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VOL. XX.—NO. 27. BULLETIN OF TttE ST. PfirUl^ Gl^Oß^. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, I8»7. Weather for Todny— Fair; Westerly Windai. PAGE 1. Great Fire in Philadelphia. Troubles of Teresa Dean, On Fnnilne'i) Verge in India. Mr*. I'rendei'KUMt Attempts Suicide. India uaVs Woman Rank Counter. Three Cold Weather Fellows. PAGE 2. . Bickel Advised to Resign. Sonlar 1)> ln« of Su*i»e— se. Queer lew I'oint in r^iw. Social Events of a Day. PAGE 3. Aid. Drew, of Minneapolis, Indicted. Almo Building Inspector Uilinnn. Arbitration Mass Meeting. Lrfitest Icm Front Cuba, PAGE 4. Editorial. Serious Char«re Agrnlnst an Attorney. Plutt l!iiii<iiieted at Albany. PAGE 5. Many New Bills Introduced. Hard Work in the Legislature. Big Fight to Occur in Nevada. PAGE O. Bar Silver 65c. Cash Wheat in Chicago 75 5-80. Stacks Strong and Higher. PAGE 7. Wolcott Bill l p in Senate. Deadlock Continue* at Pierre. Wants of the People. PAGE 8. First Trains In Fotur Days. Hard Work in the Drifts. The Cold Wave in the Eatit. EVENTS TODAY. Met—The New Dominion, 2.30, 8.15. Grand—The Fatal Card, 2.30, 8.15. Capitol—Legislature, io. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS. NEW YORK—Arrived: Karamania, Naples. #ailed: Tauric, Liverpool; Teutonic, Liver pool. And still the Cherry sisters go march fc)£ on. The mercury is not so depressed thi3 corning. m He who laughs last .laughs best.—The plumber. .—.—. It isn't necessary to ask who cuts ice these days. One touch of nature makes the whole ■world kin. —Jack Frost. Gen. Weyler isn't going to like Sen ator Turpie's characterization of him. m Even Mark Hanna found it chilly in Ohio, especially when he looked to ward Columtus. • Mr. Cleveland's term is nearly ended, but he still wields the ax with great vigor and precision. <^_ Are the officers at West Point canni bals? Many human bones were found under their quarters. -**_ Gen. Grosvenor seems to be a free for-all talker, who does not consult the people about whom he talks. The insurance companies got deeply Interested in Philadelphia yesterday. The Quaker City had a $3,000,000 fire. President Cleveland and Queen Lil luokalani shook hands as coldly as the weather clerk and the thermometer. -^ McKinley must leave either New York or Texas out of the cabinet. What chance has Texas in such a dilemma? The East had the laugh on the West on Sunday, but the laugh froze on its face before it could straighten it. _^^. Are we going to discover next that John Sherman is not a great states man, but a scatter-brained old man? Even a cold snap brings its joys. In the last two days nearly 12,000 Chicago men have had jobs at gathering ice. _^_ Senator Jones got a prompt and proper answer from Idaho. The legis lators out there told him to mind his own business. Apparently Fitzsimmons and Corbett look upon Nevada as good fighting ground, because almost nobody lives in Nevada. m A careful examination of the Chicago river is to be made to find out whether it is frozen or not. Pure grease will not freeze. <^»_ Mr. Fitzsimmons sends his compli ments to Mr. Corbett and announces that he, too, is "getting into the pink of condition." _ ~«_ "Give me a slew girl!" shouts Evan gelist Sam Jones. Where is the old woman w rho used to go around with you, Sam Small? . A New York social reformer says American girls chew gum because they baven't risen above barbarism. Now, girls, will you quit? Frozen milk is said to be becoming very popular in Europe. It isn't popu- Jar in this neighborhood, but people have had to use it the past few days. The famous dinner at Sherry's goes echoing down the corridors of the courts. Herbert Seeley, giver of the dinner, and two others have been in dicted. m Minneapolis had an unusually, busy day in its specialty—boodling—yester- day. Building Inspector Gilman and two more aldermen were indicted. There are others. .«*_. The barber is the busiest man go- Ing these days. He has a license bill In the Minnesota legislature and asks the New York legislature to change his name to "tonsor." THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE. LOSS OF Pihlo|!S PHILADELPHIA VISITED BY THE MOST DISASTROUS FIRE IN RE CENT YEARS. WANAMAKER'S IN DANGER. HIS IMG STORE THRBATBXED, BUT SAX Xl) WITH A COMPARATIVE LY SMALL DAMAGE. STARTED IN A GROCERY STORE. Iliim.-s Poußht With Great Difficulty Owing: to the Intense Cold Which Prevailed. