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VOLUME XC.-KO. 81.
DEATH IN THE FLAMES.
Clncago Visited by Another Fatal and
Destructive Conflagration.
SEVERAL FIREMEN BURIED IN THE
BLAZING DEBRIS.
A S»ven-3tory Building Wnicu Wai
Filled With People Takes Fire-
Panlo-Strlokeu Girls Jump for Their
Lives, Two of Whom Meet With
Death-Floors Collapse While the
Firemen Are Searching tho Build-
In*, and Several Meet With Hor
rible Deaths.
CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-A fire, disas
trous to life and property, swept
through the Dry Goods and Woolen
Exchange this morning. Five firemen
M^re curried through a floor and buried
under tons of wreckage from the five
Hours above. Four of the men are dead,
but the fifth was not seriously injured.
One girl fell from a window and re
cetved injuries from which she died.
A dozen other men, women and girls
were hurt or overcome by smoke, and
many were rescued from imminent
d<.-uth. The property loss to the build
ing at 215-217 Van Buren street and
UYG-liT.S Franklin street and contents is
estimated at .S4<>o,ooo.
The dead are: Patrick J. O'Don*
nell, Lieutenant of Engine Company
No. li. US4O Wallace street; Joseph
i'l.ndergast, pipeman, 3023 Butler
street; Martin Sherrick, 2838 Lowe ave
nue, pipeman; John Downs, pipeman,
2858 Wallace street; Kate Landgraf.
802 North Halstead Btreet, employed in
A. Stein .V Co.'s garter factory.
Among th.- Injured were: Daniel
McNally, pipeman, 724 Thirty-first
removed from floor wreckage to
St Luke's Hospital, sprained leg ana
bruised; Olga Keller, 515 North Ash
land avenue, Kg and arm injured;
Harry O'Neill, 1029 Van Buren street,
arm "broken and back injured; Nellie
Turner. :.'•«> North Center avenue, fell
from fourth-story window and seri
ously hurt; John l.ruenenheiVner,
badly injured by falling from fourth
story while assisting girls to escape.
Ail the dv.-ad and injured Bremen were
members of engine company No. 2.
Their Captain. Lewis Fi< ne, escaped
the awful plunge to death only by
hanging to the sill of th- window on the
s.'co~tid floor until released from his
•:i l>y firemen.
The owner •■: the burned building is
Kuhn, Nathan & Fischer, the clothing
firm, whose factory and warehouse is
at Van Buren and Franklin streets.
The following linns were burned out:
( . H. Arnold & Co.. linings and cloth
baum & Co., wholesale
trimmings; Stem & Beirs, wholesale
clothing; S. Bernheimer, samples c<>t
.,,..is; Louis M. Barnett, tailor;
■ c Dime Lunch Company; J. Grafieldt
sample buttons; Abe Fink, notions and
fancy goods: Tootal, Broadhurst, Lee
• c.', wholesale cotton and woolen
j; N. «:. Etechman cv Co., wholesale
Ing; Arnold Wolf, fancy and gen
■ - mrnishinK goods; W. 1- uee
Winbach, manufacturing ag
Dranhall Brothers ft Co.. samyle?
v.oolens; M. Klein, samples clol
.. Klein, matches; C. 8. .\i;tnu!..-y
«\ Co. Bamples notions: A. Stein, manu
re; .1. Rothschild &
Co..'wholesale clothing; Stevens, San
.v Handy. Bamples clothing; Klotz.
Veither & Co., samples buttons; Fel
lows & Co.. wholesale linen collars and
S D. Stryker, manufacturers
• Kalamazoo I'ants and Overall
\. M. Ldebenstein, handkerchiefs;
r Flanacher, wholesale cotton goods;
D g Rich, samples clothing;
Judah i'.ros.. samples cloaks and suits;
lutterfield & Co., sampl.-s cloths;
\ Robinson & Co., samples woolens;
tt \- Mitchell Bros., samples
cloths; CentersvilleManufacturingCom
pany, plush cloths; S. E. Instein, a
samples clothii
theimer & Co., samples; Erie But
ton Works, samples; S. Kahn, adver
irelties; 1 >. Rosenkranz, gentle-
Ings; Otheman, Dyer &
Seuthwick, samples cloths; Military
F>ublishing Company, composing
room; National Thread Company; Ham
:. Knowlton ft Co., who
■ i n. Eiellersoe, rubber type com
panj : Townsend ft Son. wn
hosiery and underwear; S. Polinsky, fur
urers; M. 1 ••■ Lee,
! i inch & < >uld, sampl< a oi cloths.
the building is $100,000,
; .. r.d by Insurance. The aggre
of the many tenants is placed
.on.nod. the heaviest
], [ng stem & Beirs, $75,000.
•d at B:15 o'clock on the
fourth floor of the seven-story building,
in the garter factory of Stein &
v here many girls I •■ >rk. 1 I j
screaming and half fainting
fright to the windows on the Van
j side of the building.
All was confusion for a moment, and
tin rapidly increasing crowd of Bpec
! gti od gazing upward at what
iding doom of scores
orking girls. Engines, hose-carta
atll ] lad ■ i'1 :l B*dop, with
i. who In a twinkling
scrambled up the flre escapes and put
ladders in position to bring
th< panic-stricken people to the
ground.
