The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 21, 1893, Image 4
i HULE SCENE
SCORES OF DEAD AND DYING
AND HUNDREDS INJURED
Tlie OM Fori Opera Hesse iE Whinston
City Collapses
AND ? AERIES BOWN IN ITS
KUINS OVER 400 CLERKS
Wao Were Employed ia the Record and
Pensions Office*
Ford's old theatre, the braiding in
which Abraham Lincoln was assassi?
nated and which has been nsed by the
government for many years as part of
the office of the surgeon general of the
army, collapsed Friday morning at
9:50 o'clock with a terrible resnlt in
loss of life and injury. The building
stood on 10th street Northwest, be?
tween ? and F streets., and not far
from Pennsylvania avenue.
It had been condemned at least fif?
teen years ago and had been repaired,
propped np and renovated from year
to year. There were 475 persons,
mostly government clerks, employed
in the building, and nearly all of these
were ot work when the building fell.
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
An excavation for an electric light
plant was being made in the cellar of
Sie structure-a three-story affair
and, according to the best information
attainable, the workmen on Friday
morning had dug beneath the founda?
tion supports in front of the building,
weakening them to such an extent that
the walls gave way before they could
be jacked. This explanation of the
cause for the accident is the only one
advanced, but it seems somewhat
strange, in view of the fact that the
top floor gave way first.
WITHOUT A WABNTNG.
Men who were in the building say
the crash came without a warning.
Those on the top floor were suddenly
precipitated to the floor below and the
weight of the falling timbers and fnr
rdture carried the second and first
floors with it. Fortunately, only the
forward half of the floors gave way.
The outer edges of the floor and the
rear part of the structure remained in?
tact. The walls did not falL
The news that the building had fall?
en spread with lightning-like rapidity,
and soon Tenth street and the adjacent
thoroughfares were crowded with peo?
ple. Within an hour the news was
known all over Washington and hun?
dreds of anxious relatives and friends
swarmed to the vicinity of the old
theater. Women appealed anxiously
to every bystander for information
about some particular person, white
men came with tears in their eyes and
imploringly besought the policemen
to let them through the police lines
that they might obtain some knowledge ;
of their friends and relatives.
A general fire alarm was turned in a
few minutes after the crash, and then
all the ambulances in the city were
summoned. As quickly as possible
the police and firemen formed a rescue
brigade, and ready hands assisted
them to take out the killed and wound?
ed. In less than an hour, about twen?
ty-five people had ^been taken out and
every few minutes thereafter some still
form would be borne on a stretcher
from the building.
ATJTJ THE HOSPTTATiS UTILIZED.
All the hospitals in the city were
utilized in caring for the injured and
scores of physicians volunteered their
services for this work. The commis?
sioners of the District of Columbia
took possession of the building and
vicinity in person and helped direct
the police and rescuers. Col. Corbin,
assistant adjutant general, of the
army, was sent by Major General
Schofield to represent the war depart?
ment and to decide if it was necessary
to call out the troops. Owing to the
excellent police regulations, the res?
cuers were not hindered in their work
by anxious crowds, and it was not long
before the debris had been cleared
away to such an extent that the work
of rescue could be carried on without
hindrance.
Both the military and naval autho?
rities took prompt action. General
Schofield ordered two troops of calvary
from Fort Myer, just across the river,
and two companies of infantry from
the arsenal to the scene of the disaster.
The secretary of the navy ordered out
all the naval medical officers stationed
at Washington and also opened the
hospital to receive the injured. The
commandant at the navy yard was
ordered to render all the assistance in
his power.
About half past ll o'clock a com?
pany of the Fourth United States Ar?
tillery, from the Washington barracks
arrived on the scene of the accident,
and the men were distributed about
the ruined structure to guard against
interference with the workmen.
Clerks who escaped were pressed
into service and went willingly to work
removing bundles of valuable docu?
ments. A great deal of the work of
the pension office is dependent on these
records, and their value to the govern?
ment and to individuals is inestimable.
They cannot be replaced.
TAKING OCT THE BODIES.
Every few minutes during the first
two hours after the accident dead and
wounded men were taken ont of the
debris.
THE FIRST BODY FOUND.
Those who were early on the scent
found the body of a colored man in an
alley in the rear of the building,
where John Wilkes Booth had Iiis
horse tethered the night he killed Lin?
coln. This was George M. Arnold, a
well-known colored elerk, appointed
from Virginia.
There were many very narrow es?
capes from death. A number of clerks
whose desks rested directly upon the
line where the fioors broke away,
saved themselves, while the desks at
which they sat were precipitated down
the awful chasm.
Within a very few moments a hun
dared or more men, stripped for hard
work, jumped into the building and
began throwing out the wreckage in
front and under the floors.
SCENES AT THE HOSPITAL.
Most of those first taken out of the
ruins were carried to the Emergency
hospital. About 10:30 o'clock the
dead and injured began to arrive fast- !
er than the corps of surgeons could at?
tend to their injuries. Carried in on
stretchers, they were dumped at tin
most convenient places. Those wi j o
were most seriously injured were at?
tended to, while the others, groaning
and crying from the pain of broken -,
limbs, lay iimpless, beseeching the
doctors to dress their wounds.
HEARTRENDING INCIDENTS.
Shortly after the arrival of the firs*
unfortunates, a crowd began to as?
semble in front of the hospital, many
of them being the wives, daughters
and relatives of the dead and injured.
Their weeping and frantic cries for in?
formation, were heartrending. They
greatly interfered with the work of the
physicians and Dr. Keer, in charge of
of the hospital, determined to shut
them out.
Load after load of wounded, blind
from the debris* aud with limbs bro?
ken and maimed, were dumped at the
door. They had to remain outside
for some time, as the force and facili?
ties of the hospital were unequal to
the emergency. As quickly as the
surgeons, who were shortly reinforced
by the young men graduates of the
citv? could do so, thev examined and
dressed the wounds and they were
then sent upstairs to more comfortable
quarters.
Priests and ministers were soon on
the spot, and being at once admitted
to the cots of the injured, where they
administered spiritual consolation.
THRILLING EXPERIENCES.
The hairbreadth escapes narrated by
the survivors were numberless. One
of the most thrilling scenes of the
whole affair was the sight of a dozen
men who were left in the corner of the
third stoiy, clambering down on a
hose pipe to the ground.