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 26.—A tiny spiral of smoke curled out of the window of a big building on Market street at 6:50 o'clock this morning. A few hours later, one of the most valu able blocks of real estate in the city had been consumed in raging flame. It was the block bounded by Market, Thirteenth, Filbert and Juniper street, in the very heart of the city. A few steps to the right looms the massive city hall; around the corner the Penn sylvania railroad terinal, and direct ly across the way John Wanamaker's great store stretches from street to street. So fierce was the flame and so strong the wind which aided its de structive work, that even this building, distant the width of Market street, was saved, almost by a miracle, from total destruction, and Mr. Wanamaker to night places his loss at $100,000. The total loss is variously estimated at from $1,000,000 to $2,500,000, but in the chaos and confusion now existing, it is all but impossible to secure accurate figures. The losses are very generally covered by insurance. The flames were first discovered by John Wagner, a reserve policeman, who was passing the big building at 6:50 o'clock. He immediately turned in an alarm. Before the engines reached the scene, the entire rear por tion of Hanscom's store and Dennett's big restaurant were ablaze. A second alarm was then sent in, and a few moments later, a general alarm was sounded. Immediately adjoining Hans corn Bros, on the west was the five story building occupied by Blum Bros., manufacturers of ladies' cloaks. The flames spread with almost light ning rapidity, and Blum Bros.' build ing was soon a mass of flames. The water seemed almost to freeze before it touched the buildings, so bitter cold was the weather. The next building on the west to be eaten up by the raging fire, was that occupied by George Marshall, as a restaurant; then came the hat manufactory of George B. Wells, at 1323, and the rear of the wholesale grocery of Showell & Fryer, at 1325 Market street. While the flames were sweeping west on Market street, the umbrella manu factory of Hirsch Bros., the largest in the world, which adjoined Dennett's restaurant, caught fire. The inflamma ble nature of the immense stock of light silks added fuel to the seething flames, and in half an hour the beau tiful eight-story building extending from lc'o9 to 1315 Market, was a mass of flames. SPREAD OF THE FLAMES. On the north side of Hirscri Bros.' factory, immediately across Silver street, stood the new seven-story building of Dunlap Bros., the only printing firm in the state with a ca pacity for printing the big blanket Australian ballots. This building ex tended from 1306 to 1310 Filbert street, and was 100 feet deep. The first floors were occupied by the Collins Carriage company. The flames swept through this big structure and gutted it com pletely. The small buildings on Silver street, which runs west from Thir teenth to Juniper, were all gutted. The shop of Contractor Lewis Havens caught fire from the rear of Blum Bros., and three firemen were caught by a falling wall, Frank Piper, of En gine Company No. 30, was the only man seriously injured. At 8:10 a. m. fire was discovered in the tower of John Wanamaker's big dry goods store. The tower contained a handsome clock and chimes. At 9 o'clock the entire tower collapsed, the clock falling through to the first floor. Two lines of hose were then gotten en top of the gigantic structure, and the flames which had threatened to de stroy Philadelphia's most famous store were soon under control. The flre had been confined entirely to the .Market street front, and the loss sustained by Mr. Wanamaker was principally in the destruction of his clock and chimes and the breaking of all the large plate glass windows on Market street. The icof of the building was ablaze at one time, and seemed as though the entire structure was doomed, but the hose operated by the employes of the big establishment kept the fire within bounds. The wind was blowing from the west and carried the flames right into the rear of the buildings on Thirteenth street. The first building to witch flre was that of Jacob Miller, gents' fur nishing goods, No. 6 North Thirteenth street. Then came the cigar factory of L. Tarbliss & Co., at No. 8 North Thirteenth; McCune & Co., picture frames, 10 and 12; Pither Dry Goods No. 14; S. H. Shull, drugs, No 16: Heine's bakery, No. 18; the Cafe