Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 January 1883 — Page 1

Weekly Established in 1841.

INDIANAPOLIS.

A Test Tote in the Senate on Submission.

The Ferriter Metropolitan Police Bill Introduced in the House.

What it Provides in the Way of Sala rics for All tirades of Officers of the Force.

The State Normal Board Meeting Yesterday—Report oil Vital Statistics.

THE AMENDMENTS.

A Test Vote in the Senate. INDIANATOI-IH, Jan. 12.—Thsre was a slight, but not unexpected sensation in the senate this morning. Mr. Van Vorhis, Republican, offered a resolution directing the judiciary committee to, report upon the record of the passage of the constitutional amendments in order that it might be deter mined whether or not the senate was called upon to consider them. Mr Van Vorhis read from manuscript a carefully prepared argument in sup port of his resolution, citing various authorities and decisions tending to prove that the absence of the proposed constitutional amendments from the pages of the clerk's journal of the last general assembly prevent action on those amendments by this general assembly except as a new proposition. Mr. Spann, Republican, strongly opposed this resolution, and said that" a point in the road had been reached where the Republican party and Mr. Van Vorhis separated. Mr. Brown, Democrat, advocated it and complimented Mr. Van Vorhis on his being able ~to rise above partisan feeling, and urged the passage of the resolution. Mr. Bell, Democrat, also made an argument in its favor, and the resolution was linally adopted by the following vote: Ayes—Bell, Benz, Biscliowsky, Brown, Campton, Davidson, Duncan, Faulkner, Fletcher, Hill, Hiiligass, Hoover, Johnston, Magee, May, McClure, McCulloch, Null, Bahm, Richardson, Smith of Jay, Van Vorhis, Vogles, Willard, Youc'h—20. Nays—Adkinson, Bundy, Campbell, Everest, Flemming, Foulke, Graham, Henry, Keiser, Lockridge, Lindley, Macartney, Marvin, Mcintosh, Overstreet, Ristine, Say re, Smith of Delaware, Spann, White, Wiley—21. The vote showed that Marvin and Mcintosh, voted no with the Republicans and Bischowski, Van Vorhis and Youch of the Republicans voted aye with the Democrats. It was very nearly a test vote, although it was staled that some voted for the resolution believing it the best way of ascertaining the facts in the case.

Metropolitan Police Bill. Indianapoli* Journal. Mr. Ferriter, of this county, yesterday introduced the long-expected metropolitan police bill, an exceedingly voluminous document. The bill is to effect all cities of 25,000 or more inhabitants, which will include Indianapolis, Evansville, Terrc Haute and Fort Wayne. It provides for the appointment of a board of police commissioners in each city, to consist of three persons, to be appointed by the governor, auditor, secretary and treasurer of state. The first of these commissioners is to serve until Jan. 1, 1884, the second until 1885, and the third 1886, and after that the term of office shall be three years in each case. They shall take the oath of office before the county clerk, and shall certify to him all removals and appointments made, and shall give bond for $5,000. The salaries of these commissioners are to be fixed by the governor, secretary, treasurer and auditor of state, and shall not exceed $400 per annum. The board is to have power to appoint.a superintendent of police, captains, sergeants, detectives and such other officers anil patrolmen as they may deem advisable. They shall not have the power to appoint more than one patrolman for each 750 inhabitants. The compensation of the officers is to be fixed by the commissioners, and shall be the following amounts: Superintendent, not less than $1,000 nor more than SI,800 per annum captains, not less than $700 normoie than $1,000 sergeant, not less than $600 nor mora than $800 patrolmen, not less than S550 nor more than $730. The compensation of all other officers and employes shall be fixed by the commissioners. All persons thus appointed shall serve during good behavior, and be able to speak the English language. The commissioners are to have the power to make all necessary rules and regulations for the government of the force. The commissioners are to be entitled to a secretary, not a member of the board. They* are to have absolute control of all police property, and all the existing boards arc to be abolished by the act. The common council and board of aldermen are obliged to furnish all necessary supplies and provide for the payment of the force. The office of city marshal is abolished by the act, and" his powers given to the superintendent of police, to be exercised by him or by the' captain or sergeants, as he may direct. The members of the force "shall receive no witness fees or extra compensation of any kind. Provision is made for the appointment of special patrolmen, .inil the usual restrictions are placed about the force.

State Normal Board.

The News says: The board of trustees of the State Normal school is in session at the office of the superintendent of public instruction. President Murray Briggs, Secretary Joseph Gilbert, George I. Reed, B. C. Hobbs and Prof. Bloss are present. The purpose of the conference is to determine the •wants of the school, which should be met by tho legislature. President George P. Brown, who is meeting with the board, stated that additions to the library and much apparatus for the Chemical department are needed, and there is an urgent necessity for increased tuition. When the present allowance for tuition was made by the legislature the attendance of pupils was 224, and now it has grown to 694 without an increase in the tuition, although the corps of*instruetors has been enlarged and expenses necessarily increased.