Between 10 o'clock and noon the
ambulances were kept busy carrying
away the dead and injured. The faces
of many of the victims were covered
with pieces of cloth, an old coat,
newspaper, or whatever could be had,
but some of the mangled bodies were
carried out with their faces exposed to
the gaze of the great throng that sur?
rounded the building.
THE CAPITAL IN GLOOM,
The terible catastrophe has cast a
frightful pall over the whole city.
Polities and the affairs of government
are completely lost in the discussion of
this, probably the most shocking ac?
cident in the history ol' the govern?
ment.
AT THE MORGUE.
At the morgue the sight was one
horrible to behold. The little build?
ing was not near large enough to hold
the dead bodies brought from the
wrecked building. When the morgue
was filled the stable was turned into a
reception roo n for the bodies. Blank?
ets were spread on the floor and the
remains were laid ont as respectfully
as possible under the circumstances.
The president was informed of the
sad event just ns he reached the en?
trance to the white house by one of
the clerks, and he at once interested
himself in relief measures and noted
with satisfaction* what had been done
by Assistant Secretary of War Grant.
LIST OF THE DEAD.
The following list of the dead thus
far reported, with the names of their
states, contains twenty-two names, in?
cluding the unknown and one proba?
ble duplication, only twenty-one bod?
ies having been taken from the ruins.
The li?t of the dead is :
Unknown man, evidently a clerk ;
George Allen, Pennsylvania; George
W. Arnold, Virginia ; J. W. Boody,
New Y >rk ; Samuel P. Barnes, Penn?
sylvania ; John Bussius, District of Co?
lumbia ; Jeremiah Daley, Pennsylvania ;
James B. Fagin, Kansas ; Joseph B.
Gage, Michigan; David C. Jordan,
Missouri : M. M. Jarvis, Michigan ;
J. Boyd Jones, Wisconsin: F. B.
Loftus. New York; F. B, Mender,
-; B. F. Miller, New York;
Howards. Miller, Ohio ; J. H. M'Fall,
Wisconsin; E. G. Shall; Kansas:
William M. Scriever, Maryland ; H. S.
Wood,-; F. B. Williams, Wiscon?
sin ; J. E. Chapin, South Carolina ;
One man taken from the ruins was
identified by a bystander as old man
McAnley, who lives in Virginia, but
this identifiction was not verified.
LIST OF INJURED.
The injured are: A. L. Ames, Iowa:
L. C. Calvert, Maryland ; S. J. Dewy,
New York ; Louis Dusapy, George W.
Davis, Missouri; H. B. Esterling,
Fort Scott, Kas. ; Washington- Fry,
W. S. G?stin, Ohio; Dr. James H.
Howard (colored), Aiaryland; C. F.
Hathaway, Ohio : J. X. Hammer, Tenn. ;
George Haudy^ (colored), Thomas
Hynes, Missouri ; J. G. Johns, W.
Kugler, New Jersey ; Clifton Lowe,
Iowa : William L. Ecture, District of
Columbia : E. Leger, Mississippi ;
Frank Metcalfe, Massachusetts ; G. M.
McLaughlin, Tennessee ; J. P. Mc?
Cormick, Wisconsin : M. McLaughlin,
B. M. Petrick,- Pody, police ofiicer;
G. L. Pi nce, Texas ; P. K. Pendleton,
Alabama; Charles Robinson, Col?
orado; A. C. Black, Indiana; Charles
B. Moor*-, District of Columbia: B.
F. Driscoll, Nev. York; J. A. Miller,
District <>f Columbia ; J. A. Ste-wart,
J. F. Sims, J. D. Shadbolt, (colored),
Missouri; F. B. Smith, Tennessee;
R. A. Smith, Connecticut; F.
IF. Sams, Illinois; William M.
Smith,-Baker, South Carolina;
William E. King, Mississippi ; C. A.
Johnson, Missouri ; P. U. Summer,
Ohio; John H. Thomas, Sedalia, Mo. ;
F. W. Test, Dlinois; C. B. Weller;
N. T. Worley, Tennessee; James
A. White, ?>f Georgia; A. G. Young,
of Peunsylania.
VALUABLE PAPERS BURIED.
It is thought that when the debris
is cleared away all th?- pap? rs of value
will n covered.
The Washington Star, commenting
on tin- accident says :
Xhire is iunoccnt bio^ion the bead of that
intangible p W"T ? >wn RS the p<Wt rnment
of tbe Tiiit <i "tates. Thc auserlv fingers ;iro
rtd wi li the Wo ?!, which I tit a f w hoar- aijo
con rsc (1 through tir b??d:ea of men. Tlio
widows and the orphans weep fbv iii- hus?
bands and fat! ers sacri?iced on tlc altar of leg?
islative economy and : draini*:rative disregard.
At a meeting of citizens Friday af?
ternoon, ?>?,50(> was subscribed. Pres?
ident Cleveland, who had been asked ?
to preside over tin- meeting was unable
to do s ?, because of a pressing official
business engagement, but sent his
check for ?100, and Secretary Thurber
his for $25. The newspapers of tho
citv are actively engaged in th" good
work, and the clerks in the depart?
ments are contributing liberally.
I w ENTY-FOUR DEAD.
Thc total number of dead is now
known t<> be twenty-four, and the in?
jured, so far as aseerta i ned,aggregates
fifty-two. ile- hospitals reportall pa
tients doing nicely
Another Train Robbed.
?>t. Louis has still another train ?
robbery to its credit. At 9:30 o'clock
Thursday night six men held up and '
robbed the Mobile and Ohio south- I
bound passenger train. The robbery
took place >it Forest Lawn, a small J
Motion in [llinois, Indow East!
St. Louis, and is the same
locality as tie- robbers attempted a
couple of weeks ago. Several shot?
were exchanged, but ;t ?-- not thought
anyone was hur?. The passengers ?
were badly frightened, but not mo- j
Jested. All the money m the express
car was taken, but it :s not known
how much it is ,,
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Happeniis fia Dty fe Day il tte
Monal Capital
Appointments in the Varions Depart?
ments-Other Kot?s of Interest.
