Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 32, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 December 1893 — Page 2

SThr §?ifcc County §omorrat It- McC. STOOPS, Editor and ProprietorPETEESliCKG. - - INDIANA. M. I'kkI, ?«rmgrly Swiss minister to the United States, Ras been elected president of the Swiss confederation. Qieen Victoria has ordered >fr. Glassoy, a sctdptor of London, to execute a bust of the lute Prince Alexander of Battenberg. __ The marriage of Miss [Adele Grant, daughter of the late Beach Grant, of New York, to the earl of Essex, took place, on the 14th, at St Margaret's church, Westminster, London.

, A RULE was posted in tha Armour packing houses fit Kansas City, Mo., on the 11th, fining 'every employe ten cents for each cWth ottered, the proceeds to go to the Unemployed. Franz Fbrpinand. heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, will shortly be betrothed to Grand Duchess Xenia, eldest daughter of the czar. The grand duchess was born April 6, 1875. \ ——.- A DISPATCH from Melilla. on the 18th, stilted that Gen. Campos had held a conference with Muly Aaraf, the sultan’s brother, the result of which • was the termination of the campaign against the Riflians. A commitee, composed of members of the Liverpool corporation, dock board and'railway board, has been appointed to inquire into the effect upon the commerce of Liverpool by the opening of the Manchester ship canal. A bill authorizing the city of Cincinnati to sell foO,000 worth of bonds for the improvement of the streets and public highways, to relieve the distress of the unemployed, will lie sent to the Ohio legislature as soon ns it assembles. The ravages of influenza in Vienna arc increasing. There is scarcely a family that is entirely free from the. disease, and the hospitals are crowded V with sufferers. Manyof the regiments are likewise affected. Diphtheria is also 'prevalent. The Fresfco (Cal.f jury in the case of 'Outlaw Chris Evans, charged with the murder of V nited States Deputy Marshals Wilson and McGinnis at Sampson’s FlaX, on the 14th, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed the. penalty at life imprisonment. It is charged that the American liuilding. Loan and Investment society of Chicago has suffered a loss of $360,000 by the shrinkage of its assets, caused by the officers of the society loaning money on virtually worthless securities, and diverting funds to the support of a variety music hall. During the debate in the German Teichstag, on the 15th, on the eornmer,cial treaties, Count Herbert Eismarck made a violent attack upon the government, in which he declared that Chancellor von Caprivi ,had adopted a policy of free trade, which would result in damage to the fatherland. A quantity of earth taken from a level eight feet below the surface in the supposed gold fields at Goldwin, Mich., was sent to l’arke, Davis & Ca, •of Detroit, for analysis, which showed that the sample was a good quality of white sand with a mixture of oxide of iron, but without the slightest trace of gold.

The bondsmen of George Glockson, the grand treasurer of the Knights of Honor of Kansas, -who disappeared three months ago with <a large amount of the lodge’s money, and was a short, time ago found in a hospital at Fresno,' Cal., have secured a warrant for his arrest. He will be brought back to Fort Scott to stand trial. The statement of the visible supply of grain in store and afloat, on the 9th, as compiled at the Sew York produce exchange, is as follows: Wheat, 78,785,000 bushels, increase, <>94,000« bushels. Corn, 6,151,000; decrease, 938,000. , Oats, 4,108,000; decrease, 948,000. Rye, 680,000; increase, 84.000. Barley, 3,874,000; decrease, 468.000. News reached Las Palomas, Mexico, on the 13th, that a battle lasting for several hours had been fought, on the 8th, in the Sierre Madre mountains near Colnia Juarez, between the rebels under Santa Ana Perez and 600 government troops, in which the latter, being ambushed, lost 100 killed, including several officers Of the rebels twentyfive were killed. The action to recover damages s for libel brought by Mr. and Mrs Zierenberg, of the London “St. James Home for Female Inebriates” against Mr. Henry Labouchere, the well-known radical member of parliament and proprietor of Truth, was decided, on the lSlh, the special jury returning a verdict for Mx\ Labouchere. The defense was justification. Mks Zella Nicolaus, who recently brought suit against George Gould to recover a $40,000 check, which she alleged he had taken from her by strat- — egv, has abandoned the suit, and, on the 13th, left New York for Naples, on the Ilamburg-American liner Normannia, accompanied by “Al” Human, who was named in her complaint against Mr. Gould as her guardian.

