St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 42, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 8 May 1897 — Page 2

®l)c 3ndependent. AV. A. i:M>IU:Y. I’ubllßhor. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA LIONS IN HIS CELLAR CALIFORNIA FARMER MAKES A QUEER DISCOVERY. Finds a Den of Wild Beasts Under His House—Frießtful Panic in a Crowded Paris Bazaat —Physicians Meet in Triennial Conclave. Cubs XVere Captured. The cellar of a house inhabited by human beings is a strange place for wild beasts to make their home. Antonio Nunez, a farmer living near Sunol. Alameda County, Cal., for several days had heard sounds coming from the cellar of his house and finally determined to make an investgation. He called in a lew friends, and armed with shotguns they made their way into the cellar. They had hardly reached the side of the stonewalled place when from beneath the stairway bounded a splendid specimen of a California lioness. Before a shot could be fired the animal escaped through an open door. A second later mid the lion, a big, ugly beast, made a Jump tor the stairway. But this time Antonio "is ready and kilted the animal nt the first fire. While his friends stood guard .it the doorway Antonio made a search underneath the stairway and found four cubs. They were as comfortable as kittens, having an old coat and a quilt for a bed. Doctors in Deliberation. About 500 members of the medical profession. among them some of the most distinguished specialists in the country, assembled in Washington Tuesday to attend the fourth triennial congress of American physicians and surgeons, which convened Tuesday afternoon at the Columbia Theater. The congress opened with a business meeting of the Executive Committee, following which the chairman of the committee. Dr. Landon C. Gray, called the general body to order. At night Dr. William 11. Welch, of Baltimore, the retiring president, delivered the triennial address, and later a reception was given the delegates by the members of the focal society at the Arlington Hotel. The congress is divided into fourteen distinct associations, each of ^hose presidents is ex-officio vice president of the congress. These associations held daily sessions at their respective headquarters, in addition to the regular meetings of the congress. A large nnmber of interesting ami important papers were read and discussed. A statue of the late Prof. Gross, the eminent physician of Philadelphia, was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. The statue is erected in the grounds of the Smithsonian I nstitution. Last Act of a Bad Man. “Bill” Adler, one of the most notorious characters of Kansas City, Mo., Sunday night committed his se< mil murder within three years and was himself shot and perhaps fatally wounded. Adler "mixed" with the negro keepers of a crap game, and when the smoke cleared away it was found that Adler had shot and killed William .Johnson, a negro, and had himself been shot in the side by James Gordon. colored. In 18:H, during the street masquerade which concluded the fall carnival, Adler killed Postoffice Inspector Jesse McClure. He was convicted of manslaughter and served ten months in jail. Athletes of the Diamond. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L Baltimore ..8 1 New York ... 4 5 Philadelphia . 8 2 Chicag 3 6 Cincinnati .. G 2 Brooklyn .... 3 7 Louisville ... 5 2 Washington . 2 (1 Pittsburg ... 4 2 Boston 2 (’• Cleveland ..4 5 St. Ixmis .... 2 7 The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L Indianapolis . 7 2 Kansas City. .» 6 Columbus .. 7 2 Detroit 4 •> St. Paul .... 7 3 Milwaukee .. 3 7 Minneap’lis . 6 5 Gr'd Rapids. 0 9 bread Day in Paris. More than 100 people were killed by fire, and in the panic which ensued, at Paris, Tuesday. I- lames broke out in a crowded bazar held for charity in a temporary wooden structure. Included in the list of victims are many members of the French nobility. Some witnesses of the calamity were made insane. Aside from the killed, hundreds were injured. NEWS bJUGGETS, Colorado College has just received an anonymous gift of SIO,OOO to apply in the erection of a building for young women.

Advices from Upper East Tennessee I and Southern Kentucky show that a ] , general strike in nil the coal mines in , that section will probably occur during । the next few days. The cause of the , trouble > a- . . ■ reduction of D per t cent. Obituary: At Cleveland, Miller M. Spangler. S 4. At Seattle. \\ ash., t o Granville O. Haller. I . S. A.. retired. i*. At Paris. Henry Havemeyer. son of the late Henry Havnneyer of New \ork. 27. At London, Sir William C. E. Robinson, <>2. The King of I Hy has eonferrisl upon William Potter the order of Saute Manrizion and Lazzare. Mr. Potter was minister to Italy before and at the time of the settlement of the New Orleans affair, and by his distinguished services in Rome not only strengthened the friendship existing between the two countries, but endeared himself to the King and Italian people. Joseph Punlop. the Chicago publisher convicted of illegal use of the mails, was taken to Joliet to begin his two years’ penitentiary sentence Tuesday. Reports that reach Athens show that the Turkish soldiery, though checked by their officers in the towns, are committing hideous atrocities in the rural districts of Thessaly. Hack Roberts, an engineer on the ('h? eago am! Alton Railway, was instantly killed, and ('lmries Pardoner, a fireman, seriously injured by the explosion of a Ireight h -a motive near Kumms City.

