Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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flffl HORROR IT DENYER I The Crowded Gumry Hotel Wrecke; by an Explosion. MANY PERSONS CREMATED, The Itnius of the Builillnc Burned? Heartrending Incidents at the ?cene o > tho Holocaust?reople Perished Within Sl^ht and Hearing of >Vould-B< Scscuers. Tho Gumry Ilotel, on Lnwrence street fcetween Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets Denver, Col., was demolished by an explo Ion shortly after midnight. The explosioi took place in the rear portion of the bulk' fag- To add to tho horror the ruins caugh fire and many of the unfortunates who won not killed outright by tho crush were slowly Jburned to death. Their screams and plead Ings that they be killed to save them from 4ortare by flro were piteous, but thebystand ?rs were powerless to render them any aid There were about sixty guests In th< house. This, with the help employed on th< premises, would make seventy-five person; In the building at the time of tho explosion, Probably twenty-five men, women, and children lost their lives by tho explosion. Hal dozen others were injured. Eight burnec and crushed bodies were taken to the toorgue. Ten more were known to be buried 3n the ruins. The entire rear portion of the building was demolished. The rear and side walls crumbled like a toy honse. Soon afterward th< nass of timbers, brick, and furniture caughl Are, incinerating many of the victims, whe Joy pinned and helpless in the blazing mass, Tho'l-nntrn L-iI l.vl rchnon hnriio* trsrs im< jnediately recovered were: George Burt Denver, "conduotor; Fred Hubbold, Lisbon Iowa; F. J. HoCloskey, Longmoct, Col. Will Richards. elevator boy; Robert C Greiner. Mrs. R. C. Greiner, clerk of the hotel; ?, unknown woman; ?, unknowr thild. The only means of identifying the body ol the woman is by a gold band ring with tht Initials UH. B." "engraved therton. The latest information is that a seventeen year-old boy, Elmer Pierce, who was tem pomrily placed in charge of the boiler, wa: responsible for tho explosion. With th< boiler almost at white heat, he let cold watei Into tho tubular machinery, causing an im mediate explosion. 1L E. Letson, who was the first live mat taken from the ruins, slept on the third floor and when found was encased in a mass of mortar and bricks that barely allowed freedom ol movement. Chief Roberts of the Fire Detpartment first discovered him and began the removal of the tons of material that seemed to rest directly upon his body. In heart. lending appeals he begged for something tc - end his life. The rescuers worked with a 'will, and in two hours had succeeded in removing enough plaster and bricks from the apparently lifeless body to allow his re 1 TTJ. 1 1I_ xuuyui. ma luwcr nuita wnio ciusuou, uuv we will survive the terrible ordeaL Immediately after the explosion a boy was Jheard wailing in the corner of a room which tad nearly all fallen away. His parents had gone down with the first crash. Afterward the little boy's cries became weaker and woaker and when the flames shot up into the fenilding his voice was silenced. Every engine in the city was called to the soene, but the flames could not possibly be jtotten under control before many of the injured had been cremated. As their chances ?f escape lessened the cries of the imprisoned people increased, heart-rendering shrieks rising from every portion of tht Creat mass of wreck. Two injured women had been almost extricated when the flames approached so closc that the rescuers had to abandon them to injure their own safety. The bodies of three women were also seen in tho back part ol the building, but could not be reached, Tho firemen worked with creat heroism. Tho heat was intense and the smoke blinding. Electric light wires dang nng in tne auey anatouering wans increased the peril. At cine time the men almost man god to reach the interior, whence proceeded cries for succor, but as they crossed tht threshhold the walls in the rear fell and exposed to view the inmates making frantic straggles to escape. Mrs. Greiner, wife of the Assistant Superintendent of the State Capitol, with her husband, were burned in the ruins. The flremer gaw the woman appealing to them from behind a truss that pinioned her to the floor ol the offlce'whence she had tried to escape. At 8.30 a. m. several of the victims wert ctill alive, but death reached them before aid. At 8.15 o'clock workmen on a pile o: debris in the centre of the building uncovered tho fingers of a human hand. The defcris was removed and the body of a man probably weighing 200 pounds, with shotf Mack curly hair and short blaol Moustache was found. He was but lightly disfigured in face and body, whict was in a doubled position and clothed onl) la an undershirt. Suffocation had probablj orertaken him while asleep and death hac come without suffering. , The ruins were twenty feet deep, anc wilder them were buried at least twelve bodies. It was thought that the entire force of employes in the building were killed, for thej were sleeping in the portion which fell, ant the remaining walls toppled overuponthem burying them beyoud all hope of rescue, i The Gumry Hotel was a Uve-story bricl structure with stone front, and was buil about six years ago. It was of tho bette; kind of second-class hotels, caterini largely to transient fimily patronage Many women and children -were amonj the guests. The building was built a: toe Eden Musee by toe widow of To a Thumb, and was so occupied, later bein: aemodelled for use as a hotel. Gumry an< ?reinor have owned the hotel for severa ^ 1 * years. Mr. Gumry was a prominent con tractor, and had done much of the wor! truing the building of the State Capitol Mr. Greiner acted in the capacity of man Pager. LYNCHED A WHITE MAN. Jailer Key gey Killed in Defending a Flor , Ida Criminal From a Mob. "Sam" Lewis was taken from jail at June Ila., by a mob at 3 o'clock a. m., hanged t telegraph pole in front of the court hous and then riddled with bullets. In gettin kito the jail the mob killed Jailer Keysey. Several weeks ago Lewis shot down es Tax Collector John Highsmith and hi aephew, John Davis, because they refuse to kneel and apologize for a fancied insult In the flght in which ho was captured Lewi killed Ret McGregor. He was responsibl lor the death of nine men. It is said thn lewis is the first white man ever lynched i Florida. v Count Ito Obeys the Japanese Emperoi By Imperial command Count Ito, th Prime Miaister of Japan, who resigned, ha lesumed his duties. He accepts elev;itlon to the title of MarquI offered him by thVs Emporor. A. rupture of the Ministry is thus averted hut the personal relations of certain mem hers are greatly strained. | WoWeley Head of tbe British Army. / it nas oeen announced tnat ueneral S Garnet Wolseley will succeed tha Duke < Cambridge as Cjmmander-in-Chief of ti British araiy, with limited powers. China Won't I'ermlt If. t The Chinese Government has refused I allow tlio British and American Consuls i Fooehow to make any inquiries into tl mafc^acro of Christians at Kucheng, whe: \X:\ they anil the other members of the Commi Bleu of Inquiry arrived a few days ago. Chinese soldier.