Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 8 February 1892 — Page 1

VOL. VI-NO. 311.

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..Calicos 8Jjc to 4He worth 7o. Muslin unbleached 5c, wortb Sc. Muslin bleached, Cjc to 7|!fc worth lito.

Dress Ginghams, 7c wortti 12,'f. Low prices on

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Mr. K'line can always be found and will be glad to soc all whohave errors of vision at the Old Iloliable Jewelry Store of

KLINE GRAHAM,Main St Opp. Court House.

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OUT of BUSINESS

Daily Weather Report.

Fair, Warmer.

We mean just .vhat we say This is no advertising dodge to run out old .goods. I am practically going out of business and everything in stock must and will be closed out.

Blow you will find priccs ot some of the many bargains we tire offering.

and R!l. sheeting.

Shirtings. 6%c to SXe worth 10 to l'ijjC. Table Oil Cloth lite worth !J?u Job lot Hose, only 4c pr. Ladies vests, 10c, worth :jTic. Men's Undershirts, 41c. Good Socks, 5c, worth 10c. Good Wool Socks, 10c worth :t.*ic. Table Linen, 16c, wjrth 85c.

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Table Linen, bl., 45c, worth 0Sc. Curtain Pules, ltic, worth Hoc. Ladies wool hose 20c, wortli 3.V. Gooa blk. hose per pr., 7 1 2c. Jersey Skirts, 82c, worth $1.25. Lire Fancy Handkorcliiel's way down. Big Cut on Kid Gloves. Ladies' Night Dresses, 4*0. worth 75c. Uaby Cups, half price. Zephyrs 5o oz. worth 10c. Carpet Sweepers, way down., Good unlaundried shirts, -tile. Everything cheap.

$3,000 worth of Cloaks that must be sold-at HALF PRICE.

D.W.R0UNTREE.

To have NICE Clothes is one thing

And to have a PERFECT fit is another.

Thoy can be guaranteed at

(MAN MURPHY'S,

The Popu'ar Tailor? at 206 East Main Street.

THE AMERICAN STEAM LAUMDRY

Is now better prepared than ever to do up your clothes clean and white. The work is now done at the extreme south end of Washington street, where there is no HOOT.

LEAVE YOUR WORK AT BRANCH OFFICE.

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MANY PERISHED.

Firo Destroys the Hotel Royal in Now York Olty.

A..LARGE NUMBER OF LIVES LOST.

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II KM MKT) IN IIV KL.AMKH.

Ni.w V(1UK, Feb. 8.—The Hotel Uoyal, that well-known landmark which has stood /or inure than a quarter of a century at the southeast corner of Sixth avenue and Fortieth street, was burned to the ground early Sunday morniny and a large number of people were burned, suffocated and crushed in the ruins. At the time, of tlio disaster there were nearly 150 guests in the house. The hotel employes, all told, number fiftylive. Of this number of people five have thus far been found dead, six are in the hospital and sixty-three have been reported alive.

One Hundred Missing.

It is feared that a search of the. vast, smoking* pile of debris in the cellar 01 the hotel will reveal many ghastly finds. It was reported at a late hour that 110 less than 100 people were still unaccounted for. Soon after the lire broke out ambulauces arrived from the various hospitals. Many physicians whose residences are in the neighborhood were quickly on the scene and did all they could to relieve the injured.

Tin Hotel Full of OuiwU.

Nearly every one of the 124 rooms which the hotel has on its five floors was occupied Saturday uiglit by guests, many of them transients. In fact all the rooms save four had been taken at 1 o'clock Sunday morning, when Richard Moares, the proprietor, went to bed. When the flames burst forth from some unknown origin near the elevator shaft the entire building was instantly enveloped in flames.

The Victims.

