LANCASTEK DAILY INTELLIGENCER MONDAY MAY 29 1882. 'Lancaster -.Urllcgcnret, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 20, J 882. Wise Counsel. Horatio Seymour is one of the Demo cratic sages te whom the party can al ways safely turn for words of wise coun sel unselfishly given. Iu a late interview with a World correspondent he gives ut terance te seme views, mere specifically en New Yerk politics, which may with jjreat fitness he applied in the main te the condition and the prospects of the party throughout, the country. The en tire self-abnegation which inspires him may be inferred f rern his declaration that the party made a mistake in nominating him, and net Judge Church, for president in 18G8, and that he accepted the nomi nation against his own better judgment only because "men will de the tiling which they knew they ought net te de." Te Mr. Seymour and the millions like him whose" loyalty and patriotism have kept the Democratic organization intact, Democracy is a living faith. He says : " We Democrats love our party. It is a sort of religion te us in the rural dis tricts and we have always tried te keep it pure and honored. When I have been a candidate for office I have had strangers grasp me by the hand with tears in their eyes net for my own sake, but because I was the representa tive of the principles te which their lives were dedicated. I feel assured that the Democratic party has it in its lower te regain its supremacy in the state and in the country. It may be said that its organization is bad, and se it is. But the Itepublican party is in a much worse stale, and that party is without the power te rehabilitate itself. It can take no step backward. It is impelled for ward by its own weight te dissolution. Its tendencies, unhappily, are all towards centralization, and the machinery of our government has grown se enormous and complex in its hands that it has get be yond control." The officials go in and out of office, but the lobby are in for life, and dominate all. The Itepublican party has been unable or unwilling te prevent this and it must give way. " Under these circumstances the Demo cratic paity has the opportunity te win a great victory by standing un for censti tutienal methods of government. By its past traditions and history it is committed te this popular line of policy, which the Republicans cannot adept if they would. It is euis simply te he guided by the mar mar velleus wisdom which originally distribu ted jurisdiction between different local de partments, and which had been lest sight of in the tumults of war and in the extra ordinary measures arising therefrem. The Democratic party is in the position te make this issue. The disposition of the people, which had its origin iu self reliance grow ing owl of the conditions of the" first settlements, instead of growing weaker en the point of local self-government grows stronger. The masses prefer te keep pe litica! affairs under their own eyes, and have no sympathy with centralization. The growth of intercourse between the different sections and the increase of agri cultural and commercial interests have created a conservative intelligent interest, which will rebuke all purposes and pas sions that threaten peace and harmony. I have no doubt of the success of the Demo cratic party and of the enduring triumph of its principle?." Mr. Seymour sees premise of this iu the increasing tendency of the Democ racy toward harmony while the Ttepub licans tend mere and mere te disintegra tion. The fact ienal disputes which have weakened the Dcineciacy have been mostly personal t:arrels and, Mr. Sey mour says, ,: it is a wise maxim that young men should uet take up old men's quarrels. We have but a few mere years te remain here at best, and our likes and dislikes are of comparatively little con sequence. The young men have their own battles te fight and their own honors te win, and it is net worth their while te trouble themselves about us. Let them go te the front and enter the list for themselves." All of this is eminently true of our state, and such sentiments have been making their way very rapidly in the past two years. There, is no power new which can array the Democracy of Penn sylvania in two factional bodies and make their strife the chief interest at taching te a stale conventiei for that is past. The day Den Cameren's Decision. Senater J. Donald Cameren has been in Philadelphia consulting with his lieutenants in' regard te the condition of his party in this state. He came angry, acted violently and left defiant. Previous te his coming his lieutenants did net knew what course le pursue nor what attitude te assume with relation te the Independent movement in this state. They were frightened alms strength and at the impending danger of their own overthrew. They were disposed te re sort te conciliation rather than te seek te crush, j Lear was for a uew conven tion called under the new rules ; Cooper was grave and anxious, but wailed for his orders, while many of the ethers would have been glad for any sort of a truce with the Independents and expect antly looked te Rawle's withdrawal from the ticket as a help te that result. As might have been expectedrem his wen Known disposition and lremhis pre vious political performances, Cameren is stubborn and unyielding. He sees noth ing but political death before him if the Indejiendenls shall winlheir battle, and his fate is just as certain if they should prevail by concession made te them, by a new convention or by the withdrawal of the n gularticket,asif they show their ability and willingness te defeat that ticket in an open field fight. In 1872 a very severe storm raged ever the regular Republican ticket, and its withdrawal was inqterative'Iy demanded; even the national committee joined in that de mand and the nominees of that year per at were mere objectionable