Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 4, Petersburg, Pike County, 2 June 1899 — Page 6

i mt County gruwrat I . McC. STOOPS, Editor Mtul Proprietor. IICTKR^IIURG. : : INDIANA.

ill the News of the Past Seven Days Condensed. IOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS flews of the Industrial Held, Personal and Political Items, Happenings at Home and Abroad. CHE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD DOMESTIC. Three men, employes of the Etna Powder company at Etna, Ind., were blown to atoms by the explosion of a tank of nitroglycerine. The United States supreme court hai adjourned for the term. During the session the court disposed of 519 cases, leaving 302 cases on the docket. A tornado in Texas did great damage in Stephenville, Mount Pleasant and Dublin, and killed several persons. The New York legislature met in special session to amend the franchise tax bill. . * The Sherman, which sailed from San Francisco for Manila, carried $4,000,000 In gold coin to pay the volunteers now In the islands. Bxirrell Douglas and Frank Douglas, father and son, were killed in a gambling saloon in Chicago by George Allen, who was also fatally wounded. J. E. Garrison, of Washington, has been appointed auditor for the island of Porto llico and has left for San Juan. William Evans, his wife and little child were killed in Center, Ala., as the ; result of a runaway. Brig. Gen. Christian D. Wolff, a veter* j an of the Mexican and civil wars, died in St. Louis, aged 77 j'ears. The transport Sheridan arrived in j San Francisco with 74 invalid officers and men from Manila. . . William T. W. Ball, one of the bestknown dramatic critics in Boston, and his wife, who was 73 years of age, committed suicide by inhaling gas. Tom Linton, a negro at Camp Creek, i '3a.. was killed bv masked men for cause

unknown. The war department expects that by j the end of July not a volunteer will be Left in the Philippines. The visible supply qf grain in the United States.; on the 22d was: Wheat, 25,468,000 bushels; corn, 16,9S7,000 bushels; -oats, 7,957,000 bushels; rye, 827,* i 000 bushels; barley, 1,537,000 bushels. Millions of bushels of corn and oats j are being held for higher prices by i farmers in Iowa. Reports from Illinois, Indian?* and Ohio predict that the winter wheat crop I this year will be the lightest that has been raised since 1881. The Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit association in session in Chicago elected D. Clifton Shears, of the Grand hotel in Cincinnati, president. At the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of* the founding of Malden, Mass., a reviewing stand gave way and several persons were badly injured. Washington’s peace jubilee began with a national salute, followed by a great parade and fireworks in the evening. Ben Wilhite and his sweetheart, Miss Lulu Ford, agreed to end life together because of parental opposition to their uqjon and shot themselves near Walnut Grove, Mo. S. Jackson Close, an aged merchant and postmaster at Stanwich, Conn., was attacked by robbers and fatally injured. Rock assaying $56 gold to the ton has been found in Central park, New York. The deaths in the army since th$ beginning of the war with Spain have been: In Cuba, 1,399; in Porto Rico, 287; at Honolulu, 45; in the Philippines, 606; in the United States, 3,872. Total, 6,,209. * The celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the American Sunday School union was held in Philadelphia. Joel Till, a prosperous farmer residing near Long Bridge, N. J„ shot his wife and then killed himself. The supreme court of Indiana has decided valid the law prohibiting Sunday baseball in the state. Outlaws Sam and Bill Martin were killed by a sheriff’s posse at Guthrie, O. T. The largest stamp mill in the world has been started by D. O. Mills at the Treadwell mine on Douglass island, Alaska. Cattle perished by the hundreds as a result of an unusual downpour of rain near £1 Dorado, Kan. The national Baptist anniversary meetings began in San Francisco. The features of the second day of the national jubilee celebration in Washington were, the civic parade and a reception by the president. Col. E.. W. Cole, of Nashville, Tenn., one of the best-known of the coal, iron and railroad capitalists of the south, dropped dead in the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York. A grand historic street pageant, fol* ’lowed by patriotic addresses, was the chief feature of the last day of the national peace jubilee in Washington. The exchanges at the leading clearing houses in the United States during the week ended on the 19th aggregated $1,909,403,066, against $1,9S4,155,183 the previous week. The iucreasc compared With the corresponding week in 189S was 43.8. A horse attached to a hack ran away in Peoria, Tex., killing Thomas Livejoy and fatally injuring two young

