Show SCENES OF HORROR A colliery in lancashire has hanht fire HUNDREDS AKE ENTOMBED A lunatic asylum quebec darns down over lost A big biage in new york LONDON may 7 special beio teio grams frodi state that llie abram colliery lias caught fire this afternoon and hundred ami fiat laborers aie in alie mines rescuing partied uc valiantly at work but deais arc that many will be ed alie excitement in lie vicinity of the colliery is anten wives ith their children are frantic and the police are haying all aliey can do to govern the maddened multitude NEW may 7 special the singer sewing machine factory was this morning discovered to be on fire fire engines were the spot immediately but the fire coula nut be extinguished until about y 0 clock this morning the estimated loss is the b building was heavily insured no lives lost philadelphia may 7 special A collision occurred this morning between two express trains near alien town pa the engines and some of the cars were badly damaged two lives were lost and five persons seriously injured some of them will probably die scenes POINT quebec may 7 special yesterday afternoon the asylum at this place burned down and fifty three of the unfortunate inmates were devoured by the name there were incarcerated in alie asylum 1300 lunatics for the asylum was a prison more etian a hospital alie sisters of the province spent in founding and organizing this institution sa s1 of which was spent on the buildings the buildings were insured by the government for with alie exception of the medical department part ment cons it ting of the doctors the sisters retained complete control of the departments of the asylum when the firemen found that they were powerless to save alie building they turned their attention 0 o alie inmates and burst in the doorn ih axes inside chief bedoit says was such a sight aa no fireman before witnessed in one ward tant he entered there were twenty five patients and at nis approach they huddled together like a of beast entwining their arms into one mass of liuni anity he seized the nearest but said the clinef 1 I could no more separate the crowd than I 1 could the parts of your toes lie tugged at them until the fire darted into their garments and en folded them like a of flame and he escaped his life at a window a maniac would be seen peeping through the bars grinning and jabbering at the bright alime that went up to the eky As the heat became more intense she would grasp alie birs and remain there until the names enveloped her the inhabitants biad came from all parts around about attracted by the blaze and in a minute the little village was a surging mass of shouting fe rating people one of the nuns sister marie lay sick in the infirmary on the ditth floor and to her rescue came three others and luciene Lu they siezer their companion and bore her in a blanket to the staircase but chev were met by a sheet of flame and all perished none of them were over 20 years of age the sisters worked with the persistency of heroines by turns imploring beseeching and commanding the patients and finalle saving a very large number in seiw of the inadequate facilities at hand all the time alie fire was burning every high housetop in montreal had its curious sightseers the long road was thronged thron ged with carriages the transport service of montreal vas pressed into use and every available cab omnibus and hack went out thronged thron ged with people miss julia am sails for england NEW YORK may 7 special miss julia ames who during the past year has been editing tho union signal sail adfor england today to day in the city chester ia company with mrs frances J barnes miss ames and mrs barnes are delegates from the worlds and national christain temperance union to the annual meeting of the british comans womans temperance association of which the late mrs margarot bright lucas was president miss ames will be the guest of lady somerset while in england and of miss helen richards daughter grubb richardson the great linen manufacturer while in ere land the are zealous D C may 7 special the have already taken steps to repair the gap in their fences made by the supreme court decisions they are working quietly bui vigorously their plan is to pass a law which shall give a state the authority to prevent transportation comp inies from bringing liquor into the state from another state the select committee of the house on the alcoholic liquor traffic has already reported a bill mr kerr of iowa makes the report at theotime the time the committee considered alie matter it was inspired by the desire to find so to offeit what is known as the bowman decision the more recent decision of the keokuk case gave the Prohibition ista additional reason for pressing the bill matt reynolds for oklahoma D 0 may sect a mr matt reynolds of st louis is listed for united district attorney of the new territory of oklahoma this information is obtained from ana white house will be a surprise hapa to mr reynolds certainly to Eer is friends the president in speaking today to day of probable appointments for oklahoma said that the list was subject to change and would be held eo up to the time the nominations were sent to the senate Wol dias potter may T w alie wedding of mias jane Pt patera tera daughter of bishop potter to charles II 11 russel tool place to day at grace cli the lather of alie officiated A reception followed tha ceremony doctors IB washington may 7 special A meeting of the nacional Na ional medica society