Th.? frantic pirls wore determined in
their half-erased mental condition to
hurl themselves to the stone flat
partly restrained by the
le on the streets and
the quick work of the firemen. One
extension ladder was run up un
here the girls were standing. A
mounted It bul when his feel
the rungs of the second sec
tion, either his weight or Borne defect
in the ladder caused it to slip back tc
I posit on, bringing its to]
or four feet below the fourth
window.
rowded from behind or fren
zied by fear, S dlie Turner. Kittle
i Harry O'Neill m
wHd to 1 >wer themseh es c
that uch the top rung oi
the ladder. In doing this the foolhardy
: and fell headl
pavement. Captain Hermanson tri-«;
rasp the dress of Kittie Landgral
er body flew past him, but h»
truck the sidewalk
witi -hud in Bight Of tin
thou
the Bame spot w j . ■
body had struck v. ered with th<
N lie Turner, win
take?! the 1 in th.
•; to save hei -!f. She v , as
from death, however, by being mo
-1 by three firemen in hei
descent, thus breaking the force of h -i
fall.
The other trills, who had more pres
ence of mind, succeeded in reach i
Ir.d.i ■:> the window.
The flames had now taken ■
of t):>-- four upper stories of the build
ing. and at a window stood Olga Kellai
mid Harry O'Neill, h In »>\
flames and smoke. The frighten
1 riood on the narrow window
holding to the sash. She was .
suffocated by smoke, and had bracei
THE RECORD-UNION.
"l>on't jump; climb down to me!"
shouted Captain Hermanson from his
perch on the upper part of the ladder;
but the girl, frantic from terror, did not
hear his voice. She was seen to drop,
and fortunately her body came within
reaching distance of the Captain. He
seized one of her ankles as her body
turned in the air, and the heroic act al
most threw him from the swaying lad- ,
der. Before he was forced to loosen his
hold or be carried down himself, two
firemen below him seized the and
carried her down the ladder amid the
plaudits of thousands who were watch- j
ing every move in the tragic scene.
O Neill, who was still at the window,
and engaged in the brave task of help
ing all the imprisoned girls to escape,
was the last one to be rescued. When
hu- tried to crawl from the window to j
tht ladder he slipped and fell, but his
fall was broken by the grasping hands
of firemen on the ladder, and he fell
into a net which had just been placed
in position. A broken arm and leg was
the extent of his injuries.
The janitor of the building thinks
the fre was incendiary, and accused a
man named Duell, while other occu
jjants say the tire originated in a little
loom on the third floor used in the
making of papier maehe forms. No ar- j
rests have been made in connection
Kthe fire.
>rtly after 1 o'clock came the
id tragedy of the fire. The flames
been practically extinguished and
iremen of engine company No. '2
ordered to the fourth floor in the
to put out any incipient blaze that
t be found, much of the contents
at part of the building only being
r soaked. None of the veteran
en imagined that there was any
danger from falling floors. The unfor
tunate men had taken their hose from
the fourth to the second floor, and tin-
Suing found Captain Fiene went to the
ow on the north, and was in the
act of shouting to Peter Hart, the
driver of the company, to shut off the
water, when the fatal crash came.
From the top Hour came like an ava
lanche tons of timber, fireproof tiling,
handise, safes, radiators, fixtures
from the different offices and a mass of
other stuff on the heads and on -iil
of the firemen. An immense hole
v aa made in the rear end of the second
floor from the roof down, great masses
bris hanging on th<> edges of the
opening. A cry of horror arose from
civilians and firemen, mingled with the j
artillery-like roar of the collapse.
;,un Fiene clung for dear life to I
rindow-sill until rescued, and then
ly joined th-- <mall band of rescu
<•!.- whom Chief Swenie sent to the de-
J.ris. Only one fainc voice was heard,
that of fireman MeNally. All the
others had probably been killed In-
After half an hour's work the men,
who were in danger every minute of
flooring falling on them, extri
cated MeNally, and the others, being
given up fur dead, streams of water
poured on all sides.
All the dead firemen were married,
■ ;ive large families.
Karly this evening the firemen dug
From beneath a pile of charred timbers
the body of Lieutenant O'Donnell, of
engine company No. 2. It was horri
ble mutilated, with the exception of the
which was recognisable. Bones
• ii broken by the falling debris,
and the fire had completed the work
of destruction, the flesh being badly
burned.
Thr.->- bodies remain imbedded in the
ruins, and the firemen are hard at work
trying to recover them. While the
search is somewhat impeded by dark
ness, the men will not stop at their
gruesome task until what remains of
their comrades have been recovered.
E. V. DEBS.
Large Meeting In Ills Honor Field nt
Chicago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 121.—Five thousand
people were present at Battery D when
the procession escorting E. V. Debs on
his 1 •turn from Woodstock reached the
hall Orrin B. Woodbury was Chair
man. He introduced Henry G. Lloyd
of Chicago, who in the course of his re
marks said that Mr. Debs was to-day
the most popular man in the United
States by the real people, because he
was the rei>udiator of Government by
injunction.
Mr. Lloyd was followed by ex-Gov
ernor Waite, who made a characteristic
h.
Tommy Morgan read letters from Au-
Kust McGrath, Secretary of the Anaer-
Federation of Labor; J. S. Coxey,
John Swinton, Rev. Herbert N. Casson
■ f Lynn, Muss.; P. J. McGuire of I'liil
bia, Samuel Gompers. ex-Presi
dent of the Federation of Labor; ex
ressman Weaver of Dea Moines.
B O. Flower of Boston, editor of the
I and many others.
Debs was greeted with tremendous
applause as he made his way to the
front "f the platform. The crowd had
hardly allowed the Chairman to Intro
fhe labor leader before it again
tinued for some time. After
forth In tumultuous cheering,
h continued for some time. Afi i
iad 1 .i estored I >ebs delivered
a long address on the labor question.
