Pittsburg dispatch. (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, November 27, 1889, Image 1
WiSWBBHWWWBIt (? "Mi ifl , , If yon waot Board, Booms, name er Help, advertise la THE DIsPATCU. PorehHe" can be found for everything offered For Sale In THE DISPATCH. THE DISPATCH In the hrst advertising medium In Western Pennsylvania. Try U ikilM aa-v $ ; .m .,:Sb Ka tnr ' T - ,!. 3,I ,;, ... WAJT3,roBlwasisiiisiilljiia",tor J.' $ MaW - - - - JM. TSlt DISPATCH. J gfc A. 1 Mt1 k i .ggggggr t A KAJ " 1 ty f ' 'IlafeA T f i.. t POKTY-FOTJUTH YEAH OF IE The Beautiful Manufacturing Town of Lynn, Mass,, Devastated by an:awful conflagration Six Million Dollars in leather and limber Gone Up in Smoke. A GREAT OTY OF SHOES Loses the Industry Upon Wicb. Sey- f eral Thousands Depended for a living. fAHUHDRED FAMILIES HOMELESS, kW' The 'Flames That Destroyed Their Direll- " ings Also Making Them Destitute. OLD OCEAN ALOXE BTOPS THE FLAMES "Eighty acres of the most valuable prop erty in the busy manufacturing town of Lynn, Mass., were swept clean by fire yes terday afternoon. Bight thousand employes of shoe manufactories are thrown out of wort. One hundred and sixty-four families are homeless and penniless. The fire was about the largest Massachusetts has suffered during this century. Nothing could check the flames until they reached the water's edge. The loss is variously estimated, a conservative figure being 56,000,000. SPECIAL TXLSGBAK TO THE DISPATCH. Lyjut, Mass., November 2G Six million dollars' worth of shoes and lumber went up in smoke this afternoon from the business district of the biggest shoe town in the world, throwing out of work 8,000 opera tives, and rendering 1G4 families homeless. To-night 80 acres that were crowded with buildings 12 hours ago are a mass of flaming ruins. The scene of ruin and desolation is complete. Some idea of the devastation can be rained from this brief statement of the re oi me names; -so ouuawgs were completely wiped ont of existence, and there were others more or less damaged. Among the burned buildings were 42 brick structures, 112 business houses built of wood, and 112 dwelling houses. One church, the Eastern Bailroad station, four banks and four newspaper offices were among the public concerns burned out. Impossible to Fight the Flames. The fire spread with such frightful rapidity that the fire department was help less, and the flames leaped from street to street with little opposition in the shape of water. The heat was so intense that the men could not approach near enough to use their streams to advantage, and although assistance was sent from Boston, Salem, Maiden, Marblehcad, Saugus, Everett and other places, the fire worked Its way to the water front before it was subdued. The great bulk of the buildings were of word, and in these the flames held high carnival. But even the brick blocks offered very little resistance. They, too, were ' swept away like so much chaff in the whirl- wind of fire. After it had gone beyond the control of the department a panic seemed to seize upon the firemen and citizens. The -'streets were filled with people shouting madly in their excitement. A Banning Race for Life. Operatives poked their heads out of the windows to see what caused the disturbance and saw a wall of fire coming down the street It was in many instances a race for life. The men poured out of the buildings ina human stream, leaving everything .be hind, and they were none too soon, lor in a twinkling great buildings were enwrapped in flames and dissolved. It was a terrible sight, even for the exper ienced eyes of firemen. The railroad track was jumped by the flames with ridiculous ease,isnd the same mad rush was continued. Thetwo military companies were called out to clear the streets, and when this labor had been accomplished, more could' be accom plished. Early in the afternoon the outside assistance began to arrive, but even then there was a total of only 15 engines, and the re was jumping in all directions, uncheck ed by the streams thrown upon it ., , The Boston Chief Takes Command. -'It'tseemed a shame to see fine blocks .burned'wlren they could have been saved by a single stream, but the stream was not forthcoming, and the fire reigned supreme. Chief Engineer Moody became prostrated during the height of the conflagration, and Chief "Webber, of Boston, took command, .He massed the engines on Newhall street, and stayed the progress of the fire toward what remained of the business district that alone saved Lynn from utter annihilation. The fire was first seen in the rear of the handsome brick block and mammoth fac tory of A. A &3F. C Mower, on Almont sstreetyin the most thickly settled portion of r the4business district The wind was blow- ' 5ing smartly, but there seemed no danger of a serious fire. The scene had changed, though, by the time the firemen had arrived. The flames had spread with marvelous speed through every floor of the big factory. .NThe operatives bad just left the building wr ineir noon rest, so trier were in no i danger. Otherwise there most have been a frightful loss ot life. Frantic FroHc of tho Flumes. The serious character of the blaze was seen by the chief, and extra apparatus was sum moned, but the fire was off for its frolio before they could get to work. The shoe shops had been built with a view of econo mising every inch of room. They were crowded together so closely that the fire couldn't help spreading. It needed but to leap out from the window of one factory and land on the window sill of the adjoining building, and it did not require a very long leap, either. The result was that in an incredibly short time a great column of flame was ascending from a pile of wooden structures, blown hither and thither by a gale that whirled it in the faces of the fire men to drive them back, and then whisked great sheets of it across the street to other structures. The scene, in 15 minutes after the first stroke of the alarm had son tided, exceeded anything ever before witnessed in Lynn. Central square and all its contiguous thor oughfares were filled with flying wagons and vans, arid hurrying people bearing books, drygoods, shoes and valuables of every description to friendly shelter. A Chance of Base JfecessUated. But as soon as they had been dumped in one place of seeming safety, the rapid spread of the fire necessitated another change of base. Many were not so fortunate as to be on hand when the second attack was made, and their goods went up with the buildings. There are rumors to the effect that some lives were lost in this attempt to