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the rear building was made uninhabitable by water, but the hotel proper did not sutler to the extent of a dollar. The fire, however, crossed the alley to the furniture wareroom, where the firemen had another fierce but short fight. The damage to the iiotel property is about SIO,OOO, and to the auction firm about $20,000 —all covered by insurance. This evening workmen engaged in clearing away the debris found the charred body of a man amid the broken timbers at the foot of the stairway on the basement floor. It proved to be Henry Blaney, an employe, ! over sixty years old, who, as a boy, served as chore boy in the hotel. The other two dead men are: Carlo Rebole, a scullion, and Dennis Repute, a carver. The hotel is a yery substantial structure, well provided with fire-escapes, and stairways remote from each other, and, even had fire.invaded it. its progress would have been slow. There were two watchmen in the main ; building. The origin of rhe fire is unknown. J. J. Gerardi, the proprietor, who, two years ago, remodeled tlie structure at great expense, announces that anew kitchen will be in working order by Tuesday morning, and that the National Furniture Men’s convention and banquet, to take place there on Wednesday, will not be discommoded. The Planter’s House was, for a quarter of a century the best-known hotel in the West, and its fame was extended by Charles Dickens’s “American Notes.” Most of the guests and boarders of the Planters’ House returned to the hotel this evening, being satisfied it was safe to do so, ami the business of the house is proceeding as usual, excepting that it will not be able to serve breakfast to-morrow, and perhaps not dinner. So far as known, none of the guests or boarders lost any personal effects, and none of them were injured or met with any mishap. THE INSURANCE. The insurance on the hotel building is as follows: Lancashire. England, $5,000; London Assurance. $5,000; Hambnrg-Bremen, $5,000; Merchants', of New Jersey, $2,500; Boylston, of Boston, $2,500; Union, of California, $5,000; Phcenix, of England. $5,000; Firemen’s Fund, ol California, $5,000; Standard, of England, $5,000; British American, $2,500; Lion, of England, $5,000; Metropole, of France, $5,000; City of London, $5,000; Insurance Company of North America, $7,500; Pennsylvania Insurance Company, $5,000; Citizens’, of St. Louis, $2,500; Star, of New York, $2,500; Union, of Pennsylvania. $2,500; Howard, of New York, $2,500; Northern, of England, $2,500; Fireman’s, of Ohio, $2,500; Louisville Underwriters, $2,500; total, $87,500. J. J. Gerarde, the proprietor, is insured for $07,000 on furniture and supplies, but the names of the companies cannot be obtained to-night. Block, Tylor & Co.’s loss is probably not more than $10,000; insured for SIB,OOO, as follows: Farragut, of New York, $1,500; Clinton, of New York, $2,500; Citizen’, $2,500; Prescott, of Boston, $1,000; Manufacturers’, of Boston, $2,500; Aliemania, of Pittsburg, $2,500; Fire Insurance Association, of England, $3,000. Watertown, of New York, $2,500. PREVIOUS FIRES IN ST. LOUIS. Tlie Real Cuu.se of the Destruction of the Southern Hotel. Chicago Times. The burning of the Milwaukee hotel recalls to the public mind the disaster which occurrea in St. Louis in May, 1877, in which bo many lives were lost. To the general outside public the destruction of the Southern Hotel was regarded as a most unhappy accident, one, perchance, that nothing could have averted, but to others it was an open Secret that the destruction of this old landmark was not to be looked upon as a visitation of Providence, nor even as unhappy accident, but a coarse, cruel andcriminal piece of carelessness and wilful neglect on the part those intrusted with the lives of the people from the many lands who slept beneath that roof. The true story of the ruin and desolation which the people beheld on Walnut street on the morning of the 12th of May will be called apocryphal by some, and those are they who kept the true story out of the St. Louis papers at the time of the catastrophe. It must be conceded that the Southern, a first-class hotel, had the reputation of being well managed and properly conducted on ordinary occasions, but there were times when the help and the management grew careless in the conduct of affairs. But the Southern was and had been a great hotel, and if now and then the help enjoyed a little jubilee without tearing down the house who would be the wiser, and who would say that one of them would be discharged? It was a custom long followed to pay the help twice each month, and on the 15th of May the usual amount was disbursed. Times were good in St. Louis then, and the Southern, one of the two leading hotels, was doing a flourishing business. In fact, it was quite full on that occasion, and as the boarders one by one retired, the waiters, watchmen, and bell-boys on duty that night proceeded to get in the same condition. The carousal began, it is stated on the authority of one of the help, early in the evening, and at midnight one of the party, supposed to have been a watchman, went down into the basement at the foot of the grand stairway to get something from the storeroom to drink, and while fumbling around among the jars and bottles to find an article with a flavor to suit his taste, upset a candle which he had lighted to