The president stated that the two new short courses of instruction adopted at the opening of the present session, were meeting with favor on the part of the students.

Vital Statistics of Indiana. In the forthcoming annual report of the state board of health, Secretary Stevens will present some e^haus^e tables of vital statistics for 1882. Based upon the population of Indiana for 1880, which was 1,909,916, the following are the ratios for the last nine months of 1882: Births, 25,546, one for each 47.76 of population, and 13.37 for each 1,000 number of persons married, 2,998, or one in 94.41 number of deaths in the state, 11,398, one in each 107.56, and 5.96 in every 1,000. The excess of births over deaths ior the nine months was 14,168.

Cullom Nominated.

Springfield Special. In consequence of the protracted se» sion of the house to-day the Republican senatorial caucus was not held until to-night and resulted in the nomination of Gov. Cullon. The balloting was as follows:

First ballot—Cullom, 44 Oglesby, 20 Raum, 22 Henderson, 9 Rinaker, 2, and Payson, 1.

The second ballot was the same as the first, except Raum lost one vote, which Oglesby gained.

The third ballot resulted in Cullom, 47 Oglesby, 30 Raum, 19, Henderson, 9 Rinaker, none, and Payson, 1.

Fourth ballot—Cullom, 51 Oglesby, 31 Raum, 15 and Henderson, 9. On the fifth ballot Cullom received fifty votes, a majority of all the Republicans elected to the legislature, when changes enough were made to run it up to sixty-three, and a motion was made and declared carried making it unanimous.

All the Republicans of the assembly were present except one, who was sick.

Gov. Cullom addressed th« caucus, and Oglesby, Raum and Henderson were called up and swore allegiance to the nominee. The caucus was a tame affair and did not make its nomination until quite late. It is said that eight members of the caucus will not vote for the nominee. This is doubtful.

WASHINGTON.

The Weil and LaAbra Mexican Claims.

The Opposition to Olmstead for District Commissioner—National Notes.

THOSE MEXICAN CLAIMS.

A Treaty Discussed in tlie Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—In the executive session of the senate the subject under consideration was the treaty with Mexico, recently signed by Secretary Frelinghuysen, which provides for retrial, by a new commission, of the Weil and La Abra claims against Mexico. The former commission made an award upon those claims by which the Mexican government was adjudged to pay upon two claims aH aggregate of 51,250,000, payments to be made in indtallments through the state department at Washington. After one payment had been made the Mexican government protested against any further payments being made, on the ground that the claims were fraudulent. After investigation the state department. became satisfied such was the case and declined to make further payment until the matter could be passed upon by congress. In the discussion to-day Senators Vest and Morgan defended the former award and opposed the treaty which proposes to set it aside. The matter will betaken up again at the next executive session.

The District Commissioner. WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The action of the senate committee in the case is regarded as adverse. Friends of-Olm-stead are much disappointed at the turn of affairs, as they were confirmed. His name appears in the new city directory as one of the dirtrict commissioners. lie saw the president to-day, and it is understood asked to have his name withdrawn.

National Notes.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—By an error in the transmission of the civil service bill on the night it passed the senate, the clause was retained which provided (in the original bill) that "promotions shall be from lower grades to higher, on the basis of merit and competition." This clause was stricken out by thi senate on the motion of Senator Brown on the preceding day as then stated in the press reports. The bill as passed the house and senate is identical with the bill passed the senate.

The Drovers' National bank, Union stockyards, Lake county, Ills., is authorized to begin business, capital $100,000.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The house judiciary committee, this morning, by a bare majority, decided to table Knott's resolution which provided for the forfeiture of the Northern Pacific land grants. It is thought this action kills the measure for the present session.

A resolution providing that the senate meet at 11 a. m., after the 15th inst., was adopted to-day.

Prof. Mitchell, before the Mississippi river committee, to-day, expressed the opinion that when the Mississippi river improvement was completed under the present plan, a channel of fifteen to twenty feet deep would be secured in places now most shallow.

The house committee on foreign affairs to-day authorized Deuster (Wis. to offer a resolution in the house asking the president to make a more liberal treaty with the German empire. The action is desired, among other things, on account of certain American citizens having been forced to bear arms under the existing treaty.

The Hawaiian treaty matters will be considered Tuesday next. Clark Mills died this,morning.

The secretary of the treasury has directed the United States district attor ney at Nashville to take steps to recover by suit er otherwise $200 from J. M. Hurst, agent of the board of publication of the "Cumberland Presbyterian church. The money was received by Hurst to be placed in the United States treasury to the order of the conscience fund instead of which it was placed to his own credit as agent of the board of publication under the impression that the anonymous sender meant it to be so placed.

THE TERRE

AN ABDUCTED BEAOTY

Miss Zerelda Garrison, of St. Louis, Captured by Ruffians.

