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THE WAYCROSS HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 15. 1893.
WORLD’S FAIR HORROR.
Fearful Loss of Life at the Ware
house Bprning.
A VERITABLE DEATHTRAP.
Til* Sickening Work of Searching for the
Bodies Reveals the Fact That
Other Besides the Firemen
Have Been Killed.
Chicago, July 12.—'Th© burning of
the cold storage warehouse at the
World’s Fair grounds, and the horrible
results which attended it, is all of the
talk on the grounds and in the city.
As a fire trap the warehouse could
not have been more perfectly construct
ed. The structure was 250 feet long by
150 feet wide, and was constructed en
tirely of wood, covered with staves.
The main f>ody of the building was five
stories high. In the center of this rose
a smokestack in the shape of a cupola,
to the top of which was almost 200 feet.
The base of this cupola was about 30
feet square. About F0 feet from the
base of this cupola there was a balcony,
from which another square tower rose,
culminating in the mouth of the smoke
stack, where the fire was discovered.
The interior of this tower and around
the smokestack were wooden beams and
framework.
It was at the top of this cupola that
the fire was discovered. It is supposed
that the framework around the mouth
of the huge chimney caught from a de
fect in the flue. At first it appeared to
be an insignificant affair, but owing to
the inflammable nature of the structure,
firemen who were’on the grounds sent
in a call for all the companies to turn
out.
With about 40 of his men. Captain
Fitzpatrick climbed the ladders inside
of the big tower to the balcony, and
three men were lowered to haul up the
hose. Only one hose—that of a chemi
cal engine—had been hauled when a
gust of wind caused the flames to break
out in an alarming manner about 10
duty at the scene of the disaster, con
stantly maintained that several World’s
Fair and electrical men and other work
men were caught in the flames, and the
unexpected discovery of bodies under
the ruins later and the fact that one is
undoubtedly that of a lineman, gives
credence to their declarations.
Certain it was that there were a
number of visitors and workmen in the
building when the fire broke out and it
has been decided to make a minute ex
amination foot by foot of the pyramid
of ruins and debris before the day is
out.
It has been definitely ascertained that
but 11 firemen iost their lives. There
are three other bodies found but not re
cognizable, but known not to be fire
men.
Kerne# of the Deed Fireman.
The firemen who lost their lives were:
Captain James Fitzpatrick. Lieutenant
H. Freeman, William Denning. Philip
D. Boon, Captain James A. Garvey.
John McBride. John Cahill,d’aulSchro-
eda. Burton E. Page. Lieutenant Charles
Purvis, Driver John A. Smith.
Tli* Fire Broke the Company.
Chicago, July 12.—The Hercules
Iron Works company, owner of the cold
storage warehouse at the fair grounds,
made an assignment for the benefit of
creditors. The Chicago Title and Trust
company was named assignee. The
assets are estimated at $400,000; liabili
ties estimated at $200,000. The fire
caused a loss of $200,000.
CATHOLICS AT THE FAIR.
Program of Catholie Work Proceeding!
Beginning Sept. 4.
Chicago, July 12.—The first infor
mation made public .as to what will be
done at the coming big Catholic con*
gress here is given in a statement is
sued by the committee on organization.
The congress will assemble in the Me?
tnorial Art palace, Michigan avenue
and William streets, Sept. 4, at 14 a. m.
Arrangements have also been marie
for holding in Chicago during the week
of the congress general conventions of
the following important organizations:
The Catholic Young Men’s societies of
the United States.
The German Young Men’s guide.
The societies of St. Vincent de Paul,
1 Congress of colored Catholics.
| Meeting of the Catholic press
„ Reunion of t ie American Lou
feet from the ton of the cupola. In the ! dents.
meantime the fire had eAten its way j Separate halls and committee rooui3
down through the network of timbers , will be assigned to each of these vario
inside the structure, and, unconscious bodies in the Memorial Art palace. T.._
of their danger, the firemen were stand- week G f the Catholic congress will be
ing, as it were, on top of a burning vol- | the Catholic week of the World’s Co
The fire had been burning scarcely
20 minutes, and the firemen were pall
ing and drawing at the ropes when sud
denly the flames burst around the base
of the cupola in a perfect hell of fury.
