Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 22 August 1895 — Page 6

Democratic Press. DECATUR, INI). Democratic Press co., - Publishers. CIRCLING THE GLOBE. CONCISE HISTORY OF SEVEN DAYS’ DOINGS. Intelligence Uy Electric Wire from Every Quarter of the Civilized World. Embracing foreign Affairs and Home Happenings of an Important Nature. FIGHT MEN KILLED, Three More Fatally Injured and Fifteen Seriously Burned. Au exploison at furnace *11.” of the Carnegie Steel company, at Braddock, Penn., killed eight men, fatally injured three more, and seriously burned fifteen others. Projierty valued at $30,000 was destroyed. The terrible loss of life was due to a peculiar cause. A few minutes liefore the explosion occurred one of the top fillers dumped a barrow of material into the bell of the furnace, w hich lie had forgotten to raise. This elogged the whole furnace and prevented the gas from escaping. A gang of sixteen men, in charge of Janies Harrison, were sent at once to the top of the furnace to remove the obstruction. All were closely crowded around the bell of the furnace removing the material which ' had been dumped on it, when there was a terriftie explosion, ami men, barrows, tools and material w ere buried in all directions. Flames, deadly gases, and smoke belched from the furnace top and the gang of men fell as if shot. The explosion was heard all over Braddock and crowds at once rushed to the scene, but none expected to witness such horrors. A relief crew was quickly organized. which went to the top of the furnace, where lay fifteen men, bleeding, torn, burned, and dying. The dames and smoke were still coming from the furnace and the work of rescue was dangerous m Hie extreme, but. covering their hands, faces, and heads with cloths, the resuing party went bravely to work. ANOTHER HOLD-UP. Bold Train Robbery Not Far From Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids special: The fast express on the Chicago & West Michigan road, was held up by five men in a piece of woods, just before crossing the Kalamazoo River, Wednesday night. The tram was flagged, and when it stopped. Conductor E. 11. Rice stepped out on the platform of the baggage ear. and, seeing two of the robbers, asked, ‘•What's the matter? - ’ The reply was two shots from their revolvers. At the same time other shots were tired into tlie engineer’s cab and a moment later two men climbed on the engine and ordered the engineer and fireman to set the brakes aud keep quiet. A fusillade ol firing was keep up, and Brakeman Timothy Murphy received a severe flesh wound, a bullet striking him on a rib. The robbeis blew open the safe in the express car but got nothing as it was empty. They then robbed the conductor securing $7.00, and ■ departed. Caved In. Wilkesbarre • Penn) special: Au extensive aud disastrous cave-in of the earth’s surface over the Haddock mine at Lucerne > borough occurred the other night. The )>eople living in houses in the vicinity were startled from their slumbers by a loud rumbling noise, which resembled the report of an earthquake. This was followed by the cracking of timber and plaster on I the walls. The earth had gone down 30 feet and in some eases carried the foundations of houses along. As a result, many of the houses were badly wrecked. The inmates of many of the houses escaped in their uight clothing. Fortunately no one was hurt. Nine dwellings were made useless. Others are threatened and the people have moved out of them. To-night they are camping out on higher ground. Fatal Bicycle Collision. Miss Gertrude Clinton, aged 16 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. 11. Clinton, of Loveland, Ohio, who has been visiting I relatives at Muncie, Ind., for sometime, 1 was fatally injured there while riding on a bicycle. She is but a learner, and was riding rapidly when she collided with ahorse ami buggy that was being driven very rapidly toward her. The end of the shaft struck Miss Clinton on the sixth rib, breaking three of the ribs and injuring her internally so that recovery is impossible. She was thrown to the ground, and the horse and buggy dashed upon her, mangling her badly. She was unconscious for some time, and her death is momentarily expected. Burning Bridge. AA'm. McCrory, superintendent of bridges for the Northern Pacific railroad, reports the death near Courdale, Washington, of four carpenters while endeavoring to extinguish a fire on a burning bridge. The flames cut otf their return, and eventually all four had to jumped into a chasm thirtysix feet deep, and were dashed to pieces. To Flood the Mines. Marquette (Mich.l special: Orders have b"en given at all large mines involved in the strike for the fires to be drawn out and in some cases for the pumps to be raised from the mines. This means that tin. companies have decided to let the mines fill with water, and that operations will not be resumed before winter sets in. Wreck in Indiana. The Lawrenceburg and Aurora Big Four accommodation train was wrecked at East Lawrenceburg. Ind. The train left the track and rolled down a twenty foot embankment. Engineer Marry Becker, aged 36, of Indianapolis, was killed. Several passengers were slightly bruised. Before His Wife’s Eyes. William Lambert, aged 28, a switchman on the Big Four, was instantly killed in the presence of a horrified crowd of spectators, and his young wife, at the depot, Bellefontaine, Ohio, lieing literally torn to pieces. He was making a running switch when his foot caught in a frog. Twelve Years Old and Sentenced Fox Life. At Grand Haven, Mich., George C'hesbrooke, tin- 12-year-old youth who was convicted of murdering his grandmother, Mrs. Levi Pierce, July 8 last, has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Jackson. Disaster at Hamburg;. Hamburg special: A boat containing twenty-five passengers was run down and sunk recently, by the steamer Concordia, from Stade. Seventeen persons were drowned.