de Blamberg, No. 20; Budd & Kite jewel ers, 22; private residence and barber shop, 24; Huber & Weber, dry goods, 26. J. H. Stall, Jeweler, occupied the first floor of 28 North Thirteenth. All of these buildings were completely gutted. In many instances nothing 13 left standing but the bare walls. The flames ate their way almost directly northwest from the rear of Blum Bros.' building, gutting the rear of Showell & Fryer's big grocery The rear part of Nos. 7, 9, 11, 13 15 17 19 21, 23 and 25 North Juniper street' which buildings are used as law of fices and private residences, was com pletely burned out, leaving only the front walls standing in some cases. While the fire was at its height, flames were discovered on the window sashes on the side of the big city hall, which was exposed to the terrible heat. The city hall flre department ran a hose line to the roof, and Jn a few minutes had the massive structure free from all danger. EARLIER ALARMS. Between 3 and 4 a. m. an alarm brought the department to 533 Chest nut street, where flames had broken out in the fifth story of the building occupied by O. S. Bunnell, wholesale stationery. The fire was extinguished with a loss of about $10,000. About 6 o'clock another fire started upon the sixth floor of the big carpenter store of John and James Dobson, 808, 810 and 812 Chestnut street. By hard work, the flames were confined to the sixth story, but the water soaked through every floor to the basement. The atore WEDxNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1897. was filled with expensive carpets, rugs and upholstery, and the loss caused by water and smoke exceeded $100,000. It was while almost the entire de partment was battling against the fire at Dobson's that an alarm was sound ed from Thirteenth and Chestnut streets. Everybody in Philadelphia who heard the alarm from this locality, instinctively cried "Wanamaker's." The great store covers the entire block bounded by Chestnut, Market, Thir teenth and Juniper streets, and as the building was constructed years ago, many of the flre proof features of mod ern structures are lacking. The fire men soon found, however, that the flames had attacked the block opposite Wanamaker's on the north, separated from the big store by Market street's width of 125 feet When it was apparent that the block originally attacked was doomed, squads of firemen, with long lines of hose, were detailed to try and save Wanamaker's. This structure, with the goods piled up within its four walls, represented a money value of over $10,000,000. De spite the efforts of the city firemen, re inforced by Wanamaker's flre brigade, the high wind prevailing forced the flames across Market street, after they had been fought off for an hour and & half. The flre caught in the high tower on Market street corner. This supported a big clock and chimes which rang out every half hour. Little patches of flame made their appearance along the edge of the roof of the main struc ture, and the excitement among the firemen was intense. All knew that if the flames in Wannamaker's once got beyond control, there was no telling where the conflagration would stop. There was a deep sigh of relief, there fore, when the announcement was made that beyond the destruction of the tower and the scorching of the paint and woodwork on the Market street front, and the cracking of the big plate glass windows, the flre would not further damage Wanamaker's DAMAGE HEAVY. Smoke penetrated almost every por tion of the store, and the damage to delicate dry goods from this cause will be heavy. Had the flames licked up Wanamaker's nothing could pos sibly have prevented the destruction of the big buildings on Chestnut street, which is now closely built. Mr. Wanamaker was early on the scene. At the present time he employs 4,200 people, and as many men in this army of employes as would be of use in fighting the flames were admitted to the store. The admirable precautions that the inflammable nature of the structure had made necessary rendered the work of the trained fire brigade easy, and at the same time effective. Mr. Wanamaker said to an Associated Press reporter at 9:30 a. m.: "The fire is confined to the Market street end of my store, and three hours after the firemen are out of the place, seven eighths of the store will be ready for business." Air. Wanamaker was apparently the leapt concerned man in the great crowd as he quietly made his way from one part of the establishment to another, directing the movements of his em ployes. Mr. Wanamaker does his own insuring, and his loss is therefore cov ered in this way. FIREMEN CRUSHED. Seven Injured, Two Fatally, by a Fallingr Wall. CHICAGO, Jan. 26.