save prop erty, but that cannot be verified to-night Mr. Mower, in whose building the fire start ed, was nearly overcome by the flames when he ran back to close the safe door, and one of his employes was caught in an upper story, but was rescued by the firemen. When the walls of Mower's big. six-story brick building on Almont street fell there were several firemen beneath, and it is reported that one was crushed to death. The rest of the building followed the rear walls, so it will not be possible to ascertain the truth of the rumor until the missing man is inquired for. The Central National Bank was in this building. Toe Finest Batldlocs Tackled. The next building was the large frame factory of Bennett & Barnard, manufac turers of the finest shoes in New England, and employing 150 hands. This building was a five-story building, practically, and about 200 feet long, extending back to Almont street The great structure yielded like pasteboard to the march of the flames, and with its $100,000 worth of fine shoes in all stages of manufacture, was entirely swept away. Next to this were the buildings of the Keene estate, ot Massachusetts, of cheap frame structures, some three or four stories high, extending from Almont to Union and Willow streets. There was about half an acre of these wooden rookeries, and they -were gobbled up like so much chaff. The destruction of these blocks brought the fire up to the fine brick block known as the Stevens building, and B. W. Currier's new $75,000 six-story block, just finished, at the corner of Almont and Union streets. Only n momentary Check. These buildings, hating brick walls, pre sented ttievflrst-bamerioJthV4iarBes7 bnt It was only a momentary check. In a few minutes the bricks fell into the street, and the fire spread onward. ( The heat was terrific. The firemen tried toapproach behind shutters, but the shut ters themselves took fire, and the men were forced to retreat The cinders and big fire brands were sucked up into the air with a mighty roar, for the wind was blowing like a hurricane, and the flames' were carried upward of a hundred feet After the business houses had been eate"n up the fire let itself loose among the dwell ing houses on Sagamore HU1. Most of these were cheap structures,occupied mainly by poorer families. They burned like tin der, and cut a big path to the water's edge. The last big building to go was the Central Congregational Church. It was a brick structure, snd was one of the best in the city. A spark lodged high up in the. cor nice and flickered for some time before the woodwork ignited. Not a Drop ol Water to be Had. A bucket of water would have saved the church at that time; but there was no water to be had. The engines had been moved to another point, and -the church was doomed. It stood out from the rest of the buildings, and afforded a magnificent spectacle to thousands of persons. The fire burned a longtime before the windows were broken. the reflection from within being very pict uresque. Then the flames i burst simulta neously from the windows and the belfry. It was a grand sight when the steeple swayed and fell with a crash into the street. It was a total loss. The burned district is nearly triangular in shape, two of the sides being half a mile in length, and the third, a quarter of a mile. It covers fully 80 acres ot what was the most flourishing business section. From Mul berry street on the north, all the buildings on Union street, Central avenue, Exchange, Mt. Vernon, Spring, "Washington, Broad, Beach and the intermediate streets, are a mass of ruins, many of the factories being the finest in the country. The Firms That Were Burned Oat. Many of the oldest and largest firms in the city, and in fact in the country, are burned out including: Prank W. Breed, Bennett & Bernard, Amos F. Breed, Davis Shoe Company. Luther S. Johnson. "W. T. Asb, J. F. Bartlett & Co., Charles D. Pecker. E. W. & C. F. Mower, Mower Bros., Bubier & Souther, Jonathan Orne C. H. Harwood, F. W. Jones, J. F. Swain, Charles F. Buffum, G. Brown, Uetfjamin H. Gorham, W. A. Estes, "W. J. Ewing & Co., Henry M. Acker, Healy Bros., Ketley & Murphy, Hill & Newell, C. N. P. Ingalls, V.K.&A.H.Jones,Blley&Murphy,Parker & Bros., George F. Keine, W. P. Newhall, M. D. Porter, "W. Porter & Son, A. M. Burdett, Sanders, Morse & Co., H. H. Spinney, D. A. Sutherland & Co., C. H. Yiltum & Co., "Welch & Landergan, Oeorge F. Williams, J. F. Mower & Bro., P. J. Hauley, J. C. Bennett & Barnard, Consoli dated Adjustable Shoe Company, B. F. Spinney & Co., Faunce & Spinney, J. L. Libbey & Co. and C. H. Libber& Co. The newspapers burned out are: The Neatj Item, See and Press. The latter set its,,-presses at work yesterday "for the first time. It published but one edition, and then lost everything. SOME OFJBE LOSSES. SOT FAR FKOMblX MILLIONS GONE DP IN (SMOKE. Fearful Effects of the Fire on the 8,000 -Operators Now Ont of Work Extent of the Conflacratlon The Big Boston Fire Paralleled. tSFXCUT. TXXXOBAX to thi dispatch.! Ltsn, Mass., November 26. It is im possible to-night to give individual losses. There were three big brick blocks, all of which were five or six stories high, which were wholly destroyed. Mower's block, B. E. Spinney's block, Stevens' block, Cur rier's block, the Lynn Institution, for Sav ing, John Balbey block, Hortland block, Jones, Cook & Co.'s, E. H, Ashford's, Amos F. Breed &Co.'s, D. C. & O. Buf fum's, S. N. Breed's, F. E. Abbott's and B. K. &A. H. Jones, shoe manufacturers. These buildings cost anywhere from 550,000 to 575,000 each. The losses are about half covered by in surance, and as the policies are widely dis tributed, the manufacturers think they will be able to recover the insurance money. A conservative estimate on the value of the buildings dtstroyed, made by one of the assessors, is $1,528,320. The assessors and manufacturers say that the stock and ma chinery that went up in smoke was valued at lully $3,500,000. Suflcrlne of the Poor People. The factories were running on full time, and there was a big stock on band waiting for the opening of the spring trade. Every thing was lost. The poor people will suffer greatly unless some assistance comes from outside. The city began im mediately to prepare temporary houses for those who had no lnendly shelter to go to, and the houses were quickly filled. Is will be a matter of great expense to feed these people until things are straightened out, and in addition will be the suffering of the 8,000 employes who will have nothing to do for several weeks. A meeting of the city government was held to-night, and