assist in the investigation. The candle slipped out of the clumsy lingers ui the inebriate and fell into a pile of cunvased hams, which were wrapped with brown paper. The paper, saturated with a certain amount of grease, flamed up instantly, and the watchman retreated to the. door. A VAIN ATTEMPT TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES, i He then began to play upon it with a hose, it being then about 12:35, without making any effort to turn on an alarm. Seeing that his work was ineffectual, he called another employe of I the house, and the two strove together, trying in vain to put out the flames and conceal the fact that they were in it condition , unfit for duty, and out of their places at that. It was not until the fire had burned nearly an hour, according to the story of an eyewitness, that the alarm which called out the city fire department resounded through the i streets. By that time the thick black smoke I caused by the burning of the house had per- j varied nearly every hall in the building, out- j ting out nearly all the lights. The peculiar j construction of the building, which had an ! opening from the ground floor to a large j skylight in the roof, and the location of the j fire at the very foot of this opening caused j the fire to burn the more rapidly after it j once got above the ground floor. The flames first struck the elevator shaft, which went through the stone Hoor to the basement, and the race of the Haines through it attracted the attention of a select poker party on the parlor Hour, in which game one of the pro- j 3>rietors held a hand. After that the ■ fire received all proper attention, guests, | inch as could be reached, being warned, and all the precautions necessary for the protection of life were taken. But it was made too late, which the fearful holocaust with which the world has become acquainted has already shown. Many of the rooms in which guests were sleeping could t t be reached on account of the blinding “tiding smoke, and they slept on until troweled from their beds by the heat or suffocated in them without moving. Many people jumped madly from the windows of the imirth, fifth and sixth stories, to be mashed into a mass by collision with the sidewalks. Home having more presence of mind mado rones of bod-clothing and lowered themselves

safely to tlm ground. In all the papers it was made out that only'thirtoen lives were lost, but it is well known that the books of the hotel were not so freely shown as they might have been, and the story long circulated “on the quiet” that exactly sixty-one have never been heard from has never been disproved, while the discovery of bones in various parts of the ruins where the ground was broken for the new building indicated that the number was greater than reported. The skeleton of a servant girl who was declared among the saved, was found buried in a window easement in 1880, bringing the number up to fourteen without dispute. Burning of the Pacific liotel. n ter view in G!ol>e-Deinocrat. The old Pacific Hotel in this city was opened for the reception of guests on Seventh and Popular streets on June 28, 1857. The liotel was three stories high, the first story being occupied by stores, and it was a very good hotel for those days. I was about twenty-five years old at that time, and after serving a while as clerk changed for the position of head porter. The house had been opened less than a year, when, on February 20, 1858, it was swept by such a fatal fire as this city has never seen before or since. That night thirty occupants of the house perished in the flames, and it was by the merest chance that I was not included in the number. I had given up my room for that night, and was sleeping with eight others, mostly railroad men, in the same room on the third floor of the house. About 2 o’clock in the morning l was awakened by the fierce crackling of the flames, and was conscious of a sheet of fire rolling through the chamber in which we were sleeping. I rolled out on the floor and crawled along on my hands and knees under the flames, which filled all the upper part of the room. The stench from the roasting bodies of my dead companions was fearful, and 1 expected to meet the same fate. Although badly scorched 1 kept my presence of mind and crawled along out of the room, through the hall and to the stairway leading to the second floor. On attempting to descend them I fell through the fire, which had destroyed them, and striking on the banisters leading from the first to the second story, and breaking two ribs. From this place I gained the street, and was saved. Os the other eight men in the room not one escaped. Among the dead was Mr. Gerry, a newspaper man. In making my escape my hair was singed off my head, and when it grew out it was as white as snow. The terrible experience of that night witened it completely, and and, although succeeding growths have had some dark hair mingled with them, my head is still very white, as you see. A long investigation was conducted after the tire, but its cause was never fully explained. It was proved that the watchman, who perished in the flames, was drunk that night, and, although some thought the fire incendiary, I always charged it to some swinging lamps in the back part of the house. The night was bitter cold, and the wind blew fiercely. The fire department, which had recently been organized, was hindered by frozen fire-plugs. From that day to this I have slept in a room that was not within easy jumping distance of the ground, although I have traveled a great deal and stopped in many hotels. Whenever I could not get a room suiting me in that particular I have frequently spent the night in a chair in an hotel office. From my experience I have a good opportunity to judge of what the poor people in the Milwaukee fire suffered, and I can tell you that it must have been something terrible. THE NEW HALL DISASTER. Searching the Ruins fur Bodied—The Awful Fate of the Servants. Milwaukee, Jan. 13.