EASTERN. ’ Actor Edwin F. Thorne is dying at New York with Bright’s disease. The New Hampshire Banking Company of Nashua, N. H., has failed. Solomon Spalding, father of Charles W. Spalding of the defunct Globe Savings Bank of Chicago, is president. A message from Bar Mills, Me., announces that John I*. Lane, wife and child, were found dead nt Bonny Eagle, five miles from Bar Mills, Friday morning. All had been shot. It is supposed that a double murder and suicide was com mit ted. Four persons lost their lives in a fire at 1728 Third avenue, Brooklyn, early Wednesday. The dead are: Mrs. Celia Barnett and her two children, aged 3 and 5 years; Mrs. John New all. aged 38 years. Before she was suffocated Mrs. Barnett threw her two children out of the window into the street. The injuries they received resulted in their death soon afterward. The greatest fire that has visited Pittsburg, Pa., since the memoruble one ot 1845 started shortly after midnight Sunday in the immense wholesale grocery establishment of Thomas C, Jenkins. Three large blocks, extending from Liberty to Penn avenue and from Fifth street to Sixth street, have been reduced to smoldering ruins. The loss will exceed $4,000,000, and is well covered by insurance. Among the buildings destroyed are Jenkins' wholesale grocery establishment, Horne’s six story dry goods est ii Idisli meli t, Horne's otfice build Ing, the Duquesne Theater, and the Methodist Book * h.neerii The fire start ed in the cellar of tin Jenkins building, in a pile of barrels filled with waste paper. I'he flames w ere discovered by Watchman William Hunter while mak ing his rounds on the third fluor. He had smelled smoke earlier in the evening, but believed that it came from the outside, and had paid no attention to it. New York City is losing a great many of its rich men, who find it cheaper to pay their taxes in some other town, where the ways of the tax-gatherer are mu so op pressive. Friday was the last day for the “swearing off” of personal taxes by claiming non-residence, and I.HOO more persons swore oft this year than last. The real estate assessment will be im leased S6(>.iHMI.(OI, but the removals of ri i nu n will reduce the personal tax accordingly. A tax commissioner said; "Not within the history of this department have there Iwen so many cases of out-of-town resi deuces to avoid personal tax, A mil ui aire came into this office to day. His e* fate last year was assessed at more than a million dollars, but he swore off th s year, because he had livisl long enough at Tuxedo last fall to vote there. The family is now living in this city in ’he winter as usual. Another man came in ami exclaimed: Tin! You can’t • rch me this year. I voted at Far Rockaway[ That is the way we are meeting them cv I ery day. The Goulds wi re not lu re In cause the Supreme Court has declared them mm residents. Although they have town residences and do all their busim"• in New York, they claim to reside and vote elsewhere. They ate not the only ones. There are many rich men who claim residence in Tuxedo and other parts ; of the State merely to avoid paying Unit just taxes." WESTERN. Michigan University regents have given President Angell leave of absence until October, ISt>S. in order to allow him to accept the appointment as minister to Turkey. In a Wheeling and Lake Erie freig.r wreck at Warrenton. <>.. Engineer George Docksettler of Massillon was killed and Fireman Muir of Massillon and Brake man Keyser Jewett were fatally injured The engine broke through a treM’e mrr Short creek ami fifteen cars were piled up Eugene Taylor, linotype operator on the Denver Times, in eight hours made a r< ■ ord of 101.800 ems. The pre* ions re s rd. 85,000 ems, was held by Baker of S u' tie. Taylor's record was made during the ordinary course of a day's newspaper work and from the average copy fun *n ed during the day. Charlws A. Glessner. Fort Wayne. Iml.. correspondent of the Kansas City Sui day Sun. was sentenced io two years in ihe penitentiary for conspirm y and an at tempt to blackmail \ alums Brown, a wealthy farmer. Brown refused to pro duee hush money to keep an alleged san dal out of the paper. At Kansas City, the jury in the case of John F. Kennedy, tried as the leader of the Clrcago ami Alton robbery at Glen dale, has failed to agree after being .nit twenty-four hours and has been dischnrg ed. It is said that the jury stood wvw for conviction and five for acquittal. Ken nedy's lawyers will ask for his release hi bond pending a second trial. Peter Erickson and Frank Mee. two Finlanders, were killed Thursday in the Burt mine of the Lake Superior Console dated group at Hibbing by being buried in a eave-in. Both men were dug out an hour after the accident, but were dead. They have families in the old country. The mine closed down until the dead miners were buried. Many people believe the timbering of the mine, "square sets." is dangerous.