com mittees were appointed to carry on the work. In proportion to its area and population, the city of Lynn suffered a larger loss by fire than any other city in Massachusetts during the present century. It began like the great fire in Boston in November, 1872, in buildings that apparently could be easily reached, but as the flames spread they became so intense that for several hours human skill to stay them was of no avail. A Most Terrible Spoctncle. It was a terrible spectacle as the fire pro gressed and destroyed building after build ing in its path, and structures built with all modern safeguards against fire could not resist the tremendous volume of flame any more than an ordinary wooden dwelling, from which a thin line of smoke would be visible at one moment and a minute later a pile of ashes marked the spot where the building stood. Anyone who watched the progress of the great fire in Boston in 1872, could not fail to notice in mauv respects a repetition of it here to-day, as the water line formed one limit and the massing of engines at another point, after the conflagration had raged for nearly six hours, marked a line where de struction ended and valuable residences which were endangered were saved. The extent of territory of the burnt district of Lynn is about the same as that of Boston in 1872, and the loss was relatively about the same. The Host Pitiful Bight of All. The principal difference in the two fires was the burning of a large number of resi dences in this city, the homes of the poor and others more unfortunate in Lynn, while in Boston the loss was almost entirely confined to warehouses and other places of business. It was a pitiful sight to witness the break ing up of homes and the frantic efforts of occupants to save household treasures and other effects, most of which were doomed to destruction, because, in many instances, it was impossible to procure teams to remove them. The shoe industry is almost completely wiped out by to-day's fire. Out of 170 man ufacturers, large and small, less than two dozen remain. Among the heavy losers are these: Mower Bros., 33,000; Bennett & Barnard, $100,000; C. D. Pecker A Co., shoe manufactur ers. $45,000: William Porter fc Sons, shoes. US.- -000: A.T.13oo(Jwtn, in Porter' building, $li,000; BteTens, SMjOO: A. Fuller and A. P. Tapley, $22,000: Titus fc Buckley, 25,000: ConsoHdMed Adjustable Shoe Company, SOT,000: Samuel J. Hollis, shoes, $22,000 J. S. Bartlett 4 Co., shoes, 172,000; Lynn Item, Ho race N. Hastings & Sons. 650,000: D. C. A C. E. Buffum, shoes, 20,000; J. X, Smith, shoes, $48,100; Joseph Davis Shoe Company, SToTlOOO: Luther 8. Johnson, 537,000; Amos r nreeu, ko,uw; nougnton a uouirev, J22.000; First National Bank Dullrae. $21600: P. E. Abbott's bnildine, $22,600; Central! Concre gational Society, $40,000; Frank W. Breed, S7, 000; P. P. Tapley & Co., morocco manufactur ers, $52,510; Sawyer & Chase, carriage manufac turers, $11,000; 8. K. fc A. H. Jones, shoes, $57, 000; on Beach street, S. N. Breea t Co., lumber, $138,000. LOTELY LITTLE LYNN. DESCRIPTION OP NEW ENGLAND'S FAIREST CITY. Pretty Parks, Bleb, Inviting Residences and a Thousand Other Attractions The Leather City of the Continent Nearly 200 Shoe Factories 10 Years Ago. Lynn is a city of Essex county, Mass., bordering on Lynn Harbor, an arm of Massa chusetts Bay, and southeast on Nahant Bay, separated from the harbor by the peninsula of Nahant, which juts out in a southerly direction from the city at the junction of the Eastern Bailroad, 'with its Sangus branch, 10 miles northeast of Boston. Its population in 1850 was 14,257; in 1860, 19,- 083; in 1870, 28,233 (of whom 4,935 were for eigners); in 1880, 38,274. and at present about 50,000. Its limits include a large plain in the south and west, raised but a few feet from the water level; a range of hills in the rear; a number of ponds known as the lakes of Lynn; beyond these, and in the northeast, an elevated plain, the most pleasant and healthy portion of the city. There are a number of public squares, the principal of which is the Common, in the south ern part of the city; and, as a residence city, it was, nntll yesterday, the most beautiful in all New England, fairly swarming, as it did, with delightful dwellings. Pine Grove Cemetery, north of the populous section, under the control of the city, is very handsomely laid out. Farther out is St. Mary's Cemetery (Koman Catholic). Lynn is noted for its manufacture of shoes. There were, as early as the year 187a nearly 200 shoe establishments ill the city, then em ploying about 10,000 hands in alL The ship ments in 1871 were 200,801 cases, containing 9, 036.045 pairs; in 1872. 226,300 cages, containing liuso.ajupaira; inioia. 2i3,usu cases, containing 9,523,600 pairs: in 1885, 10,000,000 pairs. The valne of the shipments was, long before tbo latter year, from $13,000,000 to $14,000,000 anna ally. The manufacture ot morocco, embracing kid and sheepskins, as well as goatskins, is of con siderable importance. From 15 to 20 manu facturers employed, in 1S70, over 400 men, and $1,000,000 capital. The larcest factory there could tan and finish 5,000 skins a week. There are also some minor manufactures, embracing machine needles, boxes, car riages, cement etc There are three nation u banks, with a joint capital of over $1,000,000, two fire insurance companies, four newspapers and two sarines banks, with deposits in 1873 amounting to $3,018,102. xne city is aiviaea into seven waras, ana is governed by a Mayor, Aldermen and Common uonnciL ine valuation ot property in, JS73 was $27,458,433. The taxation in 1873 was $531.- 925 40. The expenditures were 858.642 69. The net debt January 1, 1S74, was $1,785,303. The public schools are graded and In a flourishing condition. The public library in 1879 contained 18,625' volumes and 3,027 pamphlets. The number of churches 12 years ago was 30; viz: 4 Baptist, 4 Congregational, 2 Episcopal, 2 Catholic, 2 Uni versallst, 1 Friends, 1 Freewill Baptist 1 Chris, tian, 2 Spiritualist, 8 Methodist. 