sagjjjy. Jpy-gfcftiT M7 jfy1 -3Sfwn--3p- fVVrnprrrff' 7 8 THE PITTSBTIRG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 1891 BIG DAY FOR FIRES, The Greatest One, Occurring in Syra cuse, Causes a Loss of at Least $1,000,000. HASY BUSINESS BLOCKS BURNED. .y A Branch Store of the Big Pittsbnrc Steel Firm of Farks Brothers Among ; the Heavy Losers. AJf ASYLUM I10REOE KEAE KASHV1LLE Chicago Fngbtnicd ij t Dugtnu ut Ccstlj Situ Keu a Hotel ltd TieiUr. SYRAtusE, March 14. Syracuse neTer opened its eyes on such a spectacular drama as roused her from her morning slumber to day. Hardly were the early risers astir when the whole population was suddenly roused by cries of "Fire! The Hogan block is going, and all Fayette street is going!" The first show of fire was at 6.30 o'clock, and in less than half an hour the splendid sew Hogan block was only a ghost of its former self. The fire soon spread to the north side of "West Favette street, and Chief Eeilly quickly saw that the threatened destruction was too great for his apparatus to fight. He wired Oswego and Rome to send aid, and he had hardly done so when the danger was suddenly doubled. Fire and smoke burst without warning from the top of Boscoe Brothers' five-story block in East Washing ton street, four blocks away. A Second Conflagration Started. A flying brand from "West Fayette street had caused it, and before the overworked firemen could send relief this second fire also was beyond control, with only a single stream playing upon it. At 8:30 o'clock a fierce conflagration was raging in two upper floors of the Yates block, alone the entire Genesee street front, and was rapidly making its wav around the Montgomery street corner. A moment or two later theie was a tremendous crash, and an immense volume of smoke was thrown out from the burning building, while the flames rose high above the ruins below. A cry of horror went up from the crowd and everybody felt that a man was lost. The wall for about the distance from the Montgomery street corner to the Koscoe building had fallen in, crushing the floors below and bringing them with it to the ground. "When the smoke cleared, an ay, as it it did in a moment or two under the bwcepinc action of the flames, the man was seen in the act of raising a window, which he immediately closed and as quickly raised ogain. A Man Perishes In tlio names. The fire was raging all about him, and the feeling was that he was doomed beyond nil possibility of escape. He was not seen to eincrce from'any other part'of the build ing, and it is thought that he perished in the flames. About 9 o'clock the Oswego relief came by special tram, havincr made the run lrom Xamsons, 19 miles, in 17 minutes. Half an hour later the Utica engine, with a hose fart and company, came in and began play ing on the Washington street fire. The flames, urged on by the gal,, were hardly checked by the firemen, and two locomotive fire engines lrom the Centrai chops were sent to the Vanderbilt House cor ner. They probablvsaved the hotel.The whole loss is estimated at S1,000,000, and at 11 A. ii. the fires were under control. In the "West Fayette street fiiv the Hogaa ,i block, a six-story stone front building, was rst destroyed. The center store1 was occu pied by Hier & Lighton, cisrar manufact urers, and the next by M. P. Walsh, hard ware dealer. T. P. Hogan's loss on the i block is 550,000. with 525,000 insurance. Hier & Lighton lose 518,000, with 512,000 'insurance. Walsh bai $10,000 insurance, and his loss exceeds tnis. The Losses In Other Blocks. The four-story building next, east, was burned. It was also owned hv Hoan, was , Valued at S9.000, and the insurance is $G,000. The furnace company loses $10,000, nearly covered by insurance. Chryst & Sehl have $20,000 insurance, and claim that their loss will exceed that. Justin Zubert's cigar factory was damaged by water. Hi stock was valued at $100,000, with $75,080 insur ance. John H. Link, dealer in wholesale liquors, sufferert some damages. The United States Hotel, which nas burned, was owned bv Daniel O'Keefe, and his loss is put at $10,000. On the north side of Fayette street the Van Eennsacler block, owned by William Avers, first burned, and the Seneca House next, east, also burned. The los, on build ings is $C0,000; insurance, $22,000. Several tenants lost small amounts. David Davis owned the next building eat, and the loss is put at $20,000. John Kauffman owned the three-story brick .block next. His loss is $15,000. J. L. Davis, broker, lost $6,000, with $1,500 insurance, and W. C. Tucker, furniture, lost $10,000. One rittihurs Firm a Loser. The brownstone Fay block also went. The block was vahied at $5,000, partly insured. The Syracuse Supplv Company had a stock of $35,000, insured for $25,000 The branch of Park Brothers, ot Pittsburg, had a stock of $12,000, insurance $4,000. Other losses here amount to $50,000. In the Montsomery street fire the blocks burned were the Journal, the Boscoe, the Yates and Montgomery flats, and a part ot the Candee House. Among the individual losses are that of Kinnev & Doohttle, li quors, 15,000 to $20,000; insurance, $10,000. The heaviest loss in the East Washington street fire is on the Montgomery. "The buildings were owned by the Yates estate, and the loss is put at $300,000, with insnr atice of $100,000. The 100 tenants lose $50, 000, partly insured. The Journal Company's loss is $50,000; insurance, 'two-thirds. The loss on the Christian CooK blocK is $40,000, partly insured; It. W. Boscoe, wholesale iruits, loses $20,000, partly insnred. Other losses by this fire are about $65,000. A HOTEL AND A THEATEB IMPEEILED. fanlc Caused in the Sherman House in Chi cago by n S100.000 Blaze. Chicago, March 14. Panic reigned for b time in a portion of the Sherman House early this moraine. The fire which dis turbed the slumbers of the hundreds of guests had its ongm in the wholesale drug house of Humiston, Keeling & Co. The fire caused an explosion, which blew out the iron shutters and sent the flames to the roof and basement. Myriads of burning embers fell in the court over the great glas. skylight about the office, falling like a rain of fire past the windows of the inside rooms. All the. guests occupying rooms on the side of the notel near the fire were soon aroused and moved out of their rooms to other quarters. Hooley's Theater caught fire several times, nnd the flames were with difficulty ex tinguished. The loss to the theater by f moke, which poured through the windows, May be considerable. As it was, the streams of two engines were continually directed against the smoking and blazing'rear halls of the play house. For a time it was feared that both the Sherman House and theater would go. The loss will aggregate $100,000. FIRE Iff A C0TN2Y JAIL. It Does hat Little Damage, but Prisoners Suffer From Suffocation. Lowell. Mass., March 14. A fire broke out in the Basement of the Middlesex county jail bailding, where 200 bales of cotton are stored. There were several hundred prison ers in the jail. The fire was brought under control about 12 o'clock, with not" very creat damage to the building, in which all the prisoners re mained, many ofthem suffering considerably from the suffocating smoke. AN ASYLUM IN FLAMES. SIX POOS INMATES MEET THEIS DEATH AND 25 ESCAPE. All the Violent Fatients Safe in a Distant Wine The 400 Unfortunates In the In stitution Thrown Into Wild Confusion Aid Arrives From Nashville. Nashville, Tejtn-., March 14. The Cen tral Insane Asylum, situated seven miles from this city, is almost a mass of ruins. Beneath it are the charred bodies of half a dozen of the unfortunate inmates. At 10:45 last night Watchman Fitzhugh discovered a tongue of flame breaking through the western main wing ot the building. It reached from the ground through the second and third stories and cut off the few rooms that were behind it. In a moment the alarm was given, and the 400 inmates of the institution were thrown into wild commotion. There were 28 in the wing when the fire was discovered, and 22 ot tnem were quickly removed to the mam hall, the other six being left to their fates behind the impassible wall of flames. The following are the names of the patients, all males and white, who perished in the flames: J. S. Johns, of Sutlierford county; J. Bert Dexter, of Wilson; Blue Preston, of Cannon; John Kelly, of Wayne; W. H. Beastry, of Hickman; B. F. Hollowel, of Davidson. When the fire was discovered the city was telephoned to lor aid, but before the engines arrived the west wing collapsed, and the in mates, made frantic by their danger, were beginning to break from the guard aud run like frightened animals over the surround ing country. The engines arrived on the J scene at 2:15 o clock, and in a few moments water was playing on the main building. At 3:15 o'clock the inmates who had been huddled for several hours in the yard in front of the