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PLACE ORDERSTO-DAY For the Centennial Edition OH-:-WEDNESDAY,-:-MAY-:-l Secure Space Without Delay. VOL. XI. REMEMBERED BY HIS COUNTRYMEN The Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration of George Washington to Be the Event of the Nine teenth Century. ENORMOUS CROWD GATHERING AT GOTHAM How the Great City Is Bedecked With Bunting, Flags Streamers, Wreaths, Garlands and Ameri can Eagles. GRAND PICTURE OF LIGHTNESS AND LIFE. President Harrison and Party on Their Way to the Metropo lis—Elaborate Arrangements There fop Their Reception. CHEERS FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE! New York. April 28.— Sabbath was sadly broke on Fifth avenue to day. There was the sound of hammers all along the line of march of the great centennial parades, for the heavy rain of the past two days had put a stop to all work of preparation and decoration, and when the clouds began to break away to-day the work was resumed without a moment's loss of time. In the afternoon Fifth avenue was full of sightseers. There was something of disappointment in the sensation first ex perienced, for the decorations were few and far between, but yet, taken as a whole, the scene, as the sun came out from time to time, was very pretty. The chief interest seemed to cen ter on the Washington square end of the avenue, where the first great arch stretches from curb to curb between the Hhinelander residence and that of ex-Mayor Cooper. The arch is built, entirely of wood, and is ornamented with a frieze of garlands and laurel wreaths in paper mache. It is painted ivory white, and is sur mounted by a carved wood statue of Washington, ten feet high. T lis is the statue that is said to have been first erected on the battery in 1702. At the foot of the statue is a large trophy of NATIONAL, FLAGS, . and from the four corners of the arch streamers are extended to the cornices of the neighboring residences. Four large trophies of Hags are on each side, and upon either Keystone is perched a fine- specimen of the American eagle. The arch has also been fitted with colored electric lights, and at night will present a most beautiful appearance. This arch has been erected by the private enter prise of . the residents In the immediate neighborhood, and that, in a measure, may account for the fact that there are very few decorations noticeable on the buildings within a few blocks of the arch. There are stands in front of al most every house, however, as far upas Clinton place. The Brevoort house has standards in nearly every window and bunting along the cornice. The hand some double front of C. De Rahm's house, No. 30 Filth avenue, has been prettily draped. Over the doorways the effect is particularly pretty. Nearly opposite, at No. 27, P. A. Morgan has evinced his patriotism by a pretty inter ior and exterior decoration that has with stood the inclement weather very sat isfactorily. The First Presbyterian church yard, between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, has been utilized for one immense stand and the Preby terian building, on the other side of the way presents a brilliant front. shields AND trophies fire made use of to catch up streamers of red, white and blue bunting, and flags arc placed in divers shapes in the windows. A little further up the street the Edison company, at No. 65, has ex hibited good taste in decoration and good judgment in choosing material, for it all looked as well to-day as if there had been no such thing as rain. Up at the corner of Fourteenth street, the old grand armory first attractsattention,with a trophy of flags over each window and a flag draped on every sill. The large Hanover department house, on the corner of Fifteenth street is handsomely decorated an both fronts, the windows being outlined with bunt ing and large streamers following from one ledge to the next. M. F. Neilson's residence, No. 100, next catches the eye with a wealth of bunting and silk in terior ornamentation. The new Judge building has been made good use of for the erection of stands, but there has not been enough bunting put about it to spoil the general effect of its splendid architecture. Just over the way is the residence of F. Matthews, where no dec orations are apparent, but great pre cautions have been taken to prevent the intrusion of the public. The steps and porch have been strongly barricaded, the balustrades are surmounted by sharpened pickets and SIGNS OF "DANGER" greet the eye as you go either up or down the avenue. The piano people in the neighborhood of Chickering hall have put up some very pretty decora tions. This is notably the case at Horace Waters' and at Hardman hall, while Martinelli, just between them, com pletes the decoration of the block. At the corner of Twenty-first street the South Reformed church yard is filled with stands. The Union club is beauti fully decorated. The window ledges are covered with hanging flags, the cor nices are bright with bunting and long streamers extend from the top of the building down to the balconies where the stands are. The Lotos club over the way had not yet decorated, nor had the Fifth avenue hotel at 3p. m. Noth ing was done to-day toward the com pletion of the decoration of the arch at Twenty-third street, but it is said that four hours will suffice to transform it from its present heavy rain-soaked ap pearance into a veritable picture of lightness and life. Looking through the arch, one first sees the FOUR GOLDEN EAGLES ,n the midst of trophies of flags that surmount each window on the corner of the Albemarle hotel. The same idea has been carried