Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1891 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCII 25. 1891 TWELVE PAGES.

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Six Hundred Emigrants Were Drowned. An Emigrant Laden Vessel Sinks in Collision. Women and Children Drowned by the Wholesale. The Crew Manages to Make Its Escape Unharmed. Many of the Passengers Picked Up by Small Boats. Gibraltar, March 17. The British BteamshipUtopia, from Italian porta, bound to New York with 7iX) Italian immigrants aboard, collided today with the British Ironclad Rodney, anchoret! in Gibraltar bay, and sank soon afterward ofF Rasped Staff. Gibraltar. March 18. At 4:30 p. m. it wm announced that the official report of the number of persons on board the Uto pia shows that when she left Naples the steamship had 830 souls on board, including passengers and crew. Oi this number only 311 have been saved. Thus 5t0 of her passengers and crew aro either drowned or missing. One account of the disaster attributes it to the fact that tho British warship Anson was drifting before the pale, and that in o doing she rammed the Utopia abaft the funnel. After ramming the Utopia, the Anson is said to have reversed her engines, which caused her to back away from the Utopia, which vessel was practically impaled on the spur of the Anson's ram. and the Utopia immediately afterward sank beneath the waves. Everything possib'o was done by tho officers and seamen of the Kriieh warship in their efforts to save the lives of the unfortunate people on board the Utopia; so much so that four seamen were washed overboard and drowned from oi.o of the warship's steam launches while taking part in the work of rescue. Among the Utopia's officers who were saved by tho boats of tho warship were Capt. McKeague, the doctor, the boatswain, the first steward and the carpenter. The scene after the colli-ion has probably never before been witnessed in the history of maritime disasters. On one tide was the sinking passenger steamship, crowded with about seven hundred emigrants who filled the air with wilJ, horrible appeals for help and shrieks of terror as they saw death awaiting then in the dark, angry waters of Gibraltar bay. Overheat clouds rushed furiously, driven along by the strong southwest gale which had been one of the cau-es of the calamity. Ruht and left of th sinking vessel were the two monter battle-ships, the Rodnev I and the Ansun, huure spen en of llrit-

a.n a most powerful lighting sh ps.pouriiu the 1 ght of their powerful lee trie reflectors upon the disihed steamship, lighting up the a.'"ny of her passenger and showing clearly, too e'early, tho terrible position in which they wer- place I. Here and there were the warships' sma 1 bo its manned by sturdy blue-jackets, who strained every nerve as they bent to their oars in the heavy sea while striving gallantly to bo first tn reach the drowning passengers of the Utopia. A naval court of inquiry will bo convened on board rf tho British flagship Anson, ten guns, lCUM) tons and 11,500 horse-power, flying the fla of Rear Admiral Jones and commanded by Capt. B. F. Clark. The Rodney, the other British warship mixed up in some not definitely explained manner with the siukintrof the Utopia, mounts ten guns, is of 10,000 tons and 11,500 horse-power, fhe is commanded by Capt. John II. Warren. Both warships belong to the channel squadron, of whicn Jones is the second in command. The authorities of Gibraltar are furnishing the rescued people with lodgings, food and clothing. It is expected that the Anchor line people will shortly take steps to forward the Utopia's survivors to their destinations in the United Slates by anoth er s'eamhip of their line. Some of the Italians, however, are so badly EcarcJ by their experiences of last night that they announce their intention of never agin braving the dangers of an ocean voyage. Divers from the war ships are at work over ami above the spot where the Utopia sank. It is pusihle tllbrts wih bo made to raise her. The principal work of the diver this afternoon Las been the recovery of dead bodies. The divers and the boats' crews, who have been at work all day in the efforts being made by the British naval authorities to recover as many as possible of the bod:es of the passengers and crew. Lave at 4 o'clock recovered ninety bodies. Amonz those who were saved from the sinking vessel by the boats of the men-of-war, were twenty of the Utopia's crew. The tas8-ng rs who were rescued include Mr. V. T. Co bron, a stock broker of New York city, who was one of tbn saloon passengers. Mr. C. G. lavis of Bston, another of the saloon passengers, is atnoug thoe who are reported as missing. The officers of the crew of H. M.S. Anson state that the Utopia fouled the ram of the Anson, and thus caused the damage width resulted in the passenger steamer sinking within a few minutes aiter being Btruck. The Anson's otlicers assert that no Llame can be attached to the war vessel. Petersen, a Swedish quartermaster who had been steering the Ltopi a short time before the co lision, siys that just before the vessels catn together he went beiow. While there he fell the shock cf the collision and rushed from below, but before he reached the main deck the Utopia had gone broadside on upon the spur of the Anson's ram. The commander of the Utopia, Capt. McKeague, according to Petersen, was oo the steamship's bridge until the lai-t moment Petersen adds that as the Utopia was crushed by the Anson's ram he clambered up the davits of one of the steamship's boats and cut the roi.es holding it. He had no time, however, to lower the boat away as the bows of the Utopia had passed beneath the war ship and it was evident that the passenger steamer was rapidly sinking. Soon aiter the boats of the Anson having were promptly lowered, and one of the man-of-war's cutters ran alongside the Utopia and Petersen managed to ju-np into her. He says that while on board the Utopia, after the collision, he was surrounded by a terrible mass of human beings fighting their way desperately and eavazely, regardless of sex or age, toward the boats. Men, women and children tumbled and climbed over each other in that horrible fight for chance of escape Children Cryfor