main building were returned to the east wing. About 25 had escaped, the majority of whom were harmless. At that hour the west wing was entirely demolished and about one-half of the main building. m J 1 :-- I i ii j m 1-i.uc unu;ciuua juuuuca ncru Kepi loc&eu ail the time in the east wing, and none of them were subjected to exposure or danger during the progress of the flames. The fire was fully under control at 3:30 o'clock and the inmates were comfortably housed and all was quiet. It is impossible as yet to give any estimate of the loss, though it will be heavy. The building was fully insured. A Brewery Burned. Buffalo. March 14 Weyand's brew ery, on Washington street, above Goodell, was bnrned about 4 o'clock this afternoon. The loss will reach $60,000. $6 jackets reduced to $2. Joiix P. Kxable Co., 35 Fifth ave. Latvrenceville, Bloomfield, Sharps burg, Etna, Millvale residents read ou. "ad" in to-day's Dispatch regarding dry coods and carpets. Our branch stores arj at 403S, 4100 Butler street Same prices. J. H. KuifKEL & Blto. $10 New-markets reduced to $2. John P. Knable Co., 35 Fifth avi. Ladles' Cloth Keelo.-; In tan, navy, French, grev or hlack, $5, $5 45, $6, $7 50, $9, $10 45, $11 75, $13 50 $15, at Bosenbaum & Co.'t. $4 BLACK and colored Jerevi, fire goods, reduced to $2. John P. Knablk Co., 35 Fifth avenue. We will call on you with samples and furnish estimates on furniture reupholstery. Haugh & Keenan, 33 Water street. Su $10 Newmarkets reduced to $2; un equaled bargain. John P. Kkable Co., 35 Filth ave. Special Sale of Clocks and Bronzes Now going on at August Loch's, Jeweler and Optician, 145 Federal street, tufsu Bead Edward Groetzinger's advertise ment on second page. Diamonds, Diamonds, Diamonds. Special low prices this week on all dia mond jewelrv; nothing but first-class goods in stock at Hauch's, No. 295 Fifth avenue. WFSU Special ingrain carpet and lace curtain sale continued this week. Bead "local" elsewhere. J. H. Kcnkel & Bro. Bead Edward Groetzinger's advertise ment on second page. Children's umbrellas reduced to 25c. 55 John P. Knable Co., 35 Fifth av. Special Bargain In Ladies' Reefers. No. 1, $4 50: No. 2, $5; No. 3, $5 50; No. 4, $0; d black cheviots and plain cloth at Bosenbaum & Co.'s. Tusu A DELIGHT TO LADIES! A clear, lovely complexion! IIow to obtain It? Why! ue Madame A. Kuppert's World Renowned Face Bleach. It will positively do all that i claimed, will remove all blemishes, moth freckles, discoloration or anv skin dis ease. It w harmless for external use, is not a cosmetic, but a skin tonic, leave the skin soft, smooth and white. Call or send 4 cents in stamps for sealed particulars. Price. f2 per bottle, three bottles for 55, the usual amount required. MME, A. RTJPPERT, Room 203 and 204 Hamilton Building, 93 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. feS-su ESTABLISHED 1851. .Eyes Examined Free. Artificial Eyas Inserted. J. DIAMOND, OPTICIAN, i 22 SIXTH ST. de28-TTSU JPHICK BROS., 21 SIXTH ST. Surgioal Instrument establishment. Specialties: scientific fitting nf TRUSSES, aupliancp'. for DEFORMITY and ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. Largest stock of surgi cal instruments in Western Penn. Large illustrated cata logue free to physicians, delS-99-TTbSS ' Who Ever Heard of It Before ? We still have on band a big line of those boys' cassimere suits marked $1 25 each, sizes 4 to 14, neat, tasty patterns, pleated or plain. It cost more than $1 25 for the mere making of them.. P. C, O. C, Pittsburg Combination Clothinq Company, corner Grant and Diamond streets.opposite the Court House. August Loch, Jeweler and Optician, 145 Federal street, lias secured the services of Prof. J. F. Dodge, Optician, who is here permanently. Call and we will advise with you about your sight. tufsu Good school umbrellas reduced to 25c. John P. Knable Co., 35 Fifth av. Bead Edward Groetzinger's advertise ment on secopd page. SINGERS AID ACTORS, All World Benown Artists, Join in the Praise of the Soden Mineral Pastilles. Mra Sembrioh says : I recommend the Soden Mineral Pas tilles for the use of Sincere and others against any indisposition of the Voice. They also act well on me constitution ally, and I use them all the time. Pepi Zampa : Daring a tcell of hoarseness I used the Soden Mineral Pastilles, and I am pleased to say that they have relieved me at once. I would not go on the stage without having them with me. Heinrioh Botel : I am usinc