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BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD. » j .... .i. . ’__—I VOLUME 2i: BIRMINGHAM, AT.A., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1895. NUMBER. 340. THE DEBT JSJfIPED OUT And the Exposition Is on a Firm Footing. $100,000 WAS SU3SCRIBED By Mr. S. M. Inman and Other Patriotic At lanta Citizens. THE GATE RECEIPTS ARE INCREASING Professor Palmer of the University of Ala bam&Wns Elected Vice-President of the “Aseociation of Colleges and Preparatory Schools.” Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 7.—The director* of the Cotton States and International ex position met this afternoon and the chair man of the finance committee, Mr. Sam uel M. Inman, announced that he had raised among a few citizens cash sub scriptions to the amount of $1011,000 to cancel the accumulated Indebtedness of the exposition. This puts the exposition on a firm financial footing, with gate re ceipts increasing largely every day. Of the $100,000 subscribed Mr. Inman heads the list with half of the whole amount, the other $50,000 being contributed by members of the board of directors. Since the opening of the exposition on the 18th of September its available fund for op erating expenses has been confined to one-third of the gate receipts, as the re maining two-thirds had been obligated as a redemption fund on the $300,000 bond issue last spring. As is the invariable case with expositions, the first month's gate receipts were not as heavy as ex pected, and not until about two weeks ago was the one-third of the gate receipts sufficient to meet current expenses and such other indebtedness as had been in curred. In this way the exposition need ed $100,000 to put it on a firm financial footing, and by the liberality of Atlan ta’s citizens the exposition cancelled this today. The gate receipts yesterday showed 25,000 admissions, and notwith standing the faot that today has been wet and the weather penetrating the ad missions have gone beyond 20,000. More than 30 per cent of the bonded indebted ness has already been paid and the bal ance is considered certain. The exposi tion directors are very much gratified ad being enabled to wipe out all accumulated Indebtedness and at the pleasing reports from all parts of the country concerning Increased attendance. The railroads cen tering in Atlanta are now bringing their trains in double sections and the attend ance this month will no doubt be three times that of the first month. Meeting of Educators. A number of prominent educators met here, representing the southern states, and organized the Association of Col leges and Preparatory Schools in the Southern States. There are similar as sociations in New England, the middle states, the west, etc. The following Insti tutions were represented: Vanderbilt university, University of North Carolina, Washington and Lee university, the Georgia School of Technology, Wofford college, Trinity college, North Carolina; Tulane university, Mercer college, Uni versity*of Mississippi, University of Ala bama and University of Tennessee. The association adopted a constitution and by-laws based upon those of the as sociation of the middle states and Mary land. This constitution makes ineligible to membership colleges without prepara tory departments and schools pretending to confer degrees. As a prerequisite to membership colleges must enforce a min imum of requirement in their entrance examinations. Thus a line of demark ation is strictly drawn between those in stitutions which do strictly collegiate work and those doing academical work and competing with academies and high schools. The association is to meet an nually the first week in November and its next session will be at Nashville, Tenn. Its officers for the first year are: President. George T. Winton, president of the University of North Carolina; vice presidents, Professor Palmer of the Uni versity of Alabama and Professor More land of Washington and Lee; secretary and treasurer, Chancellor J. H. Kirkland of Vanderbilt university. Resolutions expressing the associa tion’s sympathy with the work of the public schools were adopted, and these set forth as the opinion of the associa tion that the best Interest of public edu cation demand that four years of the study of Latin be added to the curriculum to the public schools, and at the earliest practical moment two years of the study of Greek. The Cl in McRae Meet. The Clan McRae held a reunion here today. Members of this ancient Scotish family were present from all the states in the union. Congressman T. C. McRae of Arkansas presided. He was made per manent chairman of the clan. A. H. McRae of Georgia was elected historian. The clan will meet next year in Nash ville. Women Speakers Yesterday. Mrs J. Gregory Smith of St. Albans, Vt.: Mrs. Don Donnan of Chicago and Mrs. Sumpter Means of South Carolina were among the speakers in the woman’s building today. Mrs. Means discussed the question: “The South Carolina Law ns It Relates to the Marriage Tie.” A HOT DEBATE. Senator Tillman and Mr. Barker Made Thing* Lively for Awhile Over the Dispen sary Question. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 7.—The constitu tional convention has been wrangling all day over the important measure to allow the state to obtain changes of venue in civil and criminal cases, with a view of having the dispensary law enforced more rigidly. The convention at first struck out the clause, then It turned around and adopted the clause to allow the leg islature to pass a law allowing changes In cases it would select. Now an effort is being made to qualify this so that the grand Jury must recommend the change. There have been some lively passages. At the night session there was quite a sensation. Mr. Barker of Charleston, who had Just started to speak when the hour for recess came and cut him ofT, took the floor when the convention re assembled and severely handled the dis pensary law from Alpha to Omega, relat ive many Incidents in its enforcement which he regarded as outrageous and un justifiable. Senator Tillman took the floor in reply and, announcing that his administration of the dispensary law had been attacked, he went for Mr. Barker without gloves. The whole dispensary history was re counted and the Darlington war was fought all over again. Unparliamentary language was used and a real factional debate ensued. Things were extremely lively for about two hours, the running debate between Senator Tillman and Mr. Ifarkere being dramatic at times. The de bate. heated as It was. Anally ended by Tillman and Barker shaking hands, the former dramatically declaring that henceforth Charleston and Edgefield would be counties of the same state. This took place amid a storm of applause and a roar of laughter that the president could not quell for five minutes. Then the convention, by a close vote, adopted Mr. llondersoags measui* to require a true bill to be found by a grand jury be fore a transfer could be made to another county, and that no case should be trans ferred to a county not in the same dis trict as the county In which it originated. Mr. Patton at a late hour offered a new' section, to prevent the use of an injunc tion as a preventive against crime. This Is after another feature of the dispensa ry law, one that has caused a man to be imprisoned In the penitentiary without a I rial by jury. Mr. Patlon made a poyerful speech on (he subject. The convention voted down his measure. A motion to reconsider this was pending w’hen the convention ad journed. A motion to table the motion to reconsider was lost on a yea and nay vote Just before the adjournment. ALLTHESMONEY SAVED. The Fire Proof Bank Vaults Were Opened and Everything Was Found in Good Condition. New York, Nov. 7.—The vault of the Umpire State bank, which was burned on electlqn night, was opened this morning arid everything found intact. The work was supervised by President Conroy and one of the directors. The vault runs from the first floor to the sub-cellar. In the lower compartment were old records and in the upper one the cash and currency books. Of cash and securities there were about 11,000,000, <350,000 of which was money. All the contents were trans ferred In satchels to the temporary quar ters in the old Bleeker street bank build ing. policemen being stationed along the route to provide protection. The Manhattan Savings bank officers, who were yesterday ordered out of their partly burned building on the northeast corner, announced this morning that they had secured temporary offices In the old Greenwich Savings bank building. The money qnd securities to the amount of about $800,000 in the vault of the Broad way building were taken there early this morning. • THE AUSTIN REGATTA. Gaudnur Won the Singles, but the English man Won the Four-Oared Bace. Austin, Tex., Nov. 7.