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EXPLOSION
Wrecked Many Buildings
on the South Side
This Morning.
THE CAUSE IS A MYSTERY
It May Have Been the Work
of a Fiend.
Explosion Occurred in the Iittrgo
l'ramc Building nt tho Corner of
Plttstuu Avcnuo mid Kim Street,
Occupied as n Saloon nnd Grocery
Storo--No One Resided in tlic Struc-turo--Tho
Sides of It Were Mown
Across the Strcct--DctoiU of tho
Dnningc Done to Other IluiUlings.
One of the most dastardly crimes In
this region In years was perpetrated
at an early hour this morning In the
total destruction by some powerful ex
plosive and fire of several buildings at
the corner of Elm street and Cedar ave
nue, In the South Side section of the
city.
At 12.52 o'clock there was a deafening
explosion that made an Instantaneous
ruin of the double two-story saloon
and store building on the southeast
corner of the street. The entire struc
ture was leveled to tho ground in the
quickness of a second; a double dwell
ing at the rear on Elm street was par
tially demolished as was a single dwell
ing adjoining on the south on Plttston
avenue.
An immense sheet of flame leaped
high Into the sky the Instant the ex
plosion occurred. Plttston avenue and
Elm street were strewn with the
debris of the big corner building; all
the houses In the immediate vicinity
.did not contain a slngle-wlndow. or dqor.
on any side that was not shattered Into
smithereens, while for two or three
blocks in every direction there was
scarcely a whole pane of glass left
standing.
ALARMS TURNED IN.
Fire alarm box No. 53 is fortunately
located at that corner and three fire
houses are within a moment's run of
the spot or there might be a more seri
ous story to record in The Tribune this
morning.
An alarm was runs In Immediately
following the havoc of the explosion.
It brought the William Connell Hose,
Neptune Engine and Century Hose
companies to the scene, while a sec
i ond alarm sent In a minute later by
Chief HIckey, who was qulcky on the
6pot, summoned the Eagle Engine com
I any. With this force the flames were
confined to tho buildings on Are.
So far as Is known "but one person
wo" '"Juied seriously and one suffered
from shock, but until the ruins are
cleared this morning it cannot bo as
certalned whether there was a fatality
or not.
In every section within the city lim
its the explosion was heard with suf
ficient distinctiveness to rouhe persons
from their sleep. As far us the county
Jail, over two miles distant, the Jar
wes felt and windows were heard to
rattle.
The force of tho explosion can best be
determined from the scene Immediate
ly aicund tho building in which It
originated. Tho front was blown in
almost one solid piece across Plttston
nvenuo where it fell with the bottom
sills ngainst the building on tho west
lue or Uiat thoroughfare. The side
likewise forced outward as if bv a
lant hand and fell, as did the front
m, with tno bottom against the op-
eiie emu,
Vobody could be found by Lleuten-
01 I'onoe Hang or Chief or the Fire
inartment HIckey this mornlnc who
Wd explain the exact iniio nt ia
rtjpWr. Circumstantial evidence
abounds, however, to show that It was
no accident. Gas could not have
wroij-ht such havoc, nor could it have
been paused by any ordinary amount
of dyamlte or glycerine not by such
an ariiunt as might havo been stored
for ren gale or for ordinary blasting
purpos.
dig Quantity of dynamite,
Nt l'p than 100 or 200 pounds of
dynamittor a proportionate amount of
some equny powerful explosive must
have beet, tho cause, and tho theory
is that itiyas introduced into either
the saloonin the corner of tho build
ing, or thigtore adjoining, and de
liberately fld with the intention of
demolishing he structure.
The doubleWner building contained
a hall, knoMas Polish hall, on the
second floor. Q the ground floor, front
ing on Plttsti, avenue, and on the
corner, was Am Mlckalowsky's sa
loon. A genera, store conducted, by
Leon Olchefskl, vVner of the building,
occupied the refining ground floor
space. A cellar tended beneath tho
whole.
At the rear, ontn0 B0Utll 8de of
Elm street, was double dwelling,
Olchefskl und famy occupying the
part nest the corot structure. On
Plttston avenue a sm tne and a half
story, single dwelling a occupied By
Michael O'Hara. All V,8e were wjtn
the big comer Duuaing.n a Bneet ot
flame, Immediately folfOjng tho ex
VMno"
piosion.
A, crowd of from four flve thous
and persons were on the scone with
in a half hour, hundreds of them com
ing from tho central, West Side and
Bellevue sections of tho city. They Im
peded the work of the firemen at the
start, but were eventually driven back
by the heat and the efforts of Lleuten
nnt Zang, Sergeant Deltcr and Pa
trolmen Neuls, Boland, Gscheldle, O.
