiiiiHt innocent purchasers of land from
settlers who have proved up, and who
lnive final certificates, but to whom pat
entfl liave not been issued. It has been
the practice of the interior department
for Home time, to reject all claims ol pur.
chasers of such titles to land. Senator
Dolph lias made provisions for such cases
in his land bill ; and Mitchell's resolution
m int.. ruled to susnend action on the part
of the interior department, until that bill
is passed or dofeated.
The iiostiiiaster-ironeral has ordered
the mail service from linker City lo Spar
ta, Or., to be extended from July 1 next
t wice a week, to en J at cornucopia.
Incline's Trial.
Nkw Yobk, May 14. The taking of ev
Iricncein the trial of Alderman Henry
W. Jaehne, charged with having accept
ed a bribe of 20,000 to vote in favor of
granting the franchise to the Broadway
surface railroad compttny,-for the running
of cars on Broadway from the Iiattery
to Fourteenth street was begun fo-day.
THE ANUKY KI.KMKNTS.
A mil her Terrible Kniiiand Windstorm
Heavy lawmen.
Ci.kvki.ani), Ohio, May Hi. A dispatch
from Xenia says : There was a terrible
wind- and rain-storm at 10 last night,
with a wonderful electrical display. Wa
ter blocked up at the east end of town to
the hank against the Panhandle railroad.
The bank gave way suddenly, and the
flood came dashing through town, along
Shawnee creek, in waves fifteen or twen
ty feet high, and swept twenty or thirty
houses away, doing 100,000 worth of
damage. The gas works are flootlod, and
the town is in darkness and terror. Cries
of jHtople in the flooded district were aw
ful to hear. Many acts of heroism in
savinc the drowning are reported, Bon
fires were lighted, and people worked all
night. Twenty bodies were recovered,
and a number is yet missing. Whole
families perished in the flooded district.
'here w as great damage to property
all
list
around the country. Following is a
those known to be dead: Mrs. Nellie
Anderson and sister, Mrs. Casev (widow;,
Mrs. Samuel Cochran and two sons,
Matt Evans, wife, and child ; Orriu Mor
ris, wife, and five children ; Stephen Ual-
on ; Win. Powell, wife, and six or seven
hildren : Lewis Anderson and wife ; and
Mrs. Ed. Lindsay.
A sensational Ntory.
Nkw Yohk, May 13. Tribune's Car-
isle, J'a., special
Norman I'orter,
grandson of ex-Governor I'orter, of this
state, conductor on a pullman car run
ning from New York city to Atlanta, on
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the uuunjerianu vaney rauroau, wuo wum
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n'' in the south where Jeff lavis was de
livering one of his speeches, said to-day :
When Jetl'Davis delivered his speechat
ontL'oniei-v. Ala., I wn nr-sent and
heard every word he said. 1 listened am
kept quiet, although my blood boiled
within me, until 1 'avis said '1 often prayed
to live to see the day when both Lincoln
and Grant were dead and in hell, and as
my prayer has been grunted I am ready
Io dic.'' This was too much for me and I
turned around to get out of the crowd.
Being indiscreet enough 1 remarked 'it, is
a pity Jell Davis was not hanged at i'or
tress'Monro!.' 1 had hardly said it when
a man behind mo reached forward and
with a knife cut me as you see. He
started to run, and L after him, but lie
got away in the crowd."
Till: TKUKIBLE NTOlt.M.
MuiY Ut-tailh from Ohio I)Ulrit Vrry
tl.'ary Lohmi.'K.
Cinchknati, May 14. News of damage
by the storm Wednesday night continues
to come. Madison county Buttered to an
extent .of more than $200,000. The
streams in that county are generally low-
banked, and the unprecedented flood
caused nearly all road bridges to lie car
ried olf. In fact, the waterspout was so
pronounced that a flood eight feet lagl
ame tearing do n rami creen yesieruay
afternoon into aslungton courthouse
and increased till, in four hours, it had
risen eighteen feet, the highest ever
known. All the lower part of the city
was inundated, and many people were
driven from thir homes. iJo.ens of
bridges were washed away.
in Clinton count v the clue! damage
was bv wind.