Thk middle span of iron and timber false work of the bridge under contraction between East Louisville, Ky., and Jeffersonville, Ind., collapsed, On the 15th, crushing to death or drowning between twenty and thirty workmen, and injuring about twenty m ore, some of whom will die. Later in the day other spans fell, entailing a total loss \ipon the contractors of more than ,*150,000

CUMENT TOPICS. THE NEWS IN BEIEF. FIFTY-TrtlRD CONGRESS. In the senate, on the 11th, Mr. Hoar offered a resolution calling on the president for a statement touching the appointment of the Hawaiian commissioner and the functions of that official, and delivered a hitter attack upon what he called the president's unconstitutional <K*ti ,Mx- 3J11 moved the reference of the federal election* ^U1 XS .committee on privileges and elections, and it was so referred. ..In the house the Utah statehood hill was made the special order for the 12th. A number of private or otherwise unimportant measure# were disposed of. In the senate, on tho 12th. various petitions and communications were presented and referred, among them one praying for the establishment of a national park in the state of Washington. The Hawaiian resolution was allowed to lie on the table while Mr. Cullom addressed the senate against the repeal of the federal elections law.In the house several minor bills were disposed of, but the concurrent resolution for the appointment of a special committee to Investigate and consider the personnel of the navy met with opposition which persisted until the close of the morning hour. Discussion of the bill for the admission of Utah occupied the remainder of the session. In the senate, on the I3tl£\the resolution calling on the president for mfomaU^jfs to the appointment of Mr, Blount as commissioner to Hawaii, as to his instructions and proceedings, etc., was laid before the senate, and Mr. Frye delivered a scathing arraignment of President Cleveland and his special commissioner. Mr. Vest spoke in |defense of Mr. Blount, and Mr. Hoar briefly discussed the question of precedents for the appointment. Mr. Morrill addressed the senate on |the tariff question ..In the house interest centered in the Hitt resolution calling on the president fo* a copy of the instructions issued to Minis* Willis, and the Utah statehood bill, which

passeu. In the senate, on the 1+th. the bill • ^ (a) the federal elections law was fav ported and placed on the calendar. Mr yoor hees introduced a bill for the co' lMtge silver dollars. A resolution for the a committee to inquire into ^ liability of the government and as to the compensation to be allowed to the victims of Ford theater disaster was adopted..,.._.la the house a bill was passed to improve tr method of aeeounting4n the post office depr T«r0 OT three land claim bills were ,x\,ssed. Consideration of the bill for the adm ^sston of Arizona was prevented by tllbusterin ^ The seua> was not in session on the ISth ... In the ho'jse the principal business transacted was the passage of the bill admitting Arizona to sta>hood. The bill for the admission Of New Mexico was favorably reported trotn the committee of the whole. The McUarrahan bill was called up. but consideration was postponed by aiibustering. A, resolution was offered, and referred to the committee on ways and means, calling on the secretary of the the treasury for information as to tho number of treaties entered Into with foreign countries under the McKiuley tariff law. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Charles \Y. Jacobs, postmaster «f Sun City, Kas., is reported by Inspector Cochran to be short in his money-order account to the amount of $700. Jacobs keeps a store in connection with the post office, and does not deny that he is in arrears, but says he has used the (government money as a matter of convenience in the transaction of his private business. The printers’ ink works of S. E. Okie & Co., at Philadelphia, were burned on the 10th, causing a loss of about $4,000. The ink was vaporized, but soon condensed, descending in a black rain.upon the firemen and spectators. They presented a novel appearance by the time the fire was'^conquered, and their clothes were ruined. Edward A. 'Williams, who undertook to walk from New York city to New Orleans in seventy-three days, without spending a cent en route, arrived at the latter city, an the 11th, five days ahead of time. The walk was undertaken on a wager of $1,500. Wil-' liams says he was kindly/ treated all the way and is in good condition, having lost not a poubd of fleshWith the opening of the new year each of the eleven heirs to the vast estate of the late Norman W. Kittson, of Minnesota, will have about $450,000. This is in accordance with the decision of the United States supreme court handed down on the 11th. The shops of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. at St. Paul, Minn., which were kept running with a very few men during the summer, have resumed with a full force. Phil Scheig. the defaulting cashier of the Rank of Minneapolis, who was arrested in London, was arraigned in Minneapolis, Minn., on the 18th, and pleaded guilty. Sentence was deferred in order that - he might be used as a witness against the Flovd boys, his accomplices. The nomination of Washington Hessing to be postmaster at Chicago was confirmed by the senate on the 12th. The house committee on coinage, weights and measures has voted to begin the consideration of the Bland bill, reenacting the free silver-coinage law ofts37, on the second Wednesday in

