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I ) IIAHLEM'S SCHOOL DISASTER.
1 1 TUB INQUEST OVER THE SEVEX VICTIMS
IV '' HELD TO-DAY.
H l Workmen Testify About tlio .UntcrlnU I'scd
(' iuiiI Father Klrner's Ovcrslslit Two For
B mrr lliilldtuic Superintendents mi IlieJnry
H Tbo Accused Inspector llrforo the Cor
K alter Urlck Unci! Ilolli Wet nnd Dry.
I GUAfeHt Pi ORONEB EIDMAN
Br"" jyStiBMjft JT- nu a i,lry hegan nlt
TEmlVu3 iunuest this morning
m IBSk Ifflt' n no CI180S f tho
lSnBi!5anr seven men who met
I " tf$i$wJTmft& their death by the- en-
3P?5$ll V tostropho o Oct. 17,
1 f&vi' f wl'cn tho walls of the
' S jjSuii ' f parochial school build-
fSL e i-o yrf lug in connection with
JJ U U9. J Lady of Mount Carmel
' ''rtSR jOcy " ? fell, burying tho work.
Wt'"'W?IO lncn' Aftcr tllQ tlis"
nSffiSlKrSwwsB! ntcr pufalio sentiment
" ll Irfilywy itrSfiSSwfl) demanded a rigid in-
' WWE33E&&- vestigotiou. District
' Wl)jmBW B u i 1 d i n e Inspector
f William J. Martin was arrested, charged with
culpoblo negligence innot reporting tho uu-
t fAfe condition of the building to the proper
authorities, and he is now under $5,000 bail.
Father A. Milliauus Kirner, thu dovoted
pastor of tho church, was a Swiss, about fifty
ouo years of ago. Ho was ordered to New
York from London three years ago to
prosecute in " Littlo Italy" tho lnissiou-
I k ary work for which ho had shown
ko much adaptability. Ho was a man
of indomitable) pluck and energy. Ho took
up his abode in an abandoned shanty, ono
1 room of which was furnished by tho wife of
M cx-Sonator Fox. Tho school to bo attached
.to tho church was his hobby, and he worked
( f early and Iato for it, taking n hand in drcsv
I u inp stono and in tho building.
Tho building was being fairly rushed to
completion. Thcro were twenty inon at
work, most of them being members of tho
' congregation, with Miohael Rcilly, of 475
. r East One Hundred and Fifteenth street, as
' boss. Thcro was no contract, Father Kirner
making his own arrangements, hiring
the workmen and buying material. Tho
mortar was very bad, and at 3.40 on tho after-
1 noon of Oct. 17 tho side walls foil towards
fit coOh other and upon tho workmen.
'J When tho dust had cleared awoy fourteen
VU men wero taken out nliyo, but alldaugcr-
-' ousiv iniured. Among theso was Father
X X Kirner. Ho diod two days later.
8$ L Five men were taken ont dead. They wore
f " John Durkin; Vinconz Lavonia, Nichola
iA Broncho, Henry Bciuetz and Francis Gill--J
) - becti, the-ninetctn.y car-old son of the sexton
.tit tho church.
V( "Two days after tho accident tho body of
'J John Jansen.'uSwede employed ontho build
v inc. was found under tho deems.
Ip The jurors eummond to examine into tho
V causes of tho accident woro as follows :
i VyWIMJam si 5tUUcr,.No. 141 East Fortieth street.
ff Jtilm Uhl, lit East Third street.
1 ltobert Power, 144 West Fortieth street.
it , Peter Sohaetllcr, 83 Second avonue.
, Kruflcls J. Sehmngc, 8 JCast KlgMj-flfth street.
William Sloan. l(lFVesr Twenty-eighth itreet.
Henry M. Tostcln.ilMJlowcry.
Daniel F.1 Mahonejr, 62 New llowcry.
f.Kobert MeQInhb, IS Welti One Hundred and
t v Tweny;sl.th street.
i This jury viewed tho sceno of tho acci
dent. To-day, in rcsponso to a demand for a
full jury of twolvo men, Coroner Eidman
Sworo in F. W. Dovoo, of 103 Fulton street,
who was Chairman of tho Building Commit
teo of tho Board of Education at one time,
and William P. Easterbrook and James M.
MacGregor, former Inspectors of Build
ings. !f William F. Howe was promptly on hand,
. and, in response to a jocular inquiry of Coro
ner Eidman, " To what aro wt indebted foy
tho prosenco of tha able counsel ?" replied,
" Oh, I ju6t came te look on ant" listen."
Ho w.as present in behalf of Inspector Mar
tin, a young man of intelligent appearance
who sat in tho room, his faco betraying some
' anxisty.
, Tho first witness was Mrs. John Durkin,
, tho ifidow of tho only English-speaking
I workman employed on tho building. 8ho is
a thin, pale-faced woman, on whoso face and
( in' whoso voice was the expression oj helpless
Buffering. Sho testified briefly to tho identity
of the man whose body was taken from the
') ruins of tho school-honso, with her husband.
Tho wifo. or sistor, or brother of each of the
( other victims caino forward to testify to their
Iosh by tho accident ; the Rov. Fathor Aloy
' 'tins Monsella, assistant to Fathor Kirner,
t , testifying to tho death of tho latter.
J Oupt. IJgnry M. Jonos, of Engine No. 53,
.' and the commanding officers of tho other five
fire companies testified to tho response made
by.their companies to tho alarm sont out and
( to their part in tho work of extricating the
' .niett from thu debris of tho fallen building.
" nenry 1 McQuiro, of No. 118 East Ono
' Hundred and Kourtoenth street, testified that
lie drovo Father Kirner to Mott Haven on
tho morning beforo the accident, whore the
priest bought window-frames, which woro
L ,' carted to the scene of building.
K j Thomas Urogan, ol Mo. 412 ast Ono Hun-
drod and Twonty-fourth street, a watchman
m on tho building, said : " I was around with
i mortar on a mortar-board when I saw tho
9 west wall falling. I jumped on a beam.
That's all I know till I was picked up with a
R, beam ou my log."