Of the dead, only one body has been identified—that of Harry C. Levy, of the lirm of Levy, Strauss & Freeman, wholesale clothiers at "07 Broadway. Of the other four two are women and two men. The injured, so far as known are:

Clarence W. Klein, 89 years old, single, lawyer. Hiuletoii, Pa., partially suffocated anil burned, Injuries not fatal, taken to llellevuc hospital: Walter L. Yates, 60 years old, 'clothier ot Philadelphia, condition serious, burns and contusions Mrs. jHubellu Menrs, wife of the proprietor. Injuries not serious, will recover, taken to Bellevue hospital: Herbert

Harding, engineer of the Hotel Royal, fatally burned while trying to rescue a woman, several ribs broken, taken to hospital.

Awakened by Flamen.

At S:05 o'clock Mrs. Isabel Mearcs, wife of Richard Mcares, proprietor of the hotel, awakened lier husband, telling him the house was on fire. She heard the cracking of the flames and saw smoke coming through the crevices of the bedroom door. Mr. Moares had only retired at 1 o'clock and was aroused with difficulty. He sprang out of bed and ran into the hallway. Volumes of smoke filled the halls and flames were milking their way rapidly up the elevator shaft Their apartments were on the third floor and 40 feet from the stairway. One glnnce at the situation was enough to tell him the story. He ran back to his wife's room and shouted: "Now, you follow me," snatched up a coat and again ran into the hallway, lie fought his way straight to the staircase, supposing that his wife was close behind him. The passageway was choked with dense smoke, which almost strangled him. Throwing the overcoat over his head to prevent suffocation he bent his head low and groped his way to the bannisters, on which lie placed his left hand. Flames were shooting up from below. His hand which was on the railing was burned and his hair was singed. His situation was perilous. To run down the stairs for two flights meant death, nnd so, swinging himself over the hand rail, he dropped 20 feet to the ground floor. He landed on his feet without a broken bone and m&de his way to the street.

Four rctrnons Jumped to Death. The scenes at the fire before the fire companies arrived were heartrending. One man whose name is not known sprang from a third-story window and was dashed to death on the ground below. This was on the Sixth avenue side of the building. A moment later another man leaped from a window on the Fortieth street side and was instantly killed. Shortly afterward two women jumped from windows on the Sixth avenue side and were dead when picked up. The bodies were taken to the Thirtieth street station house, and afterward, unidentified, removed to the morgue.

At that hour the known dead numbered four. Several others had dropped from windows or slid down ropes, with which every room in the hotel was provided, and escaped with severe burns, while many more had been injured in the same way, making their escape by the escapes, and were in the hands of ambulance surgeons who had been summoned from Uelevue hospital and New York hospital. The surgeons had their hands full in taking care of the injured and maimed.

Many Nnrrow

All this time the fire was raging fiercely and it was plain to be seen the building was doomed. The structure burned like so much wood. The work of the guests still went many were taken from the by firemen and policemen. Ward and Patrolman I'hillips, of fire patrol No. 2, went into a room on the fourth floor front and rescued Walter H. Phelps and wife, taking them down a ladder safely. They succeeded in saving Mrs. Samuel Kniff, who was abo.ut to leap from one of the windows on the third floor.

kindling rescuing on and windows Sergeant

Snvcri Ills l.lfe nnd Lost Ills Cash. Mr. Frederick Uhlmann, the dealer in hops, has been a guest at the Hotel Boyal for years and lived with biB

brother Simon and mother. The latter

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went tp their country residence at Lakewood, N. .7., Saturday. Mr. Uhlmann escaped with only an overcoat to cover his nakedness. Mr. Uhlmanii lost everything in his room, including $12,000 in cash. Several checks and notes and other valuable business documents were lost.

Taken Down a [.adder.

Mrs. Kuuper and daughter, of Flemington, N. .1., occupied a room on the third floor front They were taken from their room down a ladder. They lost all their clothing save the night dreBses which they had on, and were cared for by Mrs. S. Knight, of West Fortieth street. Mrs. lvueper suffered from the shock and Miss Kuepcr's long black hair was singed by the flames, which burst over her

head as

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stepped on the ladder. Saved Ills Trunk. Mr. IJ. M. Scliofie.ld went to the Hotel Vendome after the lire. He is the owner of the Scliofield stock farm at Rockford, Ind., and stays at the Royal when in New York. He probably fared better than any one in the place. He occupied a room on the ground floor of the hotel, back ot the office. He thinks that he slept through a good portion of the fire, but when he did awake he found escape through the hall cut off. His room, however, overlooks the court yard, and after packing all his belongings in a trunk he tossed the trunk through the window into the yard and followed it. He lost nothing' except an overcoat, which he left in the office of the hotel.