All the ropes, save the one on the north
side of the tower, were burned away in
an instant.
The hose from the chemical engine
withstood the heat, however, and
springing forward, John Davis caught
hold of it and slid down to the main
roof of the warehouse, where he fainted
away.. His face and hands were terri
bly burned by the flames which envel
oped his body as he came down. He
was taken to tne hospital where he was
cared for and his physicians say he will
recover.
Two of his fellow firemen attempted
to follow him, but before they were
half way down, the hose gave way and
they dropped into the seething mass of
fire and were lost.
As the hose parted and the men sank
ont of sight into tils fire, the multitude
below gave utterance to a groan of sick
ing horror.
Another of the imprisoned men started
down the rope on the nortliside of the
tower and had almost reached the roof
when it gave way and he fell, stnkiug
on his head and was instantly killed.
At this moment, far out of reach of
all human aid, the captain and the re
mainder of the followers were grouped
on the balcony where he seemed to be
giving orders. A moment later, they
attempted, one by one, to descend by a
rope which they had made fast to the
rail, bnt the flames caught them as they
went down, and when two of them had
been swallowed up in the fiery furnace
the rope hung limp and abandoned,
burned off r.bont half way down. Panic
seized the men at this point and they
began jumping from the balcony to the
roof, only to be killed by the fall:
Seeing his men jumping to their
doom, the heroic captain seized the rope
and started down. A ladder had been
raised, bnt was almost 20 feet from the
end of the rope. He dropped and caught
on the lower end of the ladder. Marshal
Murphy, a personal friend of Captain
Fitzpatrick, and who has worked in the
Chicago fire department with him for a
score of years, was on the roof. Seeing
that there was a chance to save his old
comrade’s life, he sprang forward and
was soon at the top of the ladder.
A shout of admiration and encour
agement went np from below. The he
roic marshal started back with his
friend, but was enveloped in flames.
"With an energy of despair he clutched
his comrade and slid down the ladder
to the roof, where he fell prostrate.
Both Murray and Fitzpatrick were un
conscious. They were lowered to the
gTonnd and taken to the hospital.
Scarcely 25 minutes had elapsed since
the fire was discovered, but so rapid
had been its progress that the entire
tower was burned away and it fell with
an awful crash, carrying with it several
firemen who were playing on it with
the hose from the roof. A large quan
tity of linseed oil was stored on the top
fioor, and when the tower fell it crash
ed through the roof. Then the flames
rolled high np in the air from this in
flammable fuel, and the firemen fled
from the roof. Many of the unfortu
nate firemen who lost their lives might
have been saved had the department
been supplied with nets.
Seeing that it was a hopeless task to
attempt to save the building, and as all
who escaped alive had left the roof, th >
firemen now directed their efforts to
keeping the fire from spreading. The
World’s fair stables, just south of the
big warehouse, were burning, and the
fire had spread to the roofs of several
hotels across Stoney Island avenue, just
outside the grounds. With a good deal
of effort the hotels were saved, but the
atables^-rsTJurned to the ground. In
less than two hours from the time the
fire started the big cold storage ware
house was leveled to the ground, a
smoking ruin.
The total number of dead bodies re
covered so far reaches 15.
The Columbian Guards, who were on
lumbian exposition. It will be follow
ed the succeeding week by the annual
meeting of the archbishops of the
United States, who will assemble in
Chicago under the presidency of bis
eminence, Cardinal Gibbons. The car
dinal will in person open the proceed
ings of the Catholic congress.
Satolli will also be present.
SENSATION IN COURT.
On* of the Whit* Cepe Tarns St*'
Evidence «>n the Helene*.
Birmingham, Ala., July 12.—There
was a small sensation in the United
States court in the case of the United
States against the 26 Cherokee county
White Cappers, accused of whippin.
the Pruitt boys last March for report
ing stills. One of the defendants—
Marion Copeland—appeared before the
court and said he desired to plead gnil
ty to the indictment. The plea was
tered, and he was sworn and put on the
stand. He made a clean breast of the*
whole affair. He named 14 of the
present defendants on trial as partici
K ants, and swore that the remaining 12.
ad nothing to do with it. Tttey were
dismissed and the prosecution contin
ued as to the 14. He named six other*
as participants, and four of whom have
not yet been arrested.