—Seurch in the ruins of the Newhall House this forenoon resulted in the finding of three bodies, all burned beyond identification, making eight bodies found in the ruins so far, and thirty victims. There is not the slightest supposition who the bodies are. AM the remains found, so far, were discovered in excavations started from the main entrance on Broadway. ' It is supposed that burned humanity will be found near the area, back of the office. At a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce at noon to-day, a call was issued for volunteers. It is expected 500 will respond. The gold watches of Howie and Martolle have been identified, leaving no doubt that the owners have perished. Another huntingease gold watch was found. On one side is the picture of a schooner; on the other side that of a fish movement, marked ‘*R. & G. Beaglv, Liverpool, England.” A commercial traveler who has had long experience in the hotels of the northwestern States, in an interview', mentions some twenty-five in cities of medium size which are worse fire-traps, if possible, than the Newhall House. He considers the hotels of the West lamentably unsafe. A Dubuque special says the fund started there for those heroic firemen who labored to save the inmates of the servants’ quarters of the Newhall House is likely to reach a considerable sum. In the course of the afternoon’s work at the Newhall House ruins eight little heaps of charred flesh and bones were found, supposed to represent so many bodies taken out. This makes sixteen exhumed bodies. Lizzie Angland, a dining-room girl, died this afternoon from injuries received by jumping from a sixth-story window. Thus far the identified dead are thirty-nine. Dan. Meniman. a bell-boy, is an addition to the missing. Thomas Cleary and Patrick Conway, bell-boys, turned up safe. THE TOTAL LOSS OF LIFE. Taking the chief clerk’s statement of the guests and the employes as correct, there must be forty-three bodies yet in the ruins. Ninety-five are known to be saved, twentythree identified dead, sixteen charred bodies beyond identification, making the total loss of life as near as can be figured, eiglity-two. It is predicted that the opening of the court in the center will reveal a large number of bodies, ns inmates of rooms therein would be forced by the flames to jump from the windows, and it is hoped they may be in a condition to be recognized. The servants’ quarters in the Newhall were on the fifth floor, and ranged along the alley side of the building from a point twenty feet south of the north end of the building. The rooms were built along the hallway, ran north and south, and at the east aend were totally separated from the guests’apartments by heavy doors. The girls themselves say that the first they knew of the fire was when Linehan, the engineer, ran up and yelled to them to wake up, run out and follow him, and not wait to dross. He says the halls swarmed full of maids and he thought they were coming, consequently he found his way down only to find hiit one was behind him. It appears that by the rushing air, the moment Linehan and the one girl got through, the separating doors closed on them with a bang, and that they never opened again. This also pre- , vented the heat and smoke from entering their headquarters, so that those who did not escape met death with a full realization of what was upon them, and were not half dead from suffocation. STATEMENT OK MARY M’OAULEY. Mary McCauley was in a bad nervous condition, and was carried out in a faint by Fireman Strauss. She says: “I was awakened

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by the shouts and screams of the others, and ran into the hall. It was full of girls rushing madly up and down, crying and screaming; I rushed to the end of the hall, peered through the door, and saw everything was smoke and fire outside. I then ran back, and, passing a room where seven girls had taken refuge, joined them, and we all knelt down in prayer. One of the girls had a crucifix and a fat woman praj’ed out loud. Just as we had given up all hope the window crashed in our room and I fainted. It so happened the firemen with the ladder had found the room, out of thirty others, and we with a few others were saved. I knew nothin" after fainting till I woke up here. Ought 1 not be thankful?” John Gilbert, the comedian, passed a very comfortable night, and his attendants say he has improved and will continue to improve. Physicians report that Mrs. Wm. E. Cramer passed a somewhat restless night, and is nervous to-day, although doing quite well. Mr. Cramer bears his severe burns bravely, end is making fine progress. James H. Earnest, of Hullsburg, who was reported missing, has turned up all right. Owing to a belated train he did not reach the city until Wednesday morning. Tne coroner’s formal inquest is postponed until the exhumation is completed. The district attorney says no efforts will be spared to get at the bottom of the affair. About $750 was realized from the two Tom Thumb performances for the relief fund yesterday. The Minnie Palmer company gives an entertainment at Detroit Monday evening, the proceeds to be donated to the relief fund. Fail are of the Call for Aid. Milwaukee, Jan. 14.