Fell Back In Ylie Furnace.

When the walls fell people were seen at several windows ou the top floor cryiug for help, but they fell back and were soon buried in the ruins. The flames of the burning building illumined the sky for miles around and drew to the scene—which during the entire day was an object of curiosity— an immense throng of people.

Search for the Iea! Delayed. After the fire had sufficiently cooled to permit partial examination of the ruins a search was made for the dead. The search was at once rewarded by the finding of a charred body almost burned to a crisp. It was almost unrecognizable, but was identified as that of Henry J. Levy from a ring on one of the fingers. The walls were in a dangerous condition and it was deemed necessary to pull them down before continuing the search for the dead. A force of 100 men will be put to work early this morning clearing away the debris.

The Burned lluildiu?.

The loss on the hotel property is estimated at $250,000. The building was owned by 'Hyman Israel, furniture dealer on the Bowery. The Hotel Royal was built more than twenty-five years ago. It was formerly kept by Messrs. Peris fc Butler, but Mr. Meares leased it thirteen years ago. In 1882 the building was remodeled and an addition was made on the_ south side. The house was the home of many persons in the theatrical profession and was patronized chiefly by transients for a night.

Wat Juik About to Shoot.

The ffuest who probably had the most narrow and at the same time most marvelous escape was M. I j. Ilarman, a traveling salesman for a St. Louis wholesale grocery hous\ lie resistered at the hotel on Saturday evening with his wife. He said: ••I hud a room on the Ufih floor, and was aroused from sleep by a loud crackling noise and by the Round of a whistle which 1 think was from one of the engines on ihe elevated road. 1 opened my door and discovered that the fttairwuy lending to the lower floors wan in a blaze. The hull was tilled with smoke, and as it poured into mv room a* long as the door was open I quickly closed it, knowing that there was no OHcape that way. 1 then went to the window and opened it and there seemed to be us much smoke on the outside as there* was in the hallway, for thu room soon tilled with smoke irom that direction. •'Both my wife and I would have suffocated in the room had I not taken two towels which I soaked with water. These we used to keep the smoke out of our lungs by holding them over our mouths and nostrils. 1 tried to And a tire escape near our window, but there was none, and 1 thought at one time that we should never get out of the room alive.

A De«p«rat® Renolve.

"It was certain death to jump live-stories and as it WHS either that or bum to death 1 said to iny wife 'MatUe, I am going to shoot you and then kill myself.' 1 concluded that it would he better to die that way than burn to death, and as 1 alwayR sleep with a revolver under my pillow 1 hurried to the bed to get it 13y this timjj the flames were coming up through the cracks of the floor and through the cracks of the door.

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as. I was about to shoot my wifotho

floor fell with a crash and we went down probably two stories. The flooring stopped opposite a window and my wife jumped out and landed on the portico beneath. A rope was hanging out of this window, and with this assistance 1 man* aged to get down another story, but here 1 slipped and fell to the portico beside my wife. 1 picked her up, but was unable to carry her, and was almost suffocated and the full had injured me. 1 was endeavoring to reach a ladder to carry her down to the street, when two firemen took her from me. How reached the street I do not know."

Mrs. Ilarmaa Probably Head. Mr. llarman is confined to his bed at the Ueduey house. His hands and chest are severely burned and his hair and eyebrows are singed. IIo was told that his wife was being care for at one of the hospitals and that she was not fatally injured. It is believed, however, that she is one of the dead.

Tornado in Ohio.

CYGXKT, O., Feb. 8.—A tornado passed through the southern part of Wood county at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, unroofing houses, uprooting large trees, blowing down fences and oil derricks and doing damage to the oil tanks of the Standard and other oil companies. The loss in the vicinity of Cygnet is figured at S7,000. No loss of life is reported.

