&3?a w ;A MILLION IS LOST By the Great Fire in the Western Union Building at New York. BUSINESS IS PARALYZED By the Stoppage of All Telegraphic Quotations of Market Reports. LOSS TO BROKERS INCALCULABLE. Xumber of the Operators Karrowlj Escape Death in the Flames. ' CROSSED WIRES CAUSED THE FIRE The Western Union main offices at Sew York were completely gutted by fire at an early hour yesterday morning. The fire is supposed to have been caused by crossing of electric light tares. The loss to business throughout the country is inestimable. The Associated Press is among the heaviest lossers. New Tore, July 18. Fire this mprn injrin the "Western Union building, in this city, destroyed property to the amount of 1,200,000, and- nearly gutted the entire building. The fire started about 7 o'clock, and was first observed by Operator Lewis. He had just finished sending a message, and looked up at the big clock for the time to mark it. It was just 7, and as he wrote the figure on the back of the message, there came to his nose the smell of rub ber burning. There was no mistak ing that peculiar odor, and as he looked up, neTer dreaming what was to fol low, he saw a thin, and almost transparent film of smoke come bursting and curling from the network of wires which is known as the distributing ring. It was so slight and so vapory as to cause little or no alarm at first Before the place was reached, more smoke came up. There was no mistaking it this time. It meant fire. rOBTUN ATE ESCArE OF OPERATORS. As soon as the alarm had been given the operators unrolled the big hose wheel always ready for an emergency of this kind. The "only e'ffect the water seemed to have was to make the fire shoot up higher, and it was noticed that the smoke came rolling out of the big hole in greater volumes than be fore. The operators worked the hose until the smoke became so thick that they could sot see where the fire was. The fire had crawled along the floor to the north window, and it bounded out into the air as if it was glad to be free from the smell of smoke which it seemed trying to shake off. As fast as the elevator car: could take them, the men crowded in. "When the last lew men crowd ed into the last elevator car, they were just a little bit frightened. As they passed the floor below a hot wave rolled over them, which made their throats drv and parched, and as the car proceeded down firebrands fell upon them and burned their clothing. "When the car reached the bottom they were all glad enough to get out, for with the heat and the water, which the firemen had bezun to pour into the build in?, and the thought that they were pretty sear the door which leads to. eternity, they were in a bad way. FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLY. The fire quickly spread beyond control, and the entire siitb, fifth, 'fourth? and third floors of the immense building were soon completely gutted, and telegraphic commu sication with points outside of the city was temporarily suspended. The offices of the Associated Press, Executive Committee of the Western Union Telegraph Company and offices ol several brokers were destroyed. The offices of the Associated Press suf fered rather more than any of the others in the great building. The floors were flooded with water to the depth of a foot or more, and the destruction which was so well started by, the fire was absolutely completed by the water. When the day force arrived, shortly before 8 o'clock, it was but then , evident that the usefulness of the great building was at an end for the present The ruin of the operating room ren dered every Western Union wire on Manhattan Island useless, so the Asso ciated Press opened headquarters in Jersey City. The firemen were promptly on hand and took possession of the building. All above the sixth floor is destroyed, carpets, papers, etc, on the fifth and other floors below are soaked with water. The battery and storage rooms occupied the sixth floor." The oper ating room and the gallery devoted to the work of the Gold and Stock Company, oc cupied the entire seventh floor, and the As sociated Press and a part ol the bookkeep ing the entire eighth floor. On the ninth floor were the Western Union files. The loss ol the telegraph company is very large, and it will require a long time to replace the material. The large switch board in the operating room alone cost a quarter of a million of dollars. ESCAPE WAS CUT OFF. Just about this time it flashed upon the minds of the frightened persons who had escaped that there were seven others on the restaurant floor who had not been warned of their danger. 'All exit had by this time been cutoff whereby these persons could escape, and they were not aware of their peril until the smoke rushed up the stairway leading from the operating room in volumes. There were four men and three women on this floor, and seeing escape cut off from every quarter, there was an awful panic. The young women were waiters in the restaurant and the men were cooks and clioremen. The women rushed around the restaurant, screaming and wringing their hands. One of the men, finding there was no possible means of escape downward, rushed for the scuttle hole in the roof. The trap door was pushed off and the prisoners climbed to the roof. Flames were shooting out ot the front windows, volumes of smoke puffed heavenward. .From under the eaves of the great building flames were shooting, and the structure seemed to be crowned with fire. APPEALING FOB HELP. When the great crowd on the streets saw the men and women rush out on the roof a cry of horror went up, for it did not seem possible that they could be rescued. The women on tnc roof screamed and wrung . their hands, and the men yelled: "For God's sake do something to save us." The first engine had arrived before the terrifying scene was presented on the roof, and a volume of water was pouring into the burning building. The second alarm vas sent, followed immediately by a, third. In a few minutes there were U engines and hook and ladder companies and a water tester on the eround. Water poured in throujh the flaming win dows and b,cat down upon thfc roof, but the flames were ntubborc, in spite of the tons of wstcr poured upon them. . The water poured lrom the roof to the sidewalks like a cataract, and the spray was dashed hundreds of feet in every direction, tut still the human beings were help Jiw on the roof. They could be seen like specters enveloped in smoke 1'nnd mist All of the houses surrounding f- the building were much lower than the roof ot the Western Union, and for those on top or It death seemed to be certain. Two lines of hose were run up through the building in Dey street, and two heavy - (MM were played on the rear of the building, from which flames and smoke were pouring as furiously as from the front, and yet no effort had been made to save the terrified men and women on the roof, and it now looted as if the seven were doomed. HOW THEY WERE EESCUED. Finally a long ladder was rushed upon the roof of No. 8 Dey street and placed against the roof of the burning building. It did not reach within 50 feet of the Western Union room. Undaunted, how ever, two firemen scaled the ladder and threw a rope to the roof. It was caughtand tied by one of the brave girls, who seemed never to lose her nerve. The firemen pulled themselves up hand nirtn- hnnA nntil tfiAir rAftrhfid the tOD of the burning building, and, amid cheers from the thousands below, tney lei me eevcu down to places of sifety, which they accom plished just in time, for flames immediately burst up through the cornice and soon en veloped the roof. The tower of the building was caught up by the flames: The tons upon tons of water, however, soon began to have a tell ing effect It was a beautiful and at the same time a terrifying sight to see the fire shoot out from the windows fully 50 feet around the entire building, and be blown back like ereat fiery tongues to lick the roof of the building. Finally the flames died away altogether and left smoky and charred bricks where the window frames had been. The ent're upper part of the building was gutted and every instrument and wire rendered useless. 