—An immense crowd witnessed the final contest be tween the American and English oarsmen In tlje great regatta today and they saw the tail feathers of the American eagle plucked again. The first event was the single scull, three miles, one turn, be tween J. Gaudaur, Ras Rogers, Ameri cans, and Bubear and Haines, English men, for the world’s championship, Rich ard K. Fox’s challenge cup and $1000. The course lay like a great mirror, with scarcely a ripple on it. A good start was made, Gaudaur taking water a fraction first and Rogers pushing along close be hind him, but a little In the rear. Bu bear and Haines evidently were Inten tionally not In It and were dallying along to save themselves for the great four oared race to follow. About the first •quarter post Haines dropped out and at the three-quarters Bubear beat a retreat, leaving the field clear to Rogers and Gaudaur. From the three-quarter post they got away together, but Gaudaur succeeded in turning the stake a half length in the lead. Down the course both men did some good work, Gaudaur keep ing the lead and putting daylight be tween himself and Rogers with a long easy stroke of thirty-three. He crossed the finish about three lengths ahead in 21. Gaudaur’s time over the same course last year was 20:49. The second race was the great four-oar ed contest, the greatest probably ever witnessed in America. It was a close and beautiful aquatic contest showing the result of careful scientific training and breaking the world’s record. The oarsmen were: English—Bubear, Barry. Hpjnes and Wingate; American—Teemer, Rogers, C. Gaudaur and J. Gaudar. Doth crews were loyal backers and the Englishmen, and the Englishmen, in ad dition to the purse, pulled in several thou sand dollars. The race was three miles with a trun. The start was a perfect one, both crews taking water at the same mo ment. but the Englishmen gained shortly after a dozen or more strokes and at the quarter stake led by a boat’s length. From this to the three-quarters’ stake the Englishmen with long easy thirty eight stroke widened the distance. The Americans strained every muscle and came spinning after them, but the En glishmen made the turn for homeward stretch at least three lengths ahead. It was apparent here that Englishmen were going t win. Down the course the racers flew, the plucky Americans bending to their oars with hearty good will. It was no use, however, and the Englishmen gained at every stroke and they were working clock-like and beautifully, and when the quarter mile post was reached the American practically went to pieces anda the Englishmen crossed the line two boat lengths ahead. It could have Wen a dozen had the Englishmen chosen. The time. 17:20Vt. breaking the world’s record. The rrace was for the world's championship nnd a purse of $1500. Itls conceded that the Americans had the best boat, best oars, best outriggers, but , the Englishmen. In a four-oared scull, outclassed them In regularity and even ness 111 stroke. The English crew will lardly leave New York before next week. Snow Storm* in the West. Black River Falls, Wis., Nov. 7—A snowstorm has been raging throughout this section of the state the entire morn ing and about 4% Inches have fallen, be ing the first snow of the season. The forest fifes are completely quenched, being buried under 4 Inches of damp snow. * ' Winona. Minn.. Nov. 7.—Nearly 1 foot of heavy wet snow has fallen here during the past eighteen hours. The weather still remains rather mild, but snow con tinues to fall rapidly. This Is the first of the season. _ To Break the Strike. Devil’s Lake, N. D., Nov. 7.—A special train arrived here this morning on the Great Northern road with seventy special policemen, eighteen new conductors, twenty-five brakemen and three firemen. The arrival of these men Is expected to break the strike, as the delayed trains have-been sent out with the new men. •n*. «>rI> Mrm »atrolled hr deputies. TURKEY'S NEW MINISTRY A Reply Is Promised in Two Days TO AMBASSADOR’S DEMAND The Disturbances Must Certainly Be Put an End to. TIMOTHY HEALY HAS BEEN REMOVED And Michael Davit Substituted by the Irish National League-Emperor William Has a Socialist Editor Sent Up for beven Months. Constantinople, Nov. 7.