, In rcsponso to questions asked by Juror
Estorbrook, Orogan said i " I saw no signs of
. danger beforo tho walls foil. There was a
I recess below whoro I stood on the samo floor,
'f whoro tho wall was only eight inches thick.
The wall was generally sixteen inches thick.
I think thero woro bracos, but there was no
, braco in tho middle I couldn't swear
whether thero wore anchors for tho beams or
Jtot. I never put any in."
t To Juror Dovoo Orogan replied that thero
' was no jarring of tho building bofore tho
J walls fell. Tho bricks wero sometimes dry
and sometimes wet.
I Orogan was wonderfully opaque. He was
t " topping out" tho building, but it required
J lierculam offorta by the coroner and all tho
I jurymen to got un intelliuable reply to their
, J. questions us to whethor this was tho third or
fourth floor. It was finally decided to havo
f been tho fourth.
if Two Brooklyn Nulcldes.
I HundolpU Oardluer killed himself luit night at
tho house ot his sister lu Boutn Eighth itreet,
J" Vrooklyu, by sending a bullet through his brain.
1 ,Ho naa becu I", h showed ilgni of Insanity,
t " ifl 5 olrald of becoming a burden on his
X friends.
t Jacob Wockerniau, of 182 Coolc street, Williams-
I burgt out hit throat with a razor thli morning.
V ,, wis flfty-niuo years old, And jciloui of Ms
. wife. Police cpt. Druhau thinks ho was dc-
uiented.
ll I" a Clienp Itallau fllonte Shop.
fl. f Tho police say that a cheap Itallau three-card
I I 9 nionto shop Is maintained at &9tf Mulberry, itrceu
ill? tlJist night Jlunclo Uarlslo, laborer on the llucl
! '1 , n niver Itallroad, aroppert In there. Canted Jn
B niioaronl and stale beer, sud naa sheated jut of
16 and a watoh y ihreo tneu, who ran iway.
oieph Olinfoil, wbo-seemed to be lu charge, was
II arresied by Policeman O'Brien, but wai duu
m charged at the Essex Mirtet Court tbla mormog. j
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STRIKIXO COAIi MIXEKS FIRJl.
All L'flbru nt Arbltrntlon l'all TJjp itcndlna
HyHtcm !SiiiinrtliiK htrlkern.
IBI'KCIAI, TO THU hVF.NINO OHU),l
Hazleton, Nov. 1. Another iuefllcient of
fort was inado ycbtordny to adjust tho
grievances of tho striking Lohigh mi
ners. 11. J. Sharkey, President of thu
Rending Railroad Convention i John L.
Leo. Chairman of tho Reading Rull
road Executive Board of tho Knights of
Labor, nnd Joseph Cnhill, Secretary of tho
Board, waited upon Mr. Ario Pardeo at his
office. Tlioy woro mot by Supt. Frank Par
deo, who refused to recognize them as hav
ing any claims upon him. These gentlemen
usked him if ho would treat with a commit
tee of his employees, and ho replied in tho
nffirmative. It soon becamo noised abroad,
and tho opinion was nt oiico formed that tho
striko would bo brought to n close.
Tho committee waited on him this evening.
Mr. l'ardno denied tho statement previously
given by John L. Leo with roferonco to tho
miners' wages and contract prices, but when
tho coimnitteo offered to dobato tho qucbtiou
nnd prove to him that tho pricoof coal would
warrant an advance ho declined to discuss it.
Ho liatly stated that they could resume at
once ot tho present rato of wages, lmt no ad
vauoo could or would bo given, and ho would
continue idle until spring.
This report was mado by tho coimnitteo to
COO of his employees, about all who remain in
this section, and wns rejected by them with
an enthusiastic and unanimous vote, and a
motion was made that if Mr. l'ardeo could
stand tho striko until next spring the men
would stand out until next summer, which
wah unanimously carried amid cheers. Tho
men declare it is easier living idlo and well
fod than working in wunt.
Tho officers of tho Beading Railroad Ex
ecutive Hoard also called upon Eckloy B.
Coxo, Ho refused, through his private sec.
rotary, to meet tho committee, nnd said ho
had nothing to sav. Joseph Cnhill, treasurer
of tho Reading fund, brought with him a
largo amount for tho strikers' nid, which will
be distributed to tho men in a fow days. Ho
says tho sentiment of the 70,000 men in tho
Reading system is to support theso Lehigh
btrikors for ono year, if necessary, to bring
the operators to terms. '
Shenandoah, Nov.'l. Tho Relief Commit
tee of Knights of Labor hero collected yester
day $1,032 from tho miners of local collieries
as tho 5 por cent, assessment on their wagos
for tho past two weeks. Tho treasurer of tho
Business Men's Association, which holds a
meeting to-morrow ovouiug, has nearly $G00
in hand to turn ocr. This makes over $1,600
pledged to be paid ovory fortnight to tho re
liof of tho striking miners. Other towns aro
generously responding, but nono have yet
equalled bhcnaudoiih.
CHARGED WITH LARCEXY,
William (Jeer Urouglit Kowii I'rnm Kliulrit
Thin Morning.
William Goor, who was arrested by Chief
of l'olico Littlo at Elmira, in compliance
with a telegram from Inspector Byrnes, was
brought to this city to-day. The warrant
charges grand larceny against tho prisoner,
-ind-specific chnrgo boing that he issued a
oheck for $123 on tho Oswego Bank, whoro
ho had no' deposit, and got it cashed.
Geer was at ono timo a ball.playcr of con
sidorablo skill and reputation. Ho lived at
Syracuse. About eight years ago ho was a
member of tho old Syraouso Stars. While
playing he attracted tho attention of a charm
ing young lady, tho daughter of a prominent
man of Hyracuso. It was a c.ibo of lovo at
first sight, lmt tho young woman knew
that her paronts would not sanction
the marriago that was in duo time pro-
osed by young Goer. Thoy managed to
ccome husband and wife, however, without
more than half a dozen friends learning of
the fact, and it was kept a secret for two
years or more. Their relations could not
always be kept quiet, however, and tho mat
ter at last became, public. It created a big
stir in society circles in Syracuse. As Geer
was oblo to toko core of his wife, the parents,
after some hesitation and many tears, forgao
tho pair.