Jones and Sartor.
At 2 o'clock tho fire was practically
quenched. All that was left standing
was one wall of O'Hara'a dwelling and
the mere shell of Olchefskl's house at
the rear. The damage Is estimated at
$9,000 on the buildings and $4,000 on
Iht contents.
The well-built two-story dwelling of
Casper Schelley, on the northeast cor
ner of Plttston avenue and Elm street,
did not contain a window or door on
any side that was not totally wrecked
while the interior was batlly damaged.
The same Is true of the two-story,
brick building on Plttston avenue, op
posite the .main ruin. Tho occupants
of the two structures were thrown
from their beds, but were uninjured.
Olchefskl and his wife were both In
terrogated as to the possible cause of
the explosion, but neither cared to at
tempt an explanation. Chief HIckey
overheard some Polish laborer talking
about dynamite being kept In Alchef
skl's store. Alchefskl and his wife both
denied It. "We kept no explosives ex
cept kerosene, and there was less than
half a barrel In the store," Mrs. Olchef
skl said.
Olchefskl has been In .political and
church wrangles for a number of years
and was the recognized leader of one of
the warring factions among the South
Side Polanders. When asked If ho
thought It possible that some enemy
had blown up his store he said he didn't
know what to think; It might be that,
but he would not like to say anything
about It.
He closed up the store at 8 o'clock
and left everything In good shape.
MIckalowsky closed his saloon at
11.30 o'clock and he stated to a Tribune
reporter that he made a careful exam
ination of the place and Is sure that
there was no gas escaping anywhere.
MIckalowsky lost everything In his
house and saloon.
TELL, THE SAME STORY.
All in the neighborhood tell the same
story of tho occurrence. An explosion
shook the bulldingfand roused them
In some cases tosseu them out of their
beds, and when they looked out the
Olchefskl building was a pile of burn
ing debris.
Gas could not have made the havoc
that was created, and the only rea
sonable explanation Is that dynamite
or some such explosive, and a large
quantity of It at that, was the agent.
The sidewalks of the store building
were forced clear across the street,
and the roof and Interior material was,
to all appearances,' ground Into kind
ling wood ond made one huge pile of
debris. The sidewalks, which were
thrown Into the street, were also rent
and splintered, scarcely two boards
being left Joined together. The fact
that the fragments of the lower part
of the walls were found underlying
those of the upper part on all four
sides would show conclusively that the
center of the explosion force was on
the ground floor.
In the building adjoining the store to
the east lived Lean Olchefskl, Adam
MIchalowsky, the saloon keeper;
Thomas Crosca, and one other man,
all married and having large families.
WHAT OLCHEFSKI SAYS.
Olchefskl lived on the ground floor
next to the store building. All he knows
Is that he was aroused by an explosion
and a burst of flame Into his room. He
grabbed his wife and leading the way
made his exit to the street, where he
lost consciousness. He was carried to
the house of Fred Hamm, just opposite
on Elm street, and Dr. J. P. Walker,
of Bellevue, summoned. He was found
to be painfully burned about the face
and hands, and cut on the forehead, a
large lump Indicating that he had been
struck by a flying missile. His eyes
are burned, but how seriously the doc
tor could not state.
MIckalowsky, the saloon keeper, Who
lived above Olchefskl, awoke to And
his bed room fllled with smoke and
tongues of flames bursting In through
the windows from the store side. His
wife came rushing into the room In ter
ror, with blood trickling down her face
from a slight abrasion caused by fall
ing plaster. Gathering up their chil
dren they started for the hallway exit,
but' the key-of tho door had been knock
ed out by the explosion, and being un
able to And It in a hurried hunt about
the floor, they made for the rear win
dows, and one by one dropped to the
roof of a summer kitchen below, and
then to the ground.
HAMM'S STORY.
Fred Hamm, of 510 Elm Htrcet, said
that when he was thrown out of bed
by the explosion he Immediately looked
out the window. There wasn't a stick
left 3tandlng in the store building he
said. It was nothing but a pile of
debris enveloped in flames. All tho
windows In his house were broken In
and the plastering was knocked from
the walls,
Joseph Demlns and Carl Scheurman
who occupy the double frame dwelling,
517 nnd 615 Elm street, across tho
street, northerly from the store build
ing, tell the same story as Hamm. All
were lifted out their beds and covered
with particles of flying glass and plas
ter. Tho sash aa well as the window
wero blown In on tho front part of tho
house, shutters were blown open and
their slats broken and both front doors
were burst in, the lockB being broken
as if thev were made of glass.