from .drowning. One poor woman, who was rescued by the Anson's blue jackets, went raving mad when she was convinced that her children were drowned. Thcte were similar distressing incidents by the score, the most awful of all occurring when the Utopia, with a final desperate lurch, sank with her human freight clinging about her and drew hundreds of living persons down with her. Many of those who had sprung into the sea as they saw that the steamship could not float, many moments longer were then also drawn into the whirl-pool caused by the Utopia's disappearance. Some came to the surface again for a 'few momenta before sinking finally into their watery tonb. Others, more lucky, were able to cling to pieces of wreckage, floating epars, gratings, hatchways, boats, life belts, etc., and thus kept themselves above water until rescued by the war ships' boats. But, as usual in such cases, the weaker succumbed more readily. Shrieking, praying women sank to rise no more with their terrified offspring clasped to their breasts. Children clung to their parents so desperately as to, in several cases, cause the death of both where both might have escaped had better judgment been used. Husbands and wives eank while grasping each other in frantic etIort3 to keep each other afloat, and many a good swimmer went dow n with some horrified, fear-maddened person clinging to him with the tenacity of the desperation of death. Not until 5 p. m. was it possiblo to give a full and authentic account of the appalling castrophe, the failing light making it difficult lat night to aee from tho shore what was going on at the scene of the disaster, and the terrible gale making it almost impossible to communicate with the vessel until a late hour today. Early last evening the Utopia was seen steaming into the bay in the direction of the anchorage. When abreast of the ironclad Anson the Utopia staggered as though unablo to make headway against the terrible current. suddenly tho strong gale, combined w:th the currents, swept the ili-fated vessel across the bows of the Anson, and In a moment her bull was pierced and cut by the ram of the ironc a 1. The Utopia, after pulling clear of the ironclad, drifted about beiore wind and sea. The rapid inruh of water through the rent in her sidu caused her to settle down in live minutes from the time of her first impact. The Anson's boats were lowered immediately, as were a ho boats from the other vessels of the channel squadron. Tne Nwedifh men-of-war Freya and the cable ship Amber and the irouclads turned their powerful electric search lights on the scene of the disaster to asj t the re.iouers. On hhore the news of the d. cits tor spread quick v. An enormous crowd soon gathered on the parade und great excitement prevailed. Little could be seen, however, save the looming hu.ls of the men-of-war and the wiiitH rays of the xearch-lights falling upon the loam-flecked creeds m tho waves uud i. laminating the driving spindrift. The fhrie-s uf the Utopia's passengers and new con d bo plainly hoard above ti.e roaring of the tale. The pea was so beuvy that tha boats of the rescuers could not with safety approach the wreck, Bthey were torn jl.ed to lie to leeward, where they pit ked no the people as thcr were swept from tho deck. As the Utotda's bows sttlrd a terrific scene, was witnesel front tho boats. Those. Mid on board the xiukiug steamer rnado a sudden rush en mass to the lore rigging, struggling for their lives and vainly hooking places of refuge. Twenty minutes latter the forecastle was submerge!, and a largd number of persons gathered there who had not dared to .eap overboard with the hopo o: being rescued by the boats, and who had failed iu their elforts to ascend the ringing, w ere carried away by th waves. The fescu-rx. blinded by the w ind and rain, saw nothing but a confused, struggling mass of human beings entangled with the wrecksge. A steam pinnace rescued all those who had taken refuge in the main rigging, but the last ones wore not taken oil" nntil 11 o'clock at night. They w. re so exhausted that they could do nothing for themselves, so it was necessary to haul them into the boats by the br ive blue jtckets in tho rigging, who climbed into the shrouds and passed the helpless people to the rescuers in the boats. Both the British and the Swedish sailors did plucky and vigorous work. Whie a steam pinnace belonging to the British ironclad Immortalite was engaged in the work of rescue her screw fouled and she became helpless and drifted on tho rocks. In trying to save themselves, two of the cnilors aboard the pinnae were drowned. The remainder were rescued. The total number of lives lost is bow placed at o'ii. Divers are at work recovering bodicn from the wreck. An o hcer of tho Utopia says: "We were slowing our engines, preparing to anchor, when, before wo realized our danger, we found out solves broud.