Terre Haute Daily News, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 30 May 1891 — Page 1

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 30.—The monument erected by the state of Ohio to the memory of Jamea J. Andrews and hia seven colleagues, known to history as the Andrews raider*, and who on April 1,1862, when Buell was planning bis ad vance from Nashville, siessed the train at Atlanta and roahed north with it to this city, burning bridge# and destioying tracks they went, lor the purpose of breaking up railroad travel and transportation between Atlanta and Chattanooga, and who were subsequently hanged for their action, was formally dedicated to-day, in the presence of an immense throng. The weather was propitious The heat of the May day sun being tempered by a cool breeze from the north, and the National cemetery with its beds of flowers, its broad, sloping green lawns, 4ta trees just bursting Into blossom, and its thousands of flags, some planted at the heads of the gravis, and others floating in the breeze from the high tops of the flair-pole*, presented a scene fit for the canvas of tne artist. Two o'clock was the hour appointed for the commencement of the exercises, but long before that time a continuous stream of people, on foot and In vehicles, began to pour itself «ut ovt?r the country roads leading to the city of the dead.

There were grey headed old men who had fought on the wrongjdde.ia the nnpleaswiiiii"1*?*! .... ,, bad done their share toward aiding their husbands and their sons, and little children* who. know nothing of the days from mto 63 save from history, and there are veterans of the Grand Army in the olU familiar suits of blufe,. with brass buttons, who had come from far and near to fraternise with their brethren of the south on this interesting occasion. ExGovernor Foraker. of Ohio, the orator of the day, was driven to the cemetery under escort of poets 1 and 45, of the Grand Army, and similar honors were paid to the sisters, ions and daughters of the executed men, who are the guests, dming their stay in this city, of the ttraud. Army. Seven of the surviving raiders also participated in the proceeding*. The exercises proper were prefaced by regular memorial cervices conducted by Past Department Cowman der Mailer, of the joint memorial com mittee. At two o'clock the assembly was sounded by the bugler, and in a few moments twenty-five thousand people had

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thered arnund the monument A stand been erected within an enclosure to prevent the encroachment of the spectators upon the speakers of the day. *Hall Columbia' having been rendered by the band the vast assemblage was called to order by Charles F. Muller, past department commander, and the blessing of th« Almighty was invoked |by Rev. T. 0. Warner, past chaplain in chief.

A brief valedictory address was made by Judge Thaddeas A. Minshall, and after the band had mated enthusiasm by rendering. "The Red, White and Bine," Kx-governor John B. Foraker, of Ohio, was introduced as the orator of the day bv Assistant Adjutant-General Halbert ft Case. As the wellkuowa form of the Republican leader of Ohio appeared on the frost of the platform the vast gathering broke into a cheer which was repeated again and Main, while flag?, hats, and handkerchiefs were waved in a frenay of enthusiasm. General Foraker stood smiling until quiet had been restored and then proceeded to deliver his oration. Having recounted the clrrauMt&uctis under which the general assembly of Ohio had made an appropriation to erect a monument, he gave a lengthy history of the war situation at th« time of the raid, and Use dream* stances which had induced Andrews Mid his associates to attempt their daring scheme, and followed Us is with an eloquent picture of the raid itself. He then continued: "It would be interesting to recount the a*ring exploits of tho« who escaped and mi forth the eventful experiences of these who remained prisoner*, but time and my particular i'tfy admonish me to confine wys to the dead. When tho war er*Vd a^vi ***$ Stars and Stripes dkil once re wa* *»ver the spot occupied by that xsthsoi scaffold, and ih« great i'-t whM. had given up th«ii

