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i ESTABLISHED 1850. 1
. H . ESTILL, Editor aad Proprietory
PANHANDLE PLUSD.KRKIiS
rill’j STORY OF THEIR DOINGS
XHE TOPIC OK THE DAY.
Arrest# on Other Itoa.i# for Similar
Work Almost Sure to Follow—Hun
dreds oi Men Applyinc for the Place#
of the Imprisoned Kobbers—One Ar
rest Made at a Death Bed,
Pittsburg. Pa., April 12.—The whole
sale arrest ot employes of the Pan Handle
route for robbing freight trains continues
to be the prinoipal topic of conversation
among railroad men and citizens gener
ally.
Superintendent Taylor’s offioe was be
sieged from early morning by men in
search of employment. They flocked to
the depot so fast that a line of them ex
tended outside of the office waiting for
their applications lor situations as freight
conductors or brakoraeu to be heard.
Alany were givon employment. The road
is now fully equipped, and there is no de
lay in the movement of freight. No ar
rests have been reported since last night.
U is thought the officials ot the road are
satisfied with the work of the detectives
and tnat no more arrests will be made in
this oitv,
CONVICTION CONSIDERED CERTAIN.
Speaking of tho probable conviction of
the men now in jail, Special Agent Rue
said this morning that of sixty men now
under arrest, theye were not more than
one or twoof them who stood any chance
nf being shown not guilty. Said he: “We
had our evidence so complete that we did
not make an arrest until we bad sufficient
proof to show that the man was guilty.
We expect to make over ten more arrests
nt men who worked the road successiully
for a time, and then for tear of detection
took position* on other lines. This will
swell the total number of arrests to sixty,
sight or seventy.”
TAKEN FROM A DKATH-BEP.
Mr. Rue said the saddest case in con
nection with the arrests was that of a
man whose child is dying. AVhen the ofti
oers knooked at the door oi his home Sun
day night be was sitting with his wife by
the bedside of a sick child. He appeared
to be a man of more than ordinary intelli
gence, and bis home bad an air of refine
ment. AVhen the officers told him that
Ihev had a warrant for his arrest, he
seemed to realize at once the dlsgraoe
into which he had fallen, and broke down
completely.
The capture of J. R. Dunlan at Denni
son, 0., yesterday particularly pleased
the detectives. He confession, in
which he said that the stealing had been
going on for months. He said he could
give the names o! all the men imnlicated
r n the Pittsburg division, but was afraid.
Baying: “I would give you the names of
officers, but, great God! they would kill
me."
NO ORGANIZATION.
There was no organization among the
robbers, Dunlap said, and no regular
plan of work. Eaoh crew worked by
itself. It was the common understand
ing tnat every mau should take all he
could dispose of to the best advantage.
There were a number of "principals,”
that name being applied to those who
reaped the largest benefits irom the rob
beries by giving others pointers as to
what cars contained the most goods.
These persons were generousiy rewarded
by the less prominent thieves after the
plunder had been disposed ot. The fences,
Dunlap said, were located in New Phila
delphia, Dennison, Steubenville, Cincin
nati, Pittsburg and Columbus.
SUSPICION OF THE DETECTIVES.
Notwithstanding Dunlap’s confession
the officers of the road still believe that
the plunderers were thoroughly organized
and were carrying on the robberies under
the systematic direcilou of shrewd
leaders. AVhen anew man entered the
service ot the road. If he was thought the
right kind of a fellow, he was Initiated
into the gang with a rigid oath binding
aim to secrecy. Alter he had been ini
tiated it was easy enough to keep him in
check if he began to ieel any paugs ot
conscience. It was broadly hinted to them
that any wrong move would result dis
astrously, as railroading lurmshed first
class opportunities for putting men out
of the way. Young men trout the country
who were just beginning to ruu on the
road were the easiest prey. They could
soou be persuaded that there was nothing
wrong about stealing from rich railroad
companies. Being utilised to the tricks
oi the oid heads they were easily led on
until they were so deep in the toils that
they could not get out if they wanted to.
DYNAMITE FOUND.
AVhile ruuiaaiug through the effects of
One of the ringleaders tins morning Spo
cial Officer Miller discovered a package
' f six dynamite cartrUWes, sufficient to
“|°w up the largest building in town,
tuc discovery created considerable
alarm and tho cartridges were handled
very gingerly. Further examination
disclosed a lot ot fuse and caps,
in lact all the necessary
paraphernalia for the successful firing
of the cartridges, immediately alter the
finding of the dynamite no investigation
was begun, the result of which, however,
'tic deteotives relused to make public,
'hey even declined to give the name of
the man in whose room the stuff was
f'mnd. An officer intimated that the ob
lect of the robber in securing, the dyna
fflile was known, and that il would make
ynod reading when the proper time lor its
disclosure came.
OTHER ROADS VICTIMIZED.
1 here is Utile doubt tbut tho present
exposure will lead to others oit other
r "ads, some of these in the Pannsylvaniu
Company’* Bystem and some In the Bal
timore and Ohio. It is said that the
Mealing on these other roads was not
C'Mitiued to box car freighto. Through
'd of teamsters and yardmen large
'i'lantities of pig non and manufactured
"""and steel nave been stolen from cars
'h Pittsburg and in several other cities
““I tar away. These cases will be work
'd up soon.
' tve Negroes Burned to Douih.
Montgomery, Ala., April 12. A ape
ihai a negro living near Green
'll''. Ala., went oil at night leaving fire
- 1 Id it ii, the oldest 11 years of age, locked
‘h *n ids house, AVhile he was absent
house caught lire and tho children
’ " a.I burned lo death.