out in the ornamenta tion of the Broadway and Twen ty-fourth street sides of the hotel, and the effect is very pretty. The Hoffman v \\\l // // y MINNESOTA "\ house people have been lavish in the expenditure of money and talent. The entire front of the house is covered. A portrait of Washington and one of Har rison occupy prominent positions in the display, and there are shields and ban ners all over the bouse. Crossing be tween the two grand stands on the west I side of Madison square one lias a clear field up Fifth avenue again. At 210. Red fern has set a picturesque example that has not yet been followed by. Dclmonico, next door, though perhaps the distinguished caterer fears to de- j tract from the beauty of the arch that spans the avenue at the corner of Twenty-sixth street. Yesterday this structure stood sad and gloomy, bereft of the decorations that had been par tially fixed before the rain began, but retaining still the necessary proportions for its transformation to-morrow into a thing of beauty. The rain had not im proved the elaborate floral : decoration of Ilaudt Brothers at 234, but they- will doubtless show for their full worth after a few hours' sunshine. The name of the firm appears in bright flowers on a dark ground, between the windows of the third floor. Floral shields and wreaths alternate beneath each window ledge, and great 7 7.. STREAMERS OF EVERGREEN hang from the cornice to the doorways and across the sidewalk to the trees. The best view of this pretty effect can be had from the windows of the Bruns wick, and on the opposite side of the avenue is quite as interesting. No at tempt has been made at elaborate deco ration,, but excellent taste has been ! shown. Immediately over the main en | trance is a well-drawn copy of Stewart's "Washington," flanked on either side by distinct representations of "Wash ington's Appointment as Commander in-Chief" and "Washington's Farewell to His Officers." Surmounting these is a large trophy of flags, while the line of windows directly over the entrance is taken as the basis for a tasteful series of decoration extending to the roof. Diagonally across the street the avenue front of the Victoria hotel presents another pretty effect. Next come the decorations at the Knickerbocker club, where workmen were hammering all day. At No. 247 the great portal of the Hfitfe building is HANDSOMELY DRAPED. At No. 2GI. Mr. G. W. Cullumhas had all the windows hung with flags, and Dr. Sayre, at the corner of Thirtieth street, has adopted the same plan. A unique desigu is to be seen at No. 292, where Croney & Lent, the tailors, have outlined their entire front with colored electric light globes, ana surmounted it with an illuminated shield, flanked by the numbers "1579-ISS9." A little fur ther up four householders seemed to have pooled their issues and have pro duced a good effect. These are L. Clarke, at No. 307; Mr. Beach, at 309; Legrand B. Cannon, at No. 811; and W. A. Murdock, at No. 313. The windows in each house have been hung with flags, and long streamers are stretched across the tour fronts, caught up on the ledges with trophies, and thus producing the effect of a single decoration. The Lock wood mansion at the corner of Thirty second street has its windows hung with silken flags, and the Cambridge, comer of Thirty-third street, has every window decorated. At the Thirty-fourth street corner, Mrs. William Astor's house is the only one that was decorated this afternoon, and not a great deal of wealth had been expended on that. Judge Hilton's aldermauic stands around two sides of the Stewart man sion were not quite complete, and there were no signs of any ornamentation. On the corner above, however, the New York club had done nobly and well. The club monogram was a prominent feature in the decoration, but there was much else in addition. The balconies are all draped and the upper windows Hl.'N'u WITH FLAGS, while from them were long streamers that reach to the lowest balconies. The yards of Christ church and the old brick church, too. are wholly given up to stands. No. 414 Fifth avenue, the residence of Edward Hendricks, is or namented with pretty designs in bunt ing. The most elaborate decoration was that of Mr. L. S. Hargens, No. 435 Firth avenue. The balustrades are draped with bunting, the pillars of the porch were swathed with flags, the cornices outlined with streamers, every window ledge bore a trophy and every window was curtained with red, white and blue. The Union league had not yet hung out its banners, but the Re publican club, No. 450, was resplendent with bunting. Mr. Russell - Sage had put up shields and banners in every window at No. 500, and Mr. Sturgis had followed suit at 509, and Mr. Wilson had decorated 511. The Manhattan Athletic club has indulged in a rainbow decoration from the top of its flagstaff to the stone railings in front, and the cherry diamond was conspicu ous in many other little combinations of bunting. I). O. Mills has already deco rated No. 634, but nothing is visible at the Yanderbilt houses except the sheath ing of the brown stone railings against injury by the public/ W. K. Vanderbilt's house has a number of figs out,however, and, on beyond, the double houses of Dr. Webb and Mr. Sloane certainly save the Vanderbilt patriotism from being I impugned, for there is nothing prettier * than their decoration in sight, and noth- ing at all worth mentioning . between tthere and the park. [? HARRISON ON THE WAY. The President Leaves Washing ton for New York. Washington, April 28.