In Butler county also there was much
damage by wind. Fifty feet of the Woods-
dale bridge over the Miami river were
blown off, and a fine iron and wood bridge
on Elliot turnpike was demolished.
Miles of trees were tlattennd, and many
small bridges were torn up.
In the village of hevonmilo the streets
are impassable from fallen trees. The
public school building is badly damaged.
The roof of the Methodist church was
lifted and hurled against the parsonage,
crushing in its walls, the minister's fam
ily narrowly escaping death.
The river at Milton is now a mile wide,
and full of wrecks of houses and barns.
The mills are all stopped, and nearly all
access to the town is cut oil'.
At Sidney great damage to the railroad
is reported. Between Sidney and Quincv
several culverts are washed out.
Immense damage was done in other
districts.
The Man who Threw th llonib.
Chicago, May 14. A man named
Louis Lingg was arrested this evening,
wdiile in hiding at No. 80 Ambrose street.
The police universally declare that he is
the man who threw the death dealing
bumb in their ranks a week ago Tues
day. Before that date Lingg lived in
Clayburn avenue, but up to this evening
had not been seen since the massacre.
His capture was made on information
furnished by one of the Arbeiter Zeitung
employes. "The police say there is no
shadow of a doubt of the man's guilt,
and events of to-night throw some credi
bility on the statement. It is thought
the arrest is one of the most important
made, with the exception of the capture
of the instigators of the horrible crime.
Lingg is said to have been an employe of
Sniee. and has been since May 0th a
missing man. At the police station he
was put through a rigorous examination,
lasting three hours at least. Lingg made
a statement, the extent of which the po
lice refuso to disclose. Detectives ,n
large numbers were hurriedly dispatched
to Claybourn avenue for persons impli
cated by his confession. It is understood
that the police made no promises to
Lingg, but gained their information by
other means just what they refused to
say.
Si.nsiition In Milling ;ii-rl.
MiNNKAi'oi.is, May 14. A sensation in
milling circles was created this morning
by the announcement that wheat report
ed in store in this city according to the
chamber of comnaarve is some million
and a half bushels shortf of the actual
amount contained in the elevators. The
amount in shire on Mav 10 was, accord
ing to the chamber, 4,500,000 bushels,
adding to which 1,500,000 bushels of
whose existence the Miller claims to
have indisputable proof, gives the total
amount in tlx elevators now nearly
7,000,000 buslvels. St. Paul has ftOO.OOO
bushels on hand, and Mnhith over 7,000,
OoO bushels in store and afloat. The
news has caused a deluge of telegrams
from foreign firms, the price of w heat be
ins intimately connected with the visible
supply. No explanation of this singular
discrepancy is ottered. ' i
Kuiuotis DroiiKlit In TXH.
Chicauq, May Hi. A special to the
Times from T.ig Springs, Texas, Hays:
Reports regarding the elleet ot the long
drought are bejiuuiing to come in. The
plains west of here are parched and dry,
and the carcasses of thousands of cattle
are to be seen in every direction. In
some localities no rain has fallen since
last .September. .1. W. l'awsou and Col,
. Jj. lluuhes returned to-day Horn a
trip as far westward as Ud Mexico. Mr.
Dawson says that, lrom this side ot the
l'ecos, over in Mexico, as far north as
Arizona, it is dryer than it has been lor
twenty years. Of 7,000,000 head of cat
tle in Texas, one third are in the section
visited by drought. Cattle are dying by
thousands, for want of water and grass.
There is verv little grass anywhere near
water, :i:id Unit little is so drv and dead
that it does not contain enouy
li substance
to do 1 he cattle anv eood.
Cattle are
verv thin, and getting thinner every day;
and if no rain comes within thirty days
the cattle ousiness m west lexas will he
ruined. 1'oople are very gloomv over the
outlook. The drought extends east as
far as I'.ii: Surints. No clouds have been
seen in months. Hven if it should rain
now, the cattle would not get fat enough
for market this year. A rough estimate
places the rate of mortality bv thirst and
starvation at 000 per day'. Fully 20,000
carcasses cover the plains. The stench
as one pjsses along the Texas Pacific
west of iiere, i, terrible.
OKKtiON'S INTi;UlJSTS.
llolph's M'uon-rou! I.iiiiil-Kraut IJill
fn.
v.mibly Kcporle.l to the Senati-.