Plaice Not vpt to Die.
I Pot is, April 12.—A dispatch from
, >urg, ; oi, Byrne at Fort Gibson, re
;'#d here tins evening, reads as fol.
t ,.; u "Mr. B aiun is doing Well in all
1 i•- He is strong and has n good
( id" us. He has no iavur or olber un
table symptoms.”
H. liiii, ,kifr. and |,to- Dead.
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, ( i * dual D.D, 1.L.D., Ml.hop of
1 slant Episcopal Cintron oi Dels
•*G Pinnate ul ibe caurcti In
< t , i '1 Ad at iis boinu her* to-day of
" fever alter ** nines* vf about
v tsvatbs*
MOBILE AND OHIO’S HAULS.
Commissioner Brugjr on Young
Hugh’s Appointment.
St. Louis, April 12.—1 t transpires that
tho Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has made the same con
cession to the Mobile and Ohio
railroad as It made to the Louisville aud
Nashville in respect to long and short
hauls in connection with waterway com
petition, and that the road is now usiug
its old tariff.
YOUNG PUGH’S APPOINTMENT.
lnterstate Commissioner Bragg, speak
ing to a. reporter of the criticism upon
the Commissioners for 'giving their tlrst
appointment to the son of a United States
Senator, said: “For my part I would
have favored the appointment had Sena
tor Hugh not bqen in Congress. The Sen
ator is an old friend of mine. He has also
stood by me and I am always glad of an
opportunity to do anything tor him.
There was no favoritism in the appoint
ment. The young man had fhe strongest
kind of indorsements and 1 know he is
competent.”
HATES ON CALIFORNIA WOOL.
San Francisco, April 12.—A meeting
was held here yesterday by persons in
terested in the woo! trade for the purpose
of taking suoh action as would induce the
Interstate Commerce Commission to sus
pend section 4 of the interstate commerce
bill so far as it relates to wool. Under
the present interpretation of tho law the
rate on wool to New York and B eton is
$3 TO. whereas the old rate was
was claimed that if the new" rate was
maintained the wool industry of Califor
nia would be destroyed, as the surplus
product oould not be sent Fast with profit.
A committee was appointed to collect the
necessary information and forward it to
the futerstate Commission AVeduesday
next. The meeting then adjourned sub
ject to the call of the committee.
NEW HAMPSHIRE OBJECTS.
Keene, N. H., April 12.—Dissatisfac
tion with the interstate law is increasing
among the manufacturers of Southwest
ern New Hampshire. It is claimed that
it will ruin the box manufacturing indus
try in the Asbuelot valley. It is said a
monster memorial to Congress to repeal
or amend the law is contemplated.
GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER.
Dr. McGlynn Not Deceived l>y the
Cincinnati Chamber ot Commerce.
Cincinnati, April 12.—Dr. McGlynn
arrived here this morning. Some of his
friends desired to introduce him to the
representative business men of the
Chamber of Commerce, and to that end
asked Maj. John Byrne, of the Chesa
peake and Ohio road, to make the intro
duction. Maj. Byrue declined, saying
that as a Catholic, loyal to the precepts
and authority of his church, he had no
sympathy with Dr. MoGlyna’s position,
and that as a citizen he could not in any
sense recognize the false theories which
the doctor was attempting to propagate.
Asa member of the Chamber of Commerce
ibe same views compelled him to decline.
Others were appealed to, who took the
same position, and thus Dr. McGlynn
was not a visitor on ’Change.
THE lecture.
To night Dr. McGlynn delivered his
lecture, “The Crossof the New Crusade,”
at Music Hall. The lecture was urnler
the management of the Henry George
Club. Ou the platform were the members
of that club, as well as prominent mem
bers of the Labor party. Tnere were no
Catholic clergymen ou the stage aud
none appeared in the audience. Dr.
McGlynn introduced a passage, relerring
in caustic terms to the censure oast upon
him by the Bishop of Ohio, meaning
Archbishop* Elder, of Cincinnati, to
whom he attributed the first complaints
against him at Rome.
MOHAWK FLOODS.
Travel on the New York Central
Bond .Still Impeded.
Utica, N, Y., April 12.—Interference
with travel on the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad by high water
continued to-day notwithstanding that
the lower temperature somewhat check
ed the thaw. At noon to-day the tracks
Irom Fort Plaiu to Fonda, hftoen miles,
were under water at some points to a
depth of three feet, aud directly in irom
ot Palatine Bridge station the water
was ten feet deep on the track. Under
these circumstances it is- impossible
to tell what tracks have been washed out,
or estimate wbat length oi time may be
necessary to repair the damage. The
last mail train was held at Utica last
night. To-day through trains that are
running between Albany and Syracuse
are sent by Utica via the AVest Shore load.
RAINS in EASTERN KANSAS.
Kansas City, April 12.—General rains
have (alien to-day in Eastern Kansas,
and hopes are entertained that they will
advance eastward.
BLAIN IN His CELL.
Lynchers Kill a Negro Who Killed
a Man a Year Ago.
Ripley, Jliss., April 12.—An armed
mob of some twenty-five men from Union
county stormed the jail at this place yes
terday, and shot to death, while in his
cell, Bud Williamson, charged with the
killing dt John Collins at New Albany
about a year ago. The trial of William
sou had beeu remanded to this county by
ehaugeof venue. AVilliamson was about
22 years of age. He Killed Collins, as the
evidence given on his trial would seem to
show, on the inspiration oi the moment
aud in the beat of passion. Collins, also
a young man, shot AVilliamson in the
same difficulty, aud the evidence was
very conflicting as to which one of them
shot first or where the blame lay.