—Seven firemen and two spectators were badly hurt at a fire which this evening destroyed the Williams block at 200 and 202 Monroe street. The injured are: O'Rourke, Jeremiah, fireman, struck by falling wall, will probably die; Workman, John, fireman, fe!l into the building when roof collapsed, badly crushed, may die; Pat terson, Patrick, fireman, struck by falling bricks, leg broken; Redcroit, Jeremiah, fire nian, both ankles broken by falling wall; Barber, James, captain Engine Company 21, badly burned about head and neck; Qulnlan, Sherman P.. fireman, leg broken and body badly bruised by falling wall; Georgehagen, Harry, fireman, fell from building, leg badly wrenched. The fire originated in the basement of the building and spread with such rapidity that within a few minutes It had became utterly useless for the firemen to attempt to save the building. Named as Receiver. Special to the Giofoa. REDWOOD FALLS, Minn., Jan. 26.— N. V. R. Himter was today appointed rec?lver of the Citizens' bank, of this city, vice the Great Northern Trust company, insolvent. A Hard Winter. Special to the Globe. YANKTON, S. D., Jan. 26.—John Winter, a well-to-do farmer living sixteen miles north west of this city, was found frozen stiff Sunday morning. The weather here is bit terly cold. For the past four days Ihe ther mometer has registered from 15 to 24 degrees below zero. Small Blaze. Special to the Globe. CHASKA, Minn., Jan. 26.—At an early hour fire broke out in the store of M. Melvin. By prompt action of the fire department the flre was put out without any great loss. Loss about $800, covered by Insurance. MRS. SARAH F. DICK, CASHIER OF AN INDIANA NATIONAL BANK. i HUNTINGTON, Ind., Jan. 26.—Mrs. Sarah Francis Dick, of thla city, Is a shining ex ample of what a woman can do In the way of business when she puts her mind In her work and Is given tho opportunity. Mrs. Dick is the cashier of the First National bank of this city. She is also a director in that in stitution and has demonstrated In every way her ability to fill with perfect satisfaction these important functions. When she became assistant cashier she was ttiss Sarah Mc- Grew, the daughter of the then cashier. That was in 1873. In 1881 the bank was reorganized and Mlsb McGrew became cashier. Her father was promoted to the presidency. Meanwhile, in 1878, she had been married to Julius Dick one of the most influential merchants of Huntlngton. Mrs. Dick has since filled the position at cashier in a mannsr that U «n- TERESA If TROUBLE MERRY ROW RAISED BY THE IN VESTIGATION OF M<*RTH DA KOTA 1)1 VOlt Clfig. WARRANT FOR MISS DEAN. WOMAN CORKEtSPOND-ENT CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL MlilU. BY A FARGO ATTORNEY. W. 11. MIIXiEiR IS THE COMPLAINANT Objects to Being 1 Dished Up for the Amusement of the Readers of Sunday Supplements, Special to the Globe. FARGO, N. D., Jan. 26.—There is lia ble to be some fun as the result of the advent in this city of Teresa Dean, newspaper correspondent, who is here for the purpose of writing up the di vorce business, and,on the side, rubbing some of the unscrupulous attorneys, who, she thinks, are too eager in ef forts to get clients from the East, and generally too ambitious for the al mighty dollar. She is representing the Chicago Times-Herald and New York World. Last Sunday articles appeared in both papers, and W. H. Miller, a well-known attorney in this city, was the subject discoursed upon. She turned him over and browned him on every side, even bringing Mr. Miller's wife into play, stating she was used by Miller as a sort of reception committee to receive blondes and brunettes from the East, and see that their stay In the city is made pleasant. Miller will serve complaint on the Times-Herald and Teresa Dean for criminal libel. He stated, this after noon that he will press the suit, asking $100,000 for defamation of character. He states that he can get affidavits from every judge in the state as to his professional integrity. The matter has caused quite a stir in this city, and de velopments in the case will be watched with interest. It is supposed that Mil ler takes this step at the request of Attorney Hildreth, of this city, who, it is said, will be Teresa's next subject, believing there may be a possibility to call off the newspaper correspondent. A warrant was issued for her arrest this evening and will be served in the morning. New Paper. Special to the Globe. BARNESVILLE, Minn., Jan. 26.