— presi dent and his party left to-night for New York by way of Elizabethtown, to take part in the centennial exercises. A spe cial train of the Pennsylvania railroad pulled out of the station on Sixth street shortly after midnight, bearing the pre sidential party. The train was the most perfect that has ever left the Washington station of the Pennsylvania road. It was made up under the direc tions of the assistant general passenger agent, George W. Boyd, of Phila delphia, under authority from the centennial committee. " The car assigned to the president was the private car of the vice president of the road, Frank 11 . Thompson. It is one of the handsomest cars ever built, and con tains in addition to the bedrooms, a parlor, a dining room, a pantry and a kitchen. In the parlor a fire glowed a welcome to the president from the open fireplace. Another of the cars contained a barber shop and bath rooms. There was a dining car and combination car, and the rest of the train was made up of sleeping coaches. The entire train was vestibuled. The train was made up early in the evening, and at 9 o'clock was ready for the reception of the dis tinguished party. It was about 10 o'clock when the presidential party was driven" from the executive mansion TO THE TRAIN. • It consisted of the president, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. McKee, Miss Ida Mur phy, of St. Paul; Mrs. Kate Davis Brown, Col. John M. Wilson and Pri vate Secretary E. W. Halford. The committee delegated to escort the presi dent from Washington to Elizabethport was in waiting at the station. It con sisted of John A. King, William Jay, William H. Robertson, William M. Ev arts and Seth Low, representing the general government committee; Or lando B. Potter, Clifford Stanley Sims and Frank S. Witherbee. of the trans portation, the centennial and states I committees. These men had come ! down from New York during the day. j There was a good crowd of people wait- j ing in the station to see the president', but the uncertainty of the hour of his ! arrival there made- it smaller than it i would have been had an hour been fixed. The president was escorted ! to his private car, where he held a quiet reception of the other distinguished guests of the j centennial committee. These included I Secretary Windom, Mrs. Windom and j the Misses Nettie and Florence Win dom, Secretary and Mrs. Rusk, Miss^and i Master Rusk, Walker Blame and Miss j Margaret Blame, Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller, Associate Justices Field | and Blatchford and Associate Justice | Strong (retired) of the supreme court of I the United States, Miss Strong, Col. Thomas F. Barr, of the adjutant gen eral's office, Lieut. T. B. Mason, United States navy, Mrs. Mason and Henry W. Raymond. The train left at 12:10. Before that time most of the travelers had retired to their berths and were asleep. The party will arrive at Eliza bethtown to-morrow morning between 7 and 8 o'clock. The run will be made on slow time that the party may have every opportunity for comfortable sleep. ' . ' PACKED WITH HUMANITY. Such Crowds Never Before Seen in New York. . New York, April Evening.— Such crowds as are here on the streets to-day were never seen before in New York on Sunday. Fifth avenue and Madison square are almost impassable, while lower Broadway and Wall street are packed. The crowd was drawn to Wall street and vicinity to view the scene of the decorations of the sub treasury building and the custom house. The sound of the hammer is heard all over the city of those who are getting ready the decorations for the Washing ton centennial, and the scenes of to-day will be much beautified thereby for the morrow. The leading hotels, such as the Hotel Brunswick, the Hoff man house, Fifth Avenue hotel and others, are like mountains of gay bunt ing, beneath which there are few glimpses of their actual structure. To night the finishing touches are being put on the pier at the foot of Wall street, where the president will land to morrow. It is Pier No. 10, East river. It is said that $12,000 is being spent in this work. The pier is 450 feet long, and is divergent to two apartments by means of two large curtains suspended from the beams. The part facing the river will be decorated only with a large American FLAG ON THE ROOF The part of the pier facing South street is covered with decorations. Over a hundred American flags are draped over it, supported by the coats of arms of the various states, and numberless streamers hung from every point. A float is arranged for the presidential party to land. It is covered with carpet and concealed at the sides with bunting. Extending from Piers 16 to 17 were strung two lines of streamers. Sixty flags and many streamers decorate the roof of the pier. The sub treasury building and the custom house are covered with thousands of dollars worth of decorations. The tardy decoration of the city hall has also been finished to-night. Flags in the form of half rosettes suspended by the coats of arms of the states, dec orate the sides, while on the roof are the stars and stripes and colored flags. The Sabbath was not observed among the craft of all kinds on the rivers to day. Everything was being put into ship shape for the morrow. Many steamers already had their bunting fly ing, and on all the work of overhaul ing the decorations in readiness for the early morning hours was being pushed rapidly. ■ ELIZABETH ENTHUSED. The President to Have a Rousing Welcome in Jersey. Elizabeth, N. J., April 28.