the Soden Mineral Pastilles a little over a ear. and iu my calling as an Opera Singer I conld hardly do without them. They clear my voice. relieve it from soreness, and prevent colds or catarrh. I heartily endorse the use of the same to all my brethren and the public. Albert Stritt: I recommend the use of the Soden Mineral Pastilles to any one who suffers from catarrh or any catarrhal inflamma tion, sore throat or colds. I use them all the time and find them convenient, active and pleasant. The Soden', Mineral Pastilles (Troches), pro duced from the Soden Springs (Germany) by evaporation, are particularly serviceable in Catarrhal Inflammation, Sore Throat, Coughs, Bronchitis and Lung Troubles. The genuine Soden Mineral Pastilles must have the testimonial and signature of Sir Mokrell Mackenzie around each box. Price 50c Depot, 6 Barclay St, New York. mhll-89-wsu The Soft Glow of The TEA ROSE Is Acquired by Ladies Who Uss MEDICATED TRY IT, SOLID evjer.ywiie:;r,tf2. J KAUFMNS' 1 Muslin Underwear Dept Business here is always brisk. It doesn't take the Ladies long to find the house that offers the best bargains. Fine Muslin Skirts, wide ruffle of embroidery or torchon lace, with cluster of tucks above, at only 98c Extra fine Muslin Skirts, with xo-inch embroi dered ruffle or wide torchon or Valencienne lace ruffle, at only 1 1 39. Fine Muslin Gowns, trimmed with lace or embroi dery, at 74c Fine Gowns, with tucked yokes, trimmed with embroidery or laces and in serting, at 98c. A large stock of Gown?, Skjrts, Chemises and Drawers, in Muslin, Cambric and Silk, $i to $15. 'An-elegant variety of Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Vests, from 15c up. flifilllliffii iflftgi 7i THE GLORIES OF THE GRAND OPENING OF OUR NEW MILLINERY DEPARTMENT Are still fresh in the memories of the Ladies of Pittsburg and Allegheny. Our beautiful exhibition of Patterns Bonnets, Feathers, Flowers, Ribbons, etc., exceeded all expectations, and, above all, our very reasonable prices came in for no end of favorable comment. Ladies who have not yet visited our new Millinerv Department are CORDIALLY INVITED to do so this week. THE SIGHT WILL BE A TREAT FOR THEM. KAUPMANNS HKff ADVERTISEMENTS. CRHND EHSTER Jllilliwy OF ROSEN BAUM& CO., TAKES On Thursday and Friday, MARCH 19 AND 20. The mere announcement of the fact is of itself sufficient to crowd these stores with the fashionable ladies of the two cities during the days named. Suffice it to say that the very latest styles in SPRING MIL LINERY will be shown, among them many novelties not to be found elsewhere. Our establishment has long been recognized as the home and headquarters of everything new in the way of fashionable headwear. Special preparations have been made for this occasion, and we promise friends and patrons an unusually attractive display. We might particularize to the extent of columns, but believe the true meaning of the term, "Art in Millinery," can only be fully ap preciated by those who make a personal inspection of this department and the many choice things it contains. Ladies who read this card will please consider it an invitation to at tend our grand EASTER OPENING. We know they'll be agreeably surprised when the veil is lifted from the veritable bower of beauty now being arranged by the deft fingers of the best artists that money can command. Respectfully, 510-514 MARKET STREET.' The Electrical Construction and Maintenance Company, Electrical Engineers and Contractors. Electric Bells, Burglar Alarms, Annunciators, etc, In candescent .Light and Bell Wiriug a specialty. Sole agents for the Jenney motors. 125 FIFTH AVENUE, Pittsburg, Pa. Telephone 1771 ocl2-113-Siu KAUFIVI MS' MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S JACKETS and BLAZERS. 1 24 for plain blue, cloth Reefers, with gold anchors and buttons. $2 24 for very fine Reefers, plain or plaids and checks, gold buttons or buttons to match, at $2 24. Fifty dif ferent styles of Imported Blazers and Reefers, 3 49 and $5. MISSES' Al CHILDREN'S SUITS. Plain All-wool Cloth Dresses, sizes 4 to 14, neatly trimmed, at $2 98. Beautiful plain Cloth Dresses, trimmed with plaid combination, sizes 4 to 14, at $2 49. Finer Dresses, 5 up to $15. Opening. PLACE mlilo-TTSSu TROUSERINGS AND SUITINGS. Medium-weights. Exclusive specialties in patterns and fabrics. Latest correct styles. H. & O. F. AHLBES, JUEKCHANT TAILORS, 420'Smithfield street. Telephone 1339, ja28-TTSSu ACKET. If our