—A new paper is about to be started In Barnesville, or at least a defunct one revived. Peck's Sun, which ceased making its appearance last No vember, has t»een sold to Mr. Colby, of Grand Rapids, who will bring cut the first issue next Thursday under the name of the Barnes ville Record. _^». PACIFIC JUNCTION FIRE. Twenty Buildings Consumed Before It Burned Itself Out. OMAHA, Jan. 26.—Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning, Pacific Junction, four miles east of the river on the lowa side, was visited by a fire and the whole business portion of the city was wiped out. Pacific Junction is a small rail road town of between 600 and 800 in habitants, and is located at the junc tion of the main Burlington line run ning up the east side of the river. The Burlington has a large depot, valued at $5,000 and a round house of ten stalls located in the town. At last accounts the property of the company had not been injured. The fire originated in a small grocery store and quickly spread to other frame buildings. Twenty-three buildings were consumed. The small fire depart ment, handicapped by the severe cold, was almost powerless to combat the flames. Bucket brigades were formed, and the people turned oat en masse and worked upon the biazing struc tures. Word was sent to, Plattesmouth to send fire apparatus, but as the de partment in that city was engaged with trouble at home, at the time, the re quest could not be compiled with. Half an hour later a message was received that assistance was not needed, as the fire had nearly spent itself. The flames after leaving the mam street, spread into the residence portion and render ed many people homeless. A number of people suffered severely from frozen ears and frost-butten limbs. The loss was about $30,000. tlrely satisfactory to the directory. This bright and enterprising woman received her edu cation In the common sehoote, and later took a course In a business college of Dayton O. She Is very quick and accurate In her ac counts, and writes a bold, round hand. In the handling of coin andfpaper money she is expert and seldom maks a miscount. She can dispose of a mass of business with a dispatch that often puzzU»ler men associates. She writes all the notes, -grafts and deposit certificates of the bank, counts up the Inter est on the collections, cashes checks, discounts papers and attends to a lot of work that ordi narily requires the attention of several per sons. In one day recently she handled $54, --000 In small accounts. Involving 600 transac tions, In 860 minutes. Personally, Mrs. Dick is tall and pretty, and when not at business spends her time In her luxurious home. WHEN SHALL WE THREE MEET AGAIN? Ofl FACE'S VERGE ONLY GOVERNMENT AID BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF IHJAJ'UI AND STARVATION. CHOLERA IS THREATENED. HORRORS OF DISEASE UKELY TO BE ADDED TO HUNGER'S PAKGS. GANGS OF ROBBERS PILLAGING. Grain Stores the Objects of Theft Whenever Opportunity Arises— Many Cuttle Dying. BIJAPUR, Presidency of Bombay, Jan. 26.—The special correspondent of the Associated Press, who is visiting the distressed provinces of India, has ar rived at Bijapur, about 245 miles south east of Bembay, and finds in this dis trict the keenest distress, especially among the people of the lower castes. These are on the verge of starvation and are only saved from it by the gov ernment relief work, which enables them to earn enough money to at least keep body and soul together while awaiting the brighter state of affairs which recent rains are expected to pro vide later in the year. It is estimated that full one-tenth of the cattle in this district have already perished from lack of fodder, and the loss from this cause will undoubtedly be considerably increased between now and the growing of the new crops. In the fields can be seen lying numbers of carcasses of animals being devoured by vultures. There are many gangs of robbers engaged in pillaging grain stores whenever an opportunity arises and the prisons are full of thieves who have been captured while stealing grain or in attempting to do so. Among the masses there are many cases of illness, arising from lack of proper nourishment and emaciation, and it is regarded as certain that cholera will reach this district sooner or later, owing to the carelessness of the people who dread being taken to the hospitals provided for their care, believing that they are certain to die within a fortnight if they enter a hos pital. Beyond doubt the utmost resources of the government will be taxed be fore long in the efforts which will have to be made to cope with the steadily increasing distress. CONDITIONS IN IKDIA. AVock of the Country the Subject of Debate in Parliament. LONDON, Jan. 26.