— There is no doubt but that the people of this historic town will (give President Har rison a rousing welcome to-morrow morning. For weeks nothing but the centennial celebration and Ibe visit of the president has been talked about, and the citizens' committee has per fected every possible arrangements to make his short visit here an interesting SAINT PAUL, MINN., MONDAY^ MORNING, APRIL 29, 1889. and impressive one. Bunting and flags abound in. profusion on public build-; . ings, hotels and residences, and ; arches, under which the procession? that will escort the president, to Elizabethport will march, have been erected along the route. Five thousand troops— state militia.civic organizations and G. A. R. men— are quartered in town, patiently awaiting the time to escort George Washington's most recent successor on his way to New York, and to march in honor of the centennial celebration of the inaugura tion of the first president of the United States. The programme for to-morrow includes a breakfast at Gov. Green's' residence for President Harrison and his family and Vice President and Mrs. , Morton; an informal reception at the governor's house, and review of the pro cession by the president. Enthusiasm and patriotism prevail everywhere, and the president during his short stay here will see little else than marching troops and waving flags, and hear nothing but the strains of martial music, the boom ing of guns and the cheers of enthusi astic crowds of people. VICE PRESIDENT MORTON and Mrs. Morton arrived here from New York at 5:20 o'clock this afternoon. Several thousand people had gathered at the station, and the police had to force a passage way to (lie carriage. Mr. and Mrs. Morton were driven to the | home of Congressman Kean, whose j guests they will be until they join the j presidential party at Gov. Green's to morrow morning. The city is tilling up with people from the country all around. ; Department Commander Miller tele graphed late last night that there would, be 3.000 Grand Army men in the pro cession which escorts President Har rison to the place of embarkation. IN RESPLENDENT UNIFORMS. District of Columbia Militia Off for New York. Washington, April 28.— The follow ing representatives of the district mili tia went to New York last night to par ticipate in the centennial exercises:. The Washington .Merchants' rifles, 40; men, with 15 honorary members; Wash- ington sharpshooters, 33 men; Wash-] ington rifles, 43 men; National fensi- .' bles. 40 men;, life and drum corps and :■, 20 honorary members; Corcoran cadets, . 40 men, and 40 honorary members. The Union Veteran corps and the Postoffice Interior guards left at 9 o'clock this' morning. At 10 o'clock the Washing ton Light infantry,- 200 men, and the .National Guard band went by special train over the Pennsylvania railroad. The Marine band, a delega tion of the G. A. R. the Alexandria light infantry, with representatives of the Fredericksburg Grays, and Culpep per Minute Men went by the same road \ at 11:40 a. m. \ The Em matt guards also left to-night. The Veteran Volunteer firemen will go by the Baltimore & Ohio to-morrow morning, and will take with them the engine of the Volunteer Fire Company of Alexandria, ami will be met in Jersey City by the Friendship company, whose guests they are to be at the centennial. . The capital City guards, 200 men, and the Excelsior light infantry, will also leave to-morrow night. The battalion of cavalry sta tioned at Fort Myer, left yesterday aft ernoon via the Baltimore & Ohio rail road for Fort Hamilton, N. V., in order to be present in time for the parade. WASHINGTON'S FORGOTTEN. Attention Called to the Blunder of the Centeunial Committee. Richmond, Va., April 28.— Jefferson Davis recently addressed a letter to Dr. J. J. Washington, of Mississippi, calling attention to the fact that the centennial committee on invitations had omitted from the list of invited guests many of the most conspicuous of the Wash-, ington family. The following is Dr. Washington's reply to Mr. Davis' let ter: ..--7 7. , Mr. Jefferson Davis: Dear Sir— accept very gratefully your kind offer to present the names of ray family to the New York centen nial committee, for, though it is more to our taste to belong to the unrepresented majority, I agree with you that, as children of circum stance, it may have become our duty not to deny that we have an existence. The very Lewises who are invited guests are the pre sent owners of Audley, the ancestral home of my grandfather, whose descendants are legion. My father, Fairfax Washington, was a descendant of Lawrence, the immigrant brother of John, ancestor of George Wash ington. Quentin Washington leaves unmen tioned very many and the most prominent even of the Virginia Washington"!. The fam ily, including the Fairfax and Whiting branches, are so numerous throughout the south and southwest that but for their char acteristic non-assertiveness the few names enrolled would be amazing. Use this state ment as you think appropriate and accept our renewed thanks for your thoughtful kind ness. Yours very truly, J. J. Washington, - Ilansboro, Miss., April 22, ISS9. .. ;-. . STOPPED BY THE POLICE. New York's Coppers Prevent Some Sabbath Work. New York, April . 28.— army of men was put to work to-day to finish the different stands for sight-seers to mbrrow. As soon as it was learned at police, headquarters that these men were desecrating the Sabbath, orders were at once issued to the captains of the precincts in which the work. was going on to have it stopped. The first gang of men encountered was found in front of the Church of the Divine Pa ternity, Rev. Dr. Eaton, corner of Forty fifth street and Fifth avenue. The fore- i man at first refused to stop work, but as soon as he was threated with arrest, he changed front, and took his men away. The aldermauic stand, at the : the Stewart mansion, needed but a few supports to finish it, but the police re fused to let any more work go on. Con-, tractors are offering as much as $8 for' carpenters to go to work after midnight, so that the outstanding contracts may be finished. r.