February. Fred Miller, the pedestrian, and Guess, his dog, who started to walk from' Baldwin’s hotel, San Francisco, to New York, 8,200 miles, on June 26, arrived at his destination, on the 12th, seventeen days ahead of time. He was to complete his journey in six months, and had to depend entirely on the public for food for himself and dog en route. An estimate of the Australian wheat crops for 1898 places the yield of Victoria at 18,500,000 bushels; New South Wales at 7,000,000, and South Australia at 11,250,900. The cruiser Olympia arrived at Santa Barbara, CaL, on the 12th. W. P. Callup, president of the Meridian national bank of Indianapolis, and one of the best known financiers in Indiana, died, on the 18th, at the ^age of 64, of pneumonia. Mabtial law has been declared in Pernambuco, Brazil. Mbs. Porter, widow of Admiral Porter, died, on the ISth, at her home in Washington. She was a daughter of Commodore Patterson, and was born in New Orleans 74 years ago. She was a sister of Admiral Patterson. She had long been in ill health, which was aggravated by a fall some time ago— The most valuable weanling colt in the world was found dead in the pasture at Hiravilla, Maj. B. G. Thompson’s farm, at I.exington, Ky., on the night of the 12th. The younster was the full brother to Domino. Maj. Thompson lost a full yearling sister to , Domino last summer. i

Jvdgk Se.vvox had taken his seat in the United States court in Chicago, oh the 13th, and was about to begin the hearing of a case, when two electric wires beneath him became crossed, and the blaze which followed badly scorched his bench and chair. A juryman with a water-cooler extinguished the flames. As RETURNED by the state'board, the New York senate will stand, republicans 19, democrats 13. The assembly, republicans 74, democrats 53. Republican majority in the senate 6, assembly 33, on joint ballot 38. The constitutional convention will be composed of 15 republican delegates-at-large and -95 by districts. This will make the convention, republicans, 110; democrats, 65. Annie Mitchell, 10 years of adaughter of a patent medicine ver .V while alone, was engaged at a fire'at Jeffersonville, Ind., on t' A preparing breakfast. A gust , ^,ind fanned her clothing into t) A ai)(j in an instant her wearing ^ was enveloped m flames. S) ^ a fevv hours later. Charles L. Pool' the oldest man in dead. lie was born in -A "of c\ew Albin, . lorA’R.'except one, is . . 1S " .as WW ."years, 9 months, lacking a few^ ^ Somersetsb Eng>and, and came to this cour <>ry in Up to the past health '<rs always enjoyed good