—The British squadron has been unable to obtain a sufficient supply of provisions at Lem nos, and has been obliged to go to Salo nlca for that purpose. In the representations made by the fifteen diplomats to the porte yesterday especial reference was made to the at tacks upon Christians by Mussulmans, the ambassadors Intimating that unless such outrages were stopped the powers would take the matter into serious con sideration. Said Pasha, foreign minister, to whom these representations were made, prom ised to make a formal reply within two days. Such combined action on the part of the powers has not been taken In many years, and it Is regarded as an In timation that Europe is determined to restore order in Turkey if the porte is •unable to do so. The new ministry was officially an nounced this evening. The list published is as follows: Said Pasha, professor of the council. A. Bdurrahman Pasha, minister of Jus tice. Memdieh Pasha, minister of the in terior. Gareid Pasha, minister of worship. Zeuhdl Pasha, minister of education. Mahmud Djelalledln Pasha, minister of commerce and war. Uewfik Pasha, minister of foreign affairs. Sabrl Bey, minister of finance. Aarifl Pasha, minister without port folio. Neither Halil Rifat Pasha’s name ns grand vlzer nor the name of the Sheik Ul-Islam is included in the official list. Trustworthy accounts from Erzeroum say that Turkish regular troops took part in the recent massacre of Armenians there, and the plundering of their shops and houses. The condition of the Asiatic provinces, these reports say, is deplora ble, and a veritable reign of terror pre vails. Several servants of English mer chants have been arrested while leaving the postofflce with English newspapers, which were confiscated. Timothy Healy Removed. London, Nov. 7.—The Irish National league of Great Britain held a meeting today and removed the name of Timothy Heaiy from their executive committee, substituting that of Michael Davit there for. Insurgents Are Active. Madrid, Nov. 7.—A dispatch to the Her ald from Havana says the Insurgent lend er, Maoilmo Gomez, at the head of a large force of rebels. Is advancing upon Santa Clara, while the leader, Maceo, with his command, is making his way through the provide of Puerto Principe. These movements of Insurgents are causing great anxiety to Spanish authorities. England’s Business Increasing. London, Nov. 7.—The board of trade reports for October show an increase for the month In imports of £1,11)0,000, and an Increase in exports of £1,680,000, os compared with those of the correspond ing month last year. An Editor Imprisoned. Berlin, Nov. 7.—Herr Lutgyen, social ist, who was admitted to membership in the reichstag, was today sentenced to seven months' imprisonment for publish ing an article insulting the emperor in the Dortmund Arbeiter Zeltung, of which hefis editor. TESTIMONY SUPPRESSED In the Robinson Impeachment Case—Opelika Has an Opera House This Season. Opelika, Nov. 7.—(Special.)—Mr. E. R. Adams, grand director of the Alabama order of Knights of Honor will deliver an address to the public at their hall to night. The young men of the city gave an en joyable dance at the opera house last night. The Opelika opera house, after being idle for several years, haB been leased by Messrs. L. M. Cooper and J. L. Renfro, two of our wealthiest young business men, and a large number of first-class attractions will be brought here during the winter. In the impeachment case of Judge of Probate W. C. Robinson of this county, now pending before the supreme court at Montgomery, Judge Robinson's attorney made a motion to dismiss the case, and if that was done to suppress the evidence taken by the state as no evidence had been taken by the defendant, and to hav; the witnesses examined orally before the supreme court. The motion to dismiss the case was overruled, but the testimony already taken was suppressed as there had not been a compliance with the stat utary provisions In taking it. The case was set for trial November 18th, at which time the witnesses will be subpoenaed to Montgomery to be examined orally. Mr. J. H. Hayes, who killed the two ne groes at Itoxanna, In thJs county, yester day has been arrested, and will have his preliminary trial before a Justice of the peace at Waverly this evening. Capt. T. D. Samford leaves today for that place to defend him._ Another Heart Failure Victim. Atlanta, Ga„ Nov. 7.—W. Rhode Hill, an old and wealthy citizen of Atlanta, died suddenly tonight of heart failure. He war, a large wholesale liquor dealer here for years._ _ Louis Hanvy Convicted. Atlanta, Nov. 7-—Louia Hanvy, the wife murderer, was convicted today and rec ommended to the mercy of the court. This means a life sentence In the peni tentiary. THE SENATEREORGANIZATION May Not Be Effected Just at Present. BAD NEWS FROM KENTUCKY Maryland Republicans Will Make a Sweeping Investigation. A COUNTY CLERK SURE OF ELECTION Ohio Will Give Bushnell About 110,000 Plurality, and New York Will Give Palmer Nearly as Much—Mis sissippi Is Democratic. Washington, Nov. 7.