The Michigan legislature lias passed a beet sugar bounty bill, providing a bounty of one cent per pound. ? A boiler exploded in Henry Myers’ sawmill near Hinsdale, lnd., killing his two sons and Perry Morrison. Pain and hail did great damage to crops and property in central Kansas. The Illinois Steel company at Sooth Chicago broke the world’s record of steel rail making in a 12-hour run. The new retard is 1,310 tons.

rnree wnue men jaiucs uumpnnes and his two sons, were lynched by a mob near Aley, Tex. They were charged with harborings. murderer. Three men were killed and three fatally burned in a a explosion at the 'Cambria blast furnace in Johnstown, Pa. , At Montgomery, Minn., Mrs. Frank Glass and. her fom*-year-old son were drowned in a deep well. The mother lost her life trying to save her boy. The special session of the New York legislature adjourned sine die after passing the amended franchise tax bill and a bill appropri ating $75,000 for the expcnseof celebrating Admiral Dewey’s return.. Henry Fouriner, a Frenchman, went a mile on a bicycle in Washington in 1:31 3-3, breaking 111 records. J. E. Moss killed his wife and two children in Joplin. Mo., and then took his own life Cause unknown. Gen. Leonard W x>d, in command of the province of Santiago, reports that in the interior low ns the people are at work and in no need of assistance, are quiet, and that there are no Cuban troops under arms anywhere in the province and np brigandage.. Prof. Arthur T. Hadley has b^en elected president cf Yale university at New Haven, Conn. Twenty thousand persons attended a receptkm in honor of Admiral Schley iu Denver. * Twent y houses were blown down and other damage was done by a tornado at Hastings. Neb. The business portion oil Staples. Minn., was destroyed by fire. PEltSOKAL AVD POLITICAL The funeral of Miss Margaret Bailey, aged nearly 104 years, took place at Monument City, Inch Benjamin Franklin Clark, United States consul at Pernambuco, died on board the steamer Iluvulius while returning to his home in Manchester, N. II.. and was buried at sea. The Iowa prohibitionists met in Des Moines and nominated a state ticket headed by Kev. El. L. Eaton, of Des

Col. Thomas II. Bringhurst died in Logansport, Ind., aged 80 years. lie founded the Logansport Journal 50 years ago and was iji civil war veteran. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, the noted lecturer and literary woman, is failing in health, and at her home in Melrose. Mass., she ordered that all her manuscripts be burned. Ex-Secretary and Mrs. John Sherman arrived at Mansfield, O., where they will spend the summer. Squire Burt died at his home near Owenton, Ky., aged 103 " years. He fought in the war of 1S12, the Mexican and the civil Avar. * Rev. E. L. Eaton declined the prohibition nomination for governor of Iowa and M. W. Atwood, of Estherville, was chosen. Mrs. Lucinda Pratt, 103 years old. died at the home of her daughter in Chicago. Harrison Reed, governor of Florida from 1868 to 1S72, died in Jacksonville, aged 86 years. At a conference in St. Louis ef members of the democratic national committee plans of work for next year were discussed, but no action was taken regarding a platform. FOREIGN. A large portion of the government of Astrakhan has been submerged by an OA'erflow of the river Volga, causing immense damage. Mdlle. ’Rhea, the Avell-known actress, died in Montmorenci, France, agedl 54 years. Aguinaldo’s commission met the American commission in Manila and were informed that President McKinley stands ready to offer the following form of government: “A governor general to be appointed by' the president; a cabinet to be appointed by the governor general; all the judges to be appointed by the president; the heads of departments and judges to be either American or Filipinos, or both; and also a general advisory council, its members to be chosen by the people by a form of suffrage to be hereafter carefully determined upon.” The Filipino commissioners spent a day at the residence of the American commissioners in Manila and discussed every point of the scheme of government. Finally the Filipinos said they were personally pleased with the plan, but could not indorse it officially. The transport Warren arrived in Manila with 25 officers and 1,205 enlisted men, under command of Gen. E. B. Williston. 'Y J. it. Bulmer & Co., lumber merchants in Montreal, failed for $230,000. Seven negtoes were lynched by a mob near San Diable, Mexico, because one of the colored men attempted to assault a white woman. Queen Victoria celebrated her eightieth birthday at Windsor castle in London. Fourteen persons were drowned by the capsizing of a ferry boat on the Danube, near Strasburg, Bavaria. In an interview in Hong-Kong Admiral Dewey said he had the greatest enthusiasm in the future of the Philippines; that the United States must never sell them, for such an action would bring on another great war, and said that the insurrection was broken and there would be no more hard battles. * Duke de Arcos, the ne%v Spanish minister to the United States, and his wife sailed fbr New York from London on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Queen Victoria’s eightieth birthday was celebrated throughout Europe '

