a '"T-f j"---- ''- r .-. ' . A" 8&3 rtm 3VQ rx&a visa VOLUME XXV-NO. 154. LANCASTER, PA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1889. . . nun. r . . .-nfn-ttif S, .SVA-.Ui J. H V JAUiX JLfJ4 m-Mm mm iu ma a luiikirii - u A 'v l wMMMI&U&ftt&t.. A LONG DEATH LIST. Neirly Fifty Penem Killed it - Hartferd, Oenn, THS PARK C1OTRAL HOTEL IN RD1M3 Boilers Fxpledeud Baza the Five Story Htractare. THE MASS SOON IN A BLAZE. MEN, WOMEN ANDOH1I.DKEN DEVOURED BT TUB EOBIOUS FLABKS, Tha Oataatrepna Ocean at le O'clock TtU eratng-riremcn and Mllltla Uulckly Uathsr ai the Be nc Details el lha Horrible Calamity The KagUtar and tha clerk at Ik Betal MIsilBg-Nesrlj All Ida servants Escape-Namrs of Seme or the Victims. Uaktferi), Coun., Feb. 18 The beilara In the Perk Central, hotel, tbla city, blew up with terrltle force at 5 o'clock tbla morn leg, totally wrecking the entire front of tfce slrualure whleh wm Are atery brick building. The entire lire department with their reserves was summoned. The ruins immediately took lire and the work of the firemen was greatly impeded by the dense volumes et amoke and steam,' which hung ever the debrle. It In the meat horrlble catastrophe that baa ever occurred here, and when the list et dead and wounded la completed It will be found te be a horror equal te any that baa taken place within the laat half century. The leaa of life Is believed te be net leas than fifty, but It can net be definitely stated as the night elerk, Mr. Terry, ia among the missing and his books are destroyed. Nearly all the help employed in the hotel were saved. They occupied the Bleeping apartments in the east wing et the inner, whleh was only partly wrecked by the explosion. Hime foreed their way out thsmselves, ethers were helped our. The entire main section et the hotel was gene, only a pile el brick and timbers remain ing. The scenes were horrible In the centre of the spot where the building steed were a msn, bis wile and a little girl. Ne help could get te them and they finally fell baek into the M anus and died in plain alght et the spectators. .The little one cried for help, but the man and the woman uttered net a word ; but, embraced In each ethers arms, met death bravely. Away out near the annex the shrieks of woman caused the bleed of the people te turn cold as they asw a young girl lying with her body halt across a beam, a leek et agony en her face. Finally the support fell and she disap peared from eight. Wm. Seymour and Wm. Bktnner were employed In the boiler room. Nelther of them oeuld be found this morning and it Is supposed they perished. Eddie Beyle was laat aeen in the hotel. Ue la probably dead. The snockef the ex plosion blew every window in the south aide of the Earl house, which Is just north of the Park Centrsl.tnte fragments. Women with faces blanebed in tenor, and strong men pale with fright, rnihed headlong Inte the street in their night clothes. Charles W.Webster, or Webster A Moere, Insuranee agents of this city, was In the betal, and la among the missing. Mr. Fend, et Indiana, the Democratic) speaker, was one el the guests at the hotel, atd la supposed te be among tbe killed. Ames Riley and Alexander Thayer weie in charge of the boiler. It was reperttd that they were killed, but there are partita who aay they have seen both men. Every window In the Karl house, right acreen Allyn street, was breken a 3d the walla were mashed In many place. The miss of the fall areused the whole elty and in a few minutes a large orewd surrounded the scene. It was a sight et horror, and one that will never be forgotten by the apectaters. Flamea completely enveloped the ruins and the shrieks or the wounded and dying rose high abeve the hearse shouts of the firemen and the noise of the engines which had been aummened by an alarm sent in from tbedeparlment. 10 a. M Twe special alarms have just been rung for assistance at the rulna whleh la auppesed te mean summons for a rescuing parly. One mero person had been taken from the mine In a dying condition. The Park Central waa situated it the corner et Allyn and High streets, about one block from tbe Union depot and principally patronized by commetclal travelers and theatrical troupes. The special call wis ler the etate mllltls, for the purpose of aiding In the rescue of the nnfertunatea et the accident, and also te form a cordon around the standing walla whleh are threatening te fall evety minute. DETAILS OK TUK OATASTKOtLUE. The riaiuM Sendued and lb Werk or Itea- culet; tne Dead aud irjaied tu f regrcis. The first te arrive en the ecsne found the hotel building a heap et rulna from which Issued smoke and steam In dense clouds and the spectators were appalled by the ahrleka and greana of many human beings who were Imprisoned In the mats et timber and masonry from which Himcs were already bursting. A general alarm immediately summoned the entire lire department and au Immense orewd, attraeted by the oxplcslen and the fire alarms, seen packed the streetalaihe vlelnlty. At first the fire and smoke entirely prevented any attempt te rescue the victims, and it was net until a Heed of water had been poured upon the ruins that the work eauld be prosecuted. A few dead or dying persons were taken from the edge et the debris, however, within an hour after the explosion. The force of the explosion threw a bed with a sleeping man upon it, far into tbe street while one of the heavy doers et the house landed a block away. By 0 o'clock, the names were se far sub. dued that he rescuers were enabled te get seine el the vletlms. Heme were pinned beneath heavy timbers upon whleh rested masses et masonry, acd tendered the work of reteue extremely bazudeus The report that members of the " Hood Hoed Heed man Blind" thcatrecal company were in the hotel Is Incorrect. Mr. E.P. Humphrey, business msnager et the company, sjs soma et the oempauy applied at the hotel last night for accommodation?, but oeuld net get them and went elsewhere. He has just accounted for every member of hla company, and all are sate. The fact that they were refused accommodation does net indieate that the botet was