-: are plundering tho peopl who reel tnat mo foreigners arc the cause < their sufferings and believn thai it is noes Bary to destroy thorn. Further incendia placards have been posted iu Canton. Banner Year For Beet Sugar. The beet sugar crop in Nebraska this ye te Tinusually largo and fine in quality, a: planters say it is their banner year. W' I : | EX-JUSTICE STRONG DEAD. ^ Retired on Account of Age From the Supreme Bench In 1880. , William Strong, <?x-Associate Justice of 1 the United States Supreme Court, died a few days ago at Lake Minnewaska, N. Y. He suffered a stroke of paralysis which affected the left side of his body, and he also had a relapse of catarrhal fever. Ho had , been ill for several weeks, and for the twenty-four hours preceding his death he was unconscious. His body was taken to Reading Penn., for burial. r William Strong was born in Somers, Tollp.nd County, Conn., May 6, 1S08. He was " the son of the Rev. William L. Strong, a > Congregational clergyman. After being admitted to the bar he moved to Pennsylvania. He served two terras in the House of Representatives, and then in 1850. returned to ' Reading and resumed his legal practice. i He was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court - of Pennsylvania in 1857. Finding the salary x of this position by no means equal to what he could gain in his practice, he re1 signed in 18G8. He went to Philadelphia, t where his reputation had preceded him, and j where his income soon ran up to $30,000 a year. Mr. Strong was appointed by Presl' rlonf firnnt (n 1870 an AKSnni-ltG Justice Of * the United States Supreme Conrt. He served until 1S80, when he resigned. He was a mem. ber of the Electoral Commission that decided the Hayes-Tilden contest. I HOLMES'S CASTLE BURNED. 3 The Notorious Chicago "Murder Factory" Now a ittasi of Ruins. The big flat building at the corner of Sixty> third and Wallace streets, Englewood, ChiL capo, in which is located the historic Holme3 "Castle," was destroyed by Are. Firemen who were early on the scene unhesitatingly j declare the fire was of incendiary origin, and t it is generally supposed the intention was to > destroy it and any evidence it might have . contained relative to tho Holmes murders. The fire started in the rear of the struc, ture, on the first 3oor, in tho southwest t corner of tho building, and tho first ; known of it wa3 whon Thomas Rogers. . the watchman at the railroad crossing, ? hoard a muffled explosion. A moment t later smoke was seen pouring from tho north windows of the building. A small f crowd gathered, but were frightened j away by a series of three explosions similar to the first. Then in an instant the whole - building was wrapped in flame and was - practically wrecked before the Are was un; der control. 5 The loss will not exceed $15,0")0. Tho r damage to the stock of tenants will amount . to about 810.000. Marshal Kenvn declares there is ample evidence of incendiarism, as t do members of the first fire company that , reached the scone. It is said the explosions . wero caused by Kerosene oil. I J VALKYRIE III. SAFE IN PORT. The English Cutter Crosses In 22 Days, 9 > Hours, 57 Minutes. ! The gallant Valkyrie III., Lord Dunrai ven's challenger for the America's cup, nr' rived at the Port of New Yoik affer a long and stormy voyage, but with all well on i board. Although buffeted about by strong head winds and heavv seas, the ship is in excellent condition. All those who feared that tho buffeting of tho s*a might injure h^r may set their fears aside. So well was she i handled that she has lost little more than a hand's breadth of paint from her beautiful ! ?v.:?A i She left Gourock at twenty minutes to three o'clock on thn afternoon of July 27, and i passed tho Sandy Hook Lightship at twentv. five minutes to eicrht o'clock Aueust 18. The time of her voyago wis tw?aty-lwe i days, ten minutes and seven seconds. \ Three Hundred Russians Killed. An explosion occurred at the nrtillery ' barracks at Toola, capital of the Government of that name in Russia. Three hundred persons are said to have ) been killed, including many officers. The . barracks are a heap of ruias. An examina[ tion into the cause of the explosion led to the discovery that the barracks had beou ! undermined everywhere. , Many arrests haye been made of persons suspected of being implicated in the out. rage, which is supposed to have been the work of Nihilists. " ; Seventeen Drowned in Germany. The steamship Concordia ran down the E motor boat Beckman, near Falkenthal on the Elbe River, Germany, and seven' teen persons wore drowned. ' Of eight members of a family of the n ime [ of Laski, who were on board the motor boat, ' only Frau Laski wa3 saved. t The Thrasher Boiler Exploded, ? Near Centreville, Minn., the explosion of a i thresher boiler on Aatorno Lamotte's farm r killed Joseph Cartier, owner uf tho outfit, r and his son Julian. Three other men were I injured, two fatally. Germans to Train China's Army. ) The Chinese Government has announoed - its plans lor the reorganization 01 its army 1 and navy on a modern basis. Tha German 1 system will be adopted. > ? Signalled 12D Allies by Heliograph. ' The Heliograph Corps of the United States ? Army ha3 succeeded in exchanging signals . Between Pike's Peak, Colorado, and Denver, ? 