Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1887 — Page 5

THE UN DIAN"APOIi IS JOURNAI FRIDAY JJiHUAHY 7 1887.

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FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS

'Senator Piatt Continues His Speech in Opposition to the Commerce Dill. Senator Blorjran Protests Ajrainst the Measure in Its Tresent Shape The House Passes the Pension Appropriation Bill. THE SENATE. Mr. Piatt Argue Against the Callom Bill, and Mr. Morgan Alto Oppose It. Washington-, Jan. G Among the memorials presented in the Senate to-day and referred were the following: By Mr. Edmunds: Of the committee of the general national convention of the Protstsr.t Episcopal Church, praying Congrs to provide for obtaining Statistics of inarriiijr? ami divorce. . By Mr. Kjxtoner: Of tho State Grange of Wisconsin, in favor of the pas.v,'e of the interstate commorce bill. By Mr. Blah-: A Ure number from various orpauications io a4i pHrts of the country, asking lesislation to prevent the violation of the Sabbath in the running 'of railroad trains. Mr. Edmunds, from tho committee on foreign relation?, reported a bill to incorporate . the Maritime Canal Company, of Nicaragua. Placed on the calendar. Mr. Manderron brought before the Senate the case of the claim again? t Mexico for the killing tl Capt Emmet Crawford, in command of United States troops in pursuit of Geroniino, by Mexican troops, in Mexico, in January, 188G, stating that a stronger and more urgent demand for indemnity should be made, and introducing a bill for the relief of Captain Crawford 8 heirs. !The bUl was referred. Mr. Allison offered a resolution cailintr on the Secretary of War for the report of the board of Engineers on the brid5ng of the . Mississippi fiver near St. Louis. The resolution gave rise to a discussion between Messrs. Allison and Vest, in which the latter declared that the report called for, being adverse to the bridge, had been obtained under ex parte proceedings and Unfairly. The resolution was adopted. - The Senate then took tip the resolution of fered yesterday by Mr. McPherson, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of the indebtedness of the Pacific railroad companies to the government, and as to the effect of the funding bill thereon. j Mr. Hoar withdrew his amendment calling for Additional statements as to disputed questions between the government and the comnany. stating that his object would be equally effected Under the original resolution. Mr. Elmunds said that the report of the Commissioner of Railroads answered every Question in the resolution completely, folly and In detail. . As to the latter part of the resolution, it requested merely an opinion on the snhJecfc of arithmetic. If "the Senator from New rsey wanted it, be Mr. Edmunds had no objection. s . , The resolution was agreed to. - The Senate, on motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, took tip the bill giving a pension of $2,000 a year to Mary S. Logan, widow of "General John A. Logan, as Major-general of voltiuteers, Mr. Mitchell stating that the bill proposed to do precisely what was done for the Widows of General Hancock and Thomas. Mr. Maxey would prefer to have some further explanatiou'of the bill. There was a great distinction between the case of General Logan and the eases of Generals Hancock and Thomas, who had tpent tbeir lives in the army. In so far as a -pension, was concerned, he thought that the case of General Logan should stand on the same principle as that of other citizens. If ho contracted in the army the diuease from which he died, that would be ample ground for pension for his widow. : Mr. Mitchell stated that he heard General Logan say he had been wounded five times, and that he was undoubtedly entitled to a pension, .but had never claimed one. He based this bill .on the proposition that the pension is crantedto !lhe widow of a citizen who died from the effects of disease (rheumatism) contracted in the service iuriug the war. . He referred to the analogous case of the pension given to the widow of A'rancis p. Blair. -Mr. Cullom stated that General Logan had - jontracted rheumatism on the battle-field at fart ' Ditel6iR, where he lay in the snow all night. There was no question that he died of rheumatism contracted in the service of his eountrv. Mr. Sewall said that he