After tho death cf tho parents of Mrs. Geer
tho family estate was divided. Mrs, Goer
camo into possession of nn income of about
$4,000 a year. On this the pair lived com
fortably and about as hnppily as anybody.
Mrs. Oeer camo to Now York yesterday to
arrange for the release, of her iiusband if
fiossiblo. She claims that her husband is en
iroly innocent of any wrongdoing. Geer
had bocn an importer of buttons, o partner
of J. It. Cooper, but health foiling him and
partnership affairs not running smoothly, ho
quit businebsand went to Elmira to live. Ho
was staying, with his wifo mid two children,
at a boarding-house in that city when ar
rested. Geor was arraigned in tho Jefferson Mar
ket Police Court this morning. William E.
Mason, caslUer of tho Grand Union Hotel,
charged him with passing a worthless
check for $125 on Oct. 3. Ho was held
until Nov. 10. The detectives who hud
charge of Geor said that ho is wanted in
Chicago for passing a worthless check for
$250 upon Spalding, tho baseball man. Ho is
also wantod in Albany for pasbiug a similar
check for $100.
ARRESTED WHILE INSANE.
A New Ybrli Actress In tho L'lirniiin County
Jul).
fsrEciAi. to Tin: evening wonui.l
Elmiiu, N. Y., 'Nov. 1. A middlo-ogod
woman, who liad loht her reason, was token
into custody lute Saturday night. She is
now in tho Chemung County Jail. It was
learned to-duy that she won formerly a well
known actress in Now York, ot different times
known us Mrs.Chrisholm and MissBlokeslco.
She recovered hersolf sufficiently to-day to
hay that she had a son in tho Elmira Reforma
tory, George Holland, who was sont thoro
from New York. Sho boid that sho was inur
ried, and that sho has a husband, on octor,
living at Orungo, N. J , but could nut givo
hie name. Papers in her pobsession show
that she has of late born tho numu of Mrs.
Sophia M. Osborn. Sho came hero from
Rochester. She said that in Iluffalo a roan
struck her in tho faco and tore her dress
while sho was riding in o carriage, and that
she made him pay $35. Sho gave tho names
of Carlton P. Lewis, n-ith in msuranco com
pany, in Now York, and Mrs. E. Dunn. Court
street school, Now York, as her friends.
lis Wanted Ilia Nunc Arrested.
Edward Nathauson, anell-dregacd jouug mult,
was taken to tho Jcftcrsou Market Court this
niorntug is being Insane. At oue tlmo ho was a
clothing salesman. He became so Impressed Kith
his Teat wealth that live mouths igo lis relatives
J laced Mm tn tho Bloomlogdalo Insane abjIuiu.
teceutlr be was thought '.o bo tiimclently oured,
and was taken home ind placed m thargo 31 a
nurse. Yesterday morning he ind his nurso were
In (ko llroartwar. lie becamo excited, and In
' listed that his nurse should leave the room. He
oslled for tho police, and when a policeman came
: be told htm 'hat its nurse had been eating gaillo,
and ho ;ould iot uand sis breath. The young
i msn'a aiother lives at TSO Fifth street. Wishing
. ton.- Justice Patterson sent him to the csreof the
i .Commissioners ot Chanties and Correction.
SAVED IN THE NICK OF TIME.
GALLANT RESCUE OP CHILDREN AT A FIRE
ON XAXTASKET 11EACH.
Thry Wrro Tnlien From n Ilumlng Cottanr
Just na Their Mht Clothe Wero Ignited
rio Unlldlnft Wero Destroyed Two
Men Ilnuled a llone-Ciirrlnuc Nearly Two
illllca to right th9 11 luxe.
SrECIAt. TO THE ETEIttNO WOnLD.J
Nantabket Beach, Mass., Nov. 1. Ono of
tho most disastrous fires for years visited
Nautaskot Beach last night. Shortly boforo
11 o'clock Pctor Petersen, a Swede, living in
tho cottage owned by Jotham Salisbury, of
East Weymouth, just north of Sagamoro Hill,
discovered tho houso adjoining to bo
on flro. Oil rushing out ho found a ono and
a half story cottage and a house and barn ad
joining completely enveloped in flames. Tho
burning houso was ocenpiod by tho family of
Christopher Johnson, a Swcdo, and was also
owned by Salisbury.
Peterson quickly aroused Johnson and also
the neighbors, who rushed to his assistance,
but so quickly did tho flames spread that
Johnson's family, comprising his wifo nud
four children, woro rescued only with tho
greatost difficulty, tho children boing taken
from tho windows of tholr sleciiing-rooms
with their clothing just catching flro.
By this timo tho building in which tho flro
started was beyond saving, and a strong nor
therly wind hud carried tho flames to o largo
stohlo. From this thoy reached out to tho
houso in which Petersen and four other
Swedes hod been quorterod, thenco to tho
lorgo two.Btory houso owned by A. O. Lobreo,
of Georgetown, Fla. ,
After theso buildings had been consumed a
a smaller cottogo owned by D. M. Plummer
also caught and was destroyed. The total
loss foots up botweou $8,000 oud $9,000.
Nothing whatever was saved from any of
tho burned buildings and Johnson's fnmily
savod only their night clothes, in which thoy
wero rescued from tho houso. Hoso 1 was
dragged by hand from Atlantic Hill, nearly
two miles, by only two men, L. H. Farrar
and E. A. Bosworth, and tho work of both in
rescuing tho children from Johnson's houso
was bravery itself.
WORTH $10,000 A WEEK TO TILE CAUSE.
O'llrlcn'a Imprisonment will Help tho
League Another Largo Subscription.
(SPECIAL TO TUE ETENIKO WORLD
Detroit, Nov. 1. As editor of United
Ireland, Wm. O'Brien recoived a salary of
$20,000, oud refused to draw nioro than
enough to pay his current expenses. Dr.
Chos. O'Riclly, treasurer of tho Irish League,
says that now O'Brien is in prison ho is worth
to the Trish cause fully $10,000 a week. Dr.
O'Riclly has sent tho following telegram to
Jos. Gcllis Biggar, M.P., nt London this
morning:
The League Is getting Into line. Ten thousand,
dollars more to test coercion. Half of this sum
from fesrjesa Philadelphia. O'llrlcn In prison la
'worth $iu,uoott week..
