Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1893 — FIVE BURIED AT A FIRE [ARTICLE]

FIVE BURIED AT A FIRE

POSSIBLE FATALITIES AT A BLAZE. Typhoid Fever Epidemic at Ohio State Prison—Rushing Operations at Jackson Park—Fire Reaps a Klee Harvest—Hold Swindler Caught. Another Chicago Horror. Five persons were buried in tie ruins of a frurne cottage adjoining tho picture frame factory of Stephen Carter at Chicago as the result of a fire that broke out shortly after 2 o’clock Wednesday morning. The wail of tho factory building next the cottage toppled over onto it, burying tho inhabitants in a mass of brick and timbers. The cottage was occupied by Stephen Carter, his uncle and aunt and two litile nieces. Carter crawled® from tho ruins with a broken leg and luternal injuries. The heat from the burning factory made it Impossible for tbe firemen to approach the ruin, and If any of the others are taken out alive their escape will be miraculous. Mr. Carter’s loss amounts to 875,000, His Insurance will cover twothirds of the loss. The factory was filled with finished stock, making the loss greater than it would have been at almost any other time of the year.

WILL WORK AT SIGHT. Big Force of Men to lie Employed at tho Fair Grounds. The work of getting exhibits Into the World’s Fair buildings and putting the big show In shape for the opening on May 1 is to be pushed from this time on as it has not been done before. Director General Davis has issued another rush order, telling exhibitors to hustle their displays to Jackson Park at once. As soon as tbe great flood of exhibits begins to come Into the park the forces of workmen will be greatly increased, and the work of installation will go on steadily night and day. “I have arranged,” said Dlroclor General Davis, “to have tho Exposition buildings lighted at night by electricity. We will have continuous twenty-four hour days hereafter, and the work of putting this show in order Is to go on without interruption. ' Exhibits are coming Into the park very rapidly now. Cars are running hore day and night, but I want them 10 come faster. There are now only about forty-five days left before the opening. I intend to make every one of those duys count for twa”

COTTON MILL BURNED. Quarter of a Million Blaze at Exeter, N. H.— Liverpool Warehouses Destroyed. Fire broke out in the Exeter (N. H.) Cotton Mills in the basement and burned up through the building, destroying the en-gine-room and the older part of the mill, which was destroyed once before. The now part of the mill was saved. Loss estimated at 8250,000. Three persons were Injured. Two hundred an 1 forty hands are thrown out of employment A destructive fire occurred at Bootle, near Liverpool. Two cotton warehouses belonging to the Deene Company were burned, the loss being £IOO,OOO. The five-story building, corner of Wells and Light streets, Baltimore, occupied by Mattbal, Ingram & Co., for tho manufacture of tin and japanned ware, was almost entirely destroyed by fire, with its contents. The fire is supposed to have started In the engine-room. Owing to the inflammable material In the building the fire gained rapidly and In u short time the entire structure was enveloped. The loss Is about SIOO,OOO, covered by insurance.

Arrest of a Clever Swindler. The Treasury Department is advised ol the arrest at Detroit of Elmer T. McArthur. an ex-convict, who has been engaged In swindling people In Indiana and Illinois. His plan was to send a printed circular stating that a valuable package from Canada was detained at the Detroit custom bouse addressed to the party receiving the circular, but was held awaiting the payment of the custom dues, usually from $3 to 85. The circular had the name of the United States collector at Its head, with E. CX Small as cashlor. All parties were directed to return the circular for filing purposes. A large number of people have been victimized by McArthur, and when arrested he had In his possession thirty-four letters with remittance* In them in postal notes, etc. Burned to Death In a Prairie Fire. Reports are meager regarding the number of lives lost and damage done by the recent prairie fires in Russell County. Kansas. Seven men perished in the flames. The names of five of the victims are: William Bailey, David Hutchinson. Albert More, McDonald, a son of Mrs. Lefevre, the proprietor of the Dorrance Hotel, and a strange man, name unknown. They had been out feeding stock and were returning home when the wind suddenly changed, catching them between two great head fires rushing together.

Nine Lives Lost. A special from McAlester, L T., says that an explosion occurred at coal mine No. 1, of tho Choctaw Coal Company, at Anderson, I. T. Nine men are reported killed and many wounded. The scene of the accident Is probably Ardmore Instead of Anderson. Ardmore 1* in the Chickasaw Nation, a few miles north of the Texas line, and is on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Road. A similar accident occurred there about a year ago in which a number of miners lost their lives. Drowned While Crossing a Creek. James Howard and Will Morgan, two troopers belonging to the Fifth Cavalry, were drowned while fording a creek south of Caldwell in the Cherokee strip. Statement of Beading Receivers. The statement of the Heading receivers shows liabilities of $18,472,828 and assets of *15,779,784, an excess of liabilities of $2,693,043. Quarantine Regulations Amended. Secretary Carlisle has amended the quarantine regulations recently promulgated so as to provide for the inspection of passengers taken aboard ship at intermediate ports by the United States consular officer at the port, or, in his absence, by the local health officer. Lasy Convicts Cause an Epidemic. There is an epidemic of typhoid fever in the Ohio State Prison. An Investigation traces its origin to the criminal laziness of •ome of the prisoners employed as runners. They drew water for drinking purposes in the shope from the prison standpipe. Flog a Minuter by Mistake. Rev. D. A Strutton, of Elmott, Texas, a »oted evangelist of the Christian Church, was robbed, stripped naked and flogged within an inch of his life by moonshiners in Winston County, Alabama, who mistook him far a revenue agent of the United States Government. South Carolina’s Loan. The ttate of South Carolina has arranged for placing its new loan of 15,250,000, through the Baltimore Trust Company. *ith a syndicate of Now York, Baltimore, and Richmond capitalists. The bonds bear <K per cent, interest and run for forty