—The debate on the address in reply to the speech from the throne at the opening of parliament, a Aveek ago, was resumed in the house of commons today. The amendments of Pir William Wedderburn, member for Banfshire, Radical, (who has lived a great time in India and who presided over the fifth Indian National congress at Bombay), calling for a minute, in dependent inquiry into the condition of •the masses of India, was rejected by a veto of 217 to 90. Sir William Wedder burn contended that the people were In a state of chronic destitution and as serted that the causes were usury; the system of taxation and the civil courts which, he added, were unsuitable for Indian intelligence. During the debate, Mancherjee Mer wanje Bhowanggree, member of the Northeast Division of Bethenal Green, Conservative, (a representative of what may be termed the anti-congress party in India) opposed the amendment on the ground that it would incite discon tent in India. Whole Country Infected. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 26.—The minister for the interior has declared the whole of India to be infected with the plague. ELEVATOR BURNED Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire Loss at Chlcagro. CHICAGO, Jan. 26.—/ The large grain elevator of the W. H. Purcell Malting company, at 123 rd street, was destroyed by flre today. The flames originated In the south portion of the structure. Before the flre department arrived, the whole structure was enveloped in flames. The firemen were handicapped by the scarcity of flre plugs and by the intense cold. The elevator was re cently rebuilt, two former structures having been heavily damaged by fire. This, however, is the first time the building was completely destroyed. Vice President Joaejxh Guickenhehner estimated the kMw at about $350,000, PRJCE TWO CENTS—{ £s!%£s&' ■which Is almost entirely covered by insurance. SPANIARDS^AMBUSHED. Heavy Loss Inflicted on Them by the Insurgents. KEY WEST, Jan. 26.—News from Havana today reports a hot battle was waged at Las Mangas, Pinar del Rio, province, on Thursday, between one of Col. San Martin's detachments and two troops of insurgents commanded by Delgrado. The place has a Span ish garrison of 200 men. Delgado marched to attack it, and word was sent by Spaniards to San Martin for aid. The insurgents prepared a recep tion for San Martin's band. On ths way the column had to cross a deep creek through a narrow defile. The Cubans undermined the bridge and hid on the roadside beside the thick bush. As the Spaniards came upon the bridge it went down and precipitated thirty men into the water. The regular for mations were broken in the attempt to rescue the soldiers in the water. Here the Cubans poured in a destructive fire, and then shouting "Cuba Libre," charged fiercely upon them with ma chetes. The Spaniards could not re treat and the fight was a hot and bJcody one. Maj. Andres, the Spanish officer, was killed, with two of his lieutenants. The troops suffered ter ribly, the Cubans hewing their way through them towards the colors, where a more desperate hand to hand encounter occurred, but the Cubans captured the flag and then the Span iards fled. The troops at Las Mangas, hearing the firing, made a demonstra tion, and the Cubans, fearing to be caught between two fires, retreated, carrying off their dead and wounded. The Spanish less is reported at over 100, while the Cubans did not lose over fifteen men. At the palace In Havana the report was sent in from Las Mangas of a Spanish victory, but it added: "Tho Spanish troops left the field before the insurgents did." sleddinglwy dumped. Twenty Yonnp People All More «r Less Serlotasly Injured. ALTOONA, Pa., Jan. 26.