v .UK immense drygoods house of Villiam II. I'rear at Troy, N. Y.. was found to be on fire about 7 o’clock on the night of t\e 13th. At 10 o’clockthe fire, which had worked its way in a westerjv direction, was practically under control. The loss is probably $175,000 or $000,000. Col. Geokghp K. Shields, formerly a congressman, and one of the most prominent men in Oregon history, was accidentally killed at;Salem, on the night of the 10th, by falling over the railing to the basement of a hotel, breaking his neck. Herb Mantey, a local judge at THsit, east Prussia, has been sentenced to four months’ detention in the fortress for fighting a duel with a lawyer over a political dispute. The seconds, who were army officers, will be court-mar-tialed. The weekly '^statement of the Bank of France, issued on the 14th, shows an increase of 141,000 francs gold and 223,000 francs silver. On the 14th the German reichstag, by a large majority, adopted the commercial treaty with Spain. The bishop of Cork was elected prima te of Ireland on the 14tli. Civil-Service Commissioner Charles Lyman, of Connecticut, has retired as president of the commission, but continues as a member. The failures throughout the United States for the week ended on the 15th, were 3S9,against 379 for the corresponding week last year. For Canada the failures were 40, against 35 last year. A Chinese warehouse in San Francisco was destroyed by fire on the 15th. Of the dozen inmates of the place at the time, four were burned to death and one fatally burned. The Northern Ohio blanket mill at Cleveland will resume January 3 in all its departments, giving employment to 350 men. Admiral Mello's ships outside the bay are blockading the Brazilian harbors of Rio and Santos. The earl of Bechtivy died in London on the 15th. The Paris Temps says that a foreign power has made overtures to France for the establishment of an international league against anarchists.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. The senate was not in. session on the 16th.In the house, after some unim* portant measures had been introduced and disposed of, the urgency deficiency bill was ealled up, the first reading dispensed with, and the house went into committee of the whole for its consideration. Mr. Cannon took the floor and attacked the administration policy of suspending pensibns pending examinations for fraud. This ied to a debate which occupied the entire session. The Statement of the New York associated banks for the week ended on the 16th shows the following changes: Reserve, decrease, $396,600; loans, increase, $3,078,300; specie, decrease, $1,361,900; ’legal tenders, increase, $1,651,900; deposits, increase, $'2,748,$00; circulation, decrease, $143,700. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Moscow says that the recent bomb explosion in the French chamber of deputies has created a painful impression on the czar and his ministers, as it is considered that France is powerless; to .guard against anarchist outrages. A package containing ten dynamise cartirdges was found, on the 17th. on a porch in the Rue Covier, Paris, which bounds the botanical garden on one side. Each cartridge was wrapped in a copy of an anarchists proclamation menacing death to the bourgeoisie. The first results of the French.press law are already apparent. The anarchists and socialists are becoming more moderate in their tone, but it is expected that a large crop of revolutionary pamphlets will soon be put in circulation. The big plate-glass works at Charleroi, Pa., elosed down, on the 16th,* for an indefinite period. Several hundred men are idle. Lack of orders is assigned as the cause of suspension. Wn.i.1 am Hammond, a fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad, was kill in a collision. His administrator brought suit at Youngstown, O., for damages, and secured a verdict for $7,459. ' Senator Albert Jo&eph Ferry died in Paris, on the 16th, aged 60. He was not a member of the Jules Ferry branch of the Ferry family. On the 16th the associated banks of New York city held $76,268,825 in excess of the requirements of the 25-per-cent, rule. Prof. Charles Louis Michelet, a well-known German philosopher and author, died in Berlin on the 16th. Up to the 16th seventeen 'bodieB had been recovered from the wreck of the Jason off Highland Light, Mass.

STATE TELEGRAMS. ? „ News Flashed Over t WlrQ8 Indiana Cities and Towns. ure.m D- ^ a Brld«. Mcscib, Ind.. ^ H.—The marriage u of Mount Summit, and VVU ^ Norton Qf Indianap. Len tvid ^ Sunday evening had . . .ely announced. A hundred invi a i< »iad been issued. Satura'" e <*<aitig the prospective groom a[nv ct sand was met at Newcastle by jt r ' * (Hewitt and her brother, Frank A ’The minister was engaged and the iicctnse secured. The prospective son-S'n-law was well received by the young woman’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ice. On Saturday night Mrs. Hewitt claims to have experienced a dream which informed her that her heart and hand should not go to Norton. She acted accordingly, and on Sunday morning declared further proceedings off. There was much disappointment, but the guests were not given the true reason. Three years ago Mrs. Hewitt’s husband died at Cleveland, O. a She is a very handsome young woman, a decided blonde and popular in Newcastle and Muncie society. _

