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VIAGARA FALLS~ ¥., WEDNESD, \Y EVE PRICE ONE CENT. stg for Parlors, Qarpats for Stairs, - >>. \ait he . GHRPETS | |. LARGEST anp riNEST tie Carpets. mm}; Bgssals Carpets: - Eo\ Taposty Gapets, | ° rygraln Carpets, ' i . Hemp Carpets, Emma Haasurei Barbells Kab and lail -_ oC s and Jackets:) > ' We have the largest hug of V‘Spnng Capes and Jackets ever hown in the city. Especial attention is called fo our $5OO P Cape and Jacket. 3 g +-- on work, t EC d £ t [them at 50c. . $2212 IN 350¢. BUYS splendid Merino Underwear b quélities lI , :in brown and gray cloud, silk trimmed. I1 greater Cash and The is stire o Satie rolls to Carpets. Hemp Mattings, ing new!, All these Ths mien and notice to iAMES F. MURPHY. also fine Merino. 'and brawn mixed Underwear. Jen bole Tak thes uber Lahhiy, . > Srey of Bonds > AND. be Tom of -- AT SILBERBERGS LOT rod Great Clothing and Hat Hous FNHL - the largest number Peat 0 lug an ' e, rr am a fff TE B4 Sti tors pdinstinent “Em MAM PAMS, K T. M: (ll NOt sTe‘Eféj; Lé’ézo SATURDAYS. ”E & “AGARA FALHA ®. v, 4 L « LBERBERGS (Clothing House. TWENTY distinct styles in Balbriggan, «:- Merino, Camel's Hair, Jersey Rib, Lisle Thread, Light Weight Wool, Etc. 'The largest line in Western New York. Films sTHEETwaeanmnbhed tail-and . dleeve; regular price __ |75c., buying them by the case; we run Tbe. BUYS high grade flesh color Bal | $1.00: BUYS fine light weight Woolen ,Underwear in dark brown, white or natural 331 25 BUYS very fine Lisle Thread gold Finest Furmshmgs; , |resenfed _ could be dirtingtished nt n - tions for breaking anchor began, the: «cen BV - ATELE( RAPH. $ECOM BMIOX: NAVAL RNIEY. From the Near by Highinnds and the Heights of Fort Wadsworth. Steaming Neck and Heel the | Two Admirais Led the Way-The American Fleet in Bril- lant Comparison With the Fighters « of Other Nations. . --a ~ 80 L/ \pil 26.- The phantom shipe which suiled in out of the mists of the sea yesterday were bright and majestic realities in the .ylorious sunshine this morning. | The only clement wanting to insure the trinmphant spectacular suc- cess of the great naval frude was supplied by- the perfect weather. - Not a trace was . left - of - the «tee . gry | clouds and min and fog. of yesterday. Clear { ulcies, bl‘xght sunlight anf brucing | breezes gave n | retting 40-a pandtmiic scatie whose beauty and suggestivenegs have never boen surpassed. | In the sharpeleur light of | the early morning every distinctive Mature: of the great warships stood bin in hold: relief. Anclored in two great. @lumas, stretched over the whole | - surface of the hay, the vevels - nf each of = the 10 _- rep- glance.. . The snow whitd bnllsand graceful B(amines of. the Amorigin fleet were not more town than the huge black hulk of the Bri flagehi towering milit masts of the Fnfil Bart, orgllm shun?» lines of the ernck G. cruiser Kaiserin Angling with Her formi@able Krupp vy the .oquat. outlines of the Dutch an Bpoyk which) contrasted with the Ebulldcof the swift Argen- tine Nuevo do Julio and the musive armn-- ment of the Brazilian batfleship Aquidaban. The most striking featurg of the wene was the absolute effence that (prevailed during the early hours of the d Fach of these fortaidnble death deling engines of de- struction Iny motfontes #t anchor, reflected in the placid waters of tie buy by thecarly morning ays of the, ## like the often led *'Phinted Hhip upon a Printed l As (he morning work apd the prepare changed to one of brisk spimation and life, The bay became alive b pleasure erafé of every description, and} the patrol boats bud a difficult task-to kep the anghoruge grounds clear of infrut und (g perinit the formation of the in which in stately procession the wete to pass through Aho. -the tippor bny und to move ap the Hudsouw river to their mumul stations, nud there to await. to- mormw'x review. It wis shortly after 9 o'clock when Admiral Gberardi'x fgship give the preliminary signal to break anchor and fal into Hine 'The starbound, or right band column, looking: toward the bows of the vowels. commnnded hy the Britisb Admiml, Sir John Hopkins con- alited of foreign vmeels do this onder: British - Blake, Aostenilian, Mupcterme and Tarter. Kisann Dhnitn: Donskei, General Admiril und Ryanda. Fretich - Arethuse, Hesanl and-Jean Bart. Italy- Etna, Bowen and Dogolh Spain-- Infanta Isabel. Reina Regente and Nueva: Empami Brazil - Agoilaban, Tiradente, and Republica, The port, or