-y% BLAINE TOO ILL. • < '--rJ**<7'.' The Secretary of State Not Going to New York. 7* Washington, April 28.— is stated positively at a late hour to-night "that Secretary Blame will not go to New York to attend the centennial celebra tion. He has been confined to his room at the Normandie for several days •by illness, which, while -not considered se rious, will prevent him from taking part in the celebration. His son and daughter left on the presidential : train ; to-night. 7 -7. -„. ;X, A SCORE MEET DEATH ON THE RAIL. ) An Awful Wreck on the Grand Trunk Railway, Two Miles West of the City of Hamilton, Ontario. THE TRAIN JUMPS THE TRACK AT A FROG. The Cars Immediately Take Fire and Seven of the Ten Coaches Are Quickly Reduced to Ashes. * EIGHTEEN PASSENGERS BURNED TO DEATH. Two Others Instantly Killed and Many Seriously In jured, Two of the Latter Being From Dakota. '?-. MOST APPALLING ACCIDENT OF THE YEAR. Hamilton, Ont.^JVpril 28.— The lim- | ited express on tire Grand Trunk rail way, due here at 0:55 a. in., met with a ! terrible accident about two miles west j of this city, the result of which was the j loss of many lives. The train was com- , posed of an engine, two baggage cars, a j smoker, a Chicago & Grand Trunk j through passenger coach, a Wabash | coach. a Wagner first-class coach, a Pull- j man car and two Wagner sleeping cars in the order named. Conductor Poole was in charge of the train, with j J. W. Watson, of London, fireman. The accident occurred at the junction, where a "V" is built. This "V' is used to switch through trains for Toronto to the Toronto branch from the main line. The train is said to have been running at a speed of FORTY MILES AN HOUR or more, when directly on crossing the switch the engine lumped the track arid plunged into a water tank which stood in a space between the *'V," smashing the tank into atoms and turn ing almost upside down. The baggage ears came directly after the engine, arid the first of these was pitched over the engine and thrown on the main track, leaving its wheels behind it. Seven out of the ten coaches composing the train were burned. In the ruins of j the smoking car searchers discovered j seventeen charred bodies. The acci dent was the worst which has occurred in this region since the great Dcs Jar dins canal disaster, which happened al most at the same spot thirty „ years ago. Thirty-five people were in fliC smoker, and just about half of the number were; . " ROASTED ALIVE, 7 L. A. GUEKNEY, of 'Brooklyn, N. X., had his head completely severed from bis body by a piece of flying- debris. :.-.'. '■ 'RUDOLPH DERER, whose address is not known, was also instantly killed. '-'X '■_::, M THE AWFUL SCENE. As . soon as the engine rol.. . over, after striking the water tank. Engineer Watson and Fireman Chapman were pulled out from underneath it, neither ' of them being much hurt. An auxiliary \ train was sent out from this city im- 1 mediately on receipt of news of the accident, and the pas- 1 sengers, including the injured, i and two of the killed, were brought to this city. Two Wagner cars in the rear | of the train were uncoupled from the [ others and were saved from the flames. A large gang of employes, under the! direction of John Hall, foreman, worked unceasingly at the wreck, doing their utmost .to extinguish the fire. There was great difficulty in securing water, owing to the tank being smashed, and the fire held sway for many hours before a thorough search could be made through the debris. Up to 5 o'clock the charred remains of eighteen victims had been exhumed from the wreck. In no case was there enough of the body J left to identify the remains or to tell whether the person was of the male or female sex. THE WOUNDED. The names of the wounded now in the hospital are as follows: •James A. Palmer, Ilion, N. V. ; head cut, but not seriously hurt. J Hamilton Clark. No. 147 West Ohio street, Chicago: double fracture of the right leg; bruised badly, head cut and probably in- ; fernally injured. Of all the injured he is the worst, but will probably recover. ■■ Anthony Maaz or Marts;, an Italian, on his way from Wisconsin to -Italy; bead cut, but not seriously. 7 Edwin Chapman, fireman : head badly cut over right eye : not seriously hurt. , Enoch Kenyon, of London, England, a t mining engineer, ribs broken; not seriously injured. ' , C. C. Azbei.l, Edwardsport, Ind., slight in tunes. - j William Leipsey, No. 09 North Sangamon street, Chicago, ankle badly sprained. A. L. Doney, Danville, 111., cut about the head : not seriously. • I George White, a German, on his way from Illinois to Union Hill, right ear cut ott" and scalp wound ; not serious. Andrew J. Carpenter, Yankton, S. D., in jured about the head but not seriously. : S.E. Young. No. 2£>4 North avenue, Chi cago, very slightly hurt. . Joseph Morris. East Sioux Falls. S. D., on; his way to Clark's Island, Me., scalp . wounds, bruised leg and shoulders; not ser ious. OTHERS SLIGHTLY HURT. 7 About ten others were slightly hurt, but not so badly as to prevent them continuing , their journey. It was 6 o'clock this evening before the tracks were cleared. None of -the members of the ? Detroit Light infantry were hurt, and not a woman was in the least hurt. The wounded in the hospital are all doing well. As far as can be learned there was no negligence on the part of the railroad company. The train