The City in a Great State of Excitement Over Her Disappearance.

She is Restored to Her Relatives Last Night by One of the Abductors.

Two of tho Rafflaat Captured by the Police Recognized as Local Hoodlums.

ST. LOUIS SENSATION.

Disappearance of Miss Garrisen, a Reigning Belle. ST. Louis, Mo., Jan. 12.—There is great excitement here over the disappearance of Miss Zerelda Garrison, a young girl of seventeen, remarkable for her beauty, and one of the belleB of the city. She was last seen alive last Saturday, when a little after one o'clock she left the residence of her uncle, O. L. Garrison, accompanied by her .sister, Mrs. Norris, and came down town to the corner of Fifth and .Olive streets. She there took a street car for the Wild Hunter's, the terminus of the car line in the extreme southern part of the city. The conductor of the car remembers her distinctly. When shegot off the car at the Wild Hunter's she asked to be directed to the Convent of the Sacred Heart, which is only a half dozen blocks away. Since then Miss Garrison has not been seen or heard of. The conductor noticed on the platform four rough looking men of the hoodlum stamp, and they commented during the journey on Miss Garrison's appearance. They said she was the most beautiful woman they had ever seen. It is supposed these men had something to do with the disappearance of the young lady, and most horrible sus^ picions are aroused. Miss Garrison was returning to the convent to pursue her studies. She had not returned since the Christmas holidays, having been detained by the visits of friends. She had been studying there for over a year. She always made the journey to the convent in a carriage, but her uncle's horses were lame Saturday and so she decided to go in a street car. Her disappearance was not known to the family or police until yesterday afternoon, as her relatives thought she was at the convent and the sisters at the convent thought she. was at home. Zerelda Garrison is the daughter of Mrs. Abram Garrison, and resides at Kirkwood, a suburban town twelve miles out. Mr. O. L. Garrison, secretary of the St. Louis Steel & Ore comcompany, is her uncle, and she is a relative of Commodore Garrison. Detectives since vesterday have been following every clue, but without avail.

Zerelila Garrison was onlv seventeen, but as well developed as a girl of twenty-one. She is strikingly handsome, has brown hair, and eyes full of expression and life. Her complexion is fair and she is graceful in carriage anil stylisli in appearance. She weighs about 135 pounds. All night the detectives and Chief of Police Campbell have been searching the vicinity of the convent for a clue in vain. Men from the Vulcan steelworks, not far away, aided in the search. This morning the sergeant of police and a squad of twenty men examined all the ground, but without result.

Mrs. Abram Garrison, mother of the girl, has not yet been informed of the disappearance. Her relatives have no theory but feel sure foul play has been practiced. The excitement in the city is intense, and the probable fate of the poor girl is the universal theme ot conversation. The police are actively at work, but so far their effortt resulted in nothing. The Sacred Heart convent is a noted Catholic institution, situated about five miles south of the .renter of the city. It enjoys a high reputation. The vicinity of the convent is very sparsely settled.

SHE IS SAFE AND ALIVE.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12.—There is reliable authority for stating that the Garrisons have received information of. .Miss Zerelda Garrison's whereabouts, mil are convinced that she is safe and dive. They are very reticent and are siow, at 8 p. m., closeted at Mr. O. L. Jarrison's office with detectives. It is stated that a letter was received at the Harrison mansion, informing them hat the girl was held for money, and that the writer would be glad to make in appointment to treat for her delivery. A gentleman member of the family stated that a telegram had also been received, dated at a point twelve or fourteen miles south of St. Louis stating that Miss Zerelda was alive and safe and in St. Louis, l'he relatives of the young lady now show by their demeanor that they believe she is safe and will soon be restored to them, but they will give no information except to say "All will be elered up by morning," before which time they expect. Miss Zerelda to return. The detectives are at work, and it is almost certain the mystery will bo solved in the next twelve hours. The member of the family would not state the name of the place from which the telegram came.

Restored.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12.—At 10 o'clock the Post-Dispatch published an extra which sold like wild-fire, as the excitement in the city was great. The extra contained the following: "At 9 o'clock this evening Mr. Garrison called at the office of the PostDispatch to report in person that Miss Garrison had been found during the evening, and is now at the house of her uncle on Pine street. He does not think she suffered any violence at the hands of her abductors, other than being chloroformed on Satur day last, when the ruffians obtained possession of her person. That she was chloroformed, however, is absolutely certain, though Miss Garrison has quite lost her memory about the manner and place of the occurrence The young lady was returned this even ing by one of the ruffians himself, who had probably become alarmed at the great excitement of the public and the probability of his punishment. The young lady is suffering from the chloroform, the great shock and con­

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finement, but is not seriously ill. Two of the ruffians have already been arrested. They belong to a notorious gang of Carondelet hoodlums.