Think Me Was Murdered. Brazil, Ind., Dec. 14.—One week ago John Oilier, of Lewis township, whose wealth is estimated at $’.00,000, suddenly died and was buried three days before his closest neighbors knew he was dead. Several friends of the deceased catne to the city Wednesday and demanded an investigation. Oilier has been married twice and his last wife is the sole heir of his fortune. She claims that her husband arose the morning of his death atS o’clock, and as he left the house to go out in the yard he fell. After a short time she went out to see what was the matter and found her husband dead and dragged him into the house. It has since leaked out that Oilier had an ugly wound in the head, indicating that he had been dealt a heavy blow. The deceased owned considerable property in Kansas. Effort to Save Parker anal M’Afee. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 14—Arguments before the supreme court in behalf of the two negroes, Darker and McAfee, condemned to death for the murder of Druggist Charles Eyster April 14 last, were made Wednesday by ex-Judge of the Supreme Court McBride, Otto Oresham, Martin llugg and Joseph Keating. The two condemned men were recently respited until January 5 pending this hearing. Lawyers for the defense are making a strong effort to secure a reversal of the verdict and a new trial. Runaway Lad Heard From. Elwood, Ind., Dec. 14. —The mysteriaus .absence of Ed Martin, a 15-year-old lad who left for Chicago last July to visit the world’s fair, has at last been solved. The lad went from there to Fargo, S. D., and from there to Nobility, Tex. That he never wrote to his mother and sister caused them to believe him. dead, but they received a letter last Saturday stating he was alive and well and working on a ranch. He had not been heard from since J uly 15. -Directors Chosen. Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 14,—The stockholders of the Indiana & Lake Michigan Railroad company met here Wednesday and elected directors for the ensuing year as follows: W. U. McKeen, D. W. Minsliall, John G. Williams, George , L. Farrington and Benjamin McKeen. The directors will elect officers next week. To Try Hanker Reach. Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 14.—Judge Taylor announced Wednesday that he would call Judge Samuel McGregor, of the Putnam and Clay circuit court, to try the case of Banker Beach, indicted for embezzlement, the defense having taken a change of venue from himself. Bank President Dead. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 14..—William 1’. Gallup, president of the Meridian national bank, died Wednesday evening. Mr. Gallup helped organize the bank in 1674, and had been its president ten years. He was born in Lebanon, N. H., December 9, li>_’$.

Insane In California. San Berxardixo, Cal., Dec. 14.—H. C. Archibald, of Lafayette, Ind., jumped from a train near Irvington Tuesday night while suffering from insanity. He was removed to a hospital Wednesday for treatment. Killed by Hiccoughs. Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 14.—William Koemg, a pioneer German citizen, died in terrible agony from an attack of hiccoughs. He suffered for thirty-six hours before death relieved him. .An Off Hay. Indianapolis, Ind.. Dec. 14.—This was an off day in the Anna Wagner trial, the court taking a recess to permit Prosecuting Attorney Holtzman's presence in the supreme court. Hied at South Ueml. South Bend, Ind., Dec. 14.—Patrick Conners, prefect and manager" of athletics at Notre Dame university, is dead <#f Bright's disease. He was 42 years old. _ Burned to Heath. -Jeffersonville,Ind., Dec. 14.—Annie Mitchell, 10 years old, daughter of a patent medicine -vender, was burned to death cooking,breakfast in this city. Took HU own Life. Kniuhtstown, Ind.. Dec. 14.—J. M. Wood, a merchant here, committed sui-" cide Wednesday by shooting. He was in financial trouble. Not d Kitloaper. Win AM AC, Ind., Dec. 14.—Miss Maxinburg was acquitted here Wednesday of the charge of kidnaping Ida Forsythe. Heavy Lou by Flood. ’ > Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 14.—The flood in the Palouse river is receding. Much lumber, hay and live stock were lost, but the reported loss of life is not confirmed. The orooertv u *75.000.

TERRIBLE DISASTER.* More than a Score of Workmen Killed and Many Injured. By the Falling: of a Span of the Louis' yllle and Jeffercunvllle llrldge AcroM the Ohio, on the Eve of Completion. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 16.—The middle span of iron and timber false work of the bridge now under construction between Hast Louisville and Jeffersonville, Ind., collapsed at about lO-.SO o'clock yesterday morning, crushing to death or drowning between twenty and thirty men, and injuring about twenty more, some of whom will die. Only six bodies have been recovered. Those Known to be Killed Are. Lester Gailoek. Frank Miller. Charles Murphy. Chicago; died in City hospital. C. W. Cook, Mantua, O.; died in City hospital. J. 11 Hums, Franklin, Pa. Frank Hums. 1 Fred Miller. The Xlwlnc Are: Henry Plaiss, Eighteenth street, New Albany. Pat Kelly, .==, Frank Simmons, Jeffersonville. Russell Durflinger. W. A. Sharp. A- Soden. J. Kregan. M. Solen. * U. H. llenkle. L. Pierce. J. L. Wilson. J. Scott. P. Sheridan. George Lilly.