simply jumped the track at a frog. The engineer and fireman did not jump because they had no ; time. They were taken from - the debris with difficulty, and it f is miraculous how they escaped with their lives. The baggageman and expressman, James Welch and Fred Dumas, both of Niagara Falls, were m the car which . jumped over the engine, "yet neither was hurt. The screams of the men who were being burned to death in the smoking car could be heard above the noise of the escaping; steam and the roaring of the flames. Con ductor Poole says that the train was FIFTEEN MINUTES LATE, but was not running more, than twenty miles an hour when the accident hap pened, as the orders are that trains must not run at that particular place a greater speed than twenty miles. The place where the accident occurred is considered dangerous, as there is a switch on a rather sharp curve, hence the precaution of running slowly. Seven cars, a baggage car, two first-class coaches, a smoker, a first class day coach and two Wag ner sleepers were burned, there being not a vestige of wood or anything that could burn left. One car, the baggage car, was demolished, and the engine was the most complete wreck imagina ble. The loss to the company will be enormous. Many of those in the train were going to New York to participate in the centennial festivities. Most of the passengers lost all or a portion of their baggage and clothing and a largo amount of the mails were lost by fire. ANOTHER REPORT of the accident says that the remains of from sixteen to eighteen men were taken out of the wreck. They were cut to pieces almost to a man, and burned beyond all possibility of recognition. They were huddled together in a heap 'in' the end of the smoker, and were pinned in by the timbers which made it impossible for them to extricate them selves. Nothing could be done for them, as the fierceness of the flames made it out of the question for men to rescue them. The only way in which it could be ascertained that from sixteen to eighteen bodies had been taken out, was from the fact that legs and arms corre sponding to about that number were found. The remains' were taken to the city hospital and placed in the morgue awaiting identification.' . An inquest will be held to-morrow. It. will, in all probability, he days before the dead are identified. Some of the wounded were also taken to the city hospital. LEARNED AT BUFFALO. Interview With Some of the Sur vivors of the Disaster. Buffalo, N. V., April 28.— even ing on the Grand Trunk brought many of the survivors of the disaster to Buf falo. Some, bruised and bandaged, stopped off to rest while others in haste continued their journey. A few inter views were obtained with some of the passengers on the ill-fated train. One man from Brooklyn, who refused to give his name, said: "The wreck oc curred about two miles out of Hamilton. It was on a curve and where the road branched, one track going to Hamilton and the other to Toronto. Just be low the track on one side was a deep pond. Between the tracks in the "V" was a water tank, which was the thing that really caused the terrible disaster. It was not far from 10 o'clock.. I was sitting in the smoking car and had just lit a cigar and leaned back in my seat. It was nearly full and I should judge the train must have been running at foity miles an hour. The first thing I knew I felt a terrific jarring of the car and knew something was going to happen. Then I was hurled headlong into the aisle. After that I have only a vague recollection of feeling the floor sink beneath my feet as the roof of the car seemed to press down upon us, and I remember nothing more until some one was picking me up from the track, where I was crawling about after the cars had taken fire." "Well, 1 can tell you a little more than that," said a young fellow who pressed in through the crowd of eager listeners and took the injured man by the hand. "I was one of the men who helped to drag you out. I was in the day coach in the rear and got out with out a bruise. When I came along by the wreck of the smoker and baggage cars you were just crawling out from beneath the wreck with the blood streaming down your face, but crazy as a loon. You did not know . where you were or what had happened. Shake, old fellow; it was a close call." THROUGH A WINDOW. The Strange Experience or One of the Passengers. Suspension Bridge, April 28.— A special train on the Grand Trunk came in to-day about 1:40 p. m.. having on board about seventy-five of the passen gers that were in the accident that occurred a short distance west of Hamilton this morning. Among them were four men who were badly cut and injured about the head and body. One of them was James Williams, of 338 Prospect ave due, Brooklyn, who was on his way from Chicago to his home, and is in the employ of P. H. McGann. He has several bad cuts about his head and a bruise on his cheek bone. He lost his overcoat, hat, watch, grip and contents and quite a sum |of money. Malcolm McKay, of .Boston, on his way; from Chicago to New York, in the em ploy of ;N. L. Munroe, of New York, was another of the injured. In relat ing his experience he said: "I have no idea how I got out of the wreck, but would not be surprised if I went through a window, as the " : doctor took sev eral pieces of glass from the cuts in my head. , lam hurt here (placing his hand over his heart), and can feel the 'am through my body. I remember the "*ctor .. saying my back was all black mi blue. I have a faint remembrance S two men helping me stand, but I was Jf-way here before I clearly under stood what had happened." Melvin Crum, of Alvaston, Ohio, who was on his way to Buffalo with live stock, escaped with severe cuts and bruises. He wore his right foot in a moccasin, having had it badly hurt while releasing it from a car wheel. Another says that he saw the body of W. J. Ferguson, of 38 Munroe srreet, Brooklyn, headless after, he himself was rescued. PHILLIPS PROBABLY DEAD. The First Baseman of the Hamil ton Team Missing. New York, April 28.