W.vbuingtu.v, May 37. Senator 1'olph,
from committee on public lands, reported
favorably to-day his bill to authorize the
attorney general, within six months, to
bring suits in the U. S. circuit court for
the district of Oregon against persons,
firm!", or corKjrations claiming to own or
to have interest in lands granted to the
state of 1 'regon by various acts of con
gress to aid in construction of military
wagon roads, to determine the question
of seasonable and proper completion of
the roijilw, in accordance with the terms
of the grantiug'uets, and authorizing the
court to render judgments declaring for
feited to the diked States ahVsuch lauds
where roads have not been made in ac
cordance with requirements of the grant
ing acts.
Kx-President Arthur Dying.
New Yokk, May 17. Ex-President Ar
thur has been steadily growing worse the
past week. 4ind his most hopeful friends
are becoming anxious. The danger is
ever present that the poisoned blood will
sutl'use the brain, and when that happens
the victim of bright s disease feel:
Is the
last of his
sufferings.
o Presi'iits.
Wahiiisotok, May 17. It has been
given out that avhnireis of the adminis
tration who may wish to make weddin
gifts to the president may as well take
notice now and hereafter that any tiling
sent to tho White House in the way of a
token of regard, in the form of silver
ware, etc., will be returned to the donors,
.Should the president accept any presents
it will only be from personal friends of
himself or bride. He has established a
rule that he will not accept presents from
strangers.
Alderman Jaehne.
New Yokk, May 17. The excitement
in and about the court house, this morn
ing was intense, over the expectation
that sentence would be passed upon
Jaehne. Uen. Pryor announced that the
dolense wished to make a motion lor
new trial, but was not then prepared to
do so. He asked that sufficient time be
given them for preparation. Uen. l'ryor
said the motion would be based upon
new points. Thursday next was agreed
upon as the day on which tlie arguments
should bo heard.
Feurs of an Indian Kaid.
Kansas City, May 17. The Times
Tombstone, Arizona, special, savs: A
courier arrived at Uen. Mile,s headimar
ters, bringing information that six of
Hattiold'BiCommand were killed in am
buscade by Indians, the report comes
from 1 leming that watch tires have been
seen in the vicinity, supposed to be call
ing out the Mescaleio Apaches. It
learedthata raid ol the country is con
tcmplated by Ueroniino's band, and
couriers are being sent out to warn the
settlers.
'Brought tin Standing;.'
Wahiiinoton, May 17. The collector
of customs, at Sitka, Alaska, has been no-
tinea linn uie practice adopted liy him
of issuing peVmits to import liipiors into
Alaska for medical purposes is inconsis
tent with the regulations which author
ize oermits by customs otlicers in Alaska
for the landing of liquors already brought
to that territory, and no permits to be is
sued in advance of importation.
Au Oil I-anlr,
ln rsHi hu, May 18. There was a panic
in oil to-day, caused by the failure of Craig
fc Iwrie, one of the largest oil firms in
the country. The market opened at 70'
and dropped off to 0ii)8'. The feeling at
12 to-day is steadier. The firm will be
able to meet all claims in time, as it has
largo interests in Kane, Field, and Wash
ington counties. Members of the firm
say they will bo able to resume in a few
days.
Another Cardinal,
Baltimore, May 18. Archbishop Gib
bons, to-day, received an official commu
nication from the papal secretary, inform
ing him that he has been made a cardinal
bv the pone. This has been retarded as
a fixed fact since the autumn of the year
jhs:j.
The lrosident on Decoration Day.
Washington, May 18. The president
will leave Washington, on the 30th inst.,
for Brooklyn, where he will review a
decoration day parade the following
morning, and will review a parade in
New lork city in the afternoon. It pos
sible he will return to Washington lues
day morning.
Stanford on the Labor Trouble.
Washington, May 17. Sen. Stanford
received a dispatch announcing the arrest
of five Bocicalists, in San Francisco, who
have endeavored to incite riot, their ob
ject being to loot the residences of prom
inent capitalists, among them those of
Messrs. Ktanford, Crocker, and Flood, on
Nob Hill.