"PURRING." Js'i

The "Boss" Contest—A Shin Kicking Contest. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12,—David Mc-

Williams, a coal miner living in Plymouth, Luzerne county, and Robert Tavish, a saloon keeper of Manayunk, were matched some time, Ago to "purr" for $250 a side. "Purring" is a scientific shin kicking contest, to decide who is the most agile and the best able to stand punishment. The battle was fought shertly after mid-i night Thursday night in Caipden, and was wo® by Mc Williams iii ths twenty-third round. The men were bare-legged from the knee to the ankle and each wore number seven brogans. Both were very much exhausted. After the hour's kicking Tavifch wanted to quit, but his friends insisted that he should go in. McWilliams'shins were hadly cut and bruised, but they were nothing when compared with Tavish's. The next four rounds McWilliams went as he liked, and every time he kicked he ihfljeted an ugly cut or bruise. In the twenty-second round Tavish's seconds could not stop the flow of blood. They wanted to apply bandages, but was not allowed. McWilliams kicked Tavish five timetfin the twenty-third round and Tavish dropped like a log and refused to go in. His legs from the knee to the ankle were covered with cuts and as raw as beefsteak. Tavish's legs were washed in applejack and he was driven to the terry. Before the "purrers" reached Philadelphia their legs were swelled out of all proportion. Tavish is in bed in a wellknown sporting house. McWilliams left to-night for Wilkesbarre. ,i.

BOSTON NEWS. -4'.~

The World's Fair—Denying the Rale of the Louisville, .Evansville & St. I.oois Road.

BOSTON, Jan. 12.—All but one of the shareholders of the defunct Pacific bank, entered into a combination which is formed for defense against the suits of the receiver and for aggressive action against the directors.

Chief Justice May, of the municipal court is dead, age 64. I Another movement is started for a World's fair next snmmer in the building of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association. It is proposed to have the exhibition of foreign arts, products and manufactures only. Agents are to visit the principal industrial centers of Europe and Asia. A committee in Washington is arranging for the assistance of consuls and consular agents.

Colonel Jonas H. French, president of the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis railroad, denies that his rotfd has been purchased by the Chesapeake & Ohio.

A detective left for St. Louis with a requisition for Geo. W. Cashman, who joined the Concord school of Philosophy last summer, and had himself introduced at a bank and passed two forged drafts purporting to be drawn by the First National bank of Chicago" and the Chicago branch bank of Montreal on the bank of New York.

BOOTH IN GERMANY.

Criticism of the Berlin Press. BERLIN, Jan. 12.—All the papers this

morhing comment on Edwin Booth's performance of Hamlet last night. The National Zeitung eulogizes the actor's careful study and effects and considers that he does not obtrude his American nationality.

The Tageblatt says the strange effect of a polyglot performance was soon removed by the interest in the chief impersonation. We soon found we were in the presence of one of the chief masters of dramatic art. His Hamlet is of commanding nobleness and will long be remembered.

The Vossische Zeitung says the iinlersonation was full of life and spirit, exhibited by turns deep pathos and the finest irony.

The Liorsen Courier in a similar strain says the impersonation is a perfect living whole, one part of which appears to be a necessary compliment to the other.

The Borsen Zeitung says: "In eloquence and gesture Booth stands on the same level with Rossi and Salvini and perhaps surpasses them in minute power of suggestion.

The Crown Prince Frederick William intimated his intention to come again to witness Booth's performance.

VANDERBILT'S

SCHEME.

He is Trying to Get the Illinois Central. CHICAGO, Jan. 12.—The Tribune says

Vanderbilt is tired of paying the Illinois Central a heavy rental for the use of its tracks into the city by the Michigan Central, and desiring also a free entrance for his new acquisition, the Nickel Plate, is contemplating the purchase of the Illinois Central, ana in fact, has been quietly buying its stock, evidently expecting to get the aid of the Holland stockholders of that road.

Dispatches from the southern part of the state say an earthquake was generally felt all over that section yesterday morning. It extended into Kentucky.

CHRONICLES OP CRIME.

A Terrible Wife Murder. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12.—Dan Taylor, a

colored hostler, went home this morning, took a revolver from the bureau and presented it at his wife. "Give me time to pray!" she exclaimed. •'Not a minute," he replied, and fired three times, inflicting three wounds which are mortal. Then he gave himself up to the police. Jealousy and domestic quarrels are the causes.

A Drunken Brute.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12.—An Irishman known as Drunken Jack Sheehan was locked up yesterday afternoon, on a charge of having murdered his son James, a lad of seventeen years. It seems that Sheehan went home drunk, quarreled with his wife, drove her out doors, and is then said, by one of her little children, to have struck his boy James, who was lying sick in bed, a heavy blow on the chest,which shortly afterwards resulted in his death. At all events the boy died. The coroner is now investigating the matter. Sheehan denies Btnking his son or having

any trouble with him. On the contrary, he claims to have given the boy medicine and dtherwise treated him kindly.