Tho slnglo dwelling of George Gard
ner, 611 Elm street, was denuded of
window glass and the plaster in every
room In the house wai. move or less
cracked.
Mrs. Bridget Lavelle's large tena
ment, 1025 Plttston avenue, although
protected by Schelley's house, was left
without a window. Crockery was brok
en and pictures were moved on the
walls.
The front door of Philip Klein's real,
dence, northwest corner of Plttston
avenue and Elm street, and diagonally
across from the store building, was
blown In, the bolt being forced through
Its fastening. The Jloor of every room
In the house was covered with broken
glass and plaster.
SOME EXPERIENCES.
J. 11, Harrison, who lives at 518 Hand
court in the rear of the building was
abed at the time of the explpslon. He
looked out through a window and saw
the hall a mass of flames. The shock,
he says, shook his house from bottom
to top. Every window on tho Bide
nearest the hall was smashed.
John A. Kline, of 518 Elm street, and
his family were abed. Tho shock dis
lodged the plaster In the room where
tho young son, George, slept and the
abruptly awakened hoy yelled out:
"Mama, the roof Is coining downl"
Ho was covered with plastering. Ho
thought at first that Btreet cars had
collided on. Plttston avenue and as
sured his frightened family that this
was tho trouble. Then the smashed
windows, the broken glass and the boy
calling out told him tho real fact.
Michael Joyce, of 516 Elm street, was
awakened by the sound of the explo
sion. Tho plastering In one room fell
upon the baby sleeping In Its cradle.
William Grambo, of 514 Elm street,
was awakened by tho noise. The plas
tering fell upon the bed In his wife's
room. He could not seo what was the
trouble becliuso of tho Intervening
houses but he thought "tho whole
South Side was blown up."
BUILDINOS DAMAGED.
Single dwelling house, 620 Elm street,
owned hy Charles Kelfer and occupied
by his family; value, $5,000; windows
blown In, plaster dislodged; damage,
$200. Fully covered by Insurance In the
C. G. Boland ageitcy.
Single dwelling, 518 rear of Elm
street, owned by C. G. Boland and oc
cupied by the family of J. H. Harrison.
Windows blown in, plaster down; dam
age, $100. Insured by Mr. Boland.
Double frame dwelling, 616 and 513
Elm strttt, owned by C. G. Boland
and occupied by families of John A.
Kline and Michael Joyce; plaster In
every room disturbed, every window
en side neaiest the hall smashed.
Damage $200, fully Insured.
Single frame dwelling, 514 Elm street,
owned and occupied by William Gram
bo; windows smashed, house flooded
with water, plaster dislodged. Dam
age $300, insured in Jacob Miller's
agency.
Blacksmith shop, 312 Elm street,
owned and used by B. Huss; roof fell
In, building badly shaken. Damage
$500; not Insured.
Double frame building, 503, 510 Elm
street, next to the destroyed building,
owned by Leon Ofshefskl, owner of
the h.ill building, and occupied by hlm-
eeii ana mrce other families: John
Croska, Dongal Langoska and Gable
Baluozmnkl; valued at $1,000; totally
destroyed; fully covered by insurance.
JOHNSON'S BUILDING,
Single brick dwelling, with butcher
shop, corner of Elm street and Pltts
ton avenue, and directly opposite the
hall building, owned by Charles John
son, now In Europe. Badljj damaged;
front plate glass windows blown In
by the force of the explosion; windows
In second story smashed; plastering
dislodged; value, $8,000; damage, $1,500;
fully covered with insurance in the
C. G. Boland agency.
Single dwelling, 1107 Plttston ave
nue, owned and occupied by Michaet
O'Hara and family; located next to the
hall building; totally destroyed, val
ued at $3,000. Fully covered with In
surance in the Boland agency.
Single frame building, 1111 Plttston
avenue, owned and occupied by James
Welsh and family; windows blown in,
plastering dislodged; damage, $300; in
sured In Paine agency. .(
Double frame dwelling", 1113, 1115
Plttston avenue, owned by Adam Ef
llnger, occupied on one side by his
family and on the other by the fam
ily of William Blechert; plastering dis
lodged, three clocks smashed, windows
blown in. Damage, $200; Insured in
the Germanla company.
Single frame dwelling, 1117 Plttston
avenue, owned and occupied by Dr. J.
J. Walsh; windows smashed; damage,
slight. :
Single frame dwelling, 1026 Plttston
avenue, occupied by families of Adam
Miller and John Conoby, windows
smashed.
REQUEST DENIED.
Germany Advises the Sultan to Conform
to the Wishes of EuropeMus-
selmans Ready to Fight.
