A FATAL TENEMENT. Nine Persons Perish in a New York Fire, SOUENES OT PERIL YY L* | THRILL! The Flames Move ‘with That diately Over Bed Hot Fire Escapes to Adjoiue Sach Stairs Hapidity by the | £1 Off-=The Esenpe Tmmie- Cut Survivors Climb fog Duildings. New You ble ten house confla cited the west side of the city sulted in the death of nine pes The outbreak when all tenants numb sixty—woere in their beds. Th the tire was the five story Ibn avenue, the K, Aug. 80.—Another terri ment occurred at rl yor No, 30% Seventh floor of which was occupied a rant. in the kitch tablis it that the blaze sta: the fl (44 swept through the fi to the rool w it was en ith ii Ing raj ting off escape by the stairw These who escaped did so into the adjoining buildings by of the fire cscape. ihe Dead and Injured, The list of the dead is as follow vennon, WW years old, oeghegan, XN years t, 51 years, smothers { wears, smothered 8, $ years, smothe SRPDGart, BOW ine outbrea i rian eared 8:0 th : i, front room the little ones and ran to t bursting from licking the i rushed to the r there. To ventnre was to rush into U In desperation th gers of the front southern corner J the next building. thelr perilous bridge and two minutes late was altogether cut of Frank Wilson, anot in the same wavy, A Rearing | The stairs and landing street to the roof were one face. The roof it was descent by the iron ladders » Ble. The fire burst from floor windows, fanned by th made as it burned, reaching half across the sidewalk and back tard. Such a sudden, {remends walter was thrown next thn the pening over the stairs into tl ning tenement that the fire ished in & few minutes. Twent nutes later men were groping their way through the building in wreh of bodies, while outside a crowd ol half clad, half orazed and hysterical women wete wringing their hands ying but for missing relatives, The search ing party was made up of firemen licemen and ambulance surgeons, Finding the Yietims, Old William Glegnon lay on the floor in his room, i and dead. He had arisen from his bed ® Ry, but too late His two sons, Jehn and William, who had risked the path, had been taken to the hospital with hands and feet badly burned from the red hot tren bars of the fire escape. They had od 4 moment too sooh., In a room on the second floor knelt a mother, Mrs, wile Fr ena rman MM exting por years old, and June, ere huddled in her safety, All y 4 There blister upon their vania ratlroad was MILLIONAIRE THAW'S DEATH. A Useful Career of Benevolence and Rus. ness Activity, Prerssura, Aug. 20, William Thaw, president of the Pennsylvania company, and one of the most prominent radlroad men in the country, died bas aged 61 vears. Mr. Thaw was L% in Pitts. burg of Scotch-Irish parents on Oct. 12, 1818, and received his education in the public schools and Western university, this city. He began business in hi father's bank in 1834, and e¢leven vears later formed a parnership with Thomas HN, Clarke, as Clarke & Thaw, transport y of steam and canal boats, tinued until the Pennsyl built In those days the canal svat great channel of communication betw 1 the east and At the time of his death he was a director of the Pennsylvania Hailroad company an I second vit 8 pre siddent of the Pennsylvania company’s western sys He was also vice m lent of the innati and St. Louis rail d director of many poration His fortune is vari timated at from 520.000.0006 to d for the noblest ion to tl Testern Yeen and it Chine hb ? ves and owner This was cot er in was the west, tem. » | I Land pt ne al lo | con ittaburg, Cine oa SLY « 820.000 000, and was 1 purposes, His don university S400 000 an R erally to { Han