120 miles. s \ Ex-Treasurer W. W. Taylor Sentenced, i Ex-State Treasurer "W. W. Taylor, of South 1 Dakota, was sentenced to five years in the ~L penitentiary for embezzling the Stated money. Tbe National Game. Louisville needs a good first baseman. Tho umpire question is more burning than ever. Cincinnati wants legislation to prevent feet-flrst sliding. '' The Cincinnati Club has re-slgnod Outo fleider Hoy, the deaf mute. 0 The Baltimores are doing tlie most scieng tiflc batting in the L -ague. Grand Rapids carries the season's bannei with seventeen straight defeats, s Sixty-five batsmen in the National League '1 have averages of more than .300. '* Of the nineteen games in which Lucic ^ pitched the Brookiyns won twelve, t At Baltimore, Short Stop Jennings broke a all fielding records by accenting all of twentj chances?nine putouts and eleven assists. In two years the New Yorks have won buf r. two championship games in Baltimore. e Young Foreman, of Pittsburg, ha3 taker McGlll's old place as the "boy wonder." 3 First Baseman Cassidy, of Grand Rupids Mich., is playing with his wrist in a plasty 3 cast. j Not one Pittsburg player has been flnei LJ this season either by the club or the um pires. President Stucky, of Louisville, has de elared himself in favor of the double uinpiri system. M'-Guire, of Washington, caught in hi eighty-fourth consecutive game of the sea te son, August 14. He has not missed a gam sin :e the championship rac:i began. Prcsi lent Y-.?n tier Aho, of St. Louis, is en 'l(javoriag to secure Latham from the Cin ciu..ntiClub. Captain Doyle, of New York, was flnei 111 *7*> at Baltimore for throwihg a glove a io Umpire Hunt. r'! Twenty-six times this season Burkett, o s- the Cleveland team, has maJe at least thre hits to a game. O. I 1 I 1 n fj ireains unit jiiii^vu inn uiunum (nmiiuj ^ ou tho Pittsburg team this season. Ho La ^ douo well in all. Iloruung hiis been released hv tho Atlant Club aud has beeu uppointod Souther League umpire. The Pittsbura Club has signed Short Sto Stuart, the young man who has been playin ai* such a sensational game for the Frankli club, of tho Iron and Oil League. SPOFFOKD'S ML I Accounts of the Venerable Librarian i of Congress in Confusion, . i ALLEGED DEFICIT OF THOUSANDS. ' i This Defalcation Said to Exist in the ray Roll Accounts, and In Addition to This I If* a Discrepancy In the Copyrlfjht and Search Fee Accounts?The Accused Official Makes a Statement. A dispatch from Washington says: The thousands of friends and admirers of Ainsworth R. Spofford, the venerable Librarian of Congress, will lfarn with pain that his financial affairs as Librarian of Congressand Chief of the Copyright Bureau are in an inextricable langle and that his shortage to r.ni-amiwnt ja at least $35,000, and a | probable amount above that which can never be definitely ascertained, on account of the destruction of the library's account books and his failure to keep anything approximating a CQrrect record of receipts and disbursements. The detailed report of Treasury Expert Myers, of the Fifth Auditor's Office, who has been investigating his accounts, has shown so serious a condition of affairs that Secretary Carlisle laid it before the President for action. The report of Expert Myers shows thai Treasury funds have been misappropriated; that thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of dollars have*been lost or wrongfully disposed of, and that false and fraudulent vouchers have been presented at the Treasury Department by Mr. Spoflord for payment This last statement will come as a stunning blow to those friends of Librarian Spofford who have explained the peculiar condition of his accounts by suggesting that his mind was too much occupied with books and their contents to be able to keep his financial affairs in the strict, methodical fashion of a business man. There are, however, i on file in the Treasury Department pay vouchers drawn by Mr. Spoflord in the names of clerks for much larger sums than were actually received by those clerks, and it is shown that he has for years been drawing salaries for positions which have been purposely kept vacant by him. In addition, Expert Myers has discovered fhat Mr. Spofford has collected fees for which there was no legal authority, amounting to between $200 and $300 a month, and has made no returns to the Treasury Department of them. Librarian Spofford made the following statement: "'As to the statement that fraudulent vouchers have been presented, the facts are that two bills, one for ?25 and one for about ?G, both bearing receipts, but neither marked 'duplicates,' were rendered la the accounts from the library, the duplication not having been detected either by myself or by the clerk having tneso accounts in charge. The amount overdrawn was at once made good on attention being called to this error. "Regarding payment ot salaries, it is true that the Librarian has for a long tlmo secured larger services for the library under appropriations specifically for a larger sum than that paid, and this under tho authority of the law, which provides that whenever the duties of a clerk of a higher grade can as well be performed by one of a lower, it shall be lawful to employ more than one within the limits of the appropriation made. 'Acting under this, I have in good faith employed, in cases where no expert of adequate experience was found for a vacancy, two persons for tho salary of one person for a much longer time within the limits of tho appropriation made. This hns secured for the Government much more service for the amounts, aud it never ocourred to me ns a thing improper, much le33 illegal." Mr. flpofford said that, instead of there being only twenty-four persons omoloyed in tno library, as naa Deen siuteu, hibw were actually thirty-eight, tho law requiring thirty. "To those who know anything of the multifarious duties thrust upon tho librarian." continued Mr. Spofford, "it will not appear strange that I havo asked for a separation of the duties of register of copyrights, which should be under the charge of a distinct bonded officer connected with the library of Congress, from those of librarian, bo as to secure the full benefit of the publications recorded under the Copyright law. "The net result of the whole matter, so far as now seen, is: That there will be due the Treasury about 822,000 on adjustment of copyright and salary accounts, although no absolutely final audit has yet been