—About ten o'clock last night a sledding party of forty persons from Tyrone drove into a quarry at Pemberton, six miles be low that place. The sled, horses and pleasure-seekers were precipitated fifty feet to the bottom of a precipice, where they lay In a great mass. Twen ty persons were badly injured. As soon as the news reached Tyrone, a special train was fitted out, and all the doctors in the town were conveyed to the scene. The party was mostly made up of young people. Boys and girls with arms and legs broken and with blood streaming from their wounds lay In drifts of snow. The mercury stood at 3 degrees below zero, adding to the horror of the catastrophe. The fol lowing is a partial list: Alice Hadden, of Little Washington; Jessie Stone, Belief onte; Eugene Crampton, Ty rone; William Jones, Tyrone; Howard Templeton, Tyrone. Theise are all bad ly hurt. BLIGHT OP THE PLAGUE. Conditions In Bombay Described by a Missionary. BOSTON, Jan. 26.—Miss Abble Child, secretary of the Women's Board of Mis sions, has received the following let ter from Rev. Mrs. E. S. Hume, frcm Bombey: "This terrible bubonic plague is working fearful havoc in nearly all branches of the native com munity. Some 300,000 persons have left town. The Baroda railway alone has put on six extra trains a day to pro vided accommodations for those leav ing by their line. In the railway sta tion here at Byculai there are hun dreds waiting for an opportunity to leave by the Great India Peninsula trains. The people are dazed and ter rified. "Dr. Jeddo, the assistant coroner, says the papers give not a fractional part of the facts as to the plague; that to one burying ground the day before there had been one hundred and thirty bodies brought, and they could not dispose of them fast enough. In the Mohammedan burying grounds bodies are lying four and five In a grave. And yet with all this about us, not a native Christian has had an attack. Eight Europeans, if not more, have died of it. At first it was thought that about 30 per cent recovered, but later facts from various sources prove the fatality to be even greater. Since the death of a little girl in one of our schools, the doctors have ordered all four of our outside schools to be closed. Our Christian school, with the two board- Ing departments, had to be closed with out any prise giving or annual school exhibitions, and those of our boarders who have homes have been sent away. The rest are here with us." Canadian Wreck. ST. JOHN, N. 8., Jan. 26.—Word was re ceived here from Dorchester, N. EL, Just after noon today, that the Canadian express from Halifax, for Montreal, on the Inter colonial line, left the rails Just before noon, and went down an embankment. Two per sons were reported killed and six injured. Those reported dead are Arthur Edgecombo. of St John, postal clerk; Mrs. Patrijurn, of BloomflelO, N. B. BULLET Ifl HER BODY SEnrsA/noiNAi, shooting in tilb JLPARTMEINTS OF ROBERT FRiENDERGAST. m __ HIS WIFE WAS THE VICTIM. GLJMAX OF A SERIES OF UNFLEASU ANT DOMESTIC HjAJPPBN ING9. TWO WEJRE AL.ONE AT THE TIMES. Mr» I*renderarast Relieves Her Ilni. band of Suspicion by Declaring She Did It. Deserted by her husband and left without friends or money, Mrs. Robert Prendergast, a daughter-in-law of M. R. Prendergast. of 408 Ashland avenue, fatally shot herself in the left breast with a 82-calibre Colt's revolver at her apartments in a block at No. 220 West Seventh street, yesterday afternoon. Robert Prendergast, the woman's hus band was in the room with her at the time of the shooting and Dr. Brimhall was Immediately summoned to her aid, but could render no assistance on ac count of the dangerous nature of th© wound, and ordered her taken to the city hospital, where it was reported at an early hour this morning she would not likely live until daylight. The shooting took place at about 3 o'clock, when Mrs. L. Sanders, who lets apartments in the block, heard a smothered pistol shot from the direc tion of the rooms occupied by the Pren dergasfs and, in company with her daughter, Miss Vesta Sanders, rushed to the apartments. The door was lock ed but a frightened demand for en trance met with a drawing of the lock and a partial opening of the door. Lying on the floor in such a position as to prevent the door from fully opening, was the form of Mrs. Prendergast, cov ered with blood from a wound in the left side just over the heart from which trickeled a crimson stream. Bending over the prostrate woman was the figure of her husband, who cried in frenzied tones, "My God, Emma! Will you ever forgive