- ♦ - .. .«*» The Illinois senatorial investigating committee, which has been probing the] rause of failure of the G»obe Savings Bank of Chicago, smnnmued Sjrah Louise Ervin, the stenographer whose name has been so frequently coupled with the affairs of President Spalding of the bursted bank. She fold the committee that Spalding had given her cash ami property to im am.mat of S7bJMH). and that he bad prom v d to secure a divorce ami marry her. Spalding hud embezzled the funds ~f th< Stet.’ University, and Miss Ervin has refunded all she still pos sassed of what had been given her. The schooner Wallin, with slabs and potatoes. Prankfort to Milwaukee, went ashore at Sheboygan. Wis. Life stivers took off the erew of live, who were thoroughly exhausted. Vessel and cargo will be a complete loss. During the gale the three-masted schooner Lookout of Chicago was driven ashore four miles north of Two Rivers, Wis. The life-saving erew succeeded in rescuing Captain Oleson and his seven sailors after an hour's hard work, The schooner will be a total loss. Jolin Burns, a deck hand, was washed overboard and drowned from the gravel scow Sunrise, about two .miles north of Milwaukee. Near Larinmre. N. D.. Angus; Norman Saturday night cut the throats of four I children of Knute Hillstead. a farmer, and escaped. Os the victim<. 1 homa,, aged 13 months, ami Oscar, I years old' arc dead, while Peter and Adolph, aged 13 and 11 years re-p. .11 v.-ly, are mp M . pelted io recover Norn., u went to the ' Hillstead home in th evening am! asked

to be allowed to remain all night Hill stead was not at home. About j ’ . , ck inthe morning Norman knocked en . door of Mrs. Hillstead, who faileq 1, re spond, and becoming enraged Xornom went up-stairs, where the chi]< lr * sleeping, and attacked them one „„ other with a razor. Mrs. Hillstead and two small children escaped house. n ” m tlle SOUTHERN. A boiler explosion at Alderman’. saw mill, in the Kanawha valley, West Vir gmia, killed Perry Deavers and (Jeorge <’onley and injured Z. W. Hickman, Thos. Hickman, William Ballon, Vinton Alderman and John McCauley. For the murder of an oh] man j„ jp* dotage, a child in its nonage and a woman ill the first Hush of young womanhood, the assaulting of two young girls, the burning of the home of their victims, two of the bodies being consumed in the flames, six young negroes were’l'Lursday night sent to their doom by an infuriated mob of negroes, the victims also' being negroes, at Sunnyside, Walter County. Texas. W. J. Deboe was on WednesdayT h' < ! cd I'nited States Senator from K« tuck ’’ the vote stood: Deboe 71 Stone Martin 12 Blackburn i jd After the official declaration ofjrife ntiou of Deboe there were *fices oustrations that even the telegrai- ant ] in the lobby hail to busitrti only the bare ballot coulil be The evcitenient was intense, ns it ended a contest that has been waged since last year. Senator' Blackburn and histriends, after fighting hard for over a year iu the icgiihir and the extra sessions, went down with their colors flying. The silver Demo(’rats comeded their disap|M*intmeut and the gold Demin rats joined in the jollification. There never was such a scene in the Kentucky State House. Senator De boe proceeded to Washington at once with his credentials, to assist in reorganising the I'nited States Senate, and in the pas sage of the tariff am) other measures on which the lines are closely drawn. WASHINGTON. Gi n. J. <’ Breckinridge, inspector gen ernl of th« I nited States army, thinks I'm-le Sum i- greatly In need of a large standing army. He is in Cleveland at tending the congress of the Sons of the American Revolution. He thinks the army should number 35.1HH1 instead of 25. (SSI The President Monday sept the follow llg mCll'lllit le S|Ut le Sedat,. RolMTt N Patterson, of Team s«t to be consul general nt • 'aieuttu. India; Stanton Hit k । le«. us Xew \<>rk. secretary of legation : al Madrid Alpha I' Hoyt, of Wyoming, to iw itgistvr of rhe land ofli»e at Sun L»nriei. Wy . John Hancock Mi main. ■>) Minnesota, to be an assistant pnyma-'er in the navy. Washington dispatch: A practice that has existed for s.mi< yinr* of dclitering in mails addressed to foreigners m the foreign als,r colonies <>! the