crowded, but simply because that tbey.dealrlng rooms for two or three days, could net be furnished en account of the previous engagements el apartments by legislators. The dead body of Wright H. Butll, of this city, was taken out at about 10 o'clock. The bodies of Leuis' H. Bronsen, stove dealer, Hartferd, wife and child, were dts dts eivered at about the same time. Harry Stlttl, a commercial traveller, of Pblladel phis, who roomed en the third fleer, was taken from the ruins considerably braised, but be remarked that be waa "all right" Tat boas bad acxunajodstleas for about IMgaeeaiaad wm a favorite erar-Saaday tePFtet asa ter eemmsreUl traveHsrs. Aa lateadlaf gaeet, was applied let teum lata Bstarday evealBf , waa wtemed trnttaty wan fall, ae It setae pnaaUa laat at least eighty paraeaa wara la the keawatthe tlataet tbatxplostea, of which perhaps ae Mcaaid nalajnred. Tatnwue teatly aatpleyaa who eeeupted as aaaex, etwlag otthhease,exKdiaglothe east aad watea haa aet yet leUea, although It la la a shaky condition. Aateag these kaewa te be burled la tha rataa an tha Rev. Dr. Psrrta sad wire, et New Brttsla, aadB. K. Watting, sotasryef the Hartferd Ufa aad Aaaalty lasarsaes oempaay, aad wttt, aad Welllagtea Kstekaw, proprietor of tha hotel, wife aad aea. Abeat six persona havs basa aaat te tha hospital. Owing te tha destruction et tha register of tha hotel, tha asaasa of many et tha gueata eaaaet be ascertained. , The catastrophe Is generally supposed te have beta caused by aa explosion of tha boiler, although soma denbt has basa ex pressed ea this point, as tha building had been popularly supposed te be unsafe, it waa train ea "mads" ground. HESCUKBS WORKINCt SYSTE HATIO A I.T.T The street department aad ths railroads have furnished their forea of Isberers with Jacks, etc,, and the work of searching for bodies is new going forward In a systematic Banner. At 10 o'clock tha "military call" was sounded en tha fire bell, calling eat tha military companies te assist In preserving order and assist In tha work of resene. The following are known te be In the ruins: Max Qaledy, editor of the Hartferd Herald; Gee. J. Kngler, drag elerk, Hartferd; Edward Perry, night elerk of the hotel. It Is new understood that the bodies et Mr. Bransen, wife end ehlld have net been recovered. Ueerge Ketehum, brother of the preprie ter, is aise in me ruins. Mr. Pendleton, of Indians, who was soliciting subscriptions te complete tha atenument te Themas A. Hendricks, Is among tha missing. Mr. James, aa agent of tha White Star Line, was taken out at neon alive and net ssemlDg te be very badly Injured, although net sole te stand. Ha said that Landlord Ketehum aad wife were under, where ha ley and were atlll alive. Geerge Gaines, night porter, was also among these taken out dead. At hespital: Jaoeb Turptn, colored waiter; Jehn Ltpelnte, guest; Jennie Decker, Unlenvllle, guest, badlv burned and both legs broken; Mlebsel Kerrigan, Unlenvllle, badly bruised. The hotel was built about filteen years age and coat with furniture f 120,000. The soil was sort and although ths building was eerefully built, It seen settled badly. About five years age Mr. Ketehum took tha lease and renovated and refurnished the house. The Insuranee la 138,000. It Is stated that no fisgmsnt et tha boiler has yet been fennd, which militates against the theory of a boiler explosion. Burled In ruins : Jehn M. Houseman, Revere Rubber company, Bosten ; Geerge W. Reet, traveler for Walte, Williams A Ce, Bosten; Hill, room 29, lenrth fleer ; A. F. Tiilotsen, traveler for Merrill Chemical oempany, Chicago. LANDLORD KETOHUM AND WIFE A LIVE About one o'clock amid entbuslaatle cheers from the erewd Landlord Ketehum and his wife were taken out sllve and con scions, able te drink some het coffee. They had been imprisoned in the cellar in their night clothes for eight hours with a flood of chilling water penrtng upon them. The extent of their injuries cannot be ascertained at present They were taken te the hospital. Boen afterward, Walter Gay, New Yerk sgent et the Hlg gsnum manufacturing oempany, was taken out also alive and aent te tbe hospital. The dead body et J, O. Hill, a commerelsl traveler, haa also been taken out It may help te locate him by stating that he has been traveling of late with a toy goods drummer named Colten, Hla name waa ascertained by the mark en hla night ahlrt Daniel Morrison, brakeman, and Fred Haines, flagman en the New Kngland read, had rooms In the building, and are undoubtedly burled In the rulnr. Ne additional dead bodies have yet been recovered. The force et the explosion shattered all the glass In butldlrgs adjoining and op posite the hotel and broke windows a block away. Its eanse la still a mystery, as It will tske some time te uncover the boiler. Mrs. Frank Wessen and eblldren are re ported te be In the ruins. Nothing tangible te substantiate or dispute the rumor een be found here. At i o'clock the workmen discovered a small blaek and-tan deg alive and exhibited gratitude at hla release.. Thus far meat of the bodies recovered have oeme from the tier of sleeping rooms en the south side. The persons rescued alive are naturally In a very ex hausted condition, and the physi cians refute te allow them te be Interviewed. They were all asleep when the disaster occurred, and of course knew nothing except the horrera of their imprisonment, and their almost miraculous escape. One young man, a guest at the hotel, waa violently 111 en account of a spree. He had left his recm about a minute before the disaster te go te the bath room In the annex and thus escaped. The arrival et the national guard, orderedeut by Mayer Heet, baa been of great benefit In keeping tha rabble at a distance and giving the work men a geed chance. The soldiers have also aided the police and firemen In remov ing the rubbish. Workmen are new arranging electrle lights te the work el rescue may continue te-night The fires, whleh have betn rag ing In the wreek and causing a blinding smoke, are cow well under oentrol. Frem the windows of the Judd and Reet building opposite a orewd of spectators Is watching the progress et the rescue, being sble te see maty point. The work la neo nee essarllly slew. Mr. J, M. Allen, president of the Steam Beiler Insuranee oempany and an expert en boiler explosions, will net accept tha explosion theory until there Is mera definite evidence, which cannot be obtained until the boiler Is reached. If as la generally believed the disaster was caused by the boiler, it waa probably eaused by the night engineer going away about midnight, drunk, leaving a heavy draught en the furnace and little water In the boiler, When the day engineer esme, he prob ably turned en the water and eaused tha expleskn. Bat he is dead and ean give no evidence It is said the nlgbt engineer waa of Irregular habits and all sorts of rumors are afloat. There Is general sorrow ever the death of the Rev, Dr. Perrln and et Dwlgbt Basil, the latter a popular Jeweler and clubman. 