Cargo of Coffee I.ont.

NEW YORK, l'eb. 8.—The steamer Venezuela, of the Red I) line, went ashore off Uarnegat The Venezuela has a gross tonnage of J.M-'S tons and is valued at S400.000. She is loaded with a cargo of coffee valued at 5000,000.

(•reek Steamer and Xlne*Snllorn I,oM. .LONDON, Feb. 8.—A Greek steamer, bound froin-Cardiff for Malta, ha.', been lost on one of the Scilly island"!. Fifteen of her crew were saved but nine are missing'.

OUT OF THE RACE.

Secretary Blaino Not a Candidate for Prosidont.

Hli PENS A LETTER OF WITHDRAWAL.

He Declines to Allow Ills Name to llefore th« National Convention Kcjfxrtl for Hit Health ItU .Main IttMkon.

HK WII.L. NOT 1U*N.

WASHINGTON, L'eb. 8. —Mr. Ulaine is not a candidate for the presidency- 'lc miikes this ofllcial announcement in the following letter to Chairman L'larkson of the republican national committee: •llr. Illttlne't Letter. "WASHINGTON, Feb. n, lHfri.—iion S Ckirkson, Chairman of the Koiiublleati N'utionul Committee- Dear Sir* I am not candidate tor Die presidency and my name will not go before the rcpuMiraiu national convention for the nomination. 1 maite tiiis announcement in due season. "To those who have lendered me their support I owe sincere th.vnUs and am most grateful their conildencc. They will, I am sure

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make earnest cITort In the approaching contest, which Is rendered especially important by reason of the industrial and financial policies of the government being at stake. The popular decision on these issues is of great moment and will be of far-reaching consequences. Very sincerely yours, AM Ks U. BLAISK."

Known for Some 1U.VK.

The fact that the letter was comiug lias been known in Washington for several days, and has been imparted confidentially to a number of gentlemen who thiuk they are candidates. Mr. Ulaine has told his friends that they should know his intentions in time, and his announcement that his name will not go before the convention gives them ample" notice. They are free to choose for themselves. 'oiml(ierMtion for His Health.

That a regard for his health has something to do with Mr. Hlaine's decision is not unlikely. At present he is in excellent health, and his doctors assure him that he has no chronic trouble to fear. lint he is not willing to undergo all the fatigues and excitement of a piv.iilcutial 'ampuign when he iiuds i: ni'eesai'y now to husband his sUvngtii. It is also said that it is the wish ol .Mrs. Uluine and the secretary's family that he refrain from a renewal of the strain which was so great in 1SS4. It is true that the old malignant light could not be fought over again, but the straiu would be none the less. Since he became secretary of state Mr. Illainc has cared less and less for the powers of the presidential office with its infinite cares in the way of patronage.

Would »vcr Aguln Fight for It. If the office could be entirety disassociated from this and given over to public policy he might think more of it, but it has been an admitted relief for him in fulfilling the duties of secretary of state to be able to give his time to the great questions with which that department has to deal. Some time ago in talking to a friend he discussed the. situation freely, saying in substance: "I don't suppose any man who has onco sought the office can truthfully say ho doesn't care for it. I confess 1 would liko to be president, bui I will never risk my health nnd life in seeking it. The oQlce of secretary of slate is a broad enough field for me during the rrst.of my public career."

Think It Will Be Harrliion. The democrats agree with practical unanimity that Blaine not being in it nothing can prevent President Harrison's renomination. The republican congressmen, though keenly regretting Mr. Ulaine's declination, are mostly of the same opinion. .Some are found who say that there is nothing in the letter to prevent the Minneapolis convention from nominating Mr. Blaine, that hesimply says he will not be a candidate, and so on. But this is not the view taken by those who best understand the secretary's mind. They are satilied that regard for his health and other considerations have fully determined him and that his candidacy must no longer be thought of by the republicans in electing delegates. In the meantime they expect Mr. Blaine's policy will be shown in shaping the issues of the campaign along the lines of reciprocity in the time between now and the Minneapolis convention.

