IiANOASTJtt DAILY IK'lELLlGENCElt THURSDAY, JAMUAltY 11. 1883.
Ilaucastcr tntcUigcnrrr.
T3UhSAV EVENING, JAN. 11, 1863.
Te aMwaiiKee fire.
Ta-? terrible less of life at the burning
e t!i. Milwaukee hotel, will excite a
geu ' h-al of comment, wise and other
wise, en the part of a public horrified at
t idea of such a terrible death. The
d and is likely te be lively for the ex
c .inn of the law relating te lire escape
fro is public buildings. That law, being
a uiA", ought of course te be enforced :
though it is doubtful whether it is ew
altogether wise. It is a dead letter new.
j. n -J laws which are dead letters, gener
id y have .something wrong about them.
T:e rennsylvania statute requires
buildings of three stories in height and
ever, except private dwellings that arc
n jt tenement houses, te be provided with
lire escapes. Rut it is in comparative
ly fe.v buildings that such an applance
would be really useful. Te require
cjstly and unsightly fire escapes te be
b lilt xv'.'.'M they are ivt necessary
seems te be a mistake. A reasouahh reaseuahh reasouahh
discretien should be left te the local au
therities in requiring them. It is very
e isy te point, out the structures where
lire escapes would bs needful atta.-h-ments
; but it is net easy te dtscrib.
them in a general law. Large, high and
isolated buildings should all have them,
and if they had bjeii placet en all the
aides of the Milwaukee hotel thay v.'v)iil i
c Plainly have saved lives. IJut it is no'
likely that they would have alto
gether prevented the less of life.
The hotel seem te have been
provided with iaterier stairway?,
at its several corners, which would have
sufficed for the escape of all its inmates
if they had net baen bewildered by their
d mger and blinded by the smoke wnic!i
filled the corridors. The greatest les3 of
life occurred among the fcrvaut girls,
who roomed en the top story. Yet the
knew the location of the stairways which
would have conducted them te safety.
The only explanation of their net resort
ing te them is that they were paralyzed
ii minder body, or bjtli, by their fear.
They were net sufficiently in possession
of their faculties te find their way
te the stairways through the
smoke. They lacked the courage
and self-p oshession te help themselves ;
and there de net seem te have been men
about among these called te the scene
courageous and .self-sacrificing enough
te go up the stairways through the
smoke te their rescue. If fire escape
ladders had been upon the outer walls it
is likely that the w.wnen v.'h perished
would have failed te find their way te
them ; and if they had reached them
they still would hive lacked the courage
te descend by them. Their great uie
would have been in affording a safe way
for outside aid te mount up te them.
Tire escapes are useful te the firemen ;
but with the improved fire ladders new
in use firemen are sufficiently provided
with facilities for speedily scaling all
ordinary buildings. If our state law
was modified se as te require the placin
of lire, escapes where they aie ordered by
the local authorities, the public weul 1
be sufficiently protected.
"What the public safety in eds far mere
than fire e-cipe ladders outside the walls
of public buildings are avenues of escap.
inside. Then' res and plates )f pubiie
assembly should b rvquiiei: te have en.
lets that will emibl? the :..! i-T.ce te go!,
outside i then; in a space of time net
exceeding one minute. This ispwti
cali'c and should be required.
When the Democratic Heuse caucus
fust met at Ilarrisburg te select an or
ganizatien. there was a move made by a
number of the elder members te have the
filling of all the places under speaker
and chief clerk let out te a slate com
mittee, after the usual Republican style
of huckstering thesa things. This v.u
defeated and the caucus as a whole pro
ceeded te ballet for ami S'decl in open
contest the incumbents of about a dozen
of the leading places. The results weie
generally satisfactory ; tedious as was
the process, the members all felt that
they had a hand in the work. The
balance of the selections were let
out te n slate committee with the
result that its report gives general
dissatisfaction, a notable feature of it
being that Bucks county, which get a
member en the " slate committee " after
it had been amply provided for by the
caucus, slides in two ether representa
tives for subordinate positions and leaves
the large delegations from Crawford,
Yerk, Lehigh and Northampton out. in
the cold. Mr. Jamisen, who was put en
the slate committee " te take care of
Northampton," seems te have taken
such care of it as the kite affords the
dove.
A special dispatch from Ilarrisburg
te the Ixteli.igexcer relates that the
slate committee's report was very sum
marily smashed by the Democratic em
eus, as it ought te have been, when it
was discovered that the members of the
committee had acted the hog.
Me. Piiilii' C. Gauket, chairman of
the Committee of One Hundred of
Philadelphia, was appointed one of the
state beard of charities last May by
Gov. Ileyt and his name was sent te the
Senate for confirmation yesterday.
President I. -ylmra and " Rertie "
Adams, one of the new senators, who
have been scored by Mr. Garret's com
mittee, took the fleer and antagonized
the confirmation of :i man who, as they
allege, in his political conduct toward
his opponents does net exhibit such
charity as befits a member of the state
beard. As it requires thirty-four votes
te confirm tiicy succeeded, besides their
own votes against him, in securing
enough te be withheld from Mr. Garret
te prevent hi.; confirmation. The gev
erner says he will s.nnd in his name
again.
The failure of Mr. Garret's confirma
tion will net ..materially hurt him, as the
place is one of honor :iw, responsibility,
net of profit. And should he never be
confirmed some one of equal litmsscan
ue leunu. Lut the bitter aitagenism
manifested te him by the Stalwarts has
great political significance. It may be
the edge of the wedge which will keep
apart the two Republican factions in the
Senate this session.
The IXTELUGiiXCEK has net nnu'e '
vain opposition te the employment of '
useless hangers-en in the legislative de
partments at Ilarrisburg. The Heuse
and Senate, alike forced te meet this
issue, have shown a disposition net only
te mend the law permitting them, but te
postpone the filling of their places until
the new law can be put upon pa.-
sage. This is one point gained,
but it is only the beginning. Lf-t
it be supplemented with a resolution that
every employee and official must be at
Ilarrisburg and d ) hi3 work in person
or lese his pay. Having thus started
with clean hands themselves, the mem
bers of the Legislature can profitably
extend their inquiries and reforms te
the supernuniaries, big fees and exces
sive salaries in ether departments. But
te any one of sense it is plain that the
Legislature could net consistently pre
tend te reform ether branches while it
tolerated a let of useless offices simply te
make place for the dependents of its
membvrs.