2:45 p. M. The dead bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Bronsen have Just been taken from the rulna. A Mills air!' Death, Clec. 1, Babel, a little daughter of Henry Babel, died en Sunday morning et mem mem braneous croup. She waa four yeara and three months old, and was sn exceedingly bright sad iaterfsUng ehlld. Bha had only been sick for firs days, END OF A BUST CAREER. SKETCH Or TBI mXYKHTWVt. LtVSt Of DAVID sxaaUNO HOUSTON. A native Of Oelerata TawasMp-asatber Of Ike Tsrglata Isaate aad OhiMM WHk ExteaelTO Ira Works la Tfcat State, Widespread Sorrow Over Hla Death. Oa Saturday after noes, a short sketch of OeL David F. Housten, whose sad aad sad dea death eeenrred at tha rssldsaes et his eeaslB Rebert J. Honsteo, appeared la tha Intelligencer. The time was se short taatllttla oeald than be learned. Te-day mero tacts concerning his life wan steer. talaad. Ook Housten was a son of Jehn Housten, a butcher, aad waa born In Oeletata town tewn ahlp, ea July 8, 1513. Ths father died In Philadelphia about twelve years age. The, eldest brother of ths colossi was Jehn Housten, who wss a practicing physician up te 1870, when he oenntotad himself with tha Pennsylvania railroad oempany. Ha died In 1877 from brain trouble. Tha surviving brothers art Themas J., of Chester, Charles B, or Thurlow, and Ueerge, who lives at Roanoke, whan ha la a contractor. All are prominent and well known citizens of their respective towns. When David was a mere boy tha family removed te Philadelphia, where they re sided for several years. They thea re turned te Lancaster county, settling st Bmyrna, where they lived about five years. Frem that plaee they re moved te Christiana. Hera David attended tha public schools and an academy, whleh was kept by Henry Herr. In tha fall of 18C2 he enlisted In ths 121 lb regiment Pennsylvania volunteers for nine months. Ha participated In tha battle of Antletam and ethers and received an Injury whleh prevented him from re-enlistlng after his term of service had expired. At the battle et Antletam ha made a narrow escape from being killed, and In alter liie he often re lated tha oireuoostanos. The nlnt months men, who had thea been In ser ser viee but about one month, were advancing and Mr. Housten, with sixteen ether men formed part of Una en a turnpike read. Aa they advaneed farther and farther, the read was lower than the ground en either aide. The fight became het and a charge of Infantry was made by the Confederate forces en tha Union soldiers. The line et the latter fell baek with the exoeptlen of the seventeen men en the turn pike who were out oil. Mr. Housten wss sergeant, the highest officer In tha ranks. Hs turned his men around quickly at right angles te the advancing Confederates. Tha former began a abarp firing until they asms within 60 yards of the Southern men. At that time a Federal battery Ore was opened ea the Confederates, and tha little band et brave man were saved. After returning from tha war Mr. Housten attended Eastman'B business colleges si Peughkeepele, for two years. Ha after wards went te Wcat Middlesex, Mereer county, where he managed a furnace ter W. U. Rawle. Frem Mereer county ha went te Washington, D. C, and became the confidential clerk of Beeretary Bout Beut well. He waa next appointed special agent of the treasury department, wlthheadquar. ters la Philadelphia, whleh position hs held for several years. He was a great admirer of the game of base ball and took a great ntereat in the Athletle elub. He obtained leave et absence and accompanied that team and the Bestens te Europe en their famous trip. During his absence seme one made a charge sgalnst him te the effect that he was away without leave. He was suspended, bat upon his return he had an Investigation made and proved hla Innoeense by show ing his leave of absenee. He was afterwards appointed deputy revenue collector and served under Cel. Jehn W. Ferney and Beth J. Conley. It waa wbtle In Phila delphia that he waa a candidate for Con gress against Bamuel J. Randall In the Third district, but of course was defeated. About 1874 he waa eleeted seeretary of the Seuth Cheater rolling mills, te whleh placs he removed, remaining there about seven years. Nearly the whole et that time be served as chief burgess of the place. In 1882 the Crczler Iren and steel works st Roaneks Olty were projected and he went there as manager, a position that he held up te the time et his death. He was also treasurer of the Housten Ceal and Coke oempany, whleh wss organized about a year age. When he moved te Roanoke It was s small borough ; new It la ajclty of ever 15,000 Inhabitants. He served as a member of councils when It waa a borough and waa the first chairman of the body after it became a elty. Cel. Housten was very fend of politic, In whleh be took a great Interest. He was a Republican and alter taking up his resi dence In Virginia, identified himself with the antl-Mahene wing of the party, and became one of the chief lieutenants of Jehn B. Wise. He was at one time chair man of the Republican atate oemmtttee, and was a delegate te the national conven tion, whleh nominated Blaine and Harrison. In 1837 he became a candidate for atate aenater from but dis