After th< meeting Debs talked freely
- plans for the future, which are,
•;. as ;••■! only In embryo. He in
to start a weekly industrial
ial, of which he will be editor-in
and reiterates the statement that
he will never again accept money from
a laboring organization or personally
conduct a strike. An extensive lecture
around the country is contemplat
: d it Is probable that before this is
finished nothing else will be begun. He
era that he will have nothing
ver to do with politics in the fu
trards the United States Courts he
be now feels no bitterness. "It
fault of the system, rather than
Individual courts," he said. "<>ur
will have '■' )"• changed before
. in render every man the
that is due him."
THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.
Mexico Claiming Territory North of
tlio Kin (.;-:iiHf.
EL PASO Tex.). Nov. 22. —For several
days there has buen creat excitement
among the residents in the southern por
tion of this city ovar a rumor to the effect
that the EUo »>raiuio waa no longer to be
tho dividing line between this country
mid Mexico, ewpecially at this point. This
minor originated from the fact lhat the
Mexican ent;ineern of the International
Hoiimdary Commission, n<>w in seisi<m
here, have licon surveying and placing
monuments through the southern por
tion of the city, running their lines on
Second street, so as to lake in a strip of
the city over a mile long and six Dlocks
deep.
'! he American Commissioner was
called here to consider the claim of
Mexioo, and while that claim has not yet
been submitiod, it in understood that
Mexico wiii claim territory on the north
side of tho river within the corporate
limits of I'l i'ako, on the ground that the
oriffioa] channel of the river runs almost
through tho center oi this city, but that
because <>f embankments the flood
walors sliilled the main channel over on
the Mexican shore.
Mexicans iivmg in the southern por
tion of the city are io contidsnt their
homes will soon be conceded to be un
Mexican soil that they are flying the
Mexican colors Irom their house tops,
but under the the (iuadaloupo-llidalgo
treaty the boundary line was fixed in
1862 where the river i uns.
SACRAMENTO. SATURDAY MORXIXG, NOVEMBER 23, ISDS.-EIGIIT PACxES.
THE OUTRAGES IN TURKEY.
Armenian Revolutionary Committees Try
ing to Provoke Further Massacres,
IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT ARMED
INTERVENTION OF POWERS.
The Sultau In Rooolpt of Many Threat- j
enliiK Letters— Foreigners at Malrsh
Represented as Being 1" Great
Danger From an Attach by Kurd
li.li Raiders.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—A special
cable dispatch to the Herald from Vi
enna says:
Information received from Consuls in
various parts of Turkey confirms the
impression that the Armenian revolu
tionary committees are endeavoring to
provoke further massacres, in order to
bring about the armed intervention of
the Powers.
The Sultan receives many threaten
ing letters. His majesty has congrat
ulated Baron Yon Der Goltz Pasha,
who organized the mobilization of the
Turkish troops, on the regular and
speedy way in which the mobilization
! was carried out. The object now de
sired by the Sultan is to lloat a large
, loan abroad.
The German Emperor has expressed
his firm belief that peace will be main
tained.
LONDON, Nov. 22. —The correspond
ent of the United Press at Constanti
jnople telegraphs under date of Novem
ber 21st that telegraphic advices from
Marash represent tin- foreigners there
as being in great danger from attack
by Kurdish raiders.
A letter received in Constantinople
from Erzeroum under date of Novem
bei •'•th supplies abundant proof that
the massacres there were begun and
ended by Turkish soldiers acting under
orders, rather than by the populace,
who followed the lead of the soldiers
throughout.
The soldiers and their civilian allies-
Plundered one thousand dwellings and
two thousand shops, and killed one
thousand men. women and children.
The Government, the letter says, is now
endeavoring to restore to the people
such of their property as may be avail
able, and to distribute some bread
among the starving inhabitants. doubt-
It bs under instructions from Constan
tinople.
The United Press correspondent adds
that it is reported in Constantinople
that ten Albanian guards were ex
ecuted in the Yildiz Palace Wednesday
evening. The Governmnt has officially
is:ud a threat to severely punish any
prison found guilty of marking houses
occupied by Armenians in Constanti
no;, !,-.
One hundred and fifty Softas and I
members of the Young Turks party,
who have been active in fomenting
turbances, were expelled from Con
stantinople on Wednesday.
Th • Government has issued an order
prohibiting English newspapers of the
date of November l'.Hh. German papers |
of the lsth of November and American
papers of November 18th and llith tn
tei Ing the country.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 22.—1n
consequence of the dangers to mission
aries at Marash. the Hon A. W. Ter
rell, the American Minister, and the
Hon. M. H. Herbert, the British
Charge d'Affaires, have demanded of
th« Porte 111:; t it protect the Ameri
cans, Englishmen and other foreigners
there
The General commanding at Marash
continues his negotiations looking to
th«. surrender of the Armenians who
ri cently captured some of the fortifica
| tions at Zeitoun.
The Sultan has appointed Mendufa
Pasha Minister of the [nterior, Rechid
Bey and Nefi Effendi a special commit
tee of supervision to record daily and
nightly the results oi the measures to
restore order in Anatolia.
The victims at Aintab number 200.
The Porte denies that the Arabs of
the Yemen district in Arabia, headed
by the Imaum of Sena, are in revolt,
j and that the Turkish forces are in
vested in the town of Sena, as was re
ported a few days ago.
LONDON, Nov. 22.—Tho Daily News
reports that Lord Salisbury has urged
the Sultan to promise protection to the
revolting Armenians at Z^rtoun if they
v. ill surrender. I'nless terms are made
they are certain to be ruthlessly mur
dered.