1 Second Ad vent 1 unitarian.! miscellaneous. Lynn was settled in 1629, and incorporated as a citv in 1650. Swampscott was taken from it in 1352 and Nahant In 1853. More of the FnltMal flfnde Happy. Washington, November 26. Attorney General Miller to-day appointed Leo Brock to be Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle district of Tennessee, vice A. N. Miller, resigned, and Charles Parian? to-be a special Assfetant United .States Attorney lor win .autern uiatnct oi Louisiana, I PITTSBUEG, WEDNESDAY, NO USE FOE WEEDS. A Yonng Woman WhoTor Two Years Mourned Her Husband as Dead, Wlui BOOK SEE HItt IN LIFE. A Detective Finds Him incarcerated In a ' Western Insane Asylum. THE DETAILS OF A DEEP-lAlD PL0 Beported Dead, Barird, and His Giro Bobbed, U 8ecnrt His Insurance. A very romantic story comes from Can ondaigua, N. T. Mrs. George Keddington, of that place, after mourning her husband as dead for two years, finds he is alive. Ho was confined in a "Western insane asylum for a long time, having been reported dead, buried, and his grave robbed. His two part ners were working a scheme to get his 55,000 life insurance. rsrxcuL tklecjeam to tUs dispatch.! Canandaioua, N. T., November 26. Last Sunday Mrs. GeorgeBeddington, of this, village, wore widow's weeds, but -to-day she discards them, because ofthe joyful in telligence that her husband, mourned two years as dead, is alive and on his way from a Western city, to greet her and his little boy, oft whose existence he is yet unaware. Three years ago young Eeddington,wJio was not yet of age, secretly married a well-connected and fascinating young girl, and im mediately started for the West to seek his fortune and estabjisb. a home for the wife who remained with her family hey. In company with two other young men he set tled uDon some Government land near Lakin, Kan., and prospered welt. He wrote cheering letters home to bis wife and mother, and the young couplo expected to be reunited berore many months. BEPOBTED DEATH AHD BUBIAL. On November 27, 1887, about eightmonths after bis departure, jxeaaineton's mother re ceived a telegram from lakin, announcing bis sudden death. Orders were telegraphed that the remains be forwarded to Canan daigua at once, and an answer came to the, effect that the body had already been buried J A second dispatch was sent, instructing the friends of the young man to exhume the re-i mains and ship them at once without sparj ing expense. To this came the answer that the grave nad Deen roDDea. The young wife, who had just given birth to a son, was completely prostrated by the shock, and her condition was aggravated by the distressing circumstances related in the telegrams. The mother, Mrs. Ida Slater, was able, however, to proceed to Lakin, ac companied by her uncle, to investigate the case. There she found two young men who had been young Eeddington's partners in real estate operations, who assured her that her son had been killed by a fall from a house which he was building, thathii remains had been properly cared for and buried with appropriate ceremonies, and that the grave had been robbed. I OFFICERS OS XHE TBATXi. Detectives were employed to investigate the case, but Mrs. Slater was compelled ts return with no -satisfactory evidence as to the disposition of her son's remains. Short lv after her 'return she was informed thai the same young men had applied to the Mrii tual Life Insurance Company Jor the par mentofa $5.000sbolicy on Eeddington's life. This, in a'ddition to the mysterious disappearance of the body, convinced her that there bad been loul play in connection with her son's death, and, accompanied by a Piukerton detective, she went to Lakin again. Keddington and his partners, itappeared, had insured their lives for $5,000 each, mak ing me policies payauie, in case oi aeatn, to the survivors, and on advice Mrs. Slater notified the company that she questioned the regularity of the proceedings. Evidence was obtained to arrest the surviving part ners for fraud, bnt both escaped. One for feited his bail bond and the other got clear by reason of a defect in the complaint. PATIENCE EEWAKDED. Mrs. Slater despairsd of ever recovering her sou's remains, but in order to satisfy her mind she retained the services of the detec tive, who has been working at the case con stantly ever since. From clues picked up at Lakin be concluded that Eedding ton had either been murdered and his, body con cealed, or he had been put out of the way temporarily and was yet alive. He followed the latter theory, and finally hit upon the idea of searching the insane asylums. His patient efforts were soon rewarded, for the other day he found the young man in an in sane asylum in the West Physically, Eeddington is well, but he is yet suffering from a mental derangement which dated from the time he was reported dead. He was heavily drugged by someone, evidently his young partners, and for many monthB afterward his mind was a blank. He wandered through the West and was finally placed in an asylum, where he gradually improved, bnt not sufficiently to give a clear account of the circumstances oi his disap pearance from Lakin. He writes home that after three' years' absence he will soon see home and friends again. His mother, who was driven nearly insane by the distressing affair, is in Florida, and has not yet been in formed of the discovery of her son. A DISOHAKGED MAN'S KEFENGE. He Murdered the Watchman Who Had Be ported Ills Negligence. New Yobk, November 26. James Tier ney, the crippled old watchman on the Morgan Line Pier, was shot down and it is feared mortally injured this afternoon by Joseph Kinney, a 'longshoreman, whose discbarge for neglecting his work the watch man had caused an hour before. The shoot ing was done before at least 100 persons. On every side men who had seen the shoot ine were rooted to the spot With them was a policeman of the steamboat squad and a roundsman of the Charles street pre cinct They seized the 'longshoreman with the smoking pistol still in his hand, and then sent for an ambulance. Tierney was taken to a hospital, and Kinney was locked up. Some time afterward, when Kinney was told that his victim was still alive, he said that he was sorry he did not kill him out right. i THE B9LDTEAIN BOBBER Is Becoming; a Regular Feature of Travel in the West. St. Louis, November 26. Fifteen masked and heavily armed men boarded the southbound Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train at Berwyn, a small station in the Chickasaw nation, Indian Territory. Tbey cat the engine, mail and express car loose from the coaches, ran the train south two miles and threw the fireman off the locomo tive. Two miles farther the engineer was thrown off, -and after running four xniles further the steam was tnrned off and the locomotive "killed." Then the robbers began an attack on the express car. Theguard and messenger fired about 20 shots, but finally gave in, after the robbers bad literally riddled the car. The money stolen is between 20,000 and 930, 000, and came principally from Chicago. vmeers are in pa-rwiw Vj6, - v ' NOVEMBER 27, 1889. TOOmGTHB ALIBIS,., The Kebattnl