The unexpected turn in the case pr.t
a new aspect in the prosecution. Cope
land said he was forced to go with the
crowd, and has been often threaten <1
with death several times since if he
failed to stand by the crowd. He stated
that the men swore themselves to kill
the man who squealed. It was the pi
of the defendants, if convicted, to cut
and shoot their way out of court. Dur
ing the trial they have been locked in
jail every night.
The case will be concluded this week
probably.
A Crazy Men’s Crime.
Duluth. Minn., July 12.—Nels J.
Hoff, one of Duluth’s pioneer settlers
and one of its wealthiest Germans
has committed suicide. Hoff had betm
a bard drinker, and recently a guardian
was appointed at his wife’s request. He
was angered by this. He induced his
wife to accompany him to the barn
where he fired two shots at her but in
flicted no injury. Ho then turned the
revolver on himself.
Fetel Result of s Fend.
A RIOT MONTREAL
It Almost Came at the Christian
Endeavor Convention.
CATHOLICISM ATTACKED.
• Unwise Pol ley of Some of the
Delegates Bring Unplei
salts of the Gathering
Which Met for Good
ent Re*
SHORT NEWS NOTES
Princettn, Ky., July 12.—A3 a re
sult of an old family feud between the
Lewis and Yandell families of this,
county Albert- Lewis was killed and
his brother Charles was mortalh
wounded by John and Will Yandei .
The shooting place was at a picnic 12
miles north of here. The evidence a:
the coroner’s inquest showed that tue
Lewis boys were the aggressors.
A Cloud Brought Fish.
Middlesborouqh. Ky., July 12.—A
heavy electric and rain storm visiter
this section Sunday night, in which -
shower of fish of the sun perch vane,
was precipitated on the town. Tii»*
ranged in length from one and a b
Montreal. July 11.—In all large
assemblies, like that of the Christian
Endeavor convention in this city, there
may always be found those whose mis
taken notions of fealty to their creed
or calling often get them into serious
trouble and sometimes bring their
order into disrepute, and disastrous re
sults accrue where, otherwise, good
might be done.
The work of the convention here has
been sadly marred by the indicTeet con
duct of some of the delegates, who,
being aware of the strong following
which the Roman Catholic church has
in this city, took occasion on Friday
night last to make some very rough re
marks about the Virgin Mary, and
otherwise insulted those who believed
in that creed.
The convention, upon having the mat
ter brought up on Saturday, promptly
denounced the conduct of the delegates.
Later, however, an attack on Roman
ism by a delegate from Hindoo in a
very fiery speech, brought togeth.
a number of toughs who stoned the
gathering and were only dispered after
an attack by a strong detachment of
police.
Vied (he Buttons Freely-
At the night meeting in the drill hall,
which was guarded by policemen, 300
French students and quarrymen march
ed up to the door of the drill hall bear
ing a couple of French flags. Sub-Chief
Lapointe captured the flags from the
bearers and thumped their heads to
gether, whereupon their lollowers
ed a great howl, but the police drove
the would-be rioters off and dispersed
them, although the people iu the con
vention were not aware of it.
Shortly after 10 o’clock the meeting
dispersed without any collision with
the mob of fully 1,000 people that filled
the street in front of the exit.
Fifteen hundred English volunteers
later paraded the town with a bugler
at their head. They stopped to ciieer
the English and American flags. Then
m number of French gathered again
many calls were heard for the taking
down of the flags. Finally a row was
precipitated by some of the hot heads.
The police were once more called upon
and had a hard time dispersing the riot
ous crowd.
They charged a number of times and
had to use their batons freely, with dis
astrous results to many of the rioters.
In the melee a colored delegate to the
convention from one of the soutneri
states, name unknown was seriously
hurt. A number of arrests were made.
The Closing Pceues.
When the big tent of the Christian |
Endeavorers was examined Sunday
morning it was found that 35 ropes had
been cut by the hoodlums. The chief
of police assured Secretary Baer that
the police force was at his disposal and
the city was back of the police. Al
though thus assured of ample protec
tion, Secretary Baer thought it best to
call the te*t meeting off, as it was
thought the noise without would drown
the noise inside the meeting. The pro
gram was carried out in its entirety.