Uxei;n the new rules of the Republi
can party in this state the time for its
next state convention is already iixed en
"Wednesday, July 11. The new Deme
cratic rules allow the state committee,
which will meet next Monday in Ilarris
burg, te then fix the time of the state
convention or te postpone its considera
tion it desirable. Up te this lime we
believe there has been no thought
of settling this matter new,but, as it has
net been generally known that the Re
publican date is fixed, when the state
committeemen become acquainted with
this fact they may incline te also fix the
date for the Democratic convention.
This contingency affords additional u-a-s
m why the meeting should be a full
one, and why, if necessary, it should ad
journ from neon until a later hour te se
cure the largest possible attendance of
members of the committee.
Tin; Republican state S-jnat.e will ret
allow itself te be outstripped by the Dem
ocratic Heuse in the lace for icferm, and
its judiciary committed has resolved te cut
off some of the superfluous offices. If
this be agreed upon, and the election of
their incumbents be postponed, the Re
publican slate will have te be made ever,
as names for all the places had already
been written upon it.
"We hasten te commend the vigorous
maimer in which the new management of
the Ilarrisburg Telegraph ranges itself en
the side of political reform. The out
spokenness of the editorial opinions which
we print from it is lefreshiug. Such a
Republican scourge of roosters, as the
l'elegruih premises te be, has been needed
and ought te be welcomed at navris
burg. It is given out that Jehn C. Shumaker,
of Pittsburgh, one of the secretaries of
the Independent Republican state com
mittee " has been appointed deputy sec
rotary of the commonwealth by Govcruor Gevcruor Govcruer
clect Pattison."' This is net likely. Mr.
Stcugcr will most probably appoint his
own deputy and h.s will likely be a Jcffer Jcffer
senian Democrat who lemembers what
state ticket he voted in 18S2.
Tin: Huuae at Ilarrisburg lnu resolved
j te iequiie whether the Recerd cannot be
I abridged and made :cadabl and fresh.
The committee ei this f.abjeci, will re
cover that the "journal," wlrch. is
printed at the cleac of every session re
cords neatly all of lh- proceedings that is
weith recording. The Recerd should
either be merged ia this or e'si lie made a
daily rrpcrt of the actir.il prece; 'lings, te
be delivered every morning. As it is new it
is neither fish, flesh nor fowl and can well
he spared from the legislative bill of fare.
Out magnificent attorney general of the
United States, who disburses his contin
gent fund ai recklessly as an old time
chief clerk at Ilarrisburg, is exhibited by
the npert elscwhere printed as indulging
his sumptuous tastes at the public expense
te a degree net tolerable in this era of
strict official accountability. The publica
tion, tee, of the counsel fees paid out in
the Star Reute cases has aroused a spirit
inquiry, anil in the Heuse, yesterday,
Mills, of Texas, efleicd a resolution, which
was referred, asking the attorney general
" what persons he has employed as attor
neys and in ether ways in the prosecution
of the Star Reuto cases, what are the
terms of the ceuliact with each, what is
paid te each, and what is the probable
amount of the entire cost uf the prosecu
tion new pending and &uch as he contem
plates instituting."
Tin: annual meeting of the State Edi
torial association will be held in Sanate
committee room, Ne. C, capital building,
Ilarrisburg, en "Wednesday, January 17,
(day after governor's inauguration), at 10
o'clock a. m The election of officers, ap
pointment of committees, arrangements
for summer excursion and ether rouiine
business usually eugage the attention of
this meeting. This year it will be in
voked with special interest ; there will be
n large, attendance and some action will
doubtless he taken te effect a closer union
of the country editors with the Jeurnalistfc'
club of Philadelphia, an association just
fei med, which takes in nearly all the work
ing newspaper men of Philadelphia. Mr.
II. F. Keenan, of the Press, is president
of the Philadelphia club ; "W. U. Hensel :s
president of the state association, and R.
S. Meuamin is the experienced and inde
fatigable steictarj'.
Afi'ER the Democratic Heuse caucus
committee at Ilarrisburg had resolved
yesterday te cut dewu (he employees, the
Kub-conimittce deputed te fill the re
maining offices agreed upon the following
nominee's : Jlessagc clerk, J. C. Ammer
man, Menteur ; assistant sergeaut-at-arms,
Jehn Murphy, Montgomery ; assistant
sergeant at arms, C. M. Hoever, Venango;
assistant doorkeepers, James J. Elliet,
Butler, and James E. Lawrence, Bucks ;
assistant messenger, Frank P. Kilacky,
Philadelphia ; assistant postmaster, James
J. Monaghan, Philadelphia ; door
keeper of rotunda, Jehn O. Glabcrty,
E.ie; pesters and .feMcss. Frank K.
Stctler, Berks; Frank Hendricks,
Sehujlkiil ; M. Deugheity, Bucks ; Id. J.
O'Brien, Lycoming, and James Lippmau,
"Westmoreland. These selections excite
8ome ill-feeling, especially as Bucks county
whish has already secured the- postmaster-
ship, runs off with two actienal places,
and Schuylkil!, which had previously se
sured the sergeant .it arms, gets ane:her ;
while the delegations from Lehigh, Nerth-ampt-m,
Yerk and Crawford are left en
tirely. "Slate committees," it steins
catinet manage these things meie fati.-
facterily tbau t'je open caucus, free te
all.
PER30NAZj.
lit. T.wiv T. Atttc r.f t'.nc f'A rr
ius
been elected one of the managers
the Heuse of Refuge.
ei
Dunns, who killed Capt. Nutt, is :e
ported te have come east te take his (-xat
in the Heuse.
Ex TitEASt'iiEi: Samuel Bun. 1:11, of
Chester county, is talked of for the Re
publican nomination of auditor gereral
this vcar. The state convention comes oft
July2.
Tem Tiicmi.'s size served hi n well at
the Milwaukee hotel fnc. He slipped out
easily and a fireman carried his little wife
down the ladder when a heavier lead might
have been dangerous.
Govr.nxer. Stexemax was inaugurated
yesterday at Sacramento, C.l , In accor
dance with his wishes no military or ether
display was made. This is a peer yea.
for fuss and feathers.