North * aroilita’s Moiltoal Booinly,
CHARLOTTE, N. C\, April 12 —The an.
nual convention of tne Norm Carolina
Stale Medical sooieiy will conveuein this
oitv to-morrow. It is one ot tho oldest
Hooietiss ot the kind in tne South. About
100 doctor* are now registered at the va
rious hotels, and probably not leas than
200 will be present, with several distin.
guished physicians from neighboring
Slates, notably Dr. Hunter Maguire, ol
Richmond, Vs. Dr. A.aev, of Pailadel
phia, is also expected. The examining
u>*id na been in a ssion here to day and
li'miil twonty-llve new doctor* will be ll
uetised to practlou. Under tne state law
no doctor can practlou bis profession m
Ibis Mate without a license from ibis so.
eiety. Tne aociety will be given a ban
quet to-morrow night by the resident pay.
I sicianr and citizen*.
Taxation In Texas.
Austin. TkSl, April 12.—Go*. Ito*# to
day vetoed the lss bill. wOiou postponed
lor one year the coils' lion of Uixe* lo t„*
drought district, embracing some seventy
count'** I liu Messftfru *****
t-• out * ivleu* u'e VV!*l *1 coastßuuoa.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1887.
TORYISM'S STAB AT ERIN
ATTOKNEY GENEHAL HOLMES
BACKS THE CHIMES BILL.
The Ofl-Itefuted Charge# of Disorgan
ization In Ireland Again Reiterated
The Proposed Power of Magistrates
Defended—Mr. Cht tiers Declare# the
Fropoted Legislation Unwarranted by
Fact#.
London. April 12.—The House of Com
mons resumed its sittings this afternoon.
After Speaker Peel had thanked tho
House for its indulgence during his ill
iiess, Attorney General Holmes reopened
the debate on the government’s side in
favor of tho Irish crimes act amendment
hill. He contended that the moasuro was
a fair aud reasonable one, and that none
of its provisions would interfere with
constitutional or infringe on public
rights. The House should remember Mr.
Holmes argued that society in Ireland
was in a state of disorganization; that
crime went undetected, and that the peo
ple seemed to sympathize with orlmiuals
and thwarted attempts to obtain evidence.
REFUSALS TO CONVICT.
incases where the evidence was clear
against the prisoners the juries refused
to convict, bo that the system of trial by
jury had absolutely broken down in Ire
land. It was absurd to say that crime in
Ireland should go unpunished rather
than that euch effectual means as the
ol venue should be taken to se
cure due administration of the law. Mr.
Holmes Hoped it would not be necessary
if the Li 11 passed to have frequent recourse
to change or venue. [Derisive Parnollite
cheerb.] Referring to tne question of sum
mary jurisdiction, the Attorney General
said tins was not the first tune that such
a provision had been made to deal with
offenses,
TOWER OF MAGISTRATES.
Under summary prooess resident mag
istrates in Ireland would be no more ex
ecui ive officers than justices of the peace
in England, while every possible safe
guard would be taken to prevent magis
trates from interfering unless the law of
the country were set at defiance. As to
the provision enabling the Viceroy to
suppress dangerous associations, ibe bill
left the exercise of the Viceroy’s power
under the veto oi Parliament. The gov
ernment adhered to the proposal to make
the bill perpetual. The misfortune in the
enactment of past measures of the kind
was that they were not made perpetual.
Parliameut could, ot course, repeal the
present law whenever neoessary, but so
long as its power to sustain the jaw was
required it would remain in force.
[Cheers].
SIR CHILDERS’ OPPOSITION,
lit. Hon. Hugh U. Childers said that al
though he supported the amendment to
the bill he admitted that someot the bill's
provisions would objectionable if
they were made part of a general law for
botti Ireland and England, but these fea
tures of the proposed law wuich the gov
ernment especially intended to apply to
Ireland were unwarranted and would be
found to evoke disorder instead of reme
dying existing evils.
Why propose coercion when there was
no increase of crime siiowu in Ireland?
Before the last election at least ninety
Conservative members declared against
any lurther coercion. Lord Salisbury
himself stated that it was impracticable
aud impossible to reimpose on Ireland
auy measure like the iornier crimes act.
SURE TO REPENT.
The government would soon learn,
should the present hill become a law,
how disastrous was ttieir recourse to the
old and bad system ot repression—worse
than ever now when the representatives
ot five-sixth of the Irish people opposed
the measure. Mr. Childers protested
S'rongly against giving the proposed
powers to resident magistrates, whom
he knew, he said, would be unfit by
reason of lack oi legal training to
properly exercise them, especially in
cases involving the application ot the
extreme provisions applied to boycott
and the legal construction of the word
conspiracy. The proposal to try Irish
prisoners in England was amongst the
worst features of the bill. Wliat would
have beeu said il ever it bad Been pro
posed to Englishmen to try them out of
their own country for crimes committed
in it? [Parnellite cheers.] The speaker
ridiculed the looseness ol the definitions
contained in the bill, and warned the
government that for this reason alone a
number of its clauses are inoperative.
NO DYNAMITE SHIP.
The statement made by Rev. Mr. Ken
nedy in a letter to the Cork Herald yes
terday that a ship named the Gulnare,
from the United States, was coasting ott
Youghal with a load of dyuamlte, is dis
credited. At the oxiice of Lloyds it is
stated that no such vessel is registered.