had frequently heard General Logan describe his suffering? from rheu matism on the different fields of the war. It jras so patent to every member of the pensions committee that General Logan's death was due to that-cause that the committee did not take the trouble to go farther into the subject. Mr. Vet offered an amendment fixing Ihe pen sion ot the widow of Francis 1. liiair at ?AUUt) a year, asserting that if the .widow and family of any man were to be paid out of the Treasury in proportion to his public service, it was the widow and family of Francis P. Blair. At the request of Mr. Hawley and other Sena tors he withdrew the amendment; and then the bill was parsed without division. Mr. ebt thereupon introduced a bill increas ing the pension of Mrs. Anollina Blair from $50 a month to ifiOOO a year, and at his request the bill was immediately considered and passed. On motionof Mr. Edmunds, tho bill to carry Into effect the treaty with China for the suppres nion of ihe opium traffic wa3 taken up and passed, without division. The bill granting to tho Kansas, Texas & Southwestern Kailroaa l.ompanv right or way across the Fort Hayes military reservation was taken up and pjsjej. TJj.e tnnle then, at 1:45 p. m., resumed consideration of the interstate commerce bill and Mr. FJatt continued his argument. He maincolaf d that aerate, of cju rylng freight which only paid operating expenses and nixed charges was as much an unreasonable rate as a rate that was too high and that would pay too large a dividend on capital. Senators were not here to make a raid on railroad property. They were here to do justice by the railroads and bv the people. They werw here to hold the scales of' - justice with even hand, and not to act opon ' prejudice. An nremunerntive rjte wasjust as unreasonable anft as iDjurtous"ai too high a rate; s and the railroad companies would have to see , to it (if the public wejfare was to be protooted) that remunerative rates for freight and passenger. wr received. Tlie law of competition, although It might be just as to other business, was inapplicable to the business of railtoads. How did the presidents and managers of unprofitable railroads attempt pow to make money! Not by the business of their roads, but by stock jobbing. That was inevitable. It was in the nature of things. It was not the remunerative railroads that furnished business for the stock exchange. It was not dealintr in the tock of remunerative railroads that produced panics, that mad millionaires and paupers in this country. He claimed that the bill was in the direction of forcing a consolidation of railroad compauies, and said that some railroad men t believed in lhat as the best outcome of the railroad problem. No truer sentence had ever been Uttered than that where combination is possible, competition is impossible. This bill left open and invited the worst kind of combination the coneoJidaMon of railroad corporate capital. What were the railroads tj do if prohibited from majcIng pooling arrangements! Experience taught that the old rate wars would begin again, and ! ti i end of it would be, as it always bad, ljjen, conjolid&Oon. The monopolies of this country had been built on the graves of weak competitors. The bill invited a grand monopoly of railroad capital in this e.oun"try which would be built on the graves of the railroads that are not able to stand in the competition. ' That railroad monopoly would be the master of the people. He believed it better to have business kept in a great many hands than .. io have it consolidated. He believed it better to let the little country stores live than to build up great mercantile establishments at their expense. He believed it better to let the weak Railroads live than to build up one magnificent ailroad corporation that would occupy, to the railroad business of the country, the same posieitlon as the Western Union Telegraph Company beard to the telegraph business of the country. Specimens of that kind of consolidation of railroad companies were, to-day, the Pennsylvania railroad, with a system ot over 7.000 miles under one management, and the Wabash system, with its gigantic system of talks. He characterized tho two clauses

(as to the Ions nd short hauls and to prohibit pooling) as fa most glaring inconsistency, which recalled the couplet:

You're damned if yon do. And you're damned if you don't. He also argued that the effect of the bill wonld be to place the American railroads, so far as the business from Ihe West to the Atlantic seaboard is concerned, at the mercv of the Grand Trunk railway, of Canada. As to the intimation that it would be necessary to adopt the conference report in order to have any legislation on the subject at thi3 session, he did not think it was well founded. Mr. Morgan opposed the bilL Alabama, he said, was at the further Southern margin of the united States. The markets in which her peo ple bought their drv goods and a large part of tbeir groceries were at the far Northeast, and there was a broad intervening area between them. The markets in which they bought their food supplies Chicazo, ibt. Louis and Cincin nati were also far distant from Alabama. The markets in which they sold their products were all distant They had vast tracts of country to cross in getting either to the market of purchase or the market of sale, so that he though that any iu wnicn iorcea tne rauroai companies to raise tbeir charges of freights for long hauls would be necessarily inimical to the best interests of his State. He argued that the States were perfectly com petent to deal with this subject, and that the interference of the federal government would lead to still further invasions, until the manacement of railroads would eventually become the most absorbing business of Congress. He could not subsiribe'to the doctrine that interstate commerce could only be protected through the action of Congress. The bill was based solely on that false premise. It opened the door to the interference of Congress with every regula tion of trade and commerce. It exposed the charier of everv railroad companv given bv States to modifications throueh acts of Con gress, ltie principle of this bill would end in making merchandise of politics, while it ruled and ruined business. As he read this bill, the interpretation of which wa3 so uncertain that every one had to interpret it for himself, it cecessitated the increase of rates on long hauls in an cases where the roads could not saerihce a large part of their income. He was convinced that the road3 to tho coal and iron fields of Ala bama could not do that, and the burden would fall very heavily on those new industries of Alabama, and would probably destrov them. Mr. Cullom said he was very anxious to have the bill disposed of as soon as possible, consist ent with a fair discussion, and he therefore gave notice that on Tuesday or Wednesday next he would as-k the Senate to remain in session until the subject was disposed of. Mr. Hoar remonstrated against cutting off de bate on a bill that wonld operate so seriouslv upon modern commerce and would so greatly af fect the interests of the city and State which he represented. Mr. Cullom said that the Senator bad had plenty of time to prepare forthe discussion since the conference report had been made, Uesides, the bill, as reported, was not very different from that which passed the Senate a vear Ago. In his judsme'nt the bill, if passed, would not inter fere with modern commerce at all, nor with the interests of Boston or Massachusetts. After an executive session the Senate ad journed. THE HOUSE. Improvement of the Erte Canal Passage of the Pension Appropriation Kill. Washington, Jan. it. During the morning hour the House resumed, in committee of the whole Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, in the chair con sideration of the. bill for the permanent improve ment of the Erie and Oswego canals and to secure the freedom of the samo to tne commerce of the United States. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, suggested that an early vote should be taken on the measure, It was not likely to pass, and it would be well to allow some other proposition to obtain the floor. Mr. Weaver, of lowa. seconded this sug gestion, remarking that the bill would fail unless a Hennepin canal appropriation was at tached to it Mr. Weber, of New York, concluded his argu ment in support of the measure, urging that, in a commercial pcint of view, the canals were na tional in their character, and declaring that the fate of these great water wavs to the east ern seaports was in the hands of Congress.,. Mr. Anderson, of Kansas, heartily favored the objocta designed to be accomplished