UxiTEi) States Senater Matt "W.
Ransom, or North Carolina has been
unanimously reneminated by his party
caucus. He has served with honor and
deserved his re-election.
W. T. II. Pauley, who has becne--nectcd
with the Waynesburg Messenger as
annrentice. ieurncymau, foreman, owner
and editor, for fifty years, has sold the
paper te Cel. James S. Jennings, of
Grecne county.
Colonel E. D. Yurxv, of Ursiaa, for
many years a member of the state Senate
from the Somerset district, attended a
funeral, and, en the way back te his home
as the wagon turned a corner, the scat
tilted backward, and he was thrown te the
ground. He was canied home uncon
scious, and it is feared that his spine must
be seriously injured.
Gen Grant was given a state dinner
yesterday by Mr. Arthur. The best White
Heuse china and the bloemingest llewcrs
adorned the tabic. In the east room
groups of date palm trees ami giant ferns
were placed in the .corners and window
recesscs, bedded in mounds of mess set
with ierus. The mantelpieces wcre
banked with feilage, plants and mosaics
of tut llewcrs. The red and bhie parlous
and the main corridor were similarly
beautified with palm aud azalia trees in
full bloom and gienps of rare plants.
Cevers were laid for thirty-four guests
and thirteen courses tickled their plates,
and the seven kinds of wines were net
concealed in frozen oranges as in the
lemonade days of Brether Hayes.
THE UEAL'TU'UL. hey.
Where it Fell and Hew Much el it.
At Williaaispert tlure were four inchec; ;
Reading, six "inches ; Pottstown, seven
inches ; Allentown, five inches ; Potts
villc, two and a half inches. At Atlantic
City the tide was one feet higher than the
high tides of last September, and families
living near th neadews have been oblig
ed te move ti ic second story of the::
houses. Tii, '.rd walk has bacn des
troyed betweci - ith Carolina and Tenn
essee avenues, and several of the bath
houses have Lean undermined.
In New Yerk the snow fall was very
heavy, the horse cars, as well as trucks,
baiug doubled up, and street traffic was
accomplished with difficulty. Thieo of the
Leng Island Found steameis were obliged
te put into Huntingdon, L. I., e:i Tu"-day
night.
Dispatches received at Wilmington
from various parts of the penhibiila report
the storm as being the wer.st known for
years, and that trains are delayed in every
direction.
At Rieh'iieuii, Va , the snow is liem 1G
te 18 inches deep. All trains are moie or
less delayed. It is said te be the heaviest
snow storm since 1S37. At Petersburg,
Va., twenty one incises of snow have
fallen, which is the deepest since 1S-37,
and trains fiem all p 'ints Irtve been
delayed.
Telegrams fr.,.n Caieage, Hit.., state
that a blizzard has been raging in S.iuh
ern Minnesota. Trf trains are slopped
by suew drifts, Tid shevelling is
going forward. The blizzard was unex
pected and found thousands of people mi
prepared, and will piebably de great
damage. Twe engines are stuck in a
drift at Lake Benten. It is the worst
storm experienced for two year-, and :v
pears te extend three hundred and fi:ty
miles.
At Halifax, N. C, a heavy snow storm
was prevarling yesterday.
At Ottawa, Ont., auethe'r cold spi-ll ?c.
in yesterday, the thermometer reg;.reriu'j:
CO degrees below zero.
THE Ki-:w tOAL COMl'ASV
millions el Casual in Kailr:iils :m-.: "i:.l
EtiutlH In Clearlielil County.
The Clearfield Bituminous coal com
pany was organized yesterday by the elec
tion of the iollewiug officers : President,
C. J. Laneden, Elmira. IN". Y. : vice piesi-
5 dent, S. R. Peale, Leck Haven. Pa.;
2 treasurer, Jehn Arnet. Elmira, N. Y
ecretary, "William I). Kelly, Elmira, N
Y. ; superintendent and engineer, G. II.
Piatt, Mclutvre, Pa. The capital of the
company is $3,000,000.
The Susquehanna and sjuthwesteru
railroad company was reorganized, and
the work of extending the read te Clear
field will be pushed forward at eacc. One
hundred miles of read will he built te
ceunect with the Reading and Pine Creek
system, in euder te give additien.il
facilities for the improvement of
the products of the Clearfield coal mines.
Tue following officers were chosen : Presi
dent, "William A. Wallace, Clearfield, Pa.;
vice president and treasurer, Cornelius
Vandcrbilt, New Yerk. Directors W.
K. Vauderbilt, C. M. Depew and J. II.
Rutter, of New Yerk ; Jehn G. Kcading
and i. M. Gazzam of Philadelphia ; S. R.
Peale, Leck Haven ; Daniel Beach, "Wat
kins, N. Y. : J. A. Robertsen, "Wayne
county, Pa. ; W. S. Ncaring, Merris Run,
P.i. ; Geerge II. Piatt, Mclntyre, Pa.
Secretary, W. II. Brown, Leck Haven,
Pa.
TENNESSEE'S TBKASUKUlt.
lnrtlicr DctiillH el llie Ciipture et the Alj
hcu:i(ll!i Defaulter l'eilt.
Treasurer Polk, after his arrest by De
tective Price, was liberated for something
ever $30,000 and took the train for Laredo
getting off at "Webb station. United States
Marshal Shecly learning this started ju
pursuit en horseback. On arriving at
Webb he arrested Delective Cameion
sent with Polk. After considerable treuble
he found Polk secreted seven miles from
"Webb. Polk was at first disposed
te fight. Afterward he offered Mar
shal Sheciy $8,000 te release him.
Polk has very little money with him.
It is reported that his nephew ami
servant crossed into Mexico with a large
amount of money. Polk appeals much
distressed at his arrest. When captured
by the officer, his hands and clothing
wcre filled with prickly pear thorns"
which he had get from wandering :u the
thicket. Cameren was also arrested ;y.,(l
held by utneer rsiieely, who, after his
arrest, protested, telling the officer that
he had made a geed thimg ..ut of the
business and could put him in the way te
realize a lew tueusancis. biiecly de
nounced him for the insulting preposition,
and he will use these uuBeIicited confes
sions against Cameren.
THE HOTEL HOERUK.