The Cork police also treat the Kennedy
story with ridicule.
THE HOUSE DESERTED.
There were not fifty members in the
House of Commons to-night. Tbedebate
on the crimes nil! will go over inlorinall}
until Thursday, when mo House will fifl
tip again. Mr. Gladstone will revive in
terest in the parliamentary speaking
Friday. The government is anxious to
reach second reading ot the crimes bill
without resorting to cloture and will not
insist on a division before April 22.
Speaker Reel has intimated to Mr.
Gladstone that it the head of the govern
meut demands oloture alter a reasonable
period of debate he will always deem it
his duty to acquiesce and that tins rule
will apply to any government, Tory or
Li beral.
REDMOND’S ARGUMENT.
Mr. Redmond arcued that Ireland was
now quieter than at any time in tho last
half century. He said there was less
boycotting now than in 1885, when tho
conservative government übundoned eo
croton.
Henry Matthews, Home Secretary,
while admitting that the bill was ruu
based upon an abnormal amount of crime,
advised the opposition not lo press that
argument too far, because statistics in
possession of the gr>vernm#nt showed
that agrarian crime had increased 85 per
cent, atnee Ootofeer. Hr defended me
summary clauses of th • bill, which ho
said did not touch lawful combinations,
tun ouly duaii with minor "ffeuses,
which to a great extent were
thus treated in England. With regard to
graver offense* If jurb s could not bo so
trusted with lighter • a*es of enruo the
government was surely Justifl. and in pro
p sing a change ol veuu*, especially as
Irish judges hsd refused ou a lormer oc
casion to undertaka such trials without
tuosidof a jury. Let the House amend
the clause by giving the prisoner* the al
ternative ot he lug tried by Ir ah judge*
or au English judge. Me believed that
in nmst oases the accused would choose
an English tribunal.
Ha did nut besßata to say that this was
gtbo uilldeat uteastiis that r/ad b< " pro*
■ ,*< and for it eland oiifihg the pai •eto*D
teen years. The government had found
themselves compelled to abandon ordi
nary law in favor of this measure with
the utmost reluctauee and regret. As to
hints of resistance, the government de
spised them. The Ministry made their
appeal not to Uy4e Park demonstrations
but to the soi’fr judgment of the House
of Commons. [Loud Conservative cheers.] i
Justiu McCarthy, speak'mg at London- j
derry to-night, said he knew it to be a i
fact that Mr. Gladstone favored home j
rule eight years aso. Mr. Gladstone, he
said, had often explained in private con
versation with the Irish members of Par
liament the difficulty that would be ex
perienced in finding h soheme that would
be acceptable to England. Alter the
franchise had been extended, Air. Glad
stone risked place amt power to forward
his home rule measures.
TREVELYAN’S OBJECTION.
Sir George O. Trevelyan, replying to an
invitation "to address a Unionist meeting
writes: “I have the greatest objection to
the proposal of the government to enact
penal clauses which can be used to sup
press the national league aud the press.
The policy 1 advocate for Ireland is to
draw a distinction between polillos and
crime. This iu my opinion the bill fails
to do. 1 think it right that you should
know the lines ou wmou 1 should
speak.”
Asa result of this letter tho invitation
has been canceled.
GLADSTONE GRATIFIED.
Mr. Gladstone, in conversation with
James Stuart, a Radical member of Par
liament, to-day.said h was greatly grati
fied by the demonstration at Hyde Park
yesterday, especially in view ot the fact
that so many earnest, resolute men saorl
fieed their holiday to protest against coer
cion.
CARDIFF'S MASS MEETING.
Cardiff, April 12. A mass meeting
held to-day adopted resolutions denounc
ing the crimes bill. Tne Lord Mayor of
Dubliu was present.
PRIESTS PROTEST.
Dublin, April a conference of
the clergy of Cashel diocese, held at St.
Patrick’s College, Tiurles, Archbishop
Croke presiding, a resolution was unani
mously adopted protesting against the
coercion bill.
At the fortnightly meeting ol the Na
tional League to-dgy, Mr. Healv an
nounced that the League meetings would
continue, whatever steps the government
took to suppress tho League.
IRISH FROTESTANrS FOR HOME RULE.
A meeting of the Protestant Homo
Rule Association was helu hero to-day to
protest against the crimes bill. A letter
was read from Mr. Gladstone, in which,
referring to the crimes bill,be says: “The
introduction of the bill is m many re
spects deplorable, but it is good in the
respect tnat it is doing much lo open the
eyes oi honest men to tne true facts of the
question. I have placed myself in Par
liament to oppose it at every otage. i
trust that your meeting will do much to
dispel the absurd idea that the Irish
Protestants as a body tear the conse
quences ot home rut* to tnemselves, or
are anything like unanimous in opposing
it.”
Moorish usurers.
Debtors Thrown Wto Jail, Loaded
with Chains and Starved.
Tangier, April 12.—The expedition
sent out by the American Consul in
furtherance of his effort to break up the
Infamous usury system which has grown
up in Morocco under protection of the
foreign consuls, has returned to Tangier.
The expedition released all the Moors im
prisoned at Alcazar and l.arache under
American claims, witu the ex
ception of three, who had died.