reached. The amount due I am, of cour3e, ready to pay immediately." The Library of Conerress was established in 1802, but it remained for Mr. Spofford to make it famous. His reputation as a librarian is world-wide, and his acquaintance with the contents of the thousands of volumes under his care is phenomenal. To members of Congress he is well nigh invaluable, being able to supply them with information on almost any conceivable subject. He entered the library In 1861, and three years later was appointed by President Lincoln to the place he now occupies. The office of librarian is probably the only one of that importance which the President may fill without the advice and consent of the*Senate?it is his absolutely. Section 88. Revised Statutes, says: "The President solely shall appoint, from time to time, a librarian to take charge of tho Library of Congress." i OVERLAND FLYER HELD UP. Robbers Blow Open the Safe and Frighten Passengers With Pistol Shots. Shortly after midnight eastbound overland flyer No. 8. on the Union Pacific, was held , up at Buttermilk Hill, Neb. There were three men visible, according 1 to Conductor Flynn's description. Two of the gang got on the train at Brady Island, going forward over tho tender after the train was in motion, and with revolvers drawn, held up the fireman and engineer and compelled the engineer at the point of revolvers to go ba"k to the baggage car, open the door and gain admittance, which he did by informing the baggageman that they were held up and that the robbers had a gun at his head and demanded admittance. They were admitted and the expressman was compelled to open the smaller safe. He could not open the larger combination safe, ' and the robbers proceeded to blow the top out of it with dynamite. The bandits wore black slouch hats with black silk handkerchiefs lor masks. I When the dynamite exploded tho passengers on board were much excited, but were uot molested. It is impossible to learn the ' amount of booty secured. They were expert handlers of dynamite. t * Prominent People. i Edison, they say, Is writing a novel. Secretary Olney is one of the1 best tennis players in the country. They say that ''.Mark Twain's" pen has paid him ovor ?500,000. * Ex-Governor Russell, of Massachusetts, is an enthusiastic wheelman. Kaiser Wilholm told his army that if it * obeyed hirn he wouid enforce peace in Eu3 roj.;. Henry Dunant, thu founder of tho Geneva s (Switzarlau i) R !<i Cro33 Society, is now, at r sixty-soven, uearly starving, lie s^jut all 0 he hud in promoting his idea. In his toy hood Charles A. Dana, e.litor of " the New York Hun, was a clerk in a Buffalo " store. President Diaz, of Mexico, is described 1 by a recent eyewitness as purely Aztec in t appearance. Miss Llewelj'n Davies, the leador of the f woman suffragists of Great Britain, is a re Judge Samuel D. Hastings, Jr., ot Greon s Bay, Wis., has declined un appointment to s the Supreme Bench of the State. Samuel Mluturn Peck, tho poot. Is a a bachelor, and lives a hermitlike lire la a a big old farm house In Alabama. Sardou. the French playwright, writes a P hand so small that it takes good eyes to K read It without a magnifying glass. n RANSOM NO LONCEH A MINISTER. ' Statute 'Which Prevents HI* Serving a* United States Envoy to Mexico. Matthew W. Ransom, of North Carolina, ia no longer Minister from the United States to Mexico. That ofHce was practically declared vacant by a decision rendered by Holmes Conrad, Solicitor-General of the United States and (Vcting Attorney-General. Mr. Ransom's incumbency was declured to be contrary to the Federal Constitution, and the Acting Attorney-General sustained the action of Thomas Holcomb. Auditor of the Treasury for the State Department, in declining to pass favorably upon Mr. Ransom's vouchers for salary and expenses. K. W. BAKSOST. The decision was based on Section 2, Article VI., of the Constitution, which declares that "no Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States which shall have been created or the emoluments whereof shall have beon increased during such time." Mr. Ransom was nominated by President Cleveland and confirmed by the Senate before his term of office as Senator from North Carolina had expired, and during that term the salary of the Mexican mission had been increased $5000 a year. Nearly three months ago Mr. Ransom returned to the United States quite ill. having obtained sixty days' leave of absence, He snent most of this time recuperating in (he *T lU n M<M<nfnlna nn/4 than nhtatnA^ norm ourunua mvuuiaiuo.nuu huw?vv.w?mw?. additional leave of thirty days. The constitutional provision through which Mr. Bansom has been deprived of office does not bar him from being reappointed to the Mexican mission. He could have been appointed without violation of the law or Constitution at any time after the hour of noon on March 4 last, when his term as Senator expired. It believe 1 that President Cleveland would, upon being officially notified of the condition of affairs, reappoint Mr. Ransom to the office, which nearly every Senator united in asking the President to do last winter. GERMAN VETERANS DEPART.* They Will Join Tholr Comrades of 1870 In Celebrating Sedan. Nearly 500 German army veterans living In Western cities departed "in a body from Hoboken, N. J., for Hamburg. The purpose of their trip is to join their fellow veterans and other Germans la celebrating the victory over the French at Sedan, and to present an addross to Prince Bismarck at Fried* richsruh. The principal celebrations will be at Berlin and Leipsic. The veterans and their friends marched under the Stars and Stripes and the banner of the Deutscher Krieger Verein. of which the ex-soldiers are members. Fully 1000 German veterans will represent the United States at the jubilee. The battlefields of Colombey-Neuiliy and Noisseville, to the eastward of Metz, the scenes of the engagements between the Germans and French August 11, August 31 and September 1, 1870, wejn visited by German veterans, who deposited wreaths on the craves of the fallen soldiers, German and French alike. The services at the graves were very impressive. The voterans were accompanied by bands and by deputations of the officers of the regiments which participated in the battles. Hymns were sung and artillery salutes wore fired over