claim to your custom is qualities, handsome styles and ours. $ 1 49 buys a stylish Jersey Cloth Blazer, with cord and tassel, and gold corcl on edge; $3 49 buys a fine, plain cloth Blazer, in tan, gray, blue and black, collar faced with heavy corded silk and fastened with silk cord and tassel;, $3 74 buys a fine all-wool cheviot reeier, with shawl or notched collar; $5 98 buys an all-wool cheviot vest front Jacket, can also be worn as Blazer (the vest being detachable.) $8 98 buys your choice from a fine and fashionable line of- over 50 new spring styles of Vest Fronts, Reefers and Blazers, in tan, gray, blue and black, collars embroidered or faced with silk or cloth. FIFTHAVE. smithfIld ST. I NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A PRONOUNCED HIT Has Been Made By RUBEN With too Two New Spring Styles, THIS The Schenley. Union Square PRICES. 81 90, $2 40, 82 90, 83 40. The above cuts represent the two' neatest, handsomest and dressiest bats ever introduced to the stylish dressers of Pittsburg. They are winners from .the word "go," and will knock all others clean "out of sight" RUBEN, The Hatter and Furnisher, 421 and 423 Smithfield St. V, B. Mail Orders Promptly Filled. mhlS-wrsa WM. GKABOWSKY, FASHIONABLE Hat and Bonnet Bleacher and Artistic Feather Dyer. Our Spring Fashion Plato is ready. All the leading styles lor Ladles' and Children's Straw Hats are made up and ready for inspection. The styles shown trill meet the demands of our many friends. Onrold establishment, with in creased facilities' for turning out good work only, will gain many customers the coming season. We will dye and renovate your old-fashioned bat to any of onr new Spring shapes by our new electric process, rendering the hats as good as new in every respect. Bring your fiat or bon net now. Don't wait till half thneason is gone. Winter hats are ont of style now. The style this spring is black bats,trimmed in pinnies or tips. We are practical Ostrich Feather dyers and do the wort correct. Bring your Plumes and your Hat to us and in a few days you have a new spring outfit at slight cost WM. GRABOWSKY, 707 Penn av., opp. Penn Building. Orders by mail promply filled. wsa TRAVEL TO EUROPE WILL BE UN USUALLY heavy this s ason, and accom mo ations should be secured early. We repre sent tho most popular steamship lines, sell drafts, foreign coin, etc MAX SCHAMBERG' 4 CO.. 527 Smithfield St, Pittsburg. Pa. Es ijblished 1S6S. fell-wsu to be based on dependable low prices, your trde is in m KB V A V ' X fw rp W & KAUPMA NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. WE'RE M TO 1ET YOC TO SHOW THE FOLLOWING ATTRACTIVE BARGAOS. V 723 AND 725 Cor. Eighth, Head of Wood St $?-OThirty Dollars. $30" $10 Down. $10 $1 per week for balance. 40c Forty Cents. 40c We have only 6 for each customer. 8 -CARPETS FROM 15c PER YARD UPWARD, everything to furnish your home on easy payments, as like them. and you 10 MOLD BIT MPffl 723 AND 725 Cor. Eighth, PITTSBURG'S LEADING KAUFIYIANNS' Ladies' Suit Parlors, All-wool Cashmere Suits, tan, navy, gray, brown, heliotrope and black, waist and skirt trimmed with 6 rows of nar row silk ribbon, at $10. Stylish Dresses, in a handsome variety of plaids, trimmed with velvet, at only $4 49. Tailor-made, AH-W.00I Gloth Dresses, all new shades, waist with shawl revere, English skirt, 4 rows of stitching, at only $12 08. Neat black Cash mere Suits, $6 to 35. Black and colored Silk Suits, $25 to $6$. Rich India Silk Suits, 25 to $65. Fine Imported Cloth, Serge and Camel's Hair Suits, $20 up to $50. ill I "i T WW. LIBERTY STREET, $24 Twenty-Four $24. $8 Down. $8. $2 per week for balance. $10 Ten Dollars. $10. $4 Down $4. $1 per week for balance. LIBERTY STREET, Head of Wood St INSTALLMENT HOUSE. mhl&-10 KAUFIYIANNS' Corset Department Is replete with all the celebrated makes, and rock-bottom prices rule everywhere. Swiss gore Corsets, plain and fancy colors, also fast black, at 49c. Ten styles of heavy-boned Sateen and Coutile Corsets at 74c. A complete line of the celebrated Thomson's Glove Fitting, R. & G., P. D., C. P., L C, Prima Donna, Ball's Health, Dr. Warner's, Madame Warren, H. C, H. & S., P. & N., etc., etc., from i up to'.$6. Ladies' Sill; Waists. Hundreds of new Spring styles in black and colored Surah and India Silk, $5, $7, $g and $r2. Exquisite tucked or shirred Wash Silk Waists, alL colors and patterns, $6 to $g. j ...&-,'
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