-ido on the bows of the Anson. There was a shout from both vessels, which was instantly followed by the Anson's ram tearing into tho Utopia. Wo were about a quarter ot a mi;e from shore at the time." The o Pacers, in talking about the catastrophe, say they will never forget the scen that followed tho collision. The Italians were thrown into a Etate of complcto and cowardly panic They yelled frantically and fought madly to reach the forecastle. A few of thti married men drugged their wives with them, but the bulk of the single men were heed. ess of the piteous appeals of the women and children. The lorec&btie and rigging were soon crowded and the vessel began to settle down. Presently an explosion, with deafening report, occurred in the forecastle, killing many and throwing others into tho sea. Lucki.y tiie masts held and remained some yards above the water as the vessel touched bottom. Some forty to fifty persons were rescued from the masts. '1 he on y iutsancesof manliness occurred among, the people in the rigging. Many men and nearly every woman clasped chddren to their breasts, but they were gradually overcome by exhaustion and cold and were compelled to drop their burdens and of;en follow themselves. Those in the lower rigging were exposed to the full force of the waves and were swept away before the first of the Ansn's boats was able t reach them. Some of the men had tied to themselves each his wife or a child, hoDing to be able to float until they were saved. Several todies so tied together were washed ashore dead. The majority of the Italians, however, behaved more like beasts than like reasoning men. Livers who have made an examination of the wreck of the Utopia report that there are hundreds of bodies in the steerage and between decks. During the course of the day the bodies of twentyeight men and one woman were recovered here, while at various points along the coast the bodies of six men, eighteen women, seven boys and one girl were washed ashore. One of the women when her body was taken from the water was found to have her arms firmly locked around the corpse of her child. Iickets are stationed along the brakewater to recover any bodies that may be washed ashore. The remains of the unfortunate people were taken to a cemetery in the Spanish lines, where an inquest was held.

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ambu ances, provisions, bedding and clothing for the survivors, and the inhabitants are assisting to their utmost in the work of mitigating the distress of the poor pitchers jCactcrlrS

people. A private fund has also been 6tarted to provide for the immediate needs of the ship-wrecked passengers. Two other saloon passengers besides Signor Colbron were saved. Gibraltar, March 19. The revised official count of the lost and saved pass' npers and crew of the ill-fated Utopia shows that there were 8f0 souls on board the steamer when she ran on the Anson. Of this number the saved include 2M steerage papsengers, two saloon paMenjjers, three Italian interpreters and twentythree of the crew, all the latter being Englishmen or men who had shipped at English ports. The funeral of the two men-of-war men, James Coton. seaman, and George Hales, stoker, who wore drown.nl from the steam launch of the Immortalite on Tuesday night while engaged in the work of rescuing the endangered passengers on the Utopia, took place today. The bands of nil the war ships forming the Pritish squadron, now at anchor at Gibraltar played a dead march in the funeral procession. The officers of the Immortalite headed by her commander, Capt. Sir William Wiseman, delegations from the crews of the other British ironclads and from the Swedish man-of war, Freya, and a representation from the garrison of Gibraltar were present at tha funeral ceremonies. All tho ironclads fired salutes as the bodies wore lowered into the graves at the government cemetery here, and all the stores in Gibraltar wero closed as a mark of sympathy with the gal. ant blue jackets. Capt. McKesgue of the Utopia has been arrested for wrongful acts, improper conduct, negligence and mismanagement. He was released on bail. The accounts given by the divers who are engaged in the work on the wrecked steamer, of the terrible sight which they have witnessed on the vessel, still further Increase tho appalling character of the catastrophe. Theso men, in describing the terrible scenes, say tbat they found tho hatches and the char-room of the Utopia closely packed with the bodies of the unfortunate passengers who had become wedged into an almost so id mass in their frantic rush to reach tho docks of the steamer after she had crashed into the sharp ram ef the ironclad. The poaitions in w hich the bodies were found snow that the poor people made a terrible struggle for life, and that desperate attempts were made to escape from the doomed vessel as the sea came rushing in through the tho rent in he r side. Owing to a lack of accommodations in the naval h-pital here many of the crew and the emigrants who were rescued have been com pe led to camp on the glacis. The military are closely patrolling the shore for the purpose of rescuing any more of the bodies that may bo washed in by the waves. Thn inhab tanfs of this place, who, from the shore, witnci sed the horrifying scene of hundred of p r ns being swallowed up in the rag ng waters of the bay, are unstinted in their pri of the great gallanty displayed by the men of tho British squadron anchored here, who boldly hurried to the rescue of the end.ingored pasemrers without stopping to consider the ri-k tney ran in launching their small boats on an angry ca and in tlo teeth of n beavv gale. Much raise is al-o bestowed on the men of the yacht lisolut-, who also mnnn. d ft boat and succeeded in saving fixieen person who, but for this brave and timely asitame, would soon have given up tho s:ruglo and rank to the bottom. The inquiry into the circumstances of the Utopia tli-aster was begun today. Surgeon Seller of the ill-fated st'-amer Slid that the voyage had boon i.neven'ful be ore the disaster. Shortly a ter passing Europa Toint at t o'clock in the evening le heard a pass ngcr exclaim : "We are running into a man-of-war." Whilst the vessel was sinking Surgeon S lier undressed himself, jumped ovurboard and was soon rescued. lie h ard the captain and mute ordetlng the boats lowered after the collision. He had implicit confidence in their captain. FRIGHTFUL SCENES.