Testimony Introduced by the Cronln Prosecution Onlr One JHere Witness to be Exastlaei-Tlte J Arguments of Counsel. v Chicago, "November 26. The sows tion to-day deyoted its attention to palliBg down the alibis set up by the defense, A number of witnesses contradicted those -put on the stand for the prisoners, and testified as to their general bad character and hard swearing. Among them Andrew B. Aaderr son testified that he was in Nieman's saloon two or three times' on' Sunday nlghtv May -6, between 7 and JO o'clock- There weri 10 or 12 persons there on each occasion. his was in rebuttal of the testimony ? the Hylands, who testified that they drank with O'Sullivan there at that time, and that no one else was in the place. Chester?. Smith-then took the stand. He testified that be had made an examination ofithe files of all the daily papers in Chi cago for the purpose of discovering on what drio the name ot Coughlin was first men tfae'd with, the hiring of the white horse. It I was not mentioned prior to may 25. This was to contradict the evidence of a witness for the defense, who testified that he sajr it about ten days after the murder. States Attorney Longnecker then announced the case for the people closed. James Feltam was then sworn in rebuttal in behalf of Defendant Bezga. Feltam at tended the meeting at the Grand Pacific Hotel on thevening; of May 4. The minutes did not show whether or not Bailey Dawson was there. Mr. Forrest announced that he wbnld introduce some rebuttal testimony at the next session -of the court to show the whereabouts of the witness Wm. Coughlin OfiMayl The Oonrt then announced that owing to the illness of the little daughter of Juror North the court would adjourn until Friday in order to allow him to go to her bsdside. After the adjournment of the court there wag a consultation between Court and coun sel as to the order of the arguments to be made before the jury. It was finallv de cided to leave the matter to the Court Judge McConnell will announce his decison on Friday morning. THE TAEIFE ON" WOOL Hast bs Maintained and Increased. Ac cording to the Ohio Growers A Demand That the Republi can Party Fulfill Its Pledges. ColtMbus, O., November 26. The Ohio Wool Growers' Association held a meeting to-day with a large attendance. Among those present were David Harpstor, Presi dent; Hon. Columbus Delano, President of ihe National Wool Growers' Association, and Judge William Lawrence. They adopted an address to the wool growers of the United States and adopted a resolution asking the National Association to take the proper steps to carry out the suggestions made in the address. The essential features of the address are: In view of the imminent danger which threatens" all ther industries of onr nation, and especially the production and manufacture of JWool, tbe wool growers of Ohio urge the neces sity of unity and activity in order to avert the peril of free trade or free wool with which they are now menaced. The wool growers of Ohio advocate a protective system. A tariff for revenue will not secure protection. The result of the last Fresidental election was an emphatic expression by a large ma jority of the people in favor ot a comprehend sire system embracing all onr Industries, in cluding the protection of wool by name. If the Republican partr, in its legislative or adminis trative departments falls to comply with the expression, it will secure the reproach of in- iaiacerity or oi inability to perform its duty" " as wool growers we ass ior sucn legislation am such administration of existing laws as are required by tbe deliberate promises made by thi Republican party prior to the last Presi deital election. We denounce the injustice of allowing the carpet industry to damage tbe wool industry by importing clothing wool under the false name of carpet wool. Tbe wool grow ers of the United States are called upon to be fall- represented in the National Convention of wool Growers to assemble in Washington, Decimber 3,1889, Tbey are urged to ask that Conn-ess shall give the wool and mutton In dus nr protection to the fall extent of the mos; favored ot the manufacturing industries. 1 'a sapid xousg spendthrift. Harry Brown Thought to Havo Got Away I With 8100,000 In a "Tear. I rgrCIAI.TELEaBA)I TO TRK DISPATCH.! New Yobk, November 26. The examina tion of the accounts' of Marcus Brown, the shirt manufacturer, who made an assign ment Saturday last shows that young Harry Brown, in the year of his partnership with his father and his cousin, Samuel Brown, made away with at least $80,000 of the firm's money, and perhaps $100,000, by bor rowing on the firm's credit and pocketing money received in payment of bills. Thirty thousand dollars of the stolen money is known to have gone into the Michigan copper mine speculation. A great deal more will probably be traced to the same pit, and the rest is supposed t hare been lost on the races. BEATEN BI THE LIQUOR HEN. Tho Balloting for Mayor of Providence Besalt In No Election at All. rSFICUL TELXOBiM TO THE DIBPATCH.l Peovidenoe, E. L, November 26. The result pf the balloting to-day for Mayor and City Council is a defeat for the Bepublican candidate and present Mayor, Henry H. Barker. Under Bhode Island laws, a ma jority is required to elect Barker receives an apparent plurality ui ui. mc jjuaiu ui Aldermen and Common Council are both Bepublican. The defeat of Howard, the Democratic candidate for Mayor, was brought about by the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association, who worked openly for the straight Bepub lican ticket A second vote for Mayor.must be taken within ten days. AGAINST THE MONOPOLY. The Acts of tbe Chicago Gns Trnst Declared Null and Void. Chicago, November 26. Judge Ma gruder, of the State Supreme Court, to-day -rendered a decision reversing the finding of the lower court in the quo warranto pro ceedings to dissolve the Chicago Gas Trnst. The lower court virtually held that the trust was not a monopoly in the meaning pf tbe law, arid was not in opposition to public policy. Judge Magruder takes the opposite view, and strongly scores the trust He holds that all its acts looking to a control of the capi tal stock of the various gas companies in Chicago were for the purpose of stifling competition, and are null andvoid. POUGQKEEPSIE GLASSBL0WEES FIB.M. Ther Still Hold Ont Against the Terms Offered by Their Employers. ISFZCLLt. TBLSaUAM TO TUSDlSrATOH.I Potjohkeepsie, N. Y., November 26. The glassblowers here, with one or two ex ceptions, are still holding out, but one fur nace has heen started at the works. Mr. Williams, the Superintendent, in a circular to the blowers a short time ago, made the terms under Which they can go to work, but they decline. The terms Include a redaction of 20 per cent pay, to allow two new apprentices at a furnace, and one-third of the earnings of the blowers to resBain in the hands of the com pany until after Mm MMt seUleartat, wfcleh wiltaot fee fatter sshw Jly 19. t ' TBE SIL-YER DOLLAR Aa Absolute Monetary Hecewity la an Unlimited Quantify. A SINGLE STANDAKD. DEKOUHCED. Earnest Advocates of li-Xetalliea Isre Gathered Together. 