by the bill. The peoplo of the State of Kansas had a greater interest in the attainment of those objects than the people of the State of New York. The Erie canal stood as a balance on the rapacity of the great trunk lines of railroads, and it would be worth $100,000,000 to those roads if they could wipe out that canal. It was to the interest of the producers of the country that, instead of beins wiped out, the canal should be enlarged, as propoped by the bill. Mr. Murphy, of Iowa, said as hewa3 in favor of the construction of the Hennepin canal, so was he in favor of the enlargement of the Erie canal, or of any other measure which would give the Western xroducer cheap water transportation to the Eastern markets. It was this question of cheap transportation which had led to the drafting of the interstate commerce bill, now under consideration, and whose purpose was to give the producer of the West and the consumer of the East a little relief from ths burdens imposed upon them by railroad rapacity. Mr. Nelson, of Minnesota, contended that no method of solving the cheap transportation question could be more e.5cacious than that of enlarging and improving the canals. Mr. Plumb, of T)linni, advocated the passage ? lis bill, reTraroing it as the most important one which had been brought to the attention of the present QiMr"88The rhornine hour having expired, the com' mittee rose, and the biiJ resumed its place upon the calendar. The House then went into committe of the whole Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the chair on the pension appropriation bill, which appropriates $70,247,500, being only $50 OSj "below the estimates the reduction being jn the item for rent of offices fjjr pension agencies. Without am.S5iSal of discussion, the bill was read, reported to the House, and passed. The House then ves 133, nays 77 went into earn mittee of the whole Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the chair on the naval organization bill. A brief debate followed, pending which the committee rose. Mr. Henderson, of low,. Introduced a bill authorizing the construction of abridge across the Mississippi river at Dubuque, la. Referred. The House then adjourned. Collided at a Crossing. Chicago, Jan. 6. As the special New york and Boston express on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, which leaves here at 8:50 A. m., reached the crossing at Sixteenth street this morninff, a passeneer train ou the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railway crashed into it. The engine of the Louisville train struck the baeeage-car of the Lake Shore train and lifted the car completely off the trucks. The smoking-car, which was crowded with passengers, was next overturned, and although both of these cars were badly wrecked, no one was killed or even badly injured. It was with t ie greatest difSaulty, however, that the passengers who were imprisoned beneath the wreck were extricated, and the wildest excitement prevailed at the crossing. Express Robbers Sent to Prison. St. Lons, Jan. G. The Adams express robbers, Frederick Wittrock, W. W. Haight and Thomas Weaver, were taken to the penitentiary to-day. They were transported to Jefferson City by an earlier train than was expected, but notwithstanding a large crowd conereeated at the tailway station to sea them off. As the train pulled out a number of United States express employes joined in giving three cheers for "Jim Cummings." The trip to Jefferson City was uneventful, and. after the usual preliminaries at the penitentiary, the prisoners were placed in separate cells. They will be put to work in a day or two. Killed In a Hallway Accident. Russell, Kan , Jan. 6. In a railway accident here at 2 o'clock this afternoon, H. U. Tingeb, of Kacsas City, and F. T. Alexander, supposed to live at Ottawa, Kan., were killed. "CraEn a severe cough with Red Star Cough Cure." -Mr. E. W. Goggin, Saa Francisco, Cal.

INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS

The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of All Kinds in the Two States, Prof. Smith Arain Surprises Lafayette ilinister Mysteriously Missing Distressing" Result of a Child's Act :Note3. INDIANA. The Case of Trot E. E Smith lie Unexpectedly Departs for Chicago. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Lafayette. Jan. C Prof, E. E. Smith rest ed well last night, and this morning was thought to be much better, though still regarded a3 a very sick man. All visitors were excluded from the room, and no statement of the cause of the shooting of Beaslcy has been given out. This forenoon his wife asked him what caused him to do the shootincr, when he expressed ignorance of the deed and inquired what was meant He talked about his children a little. New interest was given the affair this afternoon when it was announced that Smith, accompanied by his wife and one child, had gone to Chicago. This occasioned great surprise, as it was supposed that his condition was dangerous, if not critical. The attending physician was not aware that his pa tient had beon removed, and expressed surprise that so hazardous a proceeding had been taken. Kokomo Arranges fur a Boom. Special to the lndiananolis Journal. Kokomo, Jan. 6. Pursuant toJ.he request of the City council, at its last meeting, the citizens' committee of twenty-four, appointed by them to act in conjunction with the committee on manufactures, and all other citizens directly or indirectly interested in booming the city and advertising its special advantages as a manufacturing city, met at the council chamber, this evening, with J. T. Stringer, chairman, Howard Henderson and J. D. Johnson, secretaries, and, in conjunction with many other citizens present, appointed the following business men as a permanent committee on manufactures: W. H. Sellers, president; J. T. Stringer, secretary; W. H. Sumption, treasurer, and the following ex ecutive committee: v. ri. otewart, Jrietcner Ruddell, G. W. Landon, H. C. Harris, Francis Lordeman [Lordemann], G. D. Jay, H. M. Sailors and Nathan Dixon. The committee will make a decided effort to secure the Toledo. St Louis & Kansas City railway shops, and all other shops and manufactories seeking a change of location. Real estate transactions are increasing daily. A Minister Mysteriously Absent. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fowler, Jan. C Social and religious circles at Oxford are much excited by the unaccountable action of Rev. B. F. Stuil, pastor of the M. E. Church at that place, who resigned his pas torate on Monday, and on Tuesday disappeared from the town without notifying his family of his intentions. On the same day the wife of a prominent merchant at that place also left her home without any notice and departed by train. Since that time rumor has been busy with the names of the lady and centleman in anything but an enviable way, and it is whispered that the counle have eloped. Kev. btull was only given the charge at Oxford last summer, being a convert from the United Brethr?n faith, and was regarded as an estimable gentleman. Dreadful Result of a Child's Act. 6neci.1l to the Indianapolis Journal. Rensselaer, Jan. 6. This afternoon, while the wife of Charles Burues was absent for a 6hort time from the house, and her infant child was sleeping in its cradle, one of the little girls took some fire from the stove and put it in the cradle, which literally cremated the child and fatally burned the little girl. Tho mother arrived in time to save the house. Mr. Burns is absent in Michigan, visiting friends. Minor Notes. PlainP.tld ia to have a natural-caa company. . tMt r-J.. IT---;- - TThe G. A. R. . post at New Ross will hold a camp-fire on Jan. 12 and 13. ; The boiler at Bergman's flouring mill, at Port land, blew up yesterday afternoon, completely 'jdemolisbine the mill. Fortunately no one was hurt. 'A man has sued the trustee of Snear Creek township, Montgomery county, for 115 cents for work done in trading down a hill upon one ot the public roads. William Smith, fireman on a Nickel-plate freight ensrine, was struck, at Payne's Station, by the spout of a water-tank, and so badly in jurcd that he will die. The New Castie Natural Gas Company was oreanized on Wednesday night, with a board of eleven directors and the followin? officers: Pres ident, W. M. Pence; vice president, Wm. Peed; secretary, lion. Benj. Shirkr treasurer, Lon Rodgera. It is the intention to begin borinc for oil in a short time, and every oue seems san guine of success. A few days since a stranger called on tho cashier of the State Bank, of Jennings county. at Vernon, and inquired as to the standin? of Daniel Lewis, a wealthy farmer residing in the northwestern part