Mr. Hlalne Will Nut Talk.

Secretary Blaine is not accessible to callers. The letter to Chairman Clarkson contains all the views which he thinks it necessary to give to the public at present. Ilis friends are well informed of the causes which led up to the letter, and they themselves have little comment to make except to reiterate their belief tliat the letter is to he taken as final. That is the impression they have received from their personal intercourse with the secretary. They further say it means another four years of Mr. Blaine at the head of the state department.

CRiuteil by SprciKliufr Hull*. CATl.F.TTsisiuto. Ky.. Feb. 8.—A wreck occurred on the Ohio & Big Sandy railroad Friday night about 30 miles south of here near a station called Walbridge. The train, which consisted of two coaches, four box cars, engine and tender, was derailed while rounding a curve by the spreading of the rails. No one was killed, but five men were badly injured.

DoRth or a Noted Indian Chlrf. GUTHRIE, O. T., Feb. 8.—Information has just reached this eitv that ToHee. the blind chief of the Iowa tribe of Indians, is dead. To-IIee was a descendant of the Black Hawk nobility, lie has ruled the Iowa's since White Cloud's death.

Favor I)e«p WHlerwuy.

AI.HANY, X. Y., Feb. is. The nineteenth annual meeting of the New York (irangers. before adjourning, passed a resolution asking their congressmen to vote for the deep waterway through the lakes.

Three llrltmli Sailor* llruwnwl. JlAimu). Feb. & —A violent gale raged at Bilbao Friday, causing much damage to small shipping. A boat was capsized in the harbor and three British sailors were drowned.

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Delay.

KM) OK THE FAMOUS CASK.

LINCOLN, Nob., 1-Vb. S.—At noon Sunday Gov. Tlmyer r^i elvo«l letter from his attorney stating* that afUir a careful consideration of Uie subject of his retaining the gubernatorial chair of Nebraska he had couolnd.'d that it should be surrendered to JJoyd. Gov. Tlia.ver immediately acquiesced, and dictated the following letter to Gov. Hoyd:

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••STATE OF NKBKASKA, KXECUTIVK 1KI»AIIT« MKNT, LINCOLN, Feb. «. 1W2.—C»ov. Junii-.s K. I Uoyd, Omalm—Sir: When emmwneed procerdlngs onu year ago to test your titlr to the: olllee of governor 1 did HO IU tho belief that tfrnre wus grout doubt in the public mind us to your citizenship ami ollpibility, I then took occasion 1o publicly say that us soon as your citizenship was established by courts 1 would gladly surrender \lv. ortlco to you. The contest was not one of personal strife, nor to hutisfv any ambition of my own, but to comply with and uphold the constitution or the mate. Now that the public press lias announced that the highest tribunal has declared und' the constitution and laws of our country anl suite your right to the onice of governor, without awaiting the mandate of the court, as I am about to leave the state Monthly to be absent some weeks, it would be convenient for me to turn over the ofllce to you at '1 o'clock p. in. that day, if it is your pleasure to accept the same at that time. Very respectfully your obedient servant.

JOHN M. THAVKR."

OMAHA, VCB., Keb. 8.—Guv. Hoyd Sunday evening was handed the letter of Thomas M. Thayer relinquishing the governorship in obedience to the decision of the United States supreme court. Gov. Hoyd declined to talk, further than to say that he should go at once to Lincoln and take formal possession of the otHce at 2 p. tn. to-day.

IT COST THREE LIVES.