large cite - in bulk t<> saloon* and other places of general assemblage, then- to be sorted owr an l handed out in the crowd, instead of delivering at the house uddreesea. being generally comp'.aito ’ Hie .s.n. piaiiHM allege that in some . like Boston. Neva York. Phihuleipma F burg and <’ho:ig>> a ar; er i<«(naii with the foreign colony i« employed, who. knowing the habit* of the men. delivers their mail to their lodging pla<u», and that during the campaign of last year there were in»tan«as where advantage was taken of the . «U s,. e<-ng re gated to make ]i:irti*aii speeches and olherwi*’ manipulating p ibtn * w hile distributing the letters. Boss. ais e*p« < aaily complain nd of, the allegation setting forth that ii some ißstam is the . jrrats b< ano- po'<t: cal Imimscs. Tin matter has vexed the 1" •s:e|]),e D- '(trim : mi the t ivil Si r vice Commiss o. and Assistant Postma* ter General Heath ha* about d< < ided on a s:ep which may put an end to the trou ble. Th * intcnqdates i<vstiiig note «•« at all of 'iie p’a. < * where these men no it. aniiottn 'ftig that it * a v iolatiun of the law ami of the law* of the l'..stotb<e Depart ment to have mail delivt r, <1 at such place* without instruetkm tn have it left there, and advi* . g (he persons receKttiE letters that they must have then Street addresses put on their ■ tt. r* or । *e g,> to the p >*: office fur them, IOKEIGa. l our hundred flreek volunteers sailed from Alexandria. Egypt. Friday for Ath co* and a thousand more left for the Greek vupital Saturday by special steamer. The Brit.sh foreign office has mailed the reply of the Marqu * of Saliebtiry to the request from Washington for a re-iuquiry into the Bering Sea fisheries dis[>ute. It is reported that the British premier’s reply is in the negative, on the ground of expense. Washington asked for a prompt reply, which was .cu re : v drawn up and dispatched. The Rio Verde valley, in Suu Luis Potosi. Mexico, has been visited by a terrific hailstorm, which not only ruined the gm ing crops, but caused great loss Report* have been received of the kir J ®B ( per- * by hailstones f 11 the hacienda alone twelve farm bakmS w< ' killed. Some of the bailstvavs weighed over thjre iMvimls. The par. aui< nlary < otnmittee which has be< n inquiring into the Transvaal raid resumed its sessions at London. Ihe secretary of state for the colonies, Joseph I 'hamberlain. made a long statement under oath, declaring in the most explicit manner that neither he nor his colleagues in the colonial office had. until the day bi fore the raid, the slightest suspicions of anything in the nature of an armed invasion of the Transvaal. The admirals commanding the fleets of the foreign powers in Cretan waters had a conference Sunday with the insurgent leaders at Paleoksiistro. The (’retails were promised conqilete autonomy, including the condition that the nomination of their ruler should be subject to the ratification of the Cretan assembly. The insurgent leaders, however, cut the discussion short and reiterated that their motto temaiiied, "Annexation to Greece or 1 bat h." With all the pomp and ceremony of the '■raft, and in the presence of the highest Masons from every part of the country, the I’rince of Wales was Wednesday, for the twenty-third successive year, install ed at I .ondoii ns grand master of English Free Masons. 'The event took place at ! :. , Musous’ Hull, and lite ceremmiiec i mi wn se crowi ■ ithered outside the building-land i ' pr , । r:\ iin.' aid departing Ivas

heartily cheered. In the evening a festival and banquet in celebration of the event was given at Free Masons’ Tavern, the Prince of Vv ales himself passing the loving cup. An Athens dispatch Saturday morning says: It is announced that the Turks have been completely repulsed at Velestino. <»en. Smolenski has asked the crown prince to congratulate the troops. A dispatch says a great battle has been fought at Velestino between a Turkish force of 8,000 and Gen. Smolenski’s brigade, and thnt the lurks were repulsed with enormous losses. The battle raged fiercely for five hoars. 