TUE AlIMy.ll.lS.SE .TIAMUAI' lU'ilM.
An Early .llcriiinir Fire Attenileil by Uie.it
Less or Llie TiutlcrDex Structure
Consumed in a Trice.
According tefuitbcr pattkulars xecived
of the destruction ei the Newkall house ia
Milwaukee, WeJnesday morning, it seems
that shortly before 4. eVIuck three alarms
effireweie sounded in rapid succession.
One was Hern box -le9, corner of Ylick and
Eighteenth stieets ; another was a tele
phone aim m, and tlK a followed the emi
neus Mgiial lrem box le, tms time signal
ing that the Ncwhall house was en fire.
When the fnemen arrived en the scene
it w.is found that the fire broke out in the
south end of the huge six-story building
ia either tne fiiuth or ihrh il;or, starting
from the southwest corner of the struc
tuic. It spread with lightning rapidity,
and in its deadly p?th human life van
quished and dozens of charred bodies
marked its pse.n s-. Ia the twinkle of a
moment the whole tire depaitment, except
the chemicai cninc, which was left te
fight the fire en Eighth street, was cillsd
te tLe scene. A see-no of the utmost
tenor picvailed. The corridors wcre
filled with dense smoke and half stupefied
persons were 1 j ing aciOes the hallways,
while the shrieks of women and the
groans of men iiiled the air.
These few who appeared en the scene
did all they c uid te nscue the
bewildeied guests, and a great many were
taken out et the front entrance and from
the small balcony running along the
Broadway front of the buildiug. Tiie fue
men went heroically te weik, hut it w.i
seen apparent te all that efforts te s:tve
the buiidiug would be fruitless. Atteutien
was then directed te getting the inmates
out of the building, but hew unsuccessful
they proved L shown by the appalling
death list. The "jumping" cloth proved
of little assistance. About a dozen uufur
t.uuaUs attempted te jump, but rebounded
from the telegnph wires, a perfect mass
of which suneutided the two fronts of the
buildiug.
Meantime the whole building had be
come enveloped in flames, mid terrific
volumes of 11 re and smeke shot with
lightning lii.e rapidity through the reef
and high up into the morning air. The
fire had stalled in the basement of the
building near the elevator uhaft, through
which it had spiead from Heur te fleer, se
that llames were issuing from all parts of
the building at once. At 3 o'clock the
hotel was a mass of rearing llames, and
befeicthe iclicf engines from Chicago ar
rived, the lire had spent its force and was
under control.
Regaiding the origin of the lire, Mr.
Autisdel said : ' The night watchman saw
the lire first. But before he could de any
thing the flames shot up the elevator ig
niting every deer. I was awakened by the
noise and rushed cut before the building
filled with flames and smoke and people
Hying for their lives. After saving my
wife I tried te save ethers. I met my
father and mother in their night clothes
and tried te get them te leave tiie build -mg,
but father was apparently out of his
head, iie said he was bound te go into
the flame-; te save the building, bui by
force I get h:tu into the street, and being
afraid that if I let him go he would again
enter lha flames 1 conducted hi:u by force
dewu Michigan street. When near the
alley some one loll from the upper fleer te
the ground a few iecc away and caiued
him te become licnzicd."
sl". s .vuifu in.(iG.i; uksuxutien
Til. jii" qunl Context V.'itli Ueatll i'euxlit l,y
(Iio !.'iitiriuuit luiii.itet;.
'ihe scenes during the progress of the
fue v.erc hem t-rending aud pitiful b-.-yeud
description. Guests rudely awakened
from their slcpby the teirible heat and
suffocating smeke appeared in the window
wheie theii fraatic cries for aid rang en the
ears of the concourse of people gathcied
below, bu8', powerless te render auy a
sistar.ci'. Waded in by the .ea of fLime, the un
fortunates in the building could be seen
running v. ildly abiut iu the vain search
for a means et escape, aud wringing their
hands in desrair. Finally, driven out by
the last devouring 11 nuts, every new and
then a black object would appear en the
siU of a window, a piercing shriek send
the morning air and a thud would an an an
nounee that one mere unfortunate had
chose u te mitt death en the pavement be
low rather thau in th- teething mass of
llames within. Orheie, seeing the uis
tauce te the ground below, turned round,
and with hands uplifted heavenward,
as if invoking divine aid. threw
thcmsjlves back into the liie. One man
who had clung tenaciously te the windows
of the fifth story tried te let himself down
at arm's length, lie reached the thiid
atery ins.it'ety, each point gained in his
perilous descei.t being jjreeced with en
couraging cheeis from the bystanders.
As he was putting his feet through the
top of the sceond-steiy window Lis hands
slipped Irera the sill above and, with a wild
shriek, the unfortunate man who had se
nearly escaped a terrible fate fell back
waul, turning ever several times iu the
descent, and finally .striking en his head
ea the pavement below, mangled beyond
reeegniti m.
Anether cas3 wLUi rent achiilef horror
through the crowd was when two men
appeared at a wir.desv in au upper story,
and as they were contemplating the terri
ble leap for life before them the fleer of
the loom gave way a:nl they fell bask
into the vertex of tLtnnv. At ene time
llicie were six persons hanging from a
fifth i.tery window crying in agonizing
tones for the help that could net be ren
dered them, and ene by oue they loosed
their held en it and fell te the street
below. Mr. Allen Jehnsen and his wife
sprang from a fifth story window. He
was caught in the jumping canvass but
sustained injuries from which he died
almost immediately. His wife sttuck en
the' telegraph wires, bounded ever and
was also caught, but was se badly injured
that she only survived her husband about
an hour.
i'liu Here of tlm Day.
While these scenes were being enacted
en the Broadway side of the burning
building, one of still greater hoirerwasin
pregicss in the alley in the rear, wSiere
the servants' quarters were situated. The
flames had started en the opposite side of
the building, but se fast did they spread
that the peer girls awoke only te find
that all means of escape had been cut off.
As the terrible rear and crackling of the
flames bieke en their ears, they became
panic stricken and one after another eight
of them jumped from the dizzy height of
six stories te the alley below. A jumping
canvass had been spread for them, but it
was peweiless in this terrible conflict with
death, and seen was completely c'etted
witu the victims' bleed.