Every delegate spoken to strongly con
demned the remarks of the Hindoo
divine.
Many hoodlum rioters had made up
their minds to avenge the remarks of
the Hindoo delegate before he left the
city. Then there were thousands as
sembled who had resolved to protect
the Christian endeavorers when they
left the hall, if necessary. The antago
nistic element in the crowd kept a re
spectable distance from each other
awaiting the opening of the doors at the
close. Among the prote3tants in the
crowd were nearly a thousand military
men in plain clothes, and the of^osing
crowd consisted of the lower classes of
French Canadians, principally quarry-
men and of like stamp.
Occasionally the volunteers and their
adherents fell in line and marched
around the block and the opposing
cr;wd did likewise, marching around
the block to the west of the Champs de
Mars. They eyed each ottaor jealously,
and each moment the bitter feeling in
creased, in evidence of which partisan
tunes were shouted by thousands of
lusty voices and pandemonium reigned.
Tlifjr Wore White Handkerchief*.
This was the situation when the doors
of the hall were thrown open. Every
body expected a riot. The delegates
emerged from the hall and turned to
the west end. Instantly the volunteers
formed a cordon at the edge of the side
walk, and white handkerchief were
produced and these they held around
Items of Interest Gathered from Every
where end Carefally Condensed.
Senator Martin, of Kansas, is ill at To-
p.k».
By tht* burning at sea of a Spanish ship
150 Chiuese were killed.
Ex-Postmaster Norman Gray, of Vicks
burg, Miss., is under arrest for forgery.
A row of much significance is on be
tween Mgr. Satolli aud Archbishop Cor
rigan.
A million and a half dollars will be dis
tributed amoug 13,SSo Choctaws, begin
ning July 25.
The list of victims at Pomeroy, la.,from
the cyclone, include 44. Many more of the
108 injured will die.
Ex-Congress nan Pidcock, of Jersey
City, is involved. He has liabilities of
$600,000 and assets slightly In excess.
Miss Mollie Tefft, daughter of a physi
cian of New Rochelle. N. Y., is said to
have elope A with her father’s coachmau.
Dr. Walter Kempster says that cholera
germs can only be absorbed through tbe
stomach, and that the disease can be pre
vented.
Henry Starr, the outlaw under arrest
at Colorado Springs. Colo., has confessed
to killing United States Deputy Sneriff
Wilson.
Two men were killed,
half a dozen were badl;
wreck in Pennsylvania,
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The Cherokee commission has failed to
make a treaty with the Ponca ludiaus.
and their reservations will not be opened
with the strip.
A body taken from the Niagara river at
Lewistown, N. Y., is said to be that of H.
C. Dudley, at one time manager of the St.
James hotel, New York. ,
New York had a terrific wind and rain
storm Saturday night, which extended
over a large territory. Three persons are
known to hare been killed by lightning.
A convention of the striking miners of
Kansas has been called to cousuler a prop
osition from the operators to pay 54 cents
a ton the year round for rough-and-tum
ble coal.
Excessive grief over the loss of her pa
rents made Margaret Bro.ver, of Fen-
hurst, L. I., melancholy, and she com
mitted suicide by hanging herself from a
stair railing.
Mrs. Robert O’Neal and daughter, of
Ozark. Mo., were struck by lightuiug
while driving in a buggy. Tne dauguter
was killed outright, and the motuer is
thought to be fatally injured.
The steamer Leonwald, from Galveston
to New York with 500 bales of cotton, put
into port at Key West with her cargo on
fire. She was flooded aud tbe flatnes ex
tinguished. but with heavy loss.
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Weithlngton Notes.
The matter of re-establishing army di
visions is being again agitated.
The vacancy on the United States su
preme bench, caused by Justice Blatch-
ford’s deatti, is a subject of speculation.
The weather bureau has issued a spe
cial bulletin emphasizing the need for tne
people of the n e-t to build cyclone cel-
The navy department, by reason of its
red tape methods, is conceded to be a ricu
field for the congressional committee now
simplifying matters iu the treasury.
Representative McMillin, of Tennessee,
is not disturbed by the announcement of
the silver men of their proposed combina
tion to defeat Crisp for the speakership,
and places little belief in their ability to
successfully form such a combination.