dtstrlct, comprising Montgomery, Roanoke nd Craig ec unties. His Democratic oppo nent was Majer Ellis, ef Montgomery oeunty. The diet riot was Democratle by about 800 majority, butafter a close and exciting election, followed by a contest, Cel. Housten was declared eleeted by a majority et but ten. He was known as a politician all ever the etate and his visit te President Harrison last week was In regard te the distribution et the Federal patronage there Tha news el Cel. Housten's sudden desth was received In Roanoke en Saturday af ternoon, and spread like wild fire ever the town. He was known by every body, and waa held In the highest respect He waa an upright, honorable man, and an excellent eltlzan. Hla two brothers from Chester arrived in Lsneaster at 7:50 Saturday evening and hla brother Geerge came from Roanoke last evening. He was accompanied by Rev. W. C. Campbell, et the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Bextcn two intimate frienda of deceased. The brothers received a large number of telegrams of condolence from wsrm friends of the deeeased In different places en Sunday and te-day. One from E. H. Stewart, president el the beard el trade of Roanoke, of whlei deeeased waa a member, shows the esteem In whleh he was held at home. It read as fellows : "Oar whole community mourns the less el Colonel Housten. When and where will he be burled T Seme of us wish te attend the funeral." He was a member of the Presbyterian ehurch at Middlesex, Mereer oeunty. All arrangements ter the funeral have been made, and it will take plaee from the residence el Rebert J. Honaten, Ne. 'J23 K. Orange street, Wednesday morning. The funeral will leave the house at 8:30 and the body will be taken te Christians. Strvlees will be held In the Presbyterian church st that place. The body will then be taken te the Octoraro United Preaby terlan cemetery lc Bart township, wbeie the Interment will be made. The remains of the parents and brother of deceased rest there. It la likely that quite a number of prominent men will attend the funeral. In addition te the gentlemen mentioned above tha following eama this morning trots Roaaeks: CeL Jehn K, Paa, a attmbar et tht Rosaeks bar aad Cel. Housten's attorney t H. & Trout, pnatdaat of the First National bank; Bamuel Jamaaea, president et tha Roanoke Trust oeaapaay ; W. V. Baker, a leal lag drygoeda Baereaaat ; Waller Budwsll, druggist, and B. K. Bpreal, Cel. Housten's clerk la tha Crecar Iren works. Us is a brother et C.N, Bpreal, esq , et this elty. A spsetal te tha Baltimore Sun from Rosaeks, aaya of Cel. Hen ten's deith t Immediately attar tha reception et tha atari llagaewaben meetings of tht Beard of Trade aad tht directors of tha First National bank aad Lean Trust A Safe Deposit com. paay wan called, aad representatives asleetsd te attend bis funeral. Business waa almost entirely suspended hers Satur day, and tht only tople et conversation was OeL Housten's dsatb. Us was a stockholder ta assay of the enterprises of the oily, and Kuthet Its growth and prosperity la due tohjaeilerts. QUAY ANPHAQaaWIIX Un II T, aUpraasnsatlTSa KaaSmmn aad White fro. dlcia Mew Ameag the Feittlrtens. Frem the Vhtlaae'iilita Times. Twojpremtneat members et tha Legisla ture, wiuiam u. waits, ei Allegheny, and C. O. KaufTman. of Lsneaster, spent Bandsy at the Hetel Lay fayette, aad talked freely of the politic of tha state. Representative White Is a lawyer et considerable mental ret eh, and hs said t " Mr. Quay msy think that Chris Msgee's usefulness at Harrlsbura la at sn end. but he Is mistaken. During this session Msgee has been strong enough te carry mere than one Important measure through the Heuse, aad he has Just as strong a pull In the lobby and In ths Btate Senate aa ha ever had. And anybody who thinks that Quay la going te drive Msgee out et Harriabursr, as e threatened te de, Is mistaken in the fibre et the young political leader from Allegheny. The battle will net begin In earnest till arter the 4th of Msreb, and net till Harrison makes his sppelntments ter Pennsylvania. Turning te his friend, Representative Kautlman, who la a Quay man, Represen tative White continued t "It la expeeted at Harrlaburg that Quay will oentroll the appointments for the state. This has never happened te the Oamerena before, but the chairman et ths national committee the committee still keep ing Its organisatien and Intending te de se till ths next presidential convention baa made himself se solid with Harrison that hla friends expect the statesman from Beaver te be well te the front when Pennsylvania gets her share of public Bin. Then will be no open revolt till after arrisen shows his band In regard te the Pennsylvania appointments. Then there will be the biggest kind of a row. It la only smeuldering new, and It will extend all eyer the state. " While Msgee's friends are by no means sanguine of suoeess, they mesn te fight sll along ths Una and Geerge Wallace Dels meter, It Is well understood st Hsrrlaburg, Is net te hsve a walk ever en tbe race track without ether entries in the handicap for governor. " It Is mers than s year off yet and long before thatnhe Lene Fisherman fremlBeaver may tire of his aggressive tactlea and begin sgaln the role et the Great Harnentzsr, which he had ae successful played up te the data when Andrews succeeded Tem Cooper si hesd et the state Republican committee. Mr. Quay may be sun that Cooper, Msgee and Charles Emery Smith and Hasting friends don't mean that Delamater shall have a walk ever, and unless the sunny skies snd tarpon fishing of Flerida soften tha tamper et the J unler senator before the month of June there will be a thundering big row In the Republican cam p. Nothing ean step It. unless the Beaver county Napeleon changes the policy he haa in augurated alnee Harrison was elected. Beth members of the Leglalsture were In accord en the general subject that there was muale in the air between the Montague and the Cepulet at Harrlaburg and throughout the state. niack Bart" again Arrested. Charles Belles, alias "Blaek Bart," the notorious stage robber of California, was arrested