Gens. AlacArthur sod Fanston dispersed 800 insurgent Filipinos who were intrenched on the railroad beyond San Fernand Ok near Santa Arita. The insurgent loss was large, many prisoners were captured and it is reported that 20 Americans were wounded. Gen. Lawton, with most of his troops, arrived at Malolos. -His expedition marched 120 miles in 20 days, had 22 fights, captured eight towns and only lost six men killed and 31 wounded. Gen. Lawton estimates that his troops killed 400 insurgents and wounded double that number.

Agmnaldo s peace commissioner* left Manila for the insurgent lines, they having made no pledges of surrender. Members of the American commission express the opinion that the Filipino envoys will soon return, ready to promise the surrender of the insurgent army. ' * Fire destroyed 75 houses and stores in St. John, N. B., the loss being $500,000. Emilio Castelar, leader of the republican party in Spain, and president in IS73, died in Barcelona. UTKB. During a conflagration, bellevec. to have been of incendiary origin, on Coney Island, on the 26th, in which 200 buildings were destroyed and damage to the amount of half a million done, an army of thieves appeared upon the scene, and looted both burning houses and those safe from the i tire. Thirty-five hundred persons were temporarily driven from shelter by the flumes. ‘ A sensation has been caused by the arrest of two physicians \n Elberfield j and Kenischied, towns of lltieinish Prussia, charged with systematically j drugging recruits so as to exempt them from military service. It is asserted that four of the persons thus treated died from the results of the drugs administered to them. The distribution of the $3,000,006 which the United States government has offered as a gratuity to the Cu- ' ban troops on disbanding and surrendering their arms, began in Havana at. ten o’clock on the morning of the 27 th. The Spanish Gen. Montero, while on 1 his way, to Manila, on the 26th, with the Spanish garrison from Zamboanga, on the steamer Leon XIII. died of wounds received in a recent engage- | ment with the Filipinos in Mindanao. | Failures for the week ended the 26th, as reported bv R. G. Dun & Co., j