'l’he Creeks were re-enforced tt a critical stage of the tight, t Jen. Smolensk) telegraphs that the Turks will be unable to capture Pharsalos. because the /‘‘.l P °; S " l ° n is S,IOII R ami the morale 11 ' le Greek troops is completely restored. A semi-official dispatch 'from .ondou says the powers will not interfere to stop the war. Seventy lives were lost by the foundering of the French brigantine \ albant. Which collided with an iceberg 150 miles from St. John’s, N. P\, April 14. 'i'he Valliant was bound for St. Pierre and had on l»oard a large number of fishermeu to assist in the summer s codtisiiing oft the New foil ml Ia nd const. Seven men escaped from the sinking vessel in a dory. They were without food or water. The second day two of them succumbed to their miseries. The next day n third per isbed, and the four miserable survivors resorted to cannibalism to save their lives. They were picked up by another French vessel that same evening and arrived at St. Pierre Tuesday night, where they were taken to a hospital. Their condition is terrible, and they will be maimed and afflicted for life. All four tire terribly frost-bitten, feet, arms and ears being affected. An engagement the Spanish had with Gen. Roderiguez in the Purgatori Hills, which was reported as a decisive victory, turns out to have been the reverse. 'Hie Spanish columns encountered the insurgents and attacked sharply, relying on their superior force. The rebels retreat cd toward their camp and succeeded in playing their old trick of drawing the Spanish into an nuibusi ade. Gen. Ca* ' fillo arrived with re enforcements while । Rod* riguez wa* engaging tie Spanish and fei! on their flank. The fighting lasted five hoars, and in killed, wounded and ]>ri* >ners the Span *h les; 2N> men. Newcome* from Santiago to *’uba that 2tf> j volunteers, headed by a priest and a prom i inent physi< an. have j...md the insur- i gents be an*- they wi re di**atistiej with | the (•omlnct . f the Spanish nuthorit:- * । and bcl eved thnt Gar.m would succeed | in mnii taining hi* suprmmey in the east | ern province. London dispatch: IheDa ly M a .sß< r • । lin eorrv*;>«>mleiit telegraphs that smii •- ' wha' !.crii»us news of the threatened Ell ! I ropeiiu ouiibinatim against I'.ng'iiml :* ■ current ttiere Empcr r Will am is re i jHirted t" have n detaded p in by which i the inter* sts of Germany . France and Belgium m the Trn:i*vaal are to be j-r.» tected against English intrigue and arm* I'he St. Petersburg < "Tre*p.indent of the Tngeblatt affirm* that France ha* agreed *" th* Lm;n I o'* *• hem,' and it :* further said that Ru«« an court Hrcb s are ex tr*‘mely embittered agahiat England. This is attributed t>» the dowager < zarina having #<<•«*( 4 England <>f I" ing tiie >»> .<• <.f (In-ed going to war. Th** German i.aiai J.-;. ।*sno i>t haw r>L red that all work n the dw k* ntds It oxpe*bi« 'I. and in some yards work Is being carried on day and o ght < bn- cruiser will be ready IU a few w«'*'k« and three other vessei* by autumn. A'.togo'h* r there are niuvs* * a now in course of * oiisirm ti*>n. IN C*ENEKA . _ Ho- Pn -by;, r . «y I. n *.-*- nnt Sstnderlaud, has oi ;q • J th* * harges of heresy agi* i-M Rev Dr .1 Walson ila- M i. Joseph R Dm >p. pi-ipr •• r <>f the t hi- *g > D.spat- !i w - i-vp,- tc-l to b‘‘ given a four day*’ respite, by dire.-thm of the Pre* ;• nt. . ■ r-f. r ■ ■ 1.-— up hl* lutsmess affair*. To- I -.-I Si.iif-s ...... g. eral nt Nuevo Lan* -. M* x . r.q rt* t • th.Depntttm : f 51.,-.S 1 .,-. a v - ; • . that pla. • fr->tn tiie J* ligation th*- "<* .iif am* In trrstab Tran«|*irtation f'otnpatiy." np p ut ted by the 11 let: US . f Kansas. N« brnska. M,** "iri. •>k *h ma un*i Toxa*. They were j.art:-ularly impressed with the *»pporttmitl.-s whi«h rust f*»r the corn trade. < >r: * a fa’- .-red fund of the p*-o-pI- Hi Mi x >, whi --- w th It Mex can dollar per ImshF. The committ*»• were nitrodm *■■! t-i th.- Mi-xaati officials, who gave a’snram*- of earnest co-opera-tion in m oi-mejit f -r Li ttering the mutual interchange us agri* nltura* products. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago— Cattle, common to prims. $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, S3.(HI to >4 25; sheep, fair to choice. S2OO to ss."gl; wheat. No, 2 red. 7b' t > <3c; corn. No. 2,24 cto 25- ; oats. No - IGc to ibc; rye, No. 2. 33c t - 3 L . bn er, choice creamery, 13.