In Kanaaa City en Friday night His real name la Charles K. Belles and hs enjoys the roputstleu of being the most daring and auoeesslul of all the "knights of the read" who have ever operated en the Psclfie coast After perpetrating thirty-one robberies be was finally captured and passed seven years behind the bars at the. Ban Qeentln penitentiary, from which he waa released In January, 1888. Ills method always was te de the busi ness alone, and te tha fact that he did net drink and had no oenfidanta the police ascribe hla escape from arrest It was his custom te rob stages whleh he knew carried bullion or coin for Wells-Farge. He was equlpped with a strong pair of field-glasses, through whleh he oeuld learn whether armed express messengers were en beard or net In this wsy he made out whether a man armed with a shot-gun wss seated by the driver. If the driver was alone Bart slipped en s gunny-sack maakthat oevered bis face snd most of hla p9rsen,snd, Winchester In hand, halted the stage. Ua frequently held up eufirs In whleh there werealx or eight men, but he abewed such nerve snd catlike agility that no one dared te attack him. He would promptly go through passengers with great poll to nes, but he alwsys compelled the passen Bers te get out aud held up their bands in ne. Then he robbed them et sll their money snd valuables. Occasionally, when a femals passenger was en beard, he politely returned her the Jewelry she were snd aeme of her money. Then be would attaek the mall pouebes and the express box, rilling them wllh grest dexterity. He only allowed the stage te proeeod when he wss ready himself te carry away hla plunder. On June 13, 1882, be halted the Lakepertand Orevllle stage, and Geerge Hackett, tbe express msnsger, fired a shot at the read agent which atruek htm en tbe torehead, Bnt the abet glanced cif, and the only result waa te mark the robber for life with b deep dent en bis skull. Black Bart did net return the fire, but escaped Inte the brush. Within three months, however, be was at it again. He was caught at last, merely by an accident, throughout oareloes eareloes oarelees nesa in leaving at the scene of a robbery In Nevada county, Cal., ene et bis ablrt cutis. This bore a Chi nese laundry mark, and the detectives finsl'y located tte laundry In Han Fran Fran ciseo. It was found that he had oemo te San Franolaeo reirulsriy alter each robbery. and llved in comfort en the money he had secured. The detectives finally located Bol Bel Bol eon, or Belles, searched his trunk, and found convincing proof et his guilt He was oenvlcted, and because he gave up bullion valued at 13,000 that he had burled, he was given only seven years In San Quentln, In 187 Black Bart, under hla true name of Charles Belles, wrote a letter te the wire and three daughters whom he had deserted In Hannibal, Ma, and said he bad made enough money In mining te come back and auppert hla family in oemlort Nothing further was heard of him by bis peer wire, however, until she read In the newspapers that her husband waa the notorious high wayman. She wrote a pathetic letter te him, etrerlng him money It he waa in need et it, and the prison cfllelals Induced Hart te reply, thinking It might reform the man te renew the old associations with bis family. Just before his release from prison a year age the wlfe again wrete te Bart, begging him te return home ana lead an honest life. Te this he returned a cruel re ply, saying he wanted nothing mere te de with her. On his lelease he resumed bis former manner of life. HIMllet: Anether Han's Wlf and Sloery. Oflleers arrived In Bredbead, Wis., en Friday from Washington territory, with G. B. Loueks, who disappeared from Albany, Wis., in September, 18S7, taking with blui another man's wife and two children and 17,000 or 9,000, which It Is alleged, he embezzled from his employer, a desler In agricultural Implements. Loueks was en aged In the restaurant busIneasatOneballs, W. T. Death el lbs Oldsat lUsldsnt Geerge K. Blngsmln, a retired farmer and the eldest resident el Epbrata town ship, died en Saturday, the result of s stroke et speplexy. ne waa 01 years old and leaves a large family, His funeral will take place te-morrow morning, with UUraeetat Mehlw's Banting house, SHOT AT A BDRGLAli IIAltHV BAUMaSKDMKR tlltEtl UfON THK BOLD INTRUDER. Tbe Midnight Hsrandsr Visits tha Heuse et It H. Mania and Hla rressnee Is Dls- rovsred la Time te Prevent Dim from Securing Any Valeattlts. At sn early hour Sunday morning a daring burglar breks Inte the house el 11. B. Martin, at ths corner of Charlette and Chestnut streets, aud although ha obtained but little for hla trouble, he made a narrow escape from being shot and killed. It waa about 4 o'cleok In tha morning when ths entrance was eilecled. Tha thief first wsat te the window et the waah-kltchen la the rear et the house. Ue out a erescent, shsped plcee et glaas from ths window In order thst hs could pull back tha lateb. The communicating deer between tha kitchen and the ether part of the heuss wss locked and the thief probably knew this, aa he abandoned that mode of entering. Ha went te the house et W. .. Bener, who Uvea near by. He took a step ladder, which steed In the yard snd returned te Mr, Martin's hone. Plsetng the ladder sgslnst ths out kitchen be crawled te the reef, snd then made hla wsy across the reef of the main kitchen. The bathroom window, whteh waa unlocked, he heisted snd went In. He went down stairs snd opened all of the doers le the out kitchen, where he first tried te get In, In order that he would have a clear read te get out He went te the room upstairs, occupied by Mr. Martin, and tried te open tha deer. He was unsuccessful In this, and then secured a ehslr, en whleh he steed and tried te erawl ever the transerr, About this time Mr. Martin awoke and supposed that the netae waa made by aeme member of the family. The thiel then walked through the hall te the window facing en Chestnut street, whleh he opened. When Mr, Martin beard thla he knew some thing was wrong. He went le the window of his room, whleh sise fsees Chestnut street, sodas he did this