The comptroller of the currency has
i appointed W. H. S. Burgwyn, of Hend
! erson, North Carolina, a national bank
examiner.
The president, on Monday, ap?
pointed Charles W. Dayton, of New
Tor kand city to be po* ?master of that
city. Charles H. Mansar, of Mis?
souri, to be second comptroller of the
! treasury.
The president, Tuesday, made the
following appointments: Clinton C
Duncan, of Georgia, to be Indian in?
spector; Frank Flynt* of Georgia, to
be principal clerk of surveys in the
general land office.
The proclamation for an early ses?
sion was discussed at the cabinet meet?
ing Tuesday and it is expected to be
given out immediately. A large num?
ber of the senators still maintain that
I it will be found to be absolutely nec
! essary to call it much earlier.
Surgeon General Wyman, of the
marine hospital service, received a
dispatch Thursday from Mr. New?
berry, the United States charge d*af
faires at Constantinople, dated from
Pera, relative to the cholera outbreak
in Asiatic Turkey? which stated:
"Latest news shows a rapid spread
westward into Mesapotamia trade
routes. This will soon bring in the
' Mediterranean ports."
Secretary Carlisle, Thursday, ap
! pointed Worthington Ford? of New
York, chief of the bureau of statistics
of the treasury department. Mr. Ford,
is aVout forty years of age, and during
the last Cleveland administration
served as chief of the burean of sta?
tistics of the department of state. Mr.
Ford is appointed to his present posi?
tion on the recommendation of Edward
Atkinson and Davis A. Wells.
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels
stated Wednesday that he had been
I watching the New York and Chicago
banks closelv, because a break there
would be a serious thing, and that he
was satisfied the New York and Chi?
cago banks were in a strong condition.
As to Philadelphia the same thing is
true. A telegram from Chicago re
' ceived Wednesday afternoon states
that the financial situation is more
t cheerful.
The first negro to be recognized by
this administration is Henry Clay
Smith, of Birmingham. Tuesday he
was promised the consulate at Tama
tave, Madagascar, in place of the pres?
ent republican consul, John L.Walter.
Quincy sent for him and told him he
was ready to make the appointment,
and gave him his commission. Smith
has been an unfaltering democrat for
years, and the appointment was a re?
cognition of his services in the demo?
cratic ranks.
The postmaster general formally an?
nounced Wednesday that disease germs
or other things of like character, no
. matter how securely put up, are of the
nature of poisons and extremely dan?
gerous to health and that they are
therefore absolutely unmailablc. Post*
masters are instructed to see that no
such things are allowed entry into
the mails. This action has been taken
in consequence of propositions made
by medical journals to make analysis
of such matter if sent to them tightly
sealed through the mails.
Henry Clay Smith, the negro who
was appointed consul to Tamative,
Madagascar, is a native Georgian. He
was born and brought up in Carters
ville. He received his commission
Wednesday and received his instruc?
tions. His duties are of a two-fold
character. He not only has his consu?
lar duties but judicial as well. He sits
as an associate judge of thc supreme
bench of Madagascar in all cases where
Americans are concerned, and is thc
sole judge of the inferior in all crimi?
nal and civil cases between Americans.
Attorney General Olney hus ap?
pointed A. G. Stafford special assistant
to the United States attorney for the
northern district of Illinois, to aid in
investigating the alleged violations of
the interstate commerce law. Mr.
Stafford is at present employed in the
interstate commerce commission. He
has also appointed Edward Baxter as?
sistant to the United States district
attorney for the middle district of
Tennessee to assist in the prosecution
of the case growing out of the failure
of the Commercial National bank of
Nashville, Tenn.
The ofiieial records of the postoffice
department show that during the first
three mouths of thc- presc-ut mlmiiris
tration, ended June 3d, the total num?
ber of fourth-class postmasters ap?
pointed were 0,537, of which 4,072
were to fill vacancies caused by resig?
nations and death and 1,885 byre- :
mov?is. During the corresponding
period in Harrison's administration the
total number appointed was S,225, or
1,686 more than were appointed dur?
ing the last three months. Of these
2,05!) were to lill vacancies caused by
resignations and death and 5,507 by '
remo vals. The number (d' appoint- :
ments made on resignations was,there?
fore, 2,013 greater during thc first :
quarter of the present administration
than during the last.
Ol" !uterc.??i io .Hitlers.
The department of agriculture is in?
formed that the exhibit ot' milled pro- '.
ducts to be held at Mainz, Germany,
in August next, is :t matter that will
be of great interest to millers in this 1
country, it is expected t.. mring to?
gether thousands ?f bakers from all
parts of Germany and continental Eu?
rope. At the same time, the national 1
association of bilkers will meet there,
of which three-fourths of the bakers
in Germany Mr.- members, ami
Switzerland, Holland and Austria
will be represented. An excel?
lent opportunity will 1M- afforded
American cereals, in view ot thc re?
cent modification by Germany of the
discriminating tariff imposed upon
milled as compared willi unmilled
products, which was an almost effectual
barrier to the introduction of Ameri?
can flour materials, etc., into that
country. The duty is now the same
on cereals, whether milled or unmilled ;
?lid this dutv is considera!v less than
that levied on Russian cereals Before
the reduction was made, the tariff was j
about three time as ?Teat as it is at
present.
Thr Royinn Kxtra?tirion Treaty.
The Russian extradition treaty,
which has been the subject of corre?
spondence between the two contract?
ing parties for more than six years,
niel ha- been amended again and
again 'ind was threatened with tie
feat ?II its final stages, has .?it
1 :r-l been formally proclaimed ami wid
henceforth be the law of tlc land un
tii it i^ superceded by another treaty.
The ratifications were exchanged in
St. Petersburg nearly two months ago,
but because it was fl Pessary to ob?
serve extraordinary precautions to se?
cure the safe transmission of the doc?
ument to the United States the.treaty
was not received at the department
until a late day last week. The
treaty was in. the French language and
it was necessary to translate the docu?
ment into English and make very care?
ful comparisons between the transla?
tion and the original This work was
completed Monday and the 'president j
saw it for the first time Tuesday when !
Secretary Gresham carried it to the
cabinet meeting. All that remained
to be done was to malle the official
proclamation and that was done Tues- i
day afternoon. The proclamation
simply recited the provisions of the
treaty and the announcement that it
would go into effect twenty days from
date-that is to say on June 24th.