- to 17c; eggs, fre*':. 8c to 9c; ; itatins, per 1- i- o 30, ; broom corn, common growth to choice gr*-. n burl. 2c to 5c per lb. Indianapolis—Callie, shipping. SAbO to $5.25, hogs, choice light, S-3-Ob to $4.2.*: sheep, common to choice. $3.00 to $4..*0; wheat, No. 2,88 cto 90c; corn. No. 2 whj^e. 26e to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to so.->0; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2,97 cto !»Se; *orn. N 2 yellow. 21c to 22c; oats. No. 2 white. 18c to 2Oc; rye. No. 2. 33'' to 3.*c. f’incinnnti—flattie. $2.50 to $,*.00; h’^s. s3.(hi to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to s;>.’2.q wheat, No. 2,91 cto 92c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 26c to 28c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye. No. 2. 38c to 40c. Detroit— < 'attle, $’2.50 to $5.25; hoes, $3.00 to $4.25; sheeji. $2.00 to $;>.00: wheat. No. 2 red. 91c to 93c; coni. No. ~ yellow, 23c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, '22c to 23c; rye, 35c to 37c. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 red. 92c to 93c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 24c to 25c; oats. N< 2 white. 17c to 19c; rye. No. 2,34 cto 36<-, clover seed. $4.30 to $4.35. Alilwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 spring, i3c to 74c; corn. No. 3,24 cto 25c; oats. No 2 whit*-, 21c to 23c; barley. No. 2,30 cto 34c; rye, No. 2. 35c to 37c; pork, me*s, $8.25 to $8.75. Buffalo Fatflc. $’2.50 to $5.50; hoc* $3.00 to $4.25; she. p, $3.00 to $5.’2.">: wheat. No. 2 red. !Kie to 91*-; corn. No. :! yellow. LGc to 28c; oats. No. 2 white, to 25c. New York ('attic, $3 OC t -$5 5(1; li <s. $3,50 to $4.50; sheep. $3.<M) to S.i.oil; Win at. No. 2 red, 7S< io . corn V.. 2, 29c io 30c: oais, No. 2 while, 22<- - - ~lc; butter, creamery, 13c to 18c; Western, 9c <7 Le.

BURIED IN THE RUINS. | One Man Killed and Many Injured in the Pittsburg: Fire. One fireman is dead and four others are ( hurt as a result of the Pittsburg fire, and the losses aggregate $2,700,000. Fifteen hundred persons are thrown out of employment. It is the worst conflagration , Pittsburg has had since the memorable railroad riots of 1877. The dead fin-man is George Acheson. His body was found under the debris of the Citizens' Traction Railway shed. The buildings destroyed were: Thomas C. Jenkins’ wholesale grocery. Liberty street; Joseph Horne & Co.’s dry goods establishment. Penn avenue; Horne's office building, Penn avenue, containing the "Xa * * "J ! \. . ■ dlB & -sc^f.i. pi"!J MAP OF THE HI HNEP DIM KH T, stores of w. P. Greer, china and glass ware: E. E. Heck A- Co., drug*; Boisel A Erwin, millinery; Dabbs, photographer; numerous doctors’ offices, etc.: John Hall. Jr., farm implements. Liberty street; I. W. Scott A Co., farm implements. Liberty Ktreet; S* 4»i*> A Co., farm implements. Liberty street, building partially saved, but contents destroyed; Ilauch, cigars and tobacco. Liberty street. The full insurance lists will not be compiled for several day *. Joseph Horn*- A ('o.'s loss on building and dry goods stock is S'.hhijhhi. Th*’ insurance is $725.000. (>f this ..nioimt $360.0011 was on the buildj ing ami $35.250 on the fixtures The in- : surance on the Horne office building was i about st>4.ooo. Thomas C. Jenkins car- ■ cd .Sbsj sou w irsh of insurance. BIG POSTAL CONGRESS Representatives from Every Country Meet in WashingtonRates of postage for m-ariy the whole j world will be fixed nt the meeting of the j International Postal I nion, now being I held in Washington. It is the first time I thnt the I 'iiiversnl Postal I'mun. now I eouq rising and controlling, so far as the | ma '* are roncerned, every organized I go*ernm«-nt. save three China. K"na : ntid the Orting*- Free State has had its i delegates assemble in Amer;, ;l. S xty-o.id uintries and province* ar*' t • pri-seiited by llxiut 12« delegates. e.H-h < ountry having but a single vote. The s. -mous arc held in the building w hich until ’*•< ently was the home of the ("orcor.in art gallery. 'F o delegates who form the congress are men ot the highest sank in postal service. The jiostmas :i rs general of se-ern! nation* are .imong tln-m. while leading diplomats imve been « & Stir£ COE* ORAS AIM OAIIE IM. *- :,t by s.)tin- of the eountr.