LONDON, Nov. 22.—The Daily News
wil to-morrow publsh a dispatch from
tantinople saying that the embas
sies have been Informed that tribunals
empowered with final derision will be
immediately formed in Armenia. These
tribunals wil virtualy exercise martia
law and try all persons acused of caus
ing disturbances. The dispatch adds
thai unless the tribunals are carefully
supervised there will be a bloody assize.
NAKItOW ESCAPE.
Near Belnsr Another Drawbridge Acci
dent iit < levolaml.
CLEVELAND (O.) t Nov. 22.—There
was a narrow escape early this morning
from a repetition of the dreadful draw
bridge accident that occurred last Satur
day night. Shortly after 2 o'clock this
morning the draw of the Superior-street
viaduct was openod to allow the passage
!of a vessel. Three cars had slopped at
; the west aide of the draw to wail until it
should bo closed. They contained alto- j
getlier about thirty people.
The current was off, and tho motorman
of the Woodland-avenue car, which was
the furthest from the draw, carelessly loft
oil his controller. Suddenly the current
' was turned on, and the rear car began to
move forward, pushing the two other
can toward the mill open draw.
ItiHtunlly there was a great panic among
the passengers, who made Irautic etlorts
jto escape from the cars. Luckily, bow*
, evor, the gates proved strong enough to
i ! resist tho pressure, and stopped the o;irs
iod the very edge of the abyss. Had thoy
I given way, as the gates aid on Saturday
t night, the three cars would have fallen
into the river. A woman was badlr in
jured in the crush wnile trying to escape
from one of the cars.
WHMKLAW HEI I).
He Is Confident tho Kopublleans Will
Elect the IVosidtMil.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 22. Whitelaw
Keid, «ditor of the New York Tribune.
and in 1888 Republican nominee for Yico
j Prosideut oi the I nited .States, was in
' the city for half an hour to-day. lie ar
rived from the East, accompanied by bia
wife, in the special car Qrassmaft at 1:25
o'clock, and left over tho Santa lo at 1:55
o'clock for Arizona, his physician hav
ing advised him to pass the winter in a
dryer climate.
Asked liy a reporter what of tho politi
cal outlook for In."), he replied that any
one could readily and correctly guess
I what he thought. It was quite another
I matter whom he thought would ha nom
i I mated. It was a very dillicult thing, he
i | said, for any human beiug to tell what a
i great National Convention would do be-
forehand. He did not even know whether
it was altogether probable that the next
Republican nominee would be chosen
from among thoso now most promi
nently mentioned. He thought safe and
sound financial protection policies would
be mentioned in the platform.
"Whoever the nominee is, he will be ;
elected," said Mr. Reid, firmly. "Th© j
tide is in our direotion. 1 am given to
understand that even Missouri can al
most be counted. The Republican party
in Missouri, I understand, has grown
very strong. The Republican party has
certainly some splendid men in that
State." "
TURF TOPICS.
Too Much Wind for Fast Time at San
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Not. 22.—A strong
north wind swept over the course to-day, j
making, last time impossible. Oakley
and Beile Boyd were the only winning
favorites.
Seven furlongs, Regan won, Long
DOr second, imp. Treutola third. Time
l:30A.
Vive and a half furlongs, Schnitz won,
Selkirk second, Last. Chance third. Time
— 1:0-1.
Seven furlongs, Scimitar won, Rain
drop second, Berdardo third. Time —
1:295.
one mile, Oakley won, Happy Day
second, liy Dy third. Time —l:4l£
Seven furlongs, lie-He Hoyd won, Abi
P. second, Kedington third. Time— l:29. j
At Lcxiutftou.
LEXINGTON (ivy.), Nov. 22.—Sum- j
maries: Five and a half furlongs, In- j
verlike won, Bramble Leaf second, Miss i
Kmnia third. Time —1:12$.
One mile, Ductor won. Tenor second,
Crumbaugh third. Time— l:i-'>[.
Sis furlongs. Old Center won, James
Monroe second, Onaretto third. Time—
1:17.
hive and a half furlongs, Letcher won,
Sir Willington seoond, While Oak third.
Time—l:ll;.
Six furlongs. Summer Coon won, Rioh
mond second, Leouell third. Time—l:l7*.
At Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 22.—Five furlongs,
Brifk won, Forum second, Irvine third.
Time—l:o-ii.
One mile, Sue Kittie won, Claureoe
second, Lady McCann third. Time —
1:455.
Six furlongs, Trinculo won, Eclipse
second, Sunup third. Time—l:l6s.
due mile, The Swain won, Charter sec
ond, oily tjamiu third. Time—l:43s.
Six furlongs, Volley won, I Jalmeraton
second. Beau Ideal third. Time—l:l6j.
one and a quarter miles, Integrity won, j
Tom Moore aecond, Diabolus third. Time j
—2:la
JJT.IZZAUD IN KANSAS.
Weather Very Cold, and the Air Filled
With <vow.
ST. JOHN (Kas.,\ N ov . 22.—This vicin
ity was visited last night by tho first
blizzard of the season. The wind changed
into the north about 7: !0 • o'clock last
night and continued gaining in strength
until this morning, when at 10:36 it was
at its hight. It is very cold and the air in
tilled with snow, with prospect of its con
tinuing for several hours.
Ciieat Bend reports that the thermome
ter has fallen 50 degrees since yesterday,
registering 20 now. A cold, strong wind
! from the north, accompanied by line
hiiow, is blowing, ludicntious point ty a
big snowstorm.
Sterling, Kas., says a cold wave from
the ncith came down upon that aeotiou
last night, and to-day the weather is cold
and cloudy. Iso snow has falleu at this
point yet, but the prospecis seom favor
able for some.