Appoint itt oui M Announced;
The president Thursday made the
following appointments : To be col?
lectors Of internal revenue-James L.
Dogget, of Texas, for the fourth dis?
trict of'Texas; Frank P. Bond, of
Tennessee, for the tenth district of
Tennessee. Joseph Donnell, of Wis?
consin, to be consul general oi the
United States, at Nueve Laredo* Mexi?
co. To be consul general of the Uni?
ted States-Van Leer Polk, of Ten?
nessee? at Calcutta* ludia; J; Partelloj
of the District of Columbia, atSonnes
bery* Germany ; Marshall P-. Thatch?
er, of Michigan) at Windsor* Ont-. ;
AV. H. Seymour, of Alabama* at Paler?
mo, Italy ; John Patton* of Michigan,
at Amherstburg, Ont. ; Fredrick Opp,
of Texas, at Preslau, Germany, Alex?
ander Rosenthal, of New York, at Leg?
horn, Italy; W. H. Jacks, of Indiana,
at London, Ont. ; Claude Thomas, of
Kentucky* at Marseilles, France;
Pulaski F-. Hyatt, of Pennsylvania, at
Santiago de Cuba; Francis H. Under?
wood, of Massachusetts, at Teck, Scot?
land ; Newton Ashe, of Iowa,
at Dublin, Ireland ; James L.
Child, of Missouri, at Tankow,
China; William H. Roberson, of
the District of Columbia, at Ham?
burg, Germany; Louis A. Rettaliata,
of Maryland, pt Messina, Italy ;
Charles A. O'Connor, of New Hamp?
shire, at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia ; Ju?
lius Ball, of New York, Magdeburg,
Germany; Frank C. Mc Ghee, of Mis?
sissippi, at Huddersfield, England.
W. Boynton, of Illinois, to be marshal
of the United States, for the southern
district of Illinois ; John W. McAdam,
of Michigan, to be inspector.
Tho President's Views.
President Cleveland in reply to a
direct question by a representative of
the Associated Tress Monday evening
said that he intended to call an extra
session of congress not earlier than
the 1st or later than the 15th of Sep?
tember, unless some unexpected con?
tingencies should necessitate an earlier
meeting. He further said: "While;
there has been no mystery nor secrecy j
in regard to my intention in this mat- j
ter, I think it not amiss that our people !
should be informed authoritatively that
the time is at hand when their repre
sentatives in congress will be called
upon to deal with a financial condition
which is the only menace to the coun?
try's welfare and prosperity. It is
well for the people to take up the sub?
ject for themselves and arrive nt their
own conclusions as to the merits of a i
financial policy which obliges us to i
purchase idle silver bullion with gold
taken from our reserve. One does not '
need the eye of a financier to see that
this gold thus subtracted from the gov?
ernment's stock is eagerlv seized bv i
other nations for the purpose o?
strengthening their credit at our ex?
pense. It does not need the art of i
statesmanship to detect the danger ?
that awaits upon the continuance of j
this action. Already the timidity o? j
capital is painfully apparent, and
none of us fail to see that fear and ap- j
prehension in monetary circles will
ultimately bring suffering to every !
humble home in our land. I think
that between now and the meeting o? >
congress much depends upon the ac?
tion of those engaged in financial
operations and business en?
terprises. Our national re?
sources and national credit are j
abundantly sufficient to justify them j
in the utmost faith and confidence, j
If, instead of being frightened, they i
are conservative and contribute their j
share of help and steadiness, they will j
perform a patriotic duty, and at thc
same time protect their own interests, j
The things just now needed are cool- j
ness and calmness in financial circles j
and sturdy reflection among our peo
pie."
A BANK ROBBED.
Six Desperadoes Force *he Cashier to j
Fork Over $10,000.
A special from Bentonville, Ark.,
says: This town was thrown into the ?
wildest excitement about 3 o'clock j
Monday afternoon by a band of six ?
robbers rushing in and with drawn
Winchesters robbing the Peoples'
bank of all the gold and currency,
amounting to about $10,000. At the
point of their guns they compelled
the cashier to hand out all the cash
in the vault and two of their num?
ber stood guard at the door and
fired into the streets at every man that
showed his head. Thecitizens,however,
as soon as possible got what arms they
could and commenced a fusilade on the j
robbers,finally wounding two of them, j
Three citizens were wounded in the
light. . _ ;
Thc robbers quickly mounted their :
horses,which were in waiting nt a con- !
venient point, and made their escape.
As soon as possible the sheriff and
posse started in pursuit of the robbers, j
About twelve miles west of Benton- i
ville is a postoffice and a couple of |
stores, forming the village of Decatur, j
Here the robbers continued their dep- j
redations by robbing the stores. While
thus engaged the sheriff and posse
came up. A running tight ensued,and j
three of the citizens' horses were shot,
but no one was injured. The sheriff i
and most of his men then gave np :
the pursuit and returned to Benton?
ville.
LIZZIE BORDEN ON TRIAL.
The Court Room Thronged with Inter- j
ested Spectators.
The long-anticipated Borden mur- j
der trial ??egan at New Bedford, Mass., ;
Mondav evening. At on early hour ?
. .
every available shady spot on the conn
try street near the court hons.- was
preempted, and patiently thc sitters '
and standers waited until the bell on
the courthouse tolled, signifying the
opening of the court. Al precise- !
ly 10:58 Miss Lizzie A. Borden, I
the prisoner, came slowly into the
courtroom and was shown to her
seat m the dock. She wns at
tired in a very becoming cos- :
tumo of black brocaded stuff and nore '
v pretty shad?: hal relieved by a touch :
here and there of blue. Every'seat in
the room was occupied by talesmen j
ri 1111 newspaper men, no outsiders be- |
ing admitted np to that time, and |
w ithin the box inclosnre were a few of
*he prominent men of the county, who
had been accorded seats by courtesy, j
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTE.
Mes ci Her Progress ni Prosperity
"Briefly Epitomized
And Important Happenings from Day
to Day Tersely Told.
Ex-Mayor M. J. Calson was con?
firmed as permanent receiver for Mey?
er & Ullman at Brunswick, Ga., Wed?
nesday by .Judge Stewart, sitting in
chancery.