They found the prisons in which
toe men were confined In the foulest con
dition. The inmates were hall starved,
ragged and covered with vermin. Some
ol them had heavy chains fastened to
their necks and legs. A notorious usurer
named Tergiman, on whose claims a ma
jority of the people wore held in prison,
was arrested by the Moorish Minister
who accompanied tue expedition and
sent here in irons lor trial lor falsely al
leging that he was an American protege.
The Mahomedaus are rejoicing at the turn
affairs have taken.
L VXSDOWNE’S RECKLESSNESS.
He Rufuses to Take Extra Precau
tions Against Dynamiters.
Ottawa, Out., April 12.—Lord Lans
downe. Governor General of Canada, has
declared himself regarding the report that
Sir John .MacDonald had received advices
from England that danger threatened
Lord Lansdowne ou account ot evictions
on his Irish estate, that dynamite was to
be resorted to tor the purpose ol blowing
up ltideau Hall, and that the advices
suggested the placing of a strong guard
over the Governor General’s residence
until the tlireateued danger bad passed.
Last night the Governor Geueral caused
the reports to be repeated to him aud
thereupon refused to bavo a guard or
anything else, stating that when he tound
it necessary to have protection he would
usk the Imperial government to recall
him. A sharp lookout is being kept by
the Dominion police lor suspicious look
ing sti augers.
ANULU-UUsSUN i'KACK.
Tlio Afghan Frontier lilflercnoca
Amicably Mettled.
Sr. Pktkrsburg, April 12.—A settle
ment of the Afghan question has been
e fleeted by the governments o t Great
Britain aud Russia. By toe terms of ibis
settlement Kugluud assents to luo Rus
sian demand for mo utanch of the Oxus
now held by the Afghans, iu exchange
fr which concessions will be made of
territory on me northwestern Irontior.
Nihilists t liuiige l him tactics.
London, Ai*rl 12.—A telegram from
Gauevit purporting to come from a Nihil
istic source, demos that notice of sen
tence) lo death has been sent to the Czar.
Tne iciegram also savs the Nihilists have
chaupcd their lacucs, that they have
abandoned tue dagger amt coin a in favor
of u persuasive policy and have formed a
cotiiinittco to unmusk the munteuvres of
certain agents who spread in the press
flclitioue Nihilist proclamations.
l orry Creates a (v-nsaiion.
J’ahis. April 12.—A sensation has been
caused b to by a spot cn made by M.
Kerry in Algiers, In watcli he said that if
ihc French possessions in Alrioa had not
Peon extended to the sea by conquest
Tunis would now bo threatened by Italy.
Alsser anil Lorraine.
London, April 12.—A dlspaiea from
I'arie says; "Kerry Mayor or other ott
olal in Alsace and I. u isine euepsoted of
French sytopeMllee has bees dismiss.-. 1,
lives i* too schools lbs eajus UeUifMllii*-
uon te evident to repress the French sen
WstMhl.”
ST. AUGUSTINE’S BIG FIRE
THB OU) CATllKlillAli AMONG
TH K m ILDINGS BUIiNKI).
Flames Also Destroy the Hoof of the Old
Slnvo Msi ket—The l.Mundrjr of the
Augustine Hotel the StHrtlnc Point of
the Coo llagr at ton—Aftttiy Firms Horned
Out—The total Lilia Over #200,000
With Light Insurance.
St. Augustine, Fla., April 12. Fire
broke out in the laundrv of the Nt. Au
gustine Hotel at 3 o’clock this morning
and in a short time had spread so rapidly
that the whole building was on fire. The
guests all esoaped, many ot them not
having time to take their clothing and
valuables. The flumes spread rapidly ou
Charlotte street, taking in its course
the Cottage bar und billiard rooms,
Vedder A Compton’s dry goods
store, the Edwards House, county
court house, Weller’s restauraut, Bcti
hoyon & Mouseal’s cigar store, Chamber
liu & Son’s wholesale and retail grocery,
Steiner Bros., fruit store, the Chinese
reslaurant, Buck’s restaurant, Vedder’s
museum, Mrs. Carr’s residence, the new
building being erected fur the First Na
tional Bank, and the old Spaniuh Cathe
dral, the contents of which had been re
moved at un early stage of tUe lire, except
tue pipe organ.
ANOTHER HOTEL THREATENED.
At onetime it seemed impossible to save
the Florida Hotel, which was separated
from the burning buildings by a street fif
teen feet wide, and as the burning of the
Florida House meant the destruction ot
evervtning from the plaza to the city
gates all efforts were concentrated on tins
building. Alter a hard struggle the
flames were gotten uudercoutrol, but not
until after the old Planters, ail addition
to the Florida House, had burned. About
5 o’clock a special train was sent to Jack
sonville for assistance, but before they
were ready to return the fire was under
control.
THE HEAVIEST LOSER.
The heaviest loser will be E. E. Vaill,
sole owner and proprietor of the St. Au
gustine Hotel, whose loss on building
and furniture will reach SIOO,OOO, tne pol
icies having expired on April 1* aud not
having been renewed.
The loss on the Cathedral is placed at
SIO,OOO on the building and its costents.
The insurance on iho building is $4,100,
and on the organ SOOO.
The loss on the bank building is $4,000,
which will fall on the contractors, the St,
Augustine Improvement Company. They
have no insurance.
The losses on 1). Zialynskv’s building
aud its contents is $3,000 and the insu
rance SI,OOO.
WIPED OUT OF $5,000.
Chamberlin & Sons’ loss on stock is
$7,000 and their insurance $2,000.
Vedder & Compton’s loss on stock of
dry goods is $1,500, with no insurance.