Ih Story Tolil bj On- Who Witnid th London, March 18. A dispatch from Gibralter, dated midnight, gives the following account told by an eye-witness of the disaster from tho forts: "The scene was appalling, being hightenod by tliH weird search-light effects. The terrorized emigrants huddled in a swaying mass eo thickly they hid the bows from eight. Agonized rushes for a more secure foothold, struggles to save themselves and to reach their families, showed an awful fight for life was proceeding. The shrieks borne ashore filled the spectators with intense horror aud despair at their powerlessncss to help, as they caught momentary glimpses of rescuing boats on tho crests of the waves, forlong it was earnestly hoped the bulk would be saved. Among the ads of valor at the bight of the gale was that of a British middy, win put off alone iu a dingy for the purpose of rendering assistance to the half drowned persons who were dinging to the wreckago of the ill fated vessel. Another hero wms a seaman on the iron-clad liodney. He boldly plunged into the sea and after a desperate struggle with tho waves succeeded in saving one of the women who were floating in the water. A rocket apparatus for throwiiig a life-lino to the doomed vessel was quickly got in readiness on the shore, but to the intense disappointment of those who hoped to save the unfortunate people on tho sinking steimer, the machine waa found to be useh ss, owing to the vess d being at too preat a distance from the line to roach it Scarcely any of the women on tho Utopia were saved. Of the crew, twenty-four were rescued. The gale is now reported to be moderating. An otlh-ial notice has been issued calling a public meeting in the government house tomorrow for the purpose of considering what action shall be taken for the relief of the shipwrecked people. London, March 18. The agents in this city of the Anchor line, to which the Utopia belonged, have been informed that the Utopia was struck abaft the engine room and that she eank stern foremost five minutes after the collision in several fathoms of water. The agents announce that they find it difficult to ascertain the exact number of lives lost, but they say that 130 ItalUns were saved; that eight bodies have been washed ashore, and that there are 173 persons rescued from the Utopia on board the British war shlpa. They add that the force of the gale, which still prevails in Gibraltar bay, prevents the people on shore from communicating satisfactorily with the commanders of the war ships, so that they are unable to ascertain the names of the survivors. Several boats belonging to the fleet were wrecked while engaged in tho rescue. ARMAND NOT INSANE Dptt th Fact that II Wrftra Lore Letters to a, Married Woman. New York, March 18. Judge MoAdam today conducted an inquiry with a jury in the superior court into the sanity of Louis Armand, a former tutor of Mrs. C. C Alexander of this city, formerly Miss Crocker, daughter of the California millionaire. Armand has persistently annoyed the lady by sending her passionate love letters and by calling at her residence. About five weeks ago he was committed to Ward's Island asylum as an insane person. The jury today decided that Armand was sane and ho was discharged.

A SEiilEFIIL SHOWING.