the graves. The memorial monument of the Thirteenth Regiment was unveiled at Metz. RIFLE DUEL IN KENTUCKY. When One Man Wat Slain the Victor Was Ambushed. A desperate battlo took place In Owsley County, Kentuoky, on the main road running from Boonville to Beattyvllle, when Elijah Bagley and Jamos Stampare fought a duel with rifles. They were neighboring farmers and quarrelled last winter about saw -1 rvTv logs, iney renoweu iuuu um uuu^ leaving church and parted with the understanding that they would shoot it out when next they met. Bagley, learning that Stampare was going to Boonville secreted several armed friends on the side of the pike, while he waited ou the roadway for nis enemy. As soon as Stampare camo around the bend, about one hundred yards distant, Bagley began firing. His aim was bad and he failed to hit Stampare, who also began shooting. Tho llrst bullet hit Bagley in the left thigh and the second pierced his heart. Bagley's friends now opened Are on Stampare, who continued to shoot until the magazine of his rifle was empty and then he fell with two bullets In his head and one in his body. SHOCKING FAMILY TRAGEDIES. Wife Shoots Husband, and Husbands Shoot Wives. At Evansville, Ind., George Browning, a prominent resident, was shot by his wife and killed instantly. Mrs. Browning then shot herself. Jealousy was tho cause of the tragedy. At Menominee. Mich., John Lauch shot his young wife twice, and, thinking her dead, then shot himself through tht head, dying almost instantly. At Allentown, Penn., John Phillips, a German, who was a watchman at the American Cement Mill, at Egypt, shot his wife in the neck, inflicting a serious wound. He then cut his throat with a razor and bled to death. At Grand Haven, Mich., George Chesebro wits found guilty of murdering his grandmother. Mrs. Levi Pierce. The defendant claimed he killed her in self defense, as she attacked him with a knife and a billet of wood. The Labor World. It la said that the New Englander makes the best mill hand. The strike of the employes of the Oppcnhymn Silk Mills, at College Point, L. L, has ended in favor of the employers. Five branches of the American Railway Union, with a total membership of about 400, have been formed iu Philadelphia. Notices were postod in tho Nnutnkeag Cottoil Mills. Salem, Mass., announcing that the wages of tho 140j operatives would be advanced. All the men employed In tho construction of the buildings for tho exposition to be held in Berlin, Germany, in lSWS.struck for an increase of wages. Tho Brunswick (Germany) Brewery boycott. niter lasting for llftoon months, has etuieil in the completo surrenderor tho workmen, who numbered 8000. The strike of the inlacn lit Erookside, Brazil and Cardiff, Ala., is ended. TheBlosa Iron and Sleel Company granted demands for check weighman and adjusted other differences. There is a yard full of women workers in marble and sandstono In Cincinnati, Ohio, They do all the work, from sawing to polishing. The proprietor says that the ore superior to men. James Kelr Hardio, tho labor loailer, who was defeated ut tho recent British Parliamentary elections, has accepted an Invitation to attend the Labor Chngroas to bo held nhnrtly in Chicago, DROWNED AT OCEAN GITY Seven of a Party of Pleasure Seekers Lost From a Sail Boat. FIVE MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY. The Craft Wbs Overloaded and Capsized?* The "Water Was Only Six Feet Deep and the Party Was Practically Safe When Fright Seized Them, and One by One They Slipped Away. Savon persons 'were drowned In Isle of Wight Bay, Ocean City. Md., as the result of overcrowding a little boat, managed by a youtji. Five of the bodies were recovered. The victims were: William H. Storrs, sign painter, aged forty-five, of Philadelphia; Laura Storrs, wife of William H.. aged thirty-eight; Ida May Storrs. a daughter, aged fourteen; Eva 8torr3, another daughter, aged sixteen; Miss Lula Hall, aged sixteen, of Bishopsville, Del.; Miss LlnaHall, aged eighteen, sister of the above; Myrtle Stevens, aged fourteen, of 8belbvville, Del. Mr. Storrs every year has taken bis family to Ocean City for a two weeks' outing. They were fond of the water and spent most of their time in cruising and fishing. Mr. Storrs had arranged a bay party for his daughter and their young friends. He employed William Hudson, a young man who knew little about boats, to take them out. Hudson's boat is small, capable of carrying only about four persons. He protested when the nine crowded in the boat. Storrs said: "Oh, there is no danger. The water isshallow. We are close to shore. The wind is light." With this the boat was pushed off, and with a laugh and a good-by to friends on the shore they started for Hammock's Point. The point was reached and the boat turned toward an inlet. In turning the boat let in a little water. The women with a scream rushed to the upper side of the boat, capsizing it in six feet of water. The boat went to the bottom. Hudson dove under water and wrenched the mast out. This done the boat rose to the surface. Mr. Storr's was keeping the women and girls from sinking. Meanwhile Hudson hastened to his assistance. Between them they succeeded in getting alj to the boat, and placed their hands on the railing, telling them to noia on. As soon as Storrs had placed the hands ol his wife, the last one of the six, on the boat, he grasped for it himself, but his strength had been exhausted, and with a cry he sank. This had a terrible effect on the wife, who let go the boat as if to spring for her husband, but she, too, sank. The daughters were thrown into hysterics. Boats had pat out from the shore, but before they came up one after the other let go, and with a cry sank. They were quickly followed by the Hal] girls. Miss Stevens struggled for a few minutes, and just as hands were aboyt to grasp hei she also sauk. Hudson, the master of the boat, and William Hall were clinging to the boat when rescued. Miss Ida Hudson was clinging to the centre-board and about to give up the struggle when saved. All the bodies except those o1 the Missos Hall were recovered. TRAIN-ROBBER PERRY'S ESCAPE. Tho Matteawan (X. Y.) Asylum Mysterj Finally Solved. After months of patient investigation th< American Express Company, the officials o the New York Central and Hudson Rive: Railroad