me!" "I forgive you Robert, but it is all your fault," replied the still conscious woman, while the husband brushed the blood from his wife's dress with his bare hand. These words both Mrs. Sanders and her daughter say they heard as they stood almost paralyzed on the thres hold, which they could not enter on ac count of Airs. Prendergast's body hav ing fallen against the door. Recovering from their horror Mrs. Sanders ran down stairs and dispatched Officer Zacher for a physician, while Miss San ders pushed her way into the room and endeavored to relieve Mrs. Prendergast by removing the upper portion of her clothing. Just above the heart was an ugly bullet hole from which the blood flowed freely. Neither Mr. Prendergast nor his wife had anything further to say regarding the shooting, and when the patrol from the central station ar rived, the husband accompanied his wife to the city hospital. Soon after the shooting Detective Campbell visted the scene, and after tearing that Prendergast had been locked in the room with his wife and being apprised by Mrs. Sanders of the conversation passing between the pair, he decided the case one demanding an investigation, and at once visited the apartments where the shooting occurr ed. Everything was in apparent order. There are two rooms, separated by a sliding door, one of which is used for a bedroom and the other for a kitchen. The door was partly open and the in side panels covered with blood, as though some one had been leaning 1 against it or attempting to open it. The revolver was on the floor of the "room, showing that the shot had evidently been fired in this apartment and that the wounded woman had staggered to the sliding- door in an effort to reach the outer room, falling just as sine did so In front of the door opening into the hallway. While Detective Campbell was pur suing his investigation, a younger brother of Prendergast called at the 100 m. Learning from the youth that Robert was at his father's home at No. 408 Ashland avenue, the detective proceeded to that address, and, after interrogating the husband, advised him to report to Chief Schweitzer at the central station. Later M. R. Prenderg-am accom panied his son to police headquarters, where the young man detailed his ver sion of the shooting, and immediately left to go out to the city hospital. Shortly afterward Dectective Campbell went to the house cf County Attorney Anderson, while another police officer visited his assistant, Mr. Zollrr.an, and both officials met at 10 o'clock last evening at the hospital to take Mrs. Frendergust's ante-mortem statement. When they arrived at the institution, Mr. Prendergast was .with his wife. Ke prepared to go home, but was de tained until the suicide theory had been fully subsitanitiated by Mrs. Prtn dcrgast's statement. She was told that she could not live, and, on being arked for her version of the affair, said that her husband had visited her Monday night with the information that he would live with her no longer. She had the revolver at that time and had placed it away in a trunk. Her husband wanted her to go back to her people in Chicago, and, after tak ing most of his clothing, left the house, saying he would bring- her a railroad ticket to Chicago the next day. Yes terday he called according to agree ment and she had asked him if his de termination to leave her was final. They were In.the bedroom at that time, and, when Prendergast reiterated that he would no longer live with her, Mrs. Prendergast said, she went into the next room, where she procured the re volver, and, in desperation, placed it to her breast and fired. Her husband, she said, ran to her assistance, and met her at the sliding door catching her as she was about to fall, and grad ually allowing her to sink to the floor In the position which prevented Mr 3. Sanders and her daughter from open-. ing the door when attracted by the sound of the shot. Prendergast had made a statement fy County Attorney Anderson previous t.> that of his wife, and the two so close ly coincided that there was no lcngrer any doubt that Mrs. Prendergast's wound had been self-Inflicted, so ths detectives were called from the case and the woman's husband relieved 'f further Investigation or surveillance. When Mrs. Prendergast was examin ed at the hospital it was the unanimous opinion of the physicians that she could not live. The bullet had entered the left breast a little to the right of