STILL FIGHTING. Further News of the Situation In Cuba. Tampa , Fla. > special: Passengers from Cuba report that an insurgent band under Malagas, encountered a band of Spanish guerillas near Colon. Eighty-five of the latter were killed, while the insurgent loss was seven killed and thirty-two wounded. A tram bearing a large detachment of Havana volunteers to the Santa Clara district, was destroyed by dynamite at Bolondron railway bridge. Very few of the volunteers escaped death. Hospitals are being constructed wherever Spanish troops are stationed, to care for yellow fever and wounded patients. The trial of Juan Gualberto Gomez occurred Monday. He defended himself and was sentenced to twelve years' imprison- ; ment at Ceuta, a Spanish prison in north- i ern Africa. Lo|>ez Coloma, a Matauzas I chief, received the same sentence. At Monte Gordo, insurgent and Spanish I forces, each numbering 200. had an en- 1 counter. The Spanish loss was nine dead and about forty wounded; Cuban loss, four , dead and thirty wounded. AN INFURIATED MOB, Hang a Negro Murderer from a High Bridge. Fulton (Mo.) special: The negro. Em- I mett Divers, who murdered Mrs. Cain, was I lynched the other morning. Divers was ' me. on the road as lie was being taken i here to jail, by a mob who dragged him byforce from the custody of the Sheriff. A ro]>e was quickly placed around his neck and he was hanged from the middle span of a high bridge nine miles east of here. Three weeks ago, during the absence of her husband, Divers went to the farm, criminally assaulted Mrs. J. AA'. Cain and then murdered her in a horrible manner because she resisted him. The evi- ; denee against Divers was more than cir- I eumstantial. When arrested by Sheriff ! Hierce he was taken to St. Louis, after 1 several thrilling escapes from infuriated citizens. In the jail at St. Louis the negro confessed to killing the woman, but denied that he had criminally assaulted her. The State of Trade. 11. G. Dun A Co., in their weekly review of trade, says: It is a belated season; a frozen May set everything back. The heavy business ; which ought to have been done in May and 1 June was pushed into July so that the mid- , summer decline due in July comes in An- ' gust. With this in mind, one is not sur- I prised to find the shrinkage from July to August rather more conspicuous than usual. Financial events are used in speculative markets to create apprehension. Exports of gold have this week, and while the syndicate has deposited enough in the treasury to keep the reserve intact, the impression grows that another sale of bonds may be made. The disappointing crop reports of last Saturday, though ev. .ently distrusted, lessens confidence in regard to future trade even while some speculators gain by them. Baek of all doubts is the facts that industries are doing better than anybody eould have expected.