The damage to the Edwards house is
SSOO, with no insurance. The building is
owned by Vedder & Henderson.
The Court House was valued at $15,000,
on which there is uo insurance. Tne
records in the Clerk’s office were all
saved.
On the MissesjSmitba’building the loss
is]s2,ooo, with no insurance.
On Benboyon & Gonzalez’s cigar store
and factory the loss on stock Is $5,000, on
which there was no insurance. They
succeeded in saving about SI,OOO worth of
stock,
THE OWNER OF THE RLOCK.
W. L. Sinclair, of Baltimore, is the
owner of the block, on which there was
no insurance. His loss is about SIO,OOO.
Mis. Carr’s loss on ner residence is about
$4,000 and her insurance is $2,000.
The loss on the Planters’ Hotel, which
belonged to the Florida House, Messrs.
Leonard A Beck, proprietors, on
building, ps SSOO. The building
was occupied by Mr. Beck’s lamily,
who lost, besides valuable personal
property, about SI,OOO in money and hotel
supplies to tho amount ot nearly $2,000.
They have no insurance.
HIGH INSURANCE RATES.
The high rates charged by the insur
ance companies is tho cause of so little
insurance being carried'. Excepting the
burning of Bridget Barry, a chambermaid
in the St. Augustiue Hotel, there were no
live# lost. The guests of the burnsd
hotels wereeutertallied attho San Maroo.
There were a great many small losses of
which it is impossible to learn the exact
amounts, but the total loss w'lll uot reach
over $200,000.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The fire department consisted only of a
'book and ladder truck and one .Mansfield
steam engine, was soon on the scene, lull
it was impossible to do anything to save
the hotel, whioh was already wrapped in
Haines.
At the Cathedral the roof caught first
and soon tell, destroying all the old his
toric relics in the interior. The old
chimes fell too, their last work being n
alarm which helped summon the citizens
to tue scene of the conflagration.
By a great effort the Bishops
residence ana the house of Dr. J. K. Peck
on the west were saved, but were greatly
damaged by water. At this Hum the east
wall of the St. Augustine House, facing
Charlotte street, fell in carrying the
flames to the Sinclair block on the oppo
site side.
Tne old cathedral was one of the most
Interesting landmarks In the oitv. it was
Guilt in 1783 and was in use for purposes
of worship up to the lluie ol its destruc
tion.
The average rate of Insuranon seem# to
have been ti% per cent, and tills has
op' iatod as a prescriptive tariff.
The roof of toe old slate mart in tho
plaza was also burned. The stone pil
lars on which the root rested suit stand.
It naff no sides to burn.
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.
W ash ington. April 12.—The following
telegram was received at the Treasury
Department to-day irom the Collector of
Customs at fit. Augustine, Fla.:
The prinelpsl part of the city ha# been d
■toyed by lire. The county court bouse i* alto
burned. Can t offer assistance in tb wav of
rooms in the pontoflice building nut occupied*
It I# liiiiHisKiblc lo procure room# outs du of
th!# building. The record# are exposed.
Secretary Fsireblld telegraphed as fol
lows in reply:
Render bvery siwlxtaiire to Bis olty offi
cial*!!! tho way of providing room* in the
poat-ufllcu building.
Pennsylvania's High Linens** Bill.
IIARHISIUIRO, Pa. | April 12.—Til*
Housu this alleruoou paused the Brook*
high dense bill without amendment. It
provides (bat licenses lu oltln* ol Hi"
first, second slid till'd class shall be SSOO,
in all other cities fffiM, hi borougb* $l5O
and in towushlii* $75.
I iHigrsiit# liuill Llvei|nn<l,
Lunimim. April 12.—Fivu thousa. and < ink
gi *u.x, exclusive of nattvas oi IrelaoL
Ivlt Lfvst pool stuidy aud hand#/l*,l
iorN.w Vork.
ELECTION FRAUDS.
Oiip of i)ir .Iciscy City Boards i
('iiught In Crooked Work.
Jersey City, April 12.—The entire ;
election board of tho Eighth precinct,
Second district of Jersey City, whoso pull
ing booth is on Mercer street, was ar
rested thio afternoon for tampering with
tbo ballot box. The board consisted of
Patrick Golden, judge; Patrick MoUlu
niss and Owen .McCabe, inspectors, and
Corrraac T.Dolan, olerk. At the noon re
oess Policeman Murphy saw Clerk Dolan
putting the registry book into tbo ballot
box. The book contained about thirty
Democratic tickets. The tickets were
lolded, and several dropped into the box
before the clerk could be arrested.
Murphy took the registry book out,
and lound that about twenty-live
tickets had been carefully folded and
placed between the leaves. A number of
citizens witnessed the attempt, and great
excitement prevailed for a nine. Otlicer
Murphy immediately sent (hr assistance,
and the entire board, together with the
ballot box and registry book, were taken
to the Gregory street polioe station. Sub
sequently anew election board
was elected in the precinct, and
voting proceeded as usual. The pi is
oners were immediately arraigned before
Justice tßllsiug. They waived examine
lion and were bold in $1,200 bail to ap
pear belore the grand jury. Michael
Kane, of No. 201 Wayne street, made an
additional charge against Dolan. lie
swore that when he weut to vote he was
told that bis name had been checked end
that someone had already voted for him.
The bail bend was then increased to
$2,400 ior each prisoner. Assemblymau
Simultby became their surety.
PROHIBITION IN TEXAS.