At Lamed a genuine norther raged all
day, accompauied by a fail of snow.- The
thermometer has dropped U2 degrees
siuoe yesterday.
TRANSCONTIN ENTAL LINES.
Little Progress Made Dy I'assenger
Koprosatitatlves Yesterday.
CHICAGO, Nov. 22. The passenger
representatives of the transcontinental
railroad hues held another session to
day, hut to-night nave not reached an
agreement, and will have to come to
gether to-morrow. Little progress was
made during the day. Tho agreement
which has been drawn up, extending the
jurisdiction ol the Western I'assen^er
Association, to cover Colorado points,
and ior the formation of another asso
ciation to take care of tho Utah and Cali
fornia business, was discussed. The
proposition to extend the jurisdiction of
the Western Passenger Association from
Chicago to tho I'acitic was also touched
upon. Present indication* seem favor
able to the organization of two inde
pendent associations.
TWO MURDEEERS BANGED.
Hotli Were Singing When Launched
Into Eternity.
WAKRENTuX (tia.), N0v.22.-Flor
ence English, 20 years of age, and Maudy
Cody, both colored, were exoouted here
to-day amidst exciting scones for the
murder Of the latter's husband. They
died tv the ecstacy of religious enthu
siasm. Shortly before noon the prison
ers man-hed from their cells to the seaf
i fold. Aa they stepped on the platform
I both commenced .singing an old iitiurro
j camp meeting melody, "We'll Soon be
lon the Way to Heaven." Whilo their
hands and ieet were being pinioned the
murderers still continued the hymn.
They refused to make a biaiemout. The
black cap-* were then drawn over their
faces. When the trap waa sprung, lauuch
! ing both into eternity, they were still
singing.
PETEIt MAHER.
He Stands Itoady to Kitrtit Any Ileavy-
Wela-ht in tho World.
PIITTSBURG, Eov. 22.—Never in the
history of l'ittsburg has such an assem
blage crowded into a theater as the one
that attended thu Peter Maher benefit at
the now (irand Opera-Houso to-night.
The house was crowded from the ground
floor to the roor. After the regular per
lormance. Maher and Jim Hail sparred
four roußda tor scientific points. The
audience gave the pugilists a very cordial
welcome. Tuo anuouncement was made
agiiin to-nieht on the stage by Maher's
backers that he was ready to fight any
man in the world for any amount of
money for the heavy-weight chaiupiou
-Bhip. It was also announced that they
would back Jim Hall to fight any
man In the world for auy amount at 160
pounds.
The Deepest Spot in the Ocean.
A deeper spot in the ocean than any
yet known hi s been recently found by
H. M. surveying ship fenguin. Un-
Fortunately the observation waa not
0 mplete, m.< a fault in the wire caused
it to break when 4,900 fathoms had run
out without bottom having been found.
Commander Balfour reports that this
occurred in latitude -'■> degrees 40 min
ut( .- .south, longitude 1~."> degrees in
minutes west, about si\iy miles north
01 a sounding of 4,428 fathoms ob
tained by Captain Aldrich in LBBB. A
previous att napt to reach bottom had
been (oiled by a similar accident to the
wire when 4\300 Cathoma had passed
out, and th<- rising wind and sea pre
vented any furtherattempi a 1 the time.
As th>- deepest east hitherto obtained is
one of 4,655 fathoms* near Japan, it is
;;t any rate certain that the depth at the
position named is at hast -\~> fathoms
greater, it is hoped before long a more
successful attempt to find the actual
depth will be made.—W. J. L. Wharton
in Nature.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.
A Young Man Crushed Beneath the Wheels
of a Train at Alameda.
HIS BODY CUT INTO THREE PIECES
AND BADLY MANGLED.
The Steamer Baudorille nuns Aground
on the Uinpqua Bar—The Captain
of the Vossol Thrown Overboard
and Drowned—A UobUer Steals a
Touch From the Majl Watton at
Oakland—The I'oueh IleooTered,
But the Tlilet' Escapes.
SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 22. —A
dreadful accident occurred this morn
ing in Alameda. It resulted in the death
or Austin J. Delanoy, a young man well
known on both sides of the bay. Hi- waa
crushed beneath a car of the narrow
gauge train at Park-street station, his
t» fly being terribly mangled.
Young Delanoy, who was but 1U years
of age lives in Alameda, but is em
ployed in an electrical establishment In
this city, ii was his habit to take the
7:38 local train at Park street every
morning.
At his home in Alameda the young
man had a type-setting plant, with
which, during the evenings, he did a
pood deal Of work. When he started for
this city to-day he had with him a
large package of printed matter.
He was carrying the bundle under
one arm, and on the other his overcoat
was hanging. Naturally, his move
ments were considerably hampered.
Nevertheless, he attempted to board
the train while it was in motion, just as
ii started to leave Park street. He
tried to get on th" first coach, but
missed his hold and fell against the
side of t moving car.
Th- Immediate and peculiar result
was that he did not at once fall to the
ground, but while still erect was kept
whirling about like a top as the
rushed by him. In a moment, however,
h< fell, and it seemed to the horrified
spectators that he was immediately
drawn under the train, as it! by a cur
rent of a lr.
In point of fact, however, some por
tion of his clothing, or possibly the over
coat which hunt,' on his arm, must have
caught on a projection, sj causing him
to be dragged under the fain.
The wheels of two trucks passed over
him defore the cars could be stopped,
his body being cut into three pieces and
crushed into a ghastly ball. As a mat
ter of course, death was practically in
stantaneous.
MAIL POUCII STOLEN".
Tin- Robber Gets Frightened and Drop*
ili- Plunder.