Constantinople, Juno 28. A fresh at
tempt upon tho part of the Sultan to
secure Germany's support of tho re
tention of Thessaly has met with a
refusal and the advice to conform to
Europe's wishes on the subject.
An incident typical of the situation
occurred here on Tuesday. During tho
panic caused by the balute Ared.in
honor of the Jubilee of Queen Victoria,
tho Mussulmans trooped Into the
streets, armed with bludgeons, and
asked tho police whether the Greeks
or tho Armenians were to be attacked.
DUTCH CABINET CRISIS.
The Ministry Resigns nnd the Queen
Regent Contors with Dr. Rocll.
The Hague, June 28. Tho ministry
has resigned and the queen regent has
had an intcriew with Dr. J. Roell, the
minister for foreign affairs and presi
dent in the Ministerial council.
The following was tho composition
of the Netherlands mlnlstcry which
has Just resigned:
Tho minister of foreign affair and
president of tho Ministerial council,
Dr. J. Roell.
The minister of tho Interior, Dr. S.
Van Houten.
The minister of finance, Dr. J. I.
Sprenger Van Eyk.
The minister of Justice, Dr. W. Van
der Koay.
The minister of tho Colonies, J. II.
Eergsma.
Tho minister of war, C. O. H.
Schneider.
The minister of public works and
commerce. W. Van der Sleyden.
Stcnmsliip Arrivals.
New York, Juno 28. Arrived: Wee
hawken, from Shields; Paula, from Rot
terdam. Antwerp Arrived: Noordland,
from New York. Southampton Arrived:
Berlin, from New York for Antwerp,
McTUnlcys Will Visit Canton.
Washington, Juno 28. Unless tho condi
tion of public business prevents President
and Mrs McKlnley will leave hero Fri
day for a visit to Canton, O. They will
remain until Monday,
Jntncs AI. Jl. Dwlglit Dead.
New Haven, Conn., June 28. James M.
n. Dwlglit, brother ot President Dwlght,
of Yale university, died at his homo In
this city today, aged 72 years.
MORE TARIFF RATES
ARE NOW FIXED
Tho Senate Committee Agrees Upon
Important Items.
THE DUTY ON IRON AND GLASS
Internal Revenue Taxes nnd tho Anti-Trust
Clause Still to Bo Connld-crcd--Ucpublicnn
Sonntors Hope to
Avoid the Necessity of a Caucus.
Plans Submitted.
Washington, Juno 2S. Tho senate
made good progress on the tariff bill
today disposing of the paragraphs re
lating to hides which have been tho
source of much controversy, as final
ly agreed on, the duty on hides Is plac
ed at 20 per cent, ad valorem, In place
of lyic per pound as originally report
ed by the finance committee. The dis
cussion was protracted drifting into a
general debate on trusts and from that
back to the sugar trust. Mr. Smith,
New Jersey, spoke at length against
tho duty on hides, while Mr. Allen,
Nebraska, supported the duty. Tho
new paragraph was agreed to 39 to 29
one Democrat, Rawlins, of Utah, and
seeial Populists and silver Republi
cans voting with the Republicans In
the affirmative.
The incidental debate on trusts led
to severe arraignment of the sugar
trust3 by Mersrs. Caffrcy and Lindsay
and a general discussion of me-ins to
deal with trusts by Mr. Hoar. Among
other paragraphs disposed of during
the duy were all those relating to
gloves, a substitute for the paragraph
on live animals, iron ore and s-talncd
glass windows.
WISH TO AVOID A CAUCUS.
Tho Republican senators who are
guiding tho course of the tariff bill hope
to avoid tho necessity of a caucus dur
ing the present week, but frequent Im
portant meetings of the finance com
mittee will be held to consider several
Important questions which remain to
be settled. The matters which will
command most attention are the' pro
posed anti-trust amendment, the gen
eral reciprocity clause and the Inter
nal revenue features. On the question
of the anti-trust provision, many sena
tors are inclined to believe that noth
ing Is necessary to be done either as a
political sop to tho Western element
which is calling for It, or as a wise step
In the legislation considered on its mer
its. The members of the judiciary com
mittee, to whom the question was re
ferred, will not talk on the subject,
but it is understood that something
will be said on It at an early meeting of
the flnance committee. The question,
outside of tho regular schedules, which
Is attracting most attention now Is tho
proposed reciprocity clause. The Re
publicans of the flnance committee say
that the question will be brought before
the committee at Its meeting tonight,
probably, and that certainly considera
tion will not bo postponed for more
than a day or two. Two propositions
are being considered by the two or
three senators, Including Mr. Burrows,
of Michigan, who are most interested
in the reciprocity clause published in
the Commercial Advertiser on May 2S
last. This provides for reciprocity on
a plan very similar to that of the
Blaine clause In the McKlnley law. It
limits the Imposition of retaliatory or
remission of compensatory duties on
goods coming from only such countries
as export to us sugar, molasses, to
bacco, coffee, tea and hides.