A Son-Killing Father

CINCINNATI, Jan. 12.—John B. Hoffman, a tailor, living at No: 40 Blder street, fatally shot his son Robert, aged 22, at his home, this morning. Hoffman was drunk and had a quarrel with his son last night This morning he arose early and hid behind a door tilThis son started to work, when he fired a ball, taking effect in the abdo men. Five years ago Hoffman killed another son, but was not convicted. He has escaped.

To be Tried for Killing a Family. LORINDAL, Ont., San. 12.—Frederick

Man, who killed the Cook family at Little Eideau, will be tried next assizes.

Threw Her Boy Into the River. WHEELING, W. Va:, Jan. 12.—Mrs. Hettie Cunningham, a widow, at noon to-day threw her three-year-old boy from the suspension bridge at Fairmont, into the Monongahela river, a distance of fifty-two feet, and then jumped in herself. Both were rescued, after floating over the dam below the bridge, and with difficulty resuscitated. No cause is assigned for the act.

CASUALTIES.

A Wrecked Passenger Train on the Wabash, near Cairo.

A Collision of Steamboats on the Mississippi—Disastrous- itorm at Denver.

RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

On the Wabash, Near Cairo. CHICAGO, Jan. 12.—A dispatch just

received from Cairo says a bad wreck occurred on the Wabash road at Olmstead, near there, this morning, and no trains have gone out to-day. As the passenger train was due from the north in Cairo at about 9 o'clock, it is surmised that it was the train wrecked. A. reporter has gone to the scenei The Wabash authorities here have no information on the subject.

CAIRO, Ills., Jan. 12.—The Wabash passenger train which left here this morning at 5 o'clock, was ditched near Olmstead, fifteen miles north of this city. Two coaches caugnt fire and burned. A number of passengerswere injured, four of them seriously. The cause was a broken rail. Further particulars cannot be obtained at present.

LATER ACCOUNTS.

CAIRO, Jan. 12.—The passenger train on the Wabash road, leaving here at 5 a. m., consisting of an engine, baggage and two passenger coaches, containing about forty passengers, mostly Masons, returning home from a meeting held here last night, was ditched one mile south of Olmstead, 111., this morning, the two passenger cars down an eight foot embankment and setting them on fire, completely destroying them. The accident was caused by a broken rail. Nearly all the passengers were more or less hurt, two probably fatally. A surgeon was sent from here on a special train this morning and the wounded provided for at the Olmstead hotel. The following is the list of wounded:

A. P. Holloway, of Eddyville, grand master, hurt internally. Wm. Elliott, of Sliawneetown, grand master, seriously hurt in head.

Josiah Blackburn,of Stonefort, shoulder blade and arm broken. Dr. S. A. Cummings, of Turnell Hill, collar bone broken.

J. S. and W. F. Moberly, of Samoth. C. S.- Williams, of New Columbia J. F. Smith, of Samoth S. J. Parke, McLeansbow W. Bartleson, grand chairman Wm. Cover and W.J. Collett, Turner Hill slightly hurt.

Holloway, Blackburn and Cummings are so seriously hurt that it was impossible to remove them from Olmstead.

The rest of the wounded were sent on their way. Mrs. Fred Corsmeyer, of Cairo, was the only lady in the town at the time of the disaster. She escaped unhurt and rendered great assistance to the wounded.

STEAMBOAT COLLISION.

The City of Greenville Sank by the Laura L«e an the MissUsippi. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12.—The Anchor

Line steamer, City of Greenville, hence last evening for St. Louis with 700 hogsheads of sugar and other cargo, came in collision at 3 this morning, near Bayou Soalor, 96 miles above the city, with the Grand Ecore packet Laura Lee. The City of Greenville sank leaving only a portion of her texas and pilot house above water. The Laura Lee took off the passengers and crew of the sunken steamer and brought them to the city. It is bethe boat and cargo will prove a total loss. No cause is assigned for the collision. No lives lost. The value of the boat and cargo is estimated at $100,000. Insurance unknown.

Disastrous Storm at Denver DENVER, Col., Jan. 12.—A severe electric storm, accompanied by a high wind that reached a velocity of sixty miles per hour prevailed here to-day. The electric light tower, one hundred and eighty-five feet high, was blown over, wrecking a email frame house which stood in its course. The inmates escaped uninjured. Several buildings were unroofed and the walls of a number of buildings in the course of erection were blown down. The damage is quite heavy* throughout the city. No loss of life reported.

Explosion of Benzine.

PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 12.—The explosion of a barrel of benzine in the color department of Suidam & Co's print works, to-night, fatally burned Joseph Inglesby, aged 22,-and slightly injured Thomas Inglesby and Daniel Green. The building caught fire, but the flames were extinguished with a loss of $3,000.