were: tor the United btates 142, | Jtgainst 245 for the corresponding j week last year; for Canada the fail- ! ures were 16, against 21 last year. Former President Benjamin Harrison, ! who is acting as the legal represenfa- ! tive of Venezuela on the boundary ! commission, which meets in Paris, on ! June 15, arrived at that city on the I 26th. Senator Aldrich, „ chairmen of the senate committee on finance, has is- j sued a call for a meeting of that com- ; mittee, to be held at the Fifth Avenue | hotel, New York, June 9. Admiral Dewey telegraphs the navy i department that he will stop at various places on his way to the United • States, and will reach New York about October 1. An electro technic congress was opened at Goettingen, Hanover, oil the 26th, with 150 delegates in attendance. , The United States cable ship Hook- ! er, from New York, May 1, for Manila, 1 arrived at^'ort Said on the 26th. • The steamer Umbria,, sailing from I New York for Europe, on the 27th, j took out. 415,000 ounces of silver. Len. S. Washburn, a baggageman on the Michigan Central railroad, run- i ning between Chicago and Grand Itap- 1 ids, was arrested, on the 26th, charged ! with robbing mail sacks of portions | of their contents. It is estimated, j from the number of complaints filed, j that he has made away With fully 30,- j 000 letters. He whs caught by a de- i coy, and confessed. A license has been issued by the ! Outagamie county (Wis.) clerk for the ! marriage of Alex. Shenadore, of Onei- ! da, a full blood Indian, to Miss ! Mabel Bennet, a white girl, who has , for some years been a teacher in the j government school at Alletou, Wis. Shenadore is a graduate of Carlisle, and is well-to-do. The reticence of Capt. Watkins of I the stranded American liner Paris, 1 and of the officials of the company, re- ’ specting the possible causes of the disaster, has caused much unfavorable i comment in the.London papers, which . claim that there must have been a bad blunder committed. The leading Filipifios of Manila are doing much toward creating a friendly spirit, and are anxious to have commerce restored and their porta opened once more. Great crops of sugar and hemp of the variuos islands are now being marketed. Aguinaldo’s last proclamation shows a feeling of hopelessness, although he calls upon his countrymen to fight to' death. His cabinet, however, does not show the same spirit, but is anxious to secure peace on any terms. It was curently reported in Paris, on the 27th, that the civil section of the court of cassation would decide in favor of a revision of the Dreyfus case, and recommend the resending of it before a court-martial. Another and supreme effort was made, on the 26th, to pull the stranded steamship Paris off the rocks, but without success, and as each day passes the chances of saving the ship grow less hopeful. Wasyl Guszcsak and Simon Czney,, Galicians, who murdered Wasyl Bojecaeko and his four children at. Stuartourn, Man., last October, were executed at Winnipeg, Man., on the 27th. It is stated that Aguinaldo it at Mariano, where he has been attempting to revive the spirits of the insurgents, the insurrection iu vavitejprvvmce having- nracticallv died out

Britain's Ruler Celebrates the Eigh* tieth Anniversary el Her Birth. 4 INTERESTING EXERCISES AT WINDSOR.

Smieci •«, St. Paul's Cathedral and Celebrations la «be Provinces and la India—President McKinley, Enreror Francis Joseph and ©tbers Send Congratulations. London, May 25.—Torrent* of rain ushered in Queen Victoria’s eightieth anniversary. At Windsor, where a general holiday was observed, the town was decorated with flags and the church bells were rung at 11 o’clock in the morning. The Weather Cleared. The weather cleared about 11 o’clock and a serenade by the Windsor and Ft on amateur choral societies was given in the grand quadrangle of Windsor castle. The sun then shone brilliantly. The serenade was listened to by the queen and the members of the royal family, including the children of the duke and duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the duke and duchess of Connaught. Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Henry of Battenburg. Serenade to the Queen. Sir Walter Parrott, the master <*f , the queen's music and private organist j to the queen, wearing his official robe s, conducted the serenade from the steps of the queen's private entrance to tie palace, just below the oak room, wheife the queen was breakfasting. The Eton College volunteer cadets marched in to the castle grounds, headed by a ban d of music, and took up a position in the rear of the choir. Behind the cadets, were drawn up the rest of the Eton boys and the Military Knights of Windsor. The mayor and corporatiun of Windsor, in their full robes of office, and the borough magistrates,we re also present. A Picturesque Seen*. The scene was picturesque. They *11 sang the national anthem, and then the choir gave the programme, comprising the late bishop of Wakefield’s Jubilee hymn, a four-part song, and two specially written madrigals, “To the Queen.” Finally, the Eton bovs 1