Japan Storm Swept. San Francisco special: Reports have been received that Japan was visited by a terrible storm on the 24th and 29th of July Hurricanes swept across Kishua, along the shores of the' island sea, over the central districts of the mainland and emerged into the Pacific Ocean. Ils track was marked by great loss of life and destruction of property. The catastrophe was followed by a heavy rainstorm, and inundations added their devastating effects to the havoc w rought by the wind. It is calculated that over 1,000 people were kilied or drowned. Ujina, a town that served as a military basis during the recent war, was e mpletely sw amped by the sea and over 160 boats smashed. Among these were 120 belonging to the array stores department landen w ith supplies destined for.the use of the troops in the Ltao Tung Peninsula. Six are Dead. Mahaffey (Penn.) special: Six men w ere overcome and died from the effects of Inhaling carbolic acid gas, and ten others were affected by the deadly fumes at the big cut at McGee’s, on the new line of the Pittsburg and Eastern Railroad, ('lose tn the scene of the disaster there is an old bituminous coal mine on the country bank, which had been abandoned for the past eight years. It is supposed that the blast made by an opening through the rocks into this old mine allowed the gas and fumes to escape into the cut where the steam shovel was located. The men were so suddenly overcome that they were unable to make their escape and died almost instantly. Train Wreckers. A train loaded with excursionists, bound for the summer resorts of St. Joseph and Lake Maxinkuckee, would have been ditched near Marmount, Ind., had it not been for the timely discovery of a tie upon the track. The spot w here the tie was spiked was in the shadow of the large ice houses near the lake. It would hardly have been seen there by the engineer, but a party of belated picnickers discovered it and attempted to remove it when set upon by a gang of tramps and driven away. The station agent was then notified and had the obstruction removed. A Hoosier Murder. Great excitement prevails at Chesterton, north of A’ulparaiso, Ind. Will Tratedas, twenty years old. and Lon Powers, twentyone, became involved in a dispute and Powers killed Tratedas by shooting him twice with a revolver. Tratedas was a prominent young man. A large crowd has congregated aroundthe building where Powers is confined, and threats of lynching are heard. Officers have gone to the scene. Pittsburg's Awful Storm. Pittsburg special: Tuesday night's storm was the most terrific and destructive that has visited this city in many years. It came without warning and at a time when the parks were filled with people, and the rivers with boats crowded with excursionists. As far as Is known at this time two lives were lost, a score of persons injured, two it is thought fatally, and property damaged to the extent of SIOO,OOO. Timber Burned in Ohio. Delaware (O.i special: Fires started by sparks from locomotives are raging north and south of here. The greatest damage was done in the south, where over 100 acres of valuable timber was destroyed. Many who turned out to fight the fire were prostrated by the intense heat. The whole tract is blackened, an 1 guards are watching the fire. The loss so far is in the neighborhood of SIO,OOO. Superseding the Horae. The Otis Elevator Company, which has been in business in Cleveland, Ohio, for years as a retailer and w holesaler of oats, corn, and other grain, closed its elevator,

the reason assigned being the substitution of electricity for horses in street cars and 1 the displacement of horses by bicycles, i The changed condition, tin- manager says, made it impossible to conduct the business i at a profit. Building Collapsed. A two story brick building at Santa Fe and Ninth avenues Denver. Co)., known as the O'Donnell block, collapsed w ithout warning. The following persons were injured: Mrs. Miller, hit on the head by bricks; Fred Miller, 6-months-o!d, severely bruised; ('apt. E. V. AA illiams. manager Rocky Mountain Carriage works, arm < nt, severely shocked. Just what caused the accident is not known, but it is supposed that the heavy rains loosened the roof support, drow ing the side w alls to the , center. The damage amounts to about , SIO,OOO. Threw the Baby Away. A special from Greenville, Ohio, says: A w oman, supposed to live in this city, got off the south-bound D. and T. train at Jaysville with a young baby. In a few minutes a man drove up in a buggy, into which the woman got. but before doing so, ! threw the baby over a fence into a barnyard. The act was observed and chase given, but the pair escaped. Public Hanging. John Johnson, colored.was hanged at Mt. I Sterling. Ky., for killing Policeman Charles Evans. June 15. Johnson’s neck was not broken and he did not die for twenty-five minutes after the trap was sprang. Nearly 10.000 people witnessed the hanging. While the negroes did not like to see one of their color hung, they were very quiet and made no threats. Blew Chunk Walla Down. The United Presbyterian church, in course of construction at the corner of Grand River and Alexander avenues, ! Detroit, was struck by a cyclone which I accompanied a thunder storm, and ■ practically demolished it. Frank Sernovey, a laborer, was buried under the fall ng j bricks and instantly killed, other worki men were injured. Five Killed On the Pittsburg and Eastern Railroad, which is being constructed in Clearfield I County. Pennsylvania, a fatal accident I occurred. Thirteen men were at work in j a deep cut, when a blast was prematurely l discharged and most of the men were I covered by the fall of earth. Five w ere I killed outright and the remaining eight are ! seriously injured. Murder and Suicide. George Browning, a prominent citizen of Evansville, Ind., was shot by his wife and killed instantly. The weapon used was a pistol. Mrs. Browning then seized a rifle and shot herself, and the wound will j result in her death. Jealousy was the cause of the tragedy. Brow ning is very well known and is a nurseryman. Bad Accident on a Race Track. Just after the start in the first race at the South Side Park. St. Louis, Grand View, the leader, fell and broke his back. Agnes H and Frebach also fell. The first’ two had to lie shot. Jockey John Davis •had his leg broken, and Jockeys John RayI mond and Frank Hueston were badly ini jured internally.