'Frozen to Death at Sea. BOSTON, Jan. 12.—The brig Gold Finder, Captain Stuart, from St. Domingo for Boston, went into a Delaware breakwater, having four men frozen to death. The captain was frost bitten, and only one man fit for duty. The vessel is covered with ice picked up at sea eleven miles Irom Henlopen.

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TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1883. Mirbtuui«ib.mi.

THE NEWHALL FIRE.

Now Seated That at Least Ser enty Lives Were Lost.

The Work of Exhuming Bodies From the Bains Not Concluded Yet.

The Charred Remains of a Han Were Fsund Imbedded in a Van ef Debris.

GOT. Rusk to Reccommend Legislation Requiring Better Protection for Guests.

THE SEARCH.

Workmen Exhume Bodies From the Buina. MILWAUKEE, Jan. 12.—The work of

exhuming the bodies that perished in the Newhall house holocaust continued from an. early hour to-day. A cold and cutting northeasterly wind prevails, keeping back the crowds and giving the workmen a chance for unhin]fred labor,, but the work of 120 men was carried on without system and very little accomplished. Shortly after 10 o'clock the charred remains of a human body were found at the north end of the Broadway front of the hotel. It was the first and only body found up till noon, and was charred beyond recognition, the flesh actually off from the lower extremities. What remnants are left from a night dress show that the body is of a woman. The shreds of the dress cannot be removed without tearing of the flesh. From location of the body it is thought to be the remains of Miss Libbie Chellas, head dress maker. The remains of T. O. Chapman, who was seen at the sixth story shortly before the Broadway wall fell, are fairly imbedded in the brick. The news of the body being taken to the morgue spread like wild-tire, and thousands of people are now on the scene.

MUCH INDIGNATION

is manifested at the bungling way the work is carried on, and at .the insufficient force. The action of the council caused such general condemnation and-threatening that another meeting is called for this afternoon to employ a large force and get electric appliances for work at night.

Shortly after noon two more bodies, charred beyond all identification, and apart of a humanPtrunk, were found. It is now settled beyond peradventure that the loss of life is not less than seventy.

W. A. Hall, of Laporte, Ind, partner of M. Wiber in the milling business, died this morning at Dr. Parker's office. He made a jump from the fifth-story window, broke both legs, the bones protruding through the flesh. His whereabouts only became known late last night. Five bodies were buried this morning—D. G. Powere, Mary Conray, Bessie Brown and Annie Lineham from St. John's Cathedral, and Maggie Sullivan from St. Galls. The attendance of people at the impressive funeral services was very large.

WHAT IS FOUND IN THE EUINS. MILWAUKEE, Jan." 12.—In addition the bodies two coats were found. In the pocket of one is a letter and papers addressed to Wm. D. Rowell, of Freeport, 111. Mr. Rowell escaped without clothing. A gentleman who met Rowell in Freeport yesterday, was seen this morning. There was nothing to tell to whom the other coat belonged. In the southwest corner ot the ruins was found a photograph of a young, smooth, full-faced man, apparently about five feet, ten inches high, and weighing perhaps 175 pounds. On the back of the picture was written the name of Mrs. E. Leland. The photograph was taken in New York. A memorandum book and large bundles of business papers were also unearthed. Workmen have now dug in about sixteen feet from the sidewalk. Some are standing in the water and consequently can make little headway. After to-day they can get along much faster, for the reason that the debris may be thrown into the hole now being made.

INQUEST.

The coroner has called an inquest for to-morrow. The district attorney will conduct the examination.

John Gilbert, the actor, is still unconscious, but his physicians do not give up hope.

Mrs. Sylvester Bleeker, wife of the manager -of the Tom Thumb troupe, passed a quiet night, but is _very low and probably will not live.

J.ames McAlpine, the Milwaukee commission man, does not improve, and grave doubts are felt for him.

Andrew Hardy is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Cramer are out of danger.

All the servant girls have been taken to their homes except Minnie Mack and Dora Cole, both of whom are doing well.

FINDING FIVE BODIES.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 12.—Up till evening five bodies (if five little heaps of charred human flesh may be called bodies) were found in the ruins of the Newhall house. At noon the remains of a man found at the north end of the ruins lying on a mattress, showing the victim was smothered. The body was burned beyond recognition, although the skull remained intact, showing a set of well-preserved teeth. As the workmen began to raise the body, the head fell off, the brains oozed out, and the stench given out being sufficient to drive them from tne scene. Others came forward, and the body crumbled into a confused blackened mass, from which the bones protruded. It was taken to the morgue, where it occupies a place in a corner, still smouldering, filling the room with a stench that is unendurable. As the men work into and open up the ruins the odors of

BURNING FLESH

become more and more apparent, and there is scarcely room to doubt that by to-morrow night the scene will be presented before which the stoutest heart will quail in horror.