— 1t is feared that big Bill Phillips, of Chicago, first baseman of the Hamilton team, is among the killed. He was expected to report to-day. The majority of the passengers who were killed were in the smoking car, and the coach following it. These were tele scoped and the first to catch fire. The rescuers were under the impression that all of the passengers were removed from the cars, and they were horrified when the bodies were discovered. There was a dead body, shipped from the West, in the second baggage car. It was also burned. DRIVEN UP STAIRS. A Virginia Village Submerged by - - a Freshet. Washington, , April 23.—Bladens burg has been partially submerged for the past two days, and the residents there have been living in the upper stories of their houses and paddling about the streets of the village in boats. The terrific storm of the last three days caused a freshet at the little town and vicinity such as has not been experi e need in years. Some of the negroes and the poorer people of the village who resided in one-story houses were driven from their dweliings to the hills near by, and spent the night in the rain. The situation was so alarming that Sheriff Darnall, accompanied by sev eral other gentlemen, started out in a boat to render what assistance they could, but the current was now so strong that their boat was swept against a tree and capsized, and the occupants w.ere glad to escape with no worse in jury than a thorough wetting. The flood reached its height about midnight Friday night, and since that time the waters have receded so rapidly that yes terday afternoon the streets were near ly clear. AT DEATH'S DOOR. Narrow Escape or the Queen of Wnrtemburg. Nice, April 28.— The queen or Wur temburg had 7a . narrow escape from a serious injury 7 and possible death to day. While her majesty was. out driv ing her horses became frightened by the sound of an approaching raHroad train, which was just emerging from a tunnel. The horses became unmanage able, and started down the road at a terrific pace. One of the horses fell and was killed, otherwise the carriage would probably have been overturned at a turn of the road a short distance beyond. The queen was badly shaken up and much frightened, but reived no injury. ■ , IN SEVEN FEET OF WATER. Delightful Experience of People jjjtftJEat a Park. Kansas City, Mo., April 28.— Chelsea park, a summer resort across the Kansas line, this afternoon a bridge across an artificial lake gave way and precipitated about seventy-five persons into seven feet of water. Most of them scrambled out or were assisted to the shore more frightened than hurt, but fifteen were injured, four of them seri ously. Their names are Mrs. J. H. Prendergast, Miss Mollie Parish, Samuel Lester and Eddie Stevens. Two Probably Perished. San FiiANCisco.April 28.— A steamer arrived from Alaska to-day bringing Capt. Jutjens and two seamen of the steam whaler Kate Anon, which left Portland in June for a hunting expedi tion and was wrecked In Marshoway bay last month. '-. The men walked twenty-five miles through a snow-storm to the nearest settlement. Two of the seamen started by another route, and it is believek they perished. Bad for the Tramp. Laporte, Ind„ April 28.— Lake Shore passenger trains, east and west bound, collided near Rolling Prairie, six miles east of here, last evening. A tramp who was stealing a ride was prob ably fatally injured. Sash Factory Destroyed. ' New London, Conn., April 28.— A fire this morning in Bishop Bros.' sash, door and blind factory destroyed the en tire plant together with the lumber and coal yard connected. A store house was also burned. Loss §06,000. The Orinoco Burned. New York, April 28.— The steamship Orinoco, from Bermuda, brought the captain and ten of the crew of the ship Richard P. Buck, which was burned near Bermuda. GEORGE'S OLD CHURCH. Memorial Service in St. Paul's Church, New York. New* York, April 28.— Centennial memorial services under the auspices of the Society of the Cincinnati were held this morning in St. Paul's church, where 100 years ago Washington attended di vine service. The attendance was very large, including one hundred and fifty members of the Society of the Cincin nati, to whom the sermon was especially addressed. Bishop William Stevens Perry, of lowa, the chaplain-general of the order, delivered the sermon, which was mainly devoted to references to the religious phase of Washington's career. The musical portion , of the services was magnificently rendered by a double quartette, and a well-drilled chorus. j» Blaze at Central City. Special to the Globe. Cedar Rapids, 10., April 28.— Central City this morning a fire of sup posed incendiary origin destroyed the best business block there. It originated in Jenning's general merchandise store and completely destroyed Hutchinson & ; Hass' meat market, the hardware 1 store of Porter & Clarke, E. F. Moore's CENTENNIAL NUMBER To Appear on Wednesday ! A- :-B i :-Speeial- :-Edition ! Newsdealers Should Order at Once. NO. 119. restaurant, McLeon & Crane's general merchandise stores, Miss Eberhardt's photograph gallery, Porter & Clarke's agricultural implement depot and the Masonic hall, with all the costly regalia and fixtures. The loss on buildings was $6,000, with $2,000 insurance, and and on stock the loss was $2,000, fully covered. AN ELEVATOR TRUST. St. Louis Grain Men Put Thei* Heads Together. .77; St. Lotas, Mo., April 28.