lef hand colomn, commmanded hy Admiral Gheminli, consisted of the American fleet with ome «of the visifone thrown io to balunce in the followltig order American--Ptiladeiphis, Newark, Atlanta, San Francisca, Bancroft, Beoniugton, Bel« thuore, Chicago, Vorktewn, Charleston, Vesurios and Continl. Argentine-Nuevo de Julfo. Molland Yan Speyku Gefman: --Kaiserin Augnata: and Hee Adler, with the Ameriean monitor Miattonomah brime= Ing up the rear. New Yorr. April # -The star mas made «n promptly at 9:45. o'clock that thousands bf spectator who had gathered to witoom the ale from the Natr«ink The Beautiful Spectacle Witnessed | WAR vnssms ON PARADE | dosrl hy the Chillian (mu-mum are in the Legation Humu' THEODORE moms MAY AESIGN. NINC APRII 1.26, 1893. tum The ferry bouts and tugs whistledand Increached to.. the - best & of their z====- lability while the crowds which througed um wharf and piet, cheered and winved ' nuuhmg they happened to have. All the @long the tier were decked ont in fall the Inn-Hug that place could l+ found 'for in their rigging. | The same was true of! lull the piers on botli sides. ALL QUIET AT TONAWANDA. ‘Lumbsr Shovers Peaceful and Disposed to ! Remain $o. Nowmit Tox aw isbal April i i [Aproial. ] tir . 'The lumber shovers ase apd «ay there ill bec no binod: shed ou their port and Cat their. rudugnation will not get the bettor ol their Jndgmn ut, , DEPUTIES SWORN IN. Sheriff Ensign Preparing for Expected Trouble in Tonawanda. Loox Porter, April 26. -Sherit | Emagn of Nigaru county swore in 25° deputies this moming to put dowh lhn-ulmml labor troubles at Tonawnnda, | Trouble i lnfex poot» ed when the first lumber versel . arrives to- day. - CAVES ANK - CAVES, may Com: in Very Handy at This Beason of.the Year Ont in Oklohoma Territory. Sar oa A STORM | SWEPT . LOCALITY, Ten Persons Killed and Others Injured One Entire Family of Five Persons Among the Dead--One House Blown to Atoms and Another Moved Twenty Feet. Moola, O Too April 260 A) cyclone swept over thicdistrict last. night, Ten perions were killed and many more in- jured and much property destroyed.. Among the dead are J. 0. Connor nnd his. whole fomily consisting of tive. persons. .- Mr. Hanks, H O, Clements and a child of Henry Bateman. Thomas Wemver had his urm broken and. was seriomily injured Three of Mr. Habks's family were seriously and perhipe fitally injured. Their house was blown to atoms, and the fimily only extri- ented after desperite efforts had been put forth. Phillip Dyer's bouse: wis. mayed 20 feet. His invalid wife and laby, who were in the second story at the time the storm came up, were carried sway with the building, but mireulouslr exesped serious injury. Frank Brown's house was blown? away joust as be ond his family. cwchperl. Most of the people exaped to their Cyclone Caves having bad warning of the impeni- ing danger. It in almost certain that there were other casonltiec [Though the cyelone lusted but a minute ar two the wrock left ju - its wny C was terrible n path half a mile in width and eight mile® bort [was laid waste. Howser: hoens anil eunnuph in Sty reagh wait down, Tele- graph wires xuul’tju-h-x were blown for miles and for this reason the particular: are not known. The same storm pmoed over Guthrde, bnt did no dimage there U. 8. LEGATION HOUSE WATCHED. Chiltan Police Beliove that Criminals Are Belng Sheltered Therein. New York,\ April ut from Valpariso myn: VII the «streets near the -E nited Legation house are being closely by Chillion police and detective. The authorities believe that Blondlott, Holly and otherertminols are st] being sheltered by United tates Minister Fgais,_ Hally in one of the men to whom Mr atrium-n“ an ree lam F1 wae stipposed Jie liad. escaped after Becretaey Greibam ityd lclsvl Migistgr Fgun to Auber ifirfing hin the pbotéction! of the United States, litt report» obtained by détertj vem (rone the servante - in 'aljoine ing bonges have led to the. befier\ that Holly an well ms ather. whos capture. in ~ A special rable Molex sntched Me Does Not. Like the Idea of Having a Superintendent Over Him. Naw York,. April 2 -A special from highlands and the herlite of Fort Wade | worth and other p-lnt- of advantage: on | Rluen Inland had hantiv taken up position ! before the grins. of Forts Hamilton and i Wadsworth boomed their welcome to the advancing feet.. ~teanting peck And that the two admimis and their fag- ship lu‘l the - wn . at os orate oh am ning knots an hour | A hmk breeze curled. the water into | whiteafird breakers but the magnificent |b glided along. «moothly that their ! nmfinu searcely . wemed perceivable . A | cable and a half length 200 yards. seporat- | od each «hip from the other and . this die | tance trax maintained | with | wbeofute | pre- | cision. - The contradt presented by the snow ( white American .