Company, the authorities o Dutchess County. New York State, and th< Matteawan Asylum officials have solved thi mystery of the escape of Train-Robber Olive: Curtis Perry and Convicts McGuire, Quigley Davis and Connell from the asylum in Apri last. Tho solution involves, it is alleged, Mrs Amelia E. Haswell. of Troy, a city mission ary, who is highly esteemed In that city which lias been the scene of her evangelists labors for several years, and William A Hopkins, of Low Point, Dutchess County, i former attendant in the Matteawan Asylum Hopkins is now in Dutches3 County Jail where he was quietly incarcerated on a war rant charging him with aiding and abettinj the commission ot a felony. Chief Detec tlve Humphrey, of tho Hudson River Railroad, says he has letters from Mrs. Haswel to Perry and Hopkins, and copies o other letters to the same persons Implicating her in the escape, Mrs. Haswell showed groat interest In Perrj when he was arrested for the American Ex .. 1 nilln press roDoery several jeum n^v, <>u^ uu?. Humphrey at that time maintained that hei relations with Perry wero closor than thos< ol mere friendship. Mrs. Haswell turned oyer to the Amerlcai Express Company at that time small article" of jewelry which she said Perry had put Into her bands for safe keeping. Hopkins, In his confession asserts tha Perry and his follow convicts did not maki k?ys from spoons. The former attendan left the lower lock on McGulre's coll un fastened and McGulro,who is n raeohanlc.un locked the upper bolts with keys fashionet from a file from Blank's, purohasod by Hop kins In Newburgh, and after ho was free un locked the ceils of Perry and the others. LIBERATED CAS FROM THE MINE. A Railroad Blast Results In tlie Death o Five of the Workmen. A fatal explosion occurred in a deep cu near McGee's Mills, Clearfield County, Penn Workmen had sot off a heavy blast contain lug 150 kegs cf powder. After tho exploslor the men went back to work, and ou ap proaching tho vicinity of the blast fell mys toriouslyto the ground. When the men wen reached five wore deal and Ave almost un oonsclouB. Part of the cut on which the work is belnt done is directly over an old coal mine. Then has boen an accumulation of gas, which wiv liberated by tho blast, aud this caused t h? death and unconsciousness of the men. Th< jury acquitted me cuuiruuivi. Graceful Act of Germany. The foundation-stone of the monument t< Emperor William I was laid In Berlin. A the instance of the Emperor French tomb! on German soil have been decorated witl magnificent wreaths dedicated to ''the bravi son3 of France who fell gloriously for thei fatherland." .Saving* Bank Falls. The Hopklnton Savings Bank, of Hop< Valley, R. L, has suspended. In 189C thi bank suspended, but resumed business la t short time. The causes of the present difficulties an depreciation of securities and withdrawal o deposits to invest in Florida securities. Si* Men Killod by a Premature Hlart. A blast prepared on the Pittsburgh am Eastern llailroad in Clcarlleld County, nea MehafTy, Ponn.. was exploded prematurely Slxnutu were killed and as many more badl; injured. SiX HUNDRED WIRE KILLED. Alfaro Defeated the Lender of Ecuador' Government Forces. In Ecuador a sharp and fiercely contestei battle has taken place between tho force of Alfaro and Sarastl. The report come: from the New York Herald's correspondon marching with General Alfaro's staff ant says that Sarasti, who fought desperately was defeated. Alfaro took more than ono hundred prisoners, all the artillery of the enemy, and more than six hundred men were killed or both sides. Among those who lost their live! in the ongagement was Eliceo Eapinoza, aldt to General Alfaro. Alfaro's forces now occupy F'o Darnba. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED Washington Items. Recent advices Indicate that the trial records in Consul Waller's case aso defective, and his releaso and a large indemnity will be demanded by the State Department. The President issued an order extending the Civil Service rules to include all printers and pressmen in the Executive departments. The Secretary of the Interior drew upon the Secretary of the Treasury for 510,950,000 for payment of pensions. Secretary of 8tate Olney, Minister Depuy da Lome and Mr. Mora have signed a memorandum, and the Mora claim will be paid. "" The Port Royal dry dock ts a success. A telegram conveying this information was received at the Navy Department from Captain Glass, President of the Board appointed to test the dock. The silver conference at Washington cams to an end. after outlining a free-coinage plan of campaign. Chief Moorp, of the Weather Bureau, has called for reports on the conditions and qualification of all subordinate employes, stating that rigid inspections as to morals as well as official character of employes are imperative. Mr. W. D. Dabney, Solicitor of Claims for the State Department, has been elected Professor of Common and Statute Law at the University of Virginia. Secretary Morton paid all the Agricultural Department employes who favor free silvei coinage in silver dollars. Domestic. EECOBD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS. Per Per Club". Won. Lrnt. ct Club?. Won. L^st ct. Cleveland. 65 39 .625 Chicago.. .55 46 .545 Baltimore. 58 35 .624 Brooklyn..52 45 .536 Pittsburg..59 40 .596 New York.48 49 .495 Boston.. 53 43 .552 VVashinR'n31 59 . 344 Cincinnati 53 43 .552 St. Louis..32 68 .320 Pblladel...52 43 .547 Louisville.23 71 .245 The Bev. George Hebbard, priest-in-charg? of St. Luke's Chapel, Trinity Parish, wai found dying beside the West Shore Railroad tracks near Little Ferry, N. J., and died before he could be taken to a hospital. A Mount Echo (Cal.) observer discovered a new comet * A reward of $500 was offered for the ar rest of ''Honest Bob" HalUday, the missinj Tax Collector of South Orange, N. J. Th< amount of his defalcation bas been deflnitelj fixed at $10,471.85. A train on the C. and W. M. road was held up near New Richmond, Mich., by five men, The express car was blown up with dynamite and one brakeman was shot. The robber; secured a watch or two and 87. Arthur Zimmerman, aged twelve, committed suicide by taking Paris green al Bloomsburpr, Penn. The boy had been hired out on a farm. He did not like the work, and said he would rather die than follow IXItit ouuupuuuu. John Darling, of Bound Brook, N. J. murdered his friend, Harry Dunham, ii Newmarket, N, J., and escaped on his bi cycle. One thousand girl clothing-makers, 350( ! men and 400 cloakmakers struck in Nev | York -City for a ten-hour day. A cave-in caused alarm among the people I of tho mining region in Liuzerne Township Penn. , Potato bugs, marching from Graveeendto ward Brooklyn, obstructed railway trains or i the Sea Beach route. ' The Kentucky political campaign was opened by a joint debate in Louisville be 1 tween tho Republican and Democratic candi * dates for Governor. Five children of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Wilson, of Elizabeth,N. J., have died since Jul] 30, of a straDge malady that baffles th( physicians, The Bank of Tacoma, Wa3h., made a voli untary assignment. The statement shows tho cfts'a on hand to be 844.