"1 should hate to have a mob destroy
my house," said Hen. .Stanford to your
correspondent, because it is very nicely
furnished, and I take a great deal of pride
in it. I sometimes think," continued the
senator, "that the rich men of the coun
try are responsible in a great part for the
resent unrest and uissatistaction that ex
ists among the laboring classes. Capital
ists do not seem to take the interest in
their employes that they should, and the
abonngmen, leehng this, are seduced
by reckless and desperate socialists into
committing acts ot violence, lhia, ot
course, makes the capitalist hesitate to
invest Ins money in new enterprises, and
laboring men stiller iron lack ot employ
ment.
The Preller Murder.
St. Loms, May 18. The Post-Dispatch
prints a statement made by II. M. Brooks
alias .Maxwell, now on trial tor the mur
der of C. Arthur Preller, which will con
stitute his only defense, and which will
be urtted bv his attorneys in the trial. In
a word, he will confess to killing Preller
bv accident, while acting as his physician
and that, being excited and frightened
he concealed, instead of making known
the fact of death. He declares that he
as always wanted to toll the facts, and
only retrained bv the snvice ot his attor
no '.
FOREIGN.
Record of News from Over
the Atlantic.
A CL.OOMY OUTLOOK.
Gladstone' Home Kule Kill n ill
be Defeated.
Loxdok, May 10. The meetings
at
Chamberlain's house on w ednesday am
at the Devonshire house Friday have
settled the home rule question for the
present. Home rule a la Uladstone will
not be enacted bv this house of commons
One thing wdiich the Uladstonians de
clared impossible has occurred. There is
a complete understanding between Lord
liartington, whose position in the house
and country is stronger than ever, and
Chamberlain. Liberal opponents of
Gladstone's scheme are now a compact,
organized, harmonious body, agreeing
both in their resolve to deteat the present
bill and in the methods by which its de
feat is to be accomplished. Its liberal
opponents, with the tories also, will vote
ti a man against the second reading.
Tiiey now form an assured and absolute
majority of the whole house.
The number of liberals who were pres
ent, or who sent written pledges either to
the Chamberlain or to the lord iiarting-
ton meeting, or to both, is ninety-three.
Besides these, there are eleven liberals,
their names being given, who have pub
licly signified their opposition. This
makes a majority against the bill of 104.
There remain eighteen liberal members
who are supposed to be unfriendly to
tho bill, and thirty who are unpledged
either way.
GLAU8TON HOFUKl'L.
He Carries a Motion to Further DiiHMUiH the
Home-rule Hill.
London, May 18. Gladstone, in the
commons this afternoon, moved that the
house devote four nights out of the five
for parliamentary business every week
to debate on the homo-rule bill. His
proposal produced a sensation, as it had
come to be generally believed, without
any clearly defined reason why, that the
government had about given up hope of
carrying their measures, and would bring
on a crisis as early as possible.
An excited discussion immediately fol
lowed the premier's motion, during which
both sides of the controversy revealed
their position. Sir Michael Hicks-Reach
(conservative) said his party wanted a
iiled''e that the debate would be finished
Friday next. To this Gladstone replied
that his reckoning extended the debate
far beyond the date fixed by the opposi
tion.
After a long and warm discussion tho
motion was carried.
PACIFIC COAST.
News bv TelesrraDh from
West of the Rockies.
Seals In Large Number.
Victoria, May 12. Tho run of seals
along the coast is almost phenomenal in
its excess, their numbers appearing to be
countless. Old sealers say never in their
recollection wero the animals so numer
ous, and had it not been for bad weather
tho catches of the vessels would have
been enormous.
A Jiloody Tragedy.
Cmco, May 12. An old feud has for
years existed between the two Indian
families of Littlo Tom and John Young,
at Prattville, and on Sunday it culminat
ed in a fierce and bloody "fight. Young
went with urn son, tiony, to Tom's cabin.
They quarreled, and a light began. Bony
was instantly killed by a gunshot; Young
was badly shot through the body, and
Little Tom and his wife were horribly cut
with a dirk-knife. Thev probably all
will die.
A Witness Kills Hhnseli'.
San Rafael, May 13. Isaac Schaves,
50 years of age, a witness in the alleged
school board bribery developments,
committed suicide Tuesday night by
jumping into the bay. It is supposed
that lie committed the act to avoid expo
sure consequent on the investigation of
the proceedings of the school board.
ltcniainn Discovered.