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BHieration, or had destroyed appreciat„j for it by contrast and comparison. If tl)» em^n: a 1 been great eommandei*, jrreat scholars, great statesmen, or great pjrizeitt", in any ordinary eense of the rcn, our prt iice here would need no explanation. But they were the verv oppoatte. They were simply typical, volunteer, Olii^ boys, hardly out oi their teens, without name, family, isfitsence or station, to cause tbem to be remembered or honor* d, as they are remembered and honored tc-day. "Why is ft then, that'we are here! What purposes are we seeking to prpouote? Wbv should the general assembly of a great state tarn aside from its ordinary cares and dutiesto-takeeach action a* has been mentioned? Why should a justice of Uie supreme court and the' two 'iistioguished and honored citizens who are bis associates on the commission labor, as they have, with zealous pride to dischare® the duties that have been intrusted to them? The answer is plain vHn spirit of any kind involved. It is stating the exact truth to repeat, as fairly applicable to the whole of that great army who wore the bine, the dying words of Wilson, "that he had no hard feeling* toward the swath or her people. That ne loved the XJnion and the flag, and was fighting to uphold them, and not to do unnecessary injury to any one. '•Even in the midst of that great struggle they did not want to kill anybody except only as it became necessary to kill somebody to kill secession. They believed in the union of these stat«3. They believed the highest interests of the south, as well as the north, required its preservation, and believing slavery to be the disturbing cause ol all our differences they gladly struck it down. But with it all there was no malice* And as it was then, so it was now. The one great thought that lies at the bottom of everv demonstration as this, is that of profound gratitude to the men who saved us, and nupreme thankfulness to Almighty God for the great blessings that hav^^come to our whole country through.the Victory of the union armies. This sentiment grows with the years and with our increasing greatness and prosperity. as a people. Time, thewftn^, ^^but makes ffiBVe manifest oui ^outy to alt who periled and sacrificed', their lives for thete priceless results. Bdt upon these particular men Ml an up.cdhMnon misfortune. They 4°t Only lost their lives, but they lost them in such away as to place a stigma upon their memory. "Ohio is here to-day to remove th*t. stigma. By this action she reclaims them from all imputation of crime, and effaces forever the ignominy of a frlonV death. -She proclaims:#,the world and future generations that th^y were neither S$jL b»l br*rr*nmt hrmorable men and soldiers that their punishment was unmerited, ififtd their names ahall shine on the roll of honor among the brightest of all that illumine the pages or our history. [Cheers.] It is out another added to the many iiiustra tions the world has ghen of the impotency of blind malice to blacken virtue, disfigure worth and pervert the truth.

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reconstruction, universal liberty a© .t ical tonality lor all men were! the issue. Free, popular government tjcwne. It would not have been was on trial. Success wm our m^phaat nge if these great deeds bad forever salvation—failure would have been our diver attention from the event under nnspeak*ble rain. [Great appianse.

Socrates has been all the nearer and dearer to the world's generations because compelled to drink the fatal hemlock. Cicero has grown continually greater and grander through all the centuries that his name baa outlived the wicked mainesa that condemned him to death. 4nd as truth and justice have vindicated these and thousands, so too have they vindicated those whom we are here to honor. "This monument is our visible and en during testimonial of that fact. We erect and dedicate it in an impressive presence. Not only are we in the midst of the dead but we are surrounded with bloody fields and historic heights. Every spot on which the eye rests is hallowed ground. Our memories are filled with the deeds of other days. Visions long gone come back. A torn, dismembered and bleeding country rises before us. Grief ana mourning are in every household. Countrymen are striving against countrymen Two flags are in the sky. Two governments are striving for the mastery. Hooker isgagainst battling in the clouds, and once more Thomas is storming Mission Ridge. Again we «ee the moving columns, waving Hags and glitS^ricg bayou«ta. Once mora we hear the roar and tumult of battle the rattle of musketry, the shriek of shells, the shouts of the victors and the groans of the dying. Oh. horrible nightmare! Break away from it and look again. The sofene is changed. The armies have vanished. Where waft war, reigns peaoe. Wanrrte,states have become loving skters. ft Jlag floats for alt. The same institoiteoa everywhere prevail,The curse of slavery Is no more. The union has boon presetted. The beat blood of the nation has washed oat the one and cemented the other. The constitution ol the fathers haa been perfected by the eons. The nation haa entered upon a new life. We are already the strongest* richest and happhwt peonte on the foce of the earth, and yet all thai we are Is but a feeble preface to the grandeur thai awaits ns» [Prolonged cheering,] "What has wrought this transformation? The union arms. Their triumph secured all these blessings. Who now can paint the picture wo would have presented to-day had the rebellion succeeded? Dis^ted-~*tavery here—free states yonder. An irrepressible conflict no longer retrained by common interests. The Ohio river a boundary line between hostile governments. A a many Sags as fshefes, and as many rvWllio^ jM! Je8 Davisea. Standing artn wM~ba»\l^fmjmil