10SS WILL BE HEAVY. The Associated Press loses instruments, typewriters, furniture and all ot its books, papers and records, dating from 1845, and a valuable reference library. This lossis ir reparable. All of the material for a history of the growth of the press in America, con tained in letter books and files, is destroyed and can never be replaced. The money value is estimated at $15,000. There is no insurance. William Henry Smith is per sonally a heavy loser by the destruction of rare books and papers, many of which can not be duplicated. Amone these were hundreds of rare pamphlets collected by Stevens in Europe, which Mr. Smith sup posed were secure in this "fire-prool" build ing. An extensive correspondence of great valne was also consumed. The telegraph company has divided its operating force among sub-offices at Twenty-third street, New York; Jersey City, Brooklyn and Weehawken, from which business will be done temporarily. Meanwhile, quarters are being prepared at the old Baltimore and Ohio office, at 415 Broadway. ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. How the fire originated no one seems to knowpositive!y,but itis surmised that two of the company's electric light wires became crossed and set the flooring on fire. Had the fire broken out an hour later the loss of life might have been enormous. Fully 700 girls and men are employed on these two floors. No exact figure can yet be given in regard to the loss, but it will be heavy. The building of the Western Union Tele graph Companv has been for many years one of the great and imposing landmarks of lower Broadway. It fronts on Broadway, facing east, and occupied half a block on Dey street On the ground floor are the re ceiving offices of the company, together with the offices of the American District Messenger Company, with entrances on Broadway and Dey' streets. The building runs up eight lofty stories, which are sur mounted by a cupola, Bunning up from the cupola is a shaft on which hangs the time ball, which drops at the hour of noon and tells the standard time. The building is filled with offices on the five lower floors, which are occupied by some or the greatest railroad magnates in the world. The vast system of the Pacific railroads is operated through instructions given from the Western Union building, and there are the private offices of Jay Gould, Sidney Dillon, Dr. Norvin Green and others who are famous throughout the length and breadth of the land. DEMORALIZED BUSINESS GENERALLY. liythe fire, the Commercial Exchanges were completely cut off 'from all their telegraphic connections. The Cot ton, Coffee and Produce Exchanges depend on the Western Union Com pany to distribute their quotations over tickers. All the transmitting machines by which the tickers were worked .were destroyed. This caused a complete suspen sion of the ticker service and brought busi ness almost to a standstill in the Cotton, Coffee, and Produce exchanges. In ad dition to this all ihe outside cities, which are reached exclusively by If ew York, wires were cut off, and the pub lic grain and cotton cables were also lost through the cutting off ot the wires. The suspension of the telegraph facilities had a worse effect than the blizzard of 18S8. Tickers will not be in running order again for some weeks, and the brokers are anxious to know how they will obtain their quotations. In the Cotton Ex change the absence of reports from the South was severely felt, and the business was less than half its usdal volume. The grain dealers made strenuous efforts to keep posted by private messages over the Postal wires, and to gather quotations by messenger, but the results were meager, and the loss in com missions was so large that they feared even to estimate it ABISIOCBATIC BOGS. How Greyhounds Were Honored by Cbarle- mnKoc Canines of Russia. Frank Leslie's Monthly. The great Emperor Charlemagne had a peculiar way of distinguishing his canine favorites, and the privilege he conferred on one strain of the greyhound tribe was that they might appear before him with their masters, and as a mark of this high honor these "lords of dogges" had their right pawa closely shaven. It is also "recorded that one of the Kings of India presented 6ome dogs resembling the greyhound to Alexander the Great, and it is probable that the Barzois of .Russia are the descendants of these. In that country, where the distinction between the aristoc racy and the peasantry is so marked, there is a corresponding difference in their "best friends." The common Aftcharka has to tend the flocks, and keep the country clear of wolves, which sometimes is quite a formidable task, making it necessary in some districts for the breeding and rearing of these dogs especially for that purpose; hence they are really tne Jiussian wolf hound, and in fact the Aftcharka is the rough and ready, general utility, peasant's dog, while the Barzoi is the aristocrat, kept at the palaces and residences of Emperor and noblemen, and at the headquarters of some of the regiments. They are used for the coursing of ground game. MAIMING THE HANDS So ni to be Able lo Reach Over a Few More Keys of the Piano, "lam rather surprised to hear," says Mrs. Bosalie Hausmann, in the Su Louis Globe-Democrat, "that the idea of maiming the hands to increase what is called by pianists the 'stretch' is gaining popularity in the East There is nothing really new in the plan, which consists in severing the tendons of the 'ring finger. When this is first done the stretch is increased about two notes, and the lifting power of the finger is much increased. 'When I was at school several ambitious girls submitted to the operation, which ap pears to be quite painless. For a time they played better, or at least with more effect, but before many months had passed the muscles contracted, the stretch was less than before the operation and the haud seemed to have lost much of its power. I am a firm believer in letting nature alone and don't think this fad will take ont West." No Romance. "It is very sad," she mused,"but Charley hasn't got a bit of romance. Last night I said to him. 