A human foot has also been found, partially burned, with no traces of the body to which it belongs anywhere near it* Two little heaps of remains found near the personal effects recognized as belonging to Robert Howie

and David Mastel, the Wisconsin Central conductors, leave little doubt that both perished. Towards evening two more heaps of remains were found, making five in all. The lemains of all were discovered near the sidewalk of the Broadway front. The body identified in the morgue was not Miss Cellis, but Mrs. L. W. Brown, of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, whose husband is in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern roaa. The last body recognized is Emma Hager, a domestic. William E. Wylie, formerly the Michigan passenger agent of the Michigan Central railway, recently appointed,to be the Milwaukee passenger agent of the same company, arrived on Tuesday and registered at the Newhall. He went to his room shortly after midnight, and has not been seen since. His home is in Detroit.

A MOST THOROUGH INVESTIGATION into the causes of the fire and the condition of the hotel has been determined upon by the authorities. The district attorney will conduct the examination of witnesses. The jury empannelled by the coroner is not satisfactory. As they have already been sworn in, however, they will "hear the evidence to-morrow as to the cause of the death of the persons taken to the morgue. This will require very little time. Then the threat question as to the cause of the hre and responsibility for the slaughter of so many people will be taken up. The district attorney is determined to push the investigation to the bitter end. The members of the jury are Daniel Wait, real estate man J. B. Thompson, builder D. J. Frainey, machinest John O'Connell, contractor J. C. Darrigan, coal and wood dealer Robert Davis, real estate man.

REVISION OE HOTEL LAWS. Governor Rusk will send in a special message by the first of next week, advising the revision of hotel laws. In connection with the subject of legislation, the lieutenant governor expresses the belief that the legislature would revise the statutes to a considerable extent. There will be no doubt, he thought, that the legislature would act upon the suggestions of the governor and enact laws in compelling hotels to afford better facilities for escape during fires.

Jas. H. Earnest, Shullsburg, Lafayette connty, whose name appears among the missing, was a well known prominent Democratic politician in southwestern Wisconsin, where he was engaged in mining and farming. He was a native of Kentucky, born in 1819, heingin his 64th year. He came to Wisconsin in 1836 and for a time resided in Milwaukee. He represented his county in the legislature at various times, being a member of the senate in 1863.

THE LAST REPORT.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 12.—Nothing new developed since the last report. The identified dead now number 22, and 45 are missing. Three employes, Matilda' Tuce, Anna Mueller and Amelia Stable, who were reported missing, have turned up this evening all right. Tlie five bodies exhumed from the ruins were burned beyond recognition, and one is in view in the upper part under a pile of bricks. Thus it is supposed that thir-ty-nine bodies are still in the ruing, making the total loss of life sixtyseven as far as can be ascertained.

The London Times' Opinion. LONDON Jan. 12.—The Times, on the burning of the Newhall house, Milwaukee, says: '^t is a reproach and a shame to modern intelligence that nearly a hundred lives were lost in sight of a crowd eager to aid, for want of effective mechanical appliance."

THE UNLOADED PISTOL.

It Goes Off Again and Kills a Man. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 12.—Gott­

lieb Beck, employed at the bakery of Geo. Kober, was shot fatally to-day by William Robanus. Robanus was going out shooting, and found a shell in the barrel. He pulled the trigger and the shell did not explode. He concluded it had been fired before. Robanus, later, in sport, pointed the pistol at Beck, and said, "Your money or your life." Beck pretended to search his pockets, and said he had but a few cents. Robanus pulled the trigger and the pistol went off. Robanus, terrified, exclaimed, "Oh, God! I didn't know it was loaded."

Matthews Hanged.

ST. Lours, Jan. 12.—A Post-Dispatch special from Belleville, 111., says Philip Matthews, aged twenty, was hanged ate noon. The execution was in the presence ot about fifty persons.

Matthews was attended by three ministers, and conducted himself on the scaffold with great firmness, bidding good bye to all in a clear, strong voice.

Although the drop was nearly eight feet his next was not broken, ana it was more than twenty minutes before the physicians decided he was dead.

Mattnews was a young German, desperately in love with Miss Geyer, but he became dissipated and was discarded, and because the lady would not renew the engagement with him he shot her.

The Weather.

BOSTON, Jan. 12.—Reports from various points in New Hampshire and Vermont, state that the murcury this morning was from 20-to 30 begrees below.

PETERSBURG, Va. January 12.—The weather is the coldest since 1880. The thermometer is 4 above and the ground is covered with snow sleighing is the best since 1857. The river is frozen and navigation is suspended.

RICHMOND, Va. Jan. 12.—The weather ranges from zero to eight below. At White Sulphur Springs it is eleven below.

A Postofflce War.

CAMDEN, Me., Jan. 12.—There is considerable feeling over the appointment of W. B. Rich, as postmaster, and an indignation meeting of ritizeas is called for to-morrow night. There were several applicants, including tho present incumbent, a wounded soldier.