This is tho second $10,000 thntrTroaBurer
O'Reilly has sent to Londou.wdtlfiu a week.
PEARL METCALF' RELEASED.
If Sho Did Cet Money From Airs. Shaw,
Judge Honolulu Hays, It mu for Unlaw
ful l'urpones.
Pearl Motcalf, who was arrested and held
for trial on a chargo of swindling Mrs. Helen
Shaw out of several hundred dollars, was re
leased to-duy by Judgo Douohuo, of tho Su
premo Court.
Miss Met calf got out writs of habeas corpus
several days ago. In her petition sho claimed
that if sho obtainod mono; fron. Mrs. Shaw
it wot to hot on horsr races, and as that is
gamhlihg. both wero equally guilty.
Judge Donoluu ordered hor discharge on
the. grpnndt that, oven though she had se
cured tho money under alleged fnlso pro
tenses, it was to bo Ubcil for unlawful purposes.
MRS. CROCKETT SENTEXCED FOR LIFE.
Nlio Killed Her Ilnsbnud by Administering
Poison In Fried Apples.
srrciAL to Tnr. evenino would. 1
Belfast, Me., Nov. 1. In tho Supremo
Court, yesterday, Martha M. Crockott was
sentenced to tho State prison for life for tho
murder of hor husband, Ruol Crockett, by
poison at Swonvillo lust December. Sho ro
cehed hor sonteuco without emotion or ro
morse. Tho crimo for which Mrs. Crockett was
sentenced has attracted widespread atten
tion. It will bo remembered that tho ovi
deuco in tho caso 'ias ohiofly circumstantial,
but of o character that was, beyond a ques
tion of doubt, us strong as though tho actual
evidence hud been produced.
The ingenious manner in which tho poison
was administered in friod apples, tho com
mand of Mrs. Crookott to her btep-daughter
not to eat them, and her threats prior to that
to kill Crockett if she lived, long enough,
wero all brought out at tho trial.
CANX0T SUPPORT FELLOWS.
Mr. Hives Ilnfuses to be Vlcr-I'rrnldrnt nt n.
County Democracy Meeting.
Gcorgo L. Rives, a "prominent attorney,
whoso office is in tho Mutual Lifu Building,
upon roueipt of nu invita'tioufrom tho County
Demoerocy to act os Vice-President at a
meeting which is to bo held Nov. 'J
at Cooper Union for tho purpose of
ratifying the nomination of that organization
declined to oct in any capacity for tho
County Democracy this year, saying, in sub
stance, in a letter which he writes to John
E. Develiu : " I mubt docliue to support
tho candidato of tho County Democracy this
year. Their course, especially in th matter
of Mr. Nicoll's nomination, has been Huch
that I must decline to allow tho Ubo of my
namo as Miggested."
JiMtlre Dully'. Ifoino Drill.
John l'lanlgan, a sailor, lately discharged from
oueof tho United States fcsuelc, was arraigned In
the Essex Market Pollco Court this morning,
charged with drunkenness. Justice Dully asked
him bether he wild o through the drill.
" I ;an, sir," was the answer.
"Mark time," said Justice Duffy; "right face,
about. "
Flanagan obeyed.
"Mark time; march home!" continued his Honor,
and Flauagsn saluted and marched out, to the
laughter of all present.
Committed for Burglary.
John Williams, dgo twenty-one ears, was ar
rulgucd at tho Jefferson Mirket Pollco Court this
morning on a charge of stealing a quantity of sil
verware from the bouse of Abraham C. IIull.H
Bedford street. Williams was seen crawling out
of a basement window. Ho was captured altera
lively chase through the streets. Justice Patter
son committed him for trial in default of $l,0M.
ball.
LITIGATION OVER THE (HRARD ESTATE.
Mr. Anions Insists That llrr Claim l Vnlld
and bays Sho Will Fight.
(SPECIAL TO TUE ETEN1NU WORLD.
Nr.w Castle, Pa., Nov. 1. Notwithstand
ing tho declaration of Honry S. Ingram, of
Philadelphia, who represents tho heirs of
Jean Girard, n brother of Stephen Girard,
that Mrs. Aruoux is not a daughter of Jenu,
that lady persists in hor claim that she is ono
of tho heirs to thu Ulrnrd cstato. Mrs.
Arnoux's correct namo is Mrs. J. Aruoux
Romcstnl. Sho lives lu a modost manner in
tho extreme northeastern section of this city.
Her husband is the foreman of a largo
machino-shop hero. Thoy have lived in tins
city but six years, having como direct from
Frauco.
' To a roportor Mrs. Arnoux said that sho
was a daughter of Jean Girard, a brother
o Stophon Girard, and that several of
tho latter'a near relatives had formed a
syndioato and woro about to begin legal
action to regain that portion of the money
bequeathed to relathcs, umounting to about
$140,000. Fow of tho legatees, Mrs. Aruoux
nsbcrtod, ovor rooelved tho amounts be
queathed them, and nearly tho whole of tho
property w illed to relatives was absorbed by
tho Girard Collogo endowment. Tho immo
diato descendants now proposo to attempt to
secure this proporty, which to-day is worth
over $760,000. Tho original yrlll will bo con
tested, and. If possible, proved invalid.
Should tho heirs succeed in doing this, which
is oxtromoly unlikoly, tho proporty willed to
the college, aside from tho nrst-nientioned
$2,000,000, together with tho Girard Ctdiego
Fund, altogothor over $30,000,000, would
revert to them.
Mrs. Arnoux showed letters from Boutllllor
GrilToo. a court official of Franco, who is in
terested in tho mutter, and from L. Vossion,
tho French Vico-Consul at Philadelphia;
also ono from tho French Consul at Now
York bearing on tho matter, and asking for
proofs of her relationship. Theso havo been
forwarded. About half a dozon descendants
of Stephen Glrnrd's heirs aro interested, and
if tho veuturo is successful oil will bo mado
rich. Mrs. Arnoux, who is well educated
and intelligent, stotcs that all her relatives in
Franco aro wealthy and will furnish as much
money as is necessary to push tho matter.