San Fhancisco, May 13. Laborers em
ployed in the ruins of the Bancroft fire,
this afternoon discovered the remains of
James Brannan, who was employed as
mattress maker, lor 1j. and lu. Emanuel,
and who lost his life during the fire ot
April 30th.
Hurued to Death.
San Fkancisco, May 14. "Wm. Eoyce,
while asleep in his room at 25 Hunt
street, this morning, overturned a lighted
lamp, igniting the bed clothing, and was
burned to death. .
Some Sharp Fighting.
Tccsox, May 10. Special from Hua
chuca : Capt. Hatfield, with a troop of
cavalry, struck Geronimo a heavy blow
yesteiday morning, ten miles south of
Santa Cruz, but a few hours later received
a heavier blow in return. Friday after
noon the hostiles, about seventy strong,
struck Milepa's ranch, rounding up thirty
horses. Hatfield arrived half an hour
later, and followed the trail till dark.
Yesterday morning he surprised and
stampeded the "hostiles, capturing their
entire camp outfit and horses. He then
started for Santa Cruz. In passing
through Box canyon a galling fire was
suddenly poured upon his little command.
The men dismounted and made a gall
ant fight of one hour, losing two killed
and three wounded. Many Indians fell,
but their number is not known. Capt,
Hatfield reached Santa Cruz, where he
will be joined by Lieut. Cook with Dorst's
troops.
Maj. Ruiz, with a irge Mexican force,
reached Santa Cruz last night and joined
in the pursuit this morning. Gen. Miles,
Capt. Lebo, and Lieut. Davis, with troop
L, Gov. Torres, of Sonora, and Prefect
Rivero, of -Magdalena district, are here in
consultation.
Gov. Torres has just received a dis
patch irom the prelect of Uuaymas, say
ing Gen. Martinez routed the Yaquis
Irom their stronghold in the Sierra Baca-
tele on the 13th, killing 100 and wounding
200. Mexican loss, twenty killed and
fifty wounded. Cajeme escaped, but is
being pursued by troops on land and gun
boats on the river. This virtually ends
the Yaqui war.
liureuu of Employment.
San Fkancisco, May 18. -The Knights
of Labor of this city have issued a circu
lar announcing the opening in a few days
of a bureau of employment. The circu
lar says: "With the means at our disil
posal we can say to the woodmen of
Truckee, the farmers of Sacramento val
ley and fruiterers of southern California,
'Give us your contracts and we will sup
ply places vacated by Mongolians, with
intelligent labor.
MEHAMA NOTES.
Mkhama, May 1A, 188ti.
Fine weather again.
Strawberries are ripe in this vicinity.
Mr. Fisher has been improving around
his livery stable.
M. L. Kskew is at work for W. H. By
ars, building fence.
Mr. Iermit is building a large barn on
his farm, near town.
R. A. Pratt has his store about finished
which will be quite an improvement.
Mr. Miller, successor to Jos. Robertson
in the flour mill, is making a tine quality
ot Hour.
G. W. Dimick addressed the people of
this place. There were four ladies, three
republicans, and one prohibitionist pres
ent. The Mehama baseball club played the
O. S. M. baseball club Saturday, and got
beat. They intend to try them again, on
their own ground.
Messrs. Stinson, Jacks, Behringer, and
Windtield went in the mountains Minday
to build a house for Mr, Stinson. They
w ill be gone about a week.
Itkmizkb.
A NOVEL EXPERIMENT.
On Tuesday next a scientific experi
ment is to be mado along the now Cro
ton aqueduct that is interesting a large
number of engineers more or less offi
cially connected with the construction of
the new tunnel that is to provide New
York with a larger quantity of pure Cro
ton water than she enjoys to-day. F.
Wheeler, one of the assistant engineers
having special charge of tho shafts lying
south of Shaft 13, at Ardsley, explained
tho project to a reporter yesterday.