The Times-Herald) the only after?
noon newspaper in Dallas?, Texas, was
sold at receiver's sale. Tuesdays for
$?5j0?0; Tin; paper was anti-Cleve?
land and for free silver. It will be con?
tinued as a democratic daily.
Karaner & Ingram, of Florence, the
largest hardware firm in northwest
Alabama, were attached Monday for
$1,700 for rent. This will cause other
creditors to press their claims. D?r?
ing the boom the firm did an immense
business, but the dull season and stop?
ping of building effected them serious?
ly. The firm had a commercial rating
of $10,000 to $15? 000 and owed about
$3-, 500,
The officers and stockholders of the
Brunswick, Ga-.j State bank have de?
cided to reopen. The preliminaries
have all been arranged and the Bruns?
wick will open its doors about the 20th
instant. Judge A. J. Crovatt, the
vice-president;, has engineered this
most excellent work and has won the
gratitude ef depositors and stockhold?
ers generally. The institution will be
newly ollicered.
The jury investigating the origin of
the recent extensive fires in Waco,
Texas, returned a verdict Wednesday,
charging Rufus Bowen, Arvie Hous?
ton and Louis Powell, members of the
fire department, with setting the
buildings on fire. Houston confessed
to the charge and Bowen and Powell
deny it. The only motive advanced is
the desire to procure additional fire
apparatus and a larger force.
A Chattanooga dispatch says : The
suit of the Catholic Knights of America
against the Fidelity and Casualty Com?
pany, of New York, for $50,000, the
amount of defaulting Treasurer
O'Brien's bond, was concluded Tues?
day and resulted in a verdict for $15,
700 for the knights. This was the
amount which was stolen, between the
last examination by the knights of
O'Brien's books and the discovery of
his shortage.
According to a Washington special
of Monday dividends have been de?
clared in favor of the creditors of in?
solvent national banks as follows;
First National bank, Palatka, Fla.,
second dividend, 10 per cent., making
in all 45 per cent, on the claims proved
amounting to $274,303. First Nation?
al bank, Wilmington, N. C., third
dividend, 10 per cent., making in all
40 per cent, on claims proved amount?
ing to $530,483.
Jackson, Miss., is much rejoiced
over the information that the presi?
dent has determined to appoint D. P.
Porter postmaster, of that city, vice
W. H. Gibbs, to be removed. This is
the most important i)ostoftice in thc
state, and Col. Porter, who has been
assistant secretary of state and also j
secretary of the senate since 1876, is
being congratulated by his numerous
friends throughout the state. His ap?
pointment will be announced in a few
days.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis and her daugh?
ter, Miss Winnie, will, it is now pret?
ty well settled, make their home in
Bichmond, after a few months. It
has been an open secret ever since she
selected the city as the final resting
place of her husband that it was her.
wish to again become a resident of
Virginia's capital, where, during her
residence of nearly four years, while
the war was in progress, she formed
many strong attachments and was the
recipient of universal kindness.
D. B. Loveman, one of the leading
dry goods merchants of Chattanooga
and of the south made an assignment
Thursday. He named as assignees,
Hon. Clay Evans, of Chattanooga, late
first assistant postmaster-general, and
Louis Black, of Cleveland, O. The
deed of trust conveys his entire es?
tate, real and personal, including a
number of tracts of land in the city
and suburbs. The preferred creditors
and the amounts due them make up a
list of thirty individuals, firms and
an aggregate indebtedness of $131,780
A Raleigh, N. C., sjiecial of Monday
says: The commissioner of agricul?
ture states that the June crop reports
now coming in show that thc increased
acreage in cotton will not be so great
as was believed a month ago. The
talk about great damage to the fruit
crop by frost is found to have been
without foundation. The trees are
loaded with fruit,particularly peaches.
Wheat is ripening rapidly and is au
exceedingly large and fine crop. A
great improvement in crops has oc?
curred in the past few days.
Advices of Tuesday from Columbus,
Miss., aro to the effect that the enor?
mous rainfall of the past three weeks
has injur<al the corn and cotton crops
fully 30 per cent. High winds have
accompanied the rain and the ground
is beaten down in places and the crops
completely ruined. lomb and Tuxa
pilla rivers are very high and have
submerged crops to the lowlands.
From the present outlook it is safe to
predict as high floods as were had last
vear. No work has been done for
two weeks, and thc crops are more
backward than they have boen in
years.
A Montgomery, Ala., special says :
In the matter <>i the intervention of
tin- state <>?' Alabama asking the re?
ceiver of the Centra! railroad of Geor?
gia be directed td pay certain taxes
one to Hie statt: of Alabama, Judge
Bruce, ol'the United States court, on
Monday, granted the order and di?
rected the said receiver to pay the
propel- tax collectors within twenty
days from date all state, county and
municipal taxes, which have been law?
fully levied and assessed against said j
property, of which he is receiver within
this state. The total amount of this
indebtedness ?lue is nearly $50,000.
Mexican Cern Importations.
A San Antonio sneeial says: Gen?
era! Warren T. Suttor, consul general
of the United States for north Mexico,
has just completed his report, which
shows that tho importation of corn in?
to xico during the fourteen months
emlin- February 2H,18'>3, were 353,
800.000 [?muds, valued at $6,000,
000. Mr. Suiter states that but for
the nea rn ? ss of the United States and
the unlimited supply, thousands of the ;
very poor of Mexico must have died j
for lat k oi' food. As .: was there was j
much revere suffering and the effect
will I"- i ci i for years.
The Caravals on the More.
A New York special says: The three
caravels, towed by a tug,passed around
the battery into the East river at 12:2U
Tuesday on the way to Chicago.
BUSINESS BATHER DULL.
Bun & Co's Report of Trade for the
Past Week.
R. G. Dun &. Co. 's review of trade ?
for the past week says: More dis?
heartening conditions have prevailed
during the past week and those who
saw the beginning of a permanent re?
covery in the better tone a week ago
are disappointed. The money mar?
kets have been closer, especially in the
interior, and manufacturing and trade
are more affected than before. Some j
important failures have occurred, in- j
eluding one bank at Milwaukee.