Her maiden namo was Miirccllino Girard.
Sho was born, raised and married at Ncims.
in the South of Franco.
Sho asserts positively that her father nover
received a penny from tho estate of his mil
lionaire brother. Sho states, that many lottors
from Stephen Girard to her father aro Btill in
existence and can bo produced any time.
Tho latest bear tho date early in 1831.
BUTLER THINKS PARKER INSANE.
A Lawsuit In Walrli tlio llrnrrnl Argues for
Ills Hlster-ln-l.nw.
SrECIAL TO TUK EVEMNO VTOnLD.l
Boston, Nov. l.When General Butler
was in command at Now Orleans, John G. M.
Parker, a resident of Lowell, and who hod
married Mrs. , Butler's sister, went to Now
Orleans for tho purpose of investing tho
small capital at his command. Gen. Butler's
influence helped to 'secure for him tho ap
pointment as Postmaster of tho city, and ho
.engaged iu 'numerous business enterprises,
almost all of .lyhich wero successful. At ono
time ho was pasfctownpr of tho Now Orleans
.W7)uWfcm, which was at it lint time a pros
perous liaper. He soon accumulated a for
tune, ostimatcd to bo over half a million.
Somfc years of tor, Mrs. Parker, witli hor
son and three daughters left tho South and
roturnodto Lowell.
. Mr. Parkiir was always somewhat irascible,
and it is supposed his temper caused a disa
greement between himsolf and tho rest of his
family.
Whatever tho cause, tho family was thus
separated, and proceedings wero instituted
by Mrs. Porker and her cliildreu to get con
trol of the cstato by haing him declared in
sane. Tho caso was tried in tho Supremo Court of
Cambridgo yesterduy, and tho crdict will bo
rendered to-day, provided tho jury does not
disagree
For tho plaintiff D. Maria Parker, ct. ol.,
appeared Gen. Butler, E. M. Johnson and
Prentice Webster, oud for tho respondent
John D. Rouse, of Now Orleans, and MeBsrs.
Conant, Carmichael and Stcphons, of Lowell.
Tho principal arguments wero mado by Gen.
Butler and Mr. Rouso.
MRS. NELLIGAN FOUfiHT HER MAID.
A Former Hello of C'oliors Spend Noma
Time III a Coll nt Troy.
SPECIAL TO THE ETENISO W0I1LD,1
Tnoy, N. Y., Nov. 1. About two years ngo
a social sensation was created by tho elope
ment of Minnie Mooro, tlto sovonteeu-year-old
daughter of a millionaire mill owner in
Cohocs, with Thomas Nellignn. a youth who
wasknowuas " Dudo" Nellignn. Tho girl's
father forbodo her to darken his doors until
sho boparotod forever from Nolligan. Thu
girl wifo was true to her husband, howover.
Soon after tho dcuth of thoir child Mrs.
Nelllgau loft home. Yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Nolligan cumo to Troy, accompanied by
her maid, a dusty duuibel. Whilo horo tiny
visited a fosnionoblo restuuriiut and drunk
moro wino than was good for them.
Then thoy v isited a dry-goods storo, nnd a
controversy that arose between them niii
the to the desirability of certain goods was
continued when they reached tho street, and
Minnie, heuted by tho wino, struck
her maid iu tho fueo witli hor list, Tho
street was crowded with people, and
a largo number of persons collected about
tho two women, who were slugging eiuii
other in tho most approvd style. Each
scored a knock-down, but the battle wan not
decided when a policeman camo along and
took them in. They aro resting iu colls in
tho Socoud Precinct.
i .
"BREAK THE MACHINE 1 1"
is tlitre tfien nothing It'jl to llw jwpU', to the
mats uf vottrs, letiiks tlthrr runnwi mlh the
machine or abrogating all their rights antldutU
as citizens t IVn, there is somcthuu hrft to the
mass 0 (he party tl is ttie ttto poicrr, and ttte
rrlo poiccr only. Thry can ilitcharga the leaders
and IIRUAK TI1K MACIIINK - TIIKY
CAN CHOOSE KKW LEADERS AND
CONSTRUCT A NEW MACHINE. This
in a properly organttol party is their right, and
it is the possession of this right and the perform,
ance of Otis duty vhtch- trj tle machine in
proper order and fAa leaders in accord ulth and
in tubo) dination to the teiU of the people. Mato.i
Hewitt ih his Coorrn Union Speech, Dec.
2S, 18S0.
Iletler Thau n Ne" Kjc
JVm IA Lwintllt (mrfr-Jra'.)
At $W0 a day Gen. Butler's eyesight beuomes so
clear that In every Anarchist he can leo an angel
of llght-addlctad, perhaps, to beer, but still a
heavenly form.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS REVOLT.
- '
IE LANCEV NIC0LL THE CHOICE OF THE
UNTRAMMELLED VOTERS.
In n Test Vote Thirty of Col. Fellows' Fir.
ty-llvn Nupiiortern Found In llr (Ifllcr.
Holder nnd IHnrhlnn Men Mcoll Hut
ton" lu llrmnnd Volunteer Work nt tlio
Foil Mnny CumnalKti Club Forming.
fSJ 4 OT a desertion among
?w?p- H!v tho supporters of Mr.
; Nicoll has been noted
j yot. Ontho contrary
!) tho number of those
who aro declaring in
favor of his election as
District-Attornoy is
increasing ovcry day.
Tho rovolt of tho
Young Democrats is
remarkablo for its
strength and unanim
ity. Niuo-teuths of
tho Young Domocrnts
of tho city who aro not
allied with Tomraany
Hall or tho County
Democracy aro opposed to Col. Fellows and
will work and voto against him.
Tlio uou.otnco-holding and non-mochino
men of thu Harlem Domocratio Club aro
practically unanimous for Nicoll. A test voto
was had last night at tho Young Men's Dem
crotio Club. Tho voto stood Fellows, 85 ;
Nicoll, 49. All tho old stagers, ofuco-holdcrs
and macnino men stood by Fellows, whilo
tho Young Democrats, who aro lawyers, mer
chants, oankers and clerks, rallied for Mr.
Niooll.