The Republicans Bound to Make it
a Party Issue,
Dallas, Tex., April 12— The anti
prohibition convention to meet about
May 4 is the most important event next
to happen in Texas. Apart from the close
battle to be fought hot ween whisky and
acti-whieky at the polls Aug. 4 on the
question of a coiistituttou.il amendment
to be submitted to a vole of the people,
there is a contest utnong politicians
on the question of making the
issue a parly matter. The hood of the
Democratic party refuses to recognize
the fight on the amendment as a party
tight. Many agree with him, and many
take the opposite view. The Republicans
will try to carry tbo amendment and
shoulder the Democratic party with the
responsibility. At the convention here
May 4 It. Q. Mills and John Hancock will
speak. Senator Coke wavs he will not at
tend. The meeting will beau important
one, and work lor a hard campaign will
be mapped out.
JUDD SHOWS HIS HAND.
No Temperance Measures to Put
the Governor in a Bad Position.
Albany, N. Y., April 12.—Gov. Hill
to-day vetoed the bill prohibiting the sale
of liquor in any of the public buildings of
the State. The bill was aimed at the
c&pitol restaurant. The Governor held
that the proprietor of the restaurant had
no license and could not get one, aim
that, therefore, bis selling liquor, if be
realiy did so, was an offense really with
out a special law to make it so.
Hill sent to tho Assembly this evening
his long-expeoted veto of the Crosby high
license bill. His veto Is based upon the
ground i hat the bill is special legislation,
in that it applies to only two cities of the
State—New York ami Brooklyn—and that
it is clearly unconstitutional.
Mu lligan’s Election.
Detroit, Mich., April 12.—The vote
cast at last week’s election was officially
canvassed to-day. Full reports have not
been received, hut so tar as known there
is nothing to change the result as already
published. The majority against pro
hibition is close to 3,500. The Prohibi
tionists aru contesting every point, but so
far have gained nothing, interest in tne
prolnoiliou amendment caused the ticket
to be lost sight of. To-night the Tribune
bus heard irom iifty counties, indicating
tdut tho Republican plurality on the
State ticket will approximate 30,000.
Victory For tlie Democracy.
BORDENTOWW, N. J-, April 12.—The
city election here yesterday resulted in
ittvor o! tbs Democrats. John O. li utlson
was elected Mayor over James 'J an turn
by a large majority Charles Brown,
Rep., was elected Councilman over
the Democratic candidate in the Second
ward, making the Council stand: Demo
crats 5, Republicans 4.
Tobacco Board of Trade Trustees.
New York, April 12.—Tbo following
were elected trustees of the Tobaceoo
Board of Trade Uero to-day: E. M,Craw
ford, G. Mayer, M. Lacbenbruch, C. E.
How, J. Hoffman. W. Virgilius, A. Gon
zalez, 1. Kotenwald. C. Tag, S. J. Gaus,
A. Bach and J. N. Bon. A committee
was selected to see If steps could be taken
(Or a reduction oi tobacco freight rates
from Havana.
* a used By itobbers.
Rochester, N. Y.. April 12.—The
warehouse ot William Hamilton at Cale
donia was burned to the ground this
morning. A person passing by saw a
flash and heard a report and in a moment
the place was in tlamea. The loss is
SIB,OOO. On examining the safe later it
was found that a hole hud been drilled In
the top and part of It blown off with
powder.
Both Mortally Wounded.
Ilkarn k, Tex., April 12. —A desperate
shooting affray occurred here this aft. r
itoon between Dr. Ofliut and O. D. Can
non, In which both were luorinlly wound
ed. Just prior to tho sboouug Messrs,
offutl and Cannon were engaged in a
game of dominos, when Offttt made an
Insulting remark to Cannon, resulting 111
a quarrel.
Bessemer’s Hale of Dote.
Birmingham, Ala., April 12.—The first
day’s sale ot lot* to-day at Bessemer ag
gregated $450,000. Bessemer Is a town
twelve miles from Birmingham, which
has tour 100-ton lumuncss budding, roll,
luu mills and numerous other Industrial
plums, wbioh assure u population of not
isss liiun >O,OOO.
- I igliting lu Aclieen.
The Hague, April 12.—Advices from
the Dutch East ludiessay that tho Dutch
hud an euoouuier with the natives in
Aohei n on April 4 and that the AoUtaese
ftud after a snurp engeameul, leaving
thirty-three head The Dutch loss was
i-.elvu killed sod twenty-six wounded.
usi>n>-ti lor .Murder.
Mruriiis, April 12.—Kelsey Wilson
ifLjiuimA. j UMiAM Jkh
(PRICES 1G AY FAR,! t
I 6 CENT'S A COPY. J
A GALE LURID WITH FI 11H
MANY DIVES LOST IN THEFDAM J
PATH ON THE PRAIRIES.
A Swxth Varying In Width from Tir.
to Seven Mites Out by the (tushie'
Holocaust— Hundreds of Head of
Stock Cut Off by the
Countless Farm Houses and (tarns soj
Tliulr Contents Laid In Ashes—Ttq
stopping Flare of tho Rushing Ei*
nieuts Only a blatter of Conjecture.