The Extravagance of the Last Congress As Certified by Mr. Cannon and Mr. Allison. Appropriations Increased by Two Hundred Millions. Apology Offered for This Waste of Public Money. The Tell-Tale FlgnresOther "Wash. Ington News. "Washington, March IS. Before the Fifty-first congress adjourned authority was given Senator Allison and Mr. Cannon, chairmen respectively of the senate and house committees on appropriations, to prepare statements for insertion in the Rfcord showing the aa.ounts appropriated by the last congress and the increases or decreases of appropriations compared with the Fiftieth congress. These statements havo been carefully prepared and show in detail how the public money has been expended. The statement prepared by Mr. Cannon Ehows the amounts appropriated during the Fiftieth and Fifty-first congresses, under the several bills, to have aggregated as follows: During the Fiftieth congress, covering the years of 18S0-1890, the total appropriated for agriculture, army, diplomatic and consular, District of Columbia, fortification, Indian, legislative, military academy, pensions (including deficiencies), postoffice, rivers and harbors and sundry civil, was $015,811,145. To this is added deficiencies, exclusive of pensions, ?24,393,001; miscellaneous, $20,4'Ju,G57 ; permanent annual appropriations, $.'21,331,54, giving a grand total of $317,lK)3.S.-7. The tame items are covered in the Fifty-first j congress, embrncing the fiscal years of , 1891-92, and resulting in tho grand total of i S'iSS,410,12'.. The net apparent increase of the lat congress over tho one before It is $170,44u,2GO. Mr. Cannon, in an appendix to these figures, says that ther shonl I be added to the appropriations of the Fiftieth congress and tleducted from the appropriations of j the I-ifty-tirst congress the sum of 25,- i 3-M.O07 to me t the known deficiency for j payment of pensions in tht appropriat ons ; made by the f'rmr congress. Mr. Can-j non thou argues against increasing the ' number of committees havimr chart; of j appropriation bill, and savs the syrtem ' of distributing the appropriation bills' among trie various committees is vicious and tends to extravagance In nppropria tions. Ho thinks ono committee of th house should be. charced w ith the preparation of the n onev bills for I s considera tion, and indulges i he hope that the in cotnin bouse w ill remedy the error of its democratic predecessors and commit the general appropriations to one com mittee, lb cites as an example of the unwisdom of having many appropriation committees the Inaian appropriation bill of the pat session, prepared by and under the parliamentary control of the com mittee on Indian affairs and adds: "The senate placed upon the Indian appropria t'on bill, by way of amondinent, an itemoa legislation and appropriation giving t the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians, In round numbers $3,000,000 for a supposed equity in certain lands in the Indian ter ritory, winch equilv the secretary of the iuterior states does not exist and which, it it .1 im nt .-ol.,.. Ti.l. I amendment was carried in the senate and house. In my opinion, tho result can only be explained by the actions of the minority on the aup)osUion that thev 1 wero not responsible. I am satisfied ft : would not have been accomplished if tho ' Indian appropriation bill, with all tho ' other general appropriations, had been under the control of ono committee of appropronriations. Chairman Abison, in his statement, gives eomewhat in detail the reasons which operated in the several appropriation acta to increase expenditures authorized by the present congress over those of its predecessors. lie eays an increase of $l,411,47;t under the agricultural appropriation act was caused by the establishment of agricultural experiment nations and the transfer of the weather bureau from the war department. In the army anpropria ion bill the small increase of 32,0Sd was for the purpose of recruiting, and in the diplomatic and consular service i a reduction of d0,00 was made. An increase of $V37,84'J for the District of Columbia was for the police department, street improvement and public schools, and under lortihcations an increase 1 of S2,3o2,144 was for continuing the i construction oi moriar Daueries tor the defense of Boston, New York, San Francisco and other harbors, and for the new gun factory at Watervliet, N. Y. In the Indian bill an increase of $7,307,140 was madti to carry into effect recent treaty negotiations with various Indian tribes. An increase of $1,450,633 under the legislative, executive and judicial branch of the government was for clerical force in the various departments, mainly in the pension olfice. An increase of S.iOO.OOO was made in the internal revenue service, principally on account of the expenses of inspection of sugar, upon which a Lounty is to be paid. The appropriations for the military academy are less than those made by the last congress by $380,405. The navy appropriations show an increase of $14,042,344 lor new ships for the navy and the improve oent of plants at the navy yards. Tensions show an increase of $113,312,351, including deficiencies made by the Fifty-first congress over the Fiftieth congress. This increase was caused in part by the failure of the present congress to make sufficient appropriations for pensions for the year 1S90, leaving a deficiency of $23,32 1, 807 to be provided for. An increase of $22,668,343 under the postolSco bill was due to the growth and expansion of the service throughout the country. The increase of $2,738,678 for river and harbor improvements was due to enlarged appropriations for some of the principal works of improvement in progress, such as the Mi88is.-ippi and lissouri river improvements. The increase for sundry civil expenses of S15,530,4;n), was for the river and harbor improvements, expenses of the eleventh census, public buildings, government printing office, room for disabled volunteer soldiers, military posts; for artificial limbs for soldiers;, for the world's fair; for the Jifc-aaving service; for recoinage of silver coins and quarantine service. The deficiency appropriations, exclusive of pension deficiencies, were $1, 725,264 less than those mado by the Fiftieth congress, although an appropriation of $1,301,000 for the payment of French spoliation claims was included in the bill. The miscellaneous apf ropriationi act shows a decrease of $9,59,221 over the Fiftieth congress. Tbis

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many public building acts passed by the Fiftieth congress carried appropriations therefor, w hi e the Fifty-first congress excluded most of such appropriations from the special acta and made special provisions in the sundry civil acts. The amount of silver ottered for sale today was G'52,000 ounces and the amount purchased 412,000 ounces, as follows: Twenty-two thousand ounces at $.US'J0, ounces at $.(JSJ8, 150,000 ounces at $.0S:0, lSo.000 ounces at 5.90. Indiana und Kansas fiavo applied in proper form for their share of the direct tax and will soon receive it. New York's share went into the "ew York treasury today. FOUR BURNED TO DEATH.