—The elections of Tuesday last do not effect the present ihembership of the United States senate. Mr. Brice of Ohio, Gibson of Maryland and Blackburn of Kentucky all will re main in the senate until March 4, 1897, so that they will participate In the two full sessions of the congress which be gins on the first Monday of next Decem ber. The indirect effect of the elections, lt‘ Is expected, will be to deprive the movement for an immediate reorganiza tion of the senate of much of its force. The republicans could only secure con trol of that body by making concessions to the free silver advocates, Stewart and Jones of Nevada, and the populist, Peffer of Kansas. Their leading men have been kyerse to taking this step, and now that two republican senators from Utah are aisured soon after January next, when the legislature meets, there Is a growing disposition to wait until the senate can be organized by the republicans them selves without entangling alliances. There are other sources of supply to be drawn upon. A Republican’s Opinion. Lexington, Ky„ Nov. 7.—Chairman piunter of the republican campaign com mittee says the republican majority on Joint ballot in the next legislature will be four or five. The democrats concede the election of sixteen republican senators and fifty-three representatives, making Sixty-nine In all. They also claim the ejection of twenty-two democratic sena tors and forty-seven representatives, Which makes them have sixty-nine on joint ballot. Of the democrats fourteen In the senate are for sound money and twenty-seven In the house. Eight of the senators are for Blackburn and twenty representatives, which shows that a Joint caucus of the democrats would stand forty-one against Blackburn to twenty eight for him. Chairman Hunter thinks that the sound money democrats, or at (east enough of them, will vote for a republican United States senator to In jure his election should the legislature not be republican on Joint ballot. There is talk In favor of Dr. Hunter for United States senator. The other candidates who are highly spoken of are: A. K. ' VHson and Col. Walter Evans of Louis ville and John W. Yerkes of Danville. McCreary will have no better chance than Blackburn from the fact that the republicans carried his precinct, town and county and elected both members of the legislature from his district, and his con gressional district is also republican. The seventh district gives a rousing ma jority for the democratic ticket. Nearly 100,000. New York, Nov. 7.—Official returns from nearly four-fifths of the counties In this state, with unofficial, but practically complete figures from the other counties, give Palmer 600,980; King 603,811 votes, a republican plurality of 97,169. Complete figures on the vote for and against canal Improvement are not yet obtainable. In thirty-three counties which have been heard from the plurality for the Improvement amounts to nearly 175 000 Seventeen of these counties were opposed, while sIsUwi were In favor. New York. Rochester and Buffalo gave suoh a large vota tlvat the adverse of In terior counties went for naught. Democratic Osins. Boston, Mass., Nov. 7.—According to the latest tabulation there will be In the house of the next legislature 186 repub licans and 61 democrats and In the sen ate 33 republicans and 7 democrats. The democrats have succeeded In Increasing their number in both branches by 12. They have gained 9 representatives and 3 senators. Bushnell's Plurality. Columbus, O.. Nov. 7.—According to the unofficial returns received by the republi can state executive committee up to 1 O'clock today from about three-fourths of the county chairmen, taken In view of telegraphic reports to the dally news papers from certain remaining counties and estimating the probable result from best information obtainable in others, the Indications are that Bushnell, republican candidate for governor, has a plurality bf 110,000 or more. Virginia All Bight. »**• Richmond, Va., Nov. 7.—Official re turns from the election come in slowly. Of the twenty new senators elected fif teen are democrats and certainly three and possibly five are opposition. The districts in doubt are the Sixth and Six teenth. Of the twenty hold-over senators nineteen are democrats. The house of delegates so far remains aa follows: Democrats sixty-seven, re publicans and other opposition twenty tkree. _ The Only Party That Gained. Boston, Nov. 7.