A Duel with Knives. At Stinesville, a small town north of Bloomington, Ind., David Culross and Charles Deck fought a duel with knives. Deck had his abdomen cut open and will not recover. Culross received several severe cuts, but they are not fatal, it is thought. Culross is a quarryman and Dick a railroad carpenter. Terrible Accident. A terrible accident occurred on the farm of I ■■•■ Oelweiler. near East Prospect, Pa . resulting in the almost instant death of a farm hand name AV 11 helm. He was assisting in feeding the thresher, when he fell feet foremost into the machine,, the lower portion of his body being literally ground to pieces. Coxey’s Unknown Suicides. Dr. A. P. Boztarro, who became notorious as the "unknown" in Coxey’s army, suicided at Cleveland, Ohio. He has been “• Hing patent medieined there for abou’ a year. A Lively Fight, Bill O'Donnell of Memphis, defeated Oscar Gardner of Omkha, in the eighteenth ronnd of a lively and interesting tight at Memphis. Mother and iSon Killed. Mrs. John Fischer, aired 70. and son John, aged 40, w ere killed by a New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio train at Coblentz, Ohio. Both Fatally Burned. John Isham and John Moore were fatally burned in a gas explosion in the coal mines near Chandler, Ind. THE MARKETS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice. $2.50 to $4.50: wheat. No. 2 red. 65c to 67c; corn. No. 2,38 cto 39c; oats, No. 2,20 c to 21c; rye. No. 2. 44c to 45e; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, fresh. He to 13c: potatoes, new, per bushel, 35c to 4Bc; broom corn, Illinois, poor to choice. $55 to SJOO per ton. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light. $3.00 to $5.2.5; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2,65 cto 67c; corn. No. 1 white. 36c to 38e; oats. No. 2 white, 26c to 27c. St. Louis—Cattle. $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $3.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red. 66c to 67c: corn. No. 2 yellow. 35c to 36c: oats, No. 2 white. 19c to 2Oc: rye. No. 2. 40c to 41c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep. $2.50 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2. 68- to 70c: corn. No. 2 mixed. 37c to 39c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 22c to 24c; rye. No. 2. 45e to 47c. Detroit—Cattle. $2 50 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep. $2.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2 red. 70e to 71e; corn. No. 2 yellow, 39c to 40e; oats, No. 2 white. 26c to 27c; rye, 44c to 46c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red, 71c to 72c; corn. No. 2 white. 40c to 41c: oats. No. 2 white. 23c to 24c: rye. No. 2. 45e to 46c. Buffalo—Cattle. $2.50 to $6.00: hogs, $3.00 to $5,25; sheep. $3.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 72c to 73c: corn, No. 2 yellow. 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 66c to 67c; corn. No. 3,37 cto 39c; oats. No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; barley. No. 2. 42c to 44c: rye. No. 1,45 cto 47c; pork. mess. $9.00 to $9.50. New York -Cattle. $3.00 to $6.00: hogs, $4.00 to $5.25; sheep. $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 70e to 71c; corn No. 2, 4Ge to 47c: oats. No. 2 white. 28c to 30c; butter, creamery, 19c to 21c: eggs. Western, 13c to 14c.