Oberlin. Wooster, Ci "Wy (iroll, Mary West I hie was constantiy give id half is taken thy poor ver left em ty fe and ten chi. i by heart and HO He to local charitic ville, Tenne ical seminary ing donations his time at his home and ol up with isting the wi for aid and : © Hoo w 1% who was oan Hon An The Death of Fred Watts, cultural sox oT" thre St 341 X PN watt Thelr Country. } A pr wre Anxious to Serve Anna Diekinson TIL PRILADELPRIA, Aug. 20. Since the death of her mother in May last the health of Miss Anna Dickinson precari ¢ the past four years, has been still impaired She is in Philadelphia and under the care physicians. Her friends hope for her re- covery though she herself expresses no confidence in ber return to health. Her home is with her sister in West Pitiston, FPa., but she likely to delphia for « pe time. She is u eave her room or Ww bear whatever ous | more seriously I$ ble to any fatigue The Dauner of the Sea” Boston, Aug 16, « John O'Reilly has warded The Truth's prize of $100 to Homes of Honesdale, Pa... for the words American sea song. There wen competitors for the prize. Mr. Greene's song Is entitded “The sanner of the Sea,” and Mr. O'Reilly saygit possceses the elements of an pdmirable national song. The publishers of The Truth will now offer a prize of $100 to be competed for by composers desiring to set Mr, Greene's work to music Boyle scranton Liroene, of an The Window Glass Scale, Prrmsevro, Aug. 20.—~The Fogular sweoting of the Western Window Glass Manufacturers’ Heneficial association was held here. They discussed the pro- med weale of the window glass workers, very Pittsburg manufacturer in the as- sociation expressed himself as . mined not to grant the advance, and every firm will send a tative to the Cleveland induce the western manufacturers to resist the scale also, Appointed Postofos Inspector. Wassinorox, Aug. 920. James ie ah Pennsylvania, Ro "3 A ited til carrie pul 0, 10, An Aged Mennonite Mic Dhend, next Thursday, of remain Phila | over 200 | ¢ NEWS BREVITIES, The lowa Republican convention in- dorger Pension Commissioner Tanner, and nominated State Senator J, Hutchison for governor, Fire destroyed the house of Patrick Sweeney. at Holly, N. Yi 8nd Mrs. Sweeney was burned in the building. Kilrain has! ven released on bail until Governor Lowry's ofli- a week before he ppl. was banqueted in Phila. cor will have to wait can take him to Misa Henry George delphia, North tion of wom people, will ullrage Dakota ubmit the On vole ques of Lhe At a dance in Covington, Ky., Harrys Terlau was killed with a beer glass by a wotnan in i fight, The mur- dereas « LM and her wdentity is a mystery, The vention indo erao Mor Ma. tm Men's | : Peterabue bey eed Con Republican cone Mahone for gov ‘artland Hotel 1) y contract for ith posta lyn, has iwarded furnishis { vernment w card land RIT convention A deficion rical worl Work ol cle apprehend Ex M AV PHILADELPHIA MARKETS Prices an the Steck, Prodoece and Petro eam Exchanges Pateanesy 4 of { the Hunth the week 01 ton 00 Al Inerease of 1todats In 0 mpared with the shipments period last ye Ay wa total ame LR f a dectense the tons Following are the closing bid high Valley LA ar Of ponding "n com N. Pac. pref Reading 3 pl. t= n ort com H. and TT ot W.NY.anap The Prodace Market, Pritangiernia, Aug, 9. Cotton was quiet but firm at Hige. for middling uplands Pood was plentifal, dall and weak at 15.00 pur ton for winter hran Flour and Meal «Receipts of flour were IIb eral and prices favored buyers under a hn ved vmsumptive demand, Beven hnndred tonrrols sold, Including Minnesota tears and straights al $0500% Pennsylvania family at SEAL, wealorn do. st $0108 winter pat ents at $LOJLT and spring de. a) 20.0500. Rye Hour was steady st $8000 per barrel for Chairs Grain AL the 1 pom. call wheat bad £14e, bid for August; Rie, for September: ER, for Outober; Mije. for November, Corn had de. bid for August do, for Septem bor; Ee, for October: Me. for November, Oats had oe, bid for August; Mge. for September; 304e. for Octobe, xpd Wie, for November, Peunsyleania i Headin lelilg AY SE Peal Jb HW, Foster & Co, nema § SCOTT'S OF PURE COD LIVER OIL | AND HYPOPHOSPHITES Almost as Palatable as Miik, Bo disguised thet it can he taken, digested, und ssstmilated by the most sensitive stomach, when the piain oil cannot he tolerated; and by the come bination of the ofl with the 1 ypophos. phites Is much more eflicacious, Remarkable as a flesh producer. Persons galn rapidly while taking It. BCOTT'S EMULSION is acknowledeed by *hysicians to be the Finest and Best prepa- ration in the world for the relief and cure of CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA, CENERAL DEBILITY, WASYINC DISEASES, EMACIATION, COLDS and CHRONIC COUGHS. The great medy for Comsuemptian avd : 3 Sold by all Dr 1g AL FILED ah POWDER Absolutely Pure, PITTSBURGH 3 COMPLY i EY id EY] AMERICAN FISHES nm hew p § gant teed 1718 Chestnut WAN : quired ACLIVE Ian { ®loner) WANTED “4 real value pnd ever publ on th rings. ots B fost wow H univirse ” When on weleet Bh Eo ua i Faulkner & Allan, St. Philadelphia, Pa RELIABLE ENERO ETH MES ASBALESMEN TE 1 men No Hares want. New Bion | Agents, thal can't maintain a reliable } Speranee not om We can malas good sa leam iis of any Raley and expense { eominis Nook guarestey A fre old sea ly lace with a arm 8 1 NURSERYMAN BOX T0 SELL Ko The most wonderful colleetion of practionl, bye) dav use for the Soople mon. on th Klobe, A iar vel WRTH ad ti Reng ery. Mving oor YouR Uarriage Painting, Sign, EMULSION Advertising and Omna- mental Pamtine i i |—1DONTIT B M'Sulley, The Arti ab bine | etition |! Defies Comp BEEZER SMEATHARKET FAVORITE SING Warranted for Five Years, . tN LAYS ER | PEE RM ”. i" UR FAVORITE Si ’ ET] Got New Ma. fredpiht elisrges ! y only «of “ave Canvassers’ Cosnmiss * chines, Addroms for ( Co-Operative Sewing Machine Company 209 8, 1th Se, Philadelphia, Pa. ATARRH We hive a rem BRONCHITIS an wre and y that will DURE CATARRN, ASTHEA th ; bend for Treatise and full par rs. Address Me Hall Chemical Co, 38¢ TS: 4 CAN be CURED. SEND FREE by TRIAL BOTTLE ales. a tress Epileg SUFFER ANY LONGER Give | fice, State and County, and Age pis Address, THE MALL CHEMICAL CO. 3%0 Furmount Avenue, Philadelphia, J 0 Fairmount Av. Phila, P CI IN feed For further infor address . i on . Boal, The oldest and best Institution for obtaining a Business Edneation,. We have successfully prepared thousands of Jon men for the active duties of life. or Circulars address Kailroads, 51 TINE wi yiviiia Ha st. THOS, A. SHOEMAKER, Sapt. JAS. SCOFIELD, Manafscturer & Dealer 0 HARNESS I have always on hand a fine tock of Whips, Lap and, Buffalo Robes, Blankets, Fly-nets, and every thing needed about horses, Spring Street, South of Allegheny PATENTS. Cavonts, and Trade Marks obtained, Jand al; Patent business eonducted for Moderate Pees 3 Our Office Is Opposite U, 8. Patent Offer and P. DUFF & SONS," Pittsbu “ wo can secure patent in lewx tine then those re mote from Washington, Send model, drawing, or Photo, with diserip- ton. Weladvise If pateatable or not, free of charge. Our feo not due HI patent is soured A Pamphlet, "How to obtain patents,” with names of actual clients in your State, county / Address, C A. SNOW, TABLE. ~ L]
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