—Returns from 268 towns and cities at the headquarters of tlie socialist labor party give Ruther. so cialist candidate for governor, 3124. The e&hty-flve other small towns to be heard fritim will increase the vote about 100. The total vote In the state for the head of the ticket last year was 3104. It is estimated that the populists will fall about 2000 below their vote of last year At the headquarters of the soclal u, it |s claimed that the socialist labor party is the only party that has polled more votes than last year. Lebert a Sure Winner. Denver, Col., Nov. 7.—Eleven armed men are patrolling the corridors about the office of county clerk In the court house today. Richard Lebert, the present county clerk, claims his re-election by 38 majority. By law he is the sole custodian of the ballot boxes and returns until the official count Is made. George Klndel, his opposition candidate, and supposedly elected, claims that fraud will be used by Lebert should he remain In sole posses sion of the ballots. He demanded admit tance to the office, but was forcibly eject ed. Armed men are now on guard to pre vent further attempts of persons other than the county clerk and his deputies entering the office. No official election returns have been announced. Consider able excitement prevails and partisan reeling runs high. To Make an Investigation. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 7.—According to official and unofficial returns from every county in the state Hon. Lloyd Lowndes, republican candidate for governor, has a plurality of 19,039. In the five counties carried by Mr. Hurst he led Lowndes by only 1255 votes. As a result of the defeat of the democrats on Tuesday Maryland Is likely to have a sweeping Investigat'on. Under the constitution of the state the house of delegates Is the grand inquisi tor and has full power to examine into and Investigate persons who may be or may have been in office under the law. This duty and authority belongs to the house alone and it has power to go Into everything done by the state or those holding public trusts. It Is proposed as soon as the house Is organized by the re publicans to have a committee appointed to Investigate after the manner of tb/ Lexow committee all public officials a'^J' ex-public officials in the state. In ad£* tlon Senator Bruce, an anti-Gorman hold over democrat, who has made a private investigation into the expenditures of the last session of the state senate, proposes to have a public Investigation in to the expenditures of the general assembly, ■which his experience has convinced him are much larger than they ought to be. THE IRON TRADE REVIEW, Further Declines Are Reported in Bessemer Pig and Steel Billets, but the Outlook Is Promising. Cleveland, Nov. 7.—The Iron Trade Re view today says: Further declines In Bessemer pig and steel billets have taken place in the week, though the volume of business is so small that prices are less significant than the fact that the week is drawing itself out towards a time of year at which it Is marked by quietness. But as the furnace and steel companies show no disposition to follow the market to the level which speculative transactions have brought It, the cutting of prices by producers Is In nearly all cases traced to furnaces or mills that got Into operation after the boom had reached its height. The policy of the leasing Interests that have been pushed with orders for six months seem to be to let small producers that are dis posed to shade prices—fill up with busi ness. The problem that then remains Is whether there will come up orders enough to stiffen prices again for those who have held off. Bessemer pig has ranged from {14.75 in the valley down to $14. Speculative steel is still dominat ing the billet market and with little buy ing the price has gone below $20. Pitts burg and transactions In the Wheeling district have shaded $19.50. Car buying has helped bar mills and forges, and axle makers have not been so busy in two years. Ore producers cannot name prices for 1896, though it Is agreed that the ba sis would be above that of the early ‘95. The price of Connellsvllle coke is gener ally expected to be higher by January. With labor cost closely approximating the level of 1892, with coke higher and iron ore certain to go above the opening price of 1893, there are substantial rea sons for expecting a continuance of to day’s prices in finished material. The arguments to the contrary arc found In conditions outside. CUBAN SYMPATHIZERS. A Resolution Was Adopted Pledging the Sup port of Confederate Soldiers by Arms if Necessary. Charleston. W. Va., Nov. 7—A meeting of Cuban sympathisers was held at the court house tonight, which was called by the state camp of Confederate Veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic. The most