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"Who Is so unfaithful as not to accept these reaolts a&d abide bv tbeitt? Their JPpd fluences have gone abroad to be ft It »n evfry civilized country on the face of the earib. An eclargemect of the rights of thetnbject in England a Bepnbiic in France, universal manhood suffrage *n Germany, a substantial cartailoient of the prert^ativee of royally, and a broader recognition of the right of the people everywhere to participate in their own government, are but a few of the more important consequences that have resulted from the impetus of onr achievements have given to the cause of humanity. Who so insensible to all this glory as not to be proud of the United States of America? Only he who grovels in the darkness of the past Thank God darkness cannot last much iongsz^" The brightness Of coming gttSatn^f will shortly distal Its faintest trace. Soon the last of the war generation will be gone, and almost ere we know it our more than a 100,000,000. In that day no one will be heard expressing doubt as to the right of that great struggle. With our merchant marine on every sea, our ships trading in every port, and the influence of our institutions dominating the continent and inspiring the world, nobody will mourn for slavery, defend rebellion or chatter about Btate sovereignity. Obeying a common constitution and following a common flag to acommon digatiny, the prejudices that have drawn sectional lines will be swallowed up in a generous rivalry that knowB neither north, south, e«st or west, but only.a common pride in every portion of onr common country. That glad day is swiftly coming. Let us run to meet jt." (Loud and continued cheering.)

When the orator resumed his seat there was another demonstration of enthusiexceeding in intensity that which greeted him when be first made his apperance. In the midst of the applause young Marion L. Ross, nepbew ana only male survivor of Marion A. Ross, one of the executed men, drew the cord and tin veiled the monument The band struck up "The SweetUye-and-Bye," and twenty thousand voices joined in the reL. n. A bri.'f valedictory was pronounced by Hon. Stephen B. Porter secretary of "the Ohio Andrews Raiders Commission, and C. W. Nor wood secretary of the local Andrews monument committee, in behalf of Mission Ridge Post, No. 45, and Lookout Post, No. 2, accepted from the Ohio commission the gift PS a sacred trust. Short, addresses pledging pport were made by Mrs. Hattie H. Steward, provisional department treasurer, in be naif of Lookout corps and the Mission Ridga carps ana Captain John A. Patten, of Camp No. 6, of tne Sons of Veterans, ^ptedgea that^t»'ffi&fhtain the trust.

Then the audience sang "America," and uith the pronouncing of the bendiction, by Rev. William Pettinger, one of the surviving raiders, the exercises of the day came to an end.

Thp^nonttinent unveiled tp^y .isjt tribute from the state of Ohio to the eight executed raiders. On March 20, 1889, the general assembly of that state aporopriated the sum of $5,000 for its erection, and this amount was largely increased by private subscriptions. The names of the eight raiders are P3 follows: James J, Andrews, citizen, late of Flemingsburg, Kv. William Campbell, citizen, late of £5alineville, Columbus,county, Ohio. George D. Wilson, Company B., Second Ohio infantry, enlisted at Franklin, Miami county, Ohio Marion A. Ross, Company A., Second Ohio infantry, Enlisted at Urbana, Champaign county, Ohio. Perry G. Sihadrack, Company K.t Second Ohio lufatttrv, enlisted at Mitchell soil works, Jefforso'n county, Ohio Samuel Slavins, Company E, Thirty-third Ohio infantry, enlieted at Portsmouth, Scioto county, Ohio Samuel Bobbins. Company G, Thirty-third Ohio infantry, enlist3d at Bournaville, Roes county, Ohio John W. Scott, Company K, Twenty-first Ohio infantry', enlisted at Findlay, Hancock countv) Ohio. Tne monument, which waa placed in position a week ago, is of bronxe, and is composed of six sections. The base, die, and upper stones, are ot blue western granite, the ptrdestial being 9 feet, 6 inches, by 5 feet, 3 inches at the base and feet 0 inches In height. It is surmounted by a iac-simile in United States standard bronze of the locomotive "General," the engine which the daring party of soldiers stole at '"Big Shanty," Ga. The locomotive is very large and weighs sixty tons. On the front of the die is the inscription "Ohio's Tribute to the Andrews Raider's 1362, erected 1890." The monument was to have been dedicated last October, hence the figures 1890. On the rear the die are the names oi the eight men who were executed headed by

J. Andrews. On the right of the die are the names, companies and regiments of the eight men who escaped, and on the left the six who were exchanged. All the emblems of the infantry soldier of that day are shown in ornamental design. Guns are stacked and flags lean against them. There are bayonets and belts, ad swords of officer hang oa pegs.