than new. Cameren defied the opposition and plumply told the national committee te " go te h 1," he could take care of Pennsylvania. (This was before profan ity was estimated as a demerit in the public service.) And he elected his ticket by about 35,000 majority. He thinks he can de it again. Se Senater Cameren lias laid down the pregramme for his party. He has net asked the views of its members nor even of these who held subordinate i command under him. He has sauarely said that the ticket is net te be with drawn ;;that the old convention is te be recalled .within three weeks te nominate a successor for Tem Marshall ; and that he shall be a premi uent business man from Philadelphia, most likely Jehn Wauamaker, than whom nobody better understands the art of advertising. It is plain that there are some difficulties in the way of this policy. The president of the late convention holds that it is dead, and some of its members have joined the Independents ; many of them will prob ably net go te another convention. Then the nomination of another Philadelphian, even of "a business man," with plenty of money," will leave the Cameren ticket hopelessly weak in the west, where it most needs protection, and where Mar shall's nomination was expected te aid it. But, it is te be presumed, that Cam Cam eeon sees bigger and fiercer liens in every ether path and that he will net depart from nor turn back in the one in which he has set out. It is absolutely ridiculous te hear that he avows a "purpose of making manu facturers, merchants, bankers and ether business elements accept his battle as their own," and threatens " retaliation unless he can be successfully supported in his life or death struggle with the In dependents." In his threat he proclaims himself in one breath both knave and feel, and his avowed purpose shows that he is an utter ignoramus, incapaci tated for public duty. Ne intelligent man believes that any business interest would suffer from the defeat of Den Cameren's personal ticket in Pennsylva nia this fall. With the tariff question referred te a commission, Cameren will net be in a position te help or hurt that cause during the balance of his senatorial term. But if he was he is: a knave te threaten te vote against his convictions ta spite these who desert him, and he is a feel te expect that any considerable number of people will be scared by such threats. A IIau-Bkekd Washington corres pondent of the Philadelphia Times says : "The abstract Garfield idea rises en every hand te confront and oppose prac tical politics ;" and the editor of the Philadelphia Press in his literary ad dress at Millersville the ether uvening deplored the " spoils system " which in duced a wrangle between president and Senate ever a custom house, and spoke of Garfield as a victim te that system. Nothing could be further from the truth than the position assumed in this mat ter by these instructors of public opinion. The ' Garfield idea" in appeintiug Rob Rob erteon te the New Yerk custom house in place of Merritt was as purely " prac tical politics " as any act of Conkling or Cameren, as dire a betrayal of " civil service reform " as any appointment ever madebyGraut or Arthur; It was an inexcusable breach of faith, a removal of an officer against whom there was no charge of unfitness, and the appointment of his successor simply te gratify and aid the Blaine faction. If Garfield's death is te be traced te this "wrangle ever a custom house," iu the name of all that is honest and decent, let the truth be said, that Mr.Garfield acted in direct op position te all the principles of what, is called civil service reform. Rav. lk does net in his'n. propose te take bugar Tun Philadelphia Times comes le grief with its candidates. It was for Rawle and Marshall. When it said Marshall wouldn't decline, he did, and when it said Rawle would decline he won't. Tin: Grant medals for the "30G" are un derstood te be ready for distribution, and Beaver may get his in tlrae te wear it in the Decoration day parade te-morrow. Let him and Andy Kaufl'man, Hay Brown and Seltzer all ride in the open carriage aud have the medals hang en their outside lappels. James Van Hise of Newark, N. J., jan itor of the court house there is the man whom the country is waiting for. He has been in the hanging business for twenty six years and has rigged the gallows aud participated in twelve executions and there is no record that he blundered at any one of them. Let him be made the psripatetic national hangman. The doorkeepers, page boys and ether employees of the capital at Washington received a circular en Saturday, from the Republican congressional campaign com mittee, asking contributions toward? the expenses of the canvass next fall. The assessment, it is said, will take about $24 from the yearly salaries of the doorkeepers aud 610 irem the session's pay of the page. The plank in the Republican state platform against assessments upon officeholders is only intended for Bun combe county and will net be put te use until " next year." "DECOIIATI'05 DAY. Si';ep. comrades, sleep and rest. On thin Held or Grounded Arms. Where fees no mere molest. Ner sentry's shot alarms ! Ye have slept en the ground btfert' And started te your leet At the cannon's sudden rear. Or the drum's redoubling beat. Hut In thla camp et Death Ne SOimd vnnr ulnmhnr lirmbc . Here is no revered breath, ' Ne wound that bleeds and aches. Your silent tents of green We deck witli fragrant flowers , 1 ours has the suffering been j. no memory shall be ours. Frem an unpublished vecm of Lean fellow in. June . Atlantic Tun letter which Judge Aguew wrote te theso who solicited him te let the Inde pendent convention neminate him for gov ernor was marked "private" and has therefore never been published, but as it has been subject te various constructions, he explains in a note te the Press, that