'my king,' and he turned'aud-i- .j' ii.j . r;v. wKa?' i Mike who?' MVU.f BUSft (UnU WHP WATCHINGJHE FRENCH. A BRITISH FLEET GATHERING IN NEW.' FOUNOLAND WATERS. England Decides Upon a Formal Demon strationFormidable Gunbosts on iho Atlantio and More on the Way to MI qaeloa Ialnnd. Halifax, N. S., July 18. Private dis patches received confirm the report that a Newfoundland cruiser had fired on a French vessel the early part of the week. This news had the effect of hurrying the depart ure of the man-of-war Cornu, and it is clear that England intends to display her powers to the French fleet that has been terrorizing British subjects. For the past few days it has been noticed that the naval and military authorities had grown a little more communicative, and it comes from a reliable course, and the rumor is not denied by the authorities, that Eu glaud has decided on making a naval dem onstration on the Newfoundland French shore, and roost likely will go a step farther bv making one in the French waters of the Miqueion Island, under the very nose of the French naval authorities of the North At lantic ... , For this purpose a formidable British fleet is now gathering in the vicinity ot Newfoundland, while more vessels are on the way there from both sides of the Atlantic The fleet already gathered composed as follows: The Bellerephon, 18 guns, carrying the flag of the admiral of the North Atlantic squadron; H. M. S. Emerald, Sir Alexander Walker, 10 guns; H. H. S. Forward, 8 guns; H. M. S. Pelican, 10 guns; H. M. S. Partridge, 6 guns, and H. M. S. Cornus. 10 guns, to be joined probably to-morrow bv H. M. S. Thrush, commanded by H. B. H. Prince George or Wales, and two torpedo boats direct from London, England. This strong gathering ot war Bhips was to have been reinforced still further by H. M. S. Pylades, one of the most powerful men-o'-war on this station, which had been or AereH frnm the West Indian Islands to rendezvous with the rest of the fleet of demonstration at St John's. THE MAYOR'S SIDE OF IT. The Texas Town Official' Siory of a Cele brated Divorce. New Orleans, July 18. Mrs. W. S. Pendleton, the bride of the Mayor of Fort Worth, left for that city to-day. The Mayor accompanied her to the depot, and then re turned to her hotel? Pendleton, when asked why he had not carried out his intention, as expressed yesterday, of starting for Fort Worth this morning, replied: "I received a telegram yesterday advising me not to come until matters have quieted down a little. My wife went to Fort Worth this morning." Mr. Pendleton was again asked for a statement concerning the cnisode in which his name figures so prominently, and after considerable persua sion and argument he consented to make the following statement: Mrs. Pendleton did not know that the divorce had been obtained. I bad gone away from Fort Worth intending to remain. Alter I had been away lor several months, having received continuous news ol the illness of onr little child and that her mother was almost broken down in caring for it, out of sympathy, I Concluded to retnrn home to see what could be done. Tho child was very low, and it was supposed that it could live only a short time, so to avoid noto riety, I concluded to remain at home and help take care ot the child. Contrary to all expecta tions, the child lingered and suffered for several months, keeping me in constant suspense. In the meantime we frequently talked over a separation, and when she left for Tennessee it was distinctly under stood that we were Anally separated. I agreed to furnish her means of support for herself and children till onr property could be disposed of, when ample provision shonld be made for herself and children. "Of course I did not intend to offend tho .public by a public marriage with Miss Cullenso soon after our apparent separation. I intended the marriage should be kept secret from all but the young lady and her family until the nubile should have become folly aware of both separation and divorce. I never learned till my arrival in New Orleans that the fact of the divorce-was questioned. A WOMAN AS A STOWAWAY. She Has a Son In Philadelphia and Does Not Want to Go Back. New Yobk, July 18. Mrs. Jane Jones, about 50 years old, is detained at the Barge Office as the first female "stowaway" that ever arrived in this country from Europe. Mrs. Jones lives at No. 16 Thomas street, Qneenstown, and came over on the White Star steamship Teutonic, which arrived yesterday. She paid no passage and "didn't have a copper, sir; not even a ha'penny. Sure, I din't mean to come," she said witn a rich brogue, "but now that I'm here I don't want to go back. If some kind lady would only hire me to mind her children I would like it, and maybe 1 could earn enough money to bring over my daughter Josie and my husband." Her daughter Sallie is chambermaid at the New York Hotel, and a son Dick when last heard from was employed by a gentleman- id Philadelphia. It is supposed her desire to see Sallie and Dick brought Mrs. Jones to this country. This is the way the mother explains her coming to America: "I was worried most to death about Sallie and I wanted to come and see her, but I couldn't because we were very poor, and last Thursday I went down to see the ship, sir, with Borne of my acquaintances, and while we were looking around the big vessel I got separated from them. I didn't know they had left the ship, and before I knew it the ship had started and I was carried away." Colonel Weber is somewhat undectded what to do, but will probably send her back next Wednesday on the Teutonic, unless some kind benetactor exerts himself in her fcehalf. . A DUEL IS EXPECTED A a Remit of the Political Fight la South Carolina. Columbia, S. C, July 18. The bitter ness between the two factions in this State is growing daily more intense. At the campaign meeting, in Darlington yesterday, an incident occurred which, it is generally believed, will result in a personal encounter between Captain Tillman and W. A. Ancrnm, of Kershaw. Ancrum was a soldier in the war, is an ex-member of the legislature, and is now on the Board of Agriculture. He affiliated with the farmers' movement, but withdrew therefrom two years ago, re pudiating Tillman's methods. Two days a"0 Ancrum published a letter bristling with charges against Tillman. Yesterday General Early, candidate on the "straight" ticket against Tillman, read Ancrum s letter, and demanded of Captain Tillman what reply he had to make. Tillman de clared the letter "a falsehood from beginpine to end. It is a lie out of the whole cloth. At this point E. G. Graydon, a friend of Ancrum, informed Tillman that he would consider it his duty to inform Ancrum of Tillman's denial and his language. Till man reiterated that it was a lie. Bealiziuc the gravity or the situation and recognizing the fact that white supremacy is imperiled by the split in the Democratic party, the Executive Committee of the re cent anti-Tillman Democratic State Con vention this evening issued an address to the people calling on all Democrats to unite against Tillman. IInirIone. ol Glcantlc Size. Princeton, N. J., July 18. A terrific wind and rain storm with vivid lightning and hail stones as large as hickory nuts, ac complished consideral damage to trees, roofs, barns, telegraph and telephone wires. The farmers in the rural districts will suffer greatly in the loss of hay, grain, fences and buildings. Killed on Her Father's Farm. IBrECIAt. TILSOBJLM TO TUB OUT ATCH.1 Wheeling, July 18. Miss Alice' Wood lawn, of Tvler county, aged 17, was killed