Tbe Injured Are: Sam-. of 220 Spring street. New Albany; A1 Moore, engineer of the “traveler,'’ both arras broken; G. \V. Byown, Irvington, arms broken; 1). E. Shehan, Greenup, Ky.;C. F. Hall, Bristol, Tenn.; Harry Hughs, Mercier. Pa., both arras broken, back hurt and internally injured; Harry Lee, Jeffersonville, cut about head and injured by shock; Ed. Haben, Chicago, slightly injured; T. It. Gallaway, 937 east Market street, ankle broken; John Meyer. Lexington, Ivy., leg amputated; Ed ' Scheers, South Pittsburgh, Pa., will' | die; Ed Hildebrand, North Lampton, Pa., spinal injury; G. Thorpe, injured about knees and side, and E. I). Hard. j Just on the Eve of Completion. For weeks past a large force of men has been at work on the big 500-foot span over the middle of the river. The iron work was all up and resting on a heavy framework of piling driven down into the bed of the river and securely bolted and braced. Yesterday afternoon the last bolts were to have been put in place in the iron superstructure, and the gigantic span would have supported its own weight. The “Traveler” Wotkrd Loose] hjr the Wind. The foreman in beginning work yesterday morning noticed that during the night the “traveler,” a huge derrick, used for placing iron in position, had been worked loose by the wind, and he ordered it drawn back into place. The wind was high at the time, and the gentle swaying of the false work gradually forced the “traveler” off of the piles on which it was resting. The Central llent Goes Down. When the end slipped, the whole work trembled,‘and the men realizing their danger, started for the piers. As ill-luck would have it, the central bent was the first to give way, and the men on this bent went down, to be covered by the mass of iron and timber of the other bents, which fell almost immediately, carrying with them the other workmen who failed to reach places of safety on the piers. The north bent, or the one.attached to the- Indiana pier, did not fall for five minutes after the other parts went down.

The Central Span Falls • The last pier, the partial span, dill not fall for twenty minutes after the first span fell. The great strain occasioned by the sundering and rending of the bridge naturally communicated itself to the unfinished span, and it took its plunge like the first into the water; but, being mostly framework, did not sink, but floated slowly down the river. There was said to be four men on it when it fell, and one was subsequently killed. The small “traveler” on this span floated down several hundred yards, and then gradually the heavy timbers splintered like matches, showing the terrific force of the fall. « Witnesses Involuntarily Close Their Eyes Upon the Awful Scene, The crash attracted the attention of those on the shore, and many turned away their eyes as they saw the men struggling in mid-air in their mad efforts to climb out of danger. When the huge mass of material struck the water all was concealed for an instant by the spray that was thrown high into the air. As the water. subsided here and there could be seen men struggling desperately to climb upon the timbers that thrust their ends above the water. A few succeeded in climbing to places of safety and were quickly rescued, Others struggled hopelessly and were carried off by the current to sink almost as rescue was at hand. To tlie iiescue. The ferry boats City of Jeffersonville and the W. C. Hitt and the lifesaving crews were the first to reach the wreckage, which completely blocked the channel of the river. Men with broken arms and legs were found clinging to pieces of timber. They weie pulled into boats and hurried to hospitals in this city and Jeffersonville. Five bodies were recovered from the wreck. Marrow Escape of the Steamer Hotspur. The steamer Hotspur, with Supt. George Fisher on board, came near being caught by the falling span. The boat was making for the false work

when Supt. Fisher heard some timbers creaking. Looking up he saw the great spaa shaking, and gave orders to back the steamer. It was none too soon, for the top of the huge “traveler” fell within twenty feet of the boat. ^ • As sdon as the piu>| realized what-, had happened he ran the boat up to the wreckage, and the crew saved nine iken who were so badly hurt that they conld not have kept atloat five minutes, although all are good swimmers. The Heroes of the Day. Capt. Devan and his two crews of life-savers were the heroes of the day, dashing right into the drift and wreckage to pull out the dead and injured.; Capt. Devan thinks that some of the. bodies have been carried over the' falls. It will take several days to recover the bodies, as most of them are pinned down by the heavy iron trusses which fell on top of the false ,\vork. The bridge company has 100 men at work and will extricate the bodies from the wreckage as soon ns possible. When the second part of the false work fell an engine and boiler went with it, and when the boiler hit the' debris it exploded, but no one is known to have been struck by the flying fragments.