At this juncture the cool-headed her j
the day appeared upon the top of the
building opposite the servant's quarter.",
pulling along with him a ladder. Fer a
moment the long, uuwicldcd thing poised
iu midair, aiul then d-.'sceaded with a
crash into the six-story window of the
hotel. Bjferc the ladder had even
steadied itself the resolute man had
crossed the improvised bridge aud was
inside the hotel. One by one, amid the
reusing cheers of the multitude below, he
dragged the helplrs; and almost wild
creatures through the window until fully
a drz;n had been rescued. One woman
was carried across in safety, but at one
time her whole body was hanging off the
ladder while her rescuer held en te her by
the ankles. All this time the crowd below
were breathless in suspense expecting
every t. "r.ent te sec the lad 'or turn ever
e: 'v-?.': ia two under the Lcivy strain.
But the man was equal te the occasion I
ana nnally placed the woman en tue oppo
site reef, while the crowd below again
burst out with round after reuud of ap
plause. Meanwhile the whole building
had become enveloped in llames ami the
piercing shrieks of the inmates bteame
fewer and fewer as each one chose his
manner of death, for, all means of escie
having been cut off, it was only a choice
between death in the street or death in
the llames.
A llritie of T. I).y.-
One of the saddest facts in connection
with this awful eitastrephe is the fate et
.Mr. and Mis,. Jehn Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert
was connected with Minnie Pahaei's "My
Sweetheart' company, playing the part of
the Gambhr, while under studying te fill
the roll of Teut,'. Just; before leaving
Chicago for Milwaukee Lt Monday Mr.
Gilbert was married toajeung lady te
whom he had been devotedly attach -d for
some time past. On Monday morning this
happy couple beuud their lives together ;
te day the fair young wife of two days
lay in the morgue dead, while at
the Plankinteii house, writhing in ageuy,
lies the husband, but a step from
death's deer. It is net thought possible
that he can be saved. List night the
happy jeuug couple, in company with
ethers, sat in Mauager Maih's office at
the epria house unt.l midnight talking
about the Eurepan trip they were te
take in M,i with the company and of the
happine.-s befeie them. The horrible
change of ihe ft w Leurs-it seemed impossi
ble te lculiz'. Mr. Gilbert's mother ar
rived in the liist train from Chicago, and
has net lelt the bedside of her dying seu.
She is a'me-t crazed with grief and her
ciLs te the L i (I te save his life ate pit-ceu-
Giib it's riht name was Jehn
Deiiin.iu, while that of his young wile
war
his
Siitt.m '.ii, i-il T.im Tlimmi :ir,d
wife weie saved bv an officer, who
eai ricd them down stairs in his arms. A
coleied attendant was burned te death,
but the rest of the c-nupany escaped un
injured W. H.Ciempt'.n, the Old Rogers in
" Esmereld.i " of the .Madisen Square
theatre company, Mi-.s Herbert, Mrs.
Dunlapand W. A. Lavelle arrived en the
midi iht express from Waakegan, and
went te the hotel. Mr. Crompton was
aroused by an indistinct sense of a terrible
noise outside. Befere he realized what
was i;emg en he was startled by the kuecks
of Miss Heibert at the deer adjoining his.
lie unlocked the deer and she came iu.
Her apartment was se full of smoke that
! they could net return through, and they
stalled ler the lire eso.ipe. air. uromnten
managed te threw en seme clothes, but
Miss Ilerbeit Inul no time te save any
thing. Mis. Dunkip ami Mr. Levolla escaped in
a similar way, but were mere fortunate in
both getting partly dn-ssrd. The Minnie
Palmer company ami the Tem Thumb
company have cancelled their engagements
at the opera house and the Academy of
Music owing te the deaths of members of
their companies.
Jehn F. Autisdel, principal proprietor,
has gene crazy ever the terrible affair.
He ran up and down Michigan stieet
meaning and crying "Oh. eh ! My Ged,
who set. that afire!" Over his head was a
black cloth. When he came te the man
gled body of one of his guests, his ravings
were pitiful in the extieme ; all efforts te
soetho him failed. HU son and partner
James Antis kl, steed en the street silent
and undemonstrative- during Xlv. fire, as
if paralyzed by the horror.
L. A. Brown, of Philadelphia ia known
te have- been in the building.
.11 THK MOltOUE.
Tlie .;.j;:i'S eTilie Mewl Lying Preiulhcuau-.!-A
Horrible hlglit.
The morgue presented a hidceim sight.
Twe small biers were seen iiiled with
bodies tightly packed and then bodies of
girls, women and men weie laid premis
eueusly en the stone Hags almost in it
heap, as the patrol brought iu the bodies
three or four at a time. All day long and
far iute the night a dense throng of anx
ious relaties and curiosity-seekers have
thronged iu the vicinity and taken the
efforts of the police te keep the way clear
for the identification of the dead. As fast
as they arrived the corpses were stripped of
their valuables and laid en the fleer. They
were all ten ibly burned, and all of them
are bloody with great gaping wounds all
ever them. Most of them, or iu fact all,
are nude or in their night cktLes. Old
women and men haunt the place, and as a
person gees out he is greeted with dozens
of interrogations of "Is my daughter or
my son in their," etc.
The Murderous Wires.
The network of telegraph wires about
the bin niug building interfered with the
wcrk of saving the inmates en the cham
ber of commerce side. It was generally
conceded that the chief lessen which the
fire has taught is that telegraph compa
nies must be restricted in the practice of
stringing wires upon poles. Said one
prominent gentleman : " The telegraph
companies have built wire fences around
several of th.- most valuable squares in
the citv. This is the second lire within a
' fortnight where these iron networks have
fenced up a building te its destruction,
while the li.emrn v.'.-,.t at hand vainly
trying teb iiig Iiddei mt t place se as te
get at the flames and ie save life. Tole Tele
graph wires in the heart of a large city
are muideieus and must be done away
with."
A petition for the. abatement of the evil
! was drawn up. It lay upon the desk near
the ontrauce te the chamber of commerce
during the day, and obtained numerous
signatures. Alex. Mitchell, who was
among the signers, expressed his inten
tion of using his personal inllucnce te
the utmost te forward the weik of secur
ing the reform. In the crowd about the
fiie great iudiguatieu was expressed en all
sides because the net and net work of the
telegraph and telephone wires made it
impossible for many te escape. A regular
mob gathered at the comer of Broadway
aud Michigan street;!, and it looked at one
time as though they would tear down the
poles.