Said Mr. Wheeler : "A singular state
of things came under our observation a
few months ago. You know that the
country through which the tunnel is be
ing constructed is exceedingly hilly. As
this tunnel must be on a level, it is neces
sary to bore through the rocks all the way
from Croton lake to the city. Now, these
rocks vary in height. As we go along
with our work we occasionally expect to.
hnd between rocks a pocket' of earth
extending, say to the utmost, five or ten
feet. We thought wo found a pocket ex
tending a few feet south of shaft 13, near
Ardsley, late in March, and kept on bor
ing during the prevalence of a severe .
rainstorm, and we found the tunnel be
low all covered with earth. In fact, not
withstanding the timbers we had put up,
the earth came down in largo quantities
tho nasty, dripping clay and sand and
it stopped our operations in our progress
southward from shaft 13. The chief en
gineer then ordered a thorough survey
of the land adjoining this shaft, and in
stead of a 'pocket' of only a few feet we
found, just south of shaft 13, in a straight
line, nothing but plain earth extending
over 2o0 feet.
"Well, suppose you did, what harm?"
queried the reporter.
"It is just this, that while we are build
ing the tunnel at a depth of 1G0 feet
under that earth surface we may have,,
during a rainstorm, an avalanche of.
mother earth coining down on us! Before
we progress with that tunnel we have to
put up timbers under that extent ot
earth surface, so as to safely construct
the top of that tunnel under the 250 feet
of earth at a depth of 100 feet. Think of
the mass of earth overhead, and the depth?
at which the work is, and then you can
appreciate the necessity of keeping that
earth above solid, quite the same as rock.
How is that to be done, even temporarily,
while the timbers are being put in place?"
' that was the question, and it has lust
been solved. We are going to. fceezc
mother earth. You laugh. Well you
mav. bo will others when they hear of
it. I do not know that I ought to tell any
newspaper man, but the tact is the pro
cess has been demonstrated on a small
pocket, and the freezing will be done
next week on a grand scale on a mass of
earth lying south of shaft 13, and it will
be kept solid as a rock, hard as a stone,
giving no possible chance of more ava
lanches of clay and sand in the tunnel
below after it had once been frozen."1
"How is it done?" asked the reporter.
"By wholesale injection of ammonia,''
replied Mr. Wheeler, "and I regtefc to
say that we have to go to foreigners to do
that work for us. Still, the world rf sci
entific experiments knows no nationality.
It is a German process, has worked suc
cessfully in the mines of Germany, and
the officials in charge of the new Croton
aqueduct have satisfied themselves that
this freezing process is the only one by
which we can secure the qmietiude of
mother earth lingering in mass over the
workmen's heads at an altitude of lut
feet, while we proceed southward with
the construction of the new tunnel that
is to give New York an extraordinary
supply of water." N. Y. Herald.
A WILD MAN LIKE AN APE.
Two sons of Archibald Tyson, a farmer,
returned from a hunt last evening, lead
ing by a rope a frightful spectacle of
humanity in the shape oi a wild man.
Both of the Tyson boys are full grown,
and tell the following story of the cap
ture: About noon, when they were
climbing the Ramapo mountain on the
north side, they heard a shrill voice howl
ing as if in agony. Approaching the spot
where the voice came from they encoun
tered what appeared to be a huge ape.
One ot the boye, Shileman, raised his
gun to fire at the object, but was stopped
bv his brother. Aliey then advanced
closer and discovered that the object was
a man. Scarcely a whole article of cloth
ing covered bis body. His hair and
beard were long, matted and partly gray.
They spoke to him, and he jumped to
ward them in a threatening manner.
Both dropped their guns and grappled
with him. After a terrible struggle he
was overpowered and bound. He uttered
a few unintelligible words and quietly al
lowed tliem to do as they pleased with
him.
After searching in vain for a hut or a
cave they led him home, where he was
exhibited to the neighbors. Heappeared
to understand tho German language, and
whenever a woman approached would
run and try to escape. It is thought that
be must have escaped from some insane
asylum and wandered wild in the woods.
When a piece of raw meat was offered
him he grabbed it and ate it ravenously.
Mr. Tyson locked him up in a barn, and
is waiting for some relative to claim him.
Philadelphia News.
Owing to a scarcity of news we notice
the report revived that Jack Dempsey is.
going to fight Charles Mitchell. The pub
lic must be supplied with reading patter,
Omaha Republican.