CELEBRATION AT NEW YORK.

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taxw—«l«|»rjciated cwdit^p^t^H^ ®ornia* ^j|(v|o$ Decoratioaday w»the pamde of the noljody—desipwed by »U—«?vtn by iOmod Amy of tiso Bqpablk ol Kevr "And yet thew a» tnea who sattM&f York state and the national guard and up their eye# a»d ,.l«gn-jdtixea^ societies. The Grand Amy vdy

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Haw TORK, May 30.—The weather today is rather uncertain and elill contintses thrtatening though the imia faas ce*aad for the tiiae bei^g. Some part of Uw profpaxntna lo-day will be iaterfsnd witli unWfis the weather improves. T3te pria

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SATURDAY EVENING. MAY*30. 1891-EIGHT PAGES. THREE CENTS.

%!A NATION MOURNS HER MAD,

THE CRAVES or BRAVE XM DECOt&AT£D WITH FJLOWER.W.

A FtltUa* Tribute t8»b« Hosnory of the Xtetmrted Hew# The CD rand fctrret Pursde *ud Tia« Memorial Ewrehiwi.

Tederday was memorable throughout the circuit of the gublic schools for the marked interest in the preparations for the sacred day, manifested by the pnp% fr«m the lowest to the highest grade! For several days the teachers tor the moit part have taken especial pains to impress upon the minds of the children the true import of the day's observance.. Thaswry of the great rebellion bas been carefally told the causes which led to thf awful and unholy conflict thesorrowfjii and hai rowing experience of thosftleft to mourn in northern homes for diar 6nee absent at the front, facing deatlloa the field of war, or in the hell-

the -tkunderous cannonade, tho pierdog crack of rifle and musket the cruih of the cavalry charge mowing its way through solid rank and sending countlees hundreds of men sabred to pieces down to an awful death amid smoke and |re and awful carnage the battle ended, the dead, the mutilated dying, the missing, who are never found, the dismal woe in far away homes, so wretchedly bereft of fattier and brother and son, who bravely went away to ae ist in perpetuating the grand institutions of a great government and the honor of the fhg and never came back the graves in the south and throughout the north of the dead heroes, the history of Memorial day—all this story has been carefully and intelligently told to the pupils of the public schools by their patient teachers and when the dear children were asked each to bring flowfirs with which to strew the grave® of union soldiers, it is not surprising that the result WM aa it proved to be.

Testerday morning, in every- school district in Terre Haute, it was no difficult thing to distinguish the children ot the public schools, for, singly and in groups, they could be seen with flowers in bouqUet?, garlands, wrought into wreaths, crosses and anchors, or in indiscriminate and beautiful profusion, wending their way to school from every direc tion. By the noon hour there was perhaps not a school house in the city where the floral contribution3 for Decoration day had not accumulated in a profusion that was remarkable, far *xeeeding that of many past yeare. It has always been customary for the school children to bring flowers for Memorial day, but it is a noticeable fact that this year tlx* contributions were BO much in excess of whaMgig been done in this direction befbre that the children may be said to have almost poured an ocean of blossoms over the graves of the hero dead. At the rooms Of the flowei committee on south Seventh street, since yesterday morning, there hes been a constant and unending britle and energy of action, the wagon-toyjls pf flowers came 0 pnbTT schools the flooranuad tablej of the committee headquarters were soon piled higa wua tne lovely tlowera ana evergreens and the atmosphete far out in the approaches was redolent with their rich aroma.

The ladies of the Relief Corps say that this year there will be no doubt of flowem that there are sufficient to handsomly decorate every soldier's grave in this vicinity. This is es it should be. for there is no day in the calendar which should be held more sacred to the loyal American heart and snrely no more beautiful observance of thisdav than the scattering of sweet blossoms over the graves of those who died, that the republic might live.

THE STREET PARADE.