Frightful Effect of a Fir tn as New York Tnmnt. New York, March 13. The brick tenement, at Allen and Ilester-sts., five stories In bight, was gutted by fire early this morning. The first door was a liquor storw, owned by Jastro Alexander Solomon, Max Goldstein living on the second floor. The third Coor was occupied by Harris Greenburg, the fourth by Marion Tiidello, and tho fifth floor by Barnard Jarter. The damage to the furniture is about $"),000, and to the building 510,000, covered by insurance. Thrco members of the Jarter family and one other roomer were burned to death. Thev were: BERNARD JARTER, fifty-six years old. BETSY JARTER, thirteen years old. SAR AH JARTER, eighteen years old. rillLIP ELSCHISKY, a tailor. Sarah was last seen by her brother Harry as he was making his escape irom the burning building with his mother, Minnie Jarter, and his nine-year-old brother, Abraham. Tho following were moro or less injured: M inn ie Jahter, fifty-six years old, burned about the face j'taken to Bcllevue hospi'al. Abraham Goldstein', three weeks old, thrown from the third-btory window of the burning buil ling to the sidewalk to save him from being burned to death. He received internal injuries from his fall, and was removed to Gouveneur's hospital. Hknhy Jaktek, nineteen years old, was slightly burned on the right hand. The iron rungs of tho fire-escapes were turning white with boat when Max Goldstein reached for them from the third floor and recoiled in despair. Hestood holding his three little children in his arms. From the street tho police yelled to him todroD them down. The police caught Mose aged three, and tiun Ruth, a year-old baby, but Abraham, a threo-vear-ohl, followed so quickly that, though the policemen broko bis fall, they wore unable to catch him. H fe 1 heavily en the pavement and was ricked np insensible, injured internally, Tho father himself jumped after, and csrsped unhurt. He tossed the chddren by the heels. The building was gutted and tenants lost their all. When tho firemen entered at 10 o'clock, led by Chief Kchoe, it waa reported that .1 about Lend and Lands with internal in j uric. V. A. Wamrlf, newt acnt, li?htlr brained. J. H. Cooi.FY, school teacher, Omaha, slight prain of riijlit aila and knea wrenched. J. A. McNci.TY, Denrer, Col., out about head, left leu badly bruited. Mas. Elizabeth McXulty, Dearer, slda hurt, internal injuries. V. H. BrcK, drummer, Leavenworth, Kas., bruised and aliuhtly out. Mkh. Catherine Beck. Leavenworth, Km., cut about head and shoulders bruised and sprained. Th paFscnpcr was due here 1 :45 p. ro. but did not arrive until in the afternoon. The injured wero weil taken care of. Lincoln's Vnrtn-r ln1. SpniNGFiELT), 111.. March 13. "William II. Horndon, Abraham Lincoln's law partner and author of a "Life of Lincoln," died at his residence near this city today of la prippe, need seventy-two. His youngest son, William, died six hours before from the same disease. When you decide to take Hood's Sarsaparil a do not be induced to buy some substitute preparation, which clerks may claim is "as good as Hood's." Tho peculiar merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla cannot be equalled. Therefore insist upon Hood's Sarsaparilla. iyfippRe Both the method and result when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the system effectually, dispels colds, headaches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup cf Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever produced, pleasing to the taste and acceptable to the toinach, prorajit in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the rrost healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for tale in 50o and 61 bottles by all leading druggists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do Lot accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FI0 SYRUP CO. SAM FHAHCI8C0, CAL.