—The call for volunteers to assist in the exhumation of bodies at the Newhall House ruins to-day, turned out to be a fizzle, only two citizens responding. The regular paid force is hard at work, despite the cutting northwesterly wind and the extremely cold weather. Five bodies, charred beyond recognization, were taken out during the day. making eighteen charred bodies in addition to the twenty-three identified dead, or forty-one known to be dead in all. Mrs. Bridget Bridgeman, the oldest employe of the hotel, is reported among the additional missing to-day, making forty-two bodies yet supposed to be in the ruins. She is known to have started out on the morning of the fire, arousing the servants, and has not been heard of since. She was from tin’s city. Five bodies were buried to-day, among them T. B. Elliott, a prominent lawyer, who came to the hotel on the 3:30 a. jl train, and half an hour later jumped from a fourthstory window, breaking his legs and injuring his spine. He was a prominent Mason, and State representative to the United States Grand Lodge of Odd-fellows. The mayor has received Jay Gould’s check for SSOO for relief of sufferers, and the Western Union Telegraph Company’s check for SIOO. Local charity has responded nobly, so that the action of the three members of the council stands isolated. To-day excavating from the Broadway front will reach the court iu the rear of the office, and will be started near the west wall, under the servants’ quarters, where the most bodies are supposed to be. A vacant store will be fitted up as a temporary morgue for the charred remains. To-day the Lincoln Guards, militia, were called out for guard duty at the ruins to ward off the crowds of people, but only a few* of the latter congregated at the scene, extremely cold weather prevailing. There were funeral services at all prominent churches today before crowded audiences. From an Insurance Standpoint. Cincinnati, Jan. 13.—The Business Observer, conducted by John T. Covington, the well-known insurance man, in its issue next Monday, will say of the NewhaU House disaster: “The Newhall House at Milwaukee, destroyed by tiro Wednesday, Jan. 10, was, from an insurance standpoint, in many respects a superior hotel risk. It had broad streets on two sides, and a broad alley upon a third side. It was well provided with fire extinguishing appliances, which, several years ago, put out a (ire in the hotel which would have destroyed almost any hotel with the ordinary lack of fire-extinguishing facilities. The rate received by the companies was 25 per cent, higher than of similar Cincinnati risks. The terrible destruction of life brings a blind condemnation of this individual risk, and the indignation of the community will expend itself fora few days upon this risk, and then subside. That this should result, from this appalling catastrophe would be recognition that all liotera are. in the event of a large fire, man-traps, especially at night. Every hotel should be compelled immediately to put ladders to every window to within a short distance of the ground. To travelers, the handsomest architectural improvement that any hotel could make would be those safety passages from the roof to the ground. The public seek for horrors, and the impression made by their recital is of but temporary duration. Insurance men can name hundreds of hotels in the United States that are liable any night to duplicate the distressing calamity of the Newhall House. The Insurance Chronicle’s loss tables, the standard authority among underwriters, show that hotels burn in the United States upon an aveage of one per day. Let the public demand that hotels be rendered safe at once, and wo will believe that their expressions of horror over this loss springs from a deeper sentiment than that of a passing sensation.” OTHER FIRES. Stoughton and Keeiml), Wis., Suffer Severely by the Flames. Milwaukee, Jan. 14.—The Sentinel’s special says: “Fire brode out at 4:30 yesterday afternoon in the great wagon and carriageworks of F. G. Mandt, at Stoughton, eighteen miles from Madison, Wis. The fire caught in the main building, which was totally destroyed, together with all the machinery. The loss is estimated at over $100,000; insured for about $70,000. The works will probably be rebuilt at once. The following are among the companies which, hold insurance on the buildings destroyed: Continental, of New York, $9,500; GermanAmerican, of New York. $5,000; Northwestern, of Milwaukee, $7,500; Home, of New York, $1,500; Niagara, of New York, $4,000; Underwriters’, $2,000; ./Etna, of Hartford, $2,500; Commercial, of England, $5,300; Standard, of England, $2,000; Metropolitan, $4,500; Queen’s, of England, $1,000; Insurance Company of North America, $2,000; American, of New Jersey, $2,000; Franklin, of Philadelphia, $3,200; Norwich Union, of England, $4,500; Northern, of London, $5,000; Imperial, of England, $3,300; Westchester, of New York, $4,500; Hambnrg-Bremen, $3,500; Glens Falls, $2,500; Milwaukee Mechanics' Mutual, $2,500; llecla, from $1.500 to $2,000. This morning at 3:55 fire broke out in P. Gaffney’s store, at Neennh, Wis., and consumed it and extended to Kimberly A Khver’s drug store, on the west, rapidly burning that, and to Pettibone block on the east, containing the National Bank of Nee-; nah. Miss Lansing’s fancy store, Paine’s confectionery store, Kimball’s toy store and news room, Mrs, Weber’s dressmaking establishment and the postoffice. Quickly ail lay in ruins. Bussell building next took fire and burned out like a tinderbox; the walls are still standing. Beaver’s boot and shoe store, ant! Osier’s meat market