Wrecking of a I'ttNKunger Train on the Alton Near Lnrriibrc, Mo, l.AHitAHKi:, Mo., Feb. 8.—The west.bound limited express, known as the "Denver." on the Chicago & Alton rail road, was wrecked at this place Sunday morning in a head end collision with a side tracked east-bound stock train. The accident happend at 4 o'clock, and the Denver, which docs not stop here, was' making (iO miles an hour. The switch had been carelessly placed or tampered with, for the flying train veered and in an instant was in collision with the stock train. On neither train had anyone a second for deliberation. lloth engines were totally wrecked, the baggage, express cars and smoker of the limited were splintered and about a dozen stock ears thrown from the track. The shock of the collision was terrific nnd passenger were thrown headlong over scats and out of berths. Dozens of bruises and llesh wounds respited, but none oft lie passengers were seriously injured. Those on the engines wen1 the sufferers. The dead are: Alexander Ellington, of Hoodhouse. III., engineer of the freight train: Frank Kellar, of Koodhonse, 111., lire,man of the passenger train Thomas Kinderinan, of Uoodhousc, 111., fireman of the freight train, t'liris

Adleman, engineer of the passenger train, was badly hurt, and may o'le.

DIED LIKE HIS BROTHERS.

Tlirfn Member, of One I'ninil.v llj.ve X1* rend* Met Tragic Death**. a si 'on'A II. 111., Feb. S. —The newt of the death of Herman Knobloeh, a prominent Washington county farmer, reached here Saturday. He was driving home after night when he was thrown from his spring wagon and instantly killed. The deceased was born anil raised in this community. It is a singular fact that three of the. four Knoliloeh brothers met with tragic deaths in a similar manner, (jeorge Adam Knobloeh upset his carriage between here ami llellevuc over a year ago and was instantly killed. Thomas Knobloeh was thrown from his buggy west of here several years ago. sustaining injuries that soon after caused his death There is one left. They were all wealthy farmers.

Dlrl While Dm.ttilic.

PtTTsnrnGH. I'a., l'eb. 8. —Miss Kittie Shaw, daughter of a prominent physician of this eit.v, dropped dead at !1:S0 o'clock a. m. Saturday while dancing at the reception given hy the l'itts burgh chili, iu honor of the reopeniii of their clubhouse.

I'lli« Will In Vall'l.

CLIN .Mio. Feb. 8.—Judge Tnlc.v has decided that the will of John Crerar, devising SSOO.OOO to charitable and educational institutions nnd S3,000,000 for a free library, is valid, and that the contestants have no legal ground tor objection.

KHIHI KBIIWIIJT Collsion.

Wv.MoitF, Neb., Feb. 8.—A fast freight crashed into the rear of the Denver .• St. Louis passenger train on the Hurlington road near here Saturday, completely telescoping the rear coach, killing one man and severely injuring a woman.

PRICE 2 CENTS

Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report.

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UP.

Ready to Vacate Nebraska's? bernatorial Cliait

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SHOliT SPECIALS.

Near Herd City, Mich., John Mailer was killed by a falling tree. A man supposed to be I!. T. Altingerm, of Denver, Col., was murdered iu Indian territory.

Two prisoners escaped from the Charles City (la.) jail hy boring a hole through the brick wall. •I. It. Carnal, of Lecompte, La., hai made an assignment. Assets and linbilities about equal—estimated ut S2S,(IOO.

Schools nt Wanesfield, ., are closed on account of .diphtheria. William Winegardne. has lost three children by the dreadful disease.

Lottie Arbor and Lizzie Cullom, vu* riet.v actresses, quarreled iu Leadville. Col., about a mail and the Arbor woman shot her rival four times.

John Diern, who killed his adopted father, Capt, David Crenmv iu a saloon row Christmas eve, has been convicted of manslaughter at Port Huron, Mich.

The Itig Mine Run colliery at Ashland, Pa., which lias been idle several .months, will probably he abandoned.

It furnished employment to b'.lil people. Already SMKI in .orders have been issued to slavers of Knglish sparrow* in Ford county. III., one man receiving Si t, the equivalent for TOO dead sparrows. S:

Near Macon, Miss., J. L. Ilambriek, a prominent farmer, was assassinated Friday night while sitting by the lire. A negro who is thought to be implicated was arrested.

Harry W. Shaw, 011 trial at Pottsville, Pa., for the murder of David K. Quinn, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. Shaw is l'.i veara old and showed no emotion.