FUTURE IS BRIGHT THE OUTLOOK FOR CROPS WAS NEVER BETTER. Most Satisfactory Reports from the Great Grain Producing Tract—Oats, Rye and Fruit Flourishing — Corn Yield the Greatest Ever Known. Bountiful Harvests. This is likely to be a phenomenal year for agriculturists as the indications for good crops throughout the farming districts of the whole West.have never been surpassed. Grain of every sori aud ail variety of fruits will be most abundant, and as the farmer looks over his fields of rich crops and his trees laden and weigh ed down with fruit his heart laughs aloud with joy. Kansas has this year raised nearly 7,000,000 bushels of Irish potatoes, the largest crop in the history of the State. In many instances 200 bushels have been raised on a single acre, which were sold on board the cars at 30 cents per bushel Taking the State as a whole, the yields fruit and garden products were never >■> bountiful, and the trees and vines were never before so laden. Conditions average 75 per cent, for apples, peaches, grapes and cherries, and in one-half of the State apples and peaches rate at 100 and above. The stories of drought and distress : which went forth from Nebraska last fall | and winter will hardly be repeated this . year, for, while farmers in many sections are on the anxious seat as to their corn crops, they are just completing what is probably the most satisfactory harvest of small grain in the history of the State. Indeed, the yield of wheat oats may be said to be a record-breaker. The acre- i age of both these cereals this year, along with rye and barley, was less than that ; of last, but the production of all, according to estimates made, will be far above the average. This is all the more gratifying from the fact that the early drought was the cause of gloomy forebodings. In the Dakotas, the great wheat-grow-ing States, the crop is placed at 2.400,000 acres and the yield at about twelve bush-

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els per acre, or a total of from 28,000,00 to 30.000.000. This estimate was made before thrashers got to work and on a basis of fifteen to eighteen bushels per acre in the southern and eastern counties. But since the actual test is being made, the yield in that section is going beyond the average, some fields thrashing out as high as thirty-five bushels per acre, while from twenty to twenty-five bushels is common. This may bring the total up to 35,000,000 bushels, while there was not over 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 bushels raised last year. The yield will be cut in the northeastern part of the State, where the prospects were good, by a heavy hailstorm, which destroyed 20,000 acres. Some smut is reported in the eastern part of the State, but not enough to do anygreat damage. The acreage devoted to the oat crop is probably about the same as in former years, or 800.000 acres, and the yield is reported far above the average—twenty-five bushels per acre. AA'herever the crop has been thrashed some fields go as high as eighty bushels per acre. In the southeastern part of the State, where all crops are the heaviest, the average this year may be safeiy put at thirty bushels per acre, or a total yield for the State of 25,000,000 to 30,000,000 bushels. The Corn Crop. The crop of corn of the country this year will be the largest that has ever been known. It is estimated at the present time that the yield will exceed by 200,000.000 b ishels the record of any previous year. This condition did not exist a month ago. At that time continued drouth in nearly all the corn States made the outlook dubious for an average yield. But the rains came, copious, heavy, continued show ers, just at the time most needed, and to-day prosperity hovers closer over millions of homes than for ma ny a year. How much depends upon the corn crop is realized by few. The corn crop will bring more money, if marketed, than all other grain products combined, and potatoes may be counted with the grain to make good measure. The estimated yield of corn for this year is from 2,250.000,000 to 2,500.060,000 bus' Is. At the present price, which is 35 cents for December or May delivery, the crop will be worth $800,000,000. To emphasize the immensity of this product it may be said that the State of lowa alone will raise enough corn this year to supply more than five bushels to every man, woman aud child in the Uni ted States. Illinois, lowa, Minnesota, Missouri. Nebraska and Kansas comprise wiiat has been termed the corn belt. This section furnishes nearly, if not quite, twothirds of the entile corn product. The prospect for a phenomenal crop of corn is not only excellent throughout the