-1, the total lia t bilities 4379,000, of which 5229,000 is citj mnnov Dr. William Val Stark, of Atlanta, Ga.. wa t charged with causing the death of Professo } George Boehm by either starvation or by ex , posure while under hypnotic influence. > State Senator Coggeshall left the Oneidi t County Republican Convention Hall, a Rome, N. Y., when he saw a renominatioi j was out of the question, after bitterly de nouncinchis opponents. His friends aom inated him as an independent candidate. Twelve thousand vestmakere joined the , clothing makers' strike in New York City. - Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hearne were in dieted at Hannibal, Mo., for the murder o: 1 Amos Stillwell, the woman's first husband The tax rate of New York City this yeai I will be $1.92 on every 6100 of assessment, \ Last year it was 81.79. I North Dakota is being overrun by an arm; of tramps, armed and threatening. 1 I'honrlrtrpMillAr former Jndcreof the Cour f of Appeals of New York State^died at Hud , son. N. Y. Ex-Senator Samuel Bell Maxey, of Texas ' Is dead. He was born in Monroe County | Kentucky, March 30,1825. , Recorder Goflf In New York City sentence* j Dennis Mullins, a saloon keeoer, to thirt; days' iraprisonmaut in the Tombs and to pai a lino of $250 for violating tho Excise law. ' j Near Arlington. Tenn., the log house o i Mrs. Callie Harrell was destroyed by fire and she and her two daughters were burnec t to death and their bodies entirely consumed 9 Alport Andrews confessed that he klllei t State Senator Morrissey, at St. Louis, las * May. 7 A special train containing colored exsur 1 sionists was run into by a fast mail train a " Camden, N. J., and Marshall Johnson, si: " years old, was killed and many persons wer Injured. A mob at Palton, Mo., lynched Emmit Divers, colored, who was accused of killinj a white woman named Mrs. Cain. The Democratic State Committee of Net1 1 York met in New York City and decided t< hold the State Convention at Syracuse oi t September 24. The two hundred members of the Co a Contractors' Association who have beei * fighting the 16,000 striking tailors in Net i York City, Brooklyn, Brownsville am . Newark, found themselves so badly beatei . that they dissolved their association. s The law offices at Pittsburg, Penn., c - John D. and William McKenna have beei robbed of $10,000 in stocks and bonds. * At North Brookfleld. Ma33., the postoffici 3 was robbed of $1000 worth of stamp3. Th * thieves escaped. Foreljrn Notes. Advices from Central America report seri ous fighting letween Salvadoreans an Guatemalans on the frontier. J Hawaii signed a contract for a cable to b t laid by American capital if the United State will give 3250,000 to the enterprise. Withdrawals of cold for export reduoei 3 (he reserve In the United StatesTreasurv be r low SIOO.OOO,' 00. but the syndicate put i: 32,000,000, raising it above the mark again The Porte has again rejected the deman< of the Powers that the proposed reforms L Armenia shall bo under foreign control. 0 France attempts to arouse prejudici s against American beef by calling attentioi 1 to the precautions adopted in this countr; to prevent disease in cattle. * Thom&? Bond, who murdered Ooor? / Hackett and attempted to kill Mrs. Bake well and Mr. Uakewell, respectively tin mother and stepfather of Mackett, at Or ureave last spring, was hanged at Stafford England. He confessed his crime. f Queer. Victoria in her .speech gave th< r Brit.sh Parliament a strong hint to vote ap propriatlons an 1 go home. The House o 1 Commons susp.-n led Dr. Tanner for cailinj ' Harrington a liar. Sir N. 1!. O'Connor. British Minister t Pekin, has beeu armed with authority ti demand the issue of instructions that wil ' insure the presence of En;;lishand Americai Consuls at the Ivucheng (China) inquiry int j the ma.-saerc of missionaries. , An attempt was made by Anarchists ti blow np the French Consulate in Anconn ' Italy. ' From present indications it looks n i timtiL'li ailvantage wa3 being taken of th , of lar,'e bodies of troops to Cub; to inaugurate in Sonic an active movemen looking to the overthrow of the monarch; I an.l the establishment of a republic. 1 Nearly 100 villagers were killed in theal J tack by Bulgarians on the village of Janakl; ' iu the Kirdjaii district. The Insurgents los ten men. ===== HI EUTOPIC Till ]| Workmen Killed by an Explosion in 9 Steel Works, CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS^ A Furnace at the Thompson Works In ( Braddock, Fenn.i Was Choked and | Sixteen Men Were Enjpnlfed In Flames of Exploding Gas?A Volcanic Eruption of Eiqnld Metal. jfjj The fall of a "hang" In the top of furnac? H of the Edgar Thompson Steel Works at Braddock, Penu., caused an explosion which resulted in the death of eight men. Eight other men received burns, and some of them were fatally Injured. The killed are: John Grengo, Joseph Luckai, forty-five years old," married; John Prokopovlc, twenty-seven, married; Stephen Havila, thirty-two; John Mika, twenty eight, married; Joseph Csop, thirtv-one: Andrew Drobuah, thirty-five, 1 married; Mike Kaflnos, twenty-six, married. The last two men died after being taken to ; the hospital. The explosion occured at 8 o'clock a. m., when preparations were being made for the morning melt. The force ol the rush of expanding gas was terrific, and frightened the entire town of Braddock., Hundreds of half-clad men, women and children flocked to the mill to inquire the cause