Gold has gone out again in large j
amounts, the exports fot the week be
ing about ?5$000} OOO and the treasury
gold reserve has been drawn down to !
about S'JOjOOOjOOO.
In neatly all the departments of |
trad J the uncertainty about the future ?
has a depressing influence, which is
now clearly perceived in the decrease
of new business, and while most of the
manufacturing works are yet employed
on full orders, as these run . out the
number of works that are closed has
increased-.
Cotton and corn are moving liberal?
ly, but loans are curtailed to the mini?
mum and there is no market for local
securities, save at the buyers' prices.
At Little Rock trade is dull, with col?
lections slow and at Knoxville not im?
proved. Atlanta reports fair trade,
close money and slow collections.
Augusta reports a slight improvement
in trade; with improved farm pros?
pects, but tight money and slow col?
lections. Columbus; Ga., reports col?
lections less favorable and money very
tight, and at Macon trade is quiet, col?
lections slow and money close. Mobile
finds trade reasonably good with larger
shipments of vegetables and money
easy. At New Orleans business is only
fair, but building materials are very
active and crop prospects, though
backward, are promising. Jackson?
ville notes a little falling off and at
Charleston trade in dry goods and
shoes is dull and in groceries fair, but
jobbers are cautious in selling.
The uncertainty about freights, la?
bor, crops and finances make the iron
trade gloomy. The prospect of
trouble with the amalgated associa?
tion sustains the ?>resent demand for
finished products, and higher freight
rates raise the price of pig, not to the
advantage of the seller. The structu?
ral mills are yet well employed, but at
prices which return scanty profits.
The export of products still fall be?
low last year's in value and there is
much withdrawal of money loaned in
this country on foreign account. The
fact that So", OOO, OOO of such loans ma?
ture within the next week leads to the
expectation of further exports of gold.
Money on call at New York has some?
what advanced, but there is a strong
complaint of the difficulty in getting
commercial loans.
The failures during the past week
have been 238 in the United States
against 175 last year, and 21 in Cana?
da, against 32 last year.
EDWIN BOOTH DEAD.
The Car tain of Life Rnng Down on the
Yeteran Actor.
Edwin Booth, the actor, died at New
York early Wednesday morning. At
the time of his death he was uncon?
scious, in which condition he remained
since Sunday last. When the end
came Mrs. Edwin A. Grooseman, the
tragedian's daughter, had her hand
clasped in that of her father. Around
the bed stood Mr. Booth's brother-in
law, Superintendent McGonigle, of the
Players' Club ; Mr. Grosseman, William
Bishpham and Charles E. Carrill.
An intimation of Mr. Booth's death
was the raising of the flag, which floats
over the Players' Club at half mast.
When the early dawn broke the stars
and stripes were discerned clinging
listlessly to the flag staff under which
lay the mortal remains of America's
greatest Hamlet.
Edwin Booth was born in Belair,
near Baltimore, Md., on November 13,
1833, and was the son of Junius Brutus
Booth, the elder an English actor who
obtained his reputation, however, main?
ly in the United States. He was named
Edwin Booth out of compliment to his
father's friends, Edwin Forest and
Thomas Flynn, both great actors. Al?
though the elder Booth at first object?
ed to his son going on the stage he did
finally consent and the young man's
first appearance in any part occurred
in 1849 at the Boston Museum, when
he appeared as Tressel in "Richard
III." He made a success in this small
part and from that time forward no
question was raised as to his continu?
ing on the stage, and his wonderfully
successful career from that time on is
well-known to all.
Mr. Booth's first serious illness came
on April 3, 1889, when he was stricken
with incipient paralysis while playing
in "Othello," in the Lyceum theater
in Rochester. The last four years of
Mr. Booth's life have been passed in
the Piavers club._
SHAKY ELEVATORS.
Two Large Companies in a Bad Way
Financially.
A Minneapolis special says: A ru?
mor gained currency Wednesday that
two of the best known elevator com?
panies in the northwest-the Northern
Pacific ami the Red River Valley-were
temporarily embarrassed, and subse?
quent events proved that, although
the crash is not absolute, the predica?
ment in which the two aboved named
corporations find themselves is a se?
rious one. The situation is attributed
to the prevailing uncertainty and the
lack of confidence which is felt by thc
banks. The facts in the case, as yet,
will not warrant the assertion that it is
a business failure, although the state?
ment comes direct from the general
manager of the Northern Pacific ele?
vator that the corporation will ask for
the appointment of a receiver.
A BANKER DISAPPEARS.
His Firm was Hie Largest cf i?s Kind
in the Northwest.
Herman Schaffner & Co., private
bankers at Chicago, made a complete
assignment Saturday. Schaffner &
Co. has been the largest private COL?
cern in the city and in the northwest
dealing exclusively in commercial p!L
per. The lunn was also about the
oldest of its kind in Chicago. No
statement of the affairs of the bank
was filed in court on the application
for a receiver. The doors were closed
early in the day. To add to the ex?
citement it was reported that Schaff?
ner had committed suicide. At last
accounts his whereabouts are un?
known.
The Run Subsiding.
A special of Wednesday states that
the fury among Chicago saving bank
depositors ha> about run its course. At
the savings institutions where there
was stilt enough (if a gathering lo be
called a crowd, there was no sign of a
panicky alarm which beset the deposi?
tors Monday, and before thc closing
hour Wednesday afternoon, it was
thought that there would be no further
run.
TELIMC MSm.
ls Ms of tte World Mensed Mo
Pitty and Pointed Paragragas.
Interesting1 and Instructire te All
Classes of Readers.
A Milwaukee special of Monday
Rays: The failure of Frank A. Lap
pen & Co. and the Plankinton bank
will be investigated by the grand jury.
One million dollars in gold was
withdrawn from the nubtteasury in
New York for export Tuesday. This
leaves the net gold in the treasury
?89,334,320:
J. M. Jenkins, treasurer of Clark
county, Indiana, resigned Tuesday,
assigning as a reason therefor that his
physical condition would not admit of
his further continuance in office. An
examination of his books shows a
shortage of ten or twelve thousand
dollars;
The supreme court of Nebraska has
rendered its decision in the impeach?
ment cases, finding the three state offi?
cials, Attorney General Hartings; Com?
missioner of Public Lands and Build?
ings Humphrey and Secretary of State
Allen not guilty, and the five charges
of impeachment preferred by the leg?
islature are not sustained.