Advices have been received from John W. Young, now in London, that an Knglish syndicate has agreed to furnish the money to build the Me\ican Northern Pacific railroad.

Se Seller, the. ring blower of the Celina (().) glass plant, made the largest roller ever turned out in the I'nited States last week, 53 by 00 inches, lie will try again for an exhibit for the world's fair.

Will Powers, aged about ]J years, lired a shotgun loaded with bird shot into a crowd of boys and girls skating at tialion, ).. and perhaps family wounded Charles Schaefer, sixty-tinea., shot entering his rightside.

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NEAR ST. LOUIS.

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Illown to IMeceft by Two I.lvus Io*t.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. b. —lletweeu L!::!C and l'J o'clock a. in. Saturday a terrilic explsion shook tahokia, 0 miles south of here. After waiting a moment to make sure that there would be no supplementary explosions the Cahokians ran to the scene. They found a large hole blown into the ground where formerly stood the dwelling of John Spencer, a lahorci in Camille Droit's dynamite factory. Spencer, his wife and little .Vyear-oM son, in company with two unknown persons, were known to have crossed the river early in the morning, en route to St Louis. Neither Spencer nor his son could be found. A search nmong the beams and clapboards of the house disclosed a human arm and the clothing on it was identilied as that of Spencer. Other remnants of the human body, evidently belonging to the boy, were scattered over an area of a hundred yards. It was learned that Spencer had taken a quantity of dynamite home with him from the factory, and it was this which had caused the wreck. Spencer and his son arc the only ones killed, so far as has been learned.

It»nr Ailmiriit Ifryriou !U«I.. WASHINGTON*, Feb. 8.—Hear Admiral Andrew Hryson, United States navy, retired, died Sunday at bis residence, in this city iu the. 70th year of his age.

Killeil ly it Fulling Wall.

GLASGOW, Ky., Feb S. Selli Horsey, Henry Horsey and negro named Overton were killed by a falling wall Friday. Three others were injured.

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(jruln, I'rovJuloim, Ktc. CHICAGO. Feb. rt.

FLOim—Quiet. Spring Wheal Pituutn, R.V) tfl4.09 Hye, W.&V&3.O0 Winter Wheat Fluui Puwnta. «.50?K70: Btruitfht*. RW&4.40,

WHBAT—KU!N! firm ami hitfluM*. No. t! cash and February, May, 0l?nf&9:hie. Colts-Fairly tie live and higher. No.'2 and No. 2 Yellow, 41 No. 3 and No. Yellow, MSe February, March, May.

OATS—Higher. No. 2 rash, IY, Samples firmer. No. It. No. 3 Wl'ilte, NO. 2, SO&.lle No. 5! White,

Mr.ss 1'oitK—Firmer. Old rash, W.W new, fIJ.to&ll.TO M"y. eil.W*ftUMr»,-i. hARD—Firmer. Cahb, W.WHiSC.ff'i May, w.avfrtf.Tu.

Poui/ritr—Live Chickens. J0?tl04c per lb Live Turkeys 6£lPc prr lb: Live JJueits, per lb Live Geese, HOO&IO.OO per do/en.

HUTTKK—Creamery, INSHOc Dairy, IGftSGc Fuckinj? stock, 13 OILS— Wisconsin Prime White. Water W it a W it W ter White. 10'jr: lnui.nui Prime White, t^ic Water White, iOc Headlight, test, 9Jr$c Gasoline, 87 de^r'ti, He, 74 deg's, 8X£c.

LIQUORS—Distilled Spirits quiet on the basis of II 11 per gal. for ttnlfched goods.

NEW YOFIK, Feb. 6.

WHKAT Unsettled, He up, fairly active. Februury, 11.034 March. April, May. II.WtfrMW June, 1.01*4: July, miQMHo.

CORN—Firm. *40 up, moderately active. No. 2,steamer mixed, 49V$C*luOATS—Dull, easier. Western, 1^.42^0.

PROVISIONS—Uecf quiet. Extra moss, J10.00 family, (il.00^12.00. Pork inactive, steady.