he eame face te face with the burglar, who waa en the perch reef outside and had his face almeat against Mr. Martin's window. The eleotrle light at the corner waa burning very brightly and Mr. Martin obtained such a geed view of the man that he la confident Be would be able te recognize him It ha were te see blm sgaln. When the burglar saw Mr. Martin be ran te the hallway aad sgaln entered tbe window. In hla haste te get away he tell ever a screen snd ehslr In the hallway, making a great noise. Harry Baumgardner, a son-in-law of Mr. Martin, waa at his beuse ever nlgbt snd oecuplod a room en the hall way. He heard the noise made by the thief, and picking up his lesded revelver, opened his deer Just as the man ran by. Mr. Baum gardner flred one lead at him aa ha ran, but did net hit htm. The burglar hastened down stairs and made hla escape by tha back window. Nothing has slnoe been heard et him. After the burglar had Ucd, an examina tion of the house waa made. All that tha thief anoeeeded In getting for his boldness waa 20 centa In money, which he took from a table In a down atalra room where It had been left by seme member of tha household. Although thera waa a great deal et valuable clothing en the hat-raek nene of It was disturbed. The thief evidently waa en the hunt for money and waa wllllngte take almeat any chances te get It. He seemed te be acquainted wllh the premises. It was reported Hint he bad also broken Inte Mr. Bener's house, but that was net theease. Ne Limit le Damagss. The decision et the supreme court, pro viding that the amount of damagea recov erable from, corporations for injuries re sulting in destb, shall net be limited by law, was rendered en au appeal by the Pennsylvania railroad from a decision that gave a woman tli.f.OO damagea for the death et her husband en acoeunt of alleged negligence. The aet of 18(18 limits the amount te 15.000, while the atate oonstltu eonstltu oenstltu Hon of 1871 provides thst no act of ths general assembly shall limit the amount. Thia clause et the constitution first came up In oennsotlon with the aet of 1808 In tbe case et Langden vs. Pennsylvania railroad before Judge Btewe, Allegheny, and ever 15,000 waa awarded. The case went te the aupreme oeurt, where he waa reversed. The two cases were exactly similar, but Judge Paxson In the latter reveraea himself and bis opinion of ten years age. In his remarks Paxson said his views had undergone serious obsnge. He said the fact that the company waa chartered under the aet et 1808 did net form a contract with the atate, as no consideration was paid for It It was merely an additional francblae. He said the act waa repealed by the previsions of the oenstltutlou,and concludes with : "I mske no apology for my change of views. Uad I adhered te tuoae formerly expressed there might have been occasion for ene." Klein Hale at Hern. Frem the steamer Mariposa, which ar rived at Ban Francisce en Saturday even ing, Jehn C. Klein stepped once mero en American soil, alter having had a narrow squeeze te oseapo court-martial by the Herman authorities at Apia. Alter martial law had been proclaimed. German troops setlnn as police in Apia attempted le ar rest Klein, but en the bdvlee of the United States consul he went en beard the Nlpsle, Cspt Fritz made a demand en Capf. Mullan te release Jehn O. Klein, thst he might be tried before a German military tribunal. Cspt Mullan replied that he proposed te protect all American citizens In Samoa and that Klein would net be surrendered for trial, and en Feb. 1 he placed the correspondent en the Mariposa. Capt Fritz en Jan. 23 had lasned au order Instructing all the residents of Apia te turn ever allguna or ammuni tion held by them and proclaimed tbe right of search. Cspt. Mullan protested against this action, stating that the Amerlcan government bad never reoog reeog reoeg nlzed 'Jsmaaese, and that no power would allow thorn te seize arma unless used against a friendly nation. The Germans seized sn English tourist named Glllan, but released hliu en tbe peremptory demand et Captain Hand, el 11. M. B. Royalist A dispatch from Berlin sva that Germany Is willing te settle the dlflleulty en the basis et a Joint protectorate. Miraculously Escapes Death. Jehn 11. Haines, of Bosten, In oempany with his son, took a Pullman compartment at Philadelphia for Pittsburg en the Wostern expre en Friday evening, occu pying a lower birth and bis son an upper one. lielng a victim of Insomnia be found It Impossible te sleep, and, while laboring under temporary aborraUen of the mind, he raised the window of his oempsrtment and Jumped from the car. By means te himself en tirely unknown be succeeded In retching tbe lop of a freight car in the lower freight yard at Alteena. At any rate he was found there by empleyes of the read a little later en. Mr. Haines baa been a partner in the Edgar Thomsen ateel works, of Pittsburg. Ills OHeape from the car la a mystery te all who were en the train, and bis escape from sudden death is miraculous.' Mr. Haines Is said te be a millionaire steel king and was en hla way te Pittsburg te held a con cen con fereneo with Andrew Carnegle. He la believed te be seriously Injured. Viva Mid and a Weman HI1KH. The boiler of Jehn Jenks' sawmill, at Murphy, W. , burst en Saturday and killed Albeit Carr, fireman : James Black, aawyer ; Themas Ash, GrllUn Beylea and Charles .Inn, Isberers. MrevJenks, who was passing at tha time, was also killed, DEMOOHATIO OANDIPATBB. Ths Tickets Fer Me nine Wards te lie Used at the rolls ea Taesday. Belew Is printed tha Demoeratlo tleket oteaeh ward of thla city for tha muntelpal sleoUen te be held te-morrow. Wt need only remind all geed citizens of ths vital Importaaet et lha duties sn trusted toad mlntatraters of local government sad tha directors el education, matters that have little te de wllh tht principles el national partial FIRST WARD. Common connetl Jehn Frlkeb, 1). U, Fleiry, W. Bsls, Jehn J. Altlek. Asssaaer-Kd. 8. Kress. Ceaatabls A. G. l'yle. Judge Samuel Dean. laipcoter-Frank A. Altlek. SECOND WARO. Common Ceuacll O. Ress Kshlemsn, Gee. F. Rathfbn, W