OAKLAND, Nov. 22.—Toney Martin,
diiver of the mail wagon, left the mail
unguarded at the narrow-gauge depot
this morning for live minutes. When
he returned he found the San Francisco
mail pouch missing. A buried investi
gation failed to locate the pouch.
Half an hour later a young man about
30, and hard looking, entered a tailor
ing establishment with the pouch,
which he offered to sell, but on the pro
prietor advancing toward him, he
dropped the bag and ran. The police
were notified and are searching the
town.
FRKKM AX - WESTINQHOUSE CASE.
The Attoruey for the Defense Sud
denly Departs for Now York.
SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 22. — The
! Freeman - Westinghouse controversy took
a new and unexpected turn to-day. 11.
i 3. Mackaye. attorney for the Weating
! house Company, suddenly departed for
New York, thus practically abandoning
the defense. He lelt a note for Attorney
Church, representing the plaintiff, Walter
K. Freeman, wherein he stated that cir
cumstances required his immediate preß
! ence in Now York. Ho also tiled a cer
tificate with United State 9 Commissioner
lieacock, requesting the latter to put it
on tho testimony taken hero.
Thus far but two witnesses for the de
fense have been examined —Wallace F.
I Freeman and Marvin L. Freeman. The
j deposition of the former, while favorable
I to tiie Westiughouse Company, remains
unsigned, and ia therefore useless. Mar
viu L. Freeman, although brought
hither as a Westinenouse witness, ad
: bored to his original testimony delivered
in Chicago in favor of the plaintitl. His
! examination will be concluded with a
j lew unimportant questions to-morrow,
; when the notorious caso will doubtless
be closed so far as the California end ia
concerned.
It ia understood that Alexander H.
Kreetnau, another Westingnouse witness,
contemplated following tuo footsteps of
hi* brother Marvin L., and thia knowl
i edge dishoarted Mr. Mackaye.
Walter K. Freeman Btated to-nicht
i that it waa hi* intention to have
j both Mackaye and Wallace E.
Freeman arrested lor perjury and
subornation ol perjury, and that the de
parture of these gentlemen alone saved
them from imprisonment. Warren i\
Freeman has also disappeared, ana the
plain till ia left in complete possession of
the Hold.
iTBAMSR ASHORE.
Th» Bandorllle Stranded on ibo Ufflp
quail Bur—Tho <aptuiu Drowned.
SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. JJ. —News
reached this city this morning of the
I stranding on the Umpquab bar yester
i day of tho coasting steamer Baiidorille.
I Captain J. .J. Winant, one ol the oldest
, and best known Captains of this scotion,
j was swept into the sea by tho breakers
j and drowned. The balance of the crew,
: nine in number, und one passenger were
saved from the stranded voasel alter a
; desperate struggle with the waves. The
United States life-saving service per
formed the rescue work, ami by means
oi a lile-car hauled the survivors ashore,
exhausted and uearly dead. Captain
Wirmnt's body has been recovered, wires
Male Nelson, but the ship ia in a bad po
: bilion, and may yo to pieces before help
; can reach her. The Bandorille is a wood
i en vessel of 132 tons, aud is owned in
Portland, Or. Together with her cargo,
she is valued at £JO,OOU.
BICYt-Li: RACKS.
No Hecorri-Hrenliine at rlio Circuit
Meot nt Los Auceleu.
Los ANGKLFS. Nov. 22.—A strong
• and chilling breeze precluded the possi
bility of any record-breaking at the
National Circuit meeting to-day. The
attoudanco was large, and the fin
ishes in most instances exciting. Sum
maries:
Ilalt-iuilo opon, class B, W, M. Kan
d&U Urst, H. E. McCrea second, F. I'hl
brecht third. Time—l:l2. liald was uu
-1 placed.
One mile, unpaceii, against time, wou
by W. Yeoman iv 2:17 .">-5.
Two-mile lap race, clasa A, F. Mo Far-
land first, EL Downing and 11. Freemau
tied for second place. Time—4:37.
One mile, post race, cass H, C. M. Mur
phy wou from Uald, Burke, Campbell
aud others iv 2:17.
i-'i'll From a Porch.
FRESNO, Nov. 22.—William Shields,
a livery man. well known throughout
Centra] California, last night, while un
dei the Influence of liquor, fell from
the rear porch of the second story of
the Griffith building, in which he lived.
to the ground,a distance of twenty feet.
He was found on the ground and was
taken to his rooms unconscious and
badly injured internally. He died at
about 11 o'clock this morning, lie
leaves a wife and a son -1 years old.
SOUTH PACIFIC VOLCANOES.
The Moot Destructive and Terrible or
Any lv the World.
The bay of Naples and Sicily are small j
and iasi^uiiicaut volcano districts beside
mo northern peuinsuia of ihe island of
Celebes, just to the ouai of Borneo, in lh«
South Pacilic ocean. Vesuvius uud Etna
are of little moment in comparison with
the volcano chaiu that, muds) this lslaud
rejfiou, UaukeJ by its hills ana heaps ut
lava and ashes, uue or luu other of the
voleauoe* in this great chaiu is cjihiuu- ;
ally belching forth, throwing up, ii uol .
streams of lava and great stones, tueu
iluiii clay (bat is blue, gray and red.
The Donda, '.*,UUii feot iv hi£tit, ami the '
Sapoetau, 6,000 feet high, aru the two
yreat volcanoes of the district, and each
of them has been in eruption several
tiinos during the past century. Were it
not a sparsely settled country the Loss of
life would bo terrible there. But ihere is
no Pompeii to be destroyed. The inhabi
tants, wild and savage natives, hvv lar
away from tho volcanoes and quite out of
the reach of their torrent.-'.