by lightning while crossing a field on her lather arm w-aay, THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, DISCUSSING DRESS. frof, Starr's . Second Subject Upon Keligious Dress, and is CHARMS THE CHAUTAUQUAtfS By His Scholarly .Manner of Handling This Interesting Question. STUDIES IS ANCIENT HISTORY. The Day's Musical Programme Attracts the Atten tion of Music LoTers. The principal lecture of the day at Chau tauqua Lake was that of Prof. Frederick Starr, on "Eeligious, Dress." Mr. Robert F. Harper also spoke on "The History of Excavation in Assyria and Babylon.' Prof. Sherwood's musical programme was one of unusual excellence. The attendance is very large at the meetings. rsrZCIAT. TZLIORAK TO THE DISPATCH-l Chautauqua JiAKE, July 18. Over coats and heavy wraps "have been in demand to-day, especially on board the steamers, for a stiff breeze has been blowing. This even ing it was very chilly, and the great fire places in the hotels, threw out a welcome light and warmth. Prof. Frederick Starr's lectures are be coming very popular and each effort of the genial, scholarly reeister is received with a larger audience. To-day, at 2 o'clock, he spoke upon "Ornamental and Religious Dress." There is a fondness for dress among all savages, barbarous tribes. All glittering articles given by the traders are especially fascinating to them. These South Sea Islanders would sell a whole island for a few dyed feathers. They would starve in order that they might secure ornaments. The most ancient ornaments come from France. Teeth of the Great Cave bear were used in the form of necklaces and girdles, teeth of other animals were often used, and this fact well proves man's progress at that early day. ornaments op the sayage. Some, in times of war, we find decorating their bodies with trophies of their bravery. Wild races still use beads, sheets, feathers and metals for ornaments. The Samoins greatly prize a necklace of white whales' teeth. Any people accustomed to using cer tain materials, when an innovation comes, resume it in a new kind, as sly savage chiefs have been known 'to wear arm bands of brass, which become so hot in the Bummer's sun that a servant is obliged to follow with cold water to cool them ofT. In Nubia the people wear all of their valuables to preserve them from confiscation. Passages from the Bible indicate that God's disciples used a large amount of adornments. Despite all, the Jews were something of a barbarous people. A desire for ornament drew out the working in metals; first of copper and silver; smelt ing came later, and bronze preceded iron. Among the early tribes of Africans the art of smelting was far ahead of that of the barbarous tribes of to-day. Ornaments de cline with the growth of civilization. As it advances. they disappear as the inequality of social position appears. . THE DECORATIONS OF THE PRIESTS. The list of religious ornaments is a very large one. Priestly ornaments began in Africa, and of course the priest is supreme in those savage tribes and wears all the or naments obtainable to impress the people with his greatness and power to terrify them if possible. The Kaffir priest wears a necklace made of shells and chains, and uses it as an augury. When a priest in the Society Islands die's he is laid out in a gar ment of shells; in the Antemanes Islands when a child is dead he is buried under the house and the family go away. The gar ments of the Bussian Jews has a tassel which the people are accustomed to kiss for good luck. At 4 o'clock Prof. W. H. Sherwood gave his fourth organ recital in the temple. His playing to-day was the best that he has yet given. -"Everyone was delighted and went home feeling they had been treated to an entertainment of excellence. Mr. Sher wood rendered the programme with fault less art At the same hour Dr. Bobert Harper lectured on the "History of Excavations in Assyria and Babylon." At the beginning of the present century nothing was known concerning the literature of Assyria and Babylon. Babylonian bricks were shipped to France early in the nineteenth century. In the spring of 1845 a distinguished ex- doctor was given money to carry on explora tions. In the two years following he laid bare several large palaces. The richest in scriptions come from the northwestern palace, and they are in' England. In 1818 he got more means, and in 1849 again re turned to Assyria. On his second trip he made the greatest discoveries on record. In January of 1873, with George Smith, the second period of expeditions began. He died, however, before he completed any large amount of work. His successor was more successful and brought back the in scriptions of the famous temple of the Sun and of jCyrus. BABYLONIAN EXCAVATIONS. The next one was conducted by Mr. Ward, ol the New York Independent. In 1888 the University of Pennsylvania sent out an expedition under the direction of Prof. Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler is still in the riug and is trying to make arrangements with theTurkish Government to carry on explorations. The prospects for further ex plorations are not very good, because the Turkish ruler has come to realize the value of these parts. He will let no one take them out except he be accompanied by a Turkish Commission, whose expenses must be borne by the exploring party, and what ever is found must be turned over to the Government. The inscriptions were writ ten on slabs and cylinders, both baked and unbaked. The Babylon account of the deluge is much better than-that of the Hebrew, in both there are the same state ments and a Noah and his family. The ac counts of the Assyrian wars are more exten sive than those of Judah and Israel, the translations have aided us to tell much about the geography of the country and also to discover the exact dates of many import ant events. We have a Babylonian genesis, a Babylonian deluge,a Babylonian story of Moses, a Babylonian history. In the evening the Harvard Quartet and Mrs. Gertrude Suther, sopranp, gave a con cert. A large party from Point Chautauqua attended. The black stack line of steamers have re duced their season tickets to ?1. It is estimated that there are about 1,000 guests at Lakewood. VICTOEIA'S SUNDAY MUSIC. Her Band's Performance Shocks tho Sabbath Obirrrance Party. Newcastle, JEng.. Chronicle. The Sabbath Observance party will pro bably hear with alarm that a military band played upon the terrace of Windsor Castle Sunday afternoon, by order of the Queen. The townspeople were admitted, and greatly enjoyed the treat A feature of the gather ing was the presence of the Duke and Dutchess of Connaught,who,it will probably be ureed, desecrated the Sabbath by their attendance. For many years, 20, 1 believe, performances of the kind at Windsor Castle on Sunday have been suspended. Their re ' vival by the Queen is certainly a sign of the times, and is locally popular. Overcome by tbe Brnt. Yesterday Fireman Barker" of the ferry boat William Thaw, was overcome by the ti.af onA kJ ir. l,o Jt- l,nme- TWO bOTS employed on the boat were also overcome. SATURDAY, - JULY '19, MISHAPSOF A DAY. Another Cable Car Victim Added to tbe Lone Lilt A Child Almost Dead From a Fall Rrnjiemrn Receive Serious Injuries. About 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon George Schnur, aged 5 years, was Jellied at Penn avenue and Sixteenth street by car No. 234 on the Citizens' Traction line. The little boy was playing on Peon avenue and attempted to run-across the street directly iu front of the car. Gripman James Gard ner did not not see him until it was top pre vent the accident, but he stopped the car so suddenly that the pilot only passed overhim. The boy's face and skull was crushed frightfully and he died in a few minutes. The remains were taken to the home ot his father, John Schnur, at 1629 Liberty street. The accident was unavoidable and no blame is attached to the gripman. Tbe Coroner will hold an inquest this morning. v Peter Young, while climbing over a big fly wheel that is standing on Forty-ninth street near the Allegheny Valley Eailroad yesterday, fell to the ground, crushing his nose and his forehead. The child is only 4 years old. He is not expected to recover. James Wallace, a brakeman on the Pan handle Bailroad, had his right arm crushed while coupling cars at Clinton. He is about 25 "years of age, and his home is at Midway, Washington county. It will not be necessary to amputate the arm. Jacob Le'vine, a brakeman, was struck by a train on the Scottdale branch of the P. B. B., yesterday afternoon, and received a scalp wound and had his foot crushed. He is 21 vears of age, and his home is at Baltimore. Both men are at the West Penn Hospital. Michael O'Donnell, an old man livingon Soho street, was engaged painting the side of his house yesterday alternoon when the ladder he was standing on broke. He fell to the ground, a distance of about ten feet, breaking his rightarm at the elbow and dis locating bis shoulder. THE AUSTEAIIAN WADDY. It Was the Most Universal Weapon of tbe Aborigines Cracked Skull. Newcastle, Eng., Chronicle. The weapons of the Australian aborigines for offense, defense or the hunt consist chiefly of tbe waddy, a club which is made in various shapes and hurled with their greatest skill and effect. It is the Australian's constant companion; with out tho waddy even with a mus ket the "black fellow" would not consider himself armed. In the field he throws it at game human or brute at his enemies, white or black; and at home he requires the smallest provocation to hurl it at his wife or children, laying them sense less or dead on the spot. With the preva lence of such domestic discipline, one is not surprised to hear that, contrary to what pre vails elsewhere, a thick skull is the highest ambition of an Australian to possess, and that no more opprobrious term of contempt can be heaped on him than to hint that his skull is thin. When two natives quarrel they settle their differences by a combat with waodies. Then, in the presence of spectators, they maul each other over the head with these formidable clubs until one of them falls senseless. The skull of an Australian is, therefore, generally quite a surgical curios ity in tbe variety of osteologicai contusions, fractures, etc., which it exhibits. Bows and arrows are also in use, but most celebrated of all the Australian weapons, and one which is . most ingenious, is the famous boomerang. A WTDOWEE'S SILENT WATCHES. Camlllo Qulnet Sleeps In n Graveyard Be side Ills Wife's Grave. Camilla Quinet, a Frenchman, with a good account in one or more banks of Kan sas City and the owner of 700 acres of valu able land near Portland, Ore., has spent every night since April 20 of this year at Union Cemetery beside the grave of his wife and son. Quinet came to Kansas City with his wife and only child, a boy of possibly 20 vears, about five years ago. In March, 1887", Mrs. Quinet died. The hus band purchased a lot in Union Cemetery, placed her remains in the center of it and erected a handsome monument to her mem ory. April 20, 1890, the son, Gustave, died and his body was interred beside his moth er's grave. Quinet boards at the Hotel Blanchon, a North Main street lodging house, and each night, usually about 11 o'clock, he boards a Westport cable car and goes to take up his lonely vigil in the city of the dead. He re turns" each morning about 7 o'clock. The grave of the wile is in the center, with its head toward the west, while tbe space on the left is occupied by tbe grave of her son. Quinet intends that he shall be buried on tbe right hand side. This space is vacant now and here is where he rests at night. The ground is covered with a thick matting of white clover and makes an in viting couch. A NEW ZEALAND WATERFALL, Which Is Said to be the Most Remarkable Iu tbo World. Youth's Companion. A waterfall has recently been discovered in the southern part of New Zealand which proves to be one of the most remarkable in the world. It is exceedingly difficult of ac cess, being almost completely surrounded by a chain of snow-covered mountains, nu merous glaciers and superb lakes. The highest of all the waterfalls whose ex istence is known at the present time, is one in California, whose mass of water plunges down from a height of 2,550 feet. The next in point of height is the Oreo Fall of Monte Kosa, in Switzerland, which sends its water, in two falls, from a height f about 2,400 feet. The newly discovered waterfall in New Zealand comes third on the list, falling from a height of 1,904 feet. The waterfall has three falls, aud the mass of water thrown is much greater than that of either the California or Monte Eosa waterfall. The fourth hlehest is in the Pyrenees,and comes from an elevation of 1,400 feet. Of course every school boy and girl knows that the greatest mass of water thrown by any waterfall in the world is that of our own Niagara Falls. FUN ON THE EXCHANGE. How Speculators la London Mnnnce lo Amuse Themselves lo Dnll Times. The London Stock Exchange men have always been given to practical joking, par ticularly when, to use their own term, there is "no business doing." It is pretty well known, says Cassell'3 Saturday Journal, that the precincts of the "House" are jeal ously preserved from the intrusion of the outside, and perhaps naturally curious, public, and whenever a stranger, eluding the door porter's eye, has contrived to enter the building unperceived, he has been greeted with the mysterious cry of "Four teen hundredl" a signal for a good deal of hustling aud chaff. The wisest plan is to take it in good part, and make one's escape as soon as possible; or, assuredly, the silk hat will lose its shape, and the coat praba bly its tails, before the wearer returns to the open air and to freedom. The cry of "Fourteen hundred" is said to have had its origin in the fact that for a long while tho number of member never exceeded 1,399; and it was customary to hail every new comer as the fourteen hundredth. It has, in its primary sense, long since lost significance, for there are now nearly 3,000 members of the close corporation which has its home in Capel Court. Extreme Ueat Cnnies Hnlclde. Miss Jennie McDonald, 20 years old, of Dnquesne, jumped into the Monongahela river at noon vesterdav and was drowned. No cause is kno'wu for the act, and it is at- Mv,ffftoth?ZL Jjl re 1890. A KEAL ESTATE DEAL: The Presidental Household Gives a Boom to Glen Echo Heights. MRS. HARRISOK'S KEW PURCHASE. She Beceives Property Valued at $20,000 for One Dollar. Over HALF0ED AND THE LADY. TIPEWEITEIl Oars