significant part of the proceed ings was the adoption of resolutions of fered which pledged the Confederate sol diers to maintain by arms, If necessary, the rights of the American people in any conflict with any foreign nation and claiming that the principles embodied in the declaration of Independence gives the Cuban people the right to throw off the Spanish yoke and to be reoognlzed as belligerents. The resolution reads: "We deny to our present executive the right of espionage on our people to prevent them as individuals to aid the Cuban people in this war against Spain," and adds that the constitution of the United States was in a large part the work of a great Vir ginian. The flag of this union is our flag, the honor of America is In part in our keeping and we will defend It against all foreign nations, against executive usur pation or neglect. Indifference or timid ity of betrayal of trust. BIX PEOPLE BURNED. An Entire Family Lose Their Lives [n a Tenement Fire. Brooklyn, Nov. 7.—The four-story brick tenement at No. 311 VanBrunt street was burned at 1 o'clock this morning. Six persons lost their lives. The dead are: Charles Ryan. 49 years old. Ellen Ryan, Charles’ wife, 45 years old. Johanna Ryan, 20 years old. Sarah Ryan, 17 years old. Maggie Ryan, 14 years old. Lizzie Ryan, 12 years old. The last four aje daughters of Charles and Ellen Ryan. The fire started in the lower hallway and extended to the root. It Is supposed to have been caused by a gas Jet in the lower hall setting fire to the woodwork. The Ryan family lived on, the top floor and were In bed when the tire started. The other tenements In the house got out safely. Helping the University. Charleston. S. C.. Nov. 7.—The move ment started among the University of Virginia alumni of South Carolina to make a contribution to the building fund of the recently burned Institution, was Inaugurated here tonight with subscrip tions amounting to nearly $400. The movement will embrace all the alumni of the university of the state, and It is be lieved that the subscriptions will ulti mately amount to a considerable sum. Many prominent men are Interested In it. Lucky Mr. Threadgill. Lynchburg. Va„ Nov. 7.—Six months ago Mr. F. M. Threadgill of this city won a suit against the United States Express company Involving over $50,000. The time for taking an appeal has ex pired and as no appeal has been taken the Judgment is irreversible. Mr. Thread gill will get between $55,000 and $60,000. ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The board of mayor and aldermen hold their annual election of city officers at the first regular meeting In December. Although the time is about a month off yet. quite a number of applicants have announced themselves. THIRTY-ONE JODIES FOUND In the Debris of the Journal Building. NO WATER IN THE BOILERS The En^ er Will Be Held by the Coroner’s i' Jury. _ Tn SEARCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED £ - / ntil the Wall* Are Strengthened—The Other Occupants of the Building Hod a Miraculous Escape From Be ing Mashed to Pieces. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 7.—The progress of the men working on the ruins resulting from yesterday’s terrible boiler explo sion was very slow. After 2 o’clock this morning, and from that hour until 6 o’clock, only two more bodies were dug out of the debris. They are those of Adolph Scrieber, foreman of Hiller's bindery, and John Gordon, stereotyper of the Detroit Journal. A larger force of men was put to work about 7 o'clock. At 9 o'clock the searchers uncovered the nineteenth body. It was that of Jen nie Neubauer, one of Hiller’s employes. Five minutes later the body of Bertha Weidbusch was dug out, and at 9:10 o’clock still another girl’s body was re covered. It was badly burned and not at once recognized. The cause of yesterday's frightful ca tastrophe was settled beyond all question this morning, when workers on the ruins got down to the boiler. The explosion was caused by a dry boiler. By 11 o’clock twenty-five bodies In all had been taken from under the mass of debris and three more had been added to the list of identified dead. They were: John Breitenbecher, employe of Hiller's bindery; Rose Morgan and Kittle Leo nard. Miss Morgan was employed in Hiller’s and Miss Leonard was an em ploye of John Davis & Co. The two bodies unidentified at this hour are those of girls. A dry boiler, not a drop of water, tells the whole story of yesterday's terrible catastrophe, caused by an explosion of the westerly boiler and maybe both. This fact was definitely