Klabat, or "Two Summits," another
terrible volcano, is marked by a
lake iv its crater, aud uot far away is thu
i'oevta hoedara, or "Two Sislors;" still
another is tho Lakon, which local tradi
tion Hays iv inhabited by au evil spirit,
aud from which tuerocame afearlul orup
tion 500 years ago, which devastated the
entire district.
All the islands around this northern
end of Celebes are volcanic. The archi
j pelago that runs up to thu I'hilipmne Is
lands, to the north, is dotted with activo
mouths of lire, important among which
jib the suporb pyramidal volcano Aboe
■ (which, being traublated, means "asho*" ,
and Uunova Awa, which in all proba
bility has been the mobt destructive vol
cauo the world has ever kuowu.
Thousands of the inhabitants of Cele
bes, in 1812, in 1856 ana in 1871, «nro
buried beneath the streams of hot ashes
aud lava that came in molieu she- .
! utterly overwhelmed thorn. All thesu is
. lands are nevertheless a paradise in mo
luxurianco of their vegetation aud tho
multiplicity of their animal lile. In them
'■ the virgin forests have never fell ihe
I touch oi the ax.
Holland owns these islands now, hay-
I intr made provinces ot them as soon as
I blio gamed a foothold in the lar East, <>f
; Malay and Aliooroos race are tuo people,
the more oiviliztd population of the coast
beiuK Malay, the savage tribes of tho in
terior Alfooroos. Theresxe many tribes
1 in C'olei es, some oi Philippine origin,
others of Papuan. Tho lioutfis Iribe is
yet anotbor of tho dominant population,
■•ava^cs strong and skillful and without
the possibility of civilization iv them.
These fellows tho Dutch Government
have essayed to train as soldiers, because
of their strength and power oi le^s and
arms, but the attempt proved unsuccess
ful because of the Kougib' disposition lo
"run amuck" whenever excited by drink
or gambling. When iv that stato they
become wild and frenzied, and stab, hit
! and thrust until they are kuocked down
i aud bouud. The only way tho J>uicii po
; licomen of Celebes cau capture them is
i by ÜBinjr a sort of lork which keeps the
! madman at a distance. It takes two oi
: more policemen to capture a bingle
j Bougi».—New York World.
THE VILLAGE OF CANA.
A Picture of Life There During tho !
Tlinu of Christ.
Cana was a thriving village on the groat
highway through tho hills west of the Sea |
ol (iuiiiee. From ihe main roaii a Lum
ber of narrow, irregular streets wandered
upaud along a low hillside, and were
bordered by houses there were built
I inuslly of stono. The inhabitants had
need lor thrift and industry, if it were
only because or the tax-gatherers; lor
I Herod Anupas waa building palaces, lor- .
tresses aud cities. Jlu was living in mag- \
nilieenco, as were his many oßicors. All '
the people of hia dominions paid taxes \
and oribes to him and them.
While ihe consequences were ofteu j
painful enough, there word no signs of
actual poverty in the vicinity of the well.
It stood several pacea in front of a dwell
ing, two stories in hight, which seemed
somewhat better th;m its neighbors. The
porch aiong its lower story was thickly
clad with vines, aud troin under theso tho
girl had come to bring her jar to the well.
j A Jewish mai !en oi nearly 15 was ac
uouuted a lull-grown woman, and tho
siightuess of her graceful rigure did not
I interfere with an air of maturity which
{ her present stute of Blind much in
creased. Her simple droa.-s, thai became
1 her so well, was ol good materials.
Ranged on either »i>ie of the well were
' six large, cumbrous-look ing waterpots of
, Btoueware, partly lilied, for theconveni
| ence of auy person wishing to perform
the foot or hand ablutions required by the
exacting ceremonial law of ihe Jews.
The viue-clad poroh waa a pleasant
i place. it was provided with wooden
■ benches, and on one of these sat a. man
1 who aeumud to consider himself a person
lof importance. Every movement, aud
even his attitude when sitting still, might
be said to accord with a conviction that
I he, Kabbi Isaac Ben Nassar, was the
I wisest, the most loarneet man in Cana.
He was very tall, as well as broad and
j heavy; aud hia thick, gray board came
1 down to the voluminous Hash that waa
! folded around his waist. His eyebrows
! were black aud projecting; hia nose was
i prominent; his black eyes wore piercing;
| he was dressed, as became a rabbi, or
I any other highly respectable Jew, in a
j long, linou tunic with sleeves that was
| bolted by the sash. Over this he wore a'<
: loug, loosely flowing robe, called an |
| "abba," also of liven. Around his
shoulders, with the ends falling in front,
was a broad, white woolen scarl, with
I uarrow bars of red aud purple and blue,
and with blue tassels at the corners of
each of its two ends. This was tho "tal
lith," and was worn as a reminder that
tho wearer must remember all the ooiu
| inandmeuts oi tho law and faithfully per
! form them. —William «J. Stoddard in St.
| Nicholas.
■ ♦■
An End of Economy.
There is a man in Alexandria who has
it deal of money, to which he is
deeply attached. He has a well-pre
served silk hat which he would like to
wear every day. but silk hats are expen
sive, so he has been wearing his for
these many years just on Sunday. The
last time the storks visited the Alexan
dria man's house they were generous.
Tiny brought twins, a boy and a girl.
The lather was sitting in the parlor
v ben someone entered to bring the
ni W&. "Well, you're a father now,"
said he. "Boy or girl?"' asked the
Alexandria man. "Both — twins."