A BROADER PLAN.
The second proposition is broader
than this and Is also submitted by
Senator Burrows. Its phraseology is
similar to the first, but the power of
retaliation and compensation which Is
plpced in the hands of the president
Is made to apply to any country which
Imposes either discriminatory or pre
ferential duties on goods Imported
from the United States, whether they
export any of the six articles of tho
regular reciprocity list or not. This
latter clause is receiving very favor
able consideration and has been framed
with the purpose of nullifying the ef
fect of tho numerous threats of re
taliatory tariff legislation which have
come to the state department from
several foreign countries. It authorizes
tho president, In case any country dis
criminates against us In the case of
any article of merchandise whatever,
to make proclamation of the fact and'
name such articles of Import from that
country hither for additional Imposi
tion of duty as will compensate the
United States for tho loss sustained.
A similar authority Is conferred to en
able the president to extend remission
of duties on such articles as ho may
deem proper as compensation to any
country which Imposes preferential du
ties on any article or articles of im
port from the country.
Tho Republicans who favor the sec
nod and broader reciprocity proposi
tion admit that its effectiveness de
pends greatly upon tho sympathy and
activity of tho executive invlgllantly
carrying out Its provisions; but during
tho present administration at least tho
provisions of the clause would be
wisely administered, and many Repub
lican senators aro Inclined to favor
It.
SOLD A DOG TO THE QUEEN.
Tho Prince Consort tinvo tho Order,
but tho Hill Was Never Paid.
Janesvllle, AVIs., Juno 28. Queen
Victoria, with all her vast wealth, Is
today alleged to be debtor to a resi
dent of this ctty to the amount of
$100. Dr. William Home says she
owes him that sum. He sold her a
Newfoundland dog, and she did not
settle tho bill.
In 1818 Dr. Home, then a resident
of England, was the possessor of a
valuable blooded canine. The animal
was so much admired that many per
sons suggested that It be transferred
to tho royal kennels.
Oeorge Home, brother of tho doc
tor, was during his residence In Eng
land acquainted with the Prince Con
sort, and he told him of the merits of
tho prized dog. The Idea of tho ani
mal finding a place In the queen's ken
nels seemed to please the prince, and a
deal was at once closed.
Years passed, but Mr. Home did not
receive pay for the animal nor thanks
Several letters wero addressed to dlf -
fcrcnt members of tho royal family,
he says, asking for an explanation,
but nono was answered.
WOMAN KILLS A ROWDY.
Insulted Her nnd Tried to Enter Her
House When Shot.
Iron River, Wis., Juno 28. Davo
Smith was shot and Instantly killed
by Mrs. E. N. Lcngley, of this place,
early today. Smith, accompanied by
Charles Olsen nnd another man, went
to Mrs. Lengley's residence and de
manded admittance. She asked tho
men what they wanted," but they re
plies by telling her that If she did
not open the door they would force
their way In.
Mrs. Lengley told them to wait a
moment. When she opened tho door
she alleges one of the men made In
sulting proposals to her, and tho three
began to crowd Into tho house. ' She
flred at Smith. The bullet strlck him
Just ever tho eye, blowing his brains
OUtv
The other men began to run. Mrs.
Lengley fired at them and wounded
Olsen in the leg and' body. The other
men escaped uninjured. After the shoot
ing she went to Jail and gave her
self up.
JUDGE GORDON FAILED.
Joint Legislative Committee Does Not
Believe His Allegations Concerning
the Penitentiary Management.
Harrlsburg, June 28. The report of
tho joint legislative committee to In
vestigate the condition and manage
ment of the Eastern and Western pen
ltcntarles was filed In the house to
night by Chairman Peyfert. Much space
N taken up In explaining the contro
veisy with Judge James Gay Gordon,
of Philadelphia.
The committee says It met at the
Eastern penitentiary and took the tes
timony of a large number of persons.
The subject arose from certain
charges of cruelty or neglect made In
formally but with great publicity
against the management of the Enst
ei n penitentiary by Judge Gordon. The
Judge was sworn as a witness and was
fully heard before the committee and
all ether persons designated by him
as witnesses were subpoenaed and
heard at length so far as their pres
ence .could be obtained, Including ali
tho convicts and ex-convicts desig
nated by him. After a careful hear
ing and close examination of this large
body of testimony, nnd that adduced
in denial or explanation, this commit
tee Is of the opinion, that no Just
foundation whatever has been shown
for the charges against the Eastern
penitentiary, its system of confine
ment, officers, discipline, dietary or the
Judicious humanity of its general adj.
ministration.