The lives of the bridge workmen were insured for $1,500 each* A Perilous Occupation. To whose doors must be laid the responsibility for the terrible disaster will probably never be known. It is doubtless one of those unforeseen aeci- ' dents that occur in spite of all precautionary measures, bridge building, probably more than oftiiv other thing, is fraught with manifold dangers, and the workman whose labors are utilized in the work, practically take their lives in their own hands. The Cause of the lMsaster. General opinion ascribes the cause of the disaster to the stiff wind that has been sweeping the river all day. It bore with great force on the.ponderous framework, which necessarily became loosened from the constant strain and swaying of the heavy timbers. A great number of people, before the first span fell, could see the great “traveler,” rising eighty feet ^above the pi<?rs, swaying and quivering in the wind in what appeared to be the most alarming manner to those oiy shore. The motion, however, was hardly noiiceable to the workmen, who had no idea of their deadly peril untji the great mass of wood and iron'began to sink and the awful cracking and crashing of the timber, smote upon their ears. That the structure was otherwise than safe, never occurred to the engineers who were in charge, or the workmen. Every precaution had been employed to insure the stability of the framework. Au Account of the Accident by a Civil Engineer. M£vEsle Manchester, a civil enginecr,. who,is employed on the bridge, had a very Uayrow escape from death. TO a reporter for the United Press, in' giving aV account of the accident, he said: j “I was standing on the span that fell near the Kentucky side,, and seeing that it was about to fall I called to the men to get off as soon as possible. I had just counted the men who were on the span a few minutes before and there were fifty-one in all not counting myself. When I called, the men dropped their tools--and ran toward me, but only ten of "them could get off. The others went .dow^i in a heap. - I was so badly frightened that I could not tell how man\ of^Giem got.out, but I only saw one Tfiun'swjm to the shore. “The accident was caused by the wind. The piling was strong enough to bear double the weight. The bridge fell like a pack of cards*' It became loosened on the Indiana side first and swayed, gradually across to the other side.

"1 he spun would have been completed by this aftttrmAm, j»nd after the “traveler” had beenrasteijfed to the pier there would have been no danger of - the wind or current breaking it down.” There Were Many Narrow Escapes. \5ut the most thrilling was that of a workman called “Spider,” who broke the record for high jumping. He was at the top of the huge “traveler.” 148 feet from the water. lie felt something give way, and then saw the whole span was falling. Placing his hands above his head, he leaped headlong to the water. Strange to say. he was not seriously hurt, and was carried toward the wreckage, where he ' was rescued by two fellow workmen who had just (Some from the shore. The south channel span, about 450 feet in length, was blown down shortly after 8 o'clock to-night. So far as known no one was injured. This wiU entail an additional loss of 875,000. A Unusual Sight. One sight that was unusual and that will be remembered as miraculous in the history of the lamentable disaster, was the presence of eighteen men, who were saved by being on the great stone pier, when the iron span and its connecting timbers went down'N^vith its dreadful loss of human life). Here stood this great pier, rising alone from the water over seventy feet in the air, with the eighteen,human'1 prisoners huddled together, dazed with an uncontrolable fear, but saved. The sight was unique, but terrible A rope ladder was thrown up and the" men were rescued. / Miraculous Escape^. John Ilipsenheiger, of Port, Huron, Mich., accompanied the “traveler” in its plunge. Just before it struck the water he roiled off and escaped unDr. D. C. Preston, of Jeffersonville, the physician of the Phoenix Bridge Co., as soon as the first span fell, seized a skiff and went to the assistance of the unfortunate men. While the skiff was being rowed to the mass of debris the second span, directly over the skiff of the physician, gave way. Dr. Preston, realizing his danger, jumped from his skiff into the riverand was rescued unharmed.