while he detested bossism he 'feared that extirpation of the cancer by the knife might kill the patient" He wrote in this letter: " The great question for Republi cans is, therefore, ' can we recover from defeat and rise renewed in our strength with patriotism uppermost and bossism beneath ? If I felt sure of such a tesult I would make the sacrifice for the geed of the state But at my time of life is it. wise te embark upon an unknown sea, and tempt the dangers of the deep ? I think j net. I cannot consent." ! THE CUERENT NEWS. SOME IiECENT TERRIBLE TKAGEDIES. Uurglars Mewed Down A Bey Suicide Do De mestic Tragedies. Wm. C. McCamus, president of the Schenectady City national bank, com mitted suicide by sheeting himself at midnight. Ill health was probably the cause. Edward Isem, a clerk in a stere at Kerr Station, fourteen miles from Little Reck, Ark., wasjnurdercd and robbed by ah un known assassin. Gus Miller and Matthew Jenes have been arrested at Kansas City, Me., charged with inciting the mob of 1,000 persons which, en April 30, hanged Levi Harrington, colored. An avalanche in Little Cottonweed, Utah, recently swept ever the Richmond and Teresa mine, burying beyond reach c help Rebert Greaves, the lessee of the mine. The Pullman palace car shed and shop at New Orleans, together with three coaches and a large quantity of bedding and ether supplies, burned en Saturday. Less, $75,000. Heavy forest fires are raging "between Green Bush and the Black river, as far as Alcena, Mich. Unless raiu comes speed ily there will be great damage done te the pineries. Daniel Jehnsen and Alfred Wright, colored laborers in the suburbs of Atlanta Ga., died suddenly returning from cutting ejts. The men wcre overheated, and cooled off suddenly. The League of American Wheelmen, composed mainly of bicyclists from New England and New Yerk, meet te-day in Chicago. About two hundred delegates will be present. A scries of heavy thunder-storms occur red along the Hudsen en Saturday. The Rochdale woolen mills, owned by the es tate of Elias Titus, were stiuck by light ning and entirely destroyed. The less is estimated at from $40,000 te $."30,000; partially insured. During a fight among bridge-builders at nardeeville, Seuth Carolina, en Satur day night, a colored man was killed by a white man, it is alleged, in self-defense. The negrees attempted te lynch the killer, but were prevented. A banquet was given by the Commer cial club of Chicago, en Saturday night, iu honor of the commercial bodies of Cincin nati and St. Leuis. 1G7 covers were laid, and the capital represented is estimated at $140,000,000. Among the guests were Postmaster General uewc and Licutcuant General Sheridan, and the latter "sur prised the company by making an excel lent speech of some length." There is great excitement ever Secrctaiy Teller's decision opening the Turtle Meun tain district.' This region includes 9,000,- 000 acres of the finest land iu Dakota. comparatively well weeded and watered, lying north aud west of Devil's Lake. It has l:een closed hitherto by a claim of a wandering band of Chippewa Indians, new declared invalid. Twe railroads, the Northern Pacific and the St. Paul, Minnc Minnc pelis & Manitoba, will build into the re gion at once and thousands of settlers are ready te rush iu as seen as it is formally opened. Jesse Williams and Frank Miller, two burglars, entered the residencs of II. P. Moero at night. The house was surround ed. Miller, in attempting te sheet down Mr. Henry Blackford, was cut down with a scythe. His head was partially severed, the tendons and arteries being cutthreugh. Ties were piled en the track between Hartferd and Meriden, Conn., en Friday night and the Washington express train south was stepped by a watchman. There is a suspicion that this is another fraudu lent trick of employees or the read, but nothing positive is known. The officials are investigating the matter. In the supreme court of Washington county, R. I., a decree, hajj been entered divorcing Catharine Chase-Sprague from William Sprague, giving Mrs. Sprague the custody of her three daughters and per mitting her te resume her maiden name, with leave hereafter te apply for alimony if she cheeses. Willie Haley, of Pownal, Vt., aged 11 years, asked a lriend hew much poison would kill a boy. He was informed that three tablespoonfuls of Paris green would suffice. He took that amount of the poi son aud died next morning. His father killed himself a few months by cutting his threat and then hanging himself te a deer latch. The boy had curly hair and wa3 a handsome little fellow. He said he didn't want te live any mere. Iu Denver Phil. Hubbard, a jockey em ployed by Dick Mackey, a well known western horseman, met C. II. Weed, a real cstate agent, and knocked him down and began beating him, when Mackey pulled Hubbard off. Upeu arising Weed drew a revolver aud began firing at Hub bard, hitting him twice. A stray shot struck Jehn Denny, a Western Union tele graph repairer, passing through his thigh. It is thought by seme that Mackey was also shot. lie was driven away. Hub bard will probably die. Committing suicide Willi l'oiseu. t In Erie, Jehn Daley died suddenly en Thursday. He was believed te have com mitted suicide by takiug poison. The mends of the family were indignant at the published report aud said that Daley died a natural death. It was susnected that the true cause was being concealed te save insurance The coroner was called and a pest mortem held. A quantity of corrosive sublimate was found in the stomach and a verdict was rendered of suicide by poison. What a Married Daughter Witnessed. Jehn Smith, an old California ranchman living near Milferd, two hundred miles southwest of Salt Lake, quarreled with his wife, aud seizing a double barreled shot gun, fired at her twice, both charges tak ing effect. He then coolly reloaded the