JLLongMHl Very Interesting I'rom slon to the Cemetery. At 1:30 p. m. the police, details of tbe fire department and various societies had reported at Seventh and Wabash avenue. Owing to the fire department being called to a bad fire at the distillery this morning and it being impossible to get the apparatus in suitable shape for parade, then were bat three pieces of apparatus inline, the Times' engine and hose wagon and Ones1 hose wagon.

Hon. Charles Griffin, ex-eecreKry of *tate and past commander-in-chief of the Sous of Vetsrans, the orator of tha day, came in front Indianapolis this morning and occupied a carriage in the procession. Promptly at two o'clock the procession moved in the following order:

Escort of Police, Drum Corps,

Co. O, Indian* Legion, Go. B. Indiana Lejpoa, Ringgold Bund, ratform Band K. of P., 6utton XcKeen I. O. O. Select Knlghu A. O. 0. W.,1

Sons of Veief&a*, Morton Post O. A. R.,

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£»ew-«*eaioyteoeb tmmoa at a a a re & a it Jr a S S ymvmto* w** mmimk mTvhtm «i ci^asa. ide thf TO to a *&***> trimt Af Fifth avenue to Unfeni adhere lij^ of gaitg to pf» tlte|psre«wmiRe eumbed to the bajtlsbip of war tm ettbe# «th Mr dinday of vakw. iseailtV oltook pSa**. At Kofth of exsrrises heretofore published a|lside in the straggle between ibe states, second to the i*b«I^ fb&f.! moinaneuK ia Mftdiaoa Sqmxa th®**** beii^t nsadswsd. ji

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Kavor, Ooauaoa OonncU, City and County Official*, Fire Department. Ihse prooea^on moved north on Seventh street to Wabash avenue west on Wabash avenue to Fifth street: north on

portunity of participating in the, day's observance Along tne line of march business houses and private residences were generally decorated and from first to last Memorial day, 1891, In Terre Haute, may be said to have been one of marked and unusual interest

FIRST SOLDIER'S CEMETERY' The W*I

Stonewall Cetaaterar »w ebeater «B4 iaatstorrIt is probably not generally kiiown that the first soldiers' cemetery and the first flower-strewing on their paves originated in Winchester, Va. From 1861 to 1864 that sedate and qaaiat old town of the "Valley" was the battle* field and hospital oi the "Army Of Northern Virginia" and the "Army of the Potomac." In and around it were fought to an i?3ue four heavy and severe actions between large and veteran forces, besides having been taken and re-t^ken on fortythree occasions by smaller bodies of infantry and cavalry. At times every habitable house was

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hospital. For three long years four large ones were established there, in charge of both federal and confederate surgeons.

In that vicinity eome of the fierdest

many a life faded there as the roar of battle died away. The number of dead at the close of the war, lying in the fields within a radius of ten miles around Winchester, may be approximated, when it is known that there are now over 15.0G3 buried in the federal and confederal cemeteries. After the "surrender" ia April 1865, all returned soldiers set themselves diligently to work putting in acorn crop, and in the following autumn it became common talkof every neighborhood that there were so many graves in the cornfields that it would be impossible not to desecrate* some of them. The absorbing problem was then taken up by the women, who with cbaractsrvjtic energy soon had the parplexing question in a fair way to solution. Many of these women had been faithful nurses in the hospitals, and it was apart of their plan to address circular letters to every newspaper published in the south, containing a concise statement of the condition of affairs.

By this means they hoped to raise money by contribution witn which to purchase five acres of ground contiguous to Mount Hebron cemetery. This was to be .called "The Stonewall Cemetery," and was to be made the final resting place for all the confederate dead. The appeal was sent out in October, 1865, and by June of the following yeer all of the confederata dead within a radius of twenty miles were disinterred and taken to Stonewall. This cemetery pr. sents a grand sight to-day.. In th*. center are five largo mounds containing several thousand unknown ana unrecorded dead ot the before-mcn tioced battles around these are the lo'i in which are buried the known dead from the various states. Each of these graves have a wooden headboard, number and name, atl of which are recorded in large, wel'-bound books, secure from the ravages of fire, water and heat.