followed. It is impossible to give an exact ; estimate of the loss and insurance. Russell’s loss is $3,500; insurance SI,OOO. Gaffney’s loss is $1,500. The total loss must reach SIOO,OOO. A later dispatch says the loss will reach far over SIOO,OOO. Its origin was undoubtedly incendiary. The insurance cannot bo ascertained. Presbyterian Church Destroyed. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 14.—Fire to-night at 9:30 o’clock destroyed the First Presbyterian Church, at the corner of Third and Poplar streets. Services had been held, and the conI gregation been dismissed only a quarter of ian hour, when the sexton discovered the flames. Although the engines promptly responded to the alarm, the structure was completely gutted. The fire originated from a heater in the auditorium. Rev. Eugene Daniel is the pastor. Loss about $20,000; insurance light. Two Children Burned to Death. Sioux City, la., Jan. 14. —The dwelling of Henry Pierce, just across the line in Dakota, burned yesterday. His wife accidently upset a lamp while be was in his barn. He returned in time to drag his wife out, almost suffocated and in a dead faint; he then rushed in after his two children, aged five and two years, but was driven out badly scorched by the flames, and the little ones were burned to death. Hospital BurnedCrisfield, Md., Jan. 13.—The Sailors’ Smallpox Hopital, near this place, burned this morning. One of the patients, while delirious, knocked a lamp off the table and then jumped into the river. The nurse followed and rescued him, but the man died : soon after. There was a corpse in the house at the time, and it burned. MISS GARRISON. Indications that the Story of Forcible Abel uctiou is a Myth. St. Louis, Jan. 13.—Numerous stories gained circulation to-day and to-night regarding the abduction of Miss Garrison, who was returned to tier mother last night, which places the young lady in a very unpleasant position. These are to the general effect that the girl was not abducted at all; that she went voluntarily to the Wash street house with her alleged abductors, and while there went with them twice a day to a neighboring restaurant for meals, some of which she paid for herself, and on one occasion went alone and returned to the house, and could have returned home at any time had she wanted to do so. These stories are most strenuously denied by Miss Garrison, who persists in saying she was chloroformed by her captor, and retained at the Wash street house by force until her disappearance was made public and that she believes she was kept part of the time uuder the partial influence of drugs. The reporter who visited her this afternoon states her physical condition indicates great nervous exhaustion, occasioned by excitement or perhaps by opiates. No arrests have been made yet, and what gives an unpleasant color to some of these statements is that the police know who were concerned in the affair and yet take no action in the matter, nor have the relatives of the young lady shown any disposition to prosecute any one. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. War Department. ) Office of thb Chief Signal okkiop.r, > Washington. Jan. 15, l a. m. > For Tennessee and Ohio Valley—Warmer fair weather, followed by increasing cloudiness aud local rains or snow, variable winds, shifting to easterly, lower pressure. | For Lower Lake Region—Fair weather, southI westerly winds, generally shifting to easterly. ' stationary or higher temperature, followed by falling barometer. For Upper Lake Region—Warmer fair weather, followed by increasing cloudiness and local rains or enow, variable winds, mostly easterly, stationary or lower pressure. Local Observation*. Indianapolis, Jan. 14. Time. | Bar. j Th. Hum Wind Weather. R’f’l. 6:24 a.m.130 311 9.5 66 N\V Cloudy 10:24 am. (30.3S 13 61 W Clear 2:24 i\M. 130 37 18 67 W Clear. 6:24 p.m.|3o 381 18 67 W Clear Maximum temperature, 18; minimum temperature, 6. General Observations. War Department, { Washington. Juu. 14, 10:24 p. no. i Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations. *s< £ 3 £ r sr £ -t 3 ® 5 => s 9 l = r sj? 5 ®o• * - © station. s ; ; r r* n5; ; = ; ; ; t ; p j t ; Bismarck. D. T... 130.251 —1 E Clear. Cairo 30.40 24 8E Clear. Chicago 30.41 6 W dear. Cincinnati 30.44! 19 N Clear. Champaign 30.41 j 11 W Clear. Columbus, O I Davenport 30.42} 14 W Cloudy. Dead wood 30.16} 10 NE Clear. Denison,Tex...*... 30 19 34 BE Fair. Deliver 30.151 23 K Clear. lies Moines 30.33 SE Cloudy. Dodge City Fort Assmaboine.. 30 17! 12 SW Fair. Fort Buford 30.29 —8 Calm Clear. Fort Concho 30.09 41 8 Cloudy. Fort Custer Fori Smith 30 21 32 E Cloudy. j Galveston 30.19 49 SE Clear. ; Indianapolis 30.41 15 NW (Clear. Indianola Keokuk 30.38 16 E Cloudy. La Crosse 30.40 -8 SW Clear. i Leaven worth ..... 