The attorney general, has advised the
secretary of war that he nas authority
under the law to obtain lauds at Gettys
burg. Pa., by condemnation proceed!:
markiug and preservation of the lines of
battle. This is a severe blow for the trol
ley railroad now being constructed on the
Gettysburg battlefield.
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yacht.
The new rulings of Mr. Gladstone with
respect to home rule debate in the house
of commons, is meeting with unqualified
success.
There was a tumultuous scene i-i Ita
ly’s legislative chamber during a speech
on the recent bank frauds. Adjourmueut
was taken to prevent fisticuffs.
A homely but wise philosopher has said
“ When a man gets to going down hill all
nature seems to be
Greased for the Occasion
THE PREACHER CAUGHT.
Deserted HU Famllr WUh the Wife of
Another Men.
Duluth, Minn., July 11.—A couple
who arrived in this city Saturday and
registered at the principal hotel as Mr.
and Mrs. LeCleve. were recognized by
Dr. L. E. Webster, who recently came
to Dnlnth from Joplin. Mo., as the Rev.
Leigh Vernon and Mrs. J. F. Pearson,
who eloped from that place an Jane 17.
After they were seen by Webster the
couple attempted to escape and eluded
their pursuers, but after several hours
search they were found in a cheap hotel
at west Duluth. Vernon is being held
to await the arrival of the sheriff from
Joplin, who is now on his way to Du
luth, accompanied by the Rev. Mr.
Sparks, of Pittsburg, Kan., Mrs. Pear
son’s father.
Vernon has a wife and four children
whom he deserted in Kansas. Since
leaving Joplin the couple have been in
Canada.
H el ford at Horn*.
Washington, July 13.—The advance
guard of the returning Behring sea com
mission has arrived iu th© persons of
Major Halford and J. Stanley Brown.
Major Halford has formally reported
his return to th© department of state,
and Brown has' gone to his home in
Mentor. Ohio.
Chicago. July 12.—Osman Mayo,
▼ice president of the T. E. Wells Pack
age company, suicided with rat poison.
It is supposed he was temporarUy ir
sane. He was a member of the4joar»
of trade and his death was the third to
occur in that body, a, circumstance
which is wholly unprecedented.
their necks. This was the distinguish
ing badge, and no one without it coold
approach the Endeavorers from oppo
site sides of the street, and slowly and
without any manifestation of alarm the
delegates made their way along.
Then came a burst or song, “At the
Cross, at the Cross,” floated out upon
the air and the result was something
wonderful. Almost perfect silence fell
upon the crowd. The Frenchmen on
the Champs de Mars stood silently gaz
ing at the procession of Endeavorers,
which marched to the time of the
music they were singing. All emerged
and passed ont of the dangerous local
ity in safety. The militiamen who had
slowly moved west with the crowd
turned right about , face and inarched
down east to a short distance below the
drill hall singing, “Onward. Christian
Soldiers. Marching as to war.**
They were greeted with some jeers
and taunts of the crowd that angrily
watched them, but no blows were ex
changed. As they again turned and
marched west the multitude melted
p of the
away, and the closing
Christian Endeavorers w;
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The Stelrwev Fell.
New York. July 11.—While a large
half-holiday crowd was jostling and
pushing np the stairs to the Seaview
Elevated railroad, which runs from
West Brighton Beach to Hotel Brigh
ton, Cone? Island, at the West Brighton
terminus of the road, tbe center plat
form of the station gave way, and abont
200 persons fell to the tracks, a distance
of possibly 6 feet. Eighteen persons
were more or less seriously injured.
Others who were not so badly hurt
went away without giving their names.
The BenUhed Subject* Sailed.
Constantinople, July 11.—Professors
Kaysyan and Thoumalan. sentenced at
Angora to death for complicity in the
rioting at Cesarca and Marsovan. bnt
pardoned by the sultan on condition
that they leave Turkish territory, have
sailed from here for Marseilles. The
The sultan has given them free passage
and $75 apiece.
A New Newspaper Venture.
London, July 11.—Editor Stead, for
merly of the Pall Mall Gazette, has
made a new venture, in publishing a
“pocket daily.” If the newspaper suo-
ceedsin London, a similar publication
will be started in Now York.
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