- fleet - and - the , dark - hulled - foreymers was very perceptable . as . thei moved _ slong | side by side. | Each beghtening. the effect ! , of the other, the (=o schools of naval 'orchiteeture-(for. nearly afl the dine in the fleet not Amenina hnilt were of English cnostruction i- were «mud; markgln and every patriot fel a glow pride thai the newnavy of the 19an States did. not suffer by the comparison. time. oren pied in parsing the forts was exactly half an hour. narrows dnd entered the upper bay the of excursion steamem and yacht and big boats fell in and hecame a volunteer . escort. . The scene then became one nf com- bined grace, animation and beauty never, never to be \The absence. of L manning: magoifi+ stood out in luminous siBboott apim‘l the dmd lees tky The flags o/ different astiongh- ties and even the names of the Winn discernible from _ either sbore . [ tween £5,000 000 and $6,000,000 gold Rich Gold Strike PortLisi Ore, April 28 -% special \ from Central Pajnt says - The nchest gold After pamed strike in Sonthern Oregon «ince the. days ' s o o asan 52:40: '39 has heen made within two | miles m‘I at: mnflugv mm thay fell, into. the : 2p 31W“ Alyn ome Genrer Chicago miys .- Thomas. proposen to resign from the omploy of the World's Fair in consequence of what he considers n «light put u him - Heretoforg he has dealt directly with the director general, although supposed to be amenable to Chief Peabody of the Liberal Arts Department. In fact Thomas his been his own nw-lu and if be bae not felt like: it has not: -bad-- to anys bodv The Board of Control decided yester- day to divorce the musical drpnnment from the Liberal Art Department and have a superintendent appointed to when Mr Thomas should report, this. «pperintendent to report in turn to ll» difertor grtfiernl. Offer Acceptu Hiegoy. - April M. -Heerrtart nf . the Treasary Cartisle has returned his. thanks to the Amoeisted Ranks of Boston fur their tender of gold eain. and | his acrepted. the affer - The action of the Boston Ranks will plaee ar the dispel of the government he- this place in the last week. . The entire} country is wild with excitement ~ I Meeting of Reservation Commissioners. I New York.. M -( Speefel )- «Pro- ident (rreen af the Commussioner~ of State * Reservation st Ntagara has called a musing st the old Board to be held in the city on : Fatardar the 20th live! 1, New Postmaster for Brooklyh. i Wammromy. \pnl 26 -The President . me ted A T Sulltman, -No hrmber this ? .] am Falls Water Works Company will move A rm! ible xmlnufilyntrlsn‘ ely A“ n _LA’I‘I ST LOCAL, ATE “mix What 'This City | Wil Have in the Near-Future. ' Nays Mr. Rankine. NO _ MORE - ROKLY - WATER, [Let the People Rejoice and Listen to What \The Gazette\ Has - to Say Today. PUMPING STATION TO BE MOVED. Conners istand Will Be the New Location Where an Unlimited Supply of Wholesome Water Can Be Secured: Contracts Soon to Be . Awarded-Satistactory Interviow. A man wus seen on | the head . of Conners: [sland this morning standing look» ing over the faland and the fiver, This man was William B. Ruuklun presi- dent of the Mugunl Falls - Wafér \Works company, and hix viat to this migni- fled a great deal to the city of Nigar Falls. i [t means that this city is to have ia. pure und nolimited smuppfy of water for domestic and general uses. It means that the Ning: it pumping «tation a mile and a half up the river and all this in the near future, A GAZETTE reporter found Mr. Runkine at the Catarnet House on his return. from his trip of inspection and heard from his own lips the good news, which will be re- ceived - by all- cousiman of | water with unqualified eatisfuction. \Yes we intend to move our pumping ing plant up the river in the | neighborhood of Conner Island,\ said | President Ran- kine, \and will then be able. to furnish water to the city of a pure: and whole- nome quality It - is - prety well. extablished, whenever there is a heavy riln or storm Gill creek becomes no muddg that the water on both sides of Gres Island from which place we receive our present supply in we roily that if is unfit =' for