The American Chapel at Paris. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Jan. 12.—The Rev. Augustus Baird accepts the pastorship of the American chapel Paris, and the secretaryship of the American Foreign Christian union.

Crops in Ireland.

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No Boys to Be Employed. CHICAGO, Jan. 12.—The Times will say the Northwestern railroad proposes to discharge all employes in its running departments under twentyone years old, in order to secure efficiency and prevent accidents from heedlessness.

Marine.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—Arrived, Australia from Hamburg. LONDON, Jan. 12.—The British ship Pride of the Ocean, from Hamburg for New York, is supposed to have been lost off Harwich, as a boat and other wreckage, evidently belonging to that vessel, are washing ashore.

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LYNN, Mass., Jan. 12.—Dr. William Edgefield has brought suit, claiming $10,000 damages, against the Rev. Patrick Strain, of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church, who charged the physician was unskillful and advised the people not to employ him.

No Compromise,

WASHINGTON, Pa., Jan. 12.—Efforts have ceased to compromise the case of Samuel Ruth, cashier, and Dr. R. J. S. Thompson as accomplice, charged with tne embeszlement of $120,000 belonging to the savings bank.

Sleighing Carnival.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—The sleghmg carnival was a success. Pennsylvania avenue was crowded with sleighs, and the Bidewalks packed with on-lookers. Many collisions, but no serious accidents.

How Base Ball Pays.

PROVIDENCE", R. I., Jan. 12.—The Providence Base Ball association reelected Henry B. Winship, president. The treasurer reported receipts of $41,217 expenditures, $36,592.

Business Failures.

Naw YORK, Jan. 12.—Business failures the past seven days are reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number 262, an increase of 38, compared with last week.

Colored Bricklayers' Union. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Jan. 12.—The Bricklayers' National union referred to the local unions the question of granting charters to colored unions.

A Steamboat Company Failed. BOSTON, Jan. 12.—The Herald says the Union Steamship Company, capital $100,000, has failed. Angry creditors claim the whole business a swindle.

Miss Doane's Diamonds. PHIYADELPHIA, Jan. 12. George 8eymour, colored, who fled from Chicago with the diamonds of Miss Doane, was held to await the lady's arrival.

Polo.

DAYTON, O:, Jan. 12.—The game of polo between the Louisvilles and Gem Cities, of Dayton, resulted two to ono in favor of the home team.

The Wabash Iron Works. Rumors were prevalent on the streets last evening to the effect that the puddlers at the above institution would resume work on Monday morning at the old rate of $5.50 per ton. An effort to trace the rumor to an authentic origin was fruitless. It is probable, however, that the difficulties will be settled in a short time. A meeting of the Amalgamated association was held yesterday afternoon, but no action was taken beyond appointing a committee to confer with Mr. Crawford. An adjournment was taken to this evening, at which time Mr. White, of Belleville, 111., vice president of the district, will be present, and delegates will probably attend from other places in the district.

In Good Lnck.

Charles Randall, a stone mason of this city, has entered the lists as one of the heirs of the Blackmore estate, now in litigation. The property claimed consists of 500 acres oi land in the District of Columbia, upon which stands the national capitol, the white house and other government buildings also 100 acres in Bladensburg, Maryland, and a large tract of land in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and an immense sum in the Bank of England. Mr. Randall's mother was the great, great grand daughter of Wm. Blackmore.

Light Guard Association. The members of the Light Guards have taken steps toward the organization of a society to be known as the "Light Guard Association." The organization will be of asocial nature, and will hold annual reunions and celebrations. Initiatory steps were taken at the meeting last night by the appointment of the following committee on organization: Captain M. N. Smith, Lieutenant F. C. Crawford, F. C. Danaldson and M. N. Diall.

Commercial College Social. The proprietors of the college, Isbell & Miller, gave asocial to the students, at the hall, last evening. The affair was highly enjoyed by the students, as well as pleasing to the management. The Misses Ensey sang a few selections, which were well received, and Prof. Carhart gave two readings in his usual good style. Refreshments were served and a general good time was had. Several piano selections were rendered by members of the school.

Nail Feeders' Ball.

The first annual ball of the Nail Plate Feeders' Benevolent society, at Dowling hall last night, was a flattering success, considering the weather. Over a hundred couples participated in the dancing, to the Ringgold's music. Miss Ophelia Bruning, of No. 14 south Fourth street, holding ticket No. 100, drew the ladies' prize, and Chas. Glover, employed at the nail works, and holding ticket No. 24, drew the gentlemen's prize.

A Democratic Opinion. The Democrat of last evening says: The present term in the Circuit court closed to-day, and Judge Buff returns this afternoon to his home in Sullivan, where Circuit court commences next Monday. Judge Buff is no judge of ours. We did all we could to defeat him, but we want right now to say, that as a man, gentleman and judge, he has no superiors. This in the opinion of a political enemy.