Judge Gordon in presence of this
committee under oath, deflnltely
charged the authorities of the East
ern penitentiary neglect and wanton
cruelties, with beatings and malmlngs
and making false reports to the gover
nor and legislature, and speclflcally
alleged without reservation that tha
convict, McCue, died at the Norrls
town hospital of wounds Inflicted on
him at the Eastern penitentiary on
the night of his removal therefrom.
Judge Gordon failed to produce any
such testimony and every one of tho
averments was positively disproved.
Mr. Voorhees, of Philadelphia, at
tacked the report and defended Judge
Gordon. He said the Judge was one
of the ablest Jurists In Philadelphia,
and criticised the committee for not
giving him the attention he deserved.
He also charged that prisoners were
driven insane, notwithstanding the re
port, and hoped the Judge would fol
low up the Investigation and prove to
the peoples the outrages committed
In the Eastern penitentiary.
Mr. Focht, Union, said he wanted to
enter his protest against this white
washing scheme. He told Chairman
Seyfert six times that he could pro
duce a man In Lewisburg who would
testify that he was shamefully treated
In the penitentiary, and that he could
bring other ex-convlcts who would tell
a similar story. The chairman de
clined to hear the witnesses and Ig
nored Mr. Focht's offer to produce
them. The Instlt tlon Is a disgrace to
the state.
PHILADELPHIA FIRE.
FivcStory Building on Montgomery
Avenue Is BurningLoss,
About $35,000.
Philadelphia, June 29.-Flre broke out
at 1.30 this morning In the large Ave
story building north of Montgomery
avenue and between Fourth and Fifth
street, occupied by several manufac
turers. Tho losses will aggregate
about $150,000.
Tho principal losers are the Penn
sylvania Gas Fixture company, the
Matred Mills company, manufacturers
of upholsteiy; J. M. Schwarz, manu
facturer of upholstery air cloth, and
John Hanlcce, carriage manufacturer.
The. three upper flooia aro completely
gutted. Tho contents of tho lower
floors aro practically ruined by water.
Tho loss It la now learned will probably
not exceed $35,000.
SUBMARINE BOAT'S SPIN.
Holland Will Try to Dive His Craft in
n Tow Duy.
New York.Juno 28. Inventer Holland
took his submarine boat out for a quiet
trip last evening through Staten Isl
nnd Sound. He did not attempt to sub
merge her. Electricity only was used
for propelling and but Ave knots an
hour was secured, though eight was
hoped for. Mr. Holland will make some
minor changes and give his boat a
submarine test In a few days.
Her displacement is 77 tons.
HAS SLEPT SIX DAYS.
A Fourteen Year- Old Girl nt
Syra
ciiso Rents tho Record.
Syracuse, N. Y., Juno 28. Florence
G. Welnhelmer, of this city, the 14-year-old
daughter of Jacob Welnhelm
er, went to sleep early Wtdnesday
1 morning, and has not yet awakened. J
Every effort hus been made by her
parents and physicians to arouse her
but without avail. The physicians do
not fear a fatal result, but are baflled
as to the means of bringing her to her
normal state.
Jrtss Wolnholmer wns nt work on
Tuesday and made several visits. On
returning homo that night sho com
plained to her sister that she .lid not
feel well. She was awakened early In
tho morning by fire engines In the
street, and must have entered her pres
ent sleep soon after. Dr. B. S. Moore,
who has tho case in charge, savs that
It is tho outcome of nervousness. He
has no fear but that tho patient will
recover.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Four Convicts Are Dead, and Ten Arc
Dying at Dakota, On. Twen
ty of Them Escape.
Dakota, Ga., June 28. During a ter
rific thunderstorm last night lightning
struck a convict enmp near here and
four convicts are dead, ten are dying
and twenty escaped during the panic,
which ensued.
Tho camp Is at the lumber mills ot
Greer Brothers and about 1E0 prison
ers from tho state penitentiary were
at work there. Last night during sup
per the storm came up and struck the
dining shack idemollshlng it. Two of
tho convicts, negroes, were Instantly
kllltod by the lightning stroke, two
others, white, died from their. Injuries
a few minutes after apd ten were
shocked so badly that they are dying.
About twenty of the felons seeing
their opportunity dashed past the
guards, who were panic stricken and
made good their escape.
BROOKLYN RECALLED.
Sudden Change in the Plans for the
Cruiser Causes Speculation
In Southampton.