Horo aro tho old stagers Tammany Hall
and County Democracy men who, as mem
hers of the " Young Mou's Democrotio
Club." voted for Fellows :
President Ilcekman, of the Hoard of Aldermen;
Arthur llcrrr, private secretary to Mayor Hewitt;
ex-Park Commissioner Crftmnlns; ex-Mayor
Cooper, Charles V. Dayton, Counsel to tho Ex
cise Hoard; Assistant District-Attorney James
Fitzgerald, Assessor Edward Gllun, Assemblyman
McAUam, Htrphcn McCormlck, (Superin
tendent of Htrcet Lighting, I). P. W. : Pollco
Justice Murray; ex-Assistant District-Attorney
I'urrls, Dr. Charles Phelps, Police Burgeon; II. 11.
Porter, Commissioner of charities; Dr. Charlc K.
Hlmmons, Commissioner of Charities; Martin T.
McMuhun, United Htatcs Marshal; Mactlrano
Coxc, Assistant United States District-Attorney;
ex-1'ollcc Commissioner Charles F. MaoLean,
(leorge 1". nrllton, clerk In tho Department of
Charities and Correction; William van Vilkcu
burgh, clerk In tho Department of Parks.
Of tho flfty-fivo votes cast for Col. Fellows,
thirty woro given by ofllce-lioldem, cx-ofllce.
holders and members of tho machino commit
tees. Tho forty-niuo votes received by Mr. Nicoll
represented tho young Democrats who aro
untrammelled.
Tho young men of this city, irrespective
of party, who aro lu favor of Mr. Nicoll for
District Attornoy, will hold a mass meotiug
to-morrow evening in Chickoring Hall. "
Mr. Francis Lyndo Stetson, who has been
a prominent young member of tho County
Democracy, has announced himself in favor
of Mr. Nicoll's election. In refusing to act
as Vice-President of it County Democracy
meeting ho says among other things :
Mr. Nicoll as Dlstrlct-Attorncy would probably
be little different from Mr. Nicoll during tho last
thrco years as Assistant Dlstrlct-Attorncy. And I
say that uu senslblu private client would permit
tho loss of the services of any couusel who had
serveil him with tho ability, the learning unci tho
devotion that has characterized Mr. Nicoll's ser
vice of Hie public.
Mr. Samuel G. Kerr, member of tho County
Democracy of tho Fourth Assembly
District, will support Mr. Nicoll. Iu a letter
to Mr. Nicoll, Mr. Korr soys ;
Wo nrc going to elect jou as sure bb the sun
rises to-morrow. Tho pconlo of New York will
give you such a vote as will causo Power A Co.,
to crawl down Into their boots.
Polico Justico James T. Kilbroth is a mom
bur of tho County Domocraoy and of tho
New Anistordain Club. Mr. Lucieu Oudin,
his stepson,, is taking an active part in cam
paign work for Mr. Nicoll.
At tho Citizens' headquarters the Nicoll
campaign is conducted with undiminished
enthusiasm. Yesterday tho following circular
was posted iu headquarters, and will bo
distributed to-day throughout tho city :
NICOI.I. AND MAHTINi:.
Volunteers wanted by the Committee of Oue Hun
dred to work on election day, from i a. h. until 4
r. x. , In distributing ballots and vatchlng at the
polls. Those willing to serve will please send their
address to (leorge Walton Urcen, Chairman of tho
Committee of Organization, 912 IJroadway.
In rcsponso to tlio circular, already 400 vol
unteers huvo signified their intention of serv
ing, be tho day wtt or dry, from sunrise to
sunset.
At tho young men's meeting at Chickoring
Hall to-morrow evening Prof. Theodore .
Dwight, Dean of Columbia College Low
School, will preside. Among tho speakers
will Jm Prof. Felix Adler, Independent;
W. II. Hornblower, Democrat; Gen. Francis
C. Harlow and others.
Tlio Committee of Ono Hundred Jv.ill meet
to-dny at 1 o'clock at headquarters to com
plete'itH otgauiutiou.
ThoGeriiiuu element is solid for Nicoll.
John l'raiiMieiincr, a prominent German,
soys that tho German workingiuen are a unit
for Nicoll. Preparations for a big German
uioss.meotiug to ratify his nomination are
ulrcady being made.
Among tho frequent callers at hcodquartcrs
aro Carl Schurz. who is confident of Nicoll's
success, and E. F. Do Lonce.v, Mr. Nicoll's
godfather, who takes much interest iu tho
nimiiaiir .
Tho wnv in which tho Nicoll buttons has
taken witli tlio public is a sure indication of
Mr. Nicoll's popularity. Thousands urn be.
ing sold. Ono Harlem dealer has ordered
SO0 gross, and tho sumo quantity has lieen
ordorcil from the dr goods district of tho
city.
l'riduy night there will be a rousing meet
ing at Irving Hall to ratify Nicoll's nomina
tion anil it is expected tnat it will eclipso
oven tlio Cooper Institute meeting of last
week.
Tlio colored supporters of Mr. Nicoll in
tho Eleventh Assembly District met lost
night in Garnet Hall, oud tho Ninth Assem
bly District colored men who favor Nicoll
met at the same timo ot ltleccker Hall,
Editor Fortune presiding.
Nicoll clubs aro springing up all over tho
city. The Twentieth Assembly Yonng
Men's Independent Club of Harlem,
comprising 200 meitfber, flung a Nicoll
banner 'o tho breeze last night amid great
enthusiasm. Tho club will support Nicoll
and tho rest of tho Democratic ticket.
Subscriptions am still pouring iu, cash and
cheeks, coming to help tho cause with every
mail.
Mnry Murphy' Unladylike- Conduct.
Miry Murphy created a disturbance last night In
Went Third street ami resisted Ortlcer llegtl's at.
tempt to arrest her. lie called on William Deihsr
ron to assist htm. whereupon Mary turned
upon Desharrou snd bit his thumb severely. This
morning tn tho Jefferson Mirket l'olico Court tho
was held In taw bail for trial.
sArixa joxAir.
T7io County itossen Il'Jff Knrrlflrn Kerry,
thinu tn J'.teet Fellow,
ALL THE DETECTIVES AT WORK.