A Iti'sul'"' lieiiili-trap.
Theio are angry muttcrings also con
cerning the condition of the het I, and
some het-headed persons propeso. that a
demand be made en the owners te knew
why they had perm it ted the house te be
se utterly unpieteeted against fire. There
was little chance of escape, aud it is al
leged that the usual apparatus also was
wanting. Au investigation will be de
manded aud the responsibility for neglect,
which cost se many human lives will be
fixed. The evening papers are strong iu
denunciation of the luck of proper means
of escape from the lire about the building.
r.IIJISK. lUVnSTKUUJ Flllt:.
I.Mnir uf I. in mill iroierty.
Tec Townsend house, the largest stoie
in Sjciety Hill, S. C, was burned en
Tuesday night.
The carding mill of L. G. Jeslin, iu
IIubbaid:-.len, Mass., was burned en
Tuesday night. Less, -$7,000.
The storehouse anei contents of Xums,
Gayac & Dixen, at Spearsville, La., have
been destroyed by lire. Nothing was
saved.
Freeman & Beirs' four-story steam
flouring mil!.:, pt Temah. Wis , with sev
eral cars of wheat, tbur and fee I burue 1.
Less, 25,000.
A boiler house en the Craig farm, near
Kara3 City, caught the and James and
Henry Leenard, who were asleep iu the
boiler house, aged 12 and 11 years, were
burned te death.
S'.Jilt: TEItKIULU TRAGEDIES.
Mostly Resulting lrem ree Pistol Practice.
Jam ss W, Masen, living near Sulphur
pil.igs, Texa, was called en, of his
iuu.-e yesterday and shot by an a: know knew
person. Smallpox i raging in Shi!i.di. Ky.
Stores are closed and busine-s Mispended.
Whole families are stricken an I the citi
tns are fleeing.
Walter Nermau, of N I). Xeim.ui ;
Ce , well kuewu merchant?, "t Ph m.atih,
N". C, shot and killed hinis-t If vtei.lay.
Mental derangement w.ks the cause .: the
suicide.
L. D. McClaiu ami V. C. MeC'uHeu-i.,
both prominent citizens et jIeuu; Li.,
yesterday became engagtd in a eiiticultv
ever a business transaction, which leuhed
:u McCIain sheeting and kdling MeL'ul MeL'ul
leugh. Charles M uhey. son of a hoteifcoep? r
at Ciestliue, Ohie. teuj;ht with Tem Pet
ter. a colored het. 1 rttuner, en Tuesday,
when Pett, r thrashed him eiiudly.
whereupon Meukey fa' ally .he" Putt'i
and then rLd.
Jehn McCrary, of San Antonie, Tt.:. ,
was accidentally shot and killed yesterday
at Barclay, III. He had a xevelver iu his
pocket and, while playing with one of Lis
children, the pistol was disjh.ircd and
the bullet entered his heart.
Samuel A. Scat c, a fanner near Abe -deen,
O., died Wtdiietday from bullet
wounds received last Monday at the
hands of hrs nephew, named Alien. Scott
had insulted Allen's Mst r iu the e .ur.se f
a trivial qnanel, whereupon Allen firtd
upon him.
.Ieiah Williams jr. (.'oien-r.) v:
ledged iu jail at Cambridge, aid., en
Tuesday fr sheeting and duiigt'ieu-Iy
wounding Jeseph Roberts, also colored,
near Thunpsen's station, Dereh. .-.u-r
county. Roberts is a bad character, aid
had previously beaten Mr. ant! Mrs.
Williams.
M:i;uiseiuietM n::us
i;veiu Acress the Comity I., ne.
Warwick furnace, dies or ceti.it ,
turned out 19,792 tens ei' iron in 18S-J.
The fuel used was one-fourth coke and
three-fourths anthracite.
William A. Vecuin, a conductor en the
Steny Creek railroad, was caught between
bumpers at Lansdale, Montgomery count v
and squeezed se badly that it is thought
he will die.
A malignant e.ise of Ktiiall(.et having
developed at St. Jeseph's hospital, R'V
ing, the citizens of that pi.tc ate taking
every precautionary meastre t jirevent
the spread of the disease.
Application will be made a! the March
term of court for the charter of " The
Liquor Dealers Beneficial society of
Montgomery county." The lj. etef the
association is " the protection of its mem
bers from thesecngaged in the illicit sale
of liquor, te establish just and equitable
principles of trade, and te accumulate a
fund out of which benefit may be paid te
the families of deceased members."
In Nonistewn every citizen who no ne
glects te romevo the snow from his pave
ment receives from the chief burgess a
circular containing the town council ordi
nance which compels the removal of the
snow.
Iu Reading, Wednesday morning the
het house of .lob n C Hcpler, en Schuy
kill avenue, was distreyed by fire. Less,
$1,000.
Jehn White, a young man residing iu
Wilmington and employed as a freight
brakeman en the Philadelphia, Wilming
ton & Baltimoie railroad, wes killed at
Chester. It is supposed he was ascending
the ladder en the end of the cars and slip
ped. He fell between the cars and wit",
horribly mangled.
Oxford councils have res jived te change
the names of Central avcuue te Third st.,
Delaware avcuue te Market street. Lan
caster avenue te
-'icet, aud Western
avenue te Locust, stn
When the body of Willies Il.igey, the
young fireman who was killed iu the
wreck west of Duucanueu, was brought te
Ilarrisburg aud placed in charge of under
takers for burial, the head was completely
gene, aud in order te properly lay it out a
substitute head had te be procured.
There was an enthusiastic meeting held
at Valley Forge en Monday afternoon for
the purpose of securing a monument te
commemorate the events of Rovelutionaiy
history which transpired in that classic
spot. Congress, it is expected, will grant
probably $3,000 towards the expense,
provided the citizens of the locality or
friends of the enterprise, raise an equal
liKli.iU.V aiATTKKS.
I.ive Items from :i Near iMj'lglikar.
Lebanon Times.
Wild cats are se plentiful in the west
end of the county that they fellow tLe
miners who go actus-; from Mifiliu and
Swepcs valley. Tlif-sa men beard them
selves in shanties at the collieries in this
section of the county, and carry their pro pre
vision for the week with t hem, and the
animals scent the feed and fellow them.