30.28 25 SE [Cloudy. I Little Rock, Ark.. 30.30 32 E Fair. ! Louisville 30.39 24 NE Clear. Memphis 30.34 32 E (Cloudy. Moorhead 30.35 —lO Calm Clear. Nashville 30.37 25 NE Fair. North Platte 30.19 25 Calm Clear. Omaha 30 30 21 SE Clear. i Pittsburg 30.40 16 W Clear. Port Eads 30.23 53 NE Fair. ban Antonio 30.14 50 SE ... . Fair. ! Savannuh, Ga... Shreveport 30.2 C 32 E Fair. Springfield, 111 30.42 17 E Fair. St. Louis 30.40 20 K Cloudy. Stockton 29.97 40 8 Cloudy. St. Paul 30.39 -6 SE Fair. Vicksburg 30.29 34 NE Fair. Yankton. D T 30.36 9 E Clear. Las Animas 30.09 18 N Clear. Washakee 30.07 3 W Clear. Re lef for the German Flood Sufferers. 1 Cleveland, Jan. 14.—A meeting of Germans was held here this afternoon and coinmittees appointed to canvass the wards of the city and the townships of the county for contributions for the sufferers by the floods in Germany. A meeting of German ladies was held also, at which it was determined to give an entertainment, probably a ball, to raise a fund for the same purpose. The united singing societies of Philadelphia (German), have resolved to contribute SSOO from their general funds for the sufferers in Rhineland, This makes $4,552 collected in the last three days in that city. John Welles Ilallenoeok bus presented Lafayette College, at Wilkesbarre, Pa., u second $50,000, to endow the ohuir of the president. Tiie silver-tongued orator of Canada, E. King ; Dodds, E*q., speaks a* follows in the Torouto, Canada. Globe: “1 had occasion to use Bt. Jacobs ! Oil for rheumatism of tne nips, and also for a | severely sprained leg, and can unqualifiedly state that it has no equal for either

STATE NEWS AND GOSSIP. A New Version of the Carter-Van Buskirk Shooting Affray. Montgomery County Wants a Superior Court—Death of Hon. Greenbury L. Fort—Notes and Gleanings. THE SHELBYVILLE SHOOTING. The Wounded Man Denies lliat Van Buskirk Fired in Self-Defense. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Shelbyville, Jan. 14.—The shooting of Will Carter by Lincoln Van Buskirk on Friday night continues to be the general topic of conversation among our people. Van Buskirk is in jail and will be held until Tuesday; when a preliminary trial will be held before Andrew J. Higgins. The reports so far published seem to indicate that the shooting was done entirely in self-defense, but this theory is denied by Carter and his friends, who according to their stories place the affair in an entirely different light In an interview yesterday Carter gave his side of the story substantially as follows: “At the time the shooting took place I was not intoxicated and had not been drinking. While the company were dancing I passed into the room where Van Buskirk was sitting. Picking up a pair of scissors lying on a email stand, in a good humor I went up to him and asked him if he wanted me to cut his hair. Jumping up, Van Buskirk drew from his pocket a revolver. I then went back into the room where the parties were dancing, Van Buskirk at the same time following me, and when we got in there he snapped his revolver at me two or three times. Not desiring to be shot, myself and a friend named Bigley ran into the front room to get out there, but the door was locked and tlie key gone. Turning to go back, we were faced by Van Buskirk. who stood with his revolver pointed at me. Seeing the necessity of the case, I drew my knife, when he shot me.” On the other hand, it is claimed by Van Buskirk that Carter pursued him with a knife, and, in order to save himself, he shot Carter. Some state that five shots were fired, the fifth taking effect. To-day, Dr. Drake reported that inflammation had set in, and Carter was very weak from the high fever that raged, his pulse this morning being 101. THE PARTY AT DR JOHNSON’S. Wonderful Accumulation of Happiness and Other Desirable Things. Report in Bourbon Mirror. Sometimes we sang, sometimes we laughed, sometimes we played “grunt,” sometimes we played ‘‘blind man’s buff;’’ sometimes we ate, and iu this department we were furnished with everything necessary to please and satisfy a refined palate; and sometimes we played charades, and sometimes we played slap. And, if one man can “slap” more unexpectedly, quicker and harder than another, Mr. Lon Borton is the man. If you don’t believe it, just try him. And, if one man can make more fun than another playing blind man’s buff, Mr. James Matchett is that man. lam at a loss to know how more gay amusement, social hilarity and innocent pleasure could have been crowded into the same amount of time. The swe test harmony prevailed. A oneness of spirit inspired and controlled all minds. Peace filled all hearts. Merriment swung its golden sceptre over all souls. Joy sat radiant upon every countenance; gladness sparkled in every eye, and delight throbbed in every heart. * There is a pleasant enchantment about Dr. Johnson and wife’s home. Not until 1 o’clock could we succeed in breaking the sweet links of association which bound us. And if some of the mothers had not been afraid that their babes would awake and find them gone, and justly accuse them of keeping late hours, none can tell when we would have broken the links of the enchanted chain. Therefore, not wishing to afflict the little “innocents,” we unanimously agreed to