Atchison, Kan., April 12.—N0 lee
than liiteen persons have been burned t
death oy prsirio tires, which, startinj
near Nioodemus, Graham county, bsv
swept northwest on an air line into Not
ton county, destroying everything in it
path that in places is from two and onq
half to seven miles wide—a great roartej
sea ol flame rolling in trememd
ous sheste under the impetus o
a high wind whioh prevailed al
day and night Saturday. Starting on tir
South Fork of Solomon river in Grahan
county, the Are swept north to the Norti
Fork, w hioh it crossed at Edmond Stij
tion on the Central Branch in Nortel
county, uml at last accounts It was sui
sweeping toward the uortbwest diaguH
ally across Norton county in the direo
lion of Decatur, the adjoining county oj
the west, carrying descructfon anddeat)
in ils path. Thousands of bead q
stock of all kinds have been burned, ani
thousands of tons or hay, corn and wh.-ai
and from 100 to 175 houses and barns havi
been destroyed. The people living alon
the line of the lire have been left horntj
less and destitute. It is impossible as ye
to learn the names of those who perished
Tremendous excitement pretails aj
through the burned district, which c>4
tcuds a distance of over sixty miles it
length by two to seven in breadth, witl
the tiro still spreading towards Us
northwest.
swept along by a hurricane.
A special says: “Reportsconcerning th
destruction of life and property caused bj
the great prairie lire that swept over U
eastern poition of Norton and Grahan
counties on Saturday last are yet meagif
and unsatisfactory, but enough is know!
to appall the stoutest hearts. Thejiii
started near Nioodemus, in Grahai
county. The wind, whioh was blow
lug forty miles an hour, carried thj
flames over and through the dry graes a
a frightful speed. General destruction ff
property commenced near Koscoe, 1
Graham county. Here the fire spreaj
over the country for fully two and a hat
miles in width, and as the wind oarriet
it north was constantly spreading uatj
it was seven miles wide where It drossp>
the North fork of Solomon river, thr
miles east of Dinstnore. A few bousq
were burned, aud every stable, with iti
stacks of hay and cribs of grain wai
burned, leaving hundreds of' farmers a)
most destitute.
A PITIFUL SIGHT.
“It is a pitiable sight to passover tb.
burned district and see thousands nj
burned chickens, turkeys and bundled!
of hogs, with occasional horses an!
numerous cattle. Almost every farms!
losxlrotu iifty to five hundred bushels o
corn, besides small grain. It ts definite!)
kuown that rrom thirteen to sixteen livsi
were lost in the two counties, but toj
names have not been learned. Fouj
children pertahed in one family. Ho*
far the fire extended north from the Boit>
moil is unknown, bill It must have trav*
eled a Jong distance.
ANOTHER PATH OF FIRE.
“At the same time another tire swept
down the south folk of the Solomon to t
point near Mtltbrook, sweepiug everyi
thing in its path and burning six person!
to death, a lather, mother and tour
dron. and a large number of cattiei
horses, hogs anti poultry, in one Its
stance a woman prematurely gave birtl
tea child. When the lire was discovers!
approaching bur husband took her in hit
arms and started lor plowed ground, btx
b< fore lie reached it the woman’s clotbinj
was on lire. He succeeded in putting u
out and saving her life. The babe, lest
than an hour old, with the other member!
of the family, was saved, but the bousj
Ht.d the other property on the farm wer!
destroyed. Hundreds of narrow escape}
could be related, tiaturday was a fright
ful day and one longto he remembered bj
a great many families in Newton au|
Graham counties.”
OUTRAN HORSES.
Huron,Dak..April 12.—Additional pan
ticttlars ot F'riday’s prairie lire wers
received here to-day. Near Broadland
twelve miles north, John Morlartty lost
bis barn, granary, a span of mules au4
farm implements. The hre originated i|
the vicinity of tbs town of Wesaingtoi
Hills, and swept down toward th<
town of Wessington, tbirtj
miles west of Huron, burnlni
everything in its course. At least J
dozen lost not only barns, farm implo.
ments, cattle, stacks of fodder for stock,
but also their dwellings and contents'
Beadle county has never before experij
enoed such a Are. It was driven befor!
the wind, blowing forty miles an hour
aud traveled faster than a horse could
run.
ROARING THROUGH DAKOTA.
Fiolx Falls. Dak , April 12.—Report*
of loss of property from the prairie Are
during the terrible wind storm of Fridal
r.tul Saturday continue to come in. Eight
teen nidus west of this city a tremeodouj
tire started and swept the country lei
miles. Henry Straiten, George Fallot
John Jacobson and M. Hall lost the*
houses and contents and also their barn!
(arm machinery, grain and stock. Jam I
Hutchinson. C. E. Oreelan, W. 8. Brook*
VViiliHin igo and Edwaid Walker I<>4|
their barns and contents.
Other losses are Indefinitely reported
It is t : struct! • tire that bad
over visited this part of the country an(
the total loss will exceed SIOO,OOO.
JAKE bRARP’B 1 111 AD.
A Belief That his Case Will Boon hi
Hal tod in Court.
New York. April 12.—George B. Poet
ell, who has instilled in tue I qpdle aided
men cases that lie met Uldy Maloney stq
oiner boodle men at the offioea of th.
Broad* ay toad during the time he w
canvassing among the Broadway prt t
erty ow tiers, has been detailed as a wti
ness and Is In custody because he oHtin I
furnish $5,000 ball. Assistant District
Attorney Day's recently made au *TI
tlaviun which n stated that be bellevrj
tii i' l’owii i.iUnuliel U 1 leave l.u r |
unknown. Powell's arrest luslowll
Tne affidavit busts Uie liisastplifft,
“l’eoplu v•. Jacob nuarp,” which al„u
lies.tl is bsllsvtd, lUni* ‘.lake” sharp will
be tried uexk
Death It in Maasli a,
i i— ‘llljVtJt ba M AgMUW Mrs. f. A
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