Mr. Philip Shaeffer has icsigned his
office of director of the peer, te tattecfiVct
the first Monday in February, lbbll. His
reasons are : ' Ged will keep us responsi
ble for our doings, werdly and spiritually,
towards the peer. My conscience does
net allow me te have Mich profane Ian
guage used in regard te the directors of
the peer and neighbors by the steward,
which is proven by sworn testimony."
His resignation was tendered immediately
after the defeat of his candidate for stew
ard. Twe mere leases for mining mica have
been made with Mr. Tester, en Seuth
Mountain, one by a Robesonia and the
ether by a, Lancaster county party with
iu the last week. The land adjoins the
tract ea which David Bechtel made his
rich discover;,-.
Seme years age sever.;! persons in Read
ing concluded te form a peel and buy up
the second mortgage bends of the AVil AVil
mingten fc Reading company, which they
did by paying $830 for each $1,000 bend.
They then ptesscd f e a foreclosure of the
bends, aud each holder paid a certain sum
for attorney's fees. They succeeded Pa the
foreclosure proceedings and the read was
sold. A short lime age there was a distri
bution of the proceeds and for each invest
ni'Mit of 51,000 the investor get jut $1.:10.
C.OOIJ HkEIGlUMn.
J'leutyei Mho Teum.i a:ul Lets el Spert.
The snow of yesterday afternoon aud
last night only served te improve the
slcighin;;. Iu the city the snow is beaten
dewu and the sleighing is excellent, but
en many country reads, which are net
broken, it is net se geed. Evoryeao who
cm is taking advantage of the sport.
The liverymen are kept busy all night and
day, and they ;we unable te supply the de
mand for teams The oeachmakers are
reaping their liar-, est also and many hand
some cutters are being turned out.
The number of line private teams en
the read is very great le day, and
there are plenty of geed horses with ex
cellent opportunity te show their mettle.
The street most frequented in the city is
East King. The city ordinance prohibit
ing fast and reckless driving will he en
forced by the police te picvent accidents.
Yesterday several npseb; took place in dif
ferent parts of the city bus no one was
hurt nor any damage done.
haln e( Ileal KitHte.
Henry Stmbcrt, auctioneer, sold at
public sale, Jan. 10, at the Cooper house,
for M. Haberbii'-h, executer of the estate
of T. P. Terr, deeeas-d, a two -story
brick d wiling, wituatpd et the west sid'i
of Seuth Q-.ie.-n s'rev'. T 118, te J. R.
Trcs', for $2 100.
Cnurged Willi I arceny.
Geerge Hoever and Frank Lutz have
been held for a hearing by Alderman Mc Mc Mc
Coneray en the charge of larceny of ccal
from B. R. Martin & Ce.
TIIE POULTRY SHOW.
ITS UlKNIN'tl THIS -MOrtMNO
r Ii ii l'lil:y of fowl-The Lint et Kntrlea
l entuititil Heed rruriiccta of a
Unre Attendance.
The fourth annual exhibition of thoLan theLan
e.isfer county poultry association opened
:ti E.icclseir hall this morning. Although
all the entries were net iu place at neon,
i-tieiigh is shown te make it certain that
t he collection of fowls is the fiuest ever
.-ln' u in this ei'y or state. By this evon even
uit; i-veiM'. ; wt'l be in place, and the
h.w will hav t;t Factious of the highest
.mier fir ti" !'i.H!au.!s who will no doubt
Vi.-:t It.
We j s.-,,y t-ralishuil a list of all
i he inut:.is th.t U.A been recorded up te
'hat time. Belew will be found the bal
ance of she.v as recorded en the books of
wie seerttary of the society :
Chum I Asiatics.
Ligh Brahma : Ceck, G. II. Pugsley,
Bronlferd, Ontario ('2); hen. Riudell &
Fairsnvice, Newark, N. .!., G. II. Pugs
lev (2); cockerel ami pullet, Riudell &
Faiiservice (;2). G. II. Pugsley (2.)
Dark Brahma : Ceck, Riudell & Fair
M'rvicc, G. II. Pinrsley (2) ; hen, Newton
Adams, Utiea, N.V., G. II. Pugsley (2);
e ukcrcl, Riudell fc Fairservice, Xewteu
Adams. Kc-iding fc Holcembo, Lambert
ville. X. J. (2), G. II. Pugsley.
White Cechin : Ceck, lieu, cockerel aud
pu'iet, G H. Pugsley.
Black Cechin : Ceck. G. II. Pugslev
(J). D. E. H. Witmer, Noffsville ; cock ceck
,rel. Dr. H. Witmer, Rii.dcl! & Fatr-s.-iviee,
G. II. Pugslev (2) ; pullet, Dr. E.
H. Witmer, G. 11. Piigsley (2.)
Buff Cechens : Cockerel aud pullet,
Riudell iN: F.iirterrice, G. II. Pugsley
(2) ; hen. G. H. Pugsley.
Patride Cechin : Cockerel aud pullet,
II. A. Jenes, Weiccster, Mass.
P. C. Partridge Cechin: Pullet, II. A.
Ji.ucs ; e u-k and cockerel, G. H. Pugs
it y (2).
S. C. Partridge Cechin : Ceck, cockerel,
hen aud pullet, G. II. Pugsley (2).
Lotigalierti : Ceck, hen aud coekerel.
Mart L. Fishfr, Danville, Pa, G. II.
Pugsley (2); pullet, M. L. FL-ter (3), G.
11 Pugsley (2).
Breeding Pens : Brahma, G. II. Pugs-i-
(2) : eec.in. G. 11. Pugslev (2).
t'l:int " linmeH.
Blajk Breasted Red : Cck, cejkerel,
hen and pitlht, G. 11. Pugsley (2).
Yellow Duekwing : Cook, cockerel, hen
and pti'.h-t, G. II. Pugsley (2).
Red Pile : C-i.-.kurnl, G. ll. Pugsley.
Black : C.i.-k and hen, G. II. Pugsley.
B. B.R. d Malay : Ceck and lien, G. II.
Pugsley.
Br. Red : lieu and pullet, G. II. Pugs
ley. CliiHt, a. ciiuie Itantuiup.