gave three lusty cheers in honor of her ' majesty, and the duke of Connaught j came to one of the windows and thank- ’ ed those present in behalf of the j queen, who herself, looking to be in excellent health, came forward and bowed repeatedly. The Queen Planted an Oak. During the afternoon the queen ' planted, an oak sapling on the east { lawn of Windsor castle. She drove ! along Kenneth drive to the spot, and was assisted in the planting by the duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Al1 the members of the royal family wit nessed the ceremony. Her majesty then continued hei drive in the direction of Frogmore. Military Knights of Windsor. The military knights of Windsor presented an address to the queen at noon in the corridor of the castle, and received the warm thanks of her majesty. The pretty incident was the presentation to the queen by each of her grand and great grandchildren now at the castle of a tiny bouquet of flow- ! ers. These descendants of her maj- ■ esty, wlto was deeply touched, also ! kissed her. Onr Ambassador’s Congratulations. Joseph H. Choate, the United States ambassador, telegraphed his congratulations to the queen, and her majesty sent a graeiously-worded reply. Thq ambassador also attended the birthday service held at the chapel royal, St. James palace. Service at St. Pant’s. A great congregation assembled in St. Paul’s cathedral in the morning, where thanksgiving services were held, and huge crowds of people, unable to obtain admittance, grouped themselves in the spaces about the build- ; ing. Ine lord mayor of London, Sir John j Voce Moore; the sheriffs, the aiders j men. sword and mace bearers, and all i the other functionaries, in their robes : of state, attended. The archbishop of ■ Canterbury, Most Rev. Frederick Tern- j pie, D.D., officiated, and preached the i sermon, after which a te deum was i sung. Celebrations in tbe Provinces. Birthday celebrations occurred, also, | throughout the provinces, the ships in the different ports were “dressed” for j the occasion, and the warships were covered with bunting. At Portsmouth there were reviews of the regular troops, volunteers and naval brigades, and ceremonies at the various arsenals and garrison towns. In British India,, Too. A telegram from Simla, the summer capital of British India, records that impressive queen's birthday services there were attended by the viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Keddleston, and the Indian military officials in full dress. Royal salutes were fired. Lord and Lady Curzon held a state dinner tnd levee at night. LONDON AMERICAN SOCIETY. Pretty Compliments Exchanged at the Birthday Banquet Given at the Hotel Cecil. London, May 25.—The birthday banquet given at the Hotel Cecil last night was attended by many members of the American society in London. Lord Rosebery, who presided, referred to the American guests as “representing a great commonwealth of states once a part of the British empire, and now nearer than any other countrir ex* cent the colonies.”

WITHIN OUB LIMITS.1 News by Telegraph Irom Varna* Towns in Indiana*

The Grand Ajar. Terre Haute, lad.. Ma r 26.—The Is* di&na department of th< Grand A* my of the Republic adopted 1 esolutions upholding President McKir ley, declaring its faith in his ability tc maintain the institutions and authorily of the c< imtry and having no fear that imperial irm or militarism would ev< r be imposed upon the American people through him. W. L. Dunlap, of Franklin, tras elected department com mapiler, ;»nd Indianapolis was selected as the jr xt place of meeting. Mrs. Sehlater, of Logansport, was electee presides of the Woman's Relief corjm, and '( rs., Alice Cramer, of Lafayet te, was ele <s ed president of the Indies of the G: i ud Army of the Republic. r*r Hecrocs Hair. Princeton, Ind., May S6.—The,;®? *ro settlement at Lyles, five miles we*i of this city, may become t town of t Misiderable importance ru c<l by eo e red people. The Colored Mechanics* 1 sociation of Louisville, Ky., claimii $ a membership of 500, js devising way ;to colonisee Lyles and makt it a town exclusively for negroes. Joseph Oft ter, of Louisville, is president, and $£* 000 is now ready for investment in purchasing lands. All prot ucts are t » b« sold to colored persons only. To Hunt Hone 'I hleve*. Laporte, Ind*. May 26. -The depr ?dations of horse thieves in rout hern M iehigan and northern Indiana com ties have become so daring that a movement is on foot to organize an s ntihorse thief assoeiatic-n to coopt rate with the officers in running down the gang. Deputy Sheriff Chatten.of Elkhart county, has strong evidence that the stolen animals are i un into Miami county and concealed m til they can be safely disposed of. Death Breaks a Record. New Albany, Ind., May 26.—Spencer II. Grosheider, aged 2.S, died after a long illness. He was a member of New Albany lodge of Elks, and his death breaks a^trecortl uneqiialed by any other Elks lodge in the1 country. The lodge was instituted October 17, 1893, with 60 charter members and now has over 150 members.' Death has invaded its ranks for the first time.