of the noise and the result. The majority were Hungarian and Polish women who live near the mill, and had husbands and brothers working at the furnaces. They crowded into the yards over railroad tracks which form a network about the row of ' furnaces and could not be forced back. ) They swarmed through the stock sheds, and i soon the air was filled with cries and groans I as the bodies were picked up and recognized.) The carelessness or lgnoranco of one of the top fillers, all of whom are Hungarians. I caused the accident The refuse .material which forms a ' hang" had been allowed to accumulate until its size obstructed the free " passage of the gases generated In the melting j of ore. One 01 the top fillers dumped a bar[ row full of stock Into the furnace without raising thebell,and this obstructed the- opening still more. The top of the furnace was * , 'i'fsft ' practically closed, and a force of men was sent there at once to remove the material' > which closed up the top. ' While the men were trying to accomplish ihis, working directly over the top of the ' ' ; furnace, the "hang" dropped into the . jj? | molten metal at the bottom of the furnace. ' kt the same instant the gases, which could > not escape because of the obstruction at tha r top, took fire and exploded with a deafening roar; the sheet of flame belched out the top , of the furnace, striking the men w&o were i scattered all about it, blowing thorn, in various directions. The materials loosened at the sides of the furnace by the faF of the ) "hang" and the explosion followed the rush 7 of flame. The debris dropped back upon the men, ,t $jj already frightfully burned by the gas. One , "0% man was blown over one of the elevators ' and dropped down through it. His body struck a car standing at the bottom and was cut in two. Other meu were burned beyondj i recognition, add were identified by clothing or physical peculiarities. 3 Only one man was killed instantly, but tha others in the list of dead died while being taken to the shed. The position of the men( while working at the top of the furnace was such that they had no chance to escape. Tha ' iron covering at the extreme top checked the1 j flames enough to drive them back down, thus enveloping the men completely, Aftei < 4 the first rush the flames pourod out of the 1 opening steadily, and It was a hazardous A 3 task for the rescuers to go up and bring the bodies down. All the injured, except James r Harrison, the foreman, were Hungarians. ? DEFENDER DISABLED. * '.'J Hie Xacbt sanea ouperoiy umu uu 1 Shrouds Slackened. J The first of the official trial races to determine which American yacht ought to be selected to meet the British cutter Valkyrie 1IL, the challenger for the America's Cup, 1 wasstarted off Sandy Hook, N. J., as had been previously arranged; but owing to circumstances unique in the history of such races it f was not ended. After clearly showing her superiority to . w*$ the Vigilant in a race of ten miles to wind| ward and return, the Defender withdrew. The reason was that because of slacking rigging there was" danger of carrying away the ^ big sloop's mast, and It was thought best not to run any risk so near the great race, t Technically the Vigilant won; but the gallant Defender so clearly demonstrated hei ability to outsail the old champion that i, there was no question as to which is the bet; ter boat. Owing to the mishap to the Defender's mast she returned to Bristol, B. L, B I for repairs. 7 THE LAUNCH UPSET. * ' Sadden End of an Excursion of Thirteen J Men From Baffalo. I Thirteen men, employed at the East Bul? J falo (N. Y.) stock yards, went down t the river on a steam launch. While coming into the harbor during a heavy I sea the yacht capsized and threw the excursionists and" crew into the lake. The tug Maytham and the life saving crew went to the rescue and picked up seven ot the passengers and the crew. The six oth* ers were drowned. They were Charles ? Fisher, Henry Schindler, Frank Bugmann, Frank Cannon, Jacob Bauman and Albert J Stafford. j Albert Hoehner, one of those rescued by 1 the tug, says that he requested the Captain of the yacht to come into the harbor through t the canal and avoid the rough water outside. a The Captain did not heed the request. Jast 7 at the mouth of the river a big wave struck i the vessel and threw her over. There was i no time to catch life preservers. All of the drowned men except Stafford were married, t a 5he Sank In tho Channel. The steamsiiip Soarord. with 450 passen? gers, including more than 100 Americans, traveling from Paris to London, collided In - ?-i--l- -v nnH a fdXV mid-channel at 4 o ciut:*. p. minutes later the vessel foundered. All on board were saved b> the Lyon, the i- colliding vessel, of the same lino. They lose J all their baggage. The Seafor a wa3 a new boat and cost $353,000. e ? 3 Senator Quay Triumphs. j Senator Quay triumphed over the Hastings-JIartln-Porter-ilagee combine, that a foujrht against his election as Chalrmau of the Republican Siate Committee of Pennsyl1 vauia. i No Unit Flyhta at tho Atlanta Fair. e The bull lights at Atlanta, Ga., have been 3 called o!T. At a meeting of tho Exposition ^ directors resolutions were adopted Instructing the President to order tho Mexican vlllagw e coucesslonnalres to do away with that fea" lure of I heir show. The decision of the L* Bonr.l will be fought by the concesaionuaires, who have been making every arrangement to make this a big attraction. * To Sell Confederate Money. , f A concession has been granted to sell ? Confederate money as a curiosity on the grounds of the Atlanta Exposition. j BERLIN'S POPULATION STATIONARY 0 It Appears Hopeless for the German Capl* u tal to Overtake Paris. Tho latest census of Berliu, Germany, showing that tho oity does not contain near ly as many inhabitants as It was supposed ? It did, has.caused the shopkeepers to shak' * their heads and to remark that formerly th< 3 population roso from lifty to sixty thousand 1 yearly, while now it is nearly stationary! y It appears to be hopeless for Berlin to over* ake Paris, which is now 800,000 ahead iv : population. Vienna Is pressing Berlin close[, ly, while 8t. Petersburg progresses morf it rapidly than the German capital. In Berlin there are now more than forty-flve thou? sand apartments without tenants.