6ENEKALFAENEK OIOSM CHAIKMAF, While Senator Stewart and' Congressman BlMaiit Prominent Figures. , The National Silver Convention assem bled at St. Louis, yesterday. General A. J. Warner was chosen us permanent chair man, and made a strong speech in favor of the remonetlzation of silver. "The adoption of the single standard was denounced as a crime. Other addresses ofa similar tenor were made. St. Lotjis, November 26. The National Silver Convention met at tbe Exposition building this morning with about 350 dele gates in their seats and a large number of spectators. James Campbell called the con vention to order. After briefly reciting the Inception of the project to bring the silver men of the country together, Mr. Campbell introduced L. M. Bumsey, of St Louis, as temporary chairman, and Albert Singer as temporary secretary. Temporary Caairaan Bumsey said: It Is fair to presume that tbere-iSsnot a single delegate present who does not feel 14 weighty responsibility resting upontnem -ImUKduany as representatives to this convention, foir-apon the results of this assembly will depend largely the degree of prosperity our country will enjo in the Immediate future. You are not a law making body it is true, but as all laws are the results of tbe popular will, and as you have peen aimost as popuiany sent to represent me people of this United State, as are the members of Congress sent to voice tbe will of the people In Washington, it follows that the Congress of the United States may find, through your de liberations and conclusions, that yon are the latest representatives from thepeopleupoa the question of the silver coinage Maws, that they must obey tbe will ot tbe people of the United States and enact the laws your body cannot enact which will ei'vo to the twoDleof the United States the privilege fit coining their silver as freely as they coin their gold. A CLEAE KECESSITY. The gentlemen who will address you upon the vital questions to be discussed during this convention will make dear aa noonday" the necessity for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, so that no person In the United States who can read, need be ignorant of the untold" advantages such a law would aire to this conn try and also incidentally to tbe entire, world. In so large an assemblage it would be strange if there were not those who have soae ;pt hobby.no doubt very excellent and desirable in some other convention, but the time f or-sbu discussion of this monetary question is so briat that it is boped no extraneous subjects will be attempted to be pushed, upon the atteatieaef this convention. At the conclusion of his address, the various committees Credentials Permanent Organization and Besolutlons were,- ap pointed, and tbe convention took a recess till 3 p.m. After the adjournment of the convention the committees on permanent organization, resolutions and credentials met Hon. B, P. Bland was made chairman of the resolu tions committee, which discussed the work, and will hold another meeting and report to-morrow. The Committee on Permanent Organization had several nominations for permanent chairman, M - -flEKWABjp(t. CHAIWtlir.' ' Among thexa were Geit. A. J. Warser, of Ohio:.. Senator Stewart of Nevada: Hon. B. P. Bland, of Missouri, and Mr. Me Michaels, of Colorado. After a general discussion and the statement that Senator Stewart did not desire to be nominated all of the other names were withdrawn; and Gen. Warner was elected unanimously. Mr. Albert Singer, temporary secretary, was made permanent, with three assistants, A resolution was also offered in this com mittee to be recommended to tbe convention to appointapermanentFxecutive Committee of one member from each State and Terri tory, with ten at large, to call a future convention. The convention reassembled promptly at 3 r. M. It was decided that the doors of tbe convention hall be thrown open to the public Mr. Fitzgerald, of Colorado; Senator Stewart, of Nevada, and Congress man Bland, of Missouri, were appointed a committee to conduct Chairman Warner to the stage. He was introduced to the con vention by Senator Stewart and received with cheers. AIOST IMPOETANT SUBJECT. Mr. Warner thanked the convention for the unexpected honor, and said that a sub ject than which none other affected the peo ple of the entire world with equal weight was the silver question. Since Germany, la 1872, followed, later by other European Sowers and partly by the United States, emonetized or limited silver as money, the question uu ueeu a tiuu usuc, siiu la me discussion bi-metallista had won the vic tory. The attempt to change the money standard from gold and silver to gold alone was worse than a mistake 'was almost a crime. The men who favored such a course knew not what the consequences would be on the debtandcommerceofnationsoftheworld,and they were aided by men who did not realise the far-reaching results of the change. De monetization of silver was, in fact, a great crime, and its revocation was now the im portant question of the world. " The -people have suffered more fresa had monetary legislation than, from any other cause. What was asked was restoratioa of the money standard which existed, for ages that silver be plsced on an equality witk gold at the ratio which has existed. A SOLID SIIVEE GAVEL. H.B.Chamberlin.President of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, on behalf of that body,, then presented, in a happy speech, a solid silver gavel to Chairman Warner. A number of resolutions to be referred to the Committee on Resolutions were read and so recorded. The committee is considered a very strong one, and it is expected will em body the wishes of the convention briefly and so clearly that they will be easily un derstood. After the reading of a number of Invita tions for the delegates to attend varieas en tertainments, and the announcement that there-would be a reception at theMerchaats' Exchange to-night, the convention adjourn ed until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. HARD WORE FOR A