When the spring of 1866 opened, public opinion detarmined that the dead in the cemeterysboakb have christian rites

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erformetLpver thejr remains, add the for the ceremonm jt|i^j^f?t?d by pure accident. The Turner Ashby and his brother "Dick," having been brought from Charlotteville and Romney respectively on the 6th of June, the anniveuary of the general's death, that date wrs announced for the foi ma), obsequies of all the confederate dead in the new cemetery.

When that eventful day arrived, and a beautiful bright June day it was, a great throng of people came filing into the old town from every road and Jane, and as the roads were literally lined with flowers, the tender loving hearts of the rural folks and their close intimacy with nature, prompted thes* people to gather the beautiful emblems of love and purity. They brought great armfulls of these choicest of God's offerings and with tear stained faces and heads bent low, laid them on the graves of poor dead sons, husbands, fathers, and brothers whosii fate in war had been the source of anguish and trnny a heartache. There were then 5,000 graves of brave men who hailaid down their lives for a cauSfc which they believed to be right, in the Siontwall cemetery.

Assembled there a funeral dirge was sung by grief-stricken voices, prayers, were ofifered up, and with appropriate discourse, accompained by selections from the Psalms of David, the impressive services ended, and ie field was consecrated. The immense concourse of relations and friends of the dead soldiers then effectionttely strewed each grave with the flowers they had involuntarily gathered on their way thither, aftir which they despondingly left the M6red place. -This was the first instance Of thV public decorating of graves with flowers in the history of our great repnblic, and from this sprang:Our Decoration day,

A Boaattfal Bat And eat Castoaa. The beatftifal custom of strewing flow* en on the graves of the dead is very ancient wrapped in an antiquity that is unfathomable. It appears to have been general throughout the world, and not confined to the adherents of any parties* the English being the only

lar religion people almost, who do not generally dec-

Fifth street to Locust west oa Locust to I orate the grave with floweia. The pracThird street northon Third street to the! tice of planting roses on the graven was gate of Woodlawn. Mere the procession 1 common with the Greeks and Romans, barns all over fin body. The usual sickhalted and the ranks opened order. I and the desire to have it done was often' ening, sweetish smell of burned flesh Through the doable line* MorJots Pirttjexprersfcd in thecodkils of their wills, pervaded the whole office. After the G. A ~R, and Biinn Camp, 8, of V., with The urns of the dead too, werc^ fre- physicians had had awath^l bis burn*

visiting members, and escorting tbejqueatly ornamented and bedeck Woman's Relief Corps nrnrcbed into the jed with flowers. Lycurgus. the cemetery the beautiful ritualistic Spartan, limited Ms people exercises of the G. A. R.. peculiar to the the use of the olive and the myrtle, day, were imwreesiveiy oliservcd and the} allowed no name to be inscribed on tomb vataoos individual m« mbeni of. the! «tones except of tho«e men who had been decoration committer, provided with I killed in battle and in the cafe of a wobaftkets of boqoels weat about among I man, only those who died in same sacred tho aoldiet^ tttaves, whidx had been l^ce. Ia the United States it is one of m«t3ted aad paced oa each a beautiful the most prevalent of usages, not only testimonial At ti» ooadanoa of lite with th© family in the quiet of their dsep exi»ciirt»B t&eCftneterf Urn wmet-.h:. grief for mm* dt^wrted ssemberof la-

ma^itate «p«ii*d to tito grove opposite I hoo*t&old. bat the astion «^w* «ufen«fef

Vafor there waa oa both aides. *ad tlial»ji6,®8^ wa» reviewed to M*y» Grmat. Tbe ooorto wf-taall adjottraed to^ay«| which is uaiveiswiif tj^wsrved, irtdcli: teakinjr feai*tJ aad ilexof tb« hltiiwA oaallty. bat tlM tieateasat Governor So am

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ANOTHER DISTILLERY FIRE.

TBI BEE K£I BADLY BFitXKB AT THE BOND HOUS& n® ...