Southampton, June 28. The United
States cruiser Brooklyn, flying the flag
of Rear Admiral J. N. Miller, has ar
rived here from Portsmouth, and Is now
coalln. She has been ordered to get
ready for sea Immediately and returns
to New York on Friday Instead of re
maining on this side of the Atlantic
until the middle of July, as originally
intended.
There is much speculation as to the
reason for recall.
BODY CLAIMED.
William Brcnnan Believes It Is That of
Ills Brother Oeorge, Who Left
His Home oa Thursday.
New York, Juno 2S, Among the ear
liest callers at tho morgue today, to
identify tho trunk of tho headless
corpse fcund In the East river off Elev
enth street, on Saturday, were Adolph
Carlson and J. Johnson. They board
with Mrs. Welnecke, at S2 East One
Hundred nnd Fifteenth street. Her
husband, Max Carl Welnecke, has
been missing since May 17 last. Under
the mpresslon that the body might be
that of the missing man Carlson and
JohnBcn made a careful examination
and decided that tho body was not that
of Welnecke. Thfy said he had a
molo en the left shoulder but none was
found on tho body. Mrs. WIenecko vis
ited the morgue lest night, but after
viewing the body she went away, ex
pressing a doubt as to it being that
of her missing husband. Ho was in
sured for ?5,00( In the Royal Arcanum.
At 1.30 today William Brennan, who
said he lived In West One Hundred
and Twenty-fifth street, but refused
to give the number, called at the Mor
gue, saw the body, carefully exam
ining the arms and hands, and Iden
tlAed It as that of his brother. George.
His brother, he said, left home two
wieeks ago and went to board with a
family on Third avenue on the West
chester side of the Harlem. He drew
his pay last Thursday and told his
landlady that he was going to take
a trip on a canal boat to Rondout, N.
Y., and expected to go to work in the
'brickyard there. Nothing had f(een
heard of him since. On the canal boats
oil cloth Is used for table purposes.
William Brennan thinks that his
brother got Into trouble with the brick
makers at Rondout; that he was mur
dered, his body cut up and brought
down the river on one of the canal
boats, ono part being concealed In
Ogden's woods and tho other thrown
Into the river. Brennan Is positive that
the body is that of his brother, but
will bring another brother to the Mor
gue tomorrow to complete the Identifi
cation. Another Negro Lynched.
Aberdeen, Miss., Juno 28. Harry Gil
liam, a negro, charged with attempted
criminal absault, was taken from jail
early this mo.'nlng ty a mob and hanged
to a tree.
m i
Collnpse of ii Church.
MaUrlil, Juno 28. Nine children have
been killed and many others Injured by
tho collapse of a church wall at Solana,
In tho province of Cludad Ileal.
THE NEWS THIS MOltNINU.
Weather Indication. Today!
Warmer; Showers Probable.
1 General Last Jubilee Appearance of
tho Queen.
South Sldo Shaken by Dynamite.
Progress of Tariff Debate,
2 Sport Scranton Defeated at Provi
dence.
Eastern, National and Atlantic League
Games.
3 State Beginning of Last Week of Leg
islation.
Amatour Base Ball.
4 Editorial.
That Tux on Allen Labor,
5 Stniy-"Should It Not Have Been So."
Tcachirs for "Jl and '9S.
6 Local Big C, 15. Gathering at Ban
Francisco.
Von Storch Case In Jury's Hands.
7 Loral Busy Meeting of School Con
trollers.
County Medical Boclely In Session.
8 Local Wctt Side and City Suburban.
9 Laokcwanno, Covnty News.
10 Neighboring County Happenings.
Financial and Coirmurclal.
QUEEN'S LAST '
APPEARANCE
Victoria Visits Kensing
ton, tlie Place of Her
Birth and Coronation.
ATTENDS A GARDEN PARTY
Her Farewell Appearance at
Social Affairs.
Tho Prince and Princess of Wnlcs
Will Ilcrcnftcr Preside nt All Soclnl
Functions nnd Public Ceremonies.
Her .Majesty's Visit to Kensington.
Ten Thousand Children Sing the
National Hymn--Gnrdcn Party at
Buckingham Palace.
London, Juno 28. The queen return
ed to London this afternoon, the last
day but ono of the Jubilee celebration,
and made probably her lost public ap
pearance, during her reign, In tho met
ropolis. For, with tho celebration that
closes at Aldershot on Thursday next,
the state Jubilee appearances of Her
Majesty are said, on fair ofllclul au
thority, to be finished, and henceforth
for whatever span of life may be left
to her, Queen Victoria will confine her
self to Euch work for the state aa can
bo done at Windsor, J3almoral or Os
borne. All those official functions,
drawing-rooms, public ceremonies1,
opening town halls, hospitals and tho
like, which bring the sovereign face to
faco with the people, will now be dele
gated to the prince and urlncess o
Wales.