*-*. The gathering .vol be in Was’.ingtuu from a month ' ■ --.X Weeks. I'; ■ xgri ** was opened W cdiie' lay m rr ng by Postmaster (Jenera! Gary, who deliver*-*! his salutatory in Etsglish, wh:!e the assemblage real the French !r.inslati >ti. Tlieti the senior delegate ri 'S>omb 'l in a few words. 'Th*- el«-etio!i f 1 Jiri - litlg tlici-r followed. 1 lie bus: n» s* of the congress began a’ once, all proce*-dings being conducted in T rench and behind barred doors. These * on volitions, which tire held Tut • mce in six years, are of great importance and are attended by the lending ]nstul authorities of every nation. I: is rhe union which has made it jaissibie tor a b -t*-r to le- M-nt to almost any part of the world for 5 een’*. Before that time it might have cost anywhere from cents to a dollar. In those days the postage on a letter was determined by adding the postage in the countries through which it w 'lie! pa-*, together with the "sea jiostage." which was more or less according ■o the route traveled by the ship. These who wished to conduct intermitionn! <•■>?- i • , tbe j. .*■ >tli'-e and figure out the on*. T’h-s haphazard arrangi-ment is ■i marked contrast w’th the ease with - vvhe-h the transmission of foreign mails is effected to-day. And the change has been brought about within the memory of the present generation. ADMIRAL MEADE DEAD, American Naval Hero Passes Away at Washington. Admiral Meade, retired, F. S. N.. who had been ill at Washington for three weeks, died Tuesday. There were present Drs. Johnston and Wales, Mrs. Meade and Miss Patterson, at whose house Admiral Meade was taken sick with the grii>. which was afterward aggravated by appendicitis. An operation had to be per formed, and from its effects the admiral failed to rally. Admiral Meade was one of the best known officers of the modern navy, sawhard service before, during and after the civil war, ami served in all jiarts of the world o*i impovGint naval and diplomatic i missions. _ Notes of Current Event*. The The<»soi>bic<'il Society of America ■ held its third annual convent ion in New \ ork. The application nt the White House I for the various consulships :s beyond all | prc< client. * »ra Mellon, the ('.impetitor p: :- m-r. who has iiecn held in <'aha mi ('ubn. for 0 - . i- a year, i* to be released at - m . The South* M> Pn'-ifi'' is makim arrange be idimr a .';‘-5.(JOO.OOO bridge , \i .■ ,।*।* nvei" Yew -r leal ■-

BREAD DAY IN PARIS. ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE PERISH BY FIRE. Awful XX ork of Flames in a Crowded Bazar Bein u Held for Charity- Member*. of (he French Nobility Amontf t tie \ icti niß. i uris I- ire Horror. Fire broke out at 4 o’clock i uesdav aftermmu in a crowded charitable bazar in th<- Rue Jean Goujon, at which the Ducn- < ss d l zes and other well-known patron- * ss* s were present. 1 lie bazar was ope«i--<■'l tor the first time Tuesday, and the stalls were in charge of the most prom Hwnt j euplo in the capital. On*- hundred eorj.ses were quickly laid “Ht in the Palais de rimlustrh 'it .* beiiev.i) that another hundred are be neath the rums. Among the mjureii wb< number Lso. are the Duchesse d. La 10ii,.. the Princess Kotchonbuy, the X'is- ^’ ,u '*t*^s D'Avenel ami Mesilume* MoC “ a '‘ ’ * >i<hcr. to Kncap 1 lie budding was erected in th,- Himsiest manner, th.- nudity of sea flouting being eonc-euled by i nil umma b'.e taiustry hangings. Moreover, there was oii'.y one * xit. The bazar was hi lull swing, when the cry of fire rose in th*- quarter where tim kinematograph was being exhibited. Before the firemen could arrive the roof of the bazar crushed in, burying numbers of those who had been unable to make their egress, many of whom are supposed to l.ave previously succumbed to the stifling smoke. The building was constructed about six months ago. At the time it was remarked that it would burn like matchwood. The interior was divided into shops a la old Paris, constructed of jirettily painted canvas. Recovering the Dead and Injured. The prefect, M. Lejiine, was one of the first officials to reach the scene, and he directed the operations for rescue and distributed the injured among the various