A IIoiinr-tn-llour Hrarrh tn Bo Itlnda for
tlio ntnucraftho Werhslrr Ilomb.
Tho list of suspected cmployoss nnd ox
employees of Wechsler .t Abraham has boon
studied by tho Brooklyn detectives with
out bringing thorn any nearer to the porpo
trator of tho outrage of Friday night, s)
Said Supt. Campbell this morning: "I
liavo arrested every ono whom tho Arm
thought might havo boon prompted by hos
tility and dissatisfaction to send tho oxplosivo
package, and they havo all provod satisfac
tory alibis.
" Neither Mr. Wechsler nor Mr. Abraham
entertains suspicious against Jany one else,
nor havo they any theory which we can fol
low up. Wo oro now going on an cntiroly
now tack which will keep us engagod for sev
eral days at least."
Tho Superintendent would not enter into
details concerning his now plan, but it came
out Iator on.
Tho precinct detectives from all over
Brooklyn forty-fivo iu number filed into
tho Detcctlvo Offlco at 10 o'clock, having
lieen summoned thero Iiy a general order
from headquarters.
Tho thrco pockctliooks, tho plated knifo,
fork and spoon, and n model of tho infernal
machine woro shown to them by tho Super
intendent, who told them thoy woro expected
to begin at onco an exhaustive and painstak
ing search throughout the city.
They woro to go from store to storo in
ovory district and inquire if any such ar
ticles had been sold recently or mado .to
order for any person.- Tho rnochftBlfciu' 'of
tho exiilosivo boiA ,is of such a
nature that it is thought likely that
tho man who sought to tako Mr.
Wochsler's lifo may havo hod somo parts of
it particularly tho steol spring, tho brass
tubo and the fuso attachment mado to order
by a clockmaker or machinist.
Tho box itself, though describod as an
ordinary color or pencil box, is rath or old
fashioned iu mako, and it is thought that
careful enquiry at every toy and fancy storo
will lead to discovery of tho place whero it
was bought.
This plan of Supt. Campbell's la in imita
tion of tho ono successfully followed in
Brooklyn years ago, when by a honso-to-honso
visitation tun murdrcss of Charles
Goodrich was found in tho person of Koto
Stoddard.
Thero is very little change iu Mrs. Wechs
ler's condition. Tho fever has not subsided
and tho doctors still fear blood poisoning as
a result of tho chemicals blown into her
hands and faeo. Tho littlo boy Philip with
his head swathed in bandages is able to sit
up.
NEW TELEGRAPH RATES.
Hcrernl ltrdurtlon Claimed and Ono Ad
vnnco Admitted by the Western Union.
Tho now schedulo of telegraph rates wont
nto effect to.day. Tho schedule was in con
formity with the agreement entered into by
by tho Western Union and the
Postal and United Linen Companies
beforo Mr. Gould went to Europe. Tho
result, according to tho Western Union peo
ple, is a material reduction, averaging 20 per
cent, in Western Union rates, whilo
tho United Lines and Postal rates
havo been advanced slightly. Tho
only advance which tho Western
Union 'acknowledges is that of fivo cents on
messages to Philadelphia, making thu pres
ent rato 20 instead of 15 cents. To llaltimoro
and Washington the rote will bo '25 cents.
Tho principal reductions in tho Western
Union rotes will bo to points in the West. A
40 and 60 cent rato will obtain between this
city, Chicago, St. Louis and St. Paul, and to
(ill points cast of tho Mississippi for
which 50 and CO cents woro formorly
charged. Tho postal tariff -if Chicago
and tiio other points named will bo 35
cents, or 10 cents in advance of thu prices
which have obtained heretofore. Comparing
tho tariffs of tho respective companies on,
Wtbtern messages a difference of & cents apv
pears iu favor of the Postal.
Mr. Chandler, who represented Mr. Mac
koy and tlio Pobtol and United Lines in thu
contract with Mr. Gould, suid to.day that he
thought the present rate would bo perma
Novel C'elebrntlim of Ilnllovv 1','en.
trECIAL TO TUK 1.VKS1NO WOHLK.I
r-TATK Coi.i.KUK.l'a. ,Nov. t Tho students of the
college havo celebrated Hallow K'en in a novel
manner. The majority nf the students have rooms
In the main collego building, and each room Is
hosted with steam. Tlio cadets all secured tin
horns ami connected them vv 1th the steam radiators
by means of rubber tubes.
The horns were then fastened tn tho windows of
the dirrercutrooms,H!iil at a given signal near mid
night steam was turned on. The horrible ualso
that ensued beggars description. People for miles
around Vero aroused and alarmed. The racket
was nnslly stopped by the Janitor turning off steam
from thu building.
Trlrsraphlc Ilrevlllfs.
hT. I i'i., Minn., Nov. l (leorge Klsher, aged
twenty, was ilron tied In Mud Lake ucar 1-stner-v
Hie, w Idle duck shooting )estcrdar.
l'Alino, Dak., Nov. 1. Neal Knanp. aged
twenty-three, was run over and killed by a
Manitoba engine at this place yesterday.
IIISUAIIUK, psk.. Nov. I. A Ifon Ouster de
spatch says: ' Indian var-drums wero heard last
night beating at Indian camps along the Big
Horn, live compsulcs of oavalry snd one In
fantry aro ordered to tako the Held this morning.