VILLAGE SWEPT AW AT. Many Lives Lost by a Sudden Rise of the Danube. A sudden rise of the River Danube has caused the loss of many lives in Gergely, near Pako, In Hungary. The rise of the water drove the 1,600 people of the village out of their mud huts, and they sought shelter lu the village church and school. The water continued to rise, and the people, led by their pastor, offered up earnest prayers for safety, and mothers and children kneeled at the altar beseeching the Intercession of the saints. The raging streams covered the floors of the two buildings and the people in a panic rushed out into tho flood. Fathers and mothers carried their children and attempted to wade through the swift current to higher ground. The strong escaped, hut the weak vere carried away and drowned. One woman and her five children perished, together with a large number of others. How many is not yet known, Those who survived reached Pako In a most deplorable condition. AlinosS the entire village was carried away.

RUIN IN VAST FLOODS. Hundreds of Men Working Night and Day to Prevent Disaster In Michigan. Never before in Its history has Grand River in Michigan been so high as on Sunday. Hundreds of men were at work with teams all along Its course trying to prevent the flood crossing the street road. Great lines of breastworks were thrown up. and every suspicious rivulet was cause for alarm. The bridges on the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee road were in Imminent danger. Men wero engaged to wolght them down and tons of sand bags were piled on them. Trains on the Detroit. Lansing and Northern wero in confusion. The trestle at Portland gave way and passengers had to be carted around the washout and loaded on other trains, There was no ice In the river, to speak of, but ihe current carried largo trees and debris of every description down with terrific force The situation, as reported from the center of the State to tho lake, Is decidedly critical HIGH RATES FOR MONEY. Almost Total Withdrawals of Currency from the South and West. R. G. Dua & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: Business during the past week has been afl'ected by the severe weather, but even more by the stringency and uncertainty in the money markets. Rates for money have mounted from 5% on call to 15 per cent, and for two days ruled above 10 per cent., but the extreme pressure has abated without any measure of relief, and on the announcement that tlie treasury department would not Issue bonds, but would use tho bullion reserve In maintaining gold payments. withdrawals of money for the West and South nearly ceased. Gold to the amount of a million was offered to iho treasury in exchange for legal tendors by tho Bank of Denver and as much more by one bank in Chicago, and rates in New York fell to 6 per ernt. There was some liquidation in stocks, but none of importance in products, and It is evident that the restraint of exports by speculation In tho chief staples Is an important cause of monetary stringency and of loss of gold by the treasury.

He Will Not Write n Book. Ex-President Harrison was asked if there was any truth in the Dubllshed reports that he would write a book. “None,” he replied. “The probable foundation fur the report Is that 1 am making some memoranda for rny own private use that will make clear certain affairs of stats that have arisen during the four years I was President, and that might not be readily understood otherwise. I don't expect to publish those memoranda during my lifetime. There were numerous complicated situations that posterity will wish to understand, and that I desire to make plain.” Declined the Honor. Lyman J. Gage declines to be a candidate for mayor of Chicago. Carter H. Harrison, tho Democratic nominee, has been strongly opposed by the entlro press of the city, except tbe Times—his own paper—and two ovening papers, the Mall and the Dispatch. Led by the editors, public meetings havo been held to select a citizens’ candidate tc oppose Harrison, but one after another the gentleman approached have declined tc run. Tho latest plan was to vote for u candidate by newspaper ballot, and It was this that led to a positive refusal by Mr. Gage to accept the nomination under any circumstances. He Was Riddled with Bullets. At the Shelby Iron*Works, Birmingham. Ala., John McLanahan, a drunken negro, shot and killed U. M. CP Hilliard, the foreman, because Hilliard discharged him. When his arrest was attempted McLanahan shot at his pursuers and fled. .He was met by W. A. Wilburn, an engineer, who demanded his surrender. Both opened fire, and McLanahan was riddled with bullets. Wllburu was uninjured. Inflicted a Fatal Wound. A number of lewd characters congregated near the residence of Philip Franklin, north of Indianapolis, and Franklin ordered them away. A fight ensued. Franklin drew a pistol and fired Into the crowd, the bullet striking Calvin Voorhees in the spine and producing a fatal wound. One Million More Stock. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company it was voted to increase the capital stock from 81,500,000 to 82,501,000. An extensive enlargement of the business in contemplated. Washington’s Senator Is Allen. Gov. McGraw, of Washington, appointed John B. Allen United States Senator.