weapon, went out of the deer, fastened a string te the trigger, aud placing the muz zle te his breast, fired six navy bullets into his body. He died two hours after wards. A married daughter witnessed the tragedy. The old man was subject te fits of lunacy. A Hull De,; Kovelver'a Werk. In Elizabeth, N. J. Geerge Herr, a Ger man, aged 42, at neon Saturday shot his wife, thinking te kill her, and "then fired three shots into his own person with a bull aogreveiver. jus last shot was fatal. The wife's injury is only a wound in the arm. It was-the fourth time within a few years that Herr has attempted suicide twice by poison aud once by cutting his threat. He has been considered a lunatic, but was net confined owing te the inter position of his family. Poisoned with Strychnine In Montreal, Chas. Bailey, a well known gardener, died suddenly haviug been poi soned with strychnine. He and his wife nail never lived happily tesether and the- wife was frequently heard te wish that her husband was out of the way. Bailey went te bed en Friday night in his usual health after having eaten a hearty supper. Shortly afterwards he became seriously ill. The wife treated him with indifference net offering te send for a doctor or admin ister any relief. The man died iu great agony. When told by her neighbors that her husband was dead Mrs. Bailey said : " Oh 1 Is he dead at last ? Well, new I shall have some peace. He was the plague of my life." Mrs. Bailey has been acting like a crazy woman ever since the inquest began. Hen. Alex. H. Stephens is willing, and se are both factions of the Georgia Democracy. He will likely be the next governor. PEBSONAL. Hen. Daniel J. Mebhell is home from Eprepe. Congressman Habhek has hit upon the original-idea of holding a Republican primary election all ever the state te de termine which ticket shall stay up. Lieutenant Danenhower and party, survivors of the ill fated Jeannette expe dition, arrived in New Yerk yesterday by the steamship Celtic. Beaver is hopeful tee. It is reported that he "does net in the least euail before the Independent storm and will present a bold and defiant front te all threatened danger." Captain Scuwensen, of the steamer Westphalia, was presented en the arrival of his vessel in Plymouth with a compli mentary memorial, en behalf of the principal bankers of Londen, en the occa sion of his three hundredth voyage across the Atlantic. Charles Scribner. of the famous pub lishing house, Scribner Bres., is net mere than 20 or 27, and his brother Arthur net mere than 20, is just from college and has net had a desk in the oflice mero than a few months. He is learning the business from the beginning. Clara LensE Kellogg, Messrs. Sumner and Cresby, of her troupe, and many friends from Brattleboro, Keene and ad joining towns engaged a number of boat men te make a thorough search for the bodies of Geerge Conly and Rcitzel. The lake was dragged where they were last seen and at many ether places, but with out success. Jehn McSweexev, the untamed Ohie orator who nominated Thurman in the Cincinnati convention and who is new counsel for the Star Reute thieves, in ad dressing the court en Saturday, threw opeu his coat and vest, pushed back his sleeves, emphasizing his words with strong gestures, and introduced many honiely Western comparisons into his argument, much te the amusement of the ether ceunsel. His argument occupied nearly three hours. Attorney General Brewster de cides that Mr. Kirkwood cannot be ap pointed because the constitution distinctly states that "no senator or representative shall during the time for which he was elected be appointed te any civil office under the authority of the United States which shall have been created or -the emoluments whereof shall have been in creased during such time, and no person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either house during his continuance in office." L0UAL INTELLIGENCE. KISWS fflOM THE JAIL DKDivKlsKS. Hilling Among the Alartlc Ullls Stealing Horses te Jucllltate Tlielr Flight. Nine of the escaped convicts are still at large and although many stories are in circulation about their whereabouts it seems that no one has as yet captured any of them. Yesterday a long account of them appeared iu the New Yerk Herald. The dispatch was from Reading and it ceutaiued mero lies te the square inch than any article that has yet been written ; all the truth that was in the dispatch was a rehash of what was published in the Lan caster papers days age. A story is en the town te-day te the effect that Paul Quigley, oue of the pris oners, with a companion, was seen at the "spook" house, near the Couestega rail read bridge, last night. They shot at a man named Ranck, aud then made their escape. On Thursday night two of the escaped cenviets went te a sshoel house near Rr.w linsvillc, where they spent some time. In the evening, after dark, ene of the men went te the stere iu the village and purchased two shirts and two pair of overalls, after which they fled te parts unknown. They were seen by a number of parties aud are known te have been convicts. It is likely that they are the two men who crossed the Susquehanna in a beat afterwards. While the one was in the stere purchasing goods it is said that Underkeepcr Murr and Herr, the cigar boss, who were in search of them, were setting in the hotel, which is directly opposite the store. It is just as likely as net that some of the prisoners have taken advantage of the crowd and are in town te-day in country men's clothing. On Friday night a horse aud buggy were stolen from a man named Breneman, ncaa Rawlinsville. The thieves were tracked te Quarryville and the stolen prop erty was found about three miles cast of New Providence, en Saturday afternoon about three o'clock. The thieves are sup posed te have been the escaped convicts. A small man who was a stranger was