BEGINNER. The Successor to Stanley Matthews Net la Have aa Easy Task rSPICIAL TZXBGBJUC TO THI PBTJ.TCS.1 Washingtok, November 26. As seen as the President has "his message to CoagreVs ont of the way, he will endeavor to decide upon a successor to the late Justice Mat thews on the Supreme Court feeneb. The. appointment has" already been delayed a lqag while, and there are almost imperative: reasons why it should be tnaj-within a week or so after tbe assemblias' oi'CeBgreef. It is now said that Judge KeCrary has a, excellent chance of getting tbeappoiBtseeot The Court has passed all the ar im portant cases, and especially those involv ing constitutional questions about whleh there is any division of opialea, until after the appointment ot the new Jitstiee, when there will be a full benea. A long array of these caseerhas been aesifsed fee argMseat before a full bench, aad will oeM up te after another almost before tkx aw Japt km hmi tin te aeoaseeat kiinh te hie a' 1 la .HOEE THAN A itlLLIO eesMtets KsMswe of the Grwtt Iiust SwhttHing Sefctse StgaatarM ' v,. Ijehsl (e Begee Mortgagee Far AX Mi. T.malrsM4. " w- Chicago, November 26. The extes et tfce Frederickson mortgage swindles is grow Ukg every hour, and the total amount is mw placed at close to $1,200,000. 7. A. JUoe,'oa of the heaviest losers, wag seen to night aad asked: "How'did Fredericksoa get abekaeta and how could a fraudulent deed or mortgage be aok&ewledged before a notary public witeoet areaslng suspicion?" "The easiest thing in the world.- There wire' tftree sotadw in Fredericksoa's ofEee who ceei-ifWd t aajihlBg, and every man in hiseapley who wm eld esongh signed deeds and mortgagee ia blaak which Fred ericksoa filled out at his leisure. Six weeks ago Frederickson confessed that ha hired men on the street at fo apiece to sign mort gages, and we made him give ns the ad dresses of those men. Besides the ten men in his office, who were parties to the con spiracy, we have the addresses of 75 men who signed mortgages for land they never owned. Everyone of these men will be arrested, as will all of his office force." Vr. Bice refused to give the names of the men who are to Jbe arrested, bnt said that they are under surveillance and will be ar rested as soon as a conference can be had with State's Attorney Longeaecker. This will beta-morrow morning, when Mr. Knnn saaehef, who is expected from Milwaukee, will join Mr- Bice," aad the plan of the proeeestion will be determined upon. Dr. Kiee added: "Jtf we get Frederickson back we will prosecute alia to the fullest extent of the law. Six weeks ag orwhen he con fessed to liar. NuSmsacher, Mr. JTendrick and myself that he ba3s been issuiag fraud ulent deeds and mortgages, I was in favor of haying him arrested, bit my asso ciates 'thought the affair could be tided over. We did not know then the enormous extent of tbe fraud and WNWosed WW.0W or 1500.000 the limit vl'Ief; Jredencksen go ahead and Zona a seeeic'company'wlth $500,000 to carry on the Dustness; ana we. toosr most oi ine stocsr. Just at thatim ews of other efoekedness of which, we knew nothing waspnblished, and Fredericksoa left.. Since then we have been in receipt of dozensol letters'daily from all over the west, Tire exposure has been complete." ' " Dr. Bice says a Bassbef of the lafge elealen in railroad lands in Chicago hold a great deal of Fredericksea't paper, 'Eat are keep ing quiet aboat.it for fear it will isj are their credit THE CASES MOST GO TO TRIAL. Ballet Box lFrWitfea ta Tennessee Are to be FeHy Investigated. Memphis, Testk., November 26. The case of two hundred and odd election judges andlerks of the Ninth and-Teath Cengres sie'sal district of this State who were in dieted fer ballet box stuffing and irregalar itiesjiatfae reeeat election came ap lathe District Court, Judges Haamend and Jackson, this afternoon on a motion by counsel fcr'the defease to qaask the Indict ments. .The first 'case presented, aad for which qnasn'ptoceedfngs were prayed, con tained two counts the first being the tail xtro to count the vote at the polling plee, and the second in. failing to file a copy of polling papers with the Circuit Court Clerk in each cosaty. On thefirst count Judges Hammond and Jackson agreed to quash -aad certify to the United States Ceurt,bat oa the second count the Ceart .ttisjtmd aad the caeea will ge to Uiti. Ikiumaimt held over t0Tte-aer- 1MT 01 A 1A1LK4AB T&S.IN. Celerea Teat Atuaei la Bm the Beeva and Bloodshed; t the Beeafc. ISPZCXU. TXXXO&UTTO TBI DISTXTCBVl Littie Bock, Ask., November 26, On th Little Bock branch ef the Cotton Belt road there has recently .been serious .trouble between the trainmen aad the col ored people. The negroes refuse to buy tiekets whearidisg., Goverasr J. P. Eagle has received this telegram: A riot occurred ea oar train, between Little Bock aad Pine Bluff, last evening. Soon after leaviegArgenta a negro attempted to seta brake. Brateman McCulloagh tried to stop him, and the negro struck at him and backed him Into the door of the ear. where some depu ty aaeriSi were. Then the Sgbt became gener al, all parties nsiag firearms aad kalYca. Oae man, bam Houston, was shot dead. Another, who was wounded, get o at Scott's Bayou. The conductor understands that another man was shot aad fell off the tram at Uaa Cave. No arrests were made. PHfENIXFAKX: MURDER EECALLO. T. J. Klrby aad F. 8. SfcetMa HelaoeaUc nrscuz. xeucixax to thx DrarxTcs.t Desyeb, Col., November 26. For the j past month T. J, Klrby, one of the meet im portant characters who figured la the great Parnell-Leadoa. Times sensation about oae year ago, has been in Colorado. Mr. Klrby arrived in Denver Saturday night, aad after receiving 1,080 trom his hoaw office, departed last night for Boston where he will stop at the Hotel Vendome. P. B. Baeriaaa, wno lives, near xiaraage, Col. , ia said to be implicated as ''No. 1" in the Phce six Park murder, aad Kirby spent nearly tea days ja Daraogo, and while there waa with Meridan coswiderably. CHEAP CHINESE LABOR WANTtf, Brhhli CefcmMa Sfclesoa Caaam WmM Ufce ta'BasaJar CeaWea, nraeuz, tslssxxx to tsc BisrATca.t Ottawa, November 28. A deputation representing the salmoa-eaaaiag interest of British Columbia is here asking tbe Govern- meat to remove the reetrietiea taxofftje imposed on an uoiaeseeemiag use uanaoa. They claim that cheap lahor ean only be obtained on tie Pacific eeaet by th' re moval of the tax oa Chinea.. The Government will probably give thesa a reply, aad it may safely be aseamed Mutt it will be ia the negative, aa Ae delegatieei represents a very small preaedien of tk people of the freviaee. M mAL KSCM.XITM' WW be Bsaiasded bv BwH far Baaae Th fas the Paiare. Paris, NoTeatber 26. CMe dispeiebe received by the Foreign Office from Rie da Janeiro say that no foreign Goventatedt has yet reeefaiaea the bovuiobi ueverai of iwaeu, aaa marine raaiwn will await the decision of ta. berere elaiesiag reeogaittaa. TheFreaek officials ia Haiti! have a iaetracted te maiataia. ta geed, rilatiwn formerly held wUh the lasewrial GoveeK- maent All tbe Iweittt eeaeeils iaBfaatf. have received similar orders. Dt mrwnx stsocwu. AaAgedWa la a IxiiawaikU8, Neveashec m. .Thi aseraia JHettie Butler, eotored, al78, wMtfeafcaa? la a ehair by her kitefaea stove with a pipe in her meath. The pipe. fell to tar lass Ignited her drees, and wbea feaadaha was etoiaV with all her etothing hniaaia eaWaatlyraaj hT. th- M'TsaaMtf XI i THEEE CENTS tg Tfty m Saves the TowadfLeeckkutt . l . . At1??' ' iiom Total uestnctiM. 