of the county, savin? he was selling him a piano, and was told that his note was good for anv amount A few davs later the stranger again faced the cashier, and laid down Mr. Lewis's note for $325. payable in ninety days, per Cent, interest. The nota was cashed promptly, and Mr. Lewis was duly notified that the bank held his obligation, when he hastened to town and pronounced the note a forgery. Ho had given no note, bought no piano, QW roU any such stranger. ILLINOIS, Danville's Erratic Minister Arrested In Tentiessee Charged with Bigamy. Chattanooga, Jan. 6. Rev. C. P. Searle, the minister of DanTlile, I1L, who deserted his family in September and elopod with Mis3 Fannie Matthews, of East Lynn, I'll., wai arrested in this city, yesterday, on the charge of bigamy. He was arrested with the giri id London, Canada, two weeks ago, on the charge of seduction, but was allowed his freedom upon condition that he would come South. When the girl wa3 taken home to her parents she confessed having been married to the ministerial Lothario, and this led to his arrest on the charge of bigamy. Searle tellB a sad story of his downfall. Thirty years ago he married a woman many years hia senior. He soon found that he had made a mistake, and did not love the woman. He lived with her, however, until September, when he met Miss Matthews. Their acquaintance ripened into love, and resulted in an elopement Brief Mention. Some of Cnampaign's young ladies, it 13 alleged, gamble away their time and pin-money at draw-poker. Lebanon's coal mine was closed last Saturday, and the merchants consider it a great blow to the business interests of the town. Moses C. Nixon, residing near Mattoon, arranged with two locomotive engineers to put up his farm as the chief prize in a lottery. They were convicted in the district court at Springfield, and a fine of $100 and costs was imposed upon each of them. The Danville News gives the following remedy for black-leg: Puncture the swollen leg fifteen or twenty times with the point of a sharp instrument so that the blood can run out; then mix turpentine and lard in about equal parts, warm, and bathe the leg thoroughly; one bathing is often sufficient; if not, bathe until the swelling is gone. A young married woman named Sarah Trowbridge burned to death at the residence of her father, Jeremiah George, two miles south of Desoto, on Snnday afternoon. She was sick, and sitting by an open fire-place, and had sent her father for the doctor. A short time after the father had. gone two section men, Hutchinson and Smith, passing the house, were attracted by

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smoke issuins from the windows. This led to investigation, and they found the woman literally roasted alive. DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN. Indications. Washington, Jan. 7, 1 a. m. Special indications for twenty-four hours from 7 A. M. for Indiana Fair weather; colder. For Indiana and Ohio Colder, northerly winds: fair weather. For Michigan Colder, westerly winds; fair weather. For Wisconsin and Illinois Continued colder. fair weather; slightly higher temperature; winds shifting to southerly. Local Observations. Inpianapqlis, Jan. C. Time. 1 Bar. ITher.lHum.iWind. Weather ll.ain 6 A. U P. 0 P. M...!:i0.2( 8 87 M...iliO.'21 14 80 M.. .30.31 G 88 North 'Clear. Nwest'Fai r. N west' Clear. .01 Maximum temperature, 15; minimum temDerature, 0. General Observations. War Department, Washington, Jan. G. 10 p. M. Observations taken at tho samj moment of time all stations.' k

53 OC2. s 3 CD P tr cr a a New York tlitv. '30.14,1, !3U.'iO: i3O.10j 30.0 I30.1G! 130.13; 130.15 80! North! ....Fair. ...JClear. v jCloudr.03 lit. rain. 'Cloudy. iClear. I Fair. ,21'Lt. rain. VashingUi-Citf . 22! Cain 32, Calm 40N,east 31iS'east 20 ! West SliS'fKt tcksburg. f jiss. New Orleans. La... Shreveport, La.... Fort Smith, Ark... Little Rock. Ark.. Galveston, Tex. Memphis, Tenn Nashville, Tenn Louisville. IIy , . . 30.11 30.20! 30.24! 40lN'east! 3;l!N'eastj ....Cloudy. 2G; North Clear. 130.2;; Iudianapnli9. Ind 130.34! Cincinnati, O.. !30.i; Pittsburg. Pa !0.17l Oswego, N. Y 130.12: Toledo. O ,..'30.27i GNwest 17,North . ... UlUUUJ'f .01 Clear. .... Cloudy. .02 Ltsnow. ....! Cloudy. .01 Fair. ...JClear. ....(Clear. . ...! Ciear. ....iClear. ...Jew. ....Clear. 