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SIR. BYNDM FOR SPEAKER Judge Holman Regards His Chances Excellent. Tho Logical Choice of the Democratic Party. A Tariff Bill to Go to the Senate Next February. Free Coinage of Silver to Come Very Soon After. The Last the Most Extravagant Congress in History. BCItEAU OF TITX SEXriXIL, ) No. 1427 F-ST, N. V, V WASHlSGTOif. D. C. March 16. Judge Holman has, since he first entered public life, been an interesting character and will probably bo one cf the most conspicuous men in the next conCress. As the preat champion of extreme economy in public expenditure, his policy comes in sharp contrast with that of the congress just passed out of existence, and in the inaujruration of a new reform of expenditures be will naturally come forward again as a public advocate of retrenchment and reform. He is one of the most interesting talkers in congress, but unfortunately his remarks arc seldom heard in tho galleries when lie makes a speech on the lloor of the bouse, because of the peculiar qualities of his voice and his indistinct enunciation. Today a Sentinel representative talked with the judpe, and tho conversation drifted on to matters relating to the Fiftyfirst congicss. "What do you think of this congress?" I asked. "It was the worst in the history of the country," was the prompt reply. "Yes; I moan it. It was bad in its methods and in all its surroundings, and, worst of all, it has made a precedent which will likely have a bad influence upon the country for all time. It has raised the standard by which extravnganco will be judged In the future and rendered greater extravagance liable. The individual members oi the house were dwarfed, and a bad influence dominated. There were 6ome very warm admirers of Mr. Iteed who gathered around him, but, with Eosaibly the exception ot Mr. eifer, I think there has never been a speaker before w ho has made so many enemies among the members of his own party as Mr. Keed. Some of them have talked to me abont the w ay in which members were dwarfed by the peculiar methods which were in practice. These methods, the utter disregard of members and the unprecedented extravnganco of the congress, will furnish an evil precedent for the future, and the trouble is that the very worst precedents are often followed, especially when it comes to the expenditure of the public money. Tho Forty-fourth congress cut under the appropriations of the Forty-third some $'34,UUO.UOO but the entire "extravagant" appropriations of the Forty-third congress did not amount to nearly an much a the appropriations made at the first session only of this cougres, w hich were considerably less than those for this session just closed." "What do you think will be done about the tariff in the next congress ?" was asked. "Before the first of Febuary the house will send a tariff bill to the senate. It will he a bill making a moderate redaction of duties on lines compliant with the demands of the people and very considerably increasing the size of the free list." "And as to silver?" "I believe the next congress will pass a free coinage act. There Is a question about the propriety of giving the benefit of tho diderence between the coin value and the market value of silver to the few holders of the bullion instead of letting it go to the wholo peopie. I think the government should get this 6eignorage. The Whole people should get the benefit of the increased value of the metal by reason of its merely baring the stamp of the government" upon it. I, therefore, favor a proposition for the government .to receive both gold and silve at their respective mr.rket values and make them into coins of certain standard weights. I would have the coinage of both alike unlimited. The two metals do not always retain the same relation toward each other, nor is the gold dollar always the more valuable. Thev sometimes change places, their relations being regulated by the supply of each metal and by the amount of each used in the arts. As we knew, the silver dollar has been more valuable than tho gold, and it is liable to be so again. They aie liable to change from time to time, if the free coinage of both is provided for under the same conditions. I3refer to the market value of the metal itoelf. But there will always be a seiimorage to the government from one metal to the other, as they will not remain ef exactly equal value. That this difference of the market value and the coin value of whichever metal happens to be cheapest (with relation to the standard ratio) may go to the government, I favor the governm ent purchasing the metals at their market value and issuing the coin in return, but if it is proposed to make gold the standard and to apply this method of purchase to silver onl) then in preference to that I should fav the unlimited coinage of silver, a do. r for the requisite number of grains, letting the holder of the silver get the benefit of tbe dirJerence between the market and tbe coin value. I think that by one plan or by the other the unlimited coinage of silver will be auorized at the next congress." When asked hia opinion regarding the contest for the speakership of the next bouse Mr. Holman said: "Messrs. Mills and Crisp will no doubt enter the race with the indorsement of a large number 01 the members-elect to the Dxt house, but I believe that the sober second thcught tbat is sure to come to the members during the long recess will be toward the selection of an available men