niR Una Well !>truek, Hartford City, Ind.. May 26.—The Crescent Gas & Oil company struck a monster gas well. The veil is the company's No. 2, and Is located in the Crescent addition to Hartford City. The weill has the highest pressure of any drilled in this section in five' years. It is a terrific gasser, one of the old-fash-ioned kind which mad* the Indiana field famous. Head Torn Off. Edinburg, lml.. May 26.—A six-year* old son of Archie Mitel jell, living west of Edinburg, got on a clod roller with his father, and accidentally fell off. His head, catching between the roller and the frame, was pulled off. and the roller passed over it, leaving the body lying ou the roller fran e. Mr. Mitchell is a well-kuown farmer and had two children. Is Now In Jail. Noblesyille, Ind.. Ma y 26.—Mrs. Myrtle Hutchenson, of Arcadia, who shot and killed her husband Tuesday morning, is now in jail at Noblesville under $5,000 bonds. She refuses to talk about the tragedy except to ray that “My life was as dear to me as his was to him, and for that reason my* cor science is clear/ Took the Oath. Indianapolis. Ind., May 26.—The fifth annual commencement exercises of the department of law, I’niversity of Indianapolis, were helc, at the Grand opera house. Sixty-one graduates received diplomas and look the oath required by the supreme court, which was administered by Judge Baker. Attempted larder. Petersburg, Ind., 3k’ay 26.—Lee Wilson. who is past 75 years old. deliberately attempted to iturder his daugh-ter-in-law. Mrs. Hugh Wilson, by shooting her with an old-fa shioned rifle. The wound is in the left shoulder and is very dangerous, Wilson was placed in jail to await trial. ' Will Go Sooth. Richmond, fnd., May 26.—Dr. A. C. Muhin, presiding elder of the Richmond district of the M. E. church, has been compelled to gi re up his work for a time on account of poor health, and will go south to spend two months. Sent to da It. Indianapolis, Ind., May 26.—C. H. Woolford, an old ma a convicted in the federal court of fal -elv representing himself as a pension agent, has been sentenced to 60 day s in jail and was fined one dollar and costs. Scare Ii Over. New Albany, Ind., May 26.—The last two smallpox patiei ts at New Albany have been discharg ?d from the pesthouse and it has bee; t closed. All of the 12 eases were of mild form and no deaths resulted/ Contra ‘t Let. Indianapolis, Ind., May 26. — The commissioners of O lio county have let the contract to Da nel H. Fatout, of this city, for the canstruction of 16 miles of township rt ad for $34,393. Fatally Skat. , Hammond, Ind., 1 lay 26.—John Mosby shot and fatally wounded Richard Latham at the Roltv race track near here. Both men are < olored and tend the staples. * Declare! 1 Insane. Indianapolis, Ind., May 26.—Former Judge E. 0. Bnski k, of this city, has been declared insane.