Ctuuieft JHeeker Jump* from Second Story W intlow with CI in CJolttlac oa Fire—He is Badly Rnrned -Mw Awfto! Sreuw,

Shortly before 11 o'lock this morning afire broke out in the bonded warehouse of the distillery at4he foot of Park street, and for a time it seemed as though one of the most disastrous conflagrations which which has ever visited this city was about to occur. At the hour flamed the residents in that vicinity were startled by cries of fire, fire, and one of the employes /1 in the bond house was seen running iike^^^.-^?^x,:'' the office of the plant "FireJ^V:

mad toward in the bond house," he cried, and Plff? .. *$ before he reached his destination the key had been secured and box 2t» was hastily pulled. Tns NEWS reporter being on the spot at the time, climbed to iiie'scwro^aooT ortueDonu awssir the fire had originated, to take a view of what was goinc on. A hazy blue smoke hovered near the ceiling while a small column of thin smoke arose slowly from

Before the fire was £itingfti«hed it was found that two men other"'* than1 Mr. Meeker had been

Jatnes Decker. Decker was burned about Hlit) hahds so badly that the flesh turned tip in great rolls, leaving th* finders from second joint to the end perfectly deVoid of skin, showing the red meat clinging to the boces, while the blood dripped slowly from the finger tips, presenting a frightful appearance. His moustache and hair were singed almost from his bead and face, and he was fearfully singed and

scorched otherwise. He was taken to his house at 106 Park street, where medical attention was given him.

first street After the Are wss extinguished allatx/ tendon was turned to Chaa. Meeker who was the most dangerously burned of the three. Dm. Askren aad Glover bad been at work on him in the office of the warehouse for some time before the fire was extinguished. The flesh was hanging ia strips from his arms and htsx,

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»ot in the middle of his back waa burned to a crisp, while he had smaller

with Unseed oil aad cotton he *a* put Into a hack in waiting and taken home. His barns are very bad and numerous, Irattbe attending physickus bare so fetus for his recovery.

The flra originated, in this ~Dae of the barrels of whisky hasi y, ung a teak and the place being quit .ark some of tho employes had taken i. mt&m me by while they stoppod th« .»ak. The Hqoor wbkh had alreiiy run '..'41 ifnited

from the lantern aad bT*% It waa at this atage of the fire the baud ^renadca and fire extinguM«rs wertf used without eflect and the fire alarsa was tamed !a without del*-. Ja#t as

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the middle of the great room which was covered two and three deep with barreled whiskey. The gaugera and employes were moving heartily about catching fire extinguishers and hand grenades from the racks about the building, and breaking them over a small blaze which seemed to devour greedily all of the extinguishers that could be thrown on it

The men suddenly scattered in haste and the Naws man having business out* side just at the time hastened to the open air expecting momentarily to go drifting gently through the rcof. At this moment the Twos' hose company arrived on the spot and quickly 'aid out a line of hose. Before water had been turned on a dull "boom** sounded through the great building and great sheets of intaneely yel'.ow flame shot up toward the roof of the second floor and downward into the lower floor causing everyone to give up all hope of saving the building and a fire of the most horrible description was fully expected. Immediately following the explosion of the barrel of whisky the iron door on the south side of the second floor was burst opBn and a urns., whoso

Alter extinguishing the fire on Mr. Meeker, the Two? raised their ladder on, the south side to the door in the second floor, from which Meeker leaped, nd began the work which tries men's souls and nerves, that is, to climb deliberately into a burning bond house, where they are liable to be blown to atoms at. gjiy second. The Twos turned a heavy" stream in from the south side, and the Foura made their attack from the front, and after the two streams had been held on the burning spot for about twenty minutes, the danger was past, and a well a re in a on a re us quered, was a victory which is. now crowning the Terre Haute fire departmeat \v

clothing was burning from head to foot, appeared, waving hie arms wildly, "Jump and I'll catch you," yelled Fireman Charles Peyton, of the Two's. The man threw himself into apace and fell a living, burning fire brand, to the ground twenty feet below. Peyton tried. to catch him but only succeeded iu breaking the fall and the man's hip was injured in striking the ground. Fireman and police pounced upon him immediately and tore bisL.| burning clothing from his tortured body,* after which he was quickly hustled into the new warehouse adjoinieg the building In which the fire was burning until medical aid could be sjunmontd. The v, fearfully burned man was Charles Meeker living at 1405 south Third (street.

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Jbbn 81avons waa burned and blistered abbatibe hands and arms. His hair ahd:?/ Af,» moustache wai almost entirely burned off. Hoe was the least barned of all. He was attended to by Dr. Waters at the injured man's boarding house, at U28 south

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