settled this mortmlng when A! H. Whitmore, one of the beBt boiler experts In the city, crawl ed under the wet andj twisted timbers and dug out the debris to the place where tbe battery of boilers was located. The easterly boiler ^as entirely gone and Its head was found near the alley, in the rear of the building. It hp.d parted Just behind the dome and every tube was broken oft clean. The westerly boiler, was not in place, and It Is believed that It also exploded. Boiler Inspector Mc Oregor Inclines to the theory that both boilers ^vent out and Is emphatlo in his statement thht there wad not a drop of water In the east boiler tfhen it went out. It was ns dry as a powder mill, and when they find the whole business the condi tions will prove this. "I think,” he said, "tiat both boilers were spilt across the seams; If they had opened lengthwise there would have been a Bide force that wculd have taken the walls In both boil ers.” Engineer M. R. Thompson, who was In charge of the boilers, says there was plenty of water in the boilers, but his statement Is not believed. He will un doubtedly be held by the coroner’s jury. At noon the work of searching for the bodies of those yet missing was practi cally abandoned, pending the strengthen ing of the walls of the Journal building. The men continued to work, but were making no effort to get at the place where it is believed most of the missing bodies Will be found. The sixty or sev enty occupants of the Journal building proper at the time of yesterday's ex plosion had an almost miraculous escape. The building was thoroughly inspected by the board of building inspectors today and It will be instantly condemned. The building was found to be in a terri bly shattered condition. TSke Inspectors say there Is not a solid Joint in It. The west wall is buckled 6 Inches, the east wall is badly cracked at the floor and el bowed several Inches out of plumb, the north wall Is in an ”N” shape, and the entire structure Is moved on its founda tions. The Inspector said that In his opin ion the west wall was swayed out fully 2 feet by the force of the explosion. The Inspectors think It Is si- ’ - wonderful that the building did not utterly collapse. The board of Inspectors have taken no formal action as to condemning the building, but they will do so. The sur rounding buildings, which also suffered greatly from the shock, will be thorough ly examined. Some of the employes of the Free Press Job Printing house, which occupies a building almost directly oppo site where the explosion took place, re fused to go to work this morning, claim ing the building had been shattered so as to render It unsafe. At 3 o’clock the total number of bodies was thirty-one. The last five were nothing but blackened trunks, of which no Identification was possible except by fragments of clothing. The discovery in regard to the boilers throws the responsibility upon the en gineer and the owners of the building. The former had been repeatedly warned that he was too careless by neighboring engineers, while the owners of the prop erty had been given at least one formal notice that he was negligent. The own ers of the property are the heirs of the late Congressman Newburry, who was the business partner of Senator McMillan. Tonight the engineer made his first state ment of his view of the disaster. One theory Is that the water from one boiler syphoned into the other through the feed pipe, bringing on unequal pres sures. After the coroner s inquest me mailer of responsibility will probably be taken up by the grand jury, now In session. As all the families of the victims are in hum ble circumstances Gen. R. A. Alger has headed a movement to raise a fund for their relief, some of the victims being the sole support of aged parents. The fund promises to be a large one. Three of the persons injured yesterday are in a dan gerous condition. They are Annie O’Don aghue, Arthur D. Lynch, stereotyper, and Albert Welder, pressman. The portion of the Journal building which survived the explosion was later in the day con demned by the building Inspectors. One of the undertakers who gained notoriety yesterday by fighting for a corpse again came before the public today. He was at the Emergency hospital when Lizzie Tappley breathed her last and assumed charge. The idea of his having charge was too revolting to the friends of the young lady and they protested, but the undertaker refused to give up the re mains. The family protested to Coroner Butler and lje at once made the under taker turn over the body to the family undertaker.