houses of the vicinity. i he dead w ere j.iled in heaps, and near th*- exit the charred remains were five f*-*-t deep. In some cases only the trunks H-maim-d. with no vestige of clothing. The firemen and a company of infantry followed to clear the ruins and search for corpses. The new s spread like wildtire. All the cabinet ministers in Paris went immediately to the scene. Hunilrcd* of equipages streamed along the ('hami.s Elyse* s, their occupants, with anxious ami tear-stained faces, inquiring for their r*-latives. Many Henrtrendinc Scenes. There were many heartrending scenes of grief ami tlespair. Cabinet ministers, ambassadors, noblemen ami members of the highest social and financial circles were side by side with the lowliest and the poorest, anxiously inquiring for their missing relatives. . About thirty were saved by I’ere Ambroise and Pere Bailly, who helped them over the wall wif-h a ladder t<> the printing room of the newspaper La Croix. The staff of the Hotel du Palais lent valuable assistance ami saved 15(1 person* ’hrough a barred window ■ verlookiug the bazar, when , while the hotel employes were carrying away the bars, they saw :hr* e Lu* ueJ to death. Corpses Terribly Mutilated. Policemen, their hands covered with glove*, have ' icn deputed by the prefe'-t of police t*> pick out the portions of remains .’nd to w rap them in pieces of cloth, to be transferred in ambulances to the Palais It- i'lndustrie. The remains present a horrible spectacle of limbs burned I and twisted. Arrangement of the Bazar, The proceeds of the sales at each stall w*-r*« devoted to a separate charity. The stalls were presided over by .Mme. Fevri* r. the wife of Geu. Fevrier; the Marquise de I’Angle, Mme. Macobs. Barojne del la Lueette, the Marquise de St. Michel, the Duchesse d l ze*. Mme. Mignotte, the Baronue de Stoidier, the Comtesse Dzalynska, the Marquis-- le Gouestier, the Marquise di Argeme, the Mar- . quise de Pitti, the Duchesse d’Alencon, a member of the (irleans family! Mme, d'Arln. Mme. Boisseaux. the Baronne F. J*- Schi* kier. Mm*-. Moreau, th*: Marqiiise Costa de Beauregard, her royal highne.-* the Duchesse de V ndome, the Marquise de Maison and tin- Gomtesse de Grefful. Mdlle. de Florez ’presided over the refreshment stand. These ladies were ■ assisted by many equally well-known society ladies, and all perished. The dowager Duchesse d'l.'zes is one"f the most i>r<>mim nt women in France, and is said tn have provided 3,(X)O.(XM> francs for the [>r*qiaganda of Gen. Bou- ■ lunger. I’he Dm- *l’l zes is the premier duke of France, the creation of his title dating back to 1565. A* *oon as President Faure heard of ■ the disaster In- sent the most pressing inouiries for full pnMii-ulnr* t>> rhe prefect ’ ..fp,,..-,. Ail the (healers in Faris closed I ill nig-lif. I Ar HiiiJnight it was lenrrie.i the iv<mnd--ed uu über at least 18<L Mme. Flores, w ife us the Spanish consul, expired at the Hospital Beaujon, where are several others injured. M. Faure has visited the hospital and the Palais de I'lndustrie to pay his resj>ect9 to the dead. Greece Tired of War, The Athens correspondent ■! the London Daily Mail say* the ministers >f war and of the interior have returned from i Pharsala ami made their rejxirt to the cabinet. It is understood that as the result of their inquiry the war will be discontinued. News of Minor Note. The construction of a S6(Ht.(M)O cotton mill, to be erected by Boston ipital. was begun at Cordova. Ala. The cruiser Brooklyn ami the battle- . ship Indiana will be sent to England to i take part in rhe queen s jubilee exercises. The Portuguese gunboat has complaini ed to the Government at Lisbon at being ; stupjied by Greek cruisers near Saloaica. 1 Burglars blew open the safe of the ]>osti office at Lewisburg. M’. Va., securing i some $7(H> in stamps and cash. I Ex-( Tampion Pugilist Turn Allen was arrested for creating a disturbance in a I St. Louis saloon and passed the night in | a cell. A j>lau is <>n loot to eolomze in Kansas all the negroes who have been driven from their lioims in the I! n it I districts *. 1 Mi- -ouri. A linwi-ment is “ii foot at In liatiapolis to place limits upon the territ :w in that city within which the liquor trrUlk shall be confined.