The Indltns are commanded to bo In camp at the
agency by Friday. "
Municipal Council, Irish National Leaguo. meets
this evening at Eighteenth street and Fourth
avenue at 9 r. u,
UNII
NINE PERSONS KILLED.. 1
AN AWl'UL EXPLOSION AT BT. LOUIS EAIttt aB
THIS MORNING. M
Three 1'nmllles Hurled Under tho Rains of ''
Demolished Ilulldlng A (Jrorery Rtoro $!
nnd Two mirk Mtrnctnrc Itlown I ttffl
Atom-Pollr nnd Kirn DrpnrtnientsTry'. ujH
Inn to Itescnn tho Entombed Vlctl'm. jgH
Hrr.ciAL to the Evzitnto wobld.1 jH
St. Locis, Mo., Nov. 1. At lctist -lo '--;;!
lives woro lost by nn explosion which od 'w!H
currcd in tho grocery storo of Michnol Nowi'.JH
man, iu South Fourteenth street early thlsi-fH
morning. i
Bcsido tho grocery, two brick buildings ad. -&H
joining wero blown to pieces. Mrs. fowniiuiji yM
hor fivo children and all tho mombors of ttW-B
families who lived in tho brick houses VforsttujH
buried in tho ruins. ?'al
Tho explosion took placo not far from 9 ;y
o'clock, and tho pollco and flro de.wfr
portmonts havo boon vigorously at work sine. jflH
that timo. !tl
At 3 o'clock a. u. tho firemen had sueVjjH
cccdcd in clearing away a spaco in the contra, jjH
of tho ruins. Flro was creeping in on all B
sides, but thoy fought off tho names to PreVfcv'i
vent suffering and death. !
A child in tho last tortures of death wasMH
handed out and placed in an ambulance ami '
started toward a hospital. A moment later k','1M
Annio Newman's body wag found, clasplmj,?V,3jH
In her arms hor dead daughter Koto, aged lO.vf'JaH
Tho body of Michaol Newman was found ..?W
at tho samo timo. It was mangled an'UTHH
charred in a horriblo manner. At 6 o'clock", iflH
tho dead bodies of Mr. and Mrs.Dovero wero,' $
found, horribly mangled and burned j ahyiAfH
tho body of a Miss Pcovly, who had slept ia J9H
an adjoining room. '!!
Tlio only survivor taken from either No.i' ',!H
or No. 0 is Miss Hattio Brown, the Bitter a&d1 JH
visitor of Mrs. Dovero. She states that 8hywSB
awoko to find horsolf buried between hoavySfjM
timbers somowhero against a wall. On onVr ijB
sido of her a wall of flro reaohod tho sky wbifoV. JHH
crashing timbers and clattering iron flowinair4yHH
storm nbovo her head. Tho screams of Per.(ftyB
boub in adjoining buildings wero fearfnI.'V$HB
Shotriodto escape, but was flmily pirme4-;jMH
down. At last a settling of tho WTOck par -B
tially released tho pressuro and she BtruggleuV-HrtHH
from boncath the ddbris. "" $-$$&5ji
How she mado her way to tho little bacs&H
yard whero sho was found sho ,CJti'B
not toll, oxcopt that it wag gtagBW'4'B
ing, falling and climbing through or fron -IH
,tho ruins.' Tlio cause of tho oxplosicia isnoV vH
'positively known, but customers of, QtomefMK
Newman Bay that he carried a largo stock. oS''ij;1H
keroscno and gasoline in tho rear room of histf H
store. VH
Thoso near tho explosion givo it os'thehJ.H
opinion that gasoline was tho causo ot &&liH
terriblo disaster. . tivMH
Tho following is a list of tho dead rcoeWiJHH
crcd from the ruins t ftc
Michael Newman. ' jMI
Mrs. Annie Newma. $fj
Miss Mamie Newman. $ftj
John Newman.
Nellie Newman.
Kate Newman.
Eddie Newman. 'Jnfi
CiiAru.ES Deveke. m
Mrs. Charles Deveoe.
Tho injured are : 'Vvl
Miss Uattie Brown, of Columbus, OkaVnH
bmised abotit the lower limbs. tll
OnAULXs Eirrain. 4i
Miss Hattie Bryant. . tJH
Mrs. Beably.- t '''iJB
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"TRIUMPHANT DEMOCRACY. M , VH
"'?3-l
Mr. Andrew L'aruesie'a Book la NotEaToTtM
by tbo Tory Authorities Ci'rsBB
SPECIAL CABLE TO TOE KTXBTXO WOBLD.1 ''H-l
Lon Hon, Nov. tl. The same Tory policy tIci(B
approves of free speech in Irelanl la trigee4f9H
Mr. Carnegie's last boot. At the WolThp8st.OTB
Qusrter Sessions to-day the -rand Juxya fljH
presentment to the Recorder respecting a : F&iflH
entitled Triumphant Democracy," written trOflH
Andinw Carnegie, and which, as theGtooa aaaH
contains some very strong allusions to the OTVWH
family of this realm. Recorder J. 3, Powtli, MJMt'JM
reading the presentment, said It jgf) ffilfflB
which the Grand Jury had a PJWtV JH
to mike, bat that It was notWMlf; 6H
province to comply with their reque tbt 1 ,H
shoald recommend the committer ot 3M 3fn4 J'jjH
Library to tako the boot off their B&elvR.4,M-H
should think, however, that after rtdm tM'3H
presentment the committee would n&tcons44eH B
creditable to allow such a work to be any leasts i JH
accessible to the frequenters of the Freelibrary. '
Ue bad no power to direct the proseoBttea of tM JH
publishers ot the boot:, but other authorities har4 ''
their attention called to It might perhaps do Mk H
Thlsllo Arrlten ut'Oreeaoek, tJH
(SrrciAL CABLK TO THE KVESIXO WOVj ?jM
Lonhon, Nov. 1. Tho Scotch'" yacht H
Thistlo, Copt, Borr. which left Ned!
York Oct. 14, arrived ot Qreenopld 3fl
to.dny. Her best 'run for tweury-fouThoarir,- V
was 258 miles nnd tho smallest run ''09
miles. The cuttor made a good voyage asof 41
beliav etl well during (he trip, , '!!
Conld Nt 8eo tho Need or It. I ,lH
UVo-irj'.Bjr.l l
Pa, will you please pass detpoonst" i jfH
' ' Wha' ;o' wan' all pe spoons fo' wld nnfila ba 4AH
coffee? 'Pears like yo glttlnt mtghty curuB 4JaH
tlons since jo'gono t'wuk fo'dem Ivlfcabecii.1', H
' ;H
l'rob'a I'rattle About the M'enther.i i?N
j ""jgsi WASuiNarroN, Koy,1.-V, 5B
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A, !V 1 Connecticut, fiariiatt 'S
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V- N yorgaslsrnXwTtfplj ' 9
.rtfr twalfter, tlighUy warmer, ortif: TWrtfWwwry iJB
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