depart. MISCELLANEOUS. Urging the Creation of a Superior Court for Montgomery County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Cuawfokdsville, Jan. 13. —A full meeting of the members of the bar was held here yesterday to devise some means for relief from the present condition, tlie docket being about two years behind and business still increasing. J. E. Wright was elected chairman and John H. Burford secretary. After a full discussion it was decided to ask the present Legislature to pass a bill establishing a Superior Court for this county, the judge to be appointed until the April elections, 1884. A committee of six, consisting of James E. Seller, P. S. Kennedy, John E. Humphries, Thomas Stilwell, T. E. Ballard and George D. Hurly, to draft a bill aitd take it to the Legislature, and see to getting it passed as soon as possible. This measure will have the unanimous support of the bar, both Democratic and Republican. It was unanimously resolved to ask our senator and representative to press the measure to a speedy passage. Probable Murder at Jeffersonville. Jeffersonville, Jan. 13.—Lust night occurred another of those horrible affairs that have recently made Jeffersonville so notorious. John Hayden went to the store of Ruhl & Cos., on Spring street, about 9 o’clock, and Henry Ruhl asked Hayden to sign a note for $22.50, due the firm. Hayden refused to do so, denouncing the firm as thieves and scoundrels. In doing so he struck his fist on the counter, upsetting tlie light. At this William Snyder, who is tlie butcher in the employ of Ruhl A Cos., picked up a hammer and struck Hayden on the head, fracturing the skull, The surgeons in attendance upon Hayden think he cannot recover. Snyder fled immediately after the act and has not been apprehended. Incendiary Fires at Richmond. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Richmond, Jan. 14. —Two incendiary fires occurred last night, and three on the preceding Saturday night. A child ran into a house and told its mother that it saw a fireball thrown into Knopfs old slaughter-house; a minute afterward the building was ablaze. The second fire destroyed Henry Miller’s stable on South Seventh street, causing a loss of S4OO or $500; partly covered by a policy in the Phoenix, of Brooklyn. It is evident that fire-balls have been used to fire all of the burned buildings. Death of Hon. Greenbury L. Fort. Lacon. 111., Jan. 14. —Colonel Greenbury L. Fort, ex-member of Congress and an exUnion soldier, died here last night from embolism of the brain, after seven hours’ illness. Mr. Fort was born in Ohio, Oct. 17 1825; removed with his parents to Illinois in April, 1834; was admitted to the bar. and practiced law; was an officer in the army from April 22, 1861, to March 24, I860; was

elected to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, and was re-elected to the Fortyfifth Congress as a Republican. Death of J. H. Hutchinson. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Elkhart, Jan. 14.— J. H. Hutchison, Esq. | prominently known throughout Indiana, Ohio and Michigan, died this morning at tho age of seventy-three. He was for twenty-five years a traveling minister of tlie Methodist Episcopal church, in which he ranked high, but was forced to retire on account of his health, and has since held many offices of trust in this city. From Exchanges and Correspondence. In only two cases has the death penalty been pronounced against criminals in Clark county. Tlie am pi theater at the New Harmony fair pounds was burned on Friday. Loss about Lebanon is very proud of the fact that eigiiteen pairs of twins were bora iu that town during the past year. Charles L. Fetzer, while traveling between New Albany and Corydon the other day, lost his pocket-book containing S2OO. Aihin & YVymond, of Poseyvllle, business men 2* Foseyville, closed their doors on Saturday. Liabilities and assets not Known. The Brazil rolling-mill has commenced operations, running four double furnaces. It will make merchant iron exclusively. A stem-winding gold watch, valued at SIOO, was stolen from tlie jewelry store of 8. it. Freeman, at Terre Haute, on Friday, Charles Brogan, of Aurora, a member of the grocery firm of Teebs, Brogan & Cos., died on Friday. He was the most prominent of tlie young business men of that city. The Bloomington Telephone has been enlarged, apd is now a handsome six-column quarto, printed on the first power press ever brought to Monroe county. A post of the Grand Army of the Republic was organized at Princeton on Saturday evening, by Comrade A. C. Roseuoranz aud other members of Farragut Posr, of Evansville, The first issue of the Clark County Herald, edited and owned by Joseph Fitzpatrick, has made its appearance. It is a large eight-column folio, and is Democratic in politics. The Dubois County Bank, at Jasper, opens on the 20tli, with James hi. Barton as cashier. It is to be an independent bank without circulation —a bank of deposit and discouut. The Wabash mill puddlere, at Terre Haute, held a meeting, on Friday afternoon, for consultation regarding the prevailing strike. After considerable talk, it was agreed to continue the strike indefinitely', * Miss Ollie Reeves, of Frankfort, Clinton county, has started for McDhclc. Tex., where she will be married to William D. Kern, formerly a citizen of the same county. The youngest sister of Miss Neeves accompanies her. Tlie