domestic purposes, or in fact any purpose. Fora long time, in fact from the inception, we had determined 'to wk the privilege of laying ofr minn to the eastern boundry of 'The city limits. \ The first Common Counell 'did not see fit to grant rights to go beyoud the old- village limite, Recently, however, we wer gmuted the right to Iny fuch main to the city nt immediately: our corpé of en- gineers wae detailed to inake soundings | surveys with <= the end' How af exntablishing our prunping station either ou the main shore ofipoulte Conners Island or at tho hood he Island itself, The contract. for this work will be let a« soon an the proposlx tre received from the pipe companies apd the contractors,\ It is eetimated that this insportant work will be completed mwitlfin the next 94 days, meanwhile water consumers will be patient and five in the hopes of soon living. the nulbph which is «o neccmsury tos said that the ggninvel mnd wind forme tion at the bead of this islaod make a pe exlinrly mhulnngwmn location for an iulet pipe [t waw with this in view thit the Cataract Construction company. pfrchaned the upper end of Conners Island over two year ago cen lcs OFFICER CROCKER'S GOOD WORK He Captures a Noted Oplum Smuggler and 70 thit noted op LII!“ sninggder (wits effected Un- morniug Depts Callortof GT. Crier bi of the Customs House: force. Crocker dis- covered 70 cans of Turkish smoking oplit which arrived from Toronto shout 1.15 o'clock'this morbing. The opium acrord- ing to information furnished Crocker: wan pot on at Harsilton, Ont., in a aatebel and an ofl cloth traveling. case, and was nccom- nied by two men, one of whom wis A L. Tenneds. the noted opiune smugglen who has been artesited. sexeral times, nt T Orocker spotted the parcels, but did not disturh them waiting to. soe. who wis in charge He: accompanied the train to Buffalo, but no one disturbed the parcels. Crocker bad not spotted his men and was growing desperate. He still stayed on the train antil ft bad pred East Buffalo when he a«ked the conductor to st the train. He took the satchel oil cloth with him The former contained 40 cans aod the latter 3) When be reached the dorm myain he spotted Kennedy who hal left the train thinking that his. pal would Inok after the opiam. Crocker found that Kennedy was going hack to the Falls on the Erie train and telegraphed abesd from Boffals to have an officer at the Fails «tation to arrest the man The plan was carried ont all right Officer Rolapd nabbed the man and Kennedy is this afternoon before Urtited States Commission er soho E. Pound at Lockport on a charge of anmexling opitin ooccss - it CAUSED A COMMOTiO® That Recent Visit of a Toronto Customs officer To Niagara. The Toronto World a tew days ago chronicled the fact that about s dozen neiz- ures of «muggled goods had been made by a Toronto «pecial-enstoms officer at Fort Erie and Ningars Falls, His visit in the sensation of the week. Oommenting on the case The Record saps ~The officer who made the than tioned on the civil. reselee up at the Toronto carter affiér, and i= hm.- to one of the coucher of the Ente: flyer WB® LEWISTON wiLL Be WET. Liquor Men Find a WI, Out of the Dmieully that Confronted Them. For quite a few days there has been great \law-\w uumug the saloon. keepers of the lo“ n of Lewiston over the election of n no- license Excise Board. The refers of Tits: ‘Gurrrz have been kept well informed an 'to the situation by our ever alert corres- pondent and the following \dispatch ves the Intext facts and denotes that Lewiston will he a wet town: - Lew mroX, liqnor men's secret is out. Jucob Miller, the temperance commissioner who was elected two years ngo, never qualified. Yes- terday the town board appointed-Fohi Leg- gett, a liquor mug, in his place NO DISCOUNTS Manager Langmuir of the Imperial Bank of Canadas Stands by American Silver. CLOSE FINANCIAL RELATIONS, That's the Reason He Assigns For the Stand His Bank Has Taken-The Only Domin- indiscriminately at Par The Anapcial situation in this comntry hus affected the valug of Amrican silver coin and silver certificates in Canada most perceptibly and disputches from Halifax, Montreal nnd Toronto showthat at all the banks silver is taken at a discount, 1 No discrimination is made ns tothe kind of heare in mgxml to American bills ond the comequence is our currency has depreciated considerable. This feeling was voked by the announcement made by retary Carlisle that the bonds of '00 were lable to