The queen thinks, so the statement
runs, that she has done enough, after
sixty years, to have won her rest And,
In so far as the sovereign can, she
now proposes to let the burden of re
sponsibility fall on those who must
bear It when she passes away.
The knowledge of this lent deep In
terest In today's proceedings, devoted
In the flrst instance to a visit to Ken
sington, her birthplace. Tho associa
tions of her child noed were the moro
Improislve as it was hero bhe flrst
knew hhe was a queen, and that on thl3
day, Ifty-nln years ago, she was
crowned.
THE ROUTE.
Her majesty arrived at Paddlngtort
at 12.35 p.. m. Sho was In the best of
health and walked with less difficulty
than usual.
Ten thousand children belonging to
the elementary schoolB of Kensington,
massed behind the railings of Ken
sington Gardens, sang tho national an
them while the queen was passing.
The scene at St. Mary Abbott's was
exceedingly brilliant, the neighborhood
being lavishly decorated. The mar
quis and marchioness of Lome were In
cluded In the members of the recep
tion committee. The guards of honor,
furnlBhed by the Middlesex Volunteers,
presented arms and the band played
the national anthem on the arrival of
her majesty. As soon as the queen's
carriage reached the porch the marquis
and marchioness of Lome approached
and greeted her majesty, after which
the chairman of the vestry presented
the address, which was contained In a
morocco case. Her majesty hanueu
back a written reply, thanking them
for their royal and kind expressions,
and adding: "I gladly renew my asso
ciation with a place which, as the scene
of my birth and summons to the throne,
has ever had and will have with me
solemn and tender recollections."
Throughout the entire distance there
were walls of spectators lining tho
route and cheering her majesty with
tho same vigor exhibited last week.
The queen Bhowed her gratlflcatlon,
smiling and bowing.
THE QUEEN'S GARDEN PARTY.
Her majesty reached Buckingham
palace at 1.30 p. m., and about 5 p. m.
entered the grounds, to be present at
the garden party, for which 5,000 Invit
ations had been Issued. Her majesty
took up her position, to which she was
wheeled on leaving the palace door.
In front of a small tent near the lake.
The gardens wero beautifully ar
ranged, tho queen's watermen weri
in boats on the lake, tho fountain
were all playing, refreshment marquees
had been erected at c.onvenlsnJUBPnt3
and threo bands of rnvslswejrc.ip it
tendance. The queen XSSS AJP&P
her guests In her tenjtcaju!. kzi$ took!
leave of the special SVXS.SltjShc for"
clgn powers and oth.?rR .whohad at
tended the Jubilee 9CriJn?lesk Among
the Americans pre?n -were nil tho
members of the UrtltWl .ftt.&.t? Special
embassy and thelc JYlysa; excepting
Rear Admiral Mtljer.RmJ pis wife, the
latter being still in attendance uporu
her sick daughter: thoJJnltrd Stages
ambassador, Col, John Hay andIfrii,
Hay; the secretary of tho UnJe7l v
States embassy. Mr HcnrJ-' Whjto,.atit(.
Mrs. White; tho second' ecrttarsof
tho United States cniha'$syf Ali,'3. ('.
Carter nnd Mrs. Carter: the. United f
States naval attache. 'Commaftdcr Ji,
C. Col well and Mrs.. CoJwo,U;.ihe,Hoti.
Levi P. Morton aim lUfr'"M6rUrfc , Xr.
Chauncey M. Depcw, M,rs, John
MIggs and Miss cMelggs, --Mrs.-1 Henry
Morgan Wentwtjrtb, ,MjA; SamUel Col
gate, Mrs. DouhW,'lrani.nd Mrs.
M. P. Grace, M.r. ftqH'Mj to, James Tay
lor, Mr. ChaiTV'S' ."Marshal, Edmund
Bayllss, Walter Durps, -'Misses May
nard, Butler'aWVan'JWurt, Mr. Thay
er, ex-minister 1o Ih-Netherlands, and
Bishops Cotter, -Whipple, Doane and
Leonard afid'theri- wives. Tho queen
returned; to"Wlnflson nt 7 o'clock.
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" The'llcrnlil's Wentlior Forecast.
Now York, Juno 29. In tho middle
states and 'Now EnRland, today, fair
weather, freBh to flight southwesterly and
southerly winds will prevail, with a slight
rlso of temperaturo, followed by light rain
near the lakes and In tho western districts
of this section. On Wednesday, In boti
of these sections, fair to partly, cloudy.
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