A New York special of Sunday says :
Edwin Booth is worse. The following
bulletin was posted during the day at
the Players' club: i4In regard to Mr.
Booth's condition; it may be stated
that he has gradually grown weaker
during the past twenty-four hours,
and that there is now very little hope
cf even a partial recovery."
The State bank of Manitowoc, Wis.,
didn't open for business Tuesday
morning. There has been a continu?
ed run on the institution for the past
three weeks and the officers have made
a fight against the failure which was
made inevitable. The president of the
institution, it is understood, has turn?
ed over all his personal property to
cover any possible loss by the depos?
itors.
Hon. William J. Bryan, of Nebraska,
has accepted an invitation of the
Young Men's Democratic League of
Atlanta to stop o**er in that city while
on his way to deliver the commence?
ment address of the Girls' Industrial
Colege at Milledgeville Julv 14th.
While in Atlanta he will be royally en?
tertained by the league, and will be
tendered an elegant banquet.
A mortgage for $8,000,000 was filed
Tuesday afternoon in the recordor's
office at St. Louis, Mo. It is given by
the Distiling and Cattle Feeding Com?
pany, of New York and Peoria, 111.,
to the Central Trust Company o?: New
York. The company will issue 8,000
bonds at $1,000 each at 6 per cent, pay?
able semi-annually. The money is to
be used in the x>ayment of debts auth?
orized by the company.
Joseph Rathbone & Co., Chicago
lumber dealers, made a voluntary as?
signment Wednesday morning. The
assets are scheduled at $500,000 and
liabilities at $250,000. Robert F.
Shanklin, assignee, is now in posses?
sion of the company's property. The
firm is composed of Joseph Rathbone
and Martin Brille. Inability to real?
ize on commercial paper is given as
the cause of the assignment.
The through night express to New?
ark on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad collided with a
runaway engine on an iron bridge
^near Cortlandt, N. Y., Monday night.
The two engines came together with
terrific force. Engineer Isaac Wal?
lace was killed instantly. Fireman
Bertscherwood was taken from the
wreck badly burned and died at the
hospital. None of the passengers were
were injured.
A Knoxville, Tennessee, special of
Thursday says: Rogan Cole, Willis
Cole and Alex Guffey are on trial in
the Greene county circuit court
charged with the double murder last
February of Thomas Johnson and his
aged wife. The prisoners were moon?
shiners, and because the Johnsons in?
formed the officers of their where?
abouts, they were both cruelly mur?
dered by having their heads shot off.
The trial is attracting much attention.
A disastrous conflagration occurred
at San Francisco Wednesdav morning,
which destroyed thirteen residences in
the western addition, near the en?
trances to Golden Gate park. Three
firemen perished in the flames while
in discarge of their duty. Another
was fatally injured, several badly
bruised and burned. The names of
the killed are : Richard Windrow, Ed?
ward Davis and Charles Madison. The
loss to property is estimated at $100,
000.
A few days ago some old and musky
documents were found in the City of
Mexico by which it was learned that
treasure, consisting of jewels and gold
coin, amounting in value to $2,0o0,
000, is buried in the city. The docu?
ments state that the wealth was se?
creted by order of Emperor Maximil?
ian. The discovery of these docu?
ments produced a sensation among
those who were permitted to share the
secret, and preparation* were at once
made for unearthing the treasure.
According to a New York telegram
of Wednesday the direct liabilities of
E. Wyman, ai scheduled, is $591,000;
contingent liabilities $315,000. ' The
sign?e estimates the real estate in his
poss sion as sufficient to pay the
direct indebtedness unsecured by col?
lateral, together with interests in vari?
ous companies, can be applied to the
liquidation of such contingent liabili?
ties as may bc found to exist if the re?
alizations upon the assets which these
represent are sufficient.
A cable dispatch from Madrid states
that despite the denials of the French
local authorities, the Spanish consuls
in France continue to report the
spread of the cholera epidemic at sev?
eral ports. Four fresh cases, they
say, developed Sunday in Marseilles,
two in Cette and one case in Toulouse.
Between May 22d and June 1st there
were fourteen cases and eleven deaths
in Marseilles. The Spanish govern?
ment has ordered that all vessels ar?
riving from Marseilles be detained
seven davs in a naran tine._
AS TO HAWAII.
Mr. Blonnt Hints That a Protectorate
Will be Established.
The latest advices from Honolulu
are to the effect that the annexation
party of Hawaii have settled it in theil
own minds that the United States ii
going to establish a protectorate ovei
the islands. Annexation, except a^
something in the future, is not now
discussed, and the cry. "annexation oi
nothing," is TU) longer heard. It U
reported that Minister Blonnt ha>
dropped a hint tiru a protectorate i>
the proper thing to look for. If thi
constant protest of the royalists are tc
be believed, they have no intention ol
making a move until after the decision
of the United States is known.
WIND AND FL?ME.
A Dual Visitation of Ute Elements
Upon Omaha, Nebraska,
Omaha, Nebraska, received a dual
visitation from the elements Saturday
evening. All dav rain had fallen in
termittingly, the storm blowing from
the southeast. Shortly before dark
the wind went to the north, and in a
few moments one of the most severe
storms ever experienced broke upon
the city. The rain was accompanied
by a heavy elecrical display and high
winds, and in the midst of the flood
came a fire that entailed a loss of near?
ly a quarter of a million dollars, with
the additional horror of four deaths
and many persons injured. The dead
known are George Coulter. B. J. Mor?
ris, Mr. Cox and Mr. Morrissey} all
firemen. "When the storm was at its
height flames burst from the fifth floor
of the building occupied by the Shiv?
erick Furniture company, on Farnnin
street. In response to a general alarm
all the companies of the city fire de?
partment responded, but the fire waa
beyond control. The loss will be
fully $200,000. West of the Shiverick
building was a structure occupied hf
?d Maurer's saloon and restaurant*
On top of this building six firemen had
gathered that they might better fight
the flames. While they were there the
west wall of the Shiverick block fell
Outward. The firemen heard the cry
bf horror from the crowd and leaped
from the building only to be buried bf
bricks on the sidewalk. The Shiv?
erick buiding is a complete wreck?