27lWest 21 South 8 Swest 0 1 West O West Escanaba. Mich. ...130.34 Marquette. Mich... '30.32 Chicago. Ill (30.34 ONwest Milwaukee, Wis... Tuluth. Minn . 30 35 -lljWest 30.44 15,West St. Paul. Minn 30.46 23 Calm LaCrosse. Wis 30. 10 1 7-, West j Clear. '.Clear. iClfiar. Davenport, Ia '30.43: 17Nwest; . . Ies Moines, la T:30.1S; l!8wcst iveoicuK. ia v uaim ....'.Clear. ....ICloudy. ! Clear. .04 Fair. .05 Lt snow. ....IClear. Cairo, 111 130.30; Springfield. Ill 130.41: St. Louis. Mo 30.37 Lamar. Mo ....30.32 Leavenworth. Kan.i30.37; 18,North -li North 4;N'east 5'N'east'; -G. North! Omaha, Neb (30.43, -17. East 'Clear. 1 ankton. Dak '30.33 18 S'east JFair. Moorehead, Minn. ..130.40 36 Nwesti. ....'Clear. ...JClear. i "iCloudy! .OSjCloudy. . -. i - Bi smarck. Dak 30. 37 30; N'east . Fort Buford, Dak.. . t. Ft.Assiiilbome,M.T. ;1U.'JU Fort Custer. M. T.. 20.90! Dead wood, Dak j. North riatte, Neb.. 30.05, Denver, Col i.4tt.T' Dole (29.83, O N'east!. 2Northj . j Cloudy. . 'Cloudy. iFair. JClear. .Clear. . ICloudy. . I Clear. N'east 11 West 5 S'east 13 S'east 17 North 32. S'east i-ort Elliott, Tex... 29 02 i r. '11 T t rrt ! , - , - lore fill, ina. X ifU.22 Fort Davis, Tex !30.01 El Paso, Tex 29.93 Salt Lake City, U. T. 129.73 44 South! 39.Nwestj .08, Lt. raiu. T11E FIRE RECORD. A Costly Business Block Destroyed by an Explosion, Followed by Fire. YouxgstOWx, O., Dec. C At 3 o'clock this morning, Jack Scrapie, watchman in the scarcely completed Andrews Block, on South Market street, opened a window to secure ventilation. Instantly an explosion occurred and Semple ran into the street with his clothes aflame and rolled in the snow. Flames burst from the building, which burned with extraordinary rapidity and was totally consumed. The block was of brick and stone, and had just been completed, at a cost of $00,000. In it, Howard Shields had opened a large meat market, and Mayors Brothers a wholesale dry goods store. Mayors Brothers had just bought out Ii H. Parker & Co., and the insurance was transferred at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Shields had no insurance. The Knights of Pythias were fitting up the third floor, and the City Council and Board of Education were furnishing the second. J. B. Drake & Co.'s livery stable, adjoining the block; the Fowler cottage, an old landmark; the Barclay residence, just across Market street; the First Baptist Church and a small frame house in the rear of the Andrews Block, on Boardman street, were totally destroyed. Thomas Brown's residence, the Churchill coal effice and the south wing of the Tod House hoterwere damaged to the extent of scorched fronts and broken windows. The total loss will reach considerably over $100,000, with probably $75,000 insurance. Watchman Semple was badly burned and was removed to the City Hospital. Another watchman, Thomas Brannigan. aged nineteen years, is missing and is supposed to be in the ruins. Assistant Chief Davis, of the fire department, was painfully burned. Two lines of natural gas mains run past the Andrews building, and it is supposed that the fluid leaked and was carried into the building through a drain trench, and was ignited when Semple opened the window and created a draft . Other Fires. Philadelphia, Jan. 6. Fire broke out in the Evening Telegraph building at 1 o'clock this morning. The flames were soon extinquished, bat tho newspaper offices were tally damaged

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c:eric 13 a large drug-store. fail, believe not that Gooch's Mexican Syrup by water. The loss will probably'reach $25,000. The building is owned by the Girard estate, and the loss is fully covered by insurance. Lockhaven, Pa., Jan. 6. Kramer's commercial building was burned this morning. The entire I033 on building and contents is $75,000, on which there is an insurance of $35,750. Halifax. N. S , Jan. C The premises occupied by Heisler Brothers, dealers in hats, caps and furs, and Baldwin & Co., crockery, were damaged by fire to the extent of $40,000 to-day. Titusvm.e, Pa. , Jan. 6 A Herald special from Townville, a small village near this city, says that a fire, originating in the Optra-house Block there, destroyed two stores and a house. Loss, $25,000; insurance, $11,200. Milwaukkb, Jan. 6 The Reliance machine works of E. P. Allis & Co. caught fire to-night in the core-room of the foundry department The fire blazed fiercely