Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1887 — NEWS BUDGET. [ARTICLE]

NEWS BUDGET.

Fresh Intelligence from Every Part of the Civilized World. Foreign and Domestic News, Political Events, Personal Points, Labor Notes, Etc. THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. SCORES ROASTED ALIVE. An Appalling Disaster Results from a Theater Fire at Exeter, England—Dozens Burned, Suffocated, or Crushed to Death in the Fearful Struggle to Escape. Oveb one hundred lives were sacrificed by the burning of a theater at Exeter, England. A dispatch from London gives the following particulars of the disaster: The “Romany Rye" was under performance, and the pit and gallery were packed. The piece proceeded all right until near the end of the third act, about 10:30 o'clock, when, as one of the characters was finishing his lines, the drop-scene suddenly fell In front of him. There was some laughter in the house at this, as it was thought to be a stage blunder. In a moment, however, the scene bulged out in the center and a mass of fire shot out, and it was seen that the whole stage was on fire. There was a wild panic instantly. Occupants of stalls in the pit and dress circle got away, after a deal of crushing and fighting, many, especially women, being severely braised and carried away in a fainting condition. The actors and actresses were nearly all in the dressing-rooms. The fire spread with marvelous rapidity, and filled the house with suffocating smoke. The occnpants of the ui>per circle and gallery rushed in numbers to the windows and screamed for ladders. As soon as possible these were brought, but several persons had jumped into the street before they arrived, and were taken away more or less hurt. Others got up on a veranda over the door, and some jumped and others were taken off. The theater by this time was blazing fiercely, lighting up all the city, and people were running up in thousands inquiring for friends or relatives. The fire-escape soon came on the scene and took off some more people. One hundred and thirty dead bodies were taken from the ruins. They were all frightfully burned, chiefly about the head and hands. The majority of them were men and boys, although thirty women were counted as the stretchers passed, and they were apparently for the most part occupants of the gallery.

LABOR DAY IN CHICAGO. Fifteen Thousand Men Parade —No Red Flags Visible. A Chicago dispatch of Tuesday says: “The big labor parade yesterday was one of the most successful ever hold in the city. It was about as successful as plenty of people, plenty of brass bauds, plenty of flags and banners and regalia, and plenty of enthusiasm could make it Every sidewalk along the line of march was completely jammed with spectators, and in the business district every window and housetop was .crowded. The applause along the line was frequent and generous. There were over 15,000 men in line, and the parade was witnessed by a quarter of a million people. There were no red flags displayed, lhe anarchists had been notified that their absence from the procession would be acceptable.” International Medical Congress. The President of the United States at Washington City, on Monday, the sth inst, congratulated the country upon the presence at the capital of “so many of our own citizens, and those representing foreign countries, who have distinguished themselves in the science of medicine. ” He was referring in these complimentary terms to the five or six thousand doctors gathered in Washington to attend the Ninth International Medical Congress, which boly President Cleveland, after the brief remark quoted, proceeded to declare “open for organization and the transaction of business. ” The Congress elected Dr. Nathan Smith Davis, of Chicago, as President In his speech Dr. Davis paid an eloquent tribute of respect to Dr. Austin Elint, of Now York, •who died early last year. A hundred vicepresidents were elected, including all the foreign delegates sent by their respective governments. The only Americans on the list were ex-Presidents of the American Medical Association, and the Surgeons General of the army and navy. Started the Fire with Oil. Mrs. Mary Dunlap and her 6-months-old babe were burned to death near McKeesport, Pa. The woman tried to start ths fire in the kitchen stove with carbon oil and an explosion followed, which set fire to the woman’s clothing and the house. Before assistance arrived the house, with its two occupants, was entirely consumed. Telegraphic Brevities. Charles Coleman, a negro, was lynched at Flemingsburg, Ky. The Consolidated Cattle-Growers’ Convention will meet at Kansas City Oct. 31. A naturalization wave has struck the English, Scotch, and Canadian residents of Chicago. The German Crown Prince has gone from England to the Tyrol, accompanied by Dr. Mackenzie. They have a gas well, just struck, in Alcona County, Michigan, which shoots flames a hundred feet above the derrick. Toledo is to be lighted with natural gas. The Republican State Convention of Massachusetts is called to meet at Tremont Temple, Boston, Sept 28. Master Workman Powderly is going to Ireland very shortly to make speeches on behalf of the oppressed tenants. A controlling interest in the American ■Sugar Refinery Company, at San Francisco, has been secured by the old minority stockholders, including men extensively engaged in sugar-planting in the Sandwich Islands. The parties are said to be the same who led the recent revolution at Honolulu. The Kentucky Furniture Company, of Louisville, made an assignment with liabilities to the amount of $70,000.