mayor of Richmond has ordered tnaarrestf of persons driving more than two horses abreast on one of the streets of that city, and that racing on that particular street on Sunday will not be permitted. It is inferred that other streets may bo utilized for these purposes. On Friday, at Dyer, while Mr. A. Hart was assisting his workmen in excavating a ditch to change the course of a (week, a mass of frozen earth fell on him, killing him instantly. He owned about 17,000 acres of land in the county, and his estate will amount to about SBOO,OOO. He leaves a widow and four children. Thomas C. Juques, of Poseyvillc, who lias 'jvZlf' engaged in merchandising at that -point for many years, closed his doors aud made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. General James M. Shackelford has been appointed receiver, and will at once proceed to settle tho business, The liabilties are estimated at SB,OOO/ The amount of assets is not known. Tlie Oxford Tribune, in entering on tho third year of its existence, is moved to congratulate Itself, which it does as follows: “Two years ago this paper was minted with shoe pegs and a few shingle nails thrown in by waj- of spice, and a press formerly used by Mrs. Adam as a clothes wringer. But now these old things hare gone the way of the ungodlj', aud the new dispensation is ou.” * vi John Fisher, a DeKalb county farmer, having lost faith in banks, carefully packed away $l5O m an obi fruit can and buried it deep in tile dark recesses of an old hollow logon his premises, where he thought it perfectly safe both from the robbers and dishonest bank officials. Bur tho rabbit-hunting season came around, the Industrious boys have beeu exploring the log containing Fisher’s money, and his bank is “busted.” ILLINOIS. A young lady of Rock Island had several teeth extracted tho other day, when a flow of blood began which nearly caused her death. Louis Baker, son of E. L. Baker, of Springfield, has boen appointed paymaster’s eierk, and will be assigned to duty with his uncle, John P. Baker. Ho will receive a salary of $1,400 a veai Frank Myers, of Springfield, a dealer In tors and notions, failed on Saturday. He confessed yesterday in the Christian Circuit Court, an adjoining county, to a judgment of $28,000 in favor of his mother. Dr. J. W. Groat, of Aurora, registered at tho Palmer House, Chicago, on Thursday, and paid, for his room for one day. On Friday evening lie was found in a dying condition, evidently from poison, and soon expired. The graded school at Astoria burned on Friday. The buildiug was a large two-story frame. The loss on building and furniture is estimated at $7,000; insured in the American Central of Sr. Louis for $2,500, $2,000 on building and SSOO on furniture. About SSOO worth of book* belonging to pupils were destroy ed. BELIEF FOR GERMANY. Committees Appointed for Soliciting Contributions for the Benefit of Sufferers by tlie Flood. At a meeting of German citizens held in Turner Hall yesterday afternoon for the purpose of raising money to aid the sufferers from the flood in Germany, the following committees wore appointed to solicit and receive donations: South Meridian street, to depot-Henry Severin, Louis Hollweg ami Fred Fahuloy. Below the depot—Christ. Sehoctter, Emg< Martin and Richard Mussrnann. South Illinois street to depot—George Fflugst and George Holfz. Below depot, on Illinois—Rudolph Mueller and Lam bel t Kruiuholz. Kentucky avenue and Tennessee street—Daniel Monnigerand Henry Frank. South Pennsylvania and Delaware—H. O. Thudium and Franz Mnmtnenlioff. Virginia Avenue—Herman Mitscherich and George Buehler. Madison Avenue—August Kuhn and Fred. HofherrSouth Noble—Charles Zelgler and William Kie merer. East Washington, North Bide and Market— Alex. Metzger and Clements Vonnegut, jr. East. Washington, South Side—John P. Frenzel and Theodore Bonder West Washington, North Side—Charles Kraiika and Charles Reese. West Washington, South Side—William Hauersen and Albert Gall. Indiana Avenue—John Prinz and Henry Manor. Between Fort Wayne Avenue nd Massachusetts Avenue—Louis Sohu aud August Busclinian. East of Massachusetts Avenue—John Flick and William Hecker. North Pennsylvania and Illinois—Ernest Kitz and George Kothe. North Noble—Philip Retchwein aud Frederick* Simon. Factories—August Kuhn, Louis Neubacherand Herman Lieber. The executive committee uuder the direction of which the sub-corninittees will operate, con Hints of A. M. Kuhn, Louis Neubacher, Frederick E. Rush, Herman Lieber, Gotlieb Krug, George Kothe, August Emmerich and Alexander MJugcr. The committees will visit citizens Tuesday and Wednesday. A meeting will then be held Wednesday evening, aud they will report the result of their work to tho executive committee. Already $467.50 in voluntary contributions has been received at tho German Telegraph office. Schmidt’s brewery gave S2OO, Lieber’s brewery, SSO, aud the Gutenberg Company, SSO. _ A small fire In the house of Mr. Hontsell, living near the corner of Washington street and Arsenal avenue, yesterdry evening about 2 o’clock, caused damage to tho extent of about SSO. A series of revival services was begun last week at Fletcher PI ice Church, and a lively interest lias been awakened. The meetings will ba continued every night this week. Horsford’s Acid Phosphate ( gives strength where there has been erhftOStlo’ and vigor in place of impaired vitality.