seen in the neighborhood en Friday evening. Prisenkeeper Burkhelder and Officer Gill went down toward Rawlinsville yes terday, but found no further traces of the fugitives. Twe horses were stolen last night from Samuel Hambright, milkman, who lives in Manheim township, just off the New Helland turnpike They were traced out te the turnpike, down which they were likely ridden by the thieves, and they may yet turn up deserted by theso who used them te escape. A STOLEN CHILD. A One Legged Alan Hunting ler u mind Kyed Musician. Benjamin Hegle, a ene legged man from Lcwistewn, was in this city te-day in search of a pretended blind musician named D. W. Barracks, who disappeared from that place last Friday a week age with Resy Hauser, . a pretty little girl ten years of age, daughter of a widow iu that town, who had beeu in duced te let her daughter accompany him with her singing en condition that he pay her $3.50 a day and bring the child home every evening. He paid the mother $2 the first day and bought the child a gay silk dress aud had her pictures taken, but then he broke his bargain aud took the child te Newport, Perry county, wheuce he telegraphed te the mother that he would bring her back. He failed te de se andcamcen te Harrisburg, where en last Wednesday he purchased tickets for him self and the child te Lancaster, but as he has net been seen here he may have done this only te divert the pursuers from his trail and gene en te Philadelphia. He is about 5 feet 4 inches in height and his blind ness is believed te be an imposture. He tried te abduct a girl at Alteena, but she was taken from him. College tiles Club Concert. A glee club consisting of twelve persons, students at Lafayette college, Easten, will next Wednesday evening give a con cert iu Fulton opera house this city. Lately iney appeared in jsasten, and the papers there have extended and compli mentary notices of their performance. The Free Press says : The pregramme con sisted of many selections from the best composers of vocal and instrumental music, and each picce was rendered with a correctness, feeling and harmony surprising as well as delightful te the audience. It is a long time since we have heard se many fim male voices. The soliloquizing of "Three crews," in true college parlance set te rollicking music brought such a storm of applause that ene was almost convinced the students and the strangers bad gene wild. Such choruses as " We hail thee," from "Fra Diavole," "Corae where my love lies dreaming," "Moonlight en the lake," "Call Jehn" and the Dragoon chorus from "Patience" were equally well rendered. THE EAPH0 DISASTER FALL OF STEBN'3 XEBT1NO HOUSE. Three Men Dead Three Oilier In Danger About Forty Hurt. Special Correspondence of the Istxizieexceb. Mount Jet, May 29. The intense gloom which has been cast ever the neighborhood of Stern's meeting-house by the disaster reported in Saturday's Intel ligencer, is unprecedented. Signs of griet are noticeable in all directions, and a general feeling of sympathy and sorrow prevails. The little school-house within a few feet of the church, was transformed into a hospital. Here the scene was one of excitement and distress. Wives, moth ers and sisters, appalled by the news of the accident, hurried te the scene, willing te give comfort, if possible, te the injured, some laboring in the agonies of death, ethers writhing in their bleed, groaning and meaning pitcensly for assistance. Couriers were immediately dispatched for medical aid, and in the interim before the physicians arrived all that could be done by unskilled hands was rendered. Three of the men are dead, and betweeu thirty and thirty-five injured. Of the in jured, two and possibly three, it is feared will uet recover. Seme are badly hurt, while a few engaged at raising the build ing escaped sustaining slight flesh wounds. This is au accurate estimate and greatly augments the list of the injured ever the early reports of the affair. The following is a list of the dead and wounded : Jehn Shenk was the first of the victims who died. lie was immediately taken from the debris, conveyed te his home a modest white building in view of the scene of the disaster en a little farm that he owned and cultivated, and whera he died about twenty minutes after bing taken tbcre. His left side was crushed in, his jaws and all but two of his ribs broken. The unfortunate man, who is 55 years old, was among the men en tha upper fleer. He was known te be a peer climber and every one was surprised te see him there. A voice from the crowd below called te him "What are you doing up se high?" " I want te see the world once," he shout ed merrily, and the last word was hardly uttered when the accident happened which ushered him into eternity. He was a widower, his children are all dead, and a single sister attended te his domestic af fairs. His fuueral will take place en Tues day afternoon at 2 o'clock. He will be laid te rest in the little graveyard en the homo home stead farm. Jehn Werner, aged 10 years, is a son of Isaac Werner with whom he lived net far from the meeting house. A heavy beam struck him and fractured his pelvis. Fer several hours he endured intense agony and died at his home at 5'cleck that even ing. He will be buried in the graveyard at the meeting house en Tuesday forenoon. Anether of the victims is Jacob Gibble. He received a partial fracture of his spine near his neck aud ether injuries about his shoulders. He suffered great agony until 9 o'clock en Saturday night. He was SO years old, a laborer, and leaves a wife and three children. His funeral will take place en Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock ; burial at the churchyard connected with the church where the accident happened. IIe was ene of the congregation. Jacob Kcndig is a retired farmer CO years old. His both bones of the left leg are broken below