corn belt, but from the extreme eMt »nd uist from the southern coast and from the Gulf States comes the cheering news that the corn crop was never in better condition. Throughout the country then ■ire but a few isolated spots where it is said to lie slightly backward or affected greatest vield of any year previous | to this was hi «hei. the acreage was 75.319.651 and the yield ZH-N'-J bushels. The following year brought a practical failure, which was again made id in IN'L when the yield amounted to •’ 060 154 <IOO bushels fro«i an acreage of Ti; -MI 515. For the past three years the Vieid has been 1.628.464.000 bushels for lsi«2 1 (>19.496.431 bushels for ISA> and 1 °l*’ 77(»<)52 bushels for 1594. The indint present, theref..re. are that ‘he last year. It will not all be turned into cash but considered from the standpoint <d value it will represent $400,009,000 : more than the crop of last year. FOR THE BEN FIT OF VETERANS. ! Accommodations Provided Those Attending; Chattanooga Reunion. The Chattanooga national military park commission has issued the following announcement on behalf of the veteran soldiers who wish to go to the encampment at Chattanooga: "It appears from numerous letters received by this commission that its previous circular in regard to furnishing quarters in camp barracks has been construed to mean that such barracks will be erec.ed without regard to the orders received, and that those desiring these quarters can obtain them upon their arrival at Chattanooga. This, however, is not the ease. "As Congress made no appropriation tor free quarters, a plan was devised by which barracks accommodations cotlid be provided by the citizens' committee of Chattanooga at a very low rate for all who might order such a sufficient time in advance. It is the intention to extend barracks as orders for accommodations are received. Such accommodations cannot be provided under applications received after Aug. 3'l. 1895. •'Those who send $2 to Capt. Charles F. Muller, Chattanooga. Tenn., will receive in return a ticket which will entitle the

holder to a comfort 51c barrack bunk for the entire time of his stay at Chattanooga, including safe storage for hand baggage and toilet accommodations. It will not be possible to furnish ladies with quarters in these barracks, or to supply meals or lunches in connection with them. It will be necessary for each person to bring his own blanket and towels. The bar° racks will be constructed upon the plan adopted at the last Grand Army encampment at AV ashington city, where a very large number of veterans were thus housed. Such structures will be erected in Chattanooga, where, w ithin convenient distances, meals and lunches may be obtained at reasonable prices. “Communications in regard to barracks addressed to Capt. Muller, who was selected by the citizens' committee to take charge of this work, will receive prompt and reliable attention. “J. S. FULLERTON. “Chairman of Commission.” WILL STUDY AMERICAN CROPS. Germany Attaches an Agriculturist to Ita EmbaHsy. Several of the European Governments have decided to send to their embassies or legations in this country what they term “agricultural attaches." s uc h an attache will be expected to keep his home Government informed not only as to crop conditions, prospects and prices in the United States at regular intervals, but also to keep his people posted as to progress in all agricultural methods and improvements from time to time. Germany is the first to send an attache of this sort, who arrived in AA'ashingtbn a few days ago and calhsl upon the Secretary of Agriculture. His name is Beno Reinhardt Freiherr von Herrman. He is a baron Ithough an agriculturist, so that he will no doubt be welcomed into official society this winter, despite his long name It is understood that both the English and French Governments will soon follow the example of Germany and send an agricultural attache to their embassies here and Secretary Morton now thinks that it might be wise on the part of our Government to return the compliment bv sending some of our most practical and successful fanners abroad in place of the few military and naval attaches who pre- ■ sumably adorn the diplomatic service of the U rated States. The teller of the Merchants’ National Bank of Massillon, Ohio, paid out S2O gold pieces instead of silver dollars on a eheck for $240, and will, therefore, take no vacation this year. John Hartman. Joseph AVilke and Alexander AAilke, members of a New York pleasure party, were drowned.