THE TOTAL LOSS WILL REACH $500,000 The Fire Believed to Have Been »f » Inee»4lnrjr Origin—A roUcenan, a Fireman and Two Bey* Badly Farmed—The Building* Bnrned hike Tinder. New York, May 27.—Coney Island property to the value of half a million dollars was destroyed by fire early yesterday morning, 20 acres in the? heart of the summer restart section,, the district known as the Bowery, being reduced to ashes. 'Hyp;. Bonndnriet at the Fire.§#;;. The 200 buildings burned were located between the Bowery and^tbd ‘ ocean, Tilyou's Walk on the west and. the old iron pier on the east. ;3fehese buildings ranged in size and importance from a wabbly bathing “pavilion” to the handsome fivictory Ilygeia hotel, ineluding theaters, concert balls, dancing pavilion, stores of various kinds, restaurants and hotels ai^&pfjr grade. % Thousands Made Shcltfr!«sh The fire made shelterless, for a time,, a native «aml transient population of about 3,500, including 500 men and women classed as comedians an.it soubrettes, employed in the diMriifejry/hnd Silenced no less than 100 pianos, which have for years assisted in merry making at Coney Island. The Second Fire Discovered. It was nearly three o’clock policeman diseovereil a blasjrln. a eottage near the iron pier. A prompt response of the fire department y^answer to an alarm had this trouble disposed of before 3:30 a. m., and ij^s engines were about going a wav whea the same police man.discovered abiitberfire in Seheflies’ Palm pavilion, at theTilyou’s Walk end of the district^ • This Was the Big Flfwfcblp?.-' This was the start of the big fire, and it spread in a northeasterly zigzag line toward the Fatime theater, on. the Bowery, at a frightful r.;?c.: Additional alarms followed in quick succession until 20 engines, some from as far away as South Brooklyn, were called. Bushed Out in Their Sight Dresses. In ten minutes after the second fire started, the whole Bowery district was in wild alarm. The thousands immediately threatened rushed ou£\ attired as they slept. They were quickly joined by the entire native and overnight population of the island, some l0,00o, whose eager interest hampered the firemen. M&&r:

Tnleves Get In Their W«nb * It was seen that the firemen had determined to make the Bowery the fighting1 line, and then the last hope of those south of the llower^^hat many of their houses might be saved being gone, a pell mell rush for salvage or plunder took place. Scores of thieves broke through the fire lines and entered the district from, the ocean side, and their work of looting was wholesale. A crowd <»ifx.mg: off a piano was one sight which taught the police what kind of crooks they had to deal with. The Fire of Incendiary Origin. Deputy Battalion Chief Kirkj^|rielr says he is convinced that the fire was of incendiary origin. He arrives at this conclusion owing to the fact that, the flames broke out in two different parts of the island at about time, both being difficult of Recess so far as the fire engines are concerned, and from the fact that upon his arrival he found traces of kerosene oil along the board walks and around both houses whOHp the.fires originated. The Loss la A conservative estimate of the loss, is placed at $350,000. l*oHceman Thomas Lynch, and Firemen George Tagart and William Aldrich werepainfully, but not seriously'burned, whilerousing the sleeping occupants of theseveral threatened buildings, liicbard Downs and Wm. Durkin, IS and 15 years, respectively, who vtu re asleep in the Zaza hotel, were severely burned, about the body. ^ Of Incendiary Oriftl The police believe the fire cendiary origin. Deputy Chief Kirkpatrick, of the fire> ment, says he discovered kerosene | along the board front of one of the burned When the fire department the beach front they fount dozen bath houses burning. They" were dry as tindeK and it was impossible to save them. The flames communicated quickly to the bowery, and destroyed two blocks of it before they were gotten under control. '■■tyV In all 200 buildings were destroyed. The police estimate of the loss is. $750,000, but this is probably exaggt rated. A St. LooImu’r Terrible 3 St. Louis, May 27.—Louis Allaris, 25. years old, single, met with a terrible death, Thursday evening, at Darling's box and crate factory, jrhere he was employed as engineer and fireman. The belting of a machine which was running a saw slipped off the flywheel. Allans undertook to replace the belt, on the wheel without- stopping the machinery, it is stated. He suceeded, but in doing so his elcthing became caught, in the belting and he was whirled around the flywheel several times and dashed to death.