"Great Scott!" cried the father, spring
-1 Ing to his feet; "give me my silk hat.
i T inielit as well wear it every day n< w.
'. hat's the use trying to be economi
cal?"— Washington Post.
Rank Versus Wealth.
Millionaire —Well, my dt-nv Baron,
you seem to have an important cora
: municatlon to make.
Huron—Councilor F.. I am happy to
tell you the glad news that it is my in
tention to appoint you—my fathui-iu
• law.—Deutsche Wespen. J
WHOLE NO. 16,881.
SOME HOT WORDS IN COURT.
Attorney Robert T. Devlin Accuses Judge
Armstrong of Trickery.
AN • EXCITING SCENE OCCQRS FOR
A TIME.
■I by a Sarcastic Allusion to At
torney Alvin J. Bruner—The Matter
;it Issue a Motion Made by y\v.
Devlin to Set Aside ;i Recent! Order
of t lie t dun.
"Please the court, Mr. Devlin ifl a
oontemptible wh< i
Jumping to hia fe< t in '
son's court room y< s w»l v
and cxi Itement, I \K lh
J. Brum i- addressi d the i m i In
remarkable manner at the sam<
r
who ;u the b . .
away.
"Stop! Sil down! 1 wont allow it!
re in contempt of court, and i line
j ou >■:'
idly as he could utt.-r ti
Tor perhaps i
had occcupl lair bj i.
his vent rable law
rior Judge Armsti •>,■ . list enin .
denunciation o latter bj Mr.
Di vliu while argul
tore th< court, I i his
i efiection i>. t upon Arm
until .it last Mi I >>-\ lin
in one of hia bitter i r;..ir v.
-could endure it no .
in gt o hi st ,
ii.- thundered uut the \\"i
quoted.
and H .
move a i in atri< ai audiei i m Ud
est piii h of exclti ment.
■ J Sill.Ml
know Ing at wh
. on i" j
small-i
would
Mi . J.r . i
i
!■•; n y.-. there w
M !'. 1 »l \-\:
\ • rs l.
Devin<
and ju>; I
while Lino.ln W
northeast i
Bro wi
■
■
the i;
would, in !■
tin belligerents
for on
Volved in 11 • ...
1 he mat t<
•
iuism:; I
■
Sixth sti • i. noi th of 11.
City Ti i. . miry
into the i a
Corporation • Jounj -
action, and ;i si I
t mbodying t h
Mi . I •• vim for the
city and bj Judgi A rmstn mg, ooi
for the railroad compa
The > ase had orig inaily i
Department <>ne, bui when
Armstn • • ..iui
house to have the necessary order made
dismissing the actioi
engaged In hearing i . .•;•> he
Johnson, v. bo mad
ord< r.
In arguing hi-; motion to have the or
■ aside, Mr. i>< \ lin l the
act lon of .iii'U'' Ari'.
trickery ;u'.<i unprofessional conduct.
He spoke of Judge Armsti
ca r< i i at the Bacram< nto bai. an
gretted that his action In the matter
under discussion bad been such as to
shake his (Devlin's) confidence In his
Ity Hii'l pi :i honor.
Mr. I *e\ lin chargi d that
Judge Armstrong had not only taken
an unfair adva i himself, i
posing counsel in tl
had Impost d on Judgi Johnson as
ami intimated that n was a matti i
the Bar Association should take up.
The firm of Armsi ronj .• r, he
said, had no business Int i
matter, anyhow, that ir
province, as i • uns< i
ti nd to having the Trus
tees carried out.
"In coming here with this al] ula
tloii." said Mr. Devlin, "thej were but
acting as m . mi ."
Thru it was thai Mr. Bruner sprang
from his seal and d dared thai Mr.
Devlin wa itemptible whelp "
"I have sat h< i ■ as l<
possible, your honor," said Mr. Bruner,
■;nul listened to the Insults applied by
this man to Judge Armstrong and my
self, and when he Bald that w<
messenger boys for him 1 could endure
it no longer, and uttered the words that
constitute a contempt of court, I had
no desire to comi . itempt of
ceurt, but I could not help it."
Mr. Devlin, he said, was there mis
representing the city, which had or
dered ! :!'■ case di smissed.
Judge Johnson admonl b< i the law
yers that they must not further deal
In personalities, nd Mr. I>.\lin iv-
Burned his address. He held thai under
th ■ rules of the court th
department could not dism
begun In another department, and con
cluded by say ill.; it was the duty o
court, under the circumstances, I
aside the order it had mad'-.
Judge Armstrong in opening hi? ar
gument reverted to the atl
upon him by Mr. Devlin, who. he said.
had taken advantage of his (the i |
er's) advanced years and delicate
health to heap insult and columns up
on him.
He then gave his version of the mat
ter at issue, and said that instead i I
being tricked by any one it was Mr.
Devlin's own ignorance that had led
him into the position in which be found
himself. He denied that Department
Two had not the right, on the proper
shewing, to dismiss the action, though
it was begun in another department.
The Superior Court, he said, is virtu
ally one body, divided Into branches for
convenience in the discharge of its
duties, but that these branches or de
partments, are co-ordinate, and one can
take cognizance of a case begun in an
other. Authorities were cited in sup
port of his position.
Mr. Bruner then made a short argu
ment, followed by Mr. Devlin, and at
theiir conclusion Judg ■ Johnson an
nounced that he would take the matter
under advisement.
There were no further manifestations
of hostility after court adjourned, and
those who had heard the spat and had
come to the scene in the expectation of
witnessing a renewal <^' personalities
were disappointed, for the lawyers left
the- courtroom by different exits and
did not come together.