B. B. Red : Ceck, hen and pullet, G. H.
Pugsley ; cockerel, Miss Anna M. Ray
mond, Flerin, Dr. .1. C. Maple, Trenteu,
N. J.
Brown Red : Ceck aud heu, Dr. J. U.
Maple.
Yellow Duekwing : Cockerel, hen and
pullet, G. II. Pugsley, Di. J. C. .Maple.
Silver Duekwing : Ceck, hen and pullet,
G. II. Pugsley. Dr. J. C. Maple.
Red Pile: Ceck, Dr. J. C. Maple ; hen,
cockerel and pullet, Dr. J. C. Maple, E. A.
Weeks, Worcester, Mass.
White pile: Ceck and hen, Dr. J. C.
.Maple, G. II. Pugsley ; pullet, G. 11. Pugs
ley. Black : Pullet, E. A. Weeks
ClttsH 4 llatiiburgH.
Black : Hen, II. A. Jencc, Worcester,
Mass. ; G. II. Pugsley (2) ; cockerel, G.
II. Pugsley (2) ; pullet, 11. A. Jenes, G.
II. Pugsley (2).
Gelden Pencilled : Ceck, G. II. Pugs
ley ; cockerel, II. A. Jenes, G. II. Pugsley
(2) ; hen, G. II. Pugsley (2) ; pullet, II.
A. .lenes. G. II. Pugsley (2).
Silver Pencilled : Ceck, II. A. Jenes ;
hen, II. A Jenes, G. II. Puasley ; cock
erel, G. II. Pugsley, (2) ; pullet, II. A
Jenes G. II. Pugsley, (each 2.)
Silver Spangled : Heu, Newton Adams,
Utiea, N. Y., G. II. Pugsley ; Cockerel
aud pullet, G. II. Pugsley.
Gelden Spangled : Ceck, hen, cockerel
and pul.'et, Ne-wten Adams, G. II. Pugs
ley. (2).
Breeding Pea : G. II. Pugsley.
Clitas 5. Spanish.
Black: Cockerel and pullet, Riudell ee
Fnirfecivier, Newark, N. J.
B.-own Leghorn : Cockerel, hen and
pullet, (2 each).
White Leghorn : Ceck, Newton Adams,
G. II. Pugsley ; hen, Newton Adams, G.
II. Pugsley (2) ; Cockerel and pullet,
Rindell & Faitseivice, G. II. Pugsley,
(2)
B'ack Lighern : Ceck and hen, G. II.
Pugsley.
Class (! American.
Plymouth Reck : Ceck, Riudell
I';. n net vice, G. II. Pugsley ; cockerel,
Itiudell & Fairservice, Newton Adams,
G. II. Pugsley (:j) ; hen, Riudell &
Fairset vice, Nuwten Adams, G. II. Pugs
h'y C) , pullet, Riudell & h'airsorvice,
Newton Aditms, G. J I. Pugsley (4).
Breeding Pen : G. II. Pugsley.
Black Java : Hen, G. II. Pugsley.
Bhck Sumatra : Ceck, cockerel, hen
aud pullet, G. II. Pugsley.
Clans T-1'ell'li.
White Crested Black : Ceck, cockerel
and pullet, G. II . Pugsley, (each 2).
Gelden : Ceck aud hen, G. II. Pugs
ley (2).
Clans 8 French.
Ileudaus : Ceck aud pullet, Michael
Ryan, Utiea, N. Y.
C!a D Dorklegs.
White : Hen, II. A. Jenes.
Coleied : Hen and pullet, II. A. Jenes.
Silver Grey : Hen, II. A. Jenes.
CI;i-"j lO KfintjuiH.
G-jIdeu Sebright : Ceck, cockerel, hen
aud pullet, G. II. Pugsley (2).
Silver Sebright : Ceck, ceckKrel, hen
and pullet, G. II. Pugsley (2).
Ress Comb : White, cock, cockerel, hen
and pullet, G. II. Pugsley (2); Black,
ceckeiel, Dr. J. C. Maple, Trenten, N. J.,
(2) ; G. II. Pugsley (2) ; cock, Dr. J. C.
Maple, G. II. Pugsley ; hen, II. A. Jenes,
Dr. J. C. Maple, G. II. Pugsley (2) ; pul
ler, Dr. J. C. Maple ( 2 ), G. II. Pugsley
Ci).
Clasx 13 Uucka.
Aylesbury : G. II. Pugsley (2).
Pekiu : G. II. Pugsley (2).
Rouen : G. II. Pugslev (2).
W. O. White : G. II. Pugsley.
Gray Call : G. H. Pugsley.
Black Cayugas G. II. Pugsley (2).
tliiBH 13 Oriinraental.
Guineas : White, E. J. Chandler, Ken
nett Square, II. A. Jenes ; pearl, J. 31.
II agent, Stra-b-irg, II. A. Jenes, Worccs Werccs
ter, Ma-.
Clan JG Flgeeim.
Fautui's : Bhie aud Duu, II. A. Jenes,
Worcester, Mass ; white, B. N. 3IunseI
man, Milhisvill..
Jacebins: Black, Riudell & I airscrvice,
Newark, N. J.; F. I: Allen, Worcester,
Mass.; nil, jellew and w ite, Rindell &
FairservicH f2). F. L. Allen.
Ttind.Vis : Yellow, Rindell & Fairser-
VICH.
Turbits : White, J. E. Selium, city.
Riudell & Fairservice ; silver and yellow,
Rindell & Fairservica ; winged yellow and
red. Rirdell it Fairservice, II. A. Jenes;
b'acf:, f i A Jenes ; blue, II. A. Jenes,
R.ndelt & Fairservice, B. N- Musnelman,
Millers-, n'e; silver, II. A.Jenes; tailed
black aii-'i blue, Riudell & Fairseivice.
Tntmpu'ers : Black and whir. Rindell
& Faiii-eiviee (2); metiW, R.ndell &
Fairseiviee ; Antwerp! b"ue and blue
checkered, Rmdell & F.i r.-K-tvice, Ihes.
Ilu'-ipheteville, city.
African O.wls : Bin?, Chas. Lippoid,
citv; David Beittel, city : II A Jeues.
English Owls : Blue, Riudell & Fairser-