Also Hade Some Inrestments In the Mrsterlons Locality. Same The members of the Harrison household seem to have embarked in a real estate spec ulation. A number of deeds have jnst been entered in their names for suburban prop erty. Washington, July 18. The Washing ton Tost to-day prints tbe following -from Bockville, Md.: The fever of real estate speculation seems to have struck the lady members of the President's family, for they have operated quite'extensively in property at Glen Echo Heights, a new suburb of Washington, located on the bank of the Po tomac river in this county several miles above the city of Washington. Quite a number of deeds have been recorded, tbe last one yesterday in the name of Alice B. Sanger. Attention was attracted to the deeds be. cause several of them came from Washing ton, accompanied by a letter signed Will iam H. Crook, which was written on paper bearing the words "Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C, ' at the top of the sheet The deeds were recorded with Captain An derson. Clerk of the Montzomerr County -Court, a number on the 7th ifist. and others before and since. THE TYPEWRITER IN IT. The deed recorded yesterday in the name of Alice B. Sanger was for lot 7. in block 14. or Glen Echo Heights, and the consider ation was 51,600. In this deed Miss Sang er's residence is given as Indianapolis, Ind., but as the previous deeds in her name were accompanied by the White House letter it is probable that she is in Washington now. When this letter was received, on July 7, it brought also nearly a dozen deeds to Glen Echo property. Some of them were in the name of Alice B. Sanger. One was to Caro line Scott Harrison, the President's wife, the consideration named in this deed being but $1. A deed has also been recorded in the name of E. W. Halford, the President's private secretary. There were recorded at this time two deeds transferring from Ed ward Baltzley to Alice B. Sanger, for 52,835 83, lot? 30 and 31 in block 13 of Mr. Baltzley's tract; and also, for $833 20, lots 14 and 15 in block 11. Another deed recorded July 7 transferred from Edward Baltzley to John W. Scott a part of a lot numbered 4 in Glen Echo Heights, and also 213,381 square feet of marsh land bordering the heights, the price being $21,783: At the same time another deed was recorded which transferred this same property from Mr. Scott to Mrs. Caro line Scott Harrison, the President's wife. Mr. John W. Scott, who bought tbe prop erty from Mr. Baltzley, is the father of the President's wife, and in the transfer of this property to Mrs. Harrison the consideration named was but $1. A MYSTERIOUS CBOOK. Two deeds were also recorded transferring Glen Echo property from Edward Baltzley to William H. Crook, who wrote the letter from tbe White House. One of these deeds was for lot G, in block 7, and lots 24 and 25 in block 13, tbe consideration being $3,488, and the other for lot 9, in block 7, tbe con sideration being $647 20. Another deed re corded at the same time transferred lots 26 and 27, block 13, Glen Echo Heights, to Mrs. Mary Scott Dimmick, the President's sister-in-law. The price Mrs. Dimmick paid for these lots was $3,364. Mrs. Mary Harrison McKee, the Presi dent's daughter, at the same time bought from Mr. Baltzley lots 26 and 27, in block 13, near by the lots purchased' by Mrs. Dimmick, for $2,430 60. By another deed recorded at the same time Mr. Baltzley sold to Harrison Crook and S. N. Sheets lots 30 and 31, in block 11, and lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, in block 14,lor $9,316 30. The President's private secretary, Mr. E. J. Halford, made but one purchase. This was of lots 1, 2 and 22, in block 8, for $1,978 75. Alice B. Sanger's purchases were tbe most extensive made by any of the White House ladies, aggregating, on the deeds examined bv the correspondent, $5,209, unless Mrs. Harrison's purchase of $21,783 worth of property for the nominal consideration of $1 be counted. The lots purchased by this lady are in the pleasantest part of the splendid tract fronting on Walhonding or uablongea roads, aud two of the lots running through from one road to the other. As yet no deeds have been recorded in President Harrison's name. The Post continues: The wholesale pur chases of suburban property by the house hold of the President, indicated by tbe above dispatch, will be surprising news in Washington, as it was not known that such action was iu contemplation. Public atten tion was also diverted by the fact that on the 6th of July, just before the deeds left the White House to be recorded, Mrs. Har rison made the following statement ic an authorized interview extensively published at the time: There have been suggestions from various sources about tbe President's purchasing a summer home in tbe suburbs of Washington, which, at tbe end of the official term, might be sold at a considerable advance. We have had an example of this; bnt the President will not use his official rank as a means of making money, even to the extent of purchasing a home for bis summer use, and selling It when he retires from office. The President has de cided scruples about that. Tne Commissioners of the District ot Columbia, his own appointees, would doubtless feel disposed to make Improve ments in that direction, which would still fur ther give tbe transaction tbe appearance of a deliberate money-making scheme. ON THE OUOtTNS FLOOR. The Glen Echo Heights property has only been on sale a short while, and the ladies of the present administration, at least, have evidently realized the utility of "getting in on the ground floor" in their transactions. Miss Alice B. Sanger, who made quite ex tensive purchases, is the typewriter at the White House, and tbe size of her. invest ments would indicate, if she is operating on her own capital and not being used as a screen by some one else, a remarkable de gree of thrift for even a President's type- The' deed for Mrs. Harrison's purchase having been recorded on the 7th of this montb, the first lady of the land must have already embarked in her real estate venture when she expressed, at least by implication, her disapproval of President Cleveland's suburban investment at Oak "View. Eev. John W. Scott, considering his age. would scarcely go into the real estate speculation on his own account. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A special telegram from Washington says: A short time ago a real estate syndicate was formed by two brothers named Baltzley, both residents of Washington and well and favorably known in business and social circles, 'One ol them was formerly the pri vate secretary of Senator Sherman, and both are meii of good standing. They and their partners purchased a large tract of land about six miles from Washington on what is known as the condnit road, under which flow the pipes which carry water from the great falls of the Potomac to Washing ton. The property lies along the north shore of the Potomac river where the scenery is not picturesque. Theland was divided into building lots, and has been on the market for some time. Recently the Messrs. Baltzley completed the erection of a very handsome, and at tractive villa on the bluffs overlooiing the Potomac, which they named G.en Echo Heights: Itis the ultimate purpose of the hotel, of which the building already com pletedjsto be tbe annex. It is contem plated to extend the electric railroad now running from Georgetown to Fenallytown ont to Glen Echo Heights, in order to give citizens easy facilities for visiting the new resort. A POPULAR LINE. The conduit road is one of the most popu lar drives about Washington, and leads to the cabin of John Bridge, the famous struc ture which boasts of the loncest single span arch in the world. This bridge was erected under the supervision of General Meigs when Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War. The great arciris a most popular place for sightseers 'and picnic parties, the scenery and landscape all about being beautiful and romantic. Glen Echo Heights is two miles nearer Washington than Cabin John Bridge, and the promoters intended to make it a fashion able resort, where picnic and dinnerparties can be afforded desirable entertainment. It is also intended to dispose of the numerous building lots to persons desirous of erecting cottages for summer living. Thus far the members of the President's private aud official family have been the most eager purchasers. Glen Echo Heights is situated in Montgomery county, Md., being just outside of tbe district lines. While there is nothing in the history of the transaction to show that any of those ladies got something for nothing, except possibly Mrs. Harrison, the utmost surprise is ex pressed everywhere in the city at their ac tion. MERELY SPECULATIVE. It hardly seems possible that they made these purchases in open market at the same prices asked of others in the hope of benefit ing by the rise in prices, because the value and desirability of Glen Echo Heights are as yet merely speculative. The place has only been recently opened up. No cottages have been built, the electric railroad is not constructed and there is nothing to show for the money that has been spent there, except the picturesque little cafe hidden away among the trees on the bluff overlooking the river, and deserted Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Colonel Crook, who seems to have charge of the negotiations as a representative of the White House inmates, is an old official of the Execution Mansion, having been on duty there many years. He may have made such flattering representations regard ing the value ot the property as to induce the ladies to spend their surplus cash in the hope of becoming rich( but it seems strange that even the alluring promises held ont by suburban real estate dealers should have led Miss Sanger to risk what must be to her the bulk of her hard-earned savings. , If the White House ladies have made their purchases simply for providing them selves with summer homes the verdict, no doubt, will be that they have chosen well. Glen Echo Heights is a most picturesque spot. The view of the Potomac river, with the wooded bluffs of the Virginia shore op posite, is one of the most beautiful of suburban Washington. GOOD SELECTIONS. This was the opinion of a party composed of Senators and Bepresentatives, business men and correspondents who dined last Wednesday evening in the handsome cafe erected in the midst of the green trees, as guests of the Messrs. Baltzley aud Mr. Page, tbe New England hotel man who is at present the manager of the Senate restaur ant. A jolly time was had, and while many stories were told of the popularity of the place and how lots had gone off like hot cakes to the residents of the city, nothing was said about the extensive purchases of the lands by the White House ladies. Lige Halford was there and seeemed to enjoy himself with the rest Senators Joe Black burn and 'JKris Kringle" Stewart made happy speeches, and the success of Glen Echo Heights was enthusiastically pre dicted. The persons who visited the romantic spot on that occasion now say that the White House ladies made good selections in their purchases. Still, people In Washington are very much mystified by this latest real estate venture and wonder what it can all mean. A FIGHT WITH SNAKES. Close Call of an Ohio Sower Cleaner In a Four-Foot Tonne!. Joe Van Lair, who was employed recently by the city of Circleville to remove the silt that annually accumulates in the East End storm sewer, relates an incident that hap pened during the performance of his duty that almost caused his hair to turn white in a single night. The sewer is about half a mile in length, and being only four feet square, Van Lair was compelled to assume a crouching position. On the fifth day he was startled by tbe hiss of a serpent. Shading his eyes so as to see by the uncertain light afforded by his safety lamp, he be held a huge snake swaying from side to side and evidently awaiting a favorable op portunity to strike. Quick as thought he struck wildlv at it with his hoe and fortu nately succeeded in severing the greater part of its tail. In an instant the snake coiled around the hoe handle and entwined Van Lair's arm in its coils, but its strength was waning and it was easily killed. Van Lair then returned to his work, but had scarcely commenced before he encoun tered another snake, not so large as the first one but more formidable. He againbrought his hoe into action, but could not use it very effectively and a fierce fight ensued, Van Lair directing his efforts to keeping out ef the serpent's coils, which the latter vainly attempted to throw around him. The fight attracted a companion snake, and be fore he had dispatched his second foe he was confronted by a third, and commenced a re treat, pursued by both serpents and fighting gamely. He had not gone far until he was horrified to see another snake disputing his way and cutting off his retreat. The cold beads of perspiration stood out all over me," he said, "but I felt no fear. I had not time to think, but struck out again and again until I stunned one of my pur suers and put an end to the other one with out much trouble. I then turned upon my last foe, and after a short battle killed it. When brought to the surface the largest snake measured 6 feet and the smaller one 4 feet 2 inches. They were blacksnakes, and made a stubborn fight. I do not feel at all discouraged, by my escapade, and shall make an effort to secure the job of cleaning the sewer next year." THE ZLECTE0PH0N0SC0PE. Two Fellows of tbe Uoyal Society Claim lo Have It Without Donbt. Pall Mall GaMtte A remarkable instrument was exhibited at the postoffice jubilee conversazione. It is called the electrophonoscope, and is the joint invention of Prof. Hughes, F. B. S., and Mr. W. H. Preece, P. B. S., the work having been carried out by Mr. Stroh and Mr. Martin Boberts, of the postoffice. It is claimed by the inventors that the electro phonoscope solves the question of "visual telegraphy" (if such a phrase may be em ployed). The sender of a message from a distant station appears in person before his correspondent, and with a telephone, it is possible not only to speak to him, but also to see him and to watch the expression of his features. The instrument is a perfect complement to the telephone, and will illustrate what telegraphy is likely to Le in 1990. Beveral eminent American electricians have long been working at the difficult problem of "visual telegraphy;" and tbe news of the invention