The loss on the building and stock will
teach $200; OOO; fully insured. Maurer
loses Oil building" and stock $$5;OOO:
He is ?iso insured. The damage from
the storm is distributed all over the
city. _
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Development Daring
the Past Week.
The review of the industrial situation in the
south for the past week shows the organization
of a brick and tile manufacturing company
with $100,0C0 capital, at New Orleans, La., by
the Southern Brick and Tile company; of a
cotton mill company with $100,000 capital, at
Lauren?, S. C., by J. H. Traynham and asso?
ciates; of an ice factory at Denison, Texas,
with ?50,000, by the Choctaw Ice company; of
a $50,000 cotton baying and manufacturing
j company at Dublin, Texas, by A. A. Chapman
I and others; and of the building of an oil mill,
costing $50,000, at Meridian, Miss., by Charles
E. Pt ase, of Dayton, Ohio. '
There is a ko reported the formation, at Van
demere, N- C.,of tlie Bay Biver Lumber Com
gury, with $30,000 capital; of a box factory at
ichmond, Va,, with $24,000 capital, by the
Aileghany Box Company, and of a $20,000
lumber mill at Claremont, Ya., by John Holkr.
Forry-thrce new industries were established or
incorporated during the week, together with
nine enlargements of manufactories, and four?
teen important new buildings. Among the
new industries not above referred to are e?ctric
lighting plan's at Ope'ousas, La., and Bi ck
port, Tex. ; flour and grist mills at Falmouth
and Crider, Ky., Hartshorn, Deaiville and Mt.
Holly, N. C., and Porsland and Virtue. Ttnu.,
and a machine shop at Ocala, Fla. Mines are
to be opened at H* flin, Ala-, Newe nub, Tenn.,
and WeL?burg, W. Ya., and a qnarrv at Quarry,
Tex.
An oil and gas company is reported at
Mound^ville, W. Va.; a phosphate comrany
reorganization at Ocala, ?la.; and the building
of cotton mills at Bellmont, N. C.; Johnston
and Bock Hill, S. C., and knitting m Ils at
Brookhaven, Miss., and Newport News. Ya.
Saw and planing mills are to be built at
Cedar Valley, N. C., Paris, G imp, Sweetwater,
and Johnson City. Tenn., Reeder's Mills, Ala.,
LeCompte, La, Conree, Texas, and Pickens,
W. Ya., and a wheel factory at Durham, N. C.
Water works and an electric lighting system
are io be established at Quincy, Fla., and water
works at Newporc, Tenu. The enlargements
for the week include electric lighting plants at
Atlanta, Ga., and Fernand na, Fla-, iron works
at Washington, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn.,
cotton mills ai Roc kins;barn, N. C., and a car?
riage factory at New Berne, N. C. Among im?
portant new buildings are business houses a*,
Covington, Ky., Lewisburg, Tenn., Taylor and
Wichita Falls, Texas; churches at Bellevue,
Ky.. Orangfcburg. S. C., and Lynchburg, Ya.;
college an i school buildings at New Orleans,
lia-, and Qn&jah, Texa?; jails at Paducah,
Texas, and Logan, W. Va, and residences at
Asheville, N. C., and Roanoke, Ya.-Trades?
man (Chattanooga, Tenn.
BOON TO CONSUMPTIVES,
A Wonderf al Discovery by a Cincinnati
Physician.
The New York Recorder in its issue
of Monday details the cure of several
consumptive patients at Ward's island
under the direction of the city authori?
ties. As only charity patients in the
last stage of consumption are admitted
there, the Recorder claims that the
cure, for which it awarded Dr. W. B.
Amick, of Cincinnati, $1,000, has ac?
complished something almost miracu?
lous. It says also that the Cincinnati
doctor has agreed to keep the hospital
supplied with medicines sufficient for
all consumptive cases at his own ex?
pense. As only the third-stage cases
are taken there no more severe
test could be invited. While it
is now generally admitted that
the Amick discovery is a certain spe?
cific in the earlier stages of consump?
tion, Dr. Amick has rever heretofore
claimed that it would cure more than
20 per cent of third-stage consump?
tives. In this test just made by the
city three out of four were either
cured or astonishingly benefited. It
is easy enough for any sufferers from.
the disease to test the new discovery
through their family physician, for
Amick sends medicines for the pur?
pose free of cost and invites an impar?
tial test of it by the medical profession
everywhere.
A VIRGlN?A~S?NSATI0N.
Political Faed in Which Congressman
O'Ferrall Figures as Principal.
Virginia democrats experienced the
greatest sensation they have felt for
many years Wednesday. There ap?
peared in a Richmond paper a savage
attack on Congressman Charles T.
O'Ferrall, the leading candidate for
the democratic nomination for gov?
ernor, by Colonel W. B. Alexander, of
Winchester. Alexander has once or
twice opposed O'Ferrall for the con?
gressional nominotion, and is any?
thing but an admirer of the congress?
man. L;p to ten years ago such a pub?
lication in the state meant a challenge
to a duel, but if O'Ferrall fights he
will disqualify himself for governor.
The congressman is in Washington,
and it is said he will confer with his
friends before taking any action. He
and Alexander are both as brave as
lions, and trouble is feared.
The Kaiser Replies.
The Carlsruhe Zeitung in its issue of
Monday says that the German emperor
replied to a telegram from the Grand
Duke Frederick and the congress o!
military unions of Baden, pledging
their support to him as the military
chief of the empire, in the following
language :
Your resolution of solf-saer fice and loyal co?
operation strengthens the confident hope that
wnere the ssf-'ty of the empire is a'stake the
German people will regardless of political dif?
ferences, unite in a lirra resolve to mainttin
what was won in a memorable time with th:
active co-operation of your royal highness.
The Homestead Trials Ended.
All of the charges of murder, etc.,
against H. C. Frick and others of the
Carnegie Steel company officials, aa
well as the Pinkerton detectives, wer*.?
dropped in c?>uri at Pittsburg, Pa.,
Saturday morning. Th turn all tbi
strikers who had been arrested and as
yet untried, have b^en released on
their own recognizance. This virtual?
ly ends all of the Homestead cases in
connection with the pig strike of tat