the knee aud his ankle is dislocated. He is a member of the church. His condition is precarious. Ephriam Ginder, aged 27, and married is hut t about the shoulders and internally. Peer hopes areenteitaiucd of his recovery. Benjamin Witmer, a farmer, 25 years old, has his chiu split and knee out of joint. He is iu a bad condition. Felix Kauffman, aged 30. married, left side and shoulder hurt. His both eyes were swollen shut en Sunday. Jeseph, a brother of young Werner who is dead, has one of his legs broken. He is about 17 years old. Jehn Skiffer, a farmer, aged 55 years, had a leg broken and was hurt inwardly. He may net recover. His ler was broken once before. Jacob Pifl'er, 30 yeais old, has a hole iu his head and arm hurt. Will Shiffer is badly btuiscd. Samuel Kelp, aged 28, hurt his hand aud is much bruised. Levi Flery, a married man, 32 years old, is injured internally. Jehu Gibble is hurt internally. Samuel Hciscy, married and 32 years old, has a broken rib and is injured iu his spine. He may net recover. Ephriam Brosey, 17 years old is hurt in his face, has several ribs broken aud a hole cut in his head. Elias Geib has his shoulder dislocated aud his cellar bone broken. Peter Greever fractured his cellar bone and dislocated his shoulder. Samuel Zu-r, proprietor of the Exhange hotel, Mastersonville, is badly bruised. Martin Greiner, a cousin of the boss carpenter, when the accident happened, jumped from the gable end of the -building and escaped uninjured. Frank Geib sustained injuries net of a serious nature. Jeremiah Martin. 23 years of aue.has his back badly injured. Benjamin Trout has a knee dislocated Jehn Stern, a young unmarried man, is hurt in his back. Jacob Keener has oue of his legs injured. Jehn Lciscy escaped with a slight cut en the nose. Michael Gibble sustained injuries en his leg. Edmuud Zug is injured severely en one of his legs. Israel Gibble is hurt inwardly. Gcerge Greiner, who supervised the construction of the building, is hurt in his back. Jehn S. Stauffer received injuries about ins head. Jehn II. Mastcrseu, merchant of Mas tersonville, as seen as the accident hap pened drove off at a rapid gait for the doc tor at Mastersonville. Ou his way, iu driviug ever a brake, he was thrown for ward and received a gash in the face. Drs. Jeseph and William Therne, of Mastersonville, aud Dr. Brecht, of Union Square, who were sent for, did and are doing all in their power te rclieve the un fortunates. The C'orener'rt Inquest. Deputy Corener Jehn Lindcmuth, of Mount Jey township, viewed the remains of Jehn Shenk ou Saturday evening. He selected as jurors Christian Mever. Eli F003, Christian Givler, Jacob Shenk, Dr. Augstadt and Shenk. Your corres pondent visited the place and spoke with several of the jurors. Ne witnesses were called nor investigation made. The ver dict was net rendered cither in writing, at least until it was dictated by one of Mount Jey's squires. We knew it, but it is net worth the paper it is written en. We are in possession of seme irregularities, but taking into consideration the fact that this is his first case, we think it better net te publish them. If there be any money paid for the expenses of au inquest, which presumably there will be, let them makn an investigation that investigates. And besides that the coroner of Raphe, net of Mount Jey township, is the ene te held it- llew It Happened. Early en Saturday morning about one hundred men came together te raise the church building. The morning was damp and a dense fog hung ever the landscape. At times the fog had the appearance of drizzling rain making out-deer work very disagreeable, but at no time was the tim ber tee damp and slippery te discontinue its erection. The work was done very nicely and everything pushed forward smoothly. The frames en tBe sides of the building were placed in position and the first fleer had been laid. Sixteen feet above was the second fleer. On this were about fifty men engaged at putting in po sition the trusses and there were thirty or forty en the first fleer when the accident occurred. It came with a loud crash and se suddenly that very few had time enough te get out of the falling timber's course. Great consternation took held of the men and for a short time many had lest their senses. Frem interviews with several eye witnesses of the disaster net two stories of hew it 'occurred could be obtained that would correspond. An inspection of the building as it new is explains the cause. Subjoined is a diagram of the framework en which is te be placed the second fleer : i B V A The dimensions of the building are about 80x50 feet. A B is ene of four cords or stringers resting en the plates. At each end each stringer was well fasten ed witli iron reds. Between each stringer parallel te the plates which extend lengthwise, and at right angles with the stringers are two gi rdcrs. Each ger der was joined te the striugcr at joints like C. Each mertise in the tie measures about 7x2" inches. There arc ten mortises in all and clese by each mertise is a hole two inches in diamcter,threugh which gees an iron red te be fastened te the truss. It is plain that the stringers were much weakened by the hole aud mortise. Be sides that the stringers aie of hemlock of a peer quality. These stringers were each supported by two temporary prep3 of hemlock, which had done service before in ether buildings. It is estimated that net less than fifty men wcre at one end ou this frame engaged at putting up the truss. The weight was tee heavy aud the preps uet strong enough te keep up the weakened stringers. The first space first gave way and the next followed falling en the group of men who were precipitated, seme te the first fleer and ethers clear through te the basement. Opinions of I.ullders. A master mechanic who was out te the scene of the disaster after inspecting the building remarked "That he never saw such a dumb way of putting up a build ing." We showed the plan of construction te Sel. Streck, of Bainbridge, who is at home en a frame. He has superintended tin; erection of no less thau 45 mills in his time and he certainly knows when a building is put up iu a right way. lie said the plan of construction is wrong and that it is a great pity that a want of intelligent construction should cause pe much pain and misery. He said thcic is no need of sectional girders te weaken the ceid-;. Thera should have been mero cords ; the joists should have beeu placed leugthwise instead of crosswise and the frame would have been much stronger. The custom is te put up a part of the framework and then the trusses and net finish the frame work before strengthening it with seme of the trusses. Every ene who knows Mr. Greiner, the boss carpenter speaks of him in high terms as a mechanic, lie has put up many barns aud houses in that vicinity aud has always made satisfactory work. They attach no blame te him in this case, but it is quite clear that he was carrying out a peer plan in constructing this building. Theio is no ene who mere deeply regrets the occur rence of the sad affair than he. When it took place he was standing ou a ladder putting the nut en the red that runs through the truss ; he foil through te the fleer in the basement, and is very much bruised, but net seriously. The sue et the calamity was formerly occupied by a stone structure, built about twenty-five years age. In it the members, who are Dunkards of the elder branch of that denomination, have worshipped there during that time until early this spring. Then it was decided, but net without pro pre test, te erect-a new but larger building in its stead. Its location is a short distancu back from the read leading from Milten Greve te Mastersonville, about eight miles north of this borough. It is a quiet, pictuicsque place. hemmed iu en three sides by woodland thinly s ct with trees. In the rear is the churchyard, where lie buried many of the former inhabitants of that locality. Thcre is a full view in one direction only te the eastward, but it is such as affords a magnificent scene. This building differs materially from the oidi eidi nary church buildings. It is designed te worship iu, and it was expected that the first services would be held thcre shortly after harvest. Thcre is a basement below aud rooms above next te the reef, te ac commodate ledgers, when the love feasts are held. These, which take place an nually, draw together large crowds, and they are fed with feed prepared in the basement of the church buildii.g. The scene Yesterday. All day Sunday hundreds of man, women and children iu vehicles and ou feet came from all directions te visit the wrecked building. Ever since the first news of the acci dent reached this borough the citizens have been eager te learn particulars. Seme have relatives and friends among the victims and this made the anxiety all the greater. The reads are in a bad con dition, otherwise the number who went out from town would have been greater. The Disaster Ascribed te Providence. Unfortunately thcre is a division or opin ion among the members of the church. Seme wanted the church rebuilt and a small faction as strongly opposed the re building. This condition of things makes the affair all the mere unfortunate and many are superstitious enough te leek upon the accident as au act of Gedespecially designed te justify the position that the anti builders took. One old gentleman in supporting this view in broken Pennsylva nia Dutch said : "Yeu may say what you will Greiner is a geed carpenter and knows his business. Some of the members did net want te build it. Its no one's fault but the Lord's. IIe did it, and he'll de it again tee." The side frames are still in position. Nothing but about two-thirds of the fleer represented by the diagram is down. The timber is badly broken, and much of it cannot be used in it again. It will be some time before the work en the building will be continued. Thera will be much trouble te get help te raise it again, and it will be a difficult job te cemplete the structure. The Truth Fer Unco. N. V. Truth. It is only within a few years that the Dunkers begau te build churches at all, their public worship being conducted in their barns, which are among the finest structures in the state. It is seldom an accident happens at a barn raising, there fore the Lancaster Dunkers are likely te argue from this circumstance that church raising provokes the anger of the Lord. " PFINGST." THK WHITSUNDAY CUUKUll SKKV1CKS. The Rural Festival Te-dny Fair Weather and n Dig Crowd The Kptuiuli- cau Politicians. In nearly all the churches iu this city where services yesterday, having special reference te the descent of the Hely Ghost upon the apostles ten daysnfter Christ's ascension. The festival of Whitsunside is te commemerato this event, which was the commencement of the preaching of the gospel te the Gentiles.