is being leold toda to da delegates are present from all parta of the coun try they will pay their respects to the president this afternoon A series of entertainments have been arranged for them state schools LITTLE ROCK ark may 7 special the state sunday school association met today to day in annual session the meeting will continue three days the following gentlemen were elected delegates to the international sunday school convention which meets in pittsburg on the alth of anne J M weaver logan II 11 roots WC W W jennings and J collins catholic editor meet CIN CINATTI may 7 special in accordance cor dance an arrangement entered into at the catholic congress at baltimore a convention of editors of catholic newspapers met here today to day after organization a number of interesting papers were read A esail military LONDON may 7 special the royal military exhibition was opened today to day by the prince of wales the scene at the opening was an exceptionally brilliant one as the tilted ladies who had each collected for the exhibition not less than 50 marched up the hall to the elevated daia on which the princes of wales was seated and presented her purse not the least interesting erestine int portion of the exhibition is the battle gallery which in fact constitutes a graphic history of british armies since the great hall devoted to this branch of the exhibition is filled with pictures of battles portraits sculpture and relics all emblematic of the military glory achieved by england within the last two hundred years most of present will be entertained by alie baroness de worms at an evening party democrats ef ohio LIXA 0 may 7 special the district congressional convention which met at noon adjourned soon after electing permanent officers there is a good deal of interest in the result as the aspirants for the nomination and their friends are resorting to every known political device to win the prize the candidates di whose names will be presented to the convention are F C layton of gen A V rice of ot tawa G M of van wert and judge cessia of irenton this is he first congressional convention held in the abato under the recent gerrymander case of bask president NEW YORK may 7 special the case of peter J Claas seen formerly pre of the sixth national bank who is indicted for embezzling abstracting and misapplying the funda of the bank attracted a large crowd today to day to the united states court although few expected alie trial would really begin today Claas seen is accused of embezzling railway bonds and securities to the market value of the usual dilatory motions were successfully resorted to and the crowd was disappointed because the opening of what promises to be a sensational trial was again postponed conspired BLUFF ARK may 7 special david A parag a baero saloonkeeper saloon keeper of this city was arrested to by chief of police levy and constable cheek charged with conspiracy to assassinate sas sinate fred havis circuit and chairman of the republican county central committee some weeks ago parks proposed to gilbert baker colored to give him 1000 to murder havis before the september election biker old the plot to john A william a detective from texarkana Tex arkana wh here a week ago and has since been working on the case baker told parks lie had found a man to do the job and introduced him to williams they went to havis residence last night and parks pointed out a place from which havis could be murdered in his bed room today parks gave williams a bill of sale for a fine stallion valued at and a pistol with which to commit the murder the balance was to be paid after havis had been murdered which was arranged to take place tonight to night she chain of evidence being complete parks was arrested tonight to night and lodged in jail williams has letters written by parks to baker offering to bribe him to commit the murder he wanted giavis removed so he could control the in county politics parks was an alderman four years and ran for constable in 1888 he attributed his defeat to havis and they have been on lad terms since havis is one of the most prominent negro politicians itic ians in the state faxine been a delegate to the last three republican national conventions owing to freshets Fresh ets FALLS wash may 7 special the melting of snow in the mountains has caused a rapid rise in occur dalene lake spokane river and tributaries tributa ries many families have been compelled to move out of houses on the lowlands in this city there ia not a drop of water in the mains and no protection against fire the water having washed away alie mains which are laid at the batom of the river A large force of extra policemen was on duty all night the mayor has notified property owners advising ad them to employ watchmen to guard their property indignant relatives Kela tives minneapolis may 7 special J A johnson past grand chancellor of the wrighta of pythias of nebraska who is dangerously ill at hospital occupies a rather singular relation with liis relatives mr johnson went out west many years ago and he embraced golden opportunities enough to brinn him or years exposure in a rough western country has under minded liis health and the case is now hopeless his relatives it seems are paying no attention to him and it all comes from the fact that they as lutherans Luth erans are opposed to secret societies and bitterly opposed to mr johnsons affiliation with the order of which be is a 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