W. Ames, Assessor Gee. Aaesmp. Constable Jamss Arment Judge Jaoeb Reese. Inspector David McMulIsn. TniRD WAUl). Common Ceunell J. M. Kbttly, Cbas. W. Keksrt, Jaoeb Helker. Alderman Assessor Gee. J. Helm. Constable B. Frank Laman. Judge BenJ. F. Davis. Inspector frank Hegener. rOURTlt WARD. Common oeunoll Henry K. Carsen, James Prangley, Jr., Jehn A, Ceyle. Censtabls Assessor Jehn Beck. Judge Jaoeb Wltllnger. Inspector Jeseph Shearer. VIVTa WARD. Select Council J. W. Rokenrede. Common Ceunell Wslter Behuadsr, C. O. Kautlman. Assessor J. M. Herzeg. Constable Jaoeb F. Kautz. Judge Charles Blmen. Inspector Frederick Bener, Jr. SIXTH WARD. Common Ceunell O. K. Downey, O. B. Four. JsmssLemsn. Judge Jehn Marlen. Inspector Jehn Hsuk. Assessor Walter .lobar. Constable Armte Hsrtmsn. SEVENTH WARD. Holeet Ceunell Frank B. Everts. Common Council Henry J, Freeh, Jehn Yeung, B. Frank Adams. Alderman A. F. Dennelly. Censtabls Jehn Merrlnger. Assessor J as. R, Garvin. Judge Geerge B. Norbeek. Inspector Wm. Derwart EICIHTII WARD, Common Ceunell. Jehn A, Bradel, Henry Kill, Geerge FrIUeh, Assessor Peter Welpert. Constable Christ Herr. Judge Jehn Huber. " inspector Jaoeb Bpoe. NINTH. WARD. Select Ceunell E. P. MeKlnslry. Common oeunoll Jaoeb Penlz, Cbas. K. Breems, M. It Weldler. Assessor F. Oanse. Constable Welter Welsh. Judge James Barns. Inspector Geerge Brown. suoel DianeTORs, David MeMullea, 1). It MoCermlok, Wm. R. Brlnten, M. W. Rsub, Rlehard M. Rellly, William Jehnsen. W. A. Morten, heada eaeh ward tleket for mayor. Industrial Melts. The empleyes of ths Pettevllle Iren aad Steel company's nabbaek rolling mill, at Pettsvllle, met ea Saturday te oensldsr tha oempany 'a notification of a 10 te 16 per een t reduction in wagsa. it wss decided te sus pend work psnrfing negotiations for a oem. premise. Over GOO operatives are involved. Potts Brethsrs, proprietors of a iargs rolling mill In Poltatewn, Pa,hsva notified their empleyes thst en Msrch 1st ths following reductions will be mads : Pud. dlers, 3, Instesd et f.i.25 per ten ; puddle helpers, 25 eenta a best and rollers and ethers accordingly; 1,100 Instead et 1.050 pounds te constitute a heat This Is equal te a 10 per eent reduction. The empleyes of the Central Iren works of C. L. Bally A Ce.. st Uarrisburg, were en Saturday notified of a red notion of 25 cents per ten In their wages, te take effect en the fourth of March., The furnaces of ths Keystone rolling mill, of Reading, whleh has been Idle ter aeme time, were placed In readiness and today the mill resumed. It gives em ployment te 170 men. Tbe rope's Kaejellcal. In all the Catbolle ohurehes of the diocese of New Yerk the snoyelloal letter et Peps Lee XIII wss read en Sunday. The latter, wbleh was written en the 60th snnlvsraary of Pepe Lee's priesthood, and ths 11th of his pontllleate, says of the publie soheols that "thera Is no ecclesiastical authority left In them, and In the year whleh la most fitting for tender minds te be trained oara eara fullyln Christian virtus ths precepts et re ligion are for the most part unheard," adding, "many newsdsys seek te learn by the aid et reason alone, laying Divine faith entirely aside." A Murderer's Accomplice Oaptarad. The Plnkeriens bsva received wordet thesrrest by one el their sgents of Vin. oenze Vlllele, one of the accomplices of Mlebsel Rlzzsle, In the murder of Pay. master J. B. MeClure and Hugh Flsnnl gan, near Wllkesbarre, last Ootebtr. Vll Vll leeo was found at Catanzsre, In Seuthsrn Italy, near tbe border of Bieily. Gnlseppe Bevlvlne, the ether soeom pi lee who escaped with Vlllele te Italy, has also been traced te a neighboring provlnee, and will proba bly be arrested In a few daya. When cap lured Vlllele bad 5,000 franca of ths stolen money In his possession, besides a Isrga revolver of American make. A rourusn-stery Uulldlog'.IOellapsss. TheOsrlngs block, in Chicago, 14 stories high, oellspaed en Sunday. It waa altuated Just opposite the posteflioe, In the centre of the business section. The 10 lower stories fell in one after another, leaving the walls, the four unner floors snd ths reef standing In a decided shaky oendltlon. In the tenth story the tile lloerlng was defective or was dsmaged by the natural settling of the building. Without the slightest warning the great msas of tiles snd girding forming the injured floors crashed te tha story below carrying that with It, and ths two together, soling like a pile driver, pounded a way for themselves te the bottom. Ne person was Injured. Moravian Clergy te Ue Abroad. Rev. Dr. Edward Kendthaler, pastor of the Moravian ohureh at Balem, N. C, ar rived In Bethlehem, Pa., en Saturday night and will atop for a tsw dsys with Tils brother-in-law, Jeseph A. Rlc. Next week he will start out from New Yerk city wllh his son Heward en an extended trip te Europe, Asia Miner, Egypt and Palestine. Rev. Dr. Rendthaler, together with Rev. James E. Hall and Mr. James Letnbacb, ef Salem, N. C, as delegates representing the Southern province of the Moravian ohureh in the United States, wlllsttend the genersl convocation et the Unites Pratrum, te be oenvened In May next in Hsrrnbut, Germany. Ameag Moravian clergymen from Bethlehem who will represent the Northern province of this ehurch aa dele gates are: Bishop Henry T, Baebman, Blahep J. Mortimer Levering and Rev. Professer J. T. Hamilton. Girl OtluitnaU la steading, Sergeant of Polies Matz en Bnnday night In Reading arrested Ida Bright, aged 17 years ; Anna Heuck, 1 1 years ; Nera Rich ards, it years, and Emma uain, it yenrs, ana tbev confessed te bavins- picked pockets wherever they oeuld manage te get In a orewd for several months past They always divided the money, and spent it in saloons and at the theatres. They seldom went te their homes, but put up in several shanties in ths northern part et the city, where they lived with a party et beja. Ths girls have all been guilty of acts of the greatest Immorality, aad wUl be aent te soma nfermatery taftUtutlea. STILL OBDURATE. 