of the electrophonoscope when telegraphed across the Atlantic is likely to cause uo small consternation iu their camp. , DIED. FLANNERY On Thursday, July 171890, at S A. IT., Sirs. ELLA FLAKUEBT, azed 23 years. Funeral will take place from her late resi dence. No. 113 Pennsylvania avenue. Allegheny. Saturday at 8.30 A. jc Services at St. An drew'! B. O. Church at 9 A. M. Friends of the drew'. B. O. Church at 9A.K. Friends, A BALLOT REFORMER. President Gompers a Firm Believer in the Secret Erasure System. SHORT HOURS AUD SHARP VOTERS. Ha Thinks the Conspiracy Laws Are a Eelle of Barbaric Ages, EEM0YED I0XG SINCE EI ESGLASD. IX Great Britain Conld Dj It, Ha Thinks Fennjjiunia Sorely Can. President Gompers, of the American Fed eration of Labor has pronounced views on the subjects of ballot reform and conspiracy) laws. He is a practical ballot reformer, his ideas of the matter having been carried out in his union for 11 years. President Sam Gompers, of theyAmerican Federation ot Labor, found time the other day to express himself to a Dispatch re porter regarding the questions of ballot re form and the conspiracy laws. Thorough ballot reform, argues Mr. Gompers, can only go hand in hand with a thorough or ganization of labor. He said on this head: "Most certainly, I favor reform in the ballot, and regard it as very desirable. I have done in the past, and will do in the future, everything possible to establish a reform of the ballot One desirable thing' to be effected is to establish the greatest secrecy in, and protect men when using the ballot, from the intimidations of corrupt politicians, as well as from the domination of unscrupulous employers. I am satisfied, however, that ballot reform will not bring about the end desired by its most sanguine advocates, except, concurrently with it, wage workers are thoroughly organized, and so, will be in a position to withstand any influence brought to bear upon them by combination of their employers. TOTES THAT CAN BE BOUGHT. "As a rule.it will be found that the action of the working class -which will cast the most independent votes is composed of those workers who are best organized. The purchasable votes among wor kmen, where it does exist, exists among those who are unemployed, or among those who receive very low wages. It is reasonable to sup pose that the man who earns good wages will not be influenced by the few dollars offered him for his vote, and also that he is better cognizant of what the privileges of a vote imply. "Legislation on this subject, as on others, can only follow the reforms that are de manded and are agreed upon by the people. To my mind and I am convinced of and prepared to maintain it against all comers the beginning, the alpha of all reforms, in dustrial, commercial and political, results from the movement lo reduce tbe hours ot labor. So long as the vast number of men are unemployed and the vast number work too long hours so long will you find men indifferent on matters which so elosely,affect tbem, and careless of the conditions under which they live. "Begarding the manner of voting," Mr. Gompers went on, "I believe that the names of all the candidates should be on one ballot paper. The names could be placed in separ ate columns, or marked in different colors, as 'would be found desirable. The voters should be allowed to ballot either by mark or by erasure, as would be determined. I favor voting by erasure. In my local union this system has been in vogue for the past 14 years. The candidates' names are all printed on one paper. For example, in the case of the election of a President, a note on the paper informs the voter to 'vote lor one only, and erase name of those you do not vote for.' It should be remembered that the Constitution of the country recognizes no party, and hence there is no reason why the candidates for election should not all go together on one paper." RELICS OF BAEBARISIT. Begarding the conspiracy laws, Mr. Gom pers said: "From the noint of view of the workingmen, these laws are barbaric There is a feature about tbe conspiracy laws of this State which seems to hang over the heads of workingmen to prevent them from doing anything to remedy their condition. These laws are relics of barbaric times. Monarcbio Great Britain has abolished these laws as far as they applied to workingmen, their wages, hours and condition, and if Great Britain can afford to do so( it seems to me that this great State of Pennsylvania can also afford to dispense with them. With regard to the application of these laws to workingmen engaged on such terms with their employers, in no other condition of life is it found, What it is perfectly legal for one man to do, it ought to he legal" for more than one man to do. Anv statute in opposition to that is, in my oninlon, not law in the best sense, since'itisnotjust." EM3N PASHA'S PB0QHESS. The AdTentnrons Scientist Meeting With Many DlfUcullles la Africa. Fall Mall Budget. The sister of Emin Pasha, who resides in his native town of Neisse, has received a letter from the explorer, dated Mrngoro, May 13. Emin, as is known, set out from Bagamoyo on April 26. The two officers of the expedition are Lieutenant Langheld and Dr. Stuhlmann. During the first few days progress was difficult. The rain fell in torrents, and the deep mud made the march an ardnous one. The bearers, each laden with B0 or 60 pounds, were often knee deep in the mud, and repeatedly fell. Emin lost many ofhis people during these marches. Some died of exhaustion and others threw down tbeir loads and ran of On May 13 the excursion arrived at Mrn goro and encamped In a good place. Emin's tent was pitched with the flag and the gun in front The arms were arranged in readi ness, and tbe ammunition, provisions and the goods for barter placed in three heaps, each protected by tarpaulins. Every morn ing Lieutenant Langheld drills the people and Dr. Stuhlmann inspects the bearers and the loads. Tbe non-commissioned offi cers share the work between them, one takes the loads aud bearers, another looks after the soldiers and the three horses and several good donkeys which form part of the expe dition. A third supervises the commissariat Every morning and evening the officers make their reports and orders are given. The officers and non-commissioned officers take meals together with Emin Pasha. When they are able Emin and Dr. Stuhl mann collect specimens. SPLITTIHG A HURBICANZ. A Veracious Tale From the Wlldi of tho Pino Tree State. Tonth's Companion. J Headers who live in regions which suffer from tornadoes and cyclones should take a hint from a little story published in a Maine newspaper. Almost anything can be dons by an ingenions man if he is strong enough. A farmer saw a hurricane coming straight toward his barn. Something must be done without delay. He seized two boards, and, standing be fore the barn, held them as tightly as possi ble with the ends together in front of him, so that they made a sort of wedge. In this' way he spread the hurricane apart, and it took off only the two corners of nil barn. liters of rnrnell's Dlotbsr. , Bordentown, N. J., July 18. Mn. Delia T. S. Parnell, mother of Charles Stewart Parnell, is confined to her.bed with, ; choler morbus, 0 J t
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