for two hours, but was confined to the foundry building, its progress being stayed by a fire wall. E. P. Allis, jr., a member of the firm, estimates the loss at $250,000. The works are covered by a bHnket insurance policy of $400,000. Three hundred ani fifty meu are thrown out of work. Millionaire Newberry's Will. Detroit, Mich., Jan. C The will of the ate John S. Newberry was read to night The estate amounts to $4,250,000. To the widow is bequeathed $1,000,000 in stocks and bonds, besides the homestead, the summer property6, .He Peave? a Ke'amount TnlmM sums to his employes, ino resiuue is aiviuea employes. into five parts, of which four go to the four children, and the fifth is vested in the widow, except the payment of certain legacies, but he says his wife will understand that the property is to be used liberally for educational and benevolent purposes. Several amounts are specified, including $40,000 to local charities, $10, 000 each to the boards of home and foreign missions of the Presbyterian Church and to the trustees of the board of education of the Presbyterian Church, and $5,000 to the Presbyterian board of publication for Sabbath-school work, besides smaller amounts, being a total of $90,000; while the total amount intended for benevolent purposes ia much larger. Stabs ia the Dark! Every fit of coughing in the still watches of the night is a stab in the dark at the lungs. Heal the stabs and stop the stabbing with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Nothing is so soothing. Nothing so quickly cures. No remedy can be less disagreeable. Sold by all druggists. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in One Minute. SAVE the pieces! "lOo Royal-' glues 'era. Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of rurity.otroigth and who:esomeness. More economical than t Inordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of iow-test,bhort-weisbt alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAKING i'OW'. DEK CO., 106 Wall street, X. Y. MESSENGER'S, 101 East Washington Street, HAS THE LARGEST STOCK OP FURNITURE, STOVES and CARPETS la the city, and sells everything oa PAYMENTS OR FOR CASH. MESSENGER, 101 East Washington St.

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ii will. CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED. AMUSEMENTS. DICKSON'S GRAND OPERA- HOUSE. TO-SIGHT SATURDAY MATINEE 5 TO-NIGHT and EVENING. i - In a Grand Production of MEG MEREILIE3 Saturday Matin.ee, "MOTHER AND SON." Regular prices. Seats now on sale, ENGLISH'S OPERA-HOUsi T0-S1GIIT! "VJSR&SS- TO-XMT Great Romantic Spectacular Drama, u C L I O ! " Fiftv people in the production. M'LLE ADET CORNALliA. the world's greatest prima ballerina sssoluta. and grand refined corps de ballet. The strong New York and fioston cast, headed by the powerful romantic and Shakspearean actor, "Mr. JOHN u BURLEIGH, as Fabian- The famous Nibio's Gardea Theater (N. Y.) scenery. Tickets at the popular prices of this theater 50c, 35c, 25c, 15c now on sale at box-ofuce. ! DOLLAR LECTURE COURSE . MYRON W. REED. Jan. 12. Prof. J. B. DeMOTTE. Jan. 19. JUSTIN MCCARTHY, Jan. 20. CnAS. T. BOLTON, Feb. 9. LYMAN ABBOTT, Feb. 10. KATE FIELD, Feb. 23. fiT'Tickots now on sale at the book stores and at Plymouth Church. - VIRGINIA - AVENUE RINK. Open for skating on next Saturday afternoon and, evening. This is tho closing night tor this pop ulav place of amusement. Prices as usual. Admission, l5c; skates or surface. 10c extra. THE LATEST! TOBOGGANS FOR AT. ILLlEBER&CO.'sAFlEmporium 82 East Washington Street. DO NOT THINK of purchasing a BaseBurner until you have seen the ART INVINCIBLE AND FAULTLESS. These stoves have no superior. They are as perfect as science has yet beeuablato develop, pftil at A. W. M-OUAT'S. 01 and C3 West Washington Stre BRUSH BRILLIANCY Arc and IncandescenceELECTRIC LIGHTS. For particulars address fHE BRUSH ELECTRIC CLEVELAND. OHIO. a m mi mmmm mmm m INDIANAPOLIS. WATER .'-CO, South Pennsylvania St., INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Is prepared to furnhh eroallent water f? dfiakts cooking, laundry, bathing anl steam boilers at a eoi! verytridldsr for such a necaisity, cou veaiaues alltt ary. XT ANTED THE CHEAPEST NEWSPAPER lit V? the West the Woeklylalivu SUta. JaartA ft Oa dollar per yew

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