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n o bwdter where democratic gains are to be looked, for in the future. Mr. Bynum will enter the race with the solid and earned sup fort of the entire Indiana delegation, lie s from a gnol locality and is worthy and deserving the honor, and I believe thai the tide will from this on tend in his di rection.'' A DISASTROUS BLAZE IN NEW YORK. "Cobnfleld's rHy" aad SaTeral Other Big Basinets Blocks lies rored. New York, March 17. A fre thai started, no one knows how, in the eub basementof the nine-story mansard roc fed brick and iron building on the southeast corner of Bleecksr and Green-tts. about 5:20 tonight, utterly mined it, and, spreading to two buildings east of it, de stroyed them as well and another in the rear that ran from Green to Mercer-eL It will be classed among tbe largest fires ever known in this city. Over $2,000,000 worth of property rolled skyward in smoke,, and flame in less than five hours. The building ia which tbe fire started was owned by Mendsl Bros., real estate men of Chicago, aud was occupied by Alfred Benjamin A Co., probably tha largest manufacturers of fine men's cloth irg in tbe country. It was a stock com pany composed of Isaiah Jose fa, A 1 Hochstader, Kugeno Benjamin, David. Hochetader and, as specials, Jesse and Samuel Rosenthal. The first alarm was turned In at 5:20, 4 recond at :55 and threo others followed in rapid succession until the greater por tion of fire apparatus In the lower part of the city was at tbe spot. The streets speedily became choked with people an 4 when the police reserves came to form the fire line they found they had ia handle perhaps as big a mob as ctO masisd in the came amount of space ifi New York. At first it seemed as if tha firemen would have an easy victory over the flames. There was no appearance of fire, but a thick black smoke poured out of the basement and rose in volumes about as high as the house top, then blew down in the streets again, making it an heroic task for tbe firemen to work at all Suddenly, with hardly a moment's notice, tbe flames tore their way tip through the building and burst through the roof in a blaze that could be seen for ndles about. Then every Coor was attacked by the devouring element until, from sub-basement to roof, the building was a fiery furnace. The firemen in tho streets below were like pigmies battling with a giant. Itlooked like the beginningof a conilagration that would only ena when it bad no more to feed upon. A hx story building adjoining the giant on the eat and occupied by M. II. Rosen- ' stein, ostrich featners, was the next to succumb to the flames, which then moved on to the double brick building owned and occupied in part by Hammerslough, Faks & Co., clothiers, on the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floors, and by F C. Connell & Co., hatters, on the lower floors. Meantime the fire had extended on the Greene st. side to the six-story twenty-five foot front building occupied partly by Kosenstein and partly by Hylvester Levachcr & Co., manufacturers of hats. caDS and furs. The building extended through to Mercer-st., and the fire speedily forced ita way on that street oi the structure. It looked as if the whole block was doomed. About 7 o'clock the roof of the building in which the fire started fell in with a crash, carrying floor after floor with it. A fewminutes later the front wall toppled and fell into Bleecker-t. One fireman was struck by a falling brick and seriously hurt. Fiaally only the eastern wall of the building was left standing. Then the roof of the Hammerslough building fell, but the other walls remained intact. By 10 o'clock, however, the firemen had tbe flames w ell in hand and there seemed to be no danger of its spreaditig further. The losses, roughly eetimatcd, are as follows: Benjamin & Co., buildicg, $400,000 j stock, $460,000. They had nearly $200,000 in orders for spring suits making up, and in addition carried a large stock of overcoats and smoking jackets. Tbe building was built eight years ago by IsadorCohn feld, the feather manufacturer, and was known as Connfeld's folly. Later he failed, and about four years ago Alfred Benjamin moved into it. Hammerslough, Saks & Co. lose ?100, 000 on the building and $J50,OX) on thelf stock; M. II. Itosenstein, building $22. 000, stock $55,000; E. V. Connell fc Cow tbe hatter, $75,000. The rear building, owned by Mr. Macksy, was valued at $150,000. Fylvester Levacher & Co. lose l50,000; M. V. Sch warts and other tenants in the rear building I06O 1155,000, This evening one hundred thousand dollars damage resulted from a fire in the storehouses of II. B. Clafflln & Co., 28 to 32 Leonard-st. Fully insured. A DEADLY EXPLOSION. Ob Mam Killed aad El(b WoTiaded la a) Plittborg I1I1L PiTTsuuite, March 18. An explosion at the Crescent steel works, on Fifty-first-ek, at 8 o'clock tbis morning, killed one work man, fatally injured two and slightly hurt six other. They were: FREDRICK BERN HART, forty-one years, killed. Hans Wittman, abont thirty-five years j back burned, ribs broken and injured Internally; will die. John Gcst avisos, badly burned about the legs and trunk; will die. Six ether workmen were burned and cut by being hit with hot slag and flying slag. Their injuries are not serious. Tha Late Seaater Hearst's Will. Bxs Francisco, March 18. The will o! the late Senator George Hearst was filed for probate by bis widow, Phoebe MHearst, who ia made sole executrix. The will states that Senator Hearst recognized that hia wife is legally entitled to one-half of his entire estate, it being all community property, and he also bequeathes to her absolutely the remaining one-half. Provision is made that if Mrs. Hearst marries again one-half of tbe estate reVerts to eer son, William R. Hearst. ' Harsford'a Aeld Fhoephate. Useful in all forms of dyspepsia. HAY FEVER cure co lln I 1 L.IL.IV E.uolthd 185. BIDGEWAT. V. T. ' Ten dorr

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