2LLTUBAL GAS TMMWIk flf a "PinflnMol T.iao Bnafctmar YMaeV&ijI $150,n82(M),000. A SCORE OF FAMILIES HOMELtmi Plrf nrminttfin -frAwt nafnnl ctm In a . ueuust s uiuce, uesiroyea a isrgo portion et '-.r the business section of Leecbborg last eve. ' ing. Seventeen families were vdriya ffeaa p-. their homes by the flames The Iosck aatf - ;; mated at from 150,006 to 1300,060. The ,5q .,..,. .... -wort oi reouiiaing wui ne comseaeea aa once. rrxowASTJunrcoxmHroirDajrr.'i "-J-v LeECHBTJBO. November 26. A ma'atTj disastrous fire broke ont In the fowao. Leechburg, along the West Penn SactV O about 6 o'clock this evenfn-r in-t7hii.li ba.3liJ T ' ., --' -- I'SSK 175,000 to 200,000 worth of property destroyed outright One-third of tfak . amount is covered with insurance. To-aJf hi 17 families are homeless, but kind frkaJa'i have already provided for theai. The business portion of the town sJessfl Market street, from Mulberry alley -a Secdnd street has beea wiped est. Tfce heaviest losers, fortunately, are abb to bear their financial losses, and the prineiaal DBsiBcss men nave aireaay made, i preparations to begin the work of er in tbe morning. The fire broke out ic"il dental office of Dr. Sloan. HAXOTIAL GA3 BLAMED. Tfee fire U supposed to have or!ei4 from the natural gas. The bnildlngweai incase ana it nurnea use under, xne 1 spread, rapidly, and ia a twinkling s the entire square was enveloped fa a Aery-f bath. The- citizens, at tho first ata turned put manfully, and with bucket i feese fought tbe fire. Alaraw were to m 0 4aw. aIa.. tm 11waJ Y .V.. .... V. 4s Blairsville, Saltsburg, Apollo, FrnVit, ' and other nearby places poured i4shis 7 town to reader what aosietaaec they seaJa., ' The fire was beeemiBg at every moment aad at eae t&s it as if the whole town woal ive to a. Fortunately,. by dint of hard weric, after a straggle of three hoHrs, aad fiaaily i by the rain and sleel waieh befaa ta ftst. the fire was put under eoairel. At saial night the timbers are still baraiaf, bat.sJI? atirraaIa Avaat Tt iu watdSsaes- ttaa7 asLMaiaBkdai ddTI uaus J9VI6D -w sasucnj, nw mwrwjj-p. butLeechbarg's people are still truawsgt the streets. The town is fall ef i aad while se&te stealing waa deae,titeJ from tku tearee will sot aaseoat ta i BOKXLM3 PAXIXTga. Though jt waa the basiaeea aereiea M towa that was banted, vet there e W fe llUo tn.t,o1,t ttt,rt luaa of ' ' " soeeossT aas e pbsjt Maowu ssaeaajt jaa aared. Tbe MldragTat. Wfcl "Stfawlcstat sibaMafc aVMBi ftaLaaa WaJ i fjaanaaBBM brick. The Leeefebamt Beahiar I waa baraed oat, hat they, wall tmmmm 1 express- ofieeih the memisf . The- was well supplied with good safes, i zeoaeyor papers were lest OaetMti bnildint? and the furniture the efimaaaaT'l lost nothing. The losers oa the east aide of Market i are the owners of the Anderses Week-,- which were a photograph gallery, as office; F.F. Kobiaeoa's Jewelry stere.i Jot m about 12,009; B. O. Daaghery's 1 aad shoe store, less about ff,0W; Cochran's house; J. D. Orr's rraaae William Montceasery, less fl,009, wHnf i insurancer Squire Brothers' store, lee p 000, on which waa $13,800 leeowrt;'. .Bowers nome, Jars. -a. ja.opaag swim jr. W. Spang, aews depot; .Parker I shoo: . Hill, lawyer's oftee; A. MA house. On the west side of Market the losses are the John Sehwalml Dallas Taylor, dwelling; Israel smith, store ana dwelling; J. a. row ot five brier bewet; two Mrs. Beatty, two nonet. Leeehburg is a pretty town, the Kiekimiaetos nver. The 1 beck: from the river to the hills it fifth villsse. The Mealatkei iT & pushine? and thriving atoak. Am'j two iroa mills aad oh ttraeae ia the and meet of the people livelihood. uaa jusauii&iA jaaxujNs , .. Ml BAMMW . M.W V.. . MMVM "'. Fortunately the loates feU ea taw perttoa, aad taaaftai k is eeaad to 1 mTml them somewhat to to abeat atO,IML JW the leading eitiaee feel thai ttrey i saa' reeover free the eJeet of use a fire. LikeChiaap.ituexpeattdBMti'iJ busiaees bosses will rise; up shortly feeas blackenea raa. Uae of the aa famlli-M wm Mr. Montgomery's, a gkt aad elever telegraph oaerater. in a rented heuee aad loet all hi i but he cheerfully kept his lager a keys aad seatthe nwtter t-nwjwaa. At tais soar it is lawesaaoje s lose ia detail. The asset reiiaUi aoaaaiated with, the vaJaatieae ef fix the amount lost between ftTattt"i 9Wt,Oe. The wholevpemsle deserve praise, for they worked like trejaa, hk 8 o'cloek it begaa to snow asa sjaf,sailTj water aas Kept am its gyrano i air ever siace. It assisted. i suppressing the flames. Tew.V Mspeadeat had a rather tostjl aerieaee between liaairr freight traia. aad hie lew biter he sot hare, bat after streaaM on feet mi4d by the dla I lantern he finallv reached the tewm . f aavsr jb uaa r ww en The, town, wa iark, bat there wea amber of ajajtid aeenfe ia tha A l..ltnM a.1 J r !.! iia.lt 1 mzBW.njt mn: umwwi nn. ... i . merousravuettoacwere given to aat'i 1mm M6l ami tbev will t 'shelter. meutBAMJLUomm. us Among the assB-Mafs datd JT 13.009-. SimM' haherr. 2T. M. house and store aad Ceearaa's r,i dwelling boasa were ahaf William Fry. a ton sat feat houlehold eAeto. Mr. J, cm is a haaei toser. miUiaery si wj ia th -faaaa H. Tewaeaad, aatHaf, Baiigtag Boal, dwBfv aa A. X stoia it atat ar toes astra oae solid tymt s-fLsrttntrg, i xrmm ittftMiaaA. ! af thaaa at tries btgkTpBe war ei seitd, i brick, bat aertey frama. Major Jeak, Jhaafiyaf Jaanat a. r. J viu - i 11 1 Baahiaaj Caapar( stated aha. 1 thla: f lea weahjha . . JsJsaa i :oue oeeaafed. ria pesiuaiaat everythinfof viiMoeJeagiat; to tf was saved: ThefaVanee ariau '? ' ' $ - - n y j3Tr .t . iu - . . I Ma? .... i ,x ..f&qetik ' A T &S . Ht.-J .- i j Tf (31, .w.r ''. .. ....-...' 1 ... h-T. -.C