DIED IN THE FLAMES. horrid FATE OF MANY in A HOTEL FIRE. Gumry House at Denver Wrecked by an Explosion at Midnight—Guest# Caught in the Ruins—Fire Breaks Out and Firemen Forced to Retreat. An Awful Tale. The Gumry Hotel, at Denver, Colo, was wrecked by a terrific explosion at 12:10 a. m. Monday. The rear half o f the building, a tire story brick and stone structure, went down with a crash. The hotel was crowded with guests and between forty and fifty of them were killed as well as the entire force of hotel employes, who were sleeping in the portion of the building which fell. No meals w< re served in the hotel and every guest entered on the register on,, pied a room in the hotel Sunday, most of them late at night, the list being as follows: Mrs O. 11. Knight, Lake City. Mrs. Knight's sons. J. I. Kirk. Omaha. J. C. Brown,Omaha. Bud Buren. Colorado Springs. J. W. Roberts and wife, Colorado Springs. Miss Jennie Haword, Boston. Mrs. ('. AA'. AVilliams, Boulder. Miss Hattie 11. AA'illiams. Boulder. W. C. McClain. Huron. Kau. Mrs. McClain and child. Huron, Kan. Henry Sloan. Huron. Kan. Mrs. Henry Sloan. Huron. Kan. George Burle. Colorad • Springs. E. T. McClosky. Cripple Creek, Colo. !•'. French. Central City. Colo. 15. Lorah, Central City, Colo. AA’. J. Corson. Pueblo. M. E. Letson. Denver. Probably Sixty Killed. At 3 a. in. Monday only fifteen per*.as who are known to have lieen in the build, ing at the time of the explosion are accounted for. This leaves sixty suppi-wl to lie dend. Henry Sloan and wife, of Huron. Kan., and AA’. C. McClain, cashier of the Hu a State Bank, are among those taki a . n (l by ladders, and are all more or less injured. On both sides of Lawrence, from 17th to ISth street, and on Larimer, directly back of the Gumry. the plate-glass windows of the business houses were blown in aud a number of pedestrians were injured by falling glass The fronts of many buildings in the vicinity were badly wrecked. The hotel structure, for 100 feet along the alley and extending 75 feet toward the front, is a mass of deb. s. Brick and plaster piled in heaps twenty feet high, and from this mass of wreckage could be heard the moans of the injured aud dying. The cause of the explosion is uncertain, but it is supposed that the battery of boilers in the hotel basement must have exploded. The sound of the explosion was heard throughout the city, awakening people in bed a mile from the scene. A cloud of dust was throw n a thousand fw>t in the air. and. as there was not a breath of wind, it hung in the air like a huge 0.1-umu. umu. Minute atoms of powdered bra At 12:50 the ruins began burning fiercely and the firemen were obliged to retreat from the Work of rescue. Every engine in the city was pouring streams into ihe mass, but the flames could not be possibly got under control before the injured were cremated. As their dianees of escape lessened the cries of the imprisoned people were increased, heartrending shrieks rising from every portion of the great mass of wreckage. During the height of the excitem. :it a team ran away on 18tti street, stampeding the great crowd of spectators. A number of [>eople were more or less injured by being trampled upon and falling in the broken glass which covered the streets and sidewalks in every direction. Electric-light wires dangling from broken poles in the alley added fresh peri! to the firemen. One horse was burned by coming in contact with a live wire. Iwo injured women had been almost extricated from the ruins when the flames approached so close that the rescuers had to abandon them for safety. The bodies of three women were also to be seen in the back part of the building, but eould not be reached. Hardly had the firemen got fairly at work when they were forced to retreat. Proprietors of the Hotel Killed. Among the dead are Peter Gumry and 11. C. Grenier, the proprietors of the hotel, the day clerk and the night clerk, none of whose bodies have been found. Immediately after the explosion occurred a baby was heard w ailing in the corner of a room which had nearly all fallen away. Its parents had gone down with the first crash. Afterward the little one’s cries became weaker and weaker, and when the flames shot up into the skeleton of the building it became silenced. The firemen made a brave effort to save a woman caught in the debris of the north corner of the hotel, but were forced to abandon the attemnt. I" ■ 'umry Hotel was a five-story brick wit * slone front, and was built about six years ago. It was of the better kind of ■(•■•■oiid-class hotela, • atering large!! ta transient family patronage. Thus many women and children were among the guests The buildiug was put up as the Eden Musee by the widow of Gen. Tom Thumb, and was so occupied for several years, later being remodeled for use as a hotel. Gumry and Grenier have owned the hotel for several years. Mr. Gumry w _ as a prominent contractor and bad done much of the work during the buildiug of the State eapitol. Mr. Grenier acted in the capacity of manager. Told in a Few Lines. Hetty Green announces that she will spend the summer in prayer. It is cheaper than spending the summer in Europe. John L. Sullivan’s benefit performance in New York the other night netted him about $6,000. This ought to last him at leapt two weeks. A thoughtless visitor began humming “Every Day'll Be Sunday By and By in New York the other day and a mob chased him nine miles. Gen. Campos has ordered 1.200 pounds of quinine from Spain. It’s no use; qninine will not stop the Spaniards from shaking in their boots. Several days ago Gen. Campos took complete control of the Cuban cable and announced that no news except reports of SpAiish victories would be sent out henceforth. AA’e haven’t heard from Cuba since then.