- Many of the pulpits and altars were handsomely decked with flowers. AX the Catholic, Episcopal. Lutheran, Reformed, Moravian and some ether churches the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered. Bishop Sliananan was present at St. Mary's church and conducted mass at 8:30 a. m. Dr. McCullagh celebrated high mass at 10, and Father Weedman preached the sermon. At vespers a large number of young communicants were admitted te the sodality. The communion at Trinity Lutheran church was very large ; au ad dress was made by Rev. Dr. Greeuwald. At St. Jehn's German Reformed church a class of 20 continuants took their first communion. The morning services at all the ether churches were very largely at tended, but the heavy rain iu the after noon and evening interfered greatly with subsequent services. In the Moravian church, Rev. Max Hark preached a special sermon en the mission ary work of that denomination, in antici pation of the one hundred and fiftieth an niversary of the beginning of this work, te be celebrated en August 21, 1882. A mere extended report of it is laid ever ler future publication. WU1T.AIUNDA1. Tlie Country Lads :uiit LnsHtc liiTeun. Te-day dawned bright and clear, with a cool air stirring and very early it became evident that a considerable crowd of peo ple would be in town. The trains north aud south en the R. & C. railroad brought many passcngesr and the hotel stable yards were well thronged with vehicles. The saloons and confectioneries are doing well, hut thcre are no special amusements except two or three picnics. There is the usual amount of harmless diserder,but net much wrangling of a serious character as yet. TDK POLITICIANS. K publican County Committee Meeting. The festivities of the day, the meeting of the Republican county committee and the expected arrival of Gen. Beaver, Re publican candidate for governor, brought a geed many Republican politicians te town te day. The Republican county committee met in Grand Army hall this nietning for the purpose of oiganizatieu. All the districts in the county except half a dozen were represented. Itebt. J. Evans, of the Fourth waul, city, called the committee te order and Al. Welchans, of the First ward, and G. S. Kemper, of Ephrata, wcre chosen tem porary secretaries. When the list of delegates was called, and Sadsbury tewuship was reached, T. B. Cochran, city, presented au affidavit signed by Samuel Slokem, Calvin Carter, G. M. Knight, and Thes. McGewcu, te the effect that at the latu primary election the election officers rejected a sufficient num ber of tickets containing the name of Philip S. Bush for county committeeman, te have elected Bush had they been re ceived. Mr. Cochran moved the appointment of a committce of three te investigate thcaflair and report. The chair appointed Messrs. Cochran, Thce. Hiestand and Brown said committee, A permanent organization of the com mittee was effected by the selection of A. F. Shcnckas chairman by acclamation. Fer secretaries of the convention A. C. Welchans had 35 votes ; G. S. Kemper 59 votes : Washington Paxson 19 votes ami J. F. Remley 7 votes. Kemper and Wel chans were elected. Fer treasurer F. 1). Petinell was elected receiving 35 votes te 20 cast for B. V. Mussclman and 10 for B. P. W. Urban. Mr. Urban made a stalwart speech ami presented for the consideration of the convention an address and iesolutien pro claiming the regularity and excellence of the Cameren ticket aud platform, the wickedness of the Independent movement, which could result only iu Democratic success for years te come unlcf.s old-time Republicans steed shoulder te shoulder, and pledging the committee te support the ticket. J. A. Steber thought this address a very important matter, aud te give due weight te it he asked for a call of the yeas and nays upon its adoption. All the members present voted for it except Rebert S. Mc (J lu re, of Bart, .Michael Weimcr, of Eden, A. L. Ilershey, ei West Hempficld, C. A. Duulap, of Manheim borough, A. C. Nau mau, of Sporting Hill, all of whom de clined te ve.c. The refusal of these men te sign the address created great excitement aud in dignation among the Stalwarts. Tem Cochran made a speech aud offered a resolution instructing the chairman of the county committee le communicate with the members who refused te sign, aud if they de net reconsider their action aud sign the address by the 2Gth of June, the committee, at its meeting en the 3d of July, shall declare their seats vacant and elect ethers te take thuir place. Ben Urban made a Stalwart speech, which would have made the hair of his old friend, the Heic Era editor, stand en end, had he heard it. He denounced the Inde pendents as disappointed malcontents, who had no constituency, and who met in the oflice of au unknown lawyer, and elected themselves as delegates te a disorganizing convention. He advocated the most prompt and decisive measures against the recalcitrant members of the committee. Tha discussion was pai ticipated in by Tem Cochran, Jehn A. Steber, D. W. Grabill, Al Welchans, Celin Cameren, Buck Lcibley, (subsitute for Eph. Shaub) aud several ethers, most of whom insisted en the immediate expulsion of the Inde pendent quintette, who sat in a group to gether and looked rather chop-falleu in the midst of the storm of indignation by which they were engulfed. McClure somewhat timidly excused him self by declaring that he was new and always had been a Republican ; that he would net new say that he would net sign the address, but he would net de se te day. He wauted te consult his constituents. His remarks were received with jeers and he was told that he was waiting for the reform ' boss " te tell him what te de. Wciiner al.-.e asserted his Republicanism and gave the same reason for net signing. He must consult his constituents. He was derisively told that he had no constituents unless they were Democrats or soreheads. The propesition.for immediate expu'sien of the Independents was voted down by 14 te 19, and after several ether dates had been mentioned the 12th of June was finally agreed upon, by which time if the kickers de net sign the pledge their seats will be declared vacated and their successors will be chosen by the county committee, and the resolution as thus amended passed without a dissenting vote. A committce.ef li ve,appeintcd en assess ment of candidate, was instructed te report te this afternoon's session of tin; commit tee. A committee was also appointed te audit the accounts of the secretary aud treasurer, after which the committee ad ad feurncd te meet at half-past one o'clock. Kalslng the Meney. This afternoon the committee appointed te examine and report ou the contest in -
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