be redeemed by silver if the gold: surplus wus exhausted. Almost immediately Canadian Bankers ordered a discount on wilver coin mnging all the way from one to 90 per cent. nccording to the, locality. The resssurance tn American banking and financial circles through President Clove- land's utterances and promises to redeem the government bonds with gold has\ not xpread to any considerable extent in Can- nd, na the bunkers and exchange brokem still matatain large discounts on American silver and bills, To mmeertain the feeling on the Canadian fruntier a GAZETTE representative today called upon who do busines on both «idee of the river and asked if lhev waffered any incouvenience in doing bi new on the other side, To the surprise cf the writer no discounts have been imposed and in nearly every instance the pawns interviewed spoke very mmplimenm? the banking and exchange facilities offered them by J. A. Langmuir the manager of the -Ningara Falls, Qt., brunch of the Im- perial Bank of is bank is one of the strongest lit 05nd.”- dug as! brunches throu ham the fimlni run ll! I“) g n! other p The :gvb?fily arid? $51! 03 ul'hgfllu Cannlinn aide was a form or prenatal \lull!\ between the depositor and the man- ager, which e ta the Jatter from low in the or (“55m pain\ depreciation in value \r silver ooin or certificaten Thin ngreement is migned by 1b» deporttar and left with thre mugger MroJ. A. Langninir, m r of theilm« perial Bank, was next visited aod an inter- view nejuested. \I have not charged dbicount omany American bills or ailver coin as \ maid he \'I mineerely hope that I will not be compelled to. You see the 'relations be- tween the two sides of the river as regards haoking and financial matters ure so close that it is almost imposible to make any discrimination agmiukt American currency. A great manly of ouf ileporitorn are bursiriess men frum the other ride of the river also the railroads and the customs officisia and to collect discounts would be | ing inconvenience upon my ientr. 5T this financial question came pp and the reported decision of Secret Carlyle x heralded. . broadcast I was advised by ml manager of our bank at Toronto : lace discounts on American silver coin and certificates, In the face of this order, almost at my owe risk, I still took this money from vnr depositor. 1 have., at matter with our head office expldnflnf why it would be impossible to successfully i any auch discounta. [ guew this is (he only bank in Canada today that is not col- - lecting from ane (6 \40 cent. on Ameri- can silver and bills, T an instance yer terday where I felt called upon to collect discount. A st came in who had $200 in custom duties to and wanted me to take that amount in «liver certiG- cates TI told him I could not take that amount just\ now without a discount. I maid the regular rate wite one per cent. but that | would make that 50 centr on the the th doliar h he demurred from this 1 told L to some of the banks on the hurl-{mu side or the ens toms offial« aod they could probably se- cure accommodation an him. - I could not afford to take such large amounts from per- This brooght up the question where the linker negotiated his American mane;- «ther words where be got rid of | ‘0 ' I have a number of triends who relieve raid Mr. Langmuir with a smile. | It? undesstood that a number of the banks an this side of the river stand ready to relieve Mr hnfiuir of his surplus | American ia tay «Mamas also muir has these facilities n‘ldm' ably that the access of the Ningars | Falls, mmdmlnpamm heen assured under his It is certainly the only bank in Canads today pot exacting discounts on American sitver , | mn aod sliver cortificates. __. LODGE ROTICES, that The teacapethe mmmmfl‘ tedStates nteamship the coliting ; CAC ® wll! whch the doties are charged they ure paid. with- $5 «fawning-i ber A Womas Suicide. oe *The World farther sage \it might mm: in stationed the fpsoich Cararelsz. Below i yr« york. ipnl 2 ice ad residents of Niagara to learn Tire the warmhipe in two log Limes miudpwflm 182 wife H the office? ban abont in dess us for down us Sith cret; «The Endpmntt-dmmmadnrh’ Mmbffirfimhsmmdp \Cen. Meigs®\ ces the at 'the dmmzwfmlhvwhmh wend spon in a faw dayx end j m- anallinhd | When the fees “jf ® my; wearker Mhu)m-‘ “WWW? 4 hareq |_ At a meeting of the Bnfislo and Niagara 'prord. Theses of was _ w 4M? thor x Camping fold | and“ to fmcremme the directors from five to cine. a April 20.-[Apecial.]-The aos