— 1t is about definitely settled that the eleven grain elevators of St. Louis will form a trust or combine, the idea being to put a stop to the expensive competition which now exists. Capt. D. P. Slattery, the moving spirit in so many successful enterprises, is authority 1 for the statement that the majority of the St. Louis elevators have agreed to enter the combination and the project will likely go through. .Realizing that competition has placed the ele vators in a line of business which is somewhat uncertain, even when confined to the safest limits, the man agers of the different concerns have come to the conclusion that if competi tion was removed and the elevators assured the certain ' profits they might make as warehouses, and the saving in many other directions would in the long run make the business more profitable than it is now, and wholly remove the hazard to which the business is now exposed. It is figured that $75,000 per year can be saved in switching charges alone, while $100,000 per year of a reduction would be made in the expense of operating. The size of the syndicate which will manage the elevators will naturally be large, for the original value of the prop erty is about $4,000,000. KILLED BY ATTENDANTS. Awful Death or a Chicago Insane Man. Ciiicago, April 28.— doubt that the lunatic Robert Burns, was mur dered by attendants in the Cook county insane asylum was removed to day. A post mortem examina tion showed that the poor fel low had two ribs broken, hia breastbone smashed and had suffered nameless injuries, apparently from a series of, kicks. Burns is the 'man who was the roommate at the institution of a Times reporter, who had gained access to the assylum by feigning insanity. The Times man repeatedly saw the attendants as they, through sheer brutality, attacked not only Burns but numbers of other patients. Three of the attendants are under sur veillance, and will probably be arrested before morning. — : -•» — THEY YELLED 'TIME." Oklahoma- Cowboys Don't Care for Revivals. Guthrie, April 28.— Trains are pass* ing here very irregularly, owing to the large amount of traffic. Hundreds; slept on newspapers spread over the floors last night, waiting for the trains north. Most of them are sightseers who want to get back to civilization and and are not accustomed to pioneer life. Over 000 person's, including two women, " were : in line , waiting to file claims when the land office closed last evening, and the ' line was a half mile long waiting for mail at the post office. Lumber is $50 per 1,000 feet here, but the people would pay double that amount if asked to do so. Women in the camp attempted to start a re vival yesterday. The cowboys listened awhile, and when the preacher was get ting too fervent for their salvation, they yelled "Time," fired off revolvers in the air, broke up the meeting and galloped off toward the strip. m - — The Gamblers Ordered Out. St. Louis, April 28.— The latest from Oklahoma is that Col. 1). P. Dyer, of Kansas City, a Republican iii pol itics and formerly an Indian agent under President Arthur, has been elected mayor of Guthrie. - One of his first acts was to give the gamblers twenty-four hours to leave, and the next train north took away a good many of them. Two big wall tents have been erected, and are called the city build ings. Police Judge E. M. Clark, of Kansas, holds his court there, and the the city council and other city officers inhabit them. Several good buildings have been put up and improvements ol all kinds are in rapid progress. -«»- She Didn't Go. Lincoln Journal. Mother— Johnnie, why are you cry ing? I'm only going to be away a week, and your papa will be home with you. "No, he won't; he's going to Rome.'* "Going to Borne? Why, child, what do you mean?" • "I heard him say that he would make Rome howl when you left." "Oh, indeed ! Well, I won't leave you, Johnnie." Squeezed Through. Munsey's Weekly. George Won't you be mine, dear? Clara— think I should have to be) bard pressed indeed to take you. George (equal to the emergency)— Oh, if that's all, here noes. Ohio Is in It. Cinncinnati, 0., April 28.— "Battery B," with fifty men, left last night for New' York, via the Erie road. The First "regiment with 470 enlisted men and 000 men in all, left on a special train over the same road at 9 o'clock this morning to participate in the cen« tennial celebration. Willard Perkins Dead. Waterbury, Conn , April 28.—Will ard Perkins, formerly exhibited under the name of Billy Bates, the Pennsyl vania giant, and weighing 452 pounds, died here yesterday. -^»> Movements of Steamships. New York, April 28.— Arrived: Steamers La Bourgogne, Havre, and. Aurania, Liverpool: London, April 28.— Steamer Suevia, from New York for Hamburg, arrived, at Plymouth to-day. .7, :; Turned to Snow. Marquette, Mich., April 28.— The heavy rain which has been falling here for the past thirty hours turned to snow to-night. All vessels are held iq port for better weather. ■ -^^^"~ Lead Trust Threatened. Boston, April 2S.— Advertiser to morrow will say: "The dead trust is threatened by reason of the impending dissolution of the lead manufacturers' association." ' . ■'- ■ Rochefort's Son Suicides. Paris. April 28.— Information is re ceived that Hem y Rochefort's son has committed suicide at Bona, Algeria. . . m Postponed/ Brooklyn, N. Y„ April Owing to the bad condition of the grounds the Brooklyn-Baltimore game scheduled for to-day could not be played.