'V COLONEL EISTES WILT. NOT TO THE QUBBTIONS AM nmi - W tmatitaten or Alleged irregnavtttae la aas V BuBerrlatsg ArekHeeVa OHss (MS Ma ?1r iHformsMea Tkrsataast WHk Iasprissai Washington, d, e. Feb. senate oemsatKee en nubile grounds held a asseuag tale oeaslder ths can of tat resale! In tha Fresret tavsstJcetiea-1 Filter. Pistsr refused at tat laat tha oemaalttee te answer quasaVaai B:.'1 ing uts soiieitsuoa of eeatrl - political parpeess la tat uteniuuringuieiasieampaiga. iiwniwaa ,y waa bawd ea tha stalat that tha qtaaaanw) : oeaoaraad a private atattar aad that ht was V sssas. .a- U-Twa anamaat'taV Xteenaa AV -; eMasaaaf a- .a a i . e . . - S -i.' V Sj waJwwasaisjB, BMBBMaawajBa E19 WmvmjmUmjB decided that at Ltnat eaawer taaaaaassaaa. -i HaHlilntaaad. ' - ' Senater Spoeatr tharefen aaUtd taanw ,vl , tha full oemmlttM this aaeratas; t atat., Indemant anne Mr. trial. Tka .' teal mat la aaaalna mmA - - - - '& li 7. .. -" " -I in oensuissuon nearly an atar pnaaraw - list et questions calling for tat taleraM desired by Ssaster Spoeatr ter tat i esmmlttee. Than .Plata anil Itia AAtnmlliaaiaaaam nher wara nailed aad la tha miaailiisia maa...J. -i fnrmallv tint te Flatar. -'AYi All the members of tht oemmlttM wtnjl present sxeept Senater Quay. &2i Te all et tha questions Plater gavt IM A: respenss mat nt naa givta te tat sat eee.? ,. mlttee-thst tha matter was fstvatt a'. (hat ha arnntri tint anaarar. fSM" . Tha oemmlttM than waat lata session and in a short Urns notified afftB : runer mains wm excused for tat anaVft Shortly afterward tha oemmlttM adj tan ti. Tha oemmlttM win ask a ",'.' a,.j theoemmlttantof Flstsr te Jell i1 V a? tempt The punishment W !; for from ten days toens month, aad a bum. or iioe te i,oeo. steals Aaata attiiaeiad KUaea: Paris, Fab, 18. Tht eenweBdst f r-3 Conge Free State, aaya that aetatiaraaai arrived from tha Seutbwwest, aad aannan that a npert la eurreat that Henry U,S sisnlSTWM killed la a fight wHh taw mM tlvM near Maagamba. Thaeeariar that several lnstrumsats, walaa ban identified m belonging te Bausley, been sold ey ins natives. The Londen svsnlag papsre putt credit in the npert that Hear at. Baa haa been killed m published by tat Parted itiu Journal, .&?, SSI llH laMta-a ha SaUaa -.-.' ' w wa wwa-wvww wwg I I "-ir llMti.ntfr..n Iff. W.h la !..! TT "T ' M U.Mh.l Urillla la . --.- - - r"' !S9 Judge Peden, of St Olalroeuaty, tmtaaW.' tedy. Several months age a warrMt wws : awern ent agalaat tht Judgt ter rtfasat te,T . levy a special tax te par latareat ea itilnadS bends. Ht had many mMaassw sat aait-' A '"" JaMBlKlAa teal taka tV T i i ! film IfliisaltsT iral-mM mmmmam' A t te. Tht Judgt wm iftdal le go It tafti """" " " waamaja) tne srrsst wm msaa. xaa jaaga w mw m ; O 4! A Murder ta atarrlaad. ' Si4, CtiunaRLANO, Md., lab. IK 'AltfjS Midland aarlvveaUrdav snaralu '?' Crssgan, aged 21, WMSketBadkUladafft young man named MeGady. Thsy warr"" quarreling at tha time of tht tragedy, lwv. . uaay uasiargs. -.$ Obtained a Charter. v;, HAnaiauuRu.Fab, 18. The PhlladelpHa ?0 Tnnuire nnmnenv. Aanllal S97r. AAA. aaaa y! ehsrtsrsd te-day. AXa Wm. W. Uardlnsr la eMdltad with UuTA ewnsrshlp of 2,000 sham of steak aafte latriavt PImSm saw. tH JOT YavMasi tf T as-aa' '" ---V"T ."" - ben is down ler ene share. fi Owatenka, Mlaa., Ftb. la-Tat TM- J ment heuM wm destroyed by an tarly ' this morning. Tha lamatM escaped want m InaaAff raruuil aflaata The taaa Sa aaaaiS $? $7,000: insuranee. W. 000. j.Wi m . .: .i Smith aad Mltefcell te Easet ths Ms, tk W Londen, Fsb, 18. -Jem Bmltti aadjj Charlie Mitchell bavs signed artlatM la vex ten reunas ea April let for at a abfa - in a sixteen toot rug. tw Gaelalaaea Letters. M xne rouewmg w a us or nswaisssa Mt, i( : tens rsauiaiug ia me possemo lanaaaaaaTi y Menuay, usDruary is, iasu : . .vj Ladies' ier.-Mrs. Christian U. tmr.-J&l Miss B. l. Bsugb, Mrs. Jehn J. Baaaataa, '.M Mrs. Nellie Cowberry. Mrs. BeUadaOrsah. -&.;? Mary Grate, Miss Jsanle K raatMaa, . MIm Kttls Z, Weaver, Miss u Shsak. 'i (lent' A IAtt Prank WUUaaa Hnma f.V i$M Gee. C. Cromwell. Vaaaaiinal Deakar: -m Martin Funk, Henry B. Green, 8. B. QresT, E. F. Graff, c. H. Heusnbek, Hear? xieiaermsD, w. v. jkrepe, m. a. Michael Maieasy, c. K. Millar, ll Miller, Robinson Bres, Bamuel B. a Dram niauuer, jenn uumsr, rressei. a tasted rirtj-renr Days. Hiram C. Van Dussa, ayenacmsala Ilsrlem. en Sunday com plated als ink fourth day without feed, sad Is still atreag and hearty and works twslvs bears a day. Ue became offended at tha sotlea al a Mivant and remained away from als asaals, snd claims that hs hM satsa nothing Blase. All hs seems te kwp hlatMlf ailvs as la two glassM of vlchy wstsr a day. Phyalstaaa are incredulous oenoernug bis leag Mat, and ny ha must eat secretly, bat Van Dusen denies It Oommltted Sulelde. atfvai Uswittrtm T In rl frs-lfi wavasA supposed te hsve beta frczsa te dtattt .la Philadelphia, died, a pest-mortem exami nation showed, et poison takea whUt lnsan& Herman Ksldel, of Baltimore, the Jaaler partner of the piano manufacturing armaf William Kuans A Benn aad for Mvaral vears manaser of that firm's brsaeh aaaaa . tuiai 14IUUIH AatMiatsBsaaawwasaasM wraav i In New Yerk, committed auleldt la tht z naiuwiu. HMuiy, Btui. v aaa before a mirror and shoeuag hlawsU, Eisctrie seger Baladisrs Oaagat, All the parties interested la tat Blasfttie Sugar Refining oempany frauds wan arrested at Milan, Mich., ea Batarday night the sheriff returning te Ana Araar about midnight with Mrs. Oil va K. Friend, Wllllsm E. Heward, EmUy Heward, Oaa Halatead and Geerge Halstsad, sad plasad them in the oeunty Jau, when taayan confined. They were arrested for ehaaaltf money unuer xaias prswesussB, larss aaassss- . ,." menu having been found agalaat tbsaa hf V a grand J ury of Nsw Yerk last Jaaaary. -. f ; Uiers in iue mmvsirawi a ua j . - . a. u .. l I " I, t- UIUI.I .w- ,,.- w mm. jg-f Ue proweuuimrj a viwa) wm uai ay .. this morning mb elerk ila tat effiMOf aaa reoerder of deeds. AT A Ilia Verdict. Ml llTLtf-viTAV It-Ati. 1ft Tn lha saulal 4